The North African Campaign | Animated History

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Barnett, Correlli, The Desert Generals, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1960
Bechthold, Mike, Flying to Victory; Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign, 1940-1941, Norman, Oklahoma: 2017
Christie, Howard R., Maj, Fallen Eagles: The Italian 10th Army in the Opening Campaign in the Western Desert, June 1940-December 1940, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas: US Army, 1999
Latimer, Jon & Laurier, Jim, Operation Compass 1940; Wavell’s Whirlwind Offensive, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2000
Sears, Stephen W., Desert War in North Africa, New York, New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1967
Wahlert, Glenn, The Western Desert Campaign 1940-41, Canberra, Australia: Campbell, 2009
World War II Desert Tactics (Elite): Paddy Griffith
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Restless Natives by Doug Maxwell/Media Right Productions
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[@AliBABA-ru9vb]

Im from Tripoli Libya and i knew about this but this added alot of knowledge

[@alexispacheco7881]

Already did dude

[@GenghisVern]

that's actually a good deal. thanks

[@NobleKorhedron]

One small objection, @The Armchair Historian; General Von Arnim's full name is actually Hans-Jurgen; he legally had a double-barrelled name, in traditional German fashion, and was "Hans-Jurgen" Von Arnim, instead of just "Jurgen", or "Hans"...

[@chrisliu6249]

The rtx cards are Turing not Pascal and having Cool Math Games on Steam was genius.

[@auroraflos2498]

"Attack the British in front of you" sounds like a loading screen hint.

[@Joker129]

Lmao, so true the italians are sooooo incompetent at everything.

[@iamwarranted4502]

@@Joker129 no

[@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329]

To fire your weapon, pull the trigger.

[@Joker129]

@@iamwarranted4502 trust me, I went to italian school, everyone hates italian🤣, and the teachers there. Imagine what it would be if we get this to a much grander scale like war.

[@Joker129]

@KING GAMING that is entirely true. I agree with you, they were patriots, Who fought like lions but were Led by donkeys.

[@Taiyama2]

Kind of funny how Italians fight their best under non-Italian command.

[@stephenbrady5220]

Romans were Italian

[@iplayfoofee3547]

@@stephenbrady5220 Turkish people were Italian also. So was Egypt, Greece, France, Morroco, Libya, Spain, and UK. And soo many more. They are all Italians.

[@markipoo2648]

@@stephenbrady5220 All he said was that the Italian commanders weren't as experienced nor had enough skill to command properly. It is in no way related to Romans being Italians.

[@Taiyama2]

@@stephenbrady5220 You know I'm just talking about modern Italians.

[@stephenbrady5220]

@@Taiyama2 “Modern Italians” you are talking about this event that happened 80 years ago right? Every call of duty fan knows the difference between modern and ww2.

[@quinvos57]

My grand grandfather Walter V. fought in Egypt as part of the italian army. In 1941 he was captured by the English during an enemy attack, he and a group of italian soldiers took shelter in the crater created by english bombs and shot all their bullets but soon ran out of ammoes and surrendered. They were sent to a prison camp alongside other prisoners, but were later freed by advacing italian divisions. After regaining his freedom, he briefly went back to italy and then redeployed to N. Africa. He fought in the battle of El Alamein and then in Tunisia, where he was captured again in May 1943, when all Axis forces surrendered. This time he was sent to Australia, where he did some manual labor, and came back only in 1947. He said that during the war his unit captured some english soldiers, they were very friendly, shared cigarettes and food and said that at that time he understood there was no such thing as enemies, but only people who were forced to fight. Shortly before his surrender in 1943, he took one of the bullets loaded in his rifle, and decided to carry it with him as his lucky charm. He somehow managed to keep it and i still have it today stored in my library after 80 years

[@aryanbparida5998]

Amazing story!!🥺❤️ War is when young people who don't know each other and don't hate each other, fight with each other and kill each other BECAUSE OF Old people who know each other and hate each other but don't fight with each other and don't kill each other.

[@Youtubechannel-po8cz]

A lovely story of ordinary men trying to retain their humanity in a time of war.

[@drunkenmmamaster419]

Sick dude !!

[@raphaelostrowski6336]

Amazing story sounded like a badass

[@gregm3905]

I’m glad that your illustrator depicts Rommel wearing the Pour le Mérite (Blue Max), something that is overlooked in the film “Patton”. This was awarded to him by Emperor William II for his heroism as a young officer on the Italian front in WWI. Rommel was far more proud of this than his Knights Cross of the Iron Cross awarded by Hitler.

[@generalrommel5666]

I love them both equally now don’t spread rumours

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@generalrommel5666 weren't you caught in an anti hitler coup?

[@generalrommel5666]

@@zippyparakeet1074 true, but I wasn’t part of it!

[@waltermartinez9110]

@@generalrommel5666 Although I understand why you would choose the safety of your family over your crumbling country. What made you think this choice is the best?

[@echo2302]

Wilhelm not William

[@lordlucius1341]

I will always be amazed by how effective inflatable armies were during WWII

[@lukerowe6269]

You would think there were spies involved in some part of it yknow

[@joebomb1019]

Aerial recon cameras weren't as advanced then, so inflatable tanks and support vehicles would have been difficult to identify. Also, pilot would have had to been busy managing the camera and not being shot down so they wouldn't have had a lot of time to examine the tanks themselves.

[@evanmoore3114]

They fell for that so many times

[@jaymeister4850]

Plot Twist: The whole was was fought with inflatables

[@schottgunjr]

"Hanz i see one" "Well shoot him" *pop*

[@simonnorris8076]

-"Ok, hear me out. What if we swapped the balloon tanks with *actual* tanks?" -"It's so crazy, it just might work"

[@jaded3862]

Simon Norris “son of a bitch I’m in”

[@diggraver2929]

*Spits out Tea* You sir are a mad man! Where do I sign up?

[@imawsomeandyournot6108]

The master of disguise. I hate but love that movie so much.

[@definitelyjustcj4148]

“WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN”

[@SewerRatsarepeopletoo]

By Jove the man might actually have actually got it!

[@Raghav_hitman]

My grandpa who was part of the British Indian army served in the Long Range Desert group (LRDG). Throughout out the campaign initially he was in Army supply unit, upon his driving skills , English speaking skill and was a boxer as well. One British officer Captain. Morrison picked him as part of the newly formed LRDG unit. He never shared his wartime experience. Whenever I insist he just talk hours about the African culture and the habitants not any combat stories 😀. Post wwii he was invited by his senior officials to Britain. But he chosed remained in his hometown @ Kerala (India). In his later years he moved to neighbouring state of Tamilnadu . But he was a quiet person and never interested anything. He was affectionate towards me but never close to his own children. Almost 10 years he never worked anywhere. I don't what he have gone through WWII. At his 88th year he passed away in his sleep. Out of all the grand children i only know about his military experience. My respect and salute to all the veterans who served and still serving for their respective country 🙏

[@M4DNOM4D]

Wow A Malayali At North African Campaign , Damn

[@Practical-Theoretical]

My grandfather was a Rat of Tobruk. Proud to be Australian 🇦🇺

[@HauptgefreiterB]

Impressive that the descendent of a rodent learned to type and use a computer 😉

[@bludeuce3855]

ik Australians are impossible to kill ik a guy whos Australian decent and his grandfather was a pacific war veteran and told him the same thing he said a a recruit " were Australians were impossible to kill"

[@loadeddiaper4216]

Hopefully a cat didnt eat him

[@xx.._avx4]

Your English is so damn bad dude@@bludeuce3855

[@xx.._avx4]

I'll correct some mistakes in your Comment. I know Australians are impossible to kill. I know a guy who's Australian decent and his Grandfather was a Veteran in the Pacific War, His Grandfather told him the same Sentence that he was told as a recruit, "We're Australians, we're impossible to be killed"@@bludeuce3855

[@nolemon_]

A forty Minute video from The Armchair Historian? Count me in!

[@suselek990]

@Blazin609 I have ads

[@jmadmaxx7295]

dachicagoan no, it’s because advertisers are very cautious now. KZbin relies on advertisers for money, so it designs systems to phase out non advertiser friendly videos. This is an ineffective and badly designed system that creates a ton of collateral. KZbin doesn’t do it on purpose. It does it because it’s systems are Shite.

[@kompav5621]

It's a shame that most games which deal with the African campaign ignore Italian participation.

[@Bragosso]

Because there was none. Kappa

[@josephleocadio9228]

I loved Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. Operation: Torch is in there but even though there are no Italians showed there, there's the Vichy French. Operation: Husky is also featured with a lot of Italian soldiers and weapons.

[@aleksihakli1125]

@@josephleocadio9228 I can't even begin to fathom, how many times i've binge played the campaign. My personal favorite in the CoD series.

[@garretth8224]

@TigerBloodMan if your making money from it, its a real job.

[@Marauder623]

@@aleksihakli1125 medal of honor breakthrough has italians in it.

[@shawngongwer7630]

I’ll never understand how a doc like this is free to watch. Great work.

[@brennab2697]

Sponsor and ads

[@crazygamingyt7245]

If it was for money less people would watch it hence less money

[@quentin8585]

Everyone: lol italians cook pizza The italians remaining all alone and getting abandoned by the germans: *bruh*

[@Euro.Patriot]

- 2 3 - 2 0 0 2 - 3 3 2 2 3 - 5 -

[@hamza-trabelsi]

Italians weren't abandoned by Germany , but they actually did what wasn't planned by Hitler and caused huge troubles for themselves and Hitler planes.

[@quentin8585]

Nope, just as the eastern front we had to cover their retreat sacrificing our men. And anyway we don't have to follow their plans but our plans, we are not a puppet

[@hamza-trabelsi]

@@quentin8585 that's why you lost the WAR because you are not puppets

[@quentin8585]

Germany surely didn't lose the war because of us, they would be already fucked up without Italy. We lost the war due to low materials in Italy (for example, Germany had the Ruhr while our soil doesn't contain any iron or cobber), divided HC and not complete control by the fascist party. Surely we didn't lack of bravery or strategy

[@litewind1793]

My grandad fought in North Africa and Italy for the British army and survived the siege of Tobruk. He said it was so hot up there that the men used to fry eggs on the jeeps. 🇬🇧🇭🇲🇺🇸🇨🇦🇫🇷

[@darthjamula]

My grandad was at El Alamein and told me the exact same thing 😂

[@Plutonic_Blue]

Sounds like a great way to get sick lol

[@pennyd.5866]

My grandpa was also in North Africa in the Army Air Corp. He used to say the same thing!

[@DanielFuentes-mr3nn]

You all have the same grandpa

[@islamiyamuslimi1829]

Mine too and he was in the German army he joined the Deutsche-Arabische Legion and was speaking Arabic, French and German... he also went in Germany in 1943 and fought against the communists. Sadly the Germans lost 😞

[@Volvith]

"The australians had no problem standing their ground..." I mean... That's not surprising, considering their country is completely unsuitable for human habitation, and they made it work anyways...

[@godlovesyou1995]

More like the british shipped them there but yeah

[@aidenbutcher8461]

Once there was a dead funell web spider on my pool (one of the most venomous spiders in the world)

[@godlovesyou1995]

@@aidenbutcher8461 did u survive?

[@aidenbutcher8461]

@@godlovesyou1995 it was dead lol I just didn't think they lived in tropical north Queensland

[@JoTheSnoop]

I'm an Australian and had a bit of a giggle when I heard that.

[@MacCanma]

Rommel even said: “This will be made into a KZbin video one day.”

[@callumsherratt5436]

The Indians, Aussies and Kiwis don’t get enough credit for helping us - thank you all 🙏🏻

[@GTAandApplechannel]

Laser Kiwis

[@callumsherratt5436]

@mvubu1234 oh yeah

[@callumsherratt5436]

@@dalesen the Americans get plenty of credit - too much if anything because they didn’t do the most

[@callumsherratt5436]

@@dalesen how childish are you? I couldn’t care if I got a thumbs down or a thumbs up - I’m aware that every soldier who fought deserves credit but when people say that some soldiers fought harder and did more than others then it’s just unfair and disrespectful to the other soldiers

[@callumsherratt5436]

@@dalesen I never said they didn’t matter I said they get praised too much, actually read my comments you wanker

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

I bless the oil down in Africa

[@ImStillWoody]

Standard Oil would like to know the locations in Africa.

[@VideosdeDomingo]

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

[@UltimaSigmarAlonso]

Rhodesian Security Forces wants to know your location

[@someguy4512]

here he is again !

[@22steve5150]

Gonna take some time to drill the oil we never had (ooh, ooh)

[@coffee4682]

Italians: _get their ass kicked_ Italians: I’m telling Dad! UK: Haha! Go cry some spaghet- Germany: *Der British, mein junge?*

[@jborreggine8759]

El Alamein: *Exists* British: *PTSD intensifies*

[@blubberwasser5105]

Der Brite, mein Junge? Would be correct, but the brits were called "Tommies" in WW2 by the germans

[@honkiboi5631]

In the ensuing battle I can just see Italy smiling in the background

[@harryharris4889]

Tubrok: *Exists* Germans: *Screaming*

[@DiddyBom]

@@blubberwasser5105 😂😂

[@suryanarayansingh1219]

"Desert a tacticians paradise but a quartermasters hell"

[@stewartgrindlay9760]

My Grandfather was with the North Irish Horse that moved through North Africa and Italy. Went through literally the Valley of Death just short of Monte Cassino. 14 out of the 26 tanks knocked out. Different times

[@tythosdelta2650]

16:54 “the Australians had no problem holding them off presumably because everything back home tries to kill you anyway” appears to be an underrated moment in this nice long video

[@dicksonbutts7412]

It's pretty stupid actually. It's a huge exaggeration about Australia.

[@nihil_hd1598]

@@dicksonbutts7412 bro...its a joke

[@missnizny9278]

@@dicksonbutts7412 It's a joke actually.

[@ExHyperion]

@@dicksonbutts7412 nah dude everyone knows that Australia is nearly inhabitable anyways with how everything tries to kill you because that's TOTALLY not a joke

[@grizzlyaddams3606]

Aussies are over rated.

[@benlaskowski357]

Rommel had this to say of Commonwealth troops: "If I were to attack Hell, I would have Australians take it and New Zealanders hold it."

[@jackschlein2308]

Except speaking from experience Australia is already hell

[@benlaskowski357]

@@jackschlein2308 😋

[@alexohagan8657]

New Zealand is nice but Australia sucks

[@alexohagan8657]

@@sinsaydarylg.9165 how's that racist

[@mwworldhistory23]

Ben Laskowski You’re forgetting something. Gurkhas!

[@mort7987]

Calling a 2 month supply wait a "Sitzkrieg" is incredibly funny lmao

[@westcoaststeamer]

I grew up in that region as a military brat in the 60's.... we played in all the abandoned battlefields with tons of surplus equipment still around then.... it was fun to see this review of the campaign... thx

[@Jackuves]

man rommel is so smart he figured out that the flak cannons are super good at being anti tank guns

[@zzaronn]

was it him ? I know it was during battle of france, they used it to shot down b1 and rommel was there

[@crumpetcommandos779]

@@zzaronn they also had to use them against matilda tanks

[@unclelarry8842]

More like overrated

[@crumpetcommandos779]

@@unclelarry8842 yup

[@zylnexxd842]

@@unclelarry8842 no

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

Rommel: Give me a regiment of emu's and I will take the world..

[@gentlemen.7621]

No, he said “Give me an Australian division, and I will conquer the whole world”

[@alexeyamosov664]

@@gentlemen.7621 no, that man is right

[@petezipardi4022]

Didn't Rommel also say, " You fought like lions and were led like donkeys."

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

@@petezipardi4022 sounds more like gordan ramsay

[@mandalortemaan7510]

Imma take over the world (or at least Australia) with Emus

[@gravysandwich5010]

My great grandfather served in the 8th army in North africa, and luckily made it out alive. Weird to know a direct relative served in a famous division against rommel in el alamein, but unfortunately his brother who was in the Royal engineers was killed in the battle of monte cassino. The two brothers left home, but only one came back.

[@notabot2732]

Hell yeah

[@CanadianAvian]

Anyone: Talks about History in an incredibly professional and unbiased manner. KZbin: *And I took that personally.*

[@stevejohnson6593]

Yea, we must forget 'bad' history so that it can repeat itself some time

[@lordyhgm9266]

basically a giant tennis match where every player gets tired after each hit

[@lizardman1582]

@Heinous Anus lol

[@worstwaystodie5763]

Auchinleck and O'Connor are two of the most underrated generals of WW2. Richard O'Connor even escaped a POW camp!

[@jackmcwhitman1450]

I'm quite sure there's a street named after auchinleck near where I live

[@donfelipe7510]

Indeed he did and later was given command of XVIII corps in North West Europe covering the right flank of XXX corps drive up the highway during the Arnhem campaign.

[@alexanderhutchins7988]

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[@elmamiihen2153]

@@alexanderhutchins7988 Can you translate in english?

[@milrevko]

Yesyesyes did I mention yes! O ‘ Connor stud man supreme’o He went to Africa to chew bubblegum and kick ass, he quickly ran out of bubblegum.......sooo he just kick a lot of ass!

[@huesosdeperro3081]

4:57 love the Hugo Stiglitz reference.

[@HShango]

I love how you narrate the whole series of the wars, keep it up.

[@comm___4871]

O-Connor: gg ez *Rommel has entered the Game* Montgomery: zippity zap, check yo’ back!

[@BenDover-tk3jj]

Comm ___ *Tobruk had been selected as map* *Desert Fox Rommel has entered the game* Rommel: Too ez these nubs are about to eat some German dust *xX_Anzac_Boys_Xx has entered the Game* Rommel: Scheisse

[@issamislam9596]

bruh bm gang

[@mikepowell5575]

O-Connor: Ez lol *Rommel Has Joined The Game* O-Connor: Oh Crud

[@shinchannohara2924]

Patton: "I read your book".

[@juanma9511]

I bet julius ceasar would be so mad that italic forces had to be carried by germanic forces against mixed celts + germans.

[@leanderlopez7652]

Just shows what 2000 years of history can do to continents.

[@kskskdkdkdkdkdkd961]

Why would he be mad ?

[@turtlefunstudios2908]

Kskskd Kdkdkdkdkd idk maybe because he fought those groups and was a proud roman

[@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor]

@@turtlefunstudios2908 I had two great uncles who died in North Africa. On the Italian side.

[@FatGouf]

Ceasar and most Roman emperors recognized Germanic prowess in the battlefield, thats why most of their cavalry were Germans who were given Roman citizenship.

[@alexportmann6631]

18:48 This…is PURE GOLD

[@thescratchyscratch7848]

I love reading books and finding more information about north africa, out of all of WWII events, this is probably my favourite to learn about.

[@GhostMaker00]

battlefield very historically accurate game. EA told me so

[@cplpetergriffin1583]

@Deenie Beenie Yeah Hitler default danced before he blew his brains out

[@whatnotbutter7470]

@@Ormagoden94 i for one think Battlefield V in it's final state is awesome. and all the bad parises are nitpicks. second most immersive game, can't beat BF1

[@Kimeraaidoru_gurifon_CH]

EA: sssshhhhh--

[@dapperfield595]

I remember my grandpa telling me that they had a regiment full of transgender disabled atheist women that were equipped with eye patches and capes because respect wamen.

[@buddergolem9463]

yea name one time EA has lied!

[@draco84oz]

"The Aussies had no problems standing their ground, presumably because everything back in home in Australia tries to kill you anyways." - Snakes - Spiders - Jellyfish - Regular Fish - Dropbears - Bad drivers - The weather (heat/bushfires/floods/doughts) - Regular ingestion of Vegemite Yeah, no kidding. Special note: During the Siege of Tobruk, Lord Haw Haw (a Nazi propaganda broadcaster), nicknamed the defenders the "Rats of Tobruk" as they "scurried about in their holes". In typical Australian fashion, the troops took the name as their own, going so far as to create an unofficial campaign medal from the hull of a German bomber that included the likeness of a rat. See also "Digger" and "Scrap Iron Flotilla".

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

dont forget the Magpies!

[@horstnietzsche1923]

Drop bears ... That sounds terrifying

[@jimmy_stath1656]

God Damn emu's stole my crop

[@jakesmith-bw1yc]

Don't forget there where brits at tobruk aswell

[@fazole]

@Finnigan Merriman I always thought the name "Diggers" came from the miners turned soldiers who defended the Kokoda Trail.

[@Semiautotall]

Thank you so much for all this information this really helped me out on my school project. Also fan of your content.

[@terrencepierson6814]

Rommel dipped out quick and slick to avoid capture. Then lied saying it was because he was sick 🤣🤣🤣

[@elliskaranikolaou2550]

Graziani was well aware of the weaknesses his Army had and that is why he was reluctant in his invasion of Egypt. He pointed this out to Mussolini who threatened to replace him. He was acutely aware that his army had no weapons to stop the British Matilda II tanks and wrote about his concerns of a Flesh against Steel struggle that could eventuate. As it turned out he was correct. Hardly a bumbling fool.

[@uselance1741]

@TigerBloodMan why are you talking to urself

[@anon2427]

Gazzara5 you forgot about the French

[@PsilocybinCocktail]

@Gazzara5 Apart from the Italian gunners, who would die at their guns rather than retreat or surrender. Oh, and the Ariete, who died fighting at El Amein after the brave Germans stole all their transport, to run away with. Not to mention Italian anti-tank gun crews, who manned 45mm a/t guns without a gun shield, because - well, either gigantic balls of solid steel, or Mussolini was cutting corners.

[@xirock1233]

Gazzara5 have you watched the times Italy was good

[@Licmebro]

@TigerBloodMan go get a real job? So teaching history isn't a real job...god damn then why are my taxes paying for shity teachers at schools that only give you a fraction of information.

[@theodorekiger3966]

Imagine trying to post historical education on a site that claims to be “educational”

[@demoiselle_chris9466]

No fortnite seen during ww2, so youtube doesnt think it good enough

[@theodorekiger3966]

Chris Fresneau that may be so

[@admiralthrawnbar4899]

@@demoiselle_chris9466 Next video: Battle of Verdun told through fortnite

[@jobRobbemond]

@@admiralthrawnbar4899 My favorite part of the conflict was when France default danced on the Germans that captured their land.

[@filipeamaral216]

Pornhub?

[@ahappypikachu9753]

14:30 Rommel should have just gotten some Emu’s

[@anormalperson1188]

The good ol' Emu's were too good, the Germans had to make it "Fair".

[@stogmot1]

so enjoy your history lessons , really helps clear the fog of war

[@jasonthedemonscaxmer6923]

Most history lessons are boring, so I like watching these. It keeps me more interested.

[@FaxanaduJohn]

JasonWittenFan You’ll remember like 0.54% of the info. But I agree it’s mad entertaining.

[@myview5840]

You had boring history teachers. Try watching Lindybeige for fun history too

[@TheBlackfall234]

because school history mostly focused on (at least where i live and in my opinion) redundant bullshit thats not really that important at all.

[@majesticmisterm7903]

@@TheBlackfall234 Not just history. Most crap you learn in school is useless. I'm still waiting to find use for all the useless math, physics and chemistry formulas I had to learn in school.

[@TheBlackfall234]

@@majesticmisterm7903 yeah but math is literally the whole existence. Calling math useless just means youre to stupid for it. Doesnt mean its usefull in normal day live tho.

[@wyllomygreene7700]

Rommel's choice of death was a wise one for his family. His son became the Mayor of Stuttgart (home of US EUR Cmd, Porsche, Mercedes) for over 20 years

[@bry117]

Yeah it was

[@kym393]

Could've been Wurst!

[@gunargundarson1626]

@Caleb Hall so just gurgling sounds?

[@shinchannohara2924]

"Where Rommel is, there is the front!!"

[@bangscutter]

Rommel's popularity among the Wermacht meant that Hitler cannot afford to outright execute him publicly for treason. It would risk another coup.

[@davebowman9000]

23:09 *Ghost Division Intensifies*

[@joemamaobama6863]

they r da panzer elite

[@BattalionCommanderMK]

This is so accurate! Please make more!

[@engleberteverything421]

Griffin: plays cool maths games His FBI agent: I'm so proud

[@nuke3069]

My Grandfather was at the Siege of tobruk, AUS 9th Div 2/24th Battalion. lasted and survived toburk and the war His name was Signalmen Alfred Lukin BENNETTS

[@HiHi-gn2dw]

Slap Shot City My great uncle fought in the NZEF 1st Echelon during Crete, Op Crusader and the Italian campaign.

[@nuke3069]

@@HiHi-gn2dw My Great Uncle was at Crete and was evacuated to North Africa he met up with my Grandfather, He was 2/1st AUS Anti Tank Div

[@HiHi-gn2dw]

Slap Shot City That’s awesome!

[@nic9511]

What a bunch of legends

[@litewind1793]

My grandad fought in one of the British divisions who fought in Libya, Tobruk and Italy. Proud he survived and didnt died. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦

[@tabletopgeneralsde310]

Great video with a lot of love for details, thank you.

[@michaelmclennan03]

I believe I have watched this about 7-8 times now. Gotta say puts me in a mood when playin hoi.

[@malkomal9517]

I like that when you say "by the end of 1941" the timestamp when you said that is 19:41 coool

[@KazualBopthKatze]

Is Good Timing, Well, Good Editing

[@davidagudelo9223]

That's not a coincidence.

[@left-2-write28]

*x-files theme plays from unspecified source*

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

Rommel, a captain trapped in the body of a field marshal.

[@generalrommel5666]

I’d still prefer Fieldmarshal

[@theluckyegg3613]

@@generalrommel5666 Rommel was a good tactician, no doubt about that. But he run his men into the ground! The OKW knew that they had not the resources and the logistic capabilities to run two wars far away from Germany. Rommel wnated to proof that a Blitzkrieg in Northafrica was possible, it was not.

[@generalrommel5666]

@@theluckyegg3613 and who are you to teach me who I am and what I did?

[@theluckyegg3613]

@@generalrommel5666 I am I, The Lucky Egg!

[@generalrommel5666]

@@theluckyegg3613 My great grandson is a big fan of you

[@ohmeohmygolly]

Great video. Keep up the good work

[@iron1349]

"Eliminate the enemy" Mussolini, master tactician

[@bundybear666]

Fun fact some Australian divisions including the 6th fought during the defense of Greece, Crete then in the North African campaign. After that they were transferred to the pacific fighting the Japanese for the remainder of the war. Some of these men spent the most days fighting out of any allied division.

[@drummer78]

Not to mention they fought pretty much the entirety of the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan).

[@thehakinbossmyprofile]

Cool math games > Rainbow six

[@allanjbucknol4414]

Truly

[@hoovyzepoot]

It’s the true stress test for pcs

[@locantora]

Friv > cool math

[@bondbond8260]

Y8 > friv

[@SuperJay23]

i was thinking the same thing...which should i play....math games or own rainbow six noobs ?

[@emmanuelnava6582]

This was amazing! Subscribed! 😊

[@pasta-and-heroin]

glad you gave Tobruk some spotlight, very important story in the aus defence force history

[@erichgolden1812]

KZbin's new tagline "All the history we want you to know"

[@thegt3clickcrash329]

Quite an observation Erich. Hhhhmmm ? The way Erich is spelled is the German way. What a coincidence.

[@neilmackenzie8345]

That is CNNs knew motto

[@Nathan-ke3dn]

@@neilmackenzie8345 and Fox News and OAN

[@Musefan891]

That Inglorious Basterds reference tho.

[@EloiFL]

il butcherinno del desertinno. Also known as _Dominique de Coco_

[@Musefan891]

@@EloiFL *GAWR-LAWMI*

[@kampfpiper3853]

MARGARITIIII

[@joyceblackmon1745]

TigerBloodMan you obviously care deeply for this channel, you sure are putting. In alot of effort in copy and pasting this stupid ass comment. And u obviously like the content tht you probably dont even have the money to make if u wanted to (which probably makes you jealous hints the reason for your comment) tht animation isnt cheap and he benefits monetarily from views and comments also so thank you for your contributions they are well deserved dumbass 🙊 lol. Maybe you should be the one getting a "real job" you have way to much time on your hands and its all spent being petty af thinking ur some kinda hardass & tht ppl really care what u said. The like/dislike ratio is proof your wasting your time in your sad pathetic existence of trying to be "edgy"on KZbin videos lol.

[@nihaalsandim9986]

@@Musefan891 "arri va der chi*

[@kentkent8725]

your a grown man and you still play cool math games much respect

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@mexicoball2529]

Rommel: Im about to seize North Africa for Germany ANZAC bois: Woppity Hoppity your supplies are now our property

[@krunchykarim]

See the Mexican gets it.

[@ianfarr-wharton1000]

Rommel: Give me a regiment of emu's and I will take the world..

[@HiHi-gn2dw]

Mexico ball That’s just Kiwis and Aussies for ya.

[@clzm90]

The Nazis and Rommel were actually fighting Mussolini's war. North Africa was not in the Nazis' plans at all.

[@mrguy2k146]

clzm90 wrong

[@Rkenichi]

The lives of even the most brilliant and talented minds will ultimately be doomed by their corrupt, inept superior.

[@unrest5263]

Cool, man your so entertaining I can’t stop watching your videos!

[@alanwilson6367]

You have a naturel gift youngfella. Keep up the good work. Thank you. Great doc.

[@fazole]

This was a terrific documentary of an often overwhelmingly complicated series of campaigns. You were concientious to mention many of the involved allies too!

[@MrGenoHydra]

It's always great to hear about how O'Connor defeated a force significantly larger than his with tactics rather then just stating it as raw statistical facts, as a lot of documentaries tend to do.

[@arty5876]

There is nothing wonderful. Italy had WW1 era untrained army without supplies

[@pradhyudh]

That's a lot of hard work by you mate

[@theodoreroosevelt8261]

Every time i have something stuck in my eye i just put this on and start crying

[@jamesslater9098]

Underated comment

[@Dragonblaster1]

Montgomery gets stick for apparent timidity in pursuing Rommel through Tunisia, but the Luftwaffe had total air superiority there. When Rommel was in El Alamein, Rommel's forces had greatly extended supply lines, and the RAF had a field day strafing them. But once Rommel's troops withdrew to Tunisia, he knew the Afrika Korps had lost in North Africa, even though he drove Free French soldiers out. He needed a controlled retreat (something Hitler could never tolerate, seeing it as tantamount to surrender), but he did have the protection of the French-built Mareth Line. But Montgomery did have a notable success in Operation Supercharge II, where British forces effectively drove the German forces out of the Mareth Line, and therefore effectively out of North Africa. Rommel was a popular general, but so was Monty with his troops. Neither man relished the prospect of a bloodbath, and Monty never ate dinner until his men had. Rommel is bigged up because he was not a Nazi, but Monty didn't have such an opportunity to be a victim. So modern historical revisionists paint him as a "meh" nobody, talentless and without charisma. But when he took over 8th Army in August 1942, he completely turned around a very disorganised and demoralised army. Auchinleck had held the Germans at El Alamein, but it was Monty who drove them out. Was Monty a nice man? No, but do you really want your countries' generals to be nice men or winners? In the annals of WW2, I cannot think of a nice, winning general, although Rommel may be an exception to that. Patton and Zhukov certainly weren't, and General MacArthur was sacked during the Korean Was for demanding the right to nuke North Korea, which could conceivably kicked off WW3. I think Monty was about as good as most of his contemporaries.

[@sidneyadnopoz3427]

Eisenhower seems pretty good natured from what I've heard about him

[@ChrisJensen-se9rj]

Credit for levering out Rommel from his strong Mareth Line position should rightly go to Montgomery's principal Corps level commander Brian Horrocks. Horrocks gave good service for the entire war, and his machinations at the Mareth Line shortened the Desert fighting by many months.

[@Dragonblaster1]

@@ChrisJensen-se9rj Yes, Horrocks was a good general.

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Great video. And as a Brit, I cannot thank India or the ANZAC boys enough 🇮🇳🇦🇺🇳🇿🇬🇧

[@mariodatguy4988]

Imperialist! Fascist! Xenophobe! Racist! Homophobe! Transphobe!

[@DeltaSK2112]

@@mariodatguy4988 what

[@braydon1449]

@@mariodatguy4988 Disabled!

[@Jayden-uf3ps]

OK but what about the time when Subhash Chandra Bose LED a Nationalist Army against British Raj so we can say India was kind of both an advantage and disadvantage to the allies

[@generalkenobi4683]

@@Jayden-uf3ps Bose was fighting in Burma not North Africa

[@earitfx]

I appreciate all your labor of love producing such an obscure theater of WWII. Very easily understood once and for all how North Africa ebbed and flowed. Thanks

[@BaghdadieDave]

33:47 Ahh the true “Last Tiger” tiger 131 (still works to this day and is in The Tank Museum, UK.)

[@Trucksofwar]

Not the last one anymore 😊 The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum nearly has theirs running

[@kedarunzi9139]

@@Trucksofwar How's it looking?

[@Trucksofwar]

@@kedarunzi9139 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYbcpIFpgb2MlaM Video of it being dragged in to static display while they finish other projects

[@Commrade-DOGE]

Many of Rommel’s troops were Italians... me: WHAT?!

[@Commrade-DOGE]

@King Graveth Wow, and to think that the Italians had one of the better sub machine guns to, while having a semi- out dated rifle (tho a variant that was more modern was made but wasn’t wide spread) and their LMG used clips

[@belladesa91]

@@Commrade-DOGE Mab38 if u asked our SMG model. Our problem has always been leadership

[@cuhgaming4943]

Strong army, weak generals.

[@martinlatour9311]

strong army? lul

[@Adrian-vz8ik]

@@martinlatour9311 strong men

[@TheDoitza]

Great video. My grandfather and two granduncles were present in this theatre of war, fighting for the allies in New Zealand regiments. Our family recently received medals for two of them on their behalf. The medals my two granduncles were both awarded: The 1939 - 45 Star; The Africa Star; The War Medal, 1939-45; The NZ War Service Medal After seeing the Africa star medal I looked up a video and this was perfectly made and helped me visualize where my grandfather and granduncles would have been and what they lived through. More than fitting considering we have ANZAC day in a little over a week to remember fallen soldiers. Lest we forget.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

If any of them were in Italy they should also have received the Italy Star.

[@jstevinik3261]

I want to thank them for their service. o7

[@hadefafandi9548]

Archibald after succesfully tackling the italian divisions: I think that enemy got The Point.

[@faebees5793]

Hey nice prozd reference!

[@501stClonePilot]

Erwin Rommels : *gets pushed back* Montgomery : "Right Back At ya backroo"

[@Vessel-pl1dg]

@TigerBloodMan what? that's some random toxicity right there.

[@SuperZombieBros]

I sense Kirby’s presence...

[@localman9063]

@TigerBloodMan You must feel so good about yourself right now.

[@dicksonbutts7412]

Montgommery had all the wealth, allies and territory of the British empire on his side. Rommel in contrast did not have much to work with. Rommel was also screwed by factors completely beyond his control. When the enigma code was broken, British submarines sank all the ships that were supposed to take fuel to Rommel. WIthout Fuel, Rommel could not manuevre and all he could do was to sit tight and try to defend against the massive British attack. Rommel could not outflank and trick his enemy like he usually did, because he had no fuel. Only enough reserves to retreat.

[@CheeseburgerFreedomMan_]

Ahh, I can enjoy my Friday with a new video from the Armchair Historian. What a great day!

[@hakke2485]

What a coincidence, I'm currently reading about Tobruk in my book! Funny how time seems to work like that.

[@braindead_boi]

33:45 the tank here is the infamous tiger 131, which is still held in a museum I believe

[@BlikeNave]

Leaving this comment in support of the channel, because I feel between the animations, script, characters and presentation... the amount of work that goes into each video is commendable. Thanks!

[@maxgaskins5367]

Shame on KZbin for demonetizing this amazing history channel

[@williamhood7548]

I watch these videos, and will continue to watch them, in no small part due to your pronunciation of, "Leftennant." Its refreshing.

[@janpristach3073]

I am so proud on that one Czechoslovak battalion which was defending Tobruk! 280 heroes! 17:15

[@Droepram]

Why are you proud to have helped the British empire? I am proud my German grandfather managed to defeat the allies at Tobruk.

[@joemamaobama6863]

@@Droepram w h a t t t t t

[@janpristach3073]

@@Droepram bc those soldiers were later on killed by our communist regime due to their service for our liberty in Africa under British empire.

[@zaolzieisours6049]

756 heroes

[@monke8402]

@@joemamaobama6863 don’t worry he’s just a troll

[@PsneakyPseudonym]

Glad you're using sponsors, need this channel to keep online!

[@janekzdunek124]

I appreciate that "Desert Butcher" introduced like Hugo Stiglitz

[@dorianlindberg1662]

Very nicely done video!

[@khamulthewack4732]

6:00 "sitzkrieg" When it's funny, it's funny, ya know?

[@moritzreinhard2504]

I think it's funny.

[@mort7987]

It's double funny if you're german

[@kashual]

if the British got money for everytime they used inflatable tanks they would have enough to buy a real tank

[@jakesmith-bw1yc]

Why use real tanks as a distraction when you can use inflatable ones

[@HT-gv1be]

You’ll never beat the british 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@HT-gv1be]

Best fighting men in the world 1800-present 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

[@kashual]

​@TigerBloodMan stop being an ass, at least he doesn't look like the Pillsbury doughboy with brain damage. no one cares that you hate his videos. stop making an ass of your self and how about you go do something productive with your life.

[@localman9063]

@TigerBloodMan Stop copying and pasting this retarded hate comment.

[@dhanlouisev.cordova9955]

18:57 that stick figure is beautiful

[@Tailpipe26]

Superb video. Thank you.

[@aurelian3268]

Beautiful animation and art quality. Your work really has improved over the years. Keep it up friend

[@user-yf9ku1tl6b]

Wicked video, keep it up man! This channel is too dope to go down

[@johnbrereton5229]

You left out some very important details. After the stunning success of the British against the Italians, you forgot to mention that after the arrival of Rommel, Hitlers favourite commander, his subsequent success were greatly helped by the anti British American attaché in Egypt. Named Bonner Fellows, who was know sarcastically as 'little Fellows' by Rommel. Fellow sent detailed broadcasts of British positions and strengths which were leaked to Rommel which greatly inflated his subsequent successes. After this was discovered and Fellows returned to America, Rommels successes also greatly reduced until he was driven from North Africa completely. This was the biggest defeat of Nazi forces and not equalled untill Stalingrad.

[@nicedog1]

Excellent documentary. Thanks

[@connor4435]

Oh my god, I watch this series so often, this is gonna be so helpful