Times the Dutch Were Effective During the German Invasion of the Netherlands in WW2

How effective were the Dutch during the German invasion of the Netherlands in WW2? On the 10th of May 1940 the German invasion of the Holland started. Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands via land and via air. Within one day they crushed through the IJssel Line and then made their way to the main Dutch line of defence: the Grebbe Line. The area in front of the Grebbe Line was flooded. The only place that wasn't was the Grebbeberg. Meanwhile German troops landed in the Dutch hinterland. Around The Hague German paratroopers (Fallshirmjäger) and airlanding troops attacked the air fields of Ypenburg, Ockenburg en Valkenburg. The Dutch defenders were overwhelmed but got themselves together and fought back. The German attackers took the air fields but were driven off by a counterattack of the Dutch soldiers. The German plan to take The Hague and capture the Dutch queen, army high command and government failed completely. The Battle of the Grebbeberg was in full swing now. There the defenders fought hard but were driven back. On one occasion Dutch officer, major Jacometti, drew his sword and stormed forward to lead a counterattack. He was killed in action. Another Dutch counterattack failed as well. The Battle of Rotterdam went on for some days now and the resistance needed to be broken in order to resume the German advance in the Netherlands. Rotterdam army commander colonel Scharroo received an unsigned German letter that demanded the city to be surrendered or face demolition by bombing. After some discussion they requested for a signed message. Yet, the planes were on their way and Rotterdam was bombed. One place the Germans did not managed to take was in the north. The Battle of the Afsluitdijk was won by the Dutch troops, yet they had to surrender. Learn more about the Battle of the Netherlands (1940).
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[@HistoryHustle]

THE BATTLE OF THE GREBBEBERG: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXvUl3aMpM6kmLM THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE NETHERLANDS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZusc6CLgtqUmq8 History Hustle, you should watch this Netherlands World War 2 video. It shows the German invasion every hour.

[@HistoryHustle]

It's interesting, not sure how historical correct it is though...

[@gunner678]

Great video!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for the additional information!

[@HistoryHustle]

@Gues Who Thanks for the additional information!

[@humphreeyy3726]

God bless the Dutch, we love you guys! From Canada 🇨🇦

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers!

[@abwo47]

@@HistoryHustle We owe much, so much to the brave Canadian young men who gave their lives to liberate us

[@misterivo4141]

We love Canada too ;-) With love from the Netherlands

[@be4stsie]

I love Canada always wanted to visit sometime

[@ad220588]

abwo47 The Germans were still nice to you in contrast to what you did with the Indonesians, even after the Second World War or what you did. in your former colonies.In the Dutch overseas territories, the greed for profit of Dutch merchants creates immense misery. Because like the monarchical colonial powers of Europe, the United Provinces, which are so tolerant on the inside, enforce their economic interests in Africa, Asia and America with relentless harshness. The subjugation of the Banda Islands (now Indonesia) belonging to the Moluccas is particularly bloody: in 1621, soldiers burn down villages and settlements there on the orders of the Governor General of the VOC, abducting numerous men, women and children at slave markets. They kill, resist, torture, divide, and behead more than 40 chiefs. The survivors flee to the interior of the islands - where they eventually starve. It was not until 1863 that the Netherlands officially abolished slavery as one of the last European countries. In the meantime, Dutch merchants have carried around 600,000 African prisoners across the Atlantic - and sold a further 100,000 slaves directly from their trading bases on the African west coast to other European traders.

[@robertalaverdov8147]

France: We fought the Germans for 46 days. Holland: We fought the Germans for 5 days. Denmark: We fought the Germans for 6 hours. Austria: You guys fought?

[@HistoryHustle]

Oh snap!

[@StoccTube]

History Hustle British Empire: hold my beer

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

@@StoccTube For sure, were even on our own for a while too. To be fair though, at least we had those few aces up our sleeve - English Channel; Royal Navy; RADAR; RAF and ....Churchill I guess. Not a big fan of his but he encouraged our bulldog spirit. Respect to the Dutch.

[@StoccTube]

Too-much-cider full respect to the Dutch for having a crack. Only geography and the RN saved us from the Nazis in the first instance, without both, the fight back would’ve been impossible I think. Sort of makes me hope the channel tunnel is permanently rigged to blow in case things on mainland Europe get out of hand :-)

[@smooth_sundaes5172]

@@StoccTube I'm with you on the tunnel. A huge invite if ever it got that far again.

[@ladytruthtrumpet554]

My grandad who was in the British Army in WW2 always said that the Dutch were good people and had the utmost respect for them. They had everything thrown at them and even when the German invasion was successful, they still didn't lie down and take crap. Love the Dutch ❤️ awesome people.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your message!

[@mattholland8966]

The Dutch did the best they could. They bought 5 days for the other countries. Caught by surprise and out numbered. They did okay!

[@HistoryHustle]

My thoughts also.

[@delanovanraalte3186]

7 acteully

[@padraigpearse1551]

The Dutch managed to hold out for 5 days. Denmark held out for about 7 hours.

[@delanovanraalte3186]

@@padraigpearse1551 the dutch did better and i was learned 7 days they hold of and i am dutch but i could be wrong or you could be wrong

[@padraigpearse1551]

@@delanovanraalte3186 well roughly 5 to 7 days because I know some kept fighting after the official surrender. They hold out a long time considering the size of the country anyway

[@calwianka]

Greetings my Dutch friend from an American from "New Amsterdam". My uncle was shot down over Holland. Thanks for all assistance that the Dutch provided him. When will you tell the great story of New Amsterdam and those Dutch businessmen who paid $24 for Manhattan?

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your message!

[@classesanytime]

Actually we didn't pay $24 FOR it, we paid $24 in trinkets to "pacht" it .. to rent and be allowed to exploit! By dutch law at the time it remained Indian property!

[@rgerca1593]

And lets not forget the loan that was granted to the young american republic just after their independance. If the tradesmen in antwerp had turned them down, the american economy wouldnt have been as quick to recover after the fighting ended. Antwerp was dutch back then. And for those days in May 1940, i walked the battlefields many times and it is clear that without a defense in depth and with the type of officers they had to deal with (men like Haberts for instance) there wasnt more to give than they have done. But thats just my opinion

[@DanAndHoe]

Hi, my grandfather helped out Allied pilots who found themselves on Dutch soil during the war. He had a register of all people that hid in his home. Multiple books were written about the resistance circle he was in. May I ask your uncle's name? Maybe my grandfather knew him. :)

[@nicomeier8098]

The Dutch surrendered only after the nazi's bombed Rotterdam killing between 650 - 800 civilians. The nazi's had to resort to this due to unexpected resistance and delay.

[@HistoryHustle]

That sums it up.

[@delanovanraalte3186]

Well acteully they surrenderd after being threathend with another city bombt down

[@jochemvanrens8938]

@@delanovanraalte3186 well there was some miscommunication that led to the bombing of Rotterdam I believe. But they had not officially surrendered but were planning to.

[@Harry_PP030]

Don't forget that the germans threatened to do the same with Amsterdam and Utrecht.

[@Harry_PP030]

@Jim Smithers Great thinking genius 😂😂😂

[@johnryder1713]

Always nice to see a small country stand up for themselves, no matter how effective they were they should be proud

[@HistoryHustle]

Fair enough!

[@cdoggo3352]

@@stijnvdv2 if only 70% of tax euro's didn't go to the vacation funding of the Dutch Royal Family...

[@Briselance]

@@stijnvdv2 " an efficient country sees a big military that doesn't get used as a waste of money." They waited to practically hear bullets whistling by to start preparing for war and to even just think about modernizing the forces. And they were positively thrashed, with comparatively only a few victories and rightful claims to success that were, alas for them, merely tactical and very local successes with almost no influence on the outcome of the war (except for that battle when the Queen and other VIPs were not captured and could be shipped or "air-lifted" to the UK). That is no efficiency. At best, that is a very short-sighted management. Some people (I admit, myself included) would be tempted to use a much more "colourful" vocabulary. "He whose thoughts do not range far will see troubles close at hand", to sum it up. "Prim-minister de Witt, that got killed and eaten by an angry crowd" What? Eaten??? O_o " It's not even 4 years ago that during training the army had to say 'pang' during exercise as they were out of ammunition and there was no money for new ammo." Seriously? =_= I pity the military Dutch dudes and dudettes who had to to do that. How to kill motivation 101. :-(

[@cumbaja3456]

@@Briselance The Dutch government hoped for neutrality is my guess. Germany under Hitler had shown it's evil intent. Surrendering after 3 days was not much of a defense. Canadians and the allies had to give their lives to liberate. Does not add up.

[@sleepdeprivedjort]

Canada and The Netherlands are soulmates, greetings Canadians from The Netherlands!

[@HistoryHustle]

🇳🇱🇨🇦

[@fitnessplaza8766]

Love back💘

[@user-dg3ir9tm1j]

Love to Canada from holland

[@Ricon_]

Echt kerel goed bezig! Een beetje onze gescheidenis in plaats van alle andere veldslagen. Eindelijk een verdieping op ons eigen land en punten waar we kritish op kunnen terug kijlen maar ook waar we wcht trots op kunnen zijn💪

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt, Rico! Blij dat je de video's waardeert!

[@onn0]

Rico, zeker!

[@Jaydon05]

Mooie comment thx!

[@dodec8449]

Hoezo ben je er 'trots' op dan, je bent decennia erna geboren.

[@j.m.b.7449]

Helemaal mee eens!

[@MaxSluiman]

Je zal als scholier maar zo'n gepassioneerde geschiedenis docent hebben.

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt, Max!

[@janvanrenselaar5998]

heb ik gehad op de lagere school. Een jood die 5 jaar verborgen geweest is. Alleen bij Geschiedenis en Aardrijkskunde kon ik mijn klep houden. Die man wist al toen ik 8 of 9 jaar oud was dat ik een soort van reiziger zou worden. Na mijn dienstijd in Duitsland-Seedorf volgemaakt te hebben, ben ik 1 jaar naar Libanon gegaan voor de blauw helmen. Daarna Int chauffeur,dus die man had gelijk.En bedankt voor het posten van de video,s,mijn vrouw (argentijnse) weet nu meer van de nederlandse historie.

[@netboy1102]

Comparing to the Danish, Dutch soldiers and their government were 100 times better. Respect to Dutch

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks 🇳🇱

[@sennadehond3821]

Still are! 😂

[@mycklaflonscamping1398]

@@sennadehond3821 eerlijk, nee. Scandinavische regeringen zijn veel beter dan de Nederlandse!

[@sennadehond3821]

@@mycklaflonscamping1398 misschien op sommige onderwerpen

[@Briselance]

Well, it's not like the Danes could do much either. I mean, look at how many tanks they had (if they had any), how many planes, how modern these were, how many men at arms, how trained they were, what their morale was, etc. And the terrain was much less favourable to defence. No wide or deep or impetuous rivers, no ranges of steep hills and mountains, no thick and vast forests covering said hills (think of the Ardenne forest). Poor Danes couldn't do much.

[@bronsonperich9430]

The Dutch may have been taken out quickly, but when they escaped to Britain they became even greater warriors. Some of the first SAS were Dutch marines who were keen to get their country back.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing.

[@s_vb2220]

there where a lot of non English SAS members, and after the war a lot of them went home and introduced the SAS in there country, this is why for example Belgium has a SAS force.

[@m3tactical393]

Dont forget the princes irene brigade that was an dutch batalion stationed in the UK

[@georgewillems32]

Engelandvaarders!

[@TimvanderWeyden]

@@m3tactical393 I wanted to mention the Prinses Irene Brigade as well. They have always been regarded as high quality troops by all allied forces they fought with.

[@charris5700]

Thanks for sharing this impressive battle story. I feel like the Netherlands invasion is overlooked outside of the bombing of Rotterdam. The Dutch defended well in several engagements against an extremely trained, world class army. It's stunning to see how many soldiers the Dutch captured. The defenders familiarity with their homeland and quick reaction to deploy troops can overcome some of the best weapons and soldiers. Once the panzer brigades and Luftwaffe got involved the inevitable outcome was reached fast as expected. In the beginning infantry gun battles the Dutch punched above their weight with well executed defensive victories. The Falschirmjäger had shown their decisiveness at fort Eben Emael. The Dutch however were able to make use of their entire inventory albeit meager on paper it was absolutely effective in the defensive victory, with multi strike attacks using aircraft, infantry, artillery and even a destroyer off the coast that shelled the invaders near the beach. 1600+ captured. 125 aircraft destroyed.

[@HistoryHustle]

You're welcome. Thanks for your insights. This week a video about the German aircraft losses will be uploaded. Cheers!

[@cumbaja3456]

so why did the Dutch government surrend so quickly while the army was still fighting. They the Dutch government and Dutch/German royalty fled to Brittain. It took a lot of canadian and allied lives to bring freedom back to Holland.

[@jorankoehorst]

@@cumbaja3456 The germans bombed the shit out of the center of Rotterdamn and threathened to do the same to other city's

[@cumbaja3456]

@@jorankoehorst and so what? You have not been watching how the Ukraine is fighting of Russia.

[@jorankoehorst]

@@cumbaja3456 the difference is that the war was already lost due to the fact that france and brittain were losing too. It would have been pointles to lose even more city's to bombing raids

[@RefinedRetroReviews]

As someone who has spent a lifetime studying the war. This is pretty much the only information I have heard about the Dutch in combat during the war. Thanks for making this sort of content.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks, here is the full story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y

[@rogerwilco2]

There is plenty available in Dutch, but most media are from English speaking countries.

[@slymarbo4046]

I have the absolute utmost respect for the Dutch my grandfather was a vet. And you people show much respect to our Canadian vet's it makes me cry I love the Dutch people for that

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you for your response.

[@Hyde_Hill]

What I have heard in the past is that the Netherlands taking out so many paratroopers and the planes made the invasion of Crete more difficult and this in time made the Germans scrap the idea of using paratroopers against the British. So sort of a knock on effect. Any credence to that?

[@jobberghs3734]

Also the german army landed there planes on the airport of den haag and all of them got shot to pieces

[@tigervv6437]

Yes you are absolutely right. An entire year of transport plane production was lost in those 5 days.

[@HistoryHustle]

Correct.

[@jwenting]

yup. Dutch AA was pretty effective, especially the airfield defenses. It would have worked as a surprise attack on the first day, not delayed as it was. There was some confusion where Dutch troops let paratroopers land rather than shooting them while still on their parachutes, as they had been told to not shoot at pilots bailing out of their aircraft, but that didn't last long when they realised what was really going on.

[@corneliusantonius3108]

Even general Kesselring said they lost too many experienced pilots.

[@plattsadam]

My ex girlfriends granddad was a Brit in the Arnhem airdrop, she stayed with the family that sheltered him on the anniversary in 1994.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing!

[@jamesnell1999]

Respect to that guy and the others in Arnhem.

[@paulnyssen6448]

My father was a teenager when German tanks rolled into his hometown, Venlo. He and two of his brothers joined the resistance and managed to survive five years of occupation. After the war he migrated to Australia, married, had eight children, and maintained until the late sixties an ongoing correspondence with an American bomber pilot his unit had rescued. He suffered from post traumatic stress yet had a successful career as a director of an American multinational. He died of Parkinson's disease in 2006 still haunted by the horrors he witnessed in WWII.

[@HistoryHustle]

Sad to read. Thanks for sharing.

[@oldoarsman6322]

My father and his Army Air Corps unit occupied the German airfield at Venlo near the end of the war. He also spoke well of the Dutch. He later married a woman of Dutch heritage who taught us some of her family's traditions. Now I'm married to a Dutch citizen and we visit her home town of Beek often. Both her parents survived the occupation and the hunger times that followed.

[@TheNewMode]

The Dutch have such a long cool history. I was always surprised they surrendered so quickly even with the surprise and quickness of the German military at that point in the war. It’s good to hear some positives from that sad and tumultuous time. Thanks from Alabama

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your message, William.

[@Mark-xd5up]

It’s because the Germans bombed a major Dutch city Rotterdam and threatened to bomb others like Amsterdam and Utrecht too.

[@hesseldijkstra5327]

Rotterdam suffered the first air raid of the 2nd war it was flattened and 1500+ killed. The Dutch government got an ultimatum surrender or we will bomb Amsterdam and after that Utrecht. Your choice.

[@sajanim]

Hard to continue fighting, when the enemy ruthlessly bombs half a city, with the promise to bomb the other half unless the white flag is raised.

[@Foortz]

sajanim generaal Winkelman is een held! Hij zag dat ondanks de successen de oorlog niet gewonnen kon worden. Het is dan ook nutteloos om steden te laten bombarderen. Winkelman heeft duizenden en duizenden levens gered!

[@gelul12]

More like the royal family fled and then they gave up

[@erfgoedgidsveenhuizen]

Exactly. The outcome was clear from the beginning since there were no allies to come our rescue. The Brits were busy in France and were not neccessarily considered allies since the Boer war in South Africa...

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed

[@sajanim]

@@gelul12 More like Dutch soldiers did their job (admirably) to protected the Royal Family until they could escape, and then gave up when Rotterdam was bombed. No one in his right mind would expect the Royal Family to stick around, get captured, and held for ransom, and it would be MORONIC to continue a fight that could not be won.

[@bruhmoment2354]

i love how much details go into these video. definitely subscribing!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks man!

[@robinxfighter1806]

Ik vind het zeer bijzonder dat jij deze video 10 minuten lang heb gekregen

[@HistoryHustle]

🇳🇱👍

[@TimvanderWeyden]

Waarom? 10 minuten is nog steeds veel te kort om alles goed te vertellen.

[@robinxfighter1806]

@@TimvanderWeyden vanwege de opkroping maar toch duidelijke informatie

[@OttoVonBolschwingPhD]

Thank you for a very informative video, top notch presentation.

[@HistoryHustle]

You're welcome, thanks!

[@candelas31]

Well done. I remember working in Limburg over 20 years ago I found old Dutch uniform in the attic of a house I was renovating. It was defianately a uniform one could wear with a proud heart. Greetings from Poland, many of our soldiers rest near Arnhem

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your message. Really interesting you found such a uniform!

[@philiplagomarsino4086]

I live in Holland for 5 years several polish cemerty are not keep up .it is a shame they don’t take care of them

[@Briselance]

Do you remember anything about that uniform and the one who wore it? I am interested in knowing the details.

[@carlospaloma9324]

Wat leuk dat ik deze video tegen kom, best fijn om te horen dat we toch echt wel tegenstand hebben geboden! Groeten uit Nijmegen!

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank voor je bericht, Carlos!

[@clumpsygiraffe9014]

Leuk om te weten, Nijmegen is ook een heel groot slagveld geweest.

[@iliketapirs2299]

I really enjoyed this video,keep going :D

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!!

[@rogerwilco2]

The Dutch tactics were mostly centred around holding out for a week or so, while the Brits and French would move up trough Belgium and connect up to form a front similar to WWI. The Dutch had three main problems: (1) They were (too) late to rearm, train and mobilize and were caught relatively unprepared. (2) The Germans had done a lot of intelligence gathering and reconnaissance in the years before, posing as tourists, traders and such. (3) The Dutch were inexperienced, having not really fought a war in a century, and were thus strategically and tactically not prepared. Finally, the country is simply to small to do any defence in depth against the Blitzkrieg, only Russia was really big enough. The Dutch had to surrender, not because their army was defeated, but because of the threat to the civilian population. The Germans bombed and destroyed the city of Rotterdam, and threatened to destroy the other cities as well. Otherwise the Dutch might have lasted a few more days, as planned, but it would not have mattered, as the Brits and French were having their own problems in places like Dunkirk and were in no position to come and help.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing this information.

[@davidderuiter726]

The Dutch fought many wars just not in the Netherlands but in Indonesia

[@cumbaja3456]

I totally disagree with surrendering. They should carried on and not surrender so quickly. More fatalities sure but you fight until the last man standing against an evil empire.

[@The-Sharky-Show]

@@cumbaja3456it isnt about civilians, it was a whole city wich was destroyed and it was a big one. Only 5 buildings remained imagine if they did this so amsterdam, netherlands would no longer exist

[@cumbaja3456]

@@The-Sharky-Show Perhaps, Putin every other sentence is nuclear holocaust You fight till the last breath and then some. The Dutch government and royalty left for the citizen to fend for themselves. Five years later others had to give their life for Dutch freedom.

[@gerhard6105]

Mooi gemaakte video. Miin vaders vader was een ordonans. We komen uit Haarlem. Daar was ook de motordienst. Ik heb hem in 1987 gevraagd wat hij in die 5 dagen heeft meegemaakt. Tijdens een rit over de snelweg bij Den Haag werd hun kolonne aangevallen door duitse vliegtuigen. Mijn opa zei dat ze één keer konden schieten en toen hij zjn geweer klaar had voor het tweede schot lag de kolonne in puin en waren de vliegtuigen weg. Tijdens het bombardement was hij op zijn legermotor ( mijn broer zegt dat het een Harley Davidson was) in Rotterdam. Direct n de overgave , dus dezelfde dag, is hij naar zijn zus in Hillegersberg gereden. Ik heb zjn Weerpas, knopen en bruine munitietasje. Hij was dacht ik bij afdeling A1 van de motordienst. Op mijn computer heb ik i.i.g. een foto dat hij met zijn kamaraden op het grasveld van de kazerne in Haarlem ligt. Mijn tante heeft alle echte foto's.

[@HistoryHustle]

Erg interessant om te lezen. Bedankt voor het nemen van de tijd voor het opschrijven.

[@gerhard6105]

Graag gedaan. Had eigenlijk in het engels gemoeten. Ik zal je de foto sturen. Mijn moeders moeder was uit Duitsland en haar broers waren dus in de Wehrmacht. Daar heb ik ook foto's van, als het je interesseert. Naar 1 van hen ben ik vernoemd. Dat zie je aan mijn naam. Ik woon in St.Vith sinds een jaar. Die omgeving zal je wel kennen....Leuke vondsten hier gedaan, in mijn huis : ) Als je meer wil weten kan ik het je in een mail schrijven. Of je komt hier 's op visite.

[@HistoryHustle]

Voel je vrij om te e-mailen. Adres staat onderaan iedere videobeschrijving.

[@gerhard6105]

Dag Stefan, via je email adres heb ik je wat info verzonden. Heb je dat binnengekregen? Het munitietasje iwat van mijn opa was is een bruine voor het Hembrug geweer.

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@Edwardnarby92]

Great video very insightful! Thank you very much for sharing a very interesting part of your country's history! Regards from Hong Kong

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers! Thank you. I've been to Hong Kong in 2016 and shot this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4TCYYONpc90i5Y

[@Edwardnarby92]

@@HistoryHustle Just watched it and gave it a like) I spend my time metal detecting in the Hills around Hong Kong searching for relics from the battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. There are many great books and documentaries about the subject. Again many thanks for sharing your videos!

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

@@Edwardnarby92 read a book about it. Fiction mostly. Hms Serpent strikes back. I think the autrocities described were non-fiction...

[@Edwardnarby92]

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 Hi Thank you for the Tip;) I cannot find any mention of the book except for one called "The Empire Strikes Back" I am reading one at the moment called "Battle for Hong Kong, December 1941" by author Philip Cracknell, really very interesting.

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

@@Edwardnarby92 Douglas Reeman is the writer. Maybe its only in Dutch. Just found its called Sunset in English.

[@wilbertiedema9245]

Super tof om meer te weten te komen over de meidagen. Thnx! Ga je ook een Q&A doen over dit onderwerp?

[@HistoryHustle]

Wellicht!

[@motorcop505]

Yet another great video! As far as history related KZbin channels go, my favorites have been: • The Great War • Between the Wars • World War Two - Time Ghost • Five Romeo Romeo - about the Rhodesian Bush War as viewed through the eyes of a Corporal as well as films from Periscope Films & the Nuclear Vault. That being said, I believe that you and your channel are right up there with Indy Nidel and Spartacus Olsenn of Great War/Between Wars/WWII/Time Ghost and 5RR! The research and hard work you devote to creating wonderful videos definitely shows in the end result. I have yet to see one I didn’t like and learn from. Your students are extremely blessed to have such a wonderful history teacher, especially since most students (at least those in the US) aren’t learning about historical events that clash with the political views of their teachers and school administrators. Thank you so much for all your hard work and for sharing your videos with the world! Best wishes from Delaware ⚔️🇺🇸

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your message. Great channels indeed!

[@Ditka-89]

5 days is pretty damn good for a tiny army comprised almost exclusively with light infantry

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. Here is the full story: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y

[@tdc074]

U bent echt de enige KZbinr die op elke coment reageert ga zo door!

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank, ik doe mijn best haha!

[@paulusdarkmagenta1203]

dank je voor deze bijdrage .

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@davidviner4932]

Thank you my Dutch friends, you slowed the Germans down in their conquest of Europe. That was a good thing as Britain stood alone in the Battle of Britain. It's common knowledge that beating the Germans in 1940 was a crucial point in the war

[@HistoryHustle]

More about this here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYDZoWyPgK1rl7s

[@thepretorian5292]

Maybe according to brits but according to the world just a side mission

[@davidolie8392]

Great video. There's not nearly enough info available for English speakers about those five days of resistance.

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers, also seen the other videos about this? THE BATTLE OF THE GREBBEBERG: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXvUl3aMpM6kmLM THE GERMAN INVASION OF THE NETHERLANDS: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y

[@jayartz8562]

Love the video's, can you do some on the Dutch resistance?

[@HistoryHustle]

In the future yes.

[@w.willems2533]

Hallo ouwe !! Great vids, thanks alot, the comments from your viewers are just as good !!!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@j.m.b.7449]

Heel vet, hoge kwaliteit en zeldzame content. Ook erg fijn als de Nederlandse uitspraak klopt, respect voor je Engelse uitspraak. Tot slot, gruwelijke baard! Mijn subscribe heb je, keep it up!

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt voor de fijne woorden! Ik doe mijn best. Mocht je deze video interessant vinden, wellicht vind je deze ook tof: Over de Duitse invasie van NL in het algemeen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y Over de bevrijding: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZiYeHh7gtl2qas Playlist over Nederlanders die voor de Waffen-SS gingen vechten: kzbin.info/aero/PL_bcNuRxKtpH80zEWzRuvOVAc2C0M7C1V

[@j.m.b.7449]

@@HistoryHustle Ik ga ze even lekker bekijken! Thanks voor de tips!

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@ak9989]

Love your videos. Big fan of Dutch history and it's colonies, just like the UK. I collect Victorian medals from the Colonial wars. Hard to find Dutch items

[@HistoryHustle]

Nice to hear! Have you also checked out the videos I made about the Dutch East Indies? See: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZWbnqucepV6nc0

[@TheVerkeerslicht]

Super informatieve video! Zou je ook zo'n video over de invasie van België kunnen maken? Met vriendelijke groeten Een belg

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt. Deze video zal gemaakt worden maar hiervoor wil ik in België filmen hetgeen voorlopig nog niet op de planning staat. Sorry.

[@Euroka2000]

Heel graag. Wat mij nog altijd intrigeert: NL gaf na 5 dagen op vanwege bombardement op Rotterdam en dreiging van meer. Belgie hield het veel langer vol, 22 dagen naar ik meen. Waren er geen Nazi dreigementen om Brussel en Antwerpen te bombarderen toen ?

[@humphet]

you do a great job at lecturing. i love this

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks!

[@evenserieus1]

Bedankt, een heel waardevol vak geschiedenis.

[@HistoryHustle]

Zo is het:)

[@Dutchnavyengineer]

Mijn opa zat bij het korps rijdende artillerie, deel van de Lichte Divisie, zo trots op deze man!

[@HistoryHustle]

Respect. Heb je hem ontmoet? Wat vertelde (of weet je) over zijn ervaringen?

[@Dutchnavyengineer]

@@HistoryHustle Ja zeker, heb hem nog heel wat jaren meegemaakt, als oudste kleinkind. Hij vertelde er niets tot weinig over, zeker de mei dagen van 1940 weten we eigenlijk niets van. Hij heeft mij het een en ander verteld over zijn verzets activiteiten toen ik zelf in militaire dienst ging. Maar hij liep er niet mee te koop en praatte er niet graag over hij had ook zeker last van PTSD. Ik heb mbv van zijn persoonlijke papieren die ik kreeg van mijn oma, mbt eenheid, ontslag datum, aanbevelingen/voordracht bij de politie door een commandant van hem van het KRA(kapt Portheine). Ik ben er ingedoken en heb zo, via oude after action reports die openbaar zijn gemaakt, een beetje zijn mei dagen van 1940 kunnen reconstrueren, althans alleen waar en wanneer hij ergens was, met zijn eenheid van het K.R.A. Zijn verzetskruis en oorlogskruis met gesp "mei 1940" hangen hier bij mij in de kamer en gaan nooit weg, ben echt trots op die man en wat hij op die jonge leeftijd allemaal gedaan heeft.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interessant om te lezen. Dank voor het nemen van de tijd om dit te vertellen.

[@Dutchnavyengineer]

@@HistoryHustle Graag gedaan, je enthousiasme werkt aanstekelijk ;-)

[@dronevideosandotherrc9018]

je bent ook echt een typische geschiedenis leraar :p Leuke video

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!

[@huzaar100]

Heel erg goed gedaan. Proficiat, ga zo door.

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!

[@Monst3rNetwork]

Bedankt voor de duidelijk omschreven uitleg rondom de gebeurtenissen. Dit soort informatie vind ik zelf waardevoller dan wat ik ook uitgelegd heb gekregen.

[@HistoryHustle]

Graag gedaan, ik hoop dat je de andere video's omtrent dit onderwerp ook waardeert: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXvUl3aMpM6kmLM

[@gentlebabarian]

The netherlands had so much defence potential. Sadly that the dutch army was badly underfunded . And that the british did not realy want to help.

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed, a very British troops disembarked at Hoek van Holland, but quickly left.

[@eltlaw]

The BEF was in Belgium by the time Winkelman surrendered, and somewhat busy - and also in the mire of Norway. The British landing at Hoek was only intended to destroy harbour facilities and fuel stocks. Also, the landing provided the means for evacuating the Queen et. al. The Allied intervention was by way of the French VII Army and the Breda Variant to Plan D.

[@gilibran]

For another trench war perhaps, not the mobile battle the Germans introduced and with aircraft becoming an integral part of warfare. We could flood land yes, but then you also lock yourself up with no way out only to be bombed into submission.

[@ROACH0000]

Very informative. Respect for the Dutch from your English brothers.

[@HistoryHustle]

Cheers!

[@Portlygolf]

Cheers

[@rickss4298]

Erg intressant dankjewel!

[@HistoryHustle]

Graag gedaan!

[@claytoneskes9519]

top video! zou je er ook eentje kunnen maken over de slag bij Mill, en het bombardement op Doetinchem ?

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank en wellicht. Staat nu nog niet op mijn to-do.

[@mathijsvann]

Make a video on Soldaat van Oranje. No one outside of Holland seems to know his story. It’s amazing!

[@HistoryHustle]

I will talk about this in the future.

[@Harry_PP030]

Considering that Roelzema borrowed some heroic stories from a colleague perhaps.

[@eddys.3524]

You mean that guy who, with others, attempted a coup after the war and failed miserably?

[@iCommanderv]

One thing that impressed me when visiting the Kazematten at the Afsluitdijk was a helmet worn by a Dutch soldier. Apparently the "logo" of the lion at the front of the Dutch helmets was a weak spot. This soldier was hit directly in the logo and killed. Definitely worth a visit.

[@HistoryHustle]

I did visit the museum several years ago, very interesting place indeed!

[@Redcrown1979]

Wat een goede reportage Stephan. Je hebt er een subscriber bij. Mooi beeldmateriaal ook. Ga zo door!

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt Rutger, welkom bij de club. Ik hoop dat je de andere video's ook waardeert!

[@Redcrown1979]

@@HistoryHustle Ik heb die van de grebbeberg bekeken, maar ga de andere ook zeker bekijken. Ik ben erg geinterseerd in deze periode en het is mooi om zien dat het hier om onze geschiedenis gaat. Die wordt vaak overgeslagen in de documantares die op YT te vinden zijn.

[@HistoryHustle]

Klopt! Ben blij dat deze video's zo worden gewaardeerd.

[@Militaria_Collector]

Excellent videos and content.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching!

[@niekeissens]

Vol verwachting klopt ons hart :p

[@HistoryHustle]

Goed om te horen, Niek!

[@chesternimitz8357]

Haha wat ben jij grappig 😒

[@niekeissens]

@@chesternimitz8357 kwam met iets beters dan 😜

[@erhard3178]

If you like PC games as i do i recommend you to try Battlefield 1942 with Battlegroup42 mod which has 3 battles that were fought during the invasion of Netherlands: Ockenburg airfield, Grebbeberg and Kornwerderzand. You can play either as Dutch Royal Army or as Wehrmacht. It also has Battle of Java where you can play either as KNIL or as Japanese Imperial Army.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting, thanks for the tip!

[@niedersacksen]

I need this mod

[@erhard3178]

www.moddb.com/mods/battlegroup42

[@erhard3178]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIPYd5-XYqarbsU and here is the base game

[@Briselance]

You also have quite a few maps set in the Netherlands, in Post-Scriptum. I positively love that game.

[@adolfgaming1761]

Stefan jij lekkerding wat een goede video!

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank!

[@europalletspellets1747]

Grote Dank voor deze info!

[@HistoryHustle]

Graag gedaan!

[@be4stsie]

God I love my country

[@HistoryHustle]

That's the spirit!

[@be4stsie]

G V i was talking About the netherlands xD

[@geschiedschrijver]

Kiwi egg kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJCZk417o7uqp5Y

[@silverletter4551]

For losing?

[@Portlygolf]

Silver Letter where are u from

[@kct_music8471]

I didn't realize he was dutch until he said his name XD Awesome video btw

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@kct_music8471]

@@HistoryHustle I've always been interested in the dutch battles in WW2 (considering I'm dutch myself) so i really enjoyed this ^-^

[@HistoryHustle]

👍👍

[@alanluth6755]

well the accent gave it away for me

[@nonex-un9ty]

Mooi gedaan en goed uitgelegd!

[@HistoryHustle]

Dankjewel!

[@Jorendo]

Nice one, the setup of this show reminds me alot about the channel "The great war" that focused on WW1. Really informative, we never learned much about the dutch actions in school. If any we hear some about the resistance and even that is often very limited and not covering what the impact really was.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

[@rutgerb]

They now do a wwii week by week series (in 'real time')

[@raulstefan3152]

Hello from Romania ❤. Very cool that helmet 😜

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, thanks. I know the Romanians had the same shape of helmet!

[@Chriskros1984]

I have a original wanna buy 😉

[@HistoryHustle]

@@Chriskros1984 I'm already good, I have two ;)

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

Found one in the trash at work. Its safe now...

[@raulstefan3152]

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 Damn

[@TimDutch]

Misschien een leuk idee om een filmpje te maken over de bewapening van het Nederlandse leger ten tijde van WW2. Zowel Landmacht, Luchtmacht en Marine.

[@HistoryHustle]

Zeker, interessant!

[@TimDutch]

@Rick K Defensie misschien?

[@remycar9947]

Mooie info keep it up!

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@PUAlum]

Fascinating episode. Thank you. Have you made a video about the Dutch Queen being taken to England? I imagine there might have been some tense moments in that move. (And sorry if it's findable....and i just missed it. )

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply. Haven't made a video on that. Perhaps in the future. Can't tell when.

[@khoi83]

I'm from Luxembourg and I say Bravo! To the Dutch for their courageous des fighting!

[@HistoryHustle]

Cool! Welcome to the channel. We have another avid user who's also from Luxembourg. Actually, have you seen my latest Luxembourg episode about WW1? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mp3QY5toaK16g9k

[@AururaTinn7930]

1:43 this reminds me a polish soldiers who blew up the bridge in Tczew at 1 of september 1939 but unfortunately they end up beeing shot by germans in act of revenge and btw great video :)

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your comment!

[@mycklaflonscamping1398]

Super interessante video man!

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank!

[@Portlygolf]

gekoloniseerd 🇳🇱 geweldige video maat

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank!

[@mitch1611]

They should make a movie about the 5 collaborators who didnt manage to help the german nco in the mission because of a rouch night before XD

[@HistoryHustle]

For some reason I keep thinking about the scene from Inglourious Basterds.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

The Dutch fought quite well of course; but what can you do when you are vastly outnumbered. In war people literally are alive one minute and dead the next. five days is forever.

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed, can't image what it would be like.

[@QuizmasterLaw]

@@HistoryHustle ... some of us don't have to imagine. :/

[@dianneklop2068]

beleive in God he can always help you

[@Jaydon05]

Great video! Very interesting!

[@HistoryHustle]

👌

[@MrFloppyXXX]

Great video again! keep up the good work. There is not enough on the invasion of our country out there. And it proves to be more interesting than I previously thought. Know a lot about the other battles and fronts, but sadly not enough about my own countries battles. I am also very curious where you got that nice tunic. I guess it is a reproduction. I think the Dutch uniforms are great. Sadly I have not discovered any source that sells reproduction uniforms. As my grandfather had been called to service during the mobilisation, I am very interested in this topic. He always told me stories about the war.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your comment. Indeed it is a reproduction. Original ones are extremely expensive.

[@MrFloppyXXX]

@@HistoryHustle In that case I am greatly interested where you got it from. I would love to own one in my size.

[@TimDutch]

Is de film alleen te zien voor Patreon supporters?

[@HistoryHustle]

Ja, dat klopt.

[@mrsaltybaldman7443]

@@HistoryHustle das jammer ik wist niet dat je voor geschiedenis moest betalen

[@HistoryHustle]

@@mrsaltybaldman7443 De informatieve video's op dit kanaal zijn en blijven gratis.

[@stroopeter]

Je bent 1 van de weinigen die niet een Nederlands accent heeft tijdens Engels praten

[@HistoryHustle]

Doe mm best 😁👍

[@erikbruil4907]

Hmmm, het is nog wel te horen maar voor niet-Nederlandssprekende wordt het al lastig.

[@SirPeterlll]

Je hoort het gelijk. Wanneer Nederland weer in een invasie situatie terrecht komt en de oppositie wilt weten of je een Nederlander bent dan hoeft die alleen maar een zin in het engels te zeggen. And busted

[@PoffHistory]

Amazing video

[@HistoryHustle]

👍 cheers

[@MegaVinz77]

Awesome channel! Subscribed 👊😎 Don't forget the Dutch airforce who put up some nice resistance with the very few planes they had.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your message and welcome to the channel!

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

The Dutch in the end beat Germany in Hamburg 1988.

[@HistoryHustle]

I was 2 at the time and it was perhaps my earliest memory. Those were the days!

[@cvb6089]

🤔 I was very drunk after that victory ( i lived in Rotterdam back then perfect revange)... 😁

[@flyingdutchman3895]

I was 10 and it was awsome , the last loss for the WC against the spanisch stil hurts tho .

[@107598]

So you mean to say that the dutch fought in rotterdam and not the english?? So battlefield 5 is wrong?

[@_robo_]

It is

[@gelul12]

The English were there with a small engineer force I believe

[@HistoryHustle]

Correct, BF5 is wrong on this point. The English never made it to Rotterdam.

[@T-Cat311]

Very good video. I love history and I am happy I found your channel. 👍

[@HistoryHustle]

Great.. welcome the channel

[@Trebbor001]

Mooi gedaan! Hoop dat je in de toekomst een hoofdstuk over operatie switchback. Mijn stukje Nederland ( en België) . Well done! Hope you have a chapter on operation switchback in the future. My piece of the Netherlands (and Belgium).

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!! Ik noem de operatie in deze video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKLNh3qhlNaIp68

[@QuizmasterLaw]

I love your accent you sound like an american farmboy.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks haha!

[@privatepyle2639]

Yup.. or american farmboys just sounds like the Dutch ;)

[@SandervkHistory]

Kan niet w8en!

[@HistoryHustle]

Mooi om te lezen, Sander!

[@DutchTunisian]

Geweldige video zoals altijd

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!!

[@molonlabe9068]

Zeer goede documentaire!

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!

[@nlbro2483]

Wat een fantastisch vak! Goed gedaan deze video

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt, blij dat je hem kunt waarderen.

[@p382742937423y4]

Heerlijk dit!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Mocht je het interessant vinden, hier is nog meer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y

[@p382742937423y4]

@@HistoryHustle ja, gekeken. Ik vind dit echt heel erg leuk

[@HistoryHustle]

Leuk om te lezen.

[@spring-jo8xv]

good vid 👍👏

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks

[@thegametwins7553]

Ik heb al je video’s van Nederland in de 2de Wereldoorlog gezien en deze is ook weer echt top

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!!

[@jonasjaagur9635]

Dit is geweldig. Erg informatief.

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt, Jonas!

[@SatsumaTengu14]

Great video! Very informative, love from British Columbia buddy!

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks!

[@Jaydon05]

Canadians are always welcome in the Netherlands! Even my kid (8) knows what you did for us 70 years ago!

[@SatsumaTengu14]

I would love to visit once the world returns to normal. My grandfather missed that part of the war, he was in North Africa, Sicily and Italy and ended up a disabled veteran but I had a highschool history teacher who was in the Netherlands and we learnt about that from him. It amazes me that the people of the Netherlands today still remember when so many people around the world and even here have forgotten.

[@Jaydon05]

@@SatsumaTengu14 Respect for your grandfather!

[@niconesta8566]

Top man! Never learnt so much about the invasion. A nice treat after a lifetime of only talking of German occupation. My take up untill I started watching the vid; we thought we could stay neutral as in ww1 thus we were ill prepared, we thought the rivers could hold them and were surprised by the new invention of para troopers. My take after this; we did a pretty fine job considering the area we cover, and the dominant war machine we were up against. Not to mention the pre war conditions were bad, which led many to collaborate with the Germans who seemed to somehow have the answer to the economic woes of the 30s. I often think that is overlooked, they were recession heroes in a time of enormous poverty in Europe. I think that made so many people in neighbouring countries collaborate with them, they felt forgotten by their own leaders and saw in Germany a sense of pride they lost. This is what I concluded after many stories from my grandfather, who said anyone will raise their right hand if it may deliver you a plate of food.

[@deg6788]

Bedankt maat

[@HistoryHustle]

Graag gedaan.

[@jentehassing9570]

Uit het niets dit in m'n aanbevolen. Goed bezig!

[@HistoryHustle]

Dank, Jente. Als je er in geïnteresseerd bent heb ik hier meer video's over Nederland in WO2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXqspIxsa5mne5Y

[@Sk-bt4ve]

Hey Stefan! Mijn overgrootopa uit de 17e eeuw was generaal van de Dragonders (Inflantrie) voor een Tijdje. Heeft u misschien meer informatie over de Dragonders dat zou top zijn. Alvast bedankt.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interessant, weet weinig over de dragonders. Wellicht iets om me in de toekomst in te gaan verdiepen.

[@TheRealMichiel]

Goeie video. Heb ervan genoten. Een aantal foto's kwamen me bekend voor en ik vond ze net terug in een fotoboek van mijn oma.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interessant! Bedankt voor het kijken en plaatsen van een bericht, Michiel! Hoop dat je de andere Mei 1940-video's ook interessant vond.

[@TheRealMichiel]

@@HistoryHustle Het is een serie van 13 foto's uit mei 1940. Waarschijnlijk reproducties, maar misschien is het wat. Als je wilt maak ik er wat foto's van.

[@HistoryHustle]

Geweldig! Stuur ze gerust door naar historyhustle(at)gmail.com

[@blox7nitex402]

NICE VIDEO

[@HistoryHustle]

Bedankt!