Lego WW2, Battle of Hannut

[@tonyz7216]

My late grandfather was in the 1er Régiment de Dragons Portés / 2nd Mechanized Light Division / 1st Army that saw action in the double battle of Hannut / Gembloux. Never talked much about the war to my father. He recalled that he had twicked an Hotchkiss tank so that it could drive faster and that it had been evacuated at Dunkirk 'sur un superbe navire de ligne anglais' ie 'on a very fine British liner' (TSS Tynwald according to its military papers). The regiment spent two days in Weymouth in England to recover as they had not slept since start of the German offensive and then was sent back to the front line in France via night shipping to Cherbourg. His regiment was partially re-equipped and fought a delaying battle at one division against three until the armistice was signed on the 21st of June 1940. My grandfather survived the campaign but his squadron's commander, a captain and a WWI veteran, did not have this chance and got killed in May. One of the 100,000 French soldiers who would never come back from the Campaign of the West 1940 either KIA, dying from wounds or as POW.

[@jacobzehner2004]

Interesting fact that during that battle the French were capable of destroying more panzer tanks and losing less of their own tanks and the French had more tanks than the Germans at that time.

[@LCMhistory]

French had better tanks in general. And according to the battle... It was a draw. Both of them had about 600 tanks in the first day and lost about 200 after the battle. However the French was the side to retreat so the Germans took the battleground and could repair most of their tanks

[@Diedwhilemakingwaffles]

@@LCMhistory german tanks were superior. Only the somua s35 and b1 were really good, tho the b1 didn't have a radio

[@Ranyick]

@@Clayton.Ayes but ever wondered why it was alone? The rest of its company got taken out by Germany anti tank guns earlier during the battle. The Char B1 was an impressive tank when looking at it in a 1 on 1 closed of scenario, but it definitely suffered in a lot of other aspects. The same aspects all french tanks suffered from: bad support and no radio. German tanks were inferior in armor and firepower, but they had field radios and were supported by better artillery and aircraft

[@Diedwhilemakingwaffles]

@@Clayton.A ok then try to command a huge vehicle, fire and reload the main gun and communicate with other tanks (which have small anti infantry guns and won't be able to pen anything) with FLAGS. The french idea of a tank was obsolete and it showed in their designs with most being large slow, not having radios and the commander having to do multiple jobs which often resulted in him not looking at the battlefield (cuz he had to operate the gun) and the much more coordinated germans outflanking them and penning the sides.

[@LittleLegoAnimator]

@@LCMhistory you're wrong!! The R 35 is simply terrible for the crew. Moreover, there was no communication there and the commander’s orders were very difficult to understand.

[@camillebauer8393]

As a franchman thank you for showing that my countrymates fought bravely in 1940 and didn't ran evry time they saw some germans

[@LCMhistory]

Yes, its a big mistake to think the French just showed White flag as soon as they saw Germans. It was a bad luck actually... huge tactical and then strategical mistake which led to the surrender. But before that French fought well

[@camillebauer8393]

​@@LCMhistoryThank you! There's something i need to ask you : one day can you do a spanish civil war battle?

[@LCMhistory]

@@camillebauer8393 Its a question of money. All new projects demands big investments so not ready at this moment :(

[@JamesJuniper-u7x]

love how you showed the tank driver half out of the turret by detaching his arms like that, nice parts usage

[@oddmanout4256]

It is a testament to the French tankers they acheived all of this with only two man crews, and could have done so much more were it for proper planning 🇫🇷

[@LCMhistory]

Also it had to be nice to have radios. It was hard to coordinate a tank attack with the flags

[@anidiot2284]

@@LCMhistoryUnderstatement, you video showed exactly the flaws with the French using a flag signaling system over radios to a tee. And here the whole fact of leaving you main gun unattended to stick your self out to be exposed as you wave around giant flags to not only signal your Allie’s but also let your enemies know what your saying (if they were to decode the system) and let them know exactly where you are, is just incredibly dumb. Germans tanks didn’t have the best armor but they had better crews, fast tanks, larger crews and meth, lots and lots of meth.

[@CJbrickfilms]

Great video! You did a good job of showing how hectic the battle was.

[@Buildarmy]

Absolutely love the attention to detail in your video! It's incredible to see how our tanks come to life. Looking forward to seeing our Tiger 1 in action!

[@DNiedziela]

To. Jest. Mega🎉🎉🎉😊

[@ФИЛЬМЫОВОЙНЕ-и7х]

Awesome intense clash of tanks! And the final shootout was great as well

[@YourFriendlyOfficeAssistant]

I love the aesthetics of the early-war French tanks. This was amazing

[@MarvinMcCaster]

I just love these stop motions. You get to learn history while enjoying LEGO all in one! Perfect!

[@Drigvinom]

Mom: look he loves playing some tanks Son lore:

[@lorenzoanimationstudios4591]

I like how you showed that the French didn’t have sufficient radios in their tanks.

[@connordean7629]

love the call to arms osfront sound effects of the shell ricochet

[@FoxTheWingedHussar]

I love the Revolver battle at the end its so realistic.

[@A_some1]

I love how you make the small details like they using flag to communicate

[@midasvn7977]

Cuz they don't have communicate device like German

[@A_some1]

@@midasvn7977 that why i said they using it for communication

[@midasvn7977]

@@A_some1 yea thats why they lose

[@A_some1]

@@midasvn7977 at least they tried

[@LCMhistory]

@@midasvn7977 Actually they didnt loose... They won. Sounds werid but the French won that battle. But they retreated because of the strategic plans and Germans captured the battleground and... also won. So it's kinda a draw in total

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

WoT voicelines 🔥

[@LCMhistory]

Yeap ) Adds some vibes

[@verdun5869]

Je suis tellement content que tu ais accompli la vidéo que je t'avais proposé! Elle est GE-NIALE!!! Les figurines sont magnifiques les chars trop bien fait, et surtout, la reproduction de l'utilisation des drapeaux par les français a été très bien reproduite, le chaos de la bataille que tu n'a jamais aussi bien reproduit. Seul petit défaut, le manque de diversité de char chez les français.

[@ErwinRommel72-p7v]

Pz 4 and 3 left the chat

[@LCMhistory]

Oui, je n'avais que des R35. Je sais que les Français avaient des chars plus lourds et plus puissants, mais je ne les ai pas. Peut-être que je les utiliserai à l'avenir.

[@LCMhistory]

@@ErwinRommel72-p7v I was a bit limited in the variety I could use

[@verdun5869]

Very Good!@@LCMhistory

[@verdun5869]

Pas de besoin de B1, mais des S35 qui eux ont participé à la bataille serait bien. En tout cas très bon projet et continu comme ça!@@LCMhistory

[@nikey9355]

Boy this IS A GOOD ONE

[@tomtom91610]

Nice, I recognised the Blitzkrieg RTS theme

[@lordguapendo8171]

Great game!

[@zsejuestudios]

Incredible work, I love the attention to detail with the French tankers. And the camera angles. Good job

[@midasvn7977]

That was fast I love the part that French crew use flag to communicate. Cuz they don't have communicate device like German

[@ericbenne632]

ITS OUT LETS GO

[@LCMhistory]

Let's go! ))

[@cyberarchitect9280]

The WoT crew voices are genious XD

[@byharik_47_84]

Oy my lego world. Great work!

[@khianfrancisrodulfo9701]

Great tank battle my friend, I hope this is pretty much interesting, smooth and forward lego ww2 stop motion

[@SanjaySanjay-rw6lr]

Liked with 1 hour

[@matrxduck9243]

this was very cool and the stop motion is super clean my only suggestion is to use less CGI and effects and use more Lego some examples of this are the fire and insides of the tanks you could use some tiny grey pieces for the opening and blackout the rest

[@samuraibrickfilms5820]

Legend. Maybe the best tank battle om youtube

[@Redbrickstudiochannel]

Very impressive and epic tank battle! As always, you made a good and the Buildarmy stuffs are so good, I like them too 👍And by the way, it was a good surprise to see a battle brickfilm set in Belgium 😉

[@adnanbenic8713]

Great Stop Motion LMC!

[@LCMhistory]

Thanks man! )

[@limhin9608]

This video is just so chaotic it’s crazy. I love it!

[@LCMhistory]

Yeah, tried to make a picture of a battle chaos

[@thplumanns]

The spelling of cities, hilarious, Gembloux becomes jblu.

[@MetalBricks]

This is really good

[@LCMhistory]

thanks )

[@Awesome_sauce_Productions110]

Great stop motion keep em up

[@LCMhistory]

Thanks :)

[@BastiderCoole1]

You have do it so nice congratulations 🎉 Nice that you halbe do it with German words (I’m from German )

[@LCMhistory]

well thank you, did my best with this animation )

[@BastiderCoole1]

@@LCMhistoryYes and it is very good

[@REOBrickfilm]

good video, bro

[@TrisBricks]

Amazing work, love it!!!

[@LCMhistory]

Great to hear that )

[@averagesingaporean3]

The french could've actually held out for longer if their tactics wasnt so outdated and didnt had so much incompetent troops if they had more competent troops and more modern tactics like using radios instead of flags,they wouldve stood a chance against the Germans

[@LCMhistory]

totally agree

[@ProAviation1000]

Me: why am I always so tired Also me watching these videos at 12 am:

[@LCMhistory]

lol

[@mobilewalkthrough9175]

This video is so chaotic and interesting love your videos

[@JTlegos6415]

Love this video I love lego and history too

[@LCMhistory]

Thanks :)

[@JTlegos6415]

Oh my god he answered lol@@LCMhistory

[@LCMhistory]

@@JTlegos6415 Trying to answer as many as I can.... when have time )

[@Leopard2a5.]

it would be nice to see the marks of the shots on the ground

[@LCMhistory]

My bad, need to think about it... Sometimes I make them in my animations and sometimes I skip it

[@monikaheinen4083]

Bro really took da wot voicelines💀💀💀

[@LukášHakl-m8j]

Super video nemám slov kdo nezná dějiny tak je bude opakovat už nikdy více ❤❤❤

[@valor101arise]

Love the facts

[@josephmcmasters-vn7po]

I love your vids

[@Pablobama]

pov : french army no radio ? 🤬🤬🤬

[@ASoldierinWar]

Amazing! Absolutely stunning. The animation was natural and the moc was terrific

[@LatRedObzor]

Легокрэйзимоушен постарался на славу

[@Eggstraordinary23]

Was it world of tanks voice in German?

[@blackbirdmotionstudios7423]

Awesome tank battle

[@benjajav320rojas9]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Stephanos1]

Very interesting to see early ww2 battles

[@Gravity_studioss]

Now imagine if there was a Char B1 amongst this mess...Instant French victory

[@radebar11pl44]

Stuka siren kicks in

[@Leopard2a5.]

I've been waiting

[@jimmythelegoman4184]

Great job

[@LCMhistory]

thank you!

[@lanla-j9c]

Fantastic

[@NCartVlogs]

super cool 😮

[@Iamwtfboi]

I almost forgot the french used flags for comms instead of radios. One of the big reasons they werent able to fight effectively in the war

[@LCMhistory]

Real history fact which made a huge impact on that battle

[@Mrpenguinlife2014]

Who was fighting with the Germans France or Belgium

[@LCMhistory]

Both

[@Mrpenguinlife2014]

Ok

[@tonyz7216]

On the French side SOMUA S35, Hotchkiss H35 and H39 were fielded at Hannut. But no Renault R35. Nice vid though. Greetings from France.

[@its_high_noon]

how to modeling to realistic this ww2 tanks!? i have so lovely this channel

[@official_jblp7910]

Nice that you used th World Of Tanks German commander sound

[@m.rufallrhagial6774]

Aye bro can u tell me the name of the german tank in 2:39

[@Destroyer_mech-ms4ed]

Panzer I

[@Destroyer_mech-ms4ed]

Panzer I

[@matthewskudzienski888]

It was Before the French Resistance

[@vanilla7751]

You use ost from Blitzkrieg? 🤔❤

[@LCMhistory]

LOL I dont remember... I found a video with cinematic from gameplay with the music and took it.

[@roseminijrcias8875]

Yo nice video but can you do Philippines history like battle of mactan battle of manila

[@LCMhistory]

Maybe in the future

[@Antley278]

Lowestcommonmultiple bricks :D

[@LiefdeDeutschland]

Tolles Video 👍

[@sergeantwillyt8860]

This reminds me a lot like Brictators videos

[@ccffpt]

me too but i think it's because there aren't a lot of Lego stop motion that tells the story of the Battle of France

[@sergeantwillyt8860]

@@ccffpt it reminds me of Brictator because of his tank battles

[@ccffpt]

@@sergeantwillyt8860 ok

[@ilmukalam2b973]

bro used WOT german crew vocals👍

[@MiG-31893]

Where do you get the sound effects of the tanks exploding from?

[@LCMhistory]

Cut them from different movies and videos - right from KZbin

[@jonathanmiller6381]

Hello there my friend! :D How are you? Also just liked the video as well. Btw I made a new discord cause something happened to my old one. I friended you on it again.

[@LCMhistory]

Hi there! Havent been in discord for a couple of months ))) When I get there I'll accept your request

[@jonathanmiller6381]

@@LCMhistory Ok sweet.

[@followerofchrist6694]

Amazing 🤩

[@chenkaiyang-g4d]

franch tank didn't has good communication system🤔

[@LCMhistory]

That's the main point of the video - Germans had radios and could coordinate their attack. And French had nothing except red flags and it was really hard to see the command

[@chenkaiyang-g4d]

@@LCMhistory those tank crews used flag to guide tank is a very bad idea, if Germany army send snipers team to there, French forces will lose too many unnecessary casualties.

[@verdun5869]

Vas-tu faire une autre partie?

[@LCMhistory]

Oui, je vais le fair.

[@verdun5869]

Merci!@@LCMhistory

[@verdun5869]

Tu parles français?

[@ccffpt]

je pense qu'il utilise google traduction

[@LCMhistory]

@@ccffpt "A vrais dire je peux parler mais tres mal. Je etudie la langue Francais en lÚniversite ... il y a 20 ane". - J'ai écrit tout cela de mémoire, mais maintenant j'utilise le traducteur Google. C'est plus rapide et il y a moins d'erreurs.

[@leestudios9948]

Can you do one on the battle of adwa

[@LCMhistory]

dont know yet

[@Flugzeugehobby]

The sound is from world of tanks

[@aaronantonczyk109]

Cool

[@LCMhistory]

thanks :)

[@tonyz7216]

Great work! However is it because you did not have any S35 available that you used R35s instead? There was an amazing 'lego' S35 on the market (Coby or something) but when I contacted them it was not made anymore. Too bad you had to use an infantry support Renault R35 tank instead of the cavalry tank SOMUA S35 that distinguished itself during the battle of Hannut. Despite its turret and lack of radio flaws, the S35 could take any German tank. Most were lost due to the Luftwaffe, lack of fuel, mechanical breakdown and scuttling at Dunkirk.

[@Mowerssss7]

what editing software you use

[@LCMhistory]

Final Cut Pro

[@MaliqIbrahim-1306]

This was great but do you mind telling me how some commanders can stick their hands out and their tanks still fired? The early panzers at that time like the ones.shown here used their commanders also as gunners, so I'm a little confused.

[@LCMhistory]

My bad )) I knew that about french tanks but when was making animation I was more concentrated on the animation of battle itself

[@ryleeculla5570]

Why must nearly everyone think the panzer 2 has a man canon it doesn’t it’s just a 20mm auto canon

[@ryleeculla5570]

Did you take some audio from company of hero’s 1 or 2 for the German radio chatter

[@LCMhistory]

I guess it was Call of Duty

[@ryleeculla5570]

@@LCMhistoryreally I swore some of those voice lines are from COH cause you barely get any tank gameplay or interaction with tank crews

[@jonathanclark236]

Anyone else miss the old man Lego narrator

[@jeje99_yt]

How did you get all these legos?

[@LCMhistory]

I collect lego for more than 20 years

[@NevinMclean-ti2nf]

Very nice

[@solisgod]

did the french not have radio on their tanks?

[@benjajav320rojas9]

Te amo te amo te amo ñaa😂 hera broma no te quiero por tu canal y esos vídeos increibles😢

[@imgood7923]

love the details about the French still using flags too communicated to one and another.

[@aste1683]

yep 😎

[@LCMhistory]

Well it's a really important detail of that battle

[@hambrickz8675]

Cool but i thought panzer 2 cannot penetrate r35?

[@LCMhistory]

And you are right. But I was short of tank variety.

[@hambrickz8675]

@@LCMhistory oh ok i understand. Maybe in part 2 u could use a char 1 bis and panzer 4 D or panzer 3

[@LCMhistory]

@@hambrickz8675 No, dont have them :(. Maybe in my next French ww2 animation somewhere in a year...

[@hambrickz8675]

Oh ok

[@andrasgaspar2208]

The aerly french tanks had one mened turret, so they had bad reaction time and slow rate of fire and they wouldnt be able to fire on the move, and the germans had many other other tanks like panzer III and panzer IV and panzer 35, and the panzer II has an auto canon with high rate of fire, also war thunder has better tank crew lines :D

[@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078]

Definitely not. The World of Tanks voice lines are easily superior.

[@andrasgaspar2208]

@@graustreifbrombeerkralle1078 i think the war thunder ones are more authentic, they updated them a while ago so you should check it out :)

[@LCMhistory]

@@andrasgaspar2208 Never seen warthunder voice lines on KZbin... Need to search. And yes, Germans had many other tanks but French had other tanks as well. I used only R35 but French had strong heavy tanks and in general French tanks were better at that time

[@zargon4397]

Finland! Finland! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

[@LCMhistory]

Hopefully in 2024 I will make one more about the Winter war

[@thegermanhalonerd5511]

Great job LCM👍 really enjoyed the animation, now did this take part in Hitlers invasion of France?

[@malikkelly8561]

Where do you get your Legos at?

[@LCMhistory]

Depends.... Tanks from this video are 100% from the British company Buildarmy. The link is in the description. But if you ask about the minifigs its more complicated - from a lot of shops. Cheap and expensive. I have a video called "where to get military lego". It has all the links and information. But also I can provide you some info in short if you tell me what minifigs exactly you are looking for

[@ryleeculla5570]

Couldn’t you have just use the panzer 3s from the battle of voiskovitsy video and use them in use them in this one

[@LCMhistory]

No... This video was made as a collaboration with the "Buildarmy" company and I could use ONLY tanks made by this company. So all of the tanks in this video are from Buildarmy

[@jurassictales]

Letsss go!!!! W in the chat bois

[@matthewsantos8752]

nice i love it

[@UlsterCountryball]

Can u pls finish the Waterloo trilogy please

[@Nick_Rota]

Are some of the german voices from World of Tanks?

[@LCMhistory]

Yes.

[@MixMotio]

Do the sets come with pieces or do you have to go to bricklink