Greenland to USA, Australia to war, and French Colonies to…? - WW2 - OOTF 004

[@WorldWarTwo]

We get a ton of questions about the war on a daily basis. A lot of them are already answered in the KZbin comments to you all directly, but because some questions are very interesting indeed, we like to showcase some of them on the channel. Because the KZbin comments are hard to navigate, we have made a section on our forum where you can submit questions to be covered in Out of the Foxholes. You can do that here: community.timeghost.tv/c/Out-of-the-Foxholes-Qs Cheers, The TimeGhost team

[@adamwilliams1216]

World War Two why did they call them "fox holes"

[@Nostripe361]

My grandfather served on a coast guard ship in the Greenland waters. Subs were a real danger. Was told the ship that went out after his returned from patrol just disappeared so it was assumed lost to a u boat with all hands

[@bardigan1]

@@gatthom1 There's probably more Ozzie soldiers based in the US than there are US soldiers based down there. The real issue is which group has the better post :-)

[@jasperstaudinger8668]

What happened to chinese pows of japan? I heard that everybody was killed but when i looked it up i found no data AT ALL about chinese pow's its like there is nothing in the internet

[@milamber319]

You always forget to mention that the first shots fired after British declaration of war in both WW1 AND WW2 were warning shots against German shipping leaving Port Phillip from the SAME GUN EMPLACEMENT at Fort Nepean in Victoria

[@lesliefranklin1870]

Further info on Greenland: My grandfather joined the Merchant Marine in 1942. I noticed record of his arrival in that year in Boston from "U.S. Base Onoto". According to the book "Remembering Bluie West One," written by Daniel Ford, "Onoto" was a code name for "Bluie West One" which was code for Narsarsuaq, Greenland, where the U.S. set up an air base for airplanes to fly to Europe via Greenland and Iceland. Unrelated, my grandfather later joined the U.S. Navy and served as a gunner on an LST in the Pacific (the Philippines, Okinawa, etc.) until the end of the war.

[@Dave_Sisson]

Connecting two of the subjects covered, there was a nasty war in Syria with the Vichy French fighting British and Australian forces. The Australians even deployed ski troops in the Taurus mountains against the French. When the fighting was over the Australians, and later the British used the mountain base to train specialist mountain troops.

[@MyILoveMinecraft]

Really a forgotten Theater

[@xgford94]

Yes this was one of the theatres my Grandfather served in, he did North Africa, Greece, Crete, Syria then PNG. He told me Syria had the nastiest enemy ( Vichy ) and weather (Snow) ... ps he said the Italians were by far the most honourable enemy, and Greece had the best weather.

[@pshehan1]

Dave. Did not see your comment on the 'nasty little war' in Syria, as the 7th Division veterans I know called it. One of the veterans I interviewed, the late Jim Coy MM, volunteered when they asked for experienced skiers. Jim had not seen much snow in the streets of working class (now gentrified) Port Melbourne. But that was Jim. I wish I had the space here to tell his many stories. Like missing reboarding a troop ship in Fremantle on the way back from the middle east because he and a mate were playing cards in a pub. They had left the ship when told it would not be proceeding for a couple of days. They were misinformed. They went back to the pub and continued the card game. In my opinion, he should have gotten a higher award that the MM for the action for which it was awarded. Took out a couple of machine gun nests, brought in wounded under fire, was wounded himself when doing so, and would not allow his wounds to be treated until he had delivered a message to an officer. You would get the VC for that these days. Another veteran, Ted Hearn called junior because he had signed up underage, and a mate were a bit bored after the armistice in Syria, so with the engine driver mate, borrowed a steam train and took it for a drive to the border and back Jim used to give Ted stick for joining up for the Korean war. I informed Ted that Jim and a mate had also tried to join up, but the recruiting officer turned them down. Jim's mate Chas replied, "So this is an exclusive sort of war is it?" Jim said of his attempt to enlist "A man must have been mad. A wife and two kids". Maybe the recruiting officer had the same thought. At the next reunion I told Ted to give Jim some stick back over that. Ted was at the forgotten battle of Kapyong in the forgotten Korean war where the Australians held off wave after wave of Chinese attempting to break through to Seoul. He said that they came on like ants, blowing whistles and bugles. He said it was worse than anything he experienced in the second world war, and that included Kokoda. Yet almost no-one in Australia knows anything about it. Back at Victoria Barracks Melbourne. Ted was told to paint some rocks but went to a football game instead. When hauled up before the officer, the latter recognised his 2/14th patch and sent the sergeant out for a quiet word with Ted in private. Ted said that if he was going to be treated like a recruit, he would rather give it up. He was given a discharge. Real heroes and amazing blokes, all of them.

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@pshehan1 Fascinating stuff. I write and edit mountain history, so I'm not great on military history, except for the overlap with the ski troops in the Syrian campaign. I always encourage people to leave a copy of their interviews with the State Library and possibly National Library so the stories will be preserved forever.

[@Colonel_Blimp]

colin minhinnick The Kiwis built a Corps sized fortress in the Bekaa Valley to protect Syria after Vichy got the boot. Both Anzac divs were recalled to Egypt for Alamein.

[@ScooterWeibels]

Spoiler alert: Australia becomes much more interesting after December 7, 1941. I would guess having an aggressor much closer to home would do that.

[@stewartbirkmyre9136]

Particularly, the Bombing of Darwin, the Midget Subs in Sydney Harbour, and the sinking of HMAS Sydney by a German Raider

[@poiuyt975]

Everything becomes a lot more "interesting", just like in that Chinese curse: "may you live in interesting times". It definitely got "interesting" for China...

[@allangibson8494]

Australia fired the first Commonwealth shots at German ships in both world wars.

[@russellmitchell7733]

What about Tobruk?

[@kemarisite]

@@russellmitchell7733 the Seige of Tobruk ran from April through November 1941. Once Japan entered the war and threatened Australia directly, the Australian government asked for those divisions to come back from the Middle East, please. The Australian army would spend the last several years in the southwest pacific area, where MacArthur shunted them into side shows on New Guinea, New Britain, Bougainville, and other islands near Australia that MacArthur didn't consider worth American lives and where the Japanese garrisons were safely imprisoned and impotent.

[@Spartan412]

Greenland: looks to the US for firepower/defense New Zealand: looks to tractors for firepower/offense

[@nickdanger3802]

"One important contribution to production made by Lend-Lease Aid was the supply of considerable quantities of mechanical equipment for farms. For example, over seven thousand farm tractors were supplied in the years 1943 to 1945. Some idea of the significance of these 7000 tractors can be gathered from the fact that, in 1940, there were only about eleven thousand tractors on New Zealand farms." nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Econ-c6-17.html

[@golden_smaug]

I'd like to kindly request that Indy does Churchill's speeches

[@hypothebai4634]

I'd like to kindly request that nobody does Churchill's speeches. The man was a drunken, racist, imperialist bum. He is best forgotten.

[@TheIfifi]

@@hypothebai4634 wat. Yeah but he was an important historical figure. And damn his speeches were some of the best in history. Regardless. Just forgetting important characters in history is incredibly wrong there are lessons to be learned! Imagine the consequences for forgetting hitler. That would be awful.

[@marshaul]

@@hypothebai4634 _You_ are best forgotten.

[@mgtowcomment1367]

@@marshaul Easy to forget a subversive marxist using critical theory. They are so easily lost in the background noise.

[@DavidChipman]

@@hypothebai4634 "'England will have her neck wrung like a chicken!'-Some chicken! Some neck!"

[@boristhebarbarian]

The main reasons the Allies where interested in Greenland were: 1. because it was a major source of Cryolite, needed to smelt aluminum. Very few sources were available in the world in the thirties. Only after the war where chemists able to synthesize it. 2. air routes from America to Europe. Several airports where built for this purpose by the Americans that where used by airlines into the sixties and seventies as stopovers.

[@williestyle35]

3. Advanced weather reporting.

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@cavscout888 They hate us. It's natural when your the richest, most powerful and influencial nation in the world

[@ericjones8930]

767

[@podemosurss8316]

4:14 The Virgin Vichy Regime vs. The Chad Free France.

[@kristianstevenson-edmunds1701]

Did it not occur to Axis high command to ally with the EMU horde to tie down Australian troops?

[@darthcalanil5333]

Foolish heathen! the great Emu Empire does NOT need European weaklings to help take over the world! Now you shall bow to the majesty of the great big bird!!

[@farhanrahman7119]

The emus coudve won the war on their own

[@wilhelmofcharlotte772]

Asking the right questions!

[@dcbanacek2]

The Big Bird in Charge (BBiC) of the Horde demanded Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, the Mongolian steppes, the Ukraine and, perhaps the most strange of the demands, Lichtenstein for it's assistance. The Axis leadership, not understanding Emu and having no native interpreters to hand, declined their most "generous" offer of "help". Insulted, the BBiC declared war on the Axis and swore to defend the "Home Islands" from attack. This factored heavily in the Japanese plans for the invasion of Australia and thus dictated their decision to expand elsewhere.

[@rogerjohnson8707]

After reading this comment I had to go to the replies. I was not disappointed.

[@kennethbedwell5188]

My maternal Grandfather will be stationed in Greenland beginning in 1943. We still have his pictures for his time there.

[@kennethbedwell5188]

@Niels Henriksen Yes, When we hit 1943 I will put the pictures up. I will even put up a very famous one that went around the country of my Grandfather and Grandmother kissing under the Cherry blossoms in DC

[@demonicpigeon4568]

They should do special episodes on units of the war such as brandenburgers, commandos, sas etc

[@WorldWarTwo]

We will!

[@demonicpigeon4568]

@@WorldWarTwo :O Thanks for replying :D

[@brockbayley5279]

HMAS Sydney (II) was actually the most decorated ship in the RAN which just makes her loss so much sadder

[@travisdean6063]

shhhh no spoilers

[@gothmamasylvia462]

I am really enjoying these videos. I am learning so much more detail about WWII, especially lesser known areas like Finland. Keep up the good work!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks! We do our very best!

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@WorldWarTwo Do one about the GLORIOUS grand duchy of Luxembourg. But under German occupation. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😩😩😩

[@rundownthriftstore]

“in a world of broken treaties, they know that the word of the American people and government can be trusted”

[@jason4485]

I literally laughed out loud when he said that

[@NotHPotter]

Clearly, he's never spoken with Native Americans.

[@cassius_at]

Ironic

[@deprogramm]

angry foreigners.

[@dyorkist7760]

Tell that to the Kurds

[@arti8719]

As I saw Greenland in the title I recalled I read one day about the WW2 "battle" for placing weather stations close to the North Pole. It was vital, because thanks to that stations (in the era without satellites) weather could be accurately predicted. As far as I remember Germans could set correct day for Ardennes offensive in 1944 so that it began when Allied airforce cannot operate. Could be a good material for a special episode. After quick internet research here is a hook to start: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_weather_war

[@stephenn1056]

On april first, we need an out of the foxholes where it's just Indy saying. "Look it up yourself"

[@hallamhal]

I would love it if there was a film about HMAS Sydney!

[@williestyle35]

For sure

[@gargravarr2]

Algiers Weygand vs the Chad Éboué

[@geoffreymowbray6789]

In September 1939 the Royal Australian Air Force had a squadron in the UK taking delivery of 4 engine Sunderland flying boats. Also the Royal Australia Navy had taken delivery of the Leander class light cruiser HMAS Perth (transferred from the Royal Navy) and the cruiser was in the Atlantic in transit to Australia when Australian declared war on Germany . These units were immediately placed under British operational command. 5 destroyers of the Royal Australian Navy would soon join the British Mediterranean Fleet and the heavy cruiser HMAS Australia would later join the British Home Fleet. 12th June 1940 the Australian armed merchant cruiser HMAS Manoora intercepted the Italian liner Romolo 220 miles south west of Nauru Island (Pacific Ocean). To avoid surrendering their ship the Italian scuttled the Romolo with HMAS Manoora rescuing 129 passengers and crew.

[@williestyle35]

The fighting men and ships of the Royal Australian Navy were highly regarded by many RN commanders in the Mediterranean theater. Including the ships you mention and HMAS Sydney.

[@theamici]

That speech about the US guaranteeing Greenland as Danish was like a complete 180 degrees distortion of today, when trust in the US and acquisition of Greenland have both been brought into question. How much things have changed. Also, as a Norwegian, I find it funny how Danes worry about Norwegians taking Greenland by force, unless they were worried about Nazi-occupied Norway somehow gaining the claim, and not thinking about the Norwegian Government In Exile in Britain.

[@Number1FanProductions]

Danish and Americans still have a lot of high regards towards each other.

[@LZin-uk5nh]

Funny story: Geo-politics are void of feelings and emotions. There are no permanent friends, only permanent interests. We tried to purchase Greenland after the war. Just like we try it nowadays( I'm not against, we literally got half of the country from purchases). The Destroyers for Bases agreement I think one of the biggest cunt moves we ever pulled out. We gave the British 50 broken and shitty destroyers, worst ships ever to be designed and in return, we demanded ALL of their naval bases in the Western Hemisphere.

[@indianajones4321]

Another great episode!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks Indy!

[@pshehan1]

You could have discussed Australia's part in the war while discussing Vichy French colonies but that was in 1941. I interviewed veterans of the 2/14 battalion, 7th division of the second AIF, (not AEF as you say in the video). The First AIF, Australian Imperial Force, was the all volunteer force raised for the First World War. The successor battalions of the 2nd AIF were distinguished from their 1st AIF forebears by the adding the 2/. Thus the 2/14 was was the successor of the original 14th battalion,and featured the same yellow and blue in its shoulder colour patch. Anyway, the 7th division played a major part in the removal of the Vichy government in Syria, which then included Lebanon. The British were concerned that a German threat to the Suez canal or the middle east oil fields might come through Syria. When the invasion began from Palestine on June 8 1941, the Australians were told to wear their slouch hats, not helmets, because it was thought that the French would remember them from the western front, where they earned extreme gratitude from the French people, and the Vichy Forces would be reluctant to fire on them. This idea was mistaken. The Vichy forces were mainly tough Foreign Legion and Senegalese and "Spahi", North African cavalry' colonial troops, and they put up a real fight. The veterans i spoke to remembered it as a 'nasty little war' which ended with the armistice of 12 July, when the Australians had almost reached Beirut. Side note Moshe Dayan, the later Defence minister of israel during the 6 day war in 1967 got his iconic eye patch after losing an eye acting as a scout for the Australians. One 2/14 veteran kept up a long post war correspondence with him. I hope you include this 'nasty little war' in the series when the time comes.

[@michaelcox5166]

3:12 hurts.

[@TheIfifi]

Dont mix eras... at this time. The us was more reliable than most.

[@marshaul]

Why?

[@novaprospekt1739]

We need to fix that.

[@bobsingh7949]

This channel and Dan Carlin's podcast - invaluable.

[@elite13-37]

I live in the Faroe Islands

[@simplymarshal1167]

I have question for the next ootf were there any soviet abitions to invade europe or germany before or during the molotov-ribentrop pact my questions does not factor in stalin but rather than the soviet generals

[@readhistory2023]

You don't build 30,000 tanks pre war for nothing so my guess is yes.

[@caorusso4926]

That a good question that i always wanted the answer

[@Madhattersinjeans]

I imagine when the Germans invade Russia they will cover the ambitions of Stalin at some point.

[@simplymarshal1167]

@@Madhattersinjeans ironically stalin trusted hitler it was actually zhukov and rokossovsky's ambitious to end nazi germany as soon as possible

[@simplymarshal1167]

@colin minhinnick stalin was horrible leader it was his staff that did most of the work like zhukov and khrushchev

[@hannahskipper2764]

So I guess the Chair of Wisdom had to be decommissioned under the Treaty of Versailles, right? Poor Chair of Wisdom...I hope it's in a museum somewhere.

[@WorldWarTwo]

It's still in the trenches somewhere, I fear.

[@hannahskipper2764]

@@WorldWarTwo 😿💔

[@raychristison5231]

The analysis of Australia is a little disappointing but not unexpected as you may not have researched Australian historical resources. In 1931 Essington Lewis, General Manager of Broken Hill Pty Limited (BHP) (who had two of the largest and most modern steelworks in the British Empire) visited Japan and saw the preparations for war. He reported to the Australian Prime Minister that: "Japan is a powder keg ruled by fanatics, and one day the two will connect". His reports started moves to establish modern defence production. BHP supported the establishment of Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, which was manufacturing modern military aircraft by 1939. The government established the Department of Aircraft Production which commenced manufacture of Beaufort Bombers. Aviation historian William Green noted that the war in the Pacific may have taken a different turn had it not been for the manufacture of modern military aircraft in Australia. BHP and affiliates also developed expanded manufacturing facilities ready for war. Government manufacturing was also expanded in the 1930s with new large buildings and plant constructed ready for war. After Dunkirk Australia despatched 60,000 Lee Enfield Rifles to Britain while arming five additional infantry divisions for home defence. There was far more to Australia's preparations for the war than was implied in your clip. I hope this helps the fount of all knowledge.

[@canthama2703]

Awesome Q&A Indy. Congrats guys.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@giulioaprati338]

Australia was hit hard by emus

[@daderpdolphin2387]

wanker

[@sammy_dog]

@Eric Fapton wow you fought in the great emu wars tell me more

[@Raskolnikov70]

@Eric Fapton Thank you for your service, lol...

[@sammy_dog]

back in the day i nearly had my hand taken by one of those bruts

[@derricklarsen462]

Its difficult to get veterans from either side to talk about the Emu war

[@markp44288]

You go through ALL the comments?! Wow. Well, I am glad to know at least one of you is reading: Keep up the good work, I avidly look forward to these videos.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Yes - we certainly aspire to. Thanks!

[@ZER0ZER0SE7EN]

At 4:47 Indy says French West Indies, but the red arrow points to French Indo China.

[@frankwhite3406]

Most enjoyable indeed keep up the good work! :-)

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@r.j.lombardi111]

I wish I could buy a patch or a sticker with the Out of the foxholes logo.

[@WorldWarTwo]

It's great, isn't it?

[@r.j.lombardi111]

@@WorldWarTwo Yep it sure is. Well made, it looks like something the Allied fighter or bomber pilots would have on their jackets. You lads really do your best.

[@WorldWarTwo]

We try to! Thanks!

[@philiphied]

Like this format. Indy, I think you could be one of the best hosts of all time if media were more acute, so more people saw you; but would we have you if it were?

[@1subwithoutvideos768]

Russian soldiers during Luftwaffe bombing: Oh *stuka* blyet

[@simplymarshal1167]

Good one comrade

[@1subwithoutvideos768]

@@simplymarshal1167 Thanks

[@TheCimbrianBull]

Russian car manufacturer Lada is sometimes referred to as Blyada.

[@onestopshopsloptherop6129]

The war doesnt stop, even on the lords day

[@laalki80]

3:07 how long have we come.

[@gizscocktailsandgames7715]

I honestly cannot wait for for 1941 mostly because thats when Australia becomes more heavily involved and some interesting battles happen cough cough some examples Tobruk, Bardia and the battle of 42nd Street cough

[@stewartbirkmyre9136]

But we also suffered. Bombing of Darwin the following months, the sinking of HMAS Sydney by a German Raider and the Midget Submarines in Sydney Harbour

[@Damo2690]

@@stewartbirkmyre9136 well it was better than Warsaw

[@jacklang3314]

I'm also looking forward to PNG and East Timor.

[@legionchef]

I had a pewdiepie ad before the episode started. Glad to see you guys getting monetised!

[@rabihrac]

The French High Commissioner for the Levant, Henri Dentz, was pro Pétain and the Free French and British Allies were forced to conquer the two countries Syria and Lebanon after a bloody one month campaign in June 1941 known as "Operation Exporter" for which my friend and I are making a study and will soon send it to WW2 crew. Cheers !

[@kreeperface397]

funnily enough, french Indochina was the last french territory to support Vichy government, even after its fall in August 1944. This situation remained that way until March 1945, when the japanese betrayed and slayed the the french general staff of the colony in a "red wedding style" dinner. Then Japan created several puppet states in Indochina, and France never regained full control of the colony until its independance in the 50's

[@waardlafrance110]

Not really funny, in fact the governor Decoux wants to keep Indochina to France (knowing that there is a France of Vichy puppet of Germany, allied to Japan and a free France, allied to UK, enemy of Japan), the problem is that the Japanese are already stationed in Indochina and are stronger than the colonial army, moreover there is an English blockade since 1940. So the only way, without friends, to preserve the French flag in these conditions on the territory and not to see all the settlers in Japanese camps, is to remain associated with the Vichy France (but the problem, which adds complexity, is that Decoux applies with zeal the Vichy doctrine). However, after the occupation of the free area by the Germans in late 1942, from 1943 onwards, Governor Decoux had contacted free France and it seems that in the summer of 1944 he was ordered by de Gaulle to safeguard the flag and its appearance. In addition, after the purge he was subject to a cancellation of his treason sentence, but I am not sure that the procedure was cancelled for lack of sufficient evidence or if it is a claim measure. Pas vraiment drôle, en fait le gouverneur Decoux cherche à garder l'Indochine à la France (sachant qu'il y'a une Vichy fantoche de l'Allemagne, allié du Japon et la france libre, allié des anglais, ennemie du Japon), le problème c'est que les Japonais stationne déjà en Indochine et sont plus fort que l'armée coloniale, de plus il y'a un blocus anglais depuis 1940. Donc le seul moyen, sans amis, de préserver dans ces condition le drapeau français sur le territoire et de ne pas voir tous les colons dans des camps japonais, est de rester associé à la France de Vichy (mais le problème, qui ajoute de la complexité, c'est que Decoux applique avec zèle la doctrine de Vichy). Néanmoins après l'occupation de la zone libre en fin 1942 par les allemands, à partir de 1943, le gouverneur Decoux avait pris des contacts avec la France libre et il parait que durant l'été 1944 il a reçut l'ordre de de Gaulle de sauvegarder le drapeau et les apparence. De plus après l'épuration il a fait l'objet d'une annulation de sa peine de trahison, mais je ne suis pas sûr que la procédure ait été annulé pour manque de preuve suffisante ou si c'est une mesure de claimance.

[@hantms]

4:46 : That's not the French West Indies where the arrow pops up..

[@AlePraXan]

West Indies at the East of India..... World War Two: So what, it seems perfectly legit!

[@Macieks300]

So did the French West Indies not like Free France or did the French Indo-China?

[@auguststorm2037]

@@Macieks300 French West Indies (Martinique and Guadeloupe islands in Caribbean sea) will remain under Vichy control untill 1943, with a sort of neutralilty towards US and British

[@AlePraXan]

@@Macieks300 Both but West indies ware not sustainable for Vichy with an overwelming US and British domination in Americas. Indochina was a bit different. It was forcefully handed over to Japan whith a Communist gerilla beginning and Siam who try to take a part of F Indochina wich led to a temporary reconciliation between free France forces and Vichy forces on a local scale to kick out Siamese forces.

[@WorldWarTwo]

We only spotted that mistake when it was too late. Of course we know the difference between the French West Indies and French Indochina..

[@christophe5954]

Great content ! ^^

[@georgeblock745]

Those service men in Greenland to protect the mines were COAST GUARDS MEN

[@markcantemail8018]

7:mins56 seconds " The Great Depression " . It is April 18th 2020 Covid19 . I think we might see a smaller Drawn out Depression coming up after we are done with the Virus . Thank you Indy and the Time Ghost team for giving us Informative Videos while we try to Ride out this thing .

[@vanguardactual1]

The "Chair of Infinite Knowledge".... Brilliant ! ! Great Videos as always. A huge "Well Done" to your team and staff.

[@harshsawant1416]

4.48 4:48 west French indies what you mean french Indochina

[@armymenstopmotionfilms6046]

Harsh Sawant french indo china is consisting of the modern country’s of veitnam cambodia and laos indo china itself consists of all of south east asia

[@jevinliu4658]

4:48 French West Indies Should be Indochina

[@trisblackshaw1640]

Small correction- the Australian divisions made up the second AIF (Australian Imperial Force), not the AEF. (which I think is the American Expeditionary Force in WW1?)

[@SirDamned]

Another episode of out of the Tr-Foxholes

[@vanefreja86]

And in 1943, the germans land in north-eastern greenland headed by Herman Ritter - but only shortly...and thus begins the story of the Sirius Patrol.

[@sigurdueland5194]

You should make an episode/bio of Lieutenant R L Wills and operation claymore(commando raids on Norway)

[@WorldWarTwo]

It's actually covered fairly briefly in this special episode kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYi8nJ6ea5mpnpo. Hopefully that satisfies what you're looking for.

[@sigurdueland5194]

@@WorldWarTwo Lieutenant R L Wills sent a telegram to one, A Hitler of Berlin, from the telegraph office at Stamsund. "You said in your last speech, German troops would meet the British wherever they landed. Where are your troops?" Equally cheeky was a bus ride taken by Lord Lovat and some of his men to a nearby seaplane base. The commander of the base later complained about the "unwarlike" behaviour of the Commandos and undertook to report accordingly to the Fuhrer!

[@jacobstebbe9718]

What was the general opinion of the Vichy Government by the civilians in Southern France who were governed by it?

[@henrykissinger3151]

Indy, Iceland was also atm a overseas danish colony or in a union with denmark under danish law and king.

[@WorldWarTwo]

But occupied by the British in May 1940.

[@ohnoa2]

fun fact tho during the course of the war, australia would start its eventual drift into closer military and economic cooperation with the americans rather than the british

[@StuSaville]

The UK throwing Australia and its other Commonwealth trading partners under the bus in its rush to join the EU played a large role in that.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

I expected the chair of infinite knowledge to be more of a dark blue. Shows what I know.

[@Gustavogukpa]

Talk about the axis diplomatic offensive in south america

[@perarduaadastra7648]

It was called the Australian Imperial Force, not Expeditionary Force. 10 SQN (RAAF) served in the UK, from 1939 til the end, operating Sunderland Flying Boats as part of RAF Coastal Command. Approximately 10000 men from the RAAF were based in the UK during the WW2 (some of our own Squadrons and some mixed up with RAF Squadrons) over a third of them never came back. RAN served all over in WW2, probably most prolifically in the Mediterranean as part of the “scrap iron flotilla” and in the Pacific later in the War. HMAS Sydney was sunk of the coast of Geraldton in West Australia in October 1941 after engaging in a battle with the German Cruiser Kormoron which was also sunk in the battle.

[@farhanrahman7119]

We need more ootfh

[@L24-h8i]

5:17 planning their revenge on the emu

[@TheCimbrianBull]

The emus are still waiting, though!

[@johnd1216]

Why was the maritime alpine front (between France and Italy) so quiet during 1944-45?

[@aaronpowell7608]

Thanks Indy!! I was meaning WWII, LOL 👍🏽😂

[@misterfats123]

Indy why are you not wearing your Houston Astro’s baseball cap during the World Series? You are a Texan and the Houstonian

[@WorldWarTwo]

And a big Astros supporter! I'm sure he has been wearing the cap all week. But this was recorded back in September.

[@misterfats123]

World War Two Can you ask him to wear one and one of his recordings? Please

[@paulx7540]

AIF 6:55

[@TheWozWizard]

Please identify float plane at time hack 2:16. Thank you.

[@StuSaville]

Northrop N-3PB Nomad

[@dominikvostry6869]

I would say its fascinating that Hms Sydney sunk three ships but they were Italian so....

[@stevecase4592]

Nailed it again with another great video ! Indy must be feeling sick as he didn’t have that “crack cocaine” energy he normally has. Lol. Love you guys and keep up the awesome work !!

[@pnutz_2]

the pervitin energy

[@romaniacountryball]

Will have a serie about weaporns and uniforms?

[@romaniacountryball]

@Grayson DuBose Basarabia is Romania,Transilvany is Romania!!! Dracula will drink your blood! Stereotips mood activeted

[@GeorgeSemel]

Romania Ball you should do WW-II week by week but in Polandball!

[@GeorgeSemel]

@Grayson DuBose It started with some bored Germans I think, I have gotten hooked on it, it's a comic view of Nation States and takes a lot of liberties with, well history. There are some really very good animators doing Poland/Country Ball. Juice Glass comes to mind! A lot of work goes into some of this stuff.

[@CarrotConsumer]

It's a community of pop history comic makers that take themselves too seriously.

[@romaniacountryball]

When will come the next Out of Foxholes?

[@WorldWarTwo]

We're working on it!

[@truesoprano2152]

Not really an official question, but do you have plans to create merch like you did with The Great War? I need some new socks...

[@WorldWarTwo]

We do, but we're completely swamped right now. We want to set up a Merch store for some time now, but we never really get around to do it. I hope we do sometime soon!

[@truesoprano2152]

@@WorldWarTwo That's exciting to hear! I can't wait to see what you have when you finally have time to set it up! And if you ever need help designing anything I have some experience with graphic design and would be willing to help you for free!

[@NotZero2]

Somehow Indie looks quite tense sitting in this chair. He obviously needs the one back from the Great War - there he always looked relaxed as in heaven :-)

[@elektrotehnik94]

Indy, you look like you had some sleepless nights :/ get enough sleep, it's very important

[@WorldWarTwo]

We filmed over 30 episodes that week (and attended Oktoberfest). So yes, he probably needed some sleep.

[@Makrom1000]

What is the music used in this video? I also noticed it in Churchill's famous speech.

[@bobsingh7949]

Well done. This podcast should be fully funded by self-respecting government that has deep ties to WW2 (my government, the Canadian one). Fully funded and promoted. It would be an investment in the Canadian citizen and the future. Folks think that this stuff is ancient history - at least that is what I perceive.

[@bigdaz9363]

Will you guys cover the Peru - Ecuador war in 1941

[@valentingeorgiev6510]

what were the soviet plans for the balkans and turkey

[@Maks-si3xl]

Make them Communist.

[@Uhhok3]

Australia was still in the process of healing after the defeat in the emu war.

[@wisdomleader85]

Didn't the KMS Bismarck hit and sink the HMS Hood near Greenland?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Relatively

[@johnzengerle7576]

When will we see more of “The war on humanity?”

[@WorldWarTwo]

As soon as we get around to filming it!

[@larshammersholtpetersen601]

You forgot Iceland. Iceland was also a danish overseas territory at the time.

[@WorldWarTwo]

No it wasn't. Iceland gained independence in 1918. It remained in a personal union so that the King of Denmark was also the King of Iceland (like Canada with the King of England). But that was ceremonial. Foreign policy and defense was handled through Denmark, but they were fully independent. This is not a point of debate - just Google it.

[@xaristsilinggiris319]

Please make a video for the greco italian war

[@martinwalshe5657]

Country's that were neutral in WW2 like Ireland but contributed towards a victory would be a good out of the fox hole .

[@Ziggletooth]

Well, Italian ships, they probably would of found a way to sink themselves.

[@podemosurss8316]

You can actually do that, it's called "scuttling", and is something the Germans used to do when losing a war.

[@Ziggletooth]

@@podemosurss8316 It was implied I mean't unintentionally.

[@mogenskruse2429]

Iceland had the Danish king as their soverign until 1944. In that year they decided to become an independent nation.

[@Southsideindy]

Denmark recognized Iceland as a sovereign state in 1918. The Act of Union from December 1 that year recognized Iceland as a fully independent and sovereign state - the Kingdom of Iceland - freely associated with Denmark in a personal union with the Danish king. Iceland established its own flag and declared its neutrality, then opened its first embassy in 1920. The Act would be up for renewal in 1940 and could be revoked three years later if agreement was not reached on renewal. Well, in December 1940, Denmark was occupied by Germany and Iceland by Britain, so it was not renewed. It expired at the end of 1943 and in 1944 Iceland voted to end the union and become a republic. But it was a sovereign state from 1918.

[@HowieDaDuk]

"...the word of the American Government can be trusted," said no Native North American ever...LOL...the U S Government gained over the U K by being the "protector," of Greenland, so it was glad to help ...I Love your Productions Indy and all the rest of you...T U!

[@deprogramm]

You make it seem like the UK or any country has 100% honored everything it signed. Fucking idiot.

[@vilwilhol]

You forgot about Iceland, which also was a part of Denmark

[@WorldWarTwo]

But was occupied by the British in May 1940, which we already covered in our May 11, 1940 episode.

[@vilwilhol]

Just thought you should elaborate on the subject Thanks anyway ♥️

[@Southsideindy]

Denmark recognized Iceland as a sovereign state in 1918. The Act of Union from December 1 that year recognized Iceland as a fully independent and sovereign state - the Kingdom of Iceland - freely associated with Denmark in a personal union with the Danish king. Iceland established its own flag and declared its neutrality, then opened its first embassy in 1920. The Act would be up for renewal in 1940 and could be revoked three years later if agreement was not reached on renewal. Well, in December 1940, Denmark was occupied by Germany and Iceland by Britain, so it was not renewed. It expired at the end of 1943 and in 1944 Iceland voted to end the union and become a republic. But it was a sovereign state from 1918.

[@vilwilhol]

Thanks a lot 😊

[@musaabahmed3431]

How about Indy to Reddit

[@lordcancer642]

what about the french and dutch colonies in south america?

[@waardlafrance110]

American colonies remain neutral under American surveillance, there have been food shortages, rationing, restrictions for all French colonies, imposition of a blockade, creation of American bases from 1943 onward.

[@WorldWarTwo]

They were put under Allied 'protection'

[@donfelipe7510]

Did this also include French Polynesia? Tahiti and the like, I can imagine the Japanese may have had their eye on these places as well as Indo-China as part of their larger defensive perimeter in the Pacific. However I expect these places were quickly taken under the wing of the Americans also, Tahiti might have been a strategically interesting place to station submarines and aircraft to disrupt the supply lines from America to the South Pacific.

[@person1782]

Me like Australia cos I live in Australia

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Indie, I assume you meant 'French EAST Indies' since the arrow pointed at SE Asia! LOL!

[@WayneMoyer]

So how many Danes escaped back to Greenland in hopes that it would stay neutral and safe during the war? I'm guessing five to ten?

[@WorldWarTwo]

The lack of regular flights to Nuuk might have been an issue even if they wanted to...

[@WayneMoyer]

@@WorldWarTwo Sounds like the Three Stooges should have started an airline there with Curley as the pilot. Nuuk Nuuk airlines.

[@larsmathiesen8999]

​@@WorldWarTwo At that point in time the only ones that had realy done some flying in greenland was Charles and Anne Lindbergh in Tingmissartoq en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingmissartoq#/media/File:Lockheed_8_Sirius_'Tingmissartoq'_at_the_National_Air_and_Space_Museum,_Washington_DC.jpg And Wolfgang von Gronau in his Dornier Do J Wal It was the Americans that built the first airfields Bluie West One, Bluie West Seven, Bluie West Eight to use them for ferry Lend lease aircrafts to Britain. Nuuk only got an airport in the 1970s and still today it is to short to take large aircrafts from Copenhagen so you have to transfer to a smaler aircraft in Sønderstrømfjord (Bluie West Eight) But BUT the real reason Greeenland had stratedic importance was because of the cryolite mine in Ivitut. Cryolite is the only mineral that have ever been mined to extinsion. So now you have to make it arteficialy. It is used in the refining of Aluminium ore. So with out the cryolite the US would not have been able to manufacuture the amount of aluminium aircraft that they did (because aluminium was so precius during WW2 you saw the woden wonders of the Mosquito and the Hughes H-4 (the Spruce Goose))

[@ICULooking]

@@larsmathiesen8999 woden wonders is an excellent typo

[@larsmathiesen8999]

@@ICULooking Thanks Mr. UsukLookin I am briliant at typos ;)

[@philandrawis6232]

the AUSSIES were fighting the Italians with the new Zealanders way back in the Lybia and EGYPT the Germans came to the rescue of the Italians but also India and South Africa and other nations were there too on the Britsih side and thereafter it was the battle of El- Alamine which later become Germany's start of defeats the new Zealanders and Aussies were there in the early start at Tobruk (in Lybia )

[@maxmartin7931]

the fox logo of this episode is the team logo of the slovak hockey team HK Dukla Michalovce 🤔

[@WorldWarTwo]

Looks similar, but not exactly the same

[@maxmartin7931]

@@WorldWarTwo anyway, great video, keep up the great work 😇💪

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@davesmith4038]

I never see much, if anything, about the WW2 Palestinian/Lebanon campaign. Any chance of a special on this forgotten campaign?

[@WorldWarTwo]

We will cover that next year, but we will include it in our weekly episodes instead of doing a special

[@craighagenbruch3800]

in ww1 germany had few colonies did any if these carry over to ww2 and did they try to create a empire outside of europe?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Germany lost all of their African colonies after World War One. And Germany didn't necessarily aspire a global colonial empire as much as a racially pure Europe.

[@craighagenbruch3800]

did they have any plans to do anything to the colonies if they had succeeded?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Not that I know of, other than early plans to use Africa as a relocation site for 'undesirables'. But I will look into it!

[@craighagenbruch3800]

thanks and really wow thanks thats really interesting

[@stalinvlad]

J Scullin, an example of austerity hithertobefore unknown to me. Strange, austerity should be invoked when everyone is fat, yet is always used to kill the skinny. I guess the greedy never listen to stories

[@user-rx8dv7mn7f]

Did captured British colonial troops such as Indian troops end up fighting for the axis?

[@rogerhwerner6997]

Hard to imagine a time when the word of the American people and their government could honestly be trusted. Ah, the days before the modern era of realpolitik.

[@viliussmproductions]

Indy doesn't look too comfortable on that chair...