PARIS, FRANCE, 08/25/1944, PARIS LIBERATION _ CIVILIANS AND GERMAN PRISONERS IN THE ST - LMWWIIHD239

[@knowneys1977]

As a child in the UK 🇬🇧 I remember asking my mum, who was of that era - what were the German POWs like, “glad to be out of it, some of them were just boys” was her reply.

[@cybrunel1016]

Imagine if motion pictures had existed 500-1000 yrs ago, the footage we would have today. It's important to document history with film, it's the only real (reel) time machine we have. Great footage.

[@jenniferlarson6426]

The military knew, at the time, that this was going to be a war unlike any other. If they had not filmed and documented this war, people TODAY would not believe what went on. They would be saying that we're all lying, making up stories....the Germans didn't kill millions of jews at concentration camps, etc...... The films prove what happened and they show all the horrors of war that today's youth would deny ever happened.

[@Skipidy720]

Reel talk bro

[@hihenry8129]

@@linuxrwanda not this.

[@TheASSedoTV]

Very well said.

[@61394lomas246]

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[@jean-bernardbrisset4589]

I was a kid under german occupation but, believe it or not, Paris streets were safer then than today

[@HSVvoneVScheissaufPeineOst]

Jean-Bernard Brisset Today Arab and Nigga Clans around Paris and its not safe for white French Guys. In Germany is the same Picture in the streets of Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich its the same😝

[@HSVvoneVScheissaufPeineOst]

Kenneth Hoffman remember your own War Crimes in Vietnam and all over the World. Du Arschloch

[@HSVvoneVScheissaufPeineOst]

Kenneth Hoffman fick Dich guck mal deine Scheiss Regierung wie viel Krieg und Leid sie über die Weltbevölkerung gebracht hat. Natürlich nur im Namen der Freiheit🤣😂😂😂. Und jetzt wollt Ihr dem Russen an das Bein pissen aber so einfach wird das nicht. Ihr Imperialistischen Schweine. Aber Hauptsache ist das wir deutschen die Bösen sind. Wieviel Dörfer habt Ihr in Vietnam weg gebombt wenn auch nur ein scharfer Schuss ertönte , wie viel????

[@jean-bernardbrisset4589]

If you come at it, the anglosaxon bombers killed much more french civilians than the germans during the whole occupation. What difference do you make between burning a whole village population in a Church and Killing thousands of people under fire bombs as in Rouen, Caen, and great many villages in Normandy.

[@HSVvoneVScheissaufPeineOst]

Jean-Bernard Brisset Bravo Jean

[@pawelkkkk7103]

after watching this film im wondering what a great joy people of France had to feel. Greetings from Poland.

[@francusboa501]

People are restless, tired of wars, but during peace time, eager to go to war.

[@DrMurdercock]

Humans crave what we don't have. It's just how nature fucked us.

[@Liitebulb]

No, we're not

[@Mandrak789]

9:31 Not the best idea to keep those moustaches.

[@ronnysterling7694]

Mandrak789 I know right

[@hansdampf4695]

@BigToe Sugar Grove Hahahaha! nice try.

[@mcraeally44]

Apparently this type of moustache was not exclusive to Adolf Hitler. The toothbrush moustache was quite popular in Europe back in the 20's and 30's, even in the post-WW2 era.

[@radenakbar8666]

Charlie Chap: Excuse me, mate?

[@captain-curly]

LOL

[@jimskoonberg561]

I was there 25 years later. I was in the Army and stationed 12 miles outside of Paris.I think my Dad was in Paris in 44.

[@liamtran5088]

Ok

[@gringologie9302]

Paris was liberate by a french army...

[@lexdelaney2805]

Those that study history must bear the burden of watching it repeated by those that didn't.

[@w.s.2102]

I’m definitely not enjoying it in 2021

[@fila6243]

certainly not a smarter world. i expect it will end in tears.

[@aydon1276]

@@fila6243 No matter which way it goes tears will fall, I'm afraid

[@EkoJr1337]

Which side of history?

[@Yasser.Osman.A.Z.]

Well. Its happening again, ironically the offspring of those gave their lives for the cause are the current new perpetrators now.

[@ОлафИванов]

Captured Germans in France are crying because they have just stopped chilling out, captured Germans in the USSR are completely calm, because they have gone through 7 circles of hell ..

[@thinredline2795]

Can you write that again in English please?

[@TheHandymanQld]

'I was a member of the resistance' 'We don't have you on our books as a member' 'I was with the secret unit' 'We don't know of a secret unit' 'It's because it was secret'

[@MaxPowers]

Every frenchmen after WWII.

[@bobylapointe8784]

But every american AFTER independance war and AFTER France won in Yorktown and Chesepeak, true. Not before. Check, you will be surprise... and disappointed, I guess. Les rats sont ingrats.

[@muzicAle76N]

Inglorious Basterds? ^_^

[@silverpleb2128]

Being member of resistance in france doesnt meant to be a member of a fighting group, resistance do not only apply to gunfights. Intelligence, sabotages, supplies, covering and helping fighters and soldiers.... Just saying. Plus, most of the french soldiers, french mens and generally most of young peoples were in german prisons, or forced to work on the industry. Most of the french army equipment was under german control.

[@XBegbiex]

😂

[@karlaiken6152]

Wonderful old film not seen by me before. Where was this stuff hiding? We need to see more of this genuine old documentary film.

[@metapolitikgedanken612]

I think there is a lot hid from public viewing.

[@sebastiandrozd376]

French heroes...🤔🤣😪, during Warsaw Uprising '44 hole City was fighting against Germans...250 000 lost their lives, during 2 months of cruel slaughtering civilians, children..etc..it was killing for examples: 40000 / 60000 by 5 Days...(Wola district), 5-8 August 1944...

[@ikechukwui2561]

Do yourself a favour and watch The World at War then. A WWII documentary.

[@Ilnarchikgalant]

Че говоришь, нихрена не понятно, пиши по русски

[@wokeeye6441]

It was in hiding for a reason. Speak to the man in the high castle; he has a stash of these. Just steer clear of the authorities if you want to view them.

[@fiachraswaz]

76 years ago tomorrow and still resonates so deeply

[@FortniteBlaster2]

The French attacked the Germans

[@c.j.1089]

@@FortniteBlaster2 what fascinating people you find on the internet.

[@opasrache5751]

@@FortniteBlaster2 es waren ja auch alles Feiglinge.

[@muttley8818]

@@c.j.1089 Nazi apologists. You usually see them roaming the YT vids about the war.

[@alexanderrobb6628]

Funny everyone was in the resistance when the allies arrived.

[@alexanderrobb6628]

@weedon shav like De Gaulle who fought the war from London,then liberated Paris as if he was there through the occupation.

[@maloflory]

@@alexanderrobb6628 Yeah, it would have been so much more profitable to the Allies of he went to occupied France and began an uprising in 1943, with 100k Resistants and one gun for every twenty Resistants, instead of liberating French Africa, saving the British army at Bir Hakeim, opening the way to Rome at Monte Cassino, participating in the Battle of Normandy, doing France's own landing in Provence and then invading Southern Germany, taking the Eagle's Nest.

[@redmertah]

@Alexander Robb Paris was actually taken back by the resistants themselves. Allies didn't want to be slowed down going through Paris on their way to Berlin.

[@fazekaslaszlo]

@@alexanderrobb6628 then blocking Britain's entry into the Common Market! Lol

[@jolldoes1515]

And don’t forget those smiling police officiers who collaborated and helped the Germans to round up Jews .

[@foxu8581]

Its hard to imagine that you're a prisoner in other country knowing that your own country is devastated from war and your family whom u love u didnt have any idea if they are still alive back home

[@claudiorodriguez7661]

Yeah, yeah, now they are the victims.

[@uemitaydoğdu]

Who gives a fukc about germans.

[@Matze239]

@@uemitaydoğdu dumb

[@marcologo342]

@@claudiorodriguez7661 most German soldiers had no chance but to serve. They are also victims. The real criminals are Hitler and his gang.

[@murraygiles3191]

@@uemitaydoğdu the war is over you dumb clown .

[@marvinl8519]

In Germany we call that "Wendehals". They collaborate with whoever is in charge at that time.

[@baddoopey]

Marvin L, yep, Germans know all about that.

[@trevoredwards9344]

Thanks i didn't know that

[@yoshypl9901]

Wouldnt you, if that meant saving your and your family lives?

[@wujekzwanny630]

in Poland we call it coward and traitor.

[@chiselcheswick5673]

@@yoshypl9901 Good comment.. we all like to think we could be the heroes, but you never know until you are put in that situation.

[@richardroyal3563]

Many of the German soldiers looked middle aged +, even among the rank & file. It shows how Germany by that time was scraping the barrel grabbing everyone who could hold a weapon. No doubt many of those taken prisoner in Paris were "occupation" troops and not considered as front line fighters and one would suspect that it was the younger diehards in the ranks who put up some resistance.

[@uriahverne5725]

whether resisted or not, they were beaten anyway. The hate for the occupiers was too big

[@barneyboy7771]

It does not matter how old they are, some were teenagers, if they had a gun they were still killing Allied troops and French people who got in their way. They deserved no mercy.

[@copsondonuts]

They weren't middle aged or old folk. Theres tons of video proving this (you should see the german ones). What youre doing is propping up the rewritten history that the wehrmachts best forces were ONLY on the eastern front. Shut up alrdy.

[@ДенисПетров-т4о]

Richard Royal военный фильм

[@ДенисПетров-т4о]

Richard Royal военный

[@tekkhero9767]

This is the romantic victory, liberation and happiness rarely seen in war. And the illussion of trying to achieve it i believe has contributed to starting too many wars. It happened here though. Well fought for by the allies. Poor germans not knowing what to expect from being pow. Statistically they were lucky to become pows for the allies, where survival percent was very high.

[@anumanuva2431]

and look at all that beauty that is France today....

[@Mugen-c5h]

Always live in the past never grow

[@erwansabatie1490]

I live in France,and France is very beautiful today ! ! Stop rage 😚

[@boomerhgt]

Erwan sabatie In 20 years the France you know won't exist it's happening all across Europe...Mass immigration

[@erwansabatie1490]

@@boomerhgt they come in europe because we bombing their countrys!! If we stop bombing, they rest in their countrys, that's not difficult. For majority of french People, immigration is not a problem

[@thof8287]

@@erwansabatie1490 Thaya because Rheinland majority of french are Tolerant cowards And Traitors TODAY.

[@Antagraber]

Nice to see the restaurant La Coupole @00:59 which still exists in Boulevard de Montparnasse. Aussi le restaurant Le Dôme (108, blvrd. Monparnasse) (01:13) Thanks for posting.

[@reicherosterreicher3486]

Antagraber yeah thanks for posting the line up of fucking french resistancè ,not fighters, but cowards how are spitting and beating unarmed german soldiers. FUCK THE RESISTANCÈ , THE BAND OF COWARDS........

[@AnEnemy100]

Loser.

[@jmchdjaimerporkpuedolol3681]

What the fuck Joe

[@Antagraber]

Steirer Grenz Wächter Thank for your nice contribution. Regarding the Germans in Paris, nobody invited them in the city. And, despite everybody understand that mostly all of them were ordinary people involved in a war from which they would not get no profit, these are the rules of the war, even if not written in the Geneva convention. In fact, they had better chance to be hit by French than to be slew by the Soviets. Many in modern Russia, where I currently live, still remember Germany, and its atrocities. And despite Russian people buy MB, BMW and Porsches, one of the most popular celebration days is May, the ninth. For sure you know why.

[@lamontagne4697]

@@reicherosterreicher3486 Bro ur people occupied France what do u think? That we loose of our willing power? Keep the cowarness in ur camp when ur ancestor eradicate a whole village (Oradour-sur-glane) kids, mother and men with no guns got assasinated and burn in a church. I don't blame u to being german tho, use to be a warrior race and protector of christianity like french.

[@evgenkuznetsov343]

Ах, какие французы сразу смелые стали! Меня смех разбирает...

[@ph390]

а ты кажешься особенно глупым .. они сделали что могли с тем что имели ... но сколько погибло в СССР ??? более 20 миллионов; 570 000 во Франции, я нахожу, что после 4 лет оккупации нацистами, плюс бомбардировки союзников, где-то они были намного умнее и умнее, чем «красные», и поражение 1940 года высосало французов, чтобы стать 3-я ядерная держава ... вы всегда можете прийти к вам или к немцам ... mouhahahahaha

[@maxUFA-Bahkiria]

@@ph390 вы немного ошибаетесь, к началу войны французская армия была по вооружениям сильнее немцев в два раза. Просто они сдали свою страну и всё, нужно смотреть правде в глаза. То что в СССР погибло 26 млн человек, так люди боролись за своё выживание. И может быть если Франция дала бы немцам хоть какой нибудь отпор, то может и не было бы у нас таких потерь.

[@nikkinikki2430]

@@ph390 слейся, лайно!!!

[@ДианаМ-з6ю]

@@ph390 Цены на вазелин резко подскочили ,вот тебя должно волновать это в первую очередь .

[@whoareyou7399]

@@ph390 20 миллионов людей не прогнулись под нацистское правительство, а смело сражались за освобождение родины. К тому же если бы не Американцы, Франция была бы уже Третим Рейхом

[@sandeepmeena1]

3:48 - thumbnail 5:47 8:49 - again that guy

[@pedroroleygamer2850]

LMAO XD

[@heywarneywarney6959]

u have an eye

[@mannybaquero2129]

People very suddenly become humble when the tables are turned.

[@Ana_crusis]

yeah not so much the Master race when they need to save their skins,

[@jenniferlarson6426]

Mostly the officers. Many of the lower ranking soldiers were brainwashed and told lies.

[@jenniferlarson6426]

@Bella Bacci It's time for you to get some medication for those hallucinations you're having.

[@deepthroat3627]

@Bella Bacci Their

[@johnmercado3730]

@@jenniferlarson6426 some of them knows that brainwashing could happen to them. They chose it so they have to suffer the consequences.

[@mashtali1]

I don't know where you have stolen this video from, but it's priceless. I can feel the life in 1944-45.

[@wokeeye6441]

These are the anti fascist films from the man in the high castle.

[@UWfalcin]

Right???

[@georgebliss5134]

Stolen???? WTF???

[@DrMurdercock]

@@georgebliss5134 Yeah dude, the uploader is known to break into places, "borrow" WW2 film canisters. Then digitalizes them and uploads them here. BUt be quiet about it dude, we don't want too many people to find out cause then the channel will go down and he will get arrested by the god damn German Special Police

[@giulianiraymond330]

Stolen ? Video ? Its not a video its a film you idiot !

[@אפרתכרמלי-ט1ט]

👍 😘 Breathtaking. 😁 I wasn't born that time. I was born many decades later. But I am very excited to see the unbelievable moment that the Americans and British soldiers entering Paris. A moment of light 💡 in so much darkness. Efrat. Israel. 🌹

[@abhishekshekhawat9612]

So your forefathers survive the holocaust 😂

[@mariafrost1762]

It wasn't a light. There was much darkness after too, with French Communist partisans murdering French people who they thought had collaborated. So much for freedom and liberation.

[@432b86ed]

Reading through some of the thoughtful, empathetic and tolerant comments here... Say, aren't we about due for another one of these world wars? And now, due to our "great advances" it'll be one that isn't winnable? What a sad sad shame.

[@AChighur]

Don't be afraid, the majority of these people only have enough balls to fight with their keyboard. You'll never see them on a frontline.

[@peterb8679]

True, and as Einstein once said.....’ I don’t know how WW3 will be fought but I know WW4 will be fought with sticks and stones’.

[@nitishrawat316]

Now my favourite part..... THE COMMENTS... Different people (anonymous) fighting, claiming each other wrong, teaching real history 😁 shout-out ing to each other (comments they like) Cussing at each other (comments they hate) And then like me (others having habit like me) who reads and just takes the vibes of different comments like weeds...

[@ΚατεριναΔαλιανη]

That's exactly what I do.

[@diannabyrne5931]

Incredible footage, thank you.

[@ИгорьИгорь-ю7в7я]

Немцы в глубине души рады. Впереди ждали бои, поражения, смерть. А тут вдруг плен, жизнь. Для них война закончилась. Это ещё американским солдатам впереди бои, Ардены, Одер....

[@ironmaidenfan2144]

A lot of these German soldiers fought for France in French Foreign Legion in Vietnam. Especially former SS soldiers captured in 1944

[@marceloibba]

I think they had not another option....

[@scottfuller5194]

No....the French Foreign Legionaires fight only for the French Foreign Legion......they swear their oath of allegiance only to the "The Legion" not France.......!

[@korneliuszonfeld7104]

Totally wrong. Code of Honor of the Legionnaire (Seven articles) Art. 1 - Legionnaire, you are a volunteer, serving France with honor and fidelity.

[@dkreeg1964]

some Luftwaffe pilots actually served with Israel during their war of independence, and flew in bf-109, fw190! my dads friend has a German k98 with a Nazi stamp over stamped with a jewish star! the irony......

[@pongokel1386]

@@dkreeg1964 bullshit the israelis had like two ww1 planes during that war. None flown by germans

[@berserkeroflove]

So much hatred in the comments. The humanity didnt learned anything

[@ct5625]

Most of them are scummy trolls. They like to create numerous accounts just to give the impression their Nazism is still alive. It isn't. Rest assured we ended them once, and we'll end them again.

[@catpainblackudder01]

@@ct5625 What do you mean "We", I'll take a bet you did F K all......

[@catpainblackudder01]

@zaraza608 Well for that I applaud you sir, and what allied unit were you fighting with, against those villainous Nazis?, and if it is not to personal a question, how old are you now?, or are you, like I suspect, some gobshite who is living off the glory of their forefathers?

[@catpainblackudder01]

@zaraza608 Then stop making the claim...

[@cynamoon86]

I'm Polish and I wish NON of german live should survive. NON, Kill all this trash. "...every 50 years they should be bombarded with no reason"

[@ЗахарП-к9ф]

"We defeated the wrong enemy" - George S. Patton

[@andre42804]

В том и дело,что настоящие враги это англо-саксы.

[@paliroad]

Захар П , the winner was the wrong one. USA has polluted the planet, manipulated governments, invaded small countries, on and on. Who cares what stupid Patton says, he was a bully, and am glad he died.

[@tray-oq1nj]

Definitely. We should have sided with Germany and stopped communism before it spread with all the damage it caused globally. That was the biggest mistake we have committed as a nation possibly tied with Abe Lincolns traitorous acts.

[@lynn0MA]

He refers to the Soviets.

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

@TC G stfu neo nazi piece of shit

[@pngmick]

Nice video.All the lucky ones.We should remember the ones that did not make it on this day.

[@evilldead6824]

The film quality is amazing. Crazy to think that in 22 years it will be 100 years since the end of WWII!

[@thunderridge4830]

24 years actually.

[@fredericlife9456]

Awesome Thank you so much

[@jeanrene25]

Éternel respect for m'y ancesters that defend France during WW1 and then during WW2. This country will flow in my blood forever. Vive la France pour toujours et a jamais

[@andreasengelhardt5138]

every french man was suddently in the resistance when there was no harm from the germans anymore

[@phlm9038]

@@andreasengelhardt5138 About 100000 French soldiers died during the battle of France in 1940. The troops that covered the evacuation of Dunkirk were mainly French in 1940. The French were still fighting near the Maginot Line when Hitler was walking into Paris in 1940. French pilots took part in the battle of England in 1940. French pilots fought alongside the Russians in 1942 : Normandie Niemen. French fought with the allies in Northern Africa. Without the french resistance, which wasn't completely a myth, Operation Overlord could never have taken place. They were also very efficient in delaying SS divisions on their way to Normandy. Commando Kieffer took part to the D-Day landings. In 1945, the French were the fourth-largest allied army in Europe and took part in the allied invasion of Germany.

[@niksarass]

@@andreasengelhardt5138 "no harm" you are an ignorant. 1600 French résistants died in those 2 days only of liberating Paris

[@matsontario8480]

it looks as germans were admired and loved by many french people...

[@Sunday_fits]

Okay... apply this to literally every democratic and communist nation during then and you’ll find that the only difference is that their country was under control the of fascism immensely

[@mikeno8192]

The French got on well with the Germans - which is why most of society supported collaboration for 4 years. However soon as the Brits and Americans arrived - they loved them instead. Sided with whoever was winning. True story. The falsification of the history began after liberation - where denial of most being pro collaboration occurred

[@stephen10.]

Mike No Even Vichy was neutral military and didn't help germany . French poeple waited the liberation and wanted to be free again. You say bullshits . On this video we see the french second armored division of general Leclerc who has liberated Paris in first . The allied have arrived after , they have let the french free force to liberate Paris alone

[@h4rck04]

@@mikeno8192 big IQ

[@Fluffy_Rumples]

If someone is holding a gun to your head? Also, the french resistance was active as Germany invaded.

[@Jakedegaye]

Great video,thanks for sharing.. Further research of Vichy.. Had no idea France had a Free zone. Wondering what the life was like for the +1 million French soldiers forced into labour camps,how many of them survived the war?

[@fiachraswaz]

Its the sad thing of war that it is the young who have to die. Most of the german soldiers looked old enough in this, probably cos the flower of german youth was already dead by late 1944

[@srats56]

do you really expect the psychopathic rulers ie bankers to bloody their hands

[@simonyip5978]

I think that Paris was a secondary area, with older equipment and less fit and older troops than, for example the Eastern Front or the Italian Front etc. The limited number of troops that were available and the limited amount of weapons and equipment meant that places that were of less importance were defended by troops with captured equipment (like the French tanks used by the 7th Prinz Eugen SS Mountain Division, fighting the Partisans in the Balkans) or were older men who were often recovering from earlier wounds, for example the coastal artillery units in Norway and the Flak personnel defending the home front etc. Paris was probably not meant to be defended to the last man, and many of the German garrison were there to keep public order and to protect potential targets from being attacked by the Resistance.

[@samdowner1792]

@@simonyip5978 France had s bigger army but Germany had better equipment.

[@Panzer1441982]

My (German) grandfather said he lost his whole youth during that war he never wanted be a part inside. Somehow he looked so much older after the war, aged 25.

[@blaxsi9419]

Looking at the French capital, it is most untouched by the war, and ruins and corpses on Warsaw's streets

[@tomguyone]

The French government surrendered the capital as the Germans swept through France in 1940. It was declared an 'open city' meaning it would not be defended. The French government evacuated south to Bordeaux, thereby preserving Paris and it's historic sites and art museums. Warsaw, the capital of Poland was hammered by the Germans, though the Poles fought valiantly in it's defense. Also, the Nazi's considered the Poles, as Slavic people to be 'sub-human'.

[@bennnFR]

Yes, Paris has never been a battle theatre. However, when the Allies landed and succesfully reoccupied western coasts and cities, Hitler ordered the complete destruction of Paris as he understood he was going to lose the war. The Paris nazi commander, who felt in love with the capital, never respected that order.

[@brozjoszip6401]

I felt exactly the same. Paris looks untouched compared to Warsaw and Budapest. When it comes to destruction (does not matter which side you talk about) there is a common understanding in the west how Western countries consider Eastern Europe. Yeah. This is a special understanding of democratism and humanism saying those are different. That one of the reasons why noone in France and in the West really felt the enourmous need to liberate East from the German and later from Soviet occupation. They were not so eager to help East in 1956, in 1968 and later in 1981.

[@bebased1785]

Paris has been set to rubble many more times than Warsaw ever had. I mean look at the Franco Prussian war where Paris was sieged and absolutely ruined costing 100s of millions to repair. The French couldn’t afford to let Paris get put to the sword once again.

[@tomguyone]

@@brozjoszip6401 I would suggest you do a bit of research/reading on the politics in play in the 30's/40's/50's regarding central and eastern Europe. Don't forget Hungary was allied with the fascists during WWII. WWII in the European theatre was exactly to liberate all of Europe from the Nazi occupation. Recall the Soviets became allies of the western democracies, and so did liberate eastern and central Europe from the Nazis. Yes, there was a good bit of deal making between the US and USSR in '56, with the Russians agreeing to let the US deal with the Suez crisis, and the US agreeing to let USSR deal with Hungarian uprising. The Russian and their satellite nations invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 created outrage globally but in the end no one was willing to light the fuse to a nuclear WWIII.

[@BushcraftingBogan]

And just like that everyone was in the Resistance.

[@JabuLICORNE]

Of course, it's normal.

[@bebased1785]

Paris was liberated by French troops. There were already thousands of resistance members even before the allied invasion. This was the perfect moment to strike...they used something called I N T E L L I G E N C E .

[@bebased1785]

@Abcb Can’t understand how disrespectful people like you exist. 200,000 Frenchmen died during the battle of France, 18,000 died defending Dunkirk were the British bravely ran away. Most of whom weren’t captured went into the resistance or fled the country to join De Gaulles Free French Army. Entire villages were slaughtered because of simple resistance rumors. Hypocrite.

[@bebased1785]

@Abcb fight to the last with no high command? Fight to the last where the government has just abandoned its country. Sure mate. You being a keyboard warrior, I’m sure you would have fought on to the very last 🤣

[@bebased1785]

@Abcb so be it. True learners of the era would know that the French weren’t cowards during WW2. The population under German and Vichy population just adapted to they’re new way of life. Just like every other nation. Even Von Kuchler described the French as the best fighters he’d ever fought against from what he saw during the battle of France. Holding out against a fat superior German army with the odds standing at 20:1.

[@11Eagle25]

I'm scared looking at this comment section. Wtf?

[@TucTonic]

Time to wake up... You defeated the wrong enemy!

[@THEQueeferSutherland]

Seriously, a bunch of stupid 4chan /pol/ racist cunts commenting because they're anonymous.

[@feuercandy9114]

Why?! Are u a Muslim or a Black guy?

[@KatyaLishch]

@@feuercandy9114 a normal person

[@leeholmes4149]

Truth hurts

[@coralbay00]

So many lives wasted. Respect to ALL

[@matthewgray469]

No respect for nazis

[@Robbiehans]

@@matthewgray469 you pussy. Not all German soldiers were Nazis

[@matthewgray469]

@@Robbiehans All German soldiers were Nazis, they fought to advance the Nazi agenda and committed countless atrocities in the conquered countries. The fact that you defend the Nazis and their military leads one to think that you must be a Nazi yourself.

[@MemeMaster-gz7nk]

@@Robbiehans any soldier who fought under the nazi flag was indeed a nazi

[@nuutine]

@@matthewgray469 What can you do when a letter comes and says "if you dont join, you will be arrested and sit in prison". I literally got that same letter few months ago and if i don't show up they will arrest me. I have this weekend to decide the training. Probably Jaeger.

[@paulesteves1724]

Ces allemands ont sans doute commis des exactions, mais c’est voir ces pauves gars dans cette état m’en fait un pincement au cœur. :(

[@ИванИванов-ц9э7ы]

А какие были веселые в начале?..

[@luisramon8322]

The Germans committed a lot of atrocities in France during the occupation but on liberation day n Paris people don't seem to hold a sentiment of revenge or a desire to harm the germans being marched in from of them, they just happy for the liberators wth hugs and kisses. Great history moments recorded in the minds of millions of people. Thanks to share it with us.

[@DrMurdercock]

Guessing you didn't see 3:47 or about any other liberation footage lol. PLenty of the Nazi's got muffed up that day.

[@GeorgeLennon100]

I'm sure there was sentiment but more than anything else they were just glad the nazi occupation was over. There was most assuredly some revenge taken against them but nothing documented I'm sure.

[@clintonearlwalker]

@@DrMurdercock "muffed up"? At Auschwitz: "During the workers’ rest period on August 26, 1944, a French internee appeared in the infirmary. His strange happiness made me feel uneasy. The inmates were always being overcome with desperation and here was one who seemed ready to burst for joy. It occurred to me, “I must be careful. Poor fellow, there is something wrong with him.” Such cases were not rare. I looked impatiently toward the door. He observed my reaction and bent his head to me. “Paris is liberated,” he whispered. The German reaction came immediately. The soup was, if possible, worse than before. A Pole and three Frenchmen were hanged for disseminating “false news.” They shot the “Czar,” a Russian engineer, who, despite his nickname, was a rabid Communist. Nameless other thousands were again exterminated in the gas chamber this eve of the great Allied victory."--"Five Chimneys"--Olga Lengyel

[@celestinekhasatsili9814]

Thanks for not blocking the comment section

[@spainatwar3604]

How brave are the French, when the Germans come with guns in hand they all run away, but when the Germans surrender they hit and kick them...

[@trannkhaiminh9997]

this is just dumb lol

[@stephen10.]

How brave are the germans when they have killed whole french village ( with women + childs ) in june 1944 for revenge because the resistance stopped their divisions that went to the front in normandy 1944 . You imagine that the parisians hated the germans in june 1944 !

[@kyndallbrooks1781]

Unmmmmm how could one blame them?? I mean every story has many sides but have you seen what they had done? Granted not all off them were aware of this but all the bloodshead, the bodies. It is unfathomable to imagine.

[@Wolshanze]

I’ve never seen the surrendered German troops look so terrified

[@andreelindevall1203]

imagine their faces on the eastern front

[@phlm9038]

Any idea why they look terrified ? I guess many of them haven't been very nice to the locals during the occupation. Not every Parisian was a collaborator unlike most people think, people who don't know much about what was really happening. Their jails were still full of tortured prisoners and they were still sending trains to concentration and extermination camps in Poland. To the end.

[@mutawi3i]

Ofcourse they would be. 90 prcnt got shot against the walls

[@uemitaydoğdu]

@@phlm9038 I couldn't have said it any better.

[@BL00DRUNN3R]

That's probably because all of the real soldiers were already dead. The 'troops' you see here are those who never wanted to serve or adolescents.

[@goaldeninturnet684]

Amazing footage! What a great piece of documentation. Nowadays, situations like these get filmed with damn smart phones so the quality is often so lossy.

[@Yurillo]

Что немцы заехали в Париж спокойненько, что американцы с англичанами. Французы те ещё воины, победители!

[@SteveAttwood]

There was a brief shot of the La Coupole , I had my 40th Birthday dinner there... Chilling to see it midst occupation..

[@abelis644]

And now under Covid... our last hundred years sure has seen a lot... Be safe!

[@SubjectRandom21]

Fantastic footage. Good upload.

[@ДмитрийСмирнов-т8п2м]

Смелые французы воюют с пленными.....

[@marinaegorova6852]

Дмитрий Смирнов они еще ласково с ними обходятся? Не понятен ваш сарказм? Эти нацистское зверье убивало невинных людей!Их че надо было по -вашему по головке гладить?? А как немецкие захватчики обходились с военнопленными ?"Храбрецы,херои " были"..по жесткости никто их не переплюнул..за что боролись ,то и получили по заслугам ..мало еще

[@Anton-kl5xq]

@@marinaegorova6852 ну да конечно, с пленными то можно конечно а с регулярной армией нельзя было в 40 году бороться? или только могут женщин стричь на голо и пленных бить. Единственное что могу сказать по поводу Франции сдались они потому что их своё же правительство предало.

[@nikkinikki2430]

@@marinaegorova6852 правильно он сказал. Они бы в бою с ними такими смелыми были!!!

[@talgatkurmanov9805]

Зато американские солдаты поимели француженок !

[@talgatkurmanov9805]

@@Anton-kl5xq Aрмия FRANCE не были боеспособными ! Да и сейчас им хвалиться нечем ! По всей европе в годы второй мировой в основном командирами и советниками партизанских отрядов наши были !

[@superquax1]

Resistance killed more French than Germans, because France had more collaborateurs than opponents. So my grandfather told me the German soldiers (he) had a good time, and the french too.

[@matthewgray469]

The true Resistance were members of the Communist Party who were suppressed after the war because they knew who the collaborators and traitors were

[@roccoantoniosanza6376]

Amazing images ..this is the HISTORY!!!

[@leeenglandland2978]

What has plumbing advert got to do with the liberation of Paris?

[@nico-zt9od]

suddenly all the men were from the resistance

[@matthewgray469]

Most of the Resistance were from the Communist Party and after the war there was pressure to suppress them because they knew who the collaborators and traitors were

[@nsmarc8]

The French were two faced, however… the German occupation wasn’t too bad. Paris was starting to learn German by the time the Americans came. French men volunteered to help fighting Communism. French women loved the German men, life was still good. The German occupation wasn’t as bad as allied propaganda makes it out to be

[@bebased1785]

The German occupation wasn’t too bad ??? People lived in fear of getting lined up and shot. Countless villages were massacred throughout France just because 1 person didn’t cooperate with the Gustapo. More Frenchmen were forced into fighting communism than actually volunteering. The ones who volunteered were mainly part of Vichy Frances militia force who already had strong right wing beliefs.

[@stephen10.]

French poeple was forced to work in germany with the STO ( obligatory work service ) , when the resistance killed 1 german soldier , it was 10 civils killed , for 1 officer it was 80 civils etc... What a funny time . 2 millions french soldiers prisonners and working in germany , dying under the allied bombs when they worked .

[@andreasengelhardt5138]

the cowards came out of their caves to hit prisioner who can not protect them selves, same guys who became resistance after fighting was over

[@inhocsignovinces1327]

That's all u retire of this, pff, pathetic..

[@bustadiganja8076]

The prisoners where the same guys that probably killed their family, think before type stupid shit man

[@novaprospects]

They were lucky to only get the odd punch or two. They could have done to them what those men helped do by rounding up their families women and children, strip them naked, take them into a field, make them dig their own graves and then shoot them in the back of the head.

[@novaprospects]

They were brave and honourable to have not given into their beastial natures and butcher those prisoners, like the Germans so efficiently did back in the 1930s/1940s.

[@novaprospects]

Maybe you realise how stupid your comment is now Andreas

[@dz3952]

They should colorize these images. It would take on a whole new dramatic perspective.

[@jackssp780]

Heróica França e Inglaterra. Saudações. São Paulo. Brasil.

[@MrTubbymarshall]

JACKS SP thank you.🇬🇧

[@intentotomarmeloenserio2010]

Gracias a la Nueve por su trabajo, no se os olvida

[@user-xc6fs1ps3s]

La novena de Leclerc republicanos españoles

[@ricardoplasencia3182]

The true and first liberators of Paris were the republicans Spanish of Le Clerk's "9". "The name of his battle tanks leaves no doubt: Guernika, Teruel, Guadalajara, Madrid Etc.( Names of battles of the spanish civil war.)The same ones that when losing that war were treated worse than mangy dogs by the French, interning them under terrible conditions in concentration camps. "The next will be you" Said an anarchist battalion leader, when he handed over his arms passing the border, to a french official. They laughed at him. A year later Germany defeated France in a few days. These heroes forgot the treatment they received, they created a good part from the structure of the French Resistance and, at the end they, liberated Paris. In France they went from being "burning churches"spaniards to french national heroes, in their country, they remained pariahs at the moment.

[@danibarcia9703]

Now french people had preferred German invasion more that Third world invasion that we see nowadays, that is condemning france to be a new province of África.

[@aeto3811]

Clearly not

[@SunnyIlha]

Your statement has nothing to do with the Second World War. It utterly off topic and subject matter. Totally irrelevant.

[@jennacrawford7504]

Thanks for the video, it helps us never forget.

[@baddoopey]

jenna crawford, maybe you and me but the historical knowledge of nowadays is so bad that most don't even know when we had what war or against who it was.

[@geraldbarker1333]

Where’s the sound?

[@shuneughu4244]

There isn’t any

[@sttarch5150]

These were the days when everyone said "God bless America". We done good, and so did our allies.

[@desalpagesgator4988]

Paris a été libéré par l'armée française.

[@sttarch5150]

@Wallace Carney no disagreement from me on that.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@desalpagesgator4988 Oui, enfin, nuançons : DE Gaulle a négocié ferme pour que ce soit l'armée française qui entre en premier dans Paris, pour le symbole 🙂 Les Américains auraient pu tout aussi bien refuser 🙂 Mais ils ont compris l'argumentaire de DE Gaulle et s'y sont rangés. Des alliés, quoi…

[@desalpagesgator4988]

@@heliedecastanet1882 C'est Leclerc qui a obtenu de foncer sur Paris, les américains voulant contourner la ville, en réalité, la majorité des soldats sous uniformes français qui ont libéré Paris étaient des républicains espagnols engagés volontaires.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

@@desalpagesgator4988 C'est bien Leclerc qui a marché sur Paris, nous sommes bien d'accord, mais les demandes avaient été faites par DE Gaulle auprès d'Eisenhower, et l'autorisation a été donnée à Leclerc par Bradley. Et merci à la Nueve 🙂

[@maxmullen6337]

All those Germans looking worried, scared that they might be treated the way they treated their enemies when they won.

[@dot6441]

Germans treated french better than Americans treated any rival nation

[@maxmullen6337]

Robin Sihag. Possibly, but not if they were Jews.

[@pringu46]

Hitler ordered Paris to be burned to the ground. His commanders disobeyed.

[@RobSoRandom]

@bhauger1 he went to Paris to take a photo under the eiffel tower right before things got ugle he loved Paris

[@lachlanbryans9854]

Fake news.

[@reymiguelperez6643]

@@RobSoRandom That was in 1940! Hitler in 1944 is a paranoid one after that July 1944 Plot. I doubt the credibility of the late German Field Marshal Dietrich von Choltitz' account. But there might be a possibility that he ordered it considering Adolf Hitler's psyche in 1944.

[@DylansPen]

Imagine the elation after close to five years of occupation by the Nazis, to see the American and British, and Free French armies coming down the road. To know that utter nightmare was finally really over. Everyone slept well that night.

[@diegojara5902]

Los q entraron fueron los Rusos

[@mameux]

What nightmare ?

[@mikehaynes1769]

@@diegojara5902 no they weren’t

[@publiozinj4882]

Elation is getting blown up in your home by allied bombs lol. 20000 French died just on d-day. Wonder how elated they must have felt.

[@mikehaynes1769]

@@publiozinj4882 it was several weeks after D-day when the allies marched into Paris. And what choice did they have when defeating the Germans, not use bombs?

[@johnwright291]

I'm amazed at all the germans that were still there on 8 25 44. My birthday in 56. I have studied the war all my life and didn't know this.

[@phlm9038]

Some Germans even stayed in France till May 1945 (Dunkirk, Saint-Nazare....).

[@phlm9038]

@Wallace Carney Haha ! The French didn't really hide as they were the last to fight in June 1940 against the Italians in the Alps. They didn't really hide either in June 1940 again when covering the Dunkirk evacuations. Did you put a contract on my head ?

[@terencebennison6275]

I should imagine that many of these German soldiers were relieved the war was all over for them!

[@FrisianLunatic]

They were mostly relieved that they werent captured by the russians

[@deutscherpatriot3046]

Those soldiers who served in france were the lucky ones. To serve in russia was a ticket to hell.

[@e.s.morgan0212]

They trying to see how fast that the tank can go at 4:38

[@dednersodacapitinga6677]

Os franceses covardões ficaram valentes só quando os americanos chegaram. Ficaram quatro anos sob ocupação alemã e Paris estava intacta, tivessem ficado um ano só sob ocupação soviética e a cidade estaria em ruínas, totalmente pilhada e sem nenhuma Igreja de pé.

[@phlm9038]

Don't talk about what you don't know !

[@enraikow6109]

Eyo my grandpa said he's seen this before, why you repostin?

[@danno698299]

My grandfather (died 1993) told us that during the war, cameras were rolling constantly.

[@heiderpena7954]

5:49 ...don't do that, man, we respect the human rights...while they're recording us.

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

abenader col fuck the nazis, id be the very one throwing in a couple punches and kicks while they were getting grouped... disgusting human beings

[@harryw6987]

@@ikaikaxkeahi He is a regular soldier. No different to an infantryman in any allied army.

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

@@ПиероВессел You are a snowflake!

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

@@harryw6987 Soldier of an evil army.

[@ikaikaxkeahi]

@The Old One what?

[@harryhirsch8527]

Now look at the so called French today...Africans and Arabs...

[@MsMesem]

The Algerians, Moroccans, Côte Ivoire ( ancient colonies) have every right to be there, for the rest...

[@MrBubbl347]

It's sad...

[@barneyboy7771]

You missed the point old chap, the french went into Africa and claimed its colonies. Robbed the place's blind, caused untold suffering and misery, put in their own legal system which meant the french could do anything they liked. And then, and then, this is the best part the arabs were french citizens. They could come and go as they liked. By the time the french government woke up and said these arabs who we forced and killed to make them french are now,,,, not french. To late dead heads, history in reverse.

[@1984karles]

Absolument..... It's sad

[@fabriceizzo2922]

Was it ok when they fought for France in WW1 and WW2.

[@_Patton_Was_Right]

"We have failed in the liberation of Europe, we have lost the war!" Patton was murdered for discovering the truth

[@johnhardman3]

Did he mean that the U.S. had not taken control of those territories that had been formally ceded to Russian control after WW2 ended?

[@NgJackal1990]

Fucking troll!

[@lkstar75]

Neo-natsi weeping so much.

[@chelsealester]

I was friends w his Aide-De-camp for a decade. he's calling your Nazi bullshit out on this one. they stepped on throats of Nazis.

[@tylerlucente2583]

OSCAR D maybe learn how to spell nazi

[@J1775-q6s]

What structure is that at 2:53, if anyone could tell me?

[@ptizim]

It could be the Palais des Tuileries in the foreground

[@alexprokhorov407]

One question keeps popping up in my head : how, and under which circumstances could French win a war? Especially after knowing how many of them defended Berlin and not Paris.

[@phlm9038]

About 100000 French soldiers died during the battle of France in 1940. The troops that covered the evacuation of Dunkirk were mainly French in 1940. The French were still fighting near the Maginot Line when Hitler was walking into Paris in 1940. French pilots took part in the battle of England in 1940. French pilots fought alongside the Russians in 1942 : Normandie Niemen. French fought with the allies in Northern Africa. Without the french resistance, which wasn't completely a myth, Operation Overlord could never have taken place. They were also very efficient in delaying german divisions on their way to Normandy. Commando Kieffer took part to the D-Day landings. In 1945, the French were the fourth-largest allied army in Europe and took part in the allied invasion of Germany.

[@h4rck04]

A country that lost all its wars disapears. The french did indeed bad in 20th century, but that's it.

[@doriscastillo4438]

Please share with the young people teach them that it was real,Ask you teenagers kids to invite his friends and see this as a group!

[@JF-eu4xz]

To teach what? This marvelous capturing of the handful of nazis in beautiful intact decorations? A theatre war with a dozen of shots? They would be sure this was a real war and real heroes... Show them the documentary of mess from Eastern front to have them an idea of what the REAL war was. And can be.

[@shable1436]

This was sort of like running the gauntlet, marching the Germans through a narrow passage thru crowds throwing fists, kicks, throwing trash and things at them, some even had sticks they would swat them as they walked by

[@Ana_crusis]

and do you blame them...? i would have

[@daughertyr22]

These filthy nazi’s killed millions so it is great to see these Aryan white supremacists brought to their knees. These German soldiers were very fortunate to not become prisoners of the Russians or they might have not made it home at all !!

[@stuckingachahell]

@@daughertyr22 unlucky for the world we were left with the Russians.

[@mikaelstorm6202]

@@daughertyr22 hi there! Just trying to educate myself here but were these German prisoners released ? Or what was their consequences, I know some of them were executed due to war crimes but I’m just trying to find out what happened to the rest.

[@daughertyr22]

@@mikaelstorm6202 hello Mikael, to my knowledge the average foot soldier taken prisoner by the allies were treated fairly as in the Geneva convention rules and after the war allowed to go home. Of course, many of the higher ups were put on trial at Nuremberg after the war. If the Russians captured Germans they may have been sent to the Gulag! Some survived many did not . I am no historian but google and Wikipedia are great research tools. Take care

[@alexnord5756]

10:18 4 years before that, they also kissed German soldiers))

[@phlm9038]

I guess they were not the same women, as the ones who were involved in a relationship with a German soldier had their head shaved.

[@Парменион-г5л]

Спс за видео хотя чуть успокаивает!

[@philmuller-geib3361]

Why the timer in the videos?

[@iansmoltdancalan1879]

Much more better and realistic play it at 0.75x speed

[@douglasdaniel4504]

7:35 hmm-- 'hurry up and wait' must be a universal military thing, and not just the American Army.....

[@mezekut12]

Same in nowadays finnish army.. we have to run because we are hurry to wait.

[@georgemiller151]

France was famous for the “horizontal collaboration” of many women. I notice towards the end of the film that many French women are preparing to provide the same services to the Americans.

[@heliedecastanet1882]

"Horizontal collaboration" was shared by all the occupied countries, dear George. It was not a French specificity 🙂

[@14Aymara]

Excellent material. Amazing image quality.

[@nickie2011]

I got emotional at the end and I'm not French... everybody looked so happy that the nightmare had finished...

[@mikeno8192]

They collaborated for 4 years - most of society was pro collaboration - and soon as Brits and Americans arrive - oh we’re liberated - let’s falsify the history. Yes they were relieved the war was over, just as the Germans were. But they were never oppressed by the Germans, they got on with them for the most part, more oppressed by allied bombing raids.

[@phlm9038]

@@mikeno8192 Most of the society was pro collaboration : WRONG !!!

[@guillaumelvl9088]

@@mikeno8192 When you say that he has never been oppressed by the Germans, I am touched. Go and say that to a man who must be 96 years old, a man who is the last of the 6 survivors who luckily survived a massacre that took place a few kilometers from my home, a massacre of innocent people who did nothing but who were still shot, burned, exploded by the SS

[@phlm9038]

@@guillaumelvl9088 Oradour-sur-Glane.

[@guillaumelvl9088]

@@phlm9038 exactly

[@abbb123]

Interesting, not a single destroyed building in this town under German occupation. While the German towns got burned to their ground by the enemy

[@anonimouse4678]

Result

[@fantomasvsfantomas2288]

Maybe not Paris but my town was bombed during the battle of France like many other towns in northern France and many other towns by the allies during the german occupation and the liberation. But of course nothing to be compared to Germany.

[@djholliday4413]

Uhhh yeah. The Vichy Government gave the Nazis the city. They skipped in. The Nazis enjoyed their cushy life in France...until the allies had them running like the sh*ts they truly were. 🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦

[@bruckiecuellar708]

Dietrich Von Choltitz was the nazi general who was stationed in Paris during the liberation. When they knew the city was gone, Hitler ordered him to destroy the city. Choltitz saw Paris as the most beautiful city he’d ever saw, so he disobeyed Hitlers orders and that’s why Paris wasn’t really touched during the war.

[@MrTheLollooo]

@@bruckiecuellar708 You overestimate von Choltitz' ethics, he simply knew that he'd be hold responsible for the destruction of Paris by the allies in a trial.

[@yeahwhatever3576]

Most of them have long since died, but some of the French girls were cute af

[@albianco]

Especially the one on minute 09:56😁

[@johnmosesbrowning1855]

9:31 Even if you are a die hard Charlie Chaplin fan, that was probably a bad time to donne the style of your idol - the mob in the street may misinterpret

[@martinlahaie6012]

Pissing 🤣

[@peqbox]

7:48 THE POOR PANTHER! It could have been reserved in a museum. At least there are only a small amount of them left that look nice!

[@PutinsMommyNeverHuggedHim]

It is symbolic. Fuck that Panther.

[@vonali73]

Russians,Brtitish,Americans,French and All others won the war againist Germany..Clap this victory..Dont be ashamed,Clap this.

[@powathanify]

germany, italy, spain (puppet of germany), japan, russia (at the start of the war) here is the coalition of Germany so no it was not only the Germans but also all the rest that France and the other countries (well hidden because one on an island and America on the other side of the world) we had to face

[@langthangNA]

France is so good, and 10 years later France is like Germany when the Vietnamese army took it prisoner in the battle of Dien Bien Phu

[@huntermcclovio4517]

same goes for the U.S.A

[@elenamegaken8309]

Спасибо за кадры! У себя так подробно капитуляцию не видно! 🤘🍻

[@MerlinLambourne]

9:50 Ser soldado es como ser un Rockstar.

[@danielalala-s6i]

On watching this remember that German troops invaded France 3 times in 70 years. First with a deadly siege of Paris, second stopped only at 30 kilometers of Paris (at, the village of my grandfather actually, which was the first to be retaken) in a campaign were the french had 27 000 killed in one single day (7 times D day), and then with an humiliating and terrifying occupation. So yes these German soldiers had reasons to be scared. But much less than their french collaborators. In Paris there was a police. In remote villages thousands were just taken to a nearby field and shot

[@danielalala-s6i]

@John Citizen German soldiers were not all nazis, far from it. They were serving in the army. Just like Americans who attacked Iraq on false allegations or french attacking Algeria in 1830

[@uhuhuhx4806]

@John Citizen why are you so angry, john? Brit? American? Your country doesnt have exactly a history of being nice to other nations and cultuures and existing peaceful either. Also who is a nazi for you? Every german soldier? They Had to fight it was not volunteers.

[@DarrellBeckford]

@John Citizen You sound like a fascist.

[@سالمالفهادي-ج7ك]

He says one of my favorite examples !! (Winds blow counter to what ships desire ) The wind was not with the German and Japanese ships 😴 just an opinion