Montgomery Announces Britain's Surrender | BBC 1945 (TNO)

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery announces Britain's surrender from Leeds.

[@Epentibi]

This is my first video and I wasn't at all serious about it myself. It was just goofing around with the voice cloner, obviously there's a lot of issues you could point out there and then and if I had to remake one now it'd be a lot better, but hey let's just enjoy it (or not). Join my discord: discord.gg/Aw8gyMrh5g

[@houssamassila6274]

queen elizabeth II was crowned in 1953... "his majesty the King" is what he should have said..

[@leonardobarbosa7825]

I believe he is refering to the Queen Consort, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon aka the Queen Mother. As Elizabeth was still the heiress presumptive in 1945, she would be referred as "Her Royal Highness", not "Her Majesty". That style of address was reserved for ther mother and her grandmother, Queen Mary. The King, if still alive (I never played the game so it's just assumption on my part), could have ordered the rest of the Royal Family to be evacuated to Canada and stayed behind to sign the surrender, as I believe the Nazis would have demanded. But... it's alternate History, so he could be refering to the late Elizabeth II anyways. This is fiction. @@houssamassila6274

[@davehackett8253]

That doesn't sound anything like Monty

[@tobysilverstone5297]

was going toa sk what tv show this was from.

[@MySamurai77]

Did Monty live in the U.S?

[@mitchhosking5599]

The AI's stiltedness does this one some favors. It almost makes Montgomery sound like he's being put up to say this by force.

[@Epentibi]

In fact it was quite difficult to create this, as Montgomery was a very expressive man and there weren't a lot of references where he speaks very calmly, it was in fact easier to mimic him with emotions.

[@jojojojo4332]

​@@Epentibiconsidering that in the game he is depicted as a traitor and or a flawed men at best. Makes it even better, because you have to lay constraint in your emotions. To fit such a imagine of a bootlicker.

[@FortuneZer0]

Of course he would have been forced to say that due to his disdain for the soldiers.

[@L_Train]

Not to me. It sounds like someone who is definitely not Montgomery, maybe not even British, reading too quickly off a page with little expression. The beginning isn't too bad but the middle and end just aren't even close. Maybe the technology will get better in the near future. There are a lot more than just tone that goes into what a person sounds like. Maybe soon things like cadence, diction, timing, etc will be implemented and improved upon.

[@IndigoJo]

@@L_Train The voice sounds American. Definitely not the British "received pronunciation" that was used in BBC broadcasts in the 40s, but closer to the CBS equivalent.

[@SuperValue350]

Crazy how in TNO timeline, this broadcast was made just 26 years after the peak of the British Empire.

[@jemperdiller]

The just timeline.

[@what-uy7go]

@@jemperdiller Sanest TNO fan

[@Unregistered.Hypercam.2.]

@@jemperdiller most mentally stable TNO fan

[@yj4003]

M

[@randommonkey4900]

what is TNO timeline

[@hinsonbob8876]

When you are a British soldier fighting in the front and you hear this announcement:

[@jonhstonk7998]

happiness?

[@salvini2809]

i think soldiers who fight obbligatory would be happy that war is over but some may be angry as f considering their political views

[@alexref6074]

@@salvini2809 i think that it was mixed feelings, in TNO lore Britain was in terrible situation at the ending of the war since they were cutted from their colonies and because kriegsmarine controled ocean it was hard for USA to supply Britain and the german army were experienced good suplyied by Caucasian oil and prepared well. So brits were in a little better situation that soviets and were fighting for every single street in blodlly fights against stronger enemy and was in literally hell so they will be happy that it's all over. But at the same time they would be angry and sad because they screwed up empire that was existing and dominating for hundreds of years the empire their fathers and grandfathers fought for, they screwed it up againist country they beated once, and now everything that was creating for all of this years is lost his magity left them and now they are alone in new world in ruins of something they fought for.

[@salvini2809]

@@alexref6074 yea that's also a good theory

[@galacticknight55544]

I'd shoot myself in the head if I were a British soldier and heard this announcement.

[@doctorbobcat7123]

This is very cool, but I think it also shows that voice AIs so far have been mostly design to emulate American accents. In both the announcer and Montgomery you can hear a bit of an American accent on some words, like an American attempting a British accent. (Obviously, this isn't something you can really help, but I just found slightly noticeable.)

[@omnito]

Definitely can hear an american accent.

[@ps2bndled]

I'm pretty sure in this case it's meant to simulate a Trans-Atlantic accent, which was popular in the 1940s

[@doctorbobcat7123]

@@ps2bndled You may be right, but Montgomery did not have a Trans-Atlantic accent. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but Trans-Atlantic accents seemed more an American thing overall.)

[@warman1944]

I don't even understand why you say "A BIT of an American accent on SOME words". I'm an American, and to me this just sounds like an American WASP--vaguely British-ish, but overwhelmingly American. And the BBC reporter? He sounded 100% American to me, to the point that I was honestly confused at the beginning.

[@cyngaethlestan8859]

@@warman1944 I agree with you, at first I thought it was a y... an American reading this. Not remotely English and mont'y had a very particular voice. It's quite scary If you think how fast these things are evolving though - In five to ten years these sort of spoofs might be indistinguishable from the real people - Then what happens to history.

[@nowhereman6019]

This is the only use of AI to make art that I approve of.

[@Blorp858]

They aren't taking people's jobs.

[@amentco8445]

I approve of all ai art.

[@Blorp858]

@@amentco8445 Yes.

[@ChrisHansen.]

@@amentco8445 no

[@Blorp858]

@@ChrisHansen. No

[@gregbeyer9507]

I'm going to play this for all the old people at the care facility who thought that Germany lost the war.

[@Xinnmg]

Cool😂

[@Reichsritter]

haha

[@antoniothegunexpert5955]

LoL

[@MentalParadox]

slow down there, Satan

[@Charles_Anthony]

Most old people are German or have German ancestry. Might perk them up.

[@kapatidtomas]

I gotta admit, although the emotions of the AI voice aren't very expressive and does sound like he's forced to make a message, I've got to say and not deny that it got Montgomery's voice on point realistically still. This is such a well made alternate history scenario video, most of your videos are, well done.

[@Madokaexe]

I think that's the idea, he is being forced to accept surrender.

[@Afghamistam]

Lol what? Yeah, that voice is on point if Montgomery was born and raised in Delaware.

[@kevingray3550]

As a kid in the1960's I heard Monty speak many times. He lived until 1976 and he made many TV & radio appearances before his death. He was in fact famously known for his very distinctive stilted manner of speaking which was instantly recognisable to most Brits. Most Yanks think that an English accent is and English accent they do not appeciate that for such a small country England has a huge range of local dialects as well as those that reflect a persons social class. These tend to be very obvious to the English ear. Monty wasn't any different his English accent reflected his colonial childhood as well as his membership as a young man of the Edwardian military officer corps. I am afraid that this impersonation sounded nothing like him. AI isn't as smart as you think.

[@richardm7004]

"it got Montgomery's voice on point realistically still." Apart from the very obvious American accent of course.

[@Vaultboy-ke2jj]

It sounds nothing like Monty! For one it’s an American accent. It doesn’t have Monty’s distinctive voice and trouble with his r’s

[@adrielsebastian5216]

0:57 I had to do a double take at the HM the Queen line. That means King George VI was probably killed in a Luftwaffe bombing and Elizabeth became Queen... at the age of 19. Or it just meant HM Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mother) and young Elizabeth and Margaret.

[@mandead]

Or he just didn't research the script.

[@Panzerfanlol]

I think he does get killed in the lore? I can't remember for sure, might be confusing the vanilla hoi4 easter egg with tno lore

[@develynseether4426]

In TNO lore he was killed yes

[@sjrescapades2256]

There is a risk that in 20,000 years time an archaeologist sifting through ancient servers after the devastation of world war 3 and a rise in sea levels thinks this was a real event.

[@donnguyen3795]

@@ahmadfsalam I wonder how many ancient event we believe happened are just fiction of author. Event like Troy are borderline history and fiction

[@Reinhard_Erlik]

Damn, I wonder if they will even remember all that we have been through, throughout our history.

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@Reinhard_Erlik I don't think they will. If there is still a human race then, I think they'll write off all historic data as unreliable due to the revisionist documentaries and AI.

[@theorangeoof926]

@@zacmumblethunder7466 Depends on how bad record keeping gets and how much a post-truth world affects the distant future

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

@@theorangeoof926 We'll keep our fingers crossed that things won't get that bad.

[@Naturewalkingthrough]

“They think the war is over; but they are dead wrong!”

[@lautarogomez9711]

This war is only the begining!!!. Soon, apocalypse will begin !!!

[@declangaming24]

The Queen wins and liberates England injuring Montgomery leading the puppet British army

[@royouyong2131]

"Terrorists. Parasites. You come to free your ilk? Well, as you drag your filthy feet across these halls, remember that you trespass against a man who built a civilization. A civilization to dwarf all others. Remember this, when I release the Machine Men..."

[@ManBird999]

BJ Blazkowitz!!!!!

[@joetrump2983]

In this timeline, it's the neo Nazis who said this

[@ImColombiaa_]

just an idea: this would be better if there were long pauses between disturbing news, it'll make it more realistic imo

[@Azhini]

I agree, the whole thing feels a bit relentless.

[@theflipgaming4873]

Excellent work on elaborating the TNO lore 👍

[@GazB85]

What's TNO?

[@mofik26]

@@GazB85 Wolfenstein: The New Order

[@illuminati955]

​@mofik26 Lmao no its TNO last days of europe.mod for hoi4

[@philippankhurst6680]

I can't think of anyone who sounds less like Monty...

[@Dave-hu5hr]

Ali G.. ?

[@makutas-v261]

Napoleon tipping his hat off from heaven.

[@nathanieltraynor3326]

He’d probably weep at the thought of a Nazi victory

[@BigHomieGayAss1917]

@@nathanieltraynor3326 I think he would have more negative associations with Britain than some reactionary German ideology that he has never heard of and has no real context for.

[@christopher9727]

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[@Cjnw]

Hasn't France already been taken‽

[@makutas-v261]

@@nathanieltraynor3326 My ass.

[@TommyBahama84]

I didn't know Monty had an American accent 😳

[@RoyCousins]

...and lost his speech impediment (couldn't pronounce his R's).

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

Brilliant once again, loved the classic documentary style map shown in the thumbnail especially. I don't like the portrayal of Montgomery but that's a problem with TNO not your vid. Just a couple of corrections: 0:56 it would be his majesty King George VI as he did survived WW2 and went into exile with his family and died in Canada in 1952. Where Queen Liz becomes Queen of the commonwealth. I know this hasn't been implemented yet but the Welsh shouldn't have been mentioned with the Scottish and Irish at 2:31 as Wales is being removed sometime in the future and just becoming apart of England (which is a good thing considering how retarded current Welsh lore and it's worrying portrayal of the Nazi being liberators from England).

[@Epentibi]

Thanks for the correction. I wanted to stick close to the lore and it appears Montgomery was the one most mentioned and most likely to have done it.

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

@Epentibi Yeah it's not your fault. It's mainly due to Great Britain's lore being terrible.

[@shen4379]

@@3.2187_Kilometres Which part of Great Britain's lore do you take issue with?

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

@shen4379 Nearly every single thing apart of the lore I have an issue with. Let's go through every English leader and tell you my problem with them. Macmillian: Shouldn't be a collab leader. Man openly stated he'd fight with a communists to combat Facism and was on a list of politicians that Germany would "imprison" (read killed) if they ever invaded the UK. There's no way Macmillian should be alive and if he was, he'd certainly be a memeber of HMMLR. Margaret Thatcher: Horrible blackwashing of her character, she wasn't some authoritarian dictator who wanted to restore the British empire, her OTL rhetoric also wouldn't appeal to anyone in the 60s. She simply comes far too early to become a viable candidate fot prime minister. Also, the woman who donated a crap ton to save a Jewish family in World War 2 and someone who opposed German reunification due to her experience in the blitz shouldn't be a collab leader. She'd fit better as a small member of the resistance. Maulding: very odd choice for the "wholesome chungus collab reform path" considering he was a corrupt, incompetent tory that inadvertently started The Troubles (he was Northern Irish secretary and was responsible for Bloody Sunday). It's a gross mischaracterisation to have him of all people as a Liberal. Also, Keith Joseph is portrayed as a collborator because he was on the right side of the Conservative party. Problem is he's Jewish. Why would the nazis allow a Jew into their collab government? Jellicoe: Shouldn't be a party leader, he was an aristocrat fuckboy OTL who joined the party for the cheese and parties more than actually being a politician. There's no way he'd get his shit together and be able to be an actual prime minister. Wilson: Wilson abolishing the monarchy is retarded on some many levels. Not was Wilson himself a monarchist with one of the closest relationships with her majesty Queen Elizabeth II (who is mentioned to be widely respected by even hardcore socialists in TNO) but he was also pragmatic (hell Wilson's entire minigame is about sidelining extermists within his own party). He wouldn't risk the opposition turning more radical by abolishing the monarchy. Even if we do give by TNO's logic of abolishing the monarchy, the fact he can abolish the monarchy yet can't abolish the house of Lords is incredibly stupid as the house of Lords would be far easier to get rid of. Yet it's kept because "it would prove to diffcult to get rid of". Plus, a red monarchist Britain is far more intresting than boring Cromwell larp.

[@pashauzan]

@@3.2187_Kilometres Yeah I do notice that Thatcher is some sort of a nationalist, and in no way would transfer British sovereignity to the Germans. Also the same opinion for Wilson.

[@5Times5]

Imagine going back in time and broadcasting this during the early 1940s

[@la_constitution]

I’ve just one thing to say : OPERATION LOUD AND CLEAR

[@williamherbert7938]

Is that the one where we all get a week's worth of rations and a stick of dynamite?

[@internetperson8638]

This feels like War of the Worlds. Fascinating. Love it.

[@AntrozLPs]

On a different note, this sounds absolutely terrifying. I expect a lot of unsavory groups will use AI like this to rewrite history and try to subvert horrible events or people to fit their agenda. There should be a mandatory disclaimer in every video like this saying that it's fictional and made by AI.

[@alexmckee4683]

We're entering a post-truth world. It is horrifying.

[@pliat]

anyone that thinks this is real is a mong

[@argentius6479]

🤓🤓🤓

[@gustaffring]

​@@argentius6479 bro, he's right....

[@thechazz3230]

​@gustaffring no. He's not. It's ridiculous that he expects there to be a disclaimer. Especially when the video being a work of speculative alternate history fiction is blatantly obvious.

[@GenialHarryGrout]

It's scary to imagine what could have been if this had happened. I was born after the end of WW2 and my world would look normal to me, but to those born before 1930 the UK would have been a very different place to the one they grew up in.

[@g4wwk-k2f]

the 2020's are a very different place to the one I grew up in. The secret invasion by Sir Klaus and his NWO friends is almost complete

[@arndtfoehrenbach3030]

Hey Dmmy, all cities in the UK are flooded with brown people. Adolf would have never let this happen.

[@intermilan9731]

Scary? This is much more preferable to the British today. Wait, Britianidishu and Londonistan, city of knife crimes where native Brits are not even 50 percent of the population anyway. Actually, this is a realization we supported the wrong side.

[@ZeitgeistGaming69]

Did anyone notice that in this alternate reality George VI dies in the bombing of Buckingham Palace and Elizabeth is queen during ww2?

[@sosia-c5f]

this is amazing

[@gamerpigeon4513]

One problem: the BBC logo should not be that. That is the modern one today. They did not have one in 1945 but instead a coat of arms. Their first logo however was really sick, it was a compass with wings. Look it up!

[@williamrodriguez8238]

It should have said His Majesty The King. George VI was on the throne in 1945.

[@purplexs2506]

One presumes the alternate reality scenario portends the death of George VI.during the war.

[@MrRobChuck]

Either the King died or stayed in Britain, possibly captured, and Montgomery is referring to the Queen Mother

[@declangaming24]

​@@MrRobChuck I think what happens is King George gets captured and imprisoned in the tower of London but eventually gets executed for not co operating that's why Edward the VIII returns with a all expenses payed flight by Germany

[@commodorezero]

If also could imply George VI was dead in this AU. Elizabeth II was always bomb away from being a WW2 monarch.

[@silverchairsg]

Operation Sealion: Success

[@thefogboundfan8314]

I never realised he was American and looking at the map Leeds appears to have retreated 60 miles to the north.

[@TheGameGuy2024]

*_"We shall never surrender! And if, for which a moment I do not believe, this island, or large part of it, was Subjugated and Starving, then Our Empire, Beyond the Seas, Armed, and Guarded, by the British Fleet, Shall carry on the Struggle! Until in gods good time, The New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue, and the liberation of the old."_*

[@TrystaneTheBlack]

Sounds great, one tidbit i could hear is that he said "Her majesty the Queen" which she didn't become Queen until 1952 in our timeline. I suppose this being some alternate history sort of thing you could argue she became Queen earlier but was just one possible error i thought i might mention.

[@tomburke5311]

Just listened to this; I’ve always been interested in counter-factuals. As to the present point (HM The Queen), I had assumed that this meant that in the reported fighting in London King George VI had been killed and therefore the young Princess Elizabeth had succeeded to the throne.

[@googleface3052]

It sounds like the AI has taken some 'inspiration' from The Great Dictator speech by Charlie Chaplin. It has also given Montgomery a slightly American accent

[@christianluts810]

Its interesting but Monty had a speech defect [he rolled his "R's"] and I doubt that he ever strayed towards an American accent as this does.

[@kevingray3550]

To everyone's great amusement Monty always referred to his adversary Rommel as "Wommel" .

[@captainhadd0ck]

I didn't know Monty was actually a Yank! 🤣🤣🤣

[@mvit8088]

In this timeline Britain was founded by american settlers. Columbus was mexican and discovered England in 1492.

[@theodorekaczynski8147]

AI makes it sound like he’s forcing himself to read from a paper

[@adrianmanship2546]

@0:48 "Her Majesty the Queen" ? Not in 1945, it was still her father, George VI. AI has still a lot to learn.

[@dominicbuckley8309]

Presumably in this timeline, KGVI was killed during the Blitz on in the aftermath of a successful Op Sealion.

[@cspresimir]

Maybe, like in SS-GB, king George died while attempting escape in disguise.

[@owenb8636]

Future historians will be baffled

[@davewanamaker3690]

These are quite amazing. Should be put together in some sort of documentary about alternate history.

[@BMWOracle]

He sounds American and he sounds like he's in a rush

[@sleepnaught]

definitely doesnt sound American.

[@wardy6224]

Alternate timeline where all the British spoke in American accents for some reason lol

[@commodorezero]

The fact the Queen is referred to as the Queen means in this timeline George VI had previously been killed in the war.

[@TobiasFernison]

Britain shall never fall!

[@coloniser.-]

its falling to immigrants atm

[@cooleradam4324]

@@coloniser.- if you wish for it to be otherwise you need to cut down the welfare state and restrict birth control for the native British.

[@missk1697]

"There is much to be done" Oh don't you even think about it

[@Whenyouarent]

I was recommended this on fucking d-day

[@leftyken]

The BBC did not use American announcers in 1940 and I have no idea what the British Broadcasting Service is. Montgomery was not a field marshall in 1940, he was a divisional commander, so a major general. His accent was very distinctive and he sounded nothing like the voice presented here.

[@geoffreylee5199]

The British Broadcasting Service? You mean Corporation …

[@Rickyrab]

"Attention to all freedom-minded Englishmen and British. Ignore Montgomery's attempt to surrender on Britains behalf. We fight for liberty! We fight for the Commonwealth!" - Winston Smith, speaking from the Isle of Man, prior to embarking for training grounds in Canada

[@haikalmiftah2529]

May I suggest you to put a short description about TNO in video description. Just in case about anyone who watch this video doesn't know anything about TNO or even misunderstanding this as a real footage.

[@angelrogo]

BBC declared Jimmy Saville as the new PM.

[@baileygregory9192]

Even tho its not true its dtill a depressing thing to hear

[@tomasdariuspaun7586]

Yes

[@diolaneiuma215]

Why is he saying "her majesty the Queen" when she's not even the monarch yet

[@PitunghereTNOschizo100]

She was the successor legitimate but in TNO-TL. She was replaced by Edward VIII because Britain surrender for the first time result of the war. So the Queen gets exiled to Canada or Iceland as a legitimate Queen.

[@declangaming24]

​​@@PitunghereTNOschizo100 basically what happens is queen Elizabeth goes to Canada with various members of the government and prime minister churchill who is never mentioned. Edward VIII returns to the throne as Hitler made a agreement with him they negotiate terms resources army ect new prime minister Germany backs there puppet rebuilding infrastructure that was destroyed. Free united kingdom is a government in exile hosted by Canada who remains a dominion it has remnants of the UK, Czechoslovakia, France, Belgium, Netherlands, luxumbourg ect

[@leeg9292]

There was no Queen in 1945. It was a king George VI

[@philipvogt2855]

Thank God, we never had to hear this.

[@benusmaximus3601]

Interesting touch how he referred to HER majesty, implying that perhaps George VI had been killed during the fighting...

[@williamsmeds1368]

"Her majesty the queen" in 1945? Really?

[@jreadfbnfgncn5010]

in the timeline this video is based on, Edward VIII never abdicated but was deposed in the 1940s after collaborating with the Nazis, ultimately still leading the collaborationist England. According to the Wiki it should be George VI in power (as it was in real life)

[@misdangered4326]

Leeds has certainly fallen and is currently occupied by foreigners.

[@berlinmitte10117]

The BBC would have loved this

[@iainsan]

Neither the original announcer nor 'Montgomery' sounded anything like British newsreaders of those days or the Fieldmarshal himself. They lacked the clipped upper-class accent favoured at the time and sounded faintly American.

[@cybertronian2005]

why would Monty be announcing this from Leeds is what I found amusing 😆

[@jackthelad5366]

Because he’s like everyone else and loves a Saturday afternoon on the lash in leeds city centre 🎉🍺

[@abrahamoyevaar2226]

Sounds like a sceptic tank!!! Bloody Jerry lies!!!

[@martingantenbein176]

If that had been true, only German comments would be seen here. One people, one world, one language.

[@grahamphilpot7281]

There was never, at any point during WW2, any chance of this becoming a reality.

[@callumwatterson]

I like the notion on the map that there were some random pockets of resistance including strangely, a bulge tripoint from Hesketh Bank to Blackburn to Fleetwood

[@ScottyDont1945]

In another world this recording actually happened.

[@rainbowappleslice]

This is very well made

[@edwardfisher8939]

I've heard Montgomery speak and this is nothing like his voice.

[@ArcturusOTE]

Now that this content is deprecated, will you make an updated version reflecting material in The Ruin update?

[@JosephWood1941-iz6mi]

I was born in 1941. I would probably have been enrolled in the Hitler Youth and my elder blue-eyed blonde sister would have been forced to bear the child of a blue-eyed blonde German soldier. God only knows what would have happened to my parents. My father always told me that if Hitler had succesfully invaded Britain there were plenty of British sympathisers who would collaborate. His own pre-war employer was one of them. My father was a fireman during WW2, having been a volunteer fireman before hostilities started and also too old to become a soldier in 1939.

[@kntrsh]

We declared war on Germany for a world where freedom and the rights of all people could be respected* *Conditions may not apply in the British Empire

[@gryphonbotha1880]

IRL British leaders made speeches extolling the defence of these values during WWII. Also IRL, anyone from their colonies who heard these speeches replied with a resounding "B R U H ."

[@Dryhten1801]

@@gryphonbotha1880 Not at all

[@gryphonbotha1880]

@@Dryhten1801 Yes, I suppose it would be wrong to say they "replied", since most would not have had the opportunity to write back, and it would be wrong to discount the governors or viceroys who wouldn't have given a resounding "bruh". But for a lot of the natives, it was like an overworked, underpaid lower-level worker getting an announcement from their CEO about how important recreation and fulfillment is to the company culture. Ultimately, a message that's more confusing than inspiring.

[@Dryhten1801]

@@gryphonbotha1880 Most natives actually held a lot of loyalty and patriotism to the Empire. If you ask a lot of oldies in the ex-colonies you'd see that. Yes the conditions weren't great but compared to all other options including the ones before the British came, they were the best thing they could hope for. Treated equally under British law as an Englishman, fair wage, allowed to practice their native religion and culture, etc

[@footballmint]

Elizabeth wasn't coronated till 1953 btw

[@1_5RCBiker]

Didn't realise Leeds was near to Newcastle! 🤣

[@warman1944]

So, this is only the second video I've seen from this channel, and I have to ask: is there a complete alternate timeline? Like, does this channel have its own lore? I ask because he mentioned "The Queen" and the Royal Family fleeing to Canada, but why does Britain have a Queen in 1945?

[@antmod1]

Her majesty, the Queen has been evacuated? I think you mean his His majesty the king

[@johnflanagan9382]

I had no idea Monty was American.

[@alexanderperry1844]

I cannot imagine such a broadcast, and thankfully, nor could my forebears.

[@DN21Media]

The Queen? In 1945?

[@LivingroomTV-me9oz]

Has the King been killed, maybe?

[@develynseether4426]

​@@LivingroomTV-me9ozcorrect.

[@alexmckenna1171]

Quite a number of "American" pronounciations, which Monty would never have used..

[@Sewblon]

feels bad man. 😢

[@were455]

One thing that's wrong about this is that he refers to 'Her Majesty the Queen'. There was no 'Her Majesty' in 1945, it was 'His Majesty'. Fake.

[@MonarchistMusic]

Presumably, in this scenario King George VI has been killed during the blitz, and an even younger Elizabeth II become queen

[@BhagwantRai654]

Why do they speak like Americans? Montgomery is British

[@JYB245]

0:56 queen?

[@deoproximo1572]

This is where Wolfenstein begins.

[@leosnow9342]

HOI4 taking of London???

[@AreJayCee]

Scary stuff this AI a whole generation might grow up more deceived than they already are.

[@JaySlay69]

"Her majesty, the queen"? Elizabeth didn't become queen until 1952 when her father died.

[@Majora_2010]

It may be implying that the king is dead. The king's wife was called the queen at that time, and then queen mother when Elizabeth II took the reign.

[@ErikYehl]

You should make a U.S signing the armistice version. Great video

[@iankemp1131]

An interesting idea. One of the weakest parts of this piece of historical fiction is that nobody would have been drawing the distinction between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in this context. An American mistake, and a bit too much post-Braveheart thinking? It was very much seen as Britain that was fighting the war.

[@amund8821]

He sounds a bit too nonchelont and relaxed at times and sometimes even positive. It does not sound like he is announcing the surrender and end of the british empire, it sounds like is announcing a minor setback.

[@alexref6074]

Well at least Britain gave germans a good fight in tno lore, maybe the whole situation was aganist them but England gave it best

[@jameswright4236]

To be fair, such a scenario would have never happened unless two things occurred. One, Chamberlain never resigned as PM and any commitment to fighting the Germans is half-hearted at best and cowardly at worst. The war would have likely ended around 1940-41 dependent on how the Russian campaign played out that winter as the Germans took too long to land the killing blow against Moscow and the Russian winter swept through and destroyed their operational capability. Two, the Kriegsmarine for any significant land invasion needed massive levels of investment on par with that of the Panzer programme and training for amphibious offensives would need to be prioritised, something the German army never really practiced given their main focus was fluid and fast land-based warfare.

[@johannesnicolaas]

Thanking God on my bare knees this didn't happen!! (a Dutch guy whose father almost perished from hunger in occupied The Hague, Holland.)

[@AudieHolland]

He doesn't sound like Montgomery. There, other people pointed it out already. I distinctly heard an American accent creeping in at places. Oh well, another OSS/CIA disinfomercial.

[@crs290]

I'm wondering when they will evacuate London in the near future.

[@chasemora9606]

Amazing, can you do some at request?

[@Grow5ft]

Thank goodness this NEVER happened. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@vif3182]

GG well played everyone, it's finally over... everything is SUS

[@richardgilliland7869]

Dude, I fucking wish this was the way things had worked themselves

[@helmutgrunther8722]

Her Majesty? George VI was still alive in 1945.

[@Team-of-one]

If this happened today the government would put the Wehrmacht up in 5 star hotels and you would pay for it😂😂

[@ChrisCrossClash]

"If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they'd send a limousine anyway" 😂😂

[@averagejoe8358]

Nah, send Goering to Rwanda, they're starving over there

[@cheydinal5401]

1:25 the relaxed AI voice makes it sound like he's congratulating a rival football team that won the game lol

[@BichaelStevens]

The Queen?? What Queen? I only know our King, George the Sixth. You're 7 years too early.

[@markskinner3169]

That's a very American Monty.