Why Did the British Invade the Faroe Islands In World War 2?

[@boasnielsen5868]

Im from the Faroe Islands, my great grandfather was a scottish soldier

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

yeah, but your surname looks Danish though

[@dudefromacountry]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 Nielsen is among the most common surnames on the Faroe Islands, along with plenty of other Danish ones.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@dudefromacountry yeah, but it would be more wise to use a Scottish surname

[@betrayal6231]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 why? It could be his great grandfather on his mother’s side lol

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@betrayal6231 yeah, but even i have my mother's first surname

[@eydnamortensen5985]

Really interesting. I'm from the Faroe Islands and I remember my grandmother telling me how she met my grandfather. The British soldiers were teaching the faroese how to dance the English style dances. She had to climb up a ladder to a trapdoor that led into the attic where the dance was held. When she reached the trapdoor, a handsome man held it open for her and offered her his hand to help her up. This man was my grandfather, he was 27 and my grandmother was 16. They kissed that night under the full moon and they were married when she was 21 and my father was born 8 months later. Something I used to tease her with by asking if my dad was born prematurely. She used to giggle and tell me to shut up. LOL. They stayed together until my grandfather died and about 5-6 years later my grandmother died too. She missed him so badly during those years.

[@johncato4942]

Thats really beautiful...

[@pikfan-b9r]

@James Nutt not for most countries the uks age of consent is 16 if ur flag is to be believed but ur talking like a american who are obsessed with 18 cause of california hollywood even tough most states its 16 as well like most countries

[@pikfan-b9r]

@James Nutt they got marryed as adults not like he tryed to marry her as a teen

[@aaronmarks9366]

Lovely ❤

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Say what you like about Churchill but he was very acute with his application of language. Thraldom was no doubt a deliberate choice of words in this context. Cool of you to have pointed that out

[@Baerbar]

I found that so interesting, because Trælur is the faroese word for slave

[@Lornoor]

Not to forget his, in my Swedish opinion, excellent pronunciation of the word!

[@CIMAmotor]

Does the word 'enthralled' get it's roots from that word? To be enthralled is to be enslaved to something in a ceerrtain sense.

[@Elenrai]

@@CIMAmotor likely, in modern danish its træl, so its a very old norse word that stuck around

[@tummas1980]

Trældómur = slavery

[@froyingur945]

Great video as always! Love from the Faroe Islands

[@davaboyvideos9491]

Gott væl

[@lordjim7002]

Pepe

[@toikecs]

Feiti

[@Sigsen]

I was talking with my Grandmother who lives near Vágar about this some time ago, I find it very interesting that according to her the Germans were so punctual about their bombing runs that you could set your clocks to it. I have some family in Glasgow because of those times as well.

[@shadowling77777]

LMFAO good ol’ germans

[@Slokkatron]

My grandmum on my father's side told me as a kid that during the war she and her mum went from Nólsoy (an island) to Tórshavn (on another island), the capital of the Faroes, for some reason or other and a German bomber came in while they were still down by the harbour. It flew so low that it almost seemed that it was going to touch the waves, likely to avoid the anti-air guns the British deployed and probably also to avoid hitting any houses on Nólsoy, which is just across the sea from Tórshavn. However what she emphatically pointed out to me was that she remembered seeing one of the pilots looking at her and the other people on the harbour and waved before flying off and dropping their bombs into the ocean, and therefore said that not all of them were bad.

[@karmadandhur11]

I can come iiiie

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

It's just the British, being the British.

[@historywithhilbert]

Classic tea drinkers

[@missnorthumbria3658]

Unapologetically 😃

[@diegoangeles1549]

Don’t you mean English being English?

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@diegoangeles1549 the Scots,Welsh and Irish benefitted in a way, from the British empire, so, he is technically right

[@AshArAis]

Tans gonna tan

[@Themistocles1993]

This proves it, we need a video discussing all the important Hilberts of History.

[@vrenak]

You just watched it all...

[@iplungeyou9617]

Britain wants those small islands, its just our culture

[@shadowling77777]

Nice

[@andriashjgaard9959]

Happy that I got this in my recommendation because I’m from the Faroe Islands :)

[@jamesfitz1227]

@@shadowling77777 kinda wanted every piece of land at one point or another tbh

[@eydnacciliedalsgaard1334]

I’m from the Faroe Islands and we learn a lot about this! Your video was really precise and informative! I loved it 🇫🇴❤️

[@Survivethejive]

Wonderful place. I went there 10 years ago. Very surprised to land on an old RAF base. What brought you there?

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

Your content is so cool! Glad you watch Hilbert, too :D

[@finngregory3599]

Don't leave him hanging Hilbert

[@s4dzmagnus50k5]

Lol i live there 😂

[@vorpalspartan1463]

Would you recommend going there?

[@dankcaesar4760]

ayyyy STJ in the house

[@Azivegu]

It took me way too long to realize this video was on the Faroe Islands and not the Falkland Islands

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

bruh moment

[@Azivegu]

@@maximilianolimamoreira5002 Well in my defense, the brits have a tendency to need to occupy them

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@Azivegu most of Falkland islands population is of British descent, it only makes sense, now, the Faroe islands,it's just good old fashioned nostalgia

[@fidelismiles7439]

@@Azivegu Falklands subject in a nutshell: british occupiers asking fellow british if they want to be british.

[@RichARock]

@@fidelismiles7439 No one else lived on the Falklands until the British claimed it so who are they occupying?

[@SuperFaroeIslands]

Great video. Great to finally to see a video about our country. But one correction, the fort in Tórshavn was not build in by the British, but by Magnus Heinason in the 16centruy. The British did build some coastal guns on it, but they didn't build the fort itself.

[@TheBlaiit]

Interesting topic, there is too little coverage about the country, especially here in Denmark. Love to our Færøske brødre 🇫🇴

[@B3ni4mjn]

Every faroese person will 100% not including veary yung children

[@stumccabe]

Hilbert : it's admiralty, not "admirality"!

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

That's not what CPO Pertwee says.

[@TheFrecklish]

Fun facts🙂: It was a very friendly occupation, and the British managed to reach the Faroes before the Germans by a hair, thank god. The British parliament was the first to recognise the Faroese flag ‘Merkið’ as the official flag of the Faroe Islands on April 25th 1940. Took Denmark another 8 years. There had been an ongoing flag war since 1919. Flag day is still celebrated every year on April 25th. Winston Churchill told the British people to never forget the Faroese who had fed them and taken care of them during occupation as well as transported goods to and from Britain and Iceland. The Faroese have the most loss at sea per capita during ww2. But I’m pretty sure the British have forgotten. The fort ‘skansin’ was there long before the British. It was used to fight pirates harassing the islands.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Hey, Hilbert, great video. Although there are a few inaccuracies I'd like to point out. First, the flag, while the Faroese flag had seen some mostly unofficial usage, it only became official after it became apparent that Faroese ships sailing with Danish flags would become an issue. As luck would have it, a trawler that had docked at a British port had a Faroese flag onboard and they were asked to use this flag instead, so on April 25th, 1940, the British formally recognised the flag as the Flag of the Faroe Islands and to this day we still celebrate April 25th as the flag day. Next, the referendum result: It wasn't a big margin, rather only a few hundred votes. Two factors complicate things even more: The choice given was that of a status quo or full independence; many on either camp or who were somewhere in the middle didn't like there only being two options, so they encouraged people to invalidate their votes by writing the word "nei" (no) on one of the options. This was so successful, that the number of invalidated votes was greater than the difference between the independence and status quo votes. Second, before the referendum, the pro-union side claimed it to be a binding vote, while pro-independence didn't. After independence won by that teeny tiny margin opinions shifted and the pro-union now said it wasn't binding while pro-indenpendence said that it was. Third, the statuses of Iceland and the Faroe Islands in the Kingdom in 1944. The Faroe Islands had since 1816 been a county (amt) of Denmark, meaning it was as integral a part of Denmark as say North or South Jutland are today. Iceland has since 1918 been an independent kingdom in personal union with Denmark (meaning they shared a monarch and a few bits and bobs more), so far from a similar relationship. Anyway, those are the three big things I can remember off the top of my head. I really should take notes. :D Anyway, keep up the good work.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

(Sir David Attenborough voice): _This, is the British Imperial, in his natural habitat, making colonies on remote islands, reproducing with the local females, and leaving a legacy of Britannic culture for centuries to come. Roaming British Imperials are known for staggering migratory patterns and their uncanny ability to just, turn up places in you don't expect them._ _In their famous territorial displays, the ships of the Royal Navy have a global range and wherever they go, the war songs of the British Imperials are heard. These, thalassocratic, democratic, liberty loving migratory overlords, are responsible for seeding British culture across the globe, from the Falklands to Hong Kong, from Malta to the Faroe Islands, from Gibraltar to Rockall, from Long Island to New Zealand, from Pitcairn to Bermuda, the British Imperials have a remarkable ability to just, appear from out of the blue horizon, like voracious rock collectors without equal. They crave that mineral. Rule Britannia._ P.S - Though others have said it, please, it's admiralty, not 'admirality'. *The sheer fookin' admirality of that admiralty!*

[@cambs0181]

Yeah should have just let the Germans take it and use it to invade the UK.

[@ThePalaeontologist]

@@cambs0181 ????????

[@Snowman-yr7ug]

@@cambs0181 why?

[@siljamaria]

Great video. My father's faroese and he and his side of the family live there. Faroese people absolutely love telling stories, often over dramatising slightly for effect, but there's one story, my family is very serious about. My great uncle (my grandfathers little brother) was killed as a very young man during this time. Rumour has it, he got into some type of brawl with some english soldiers and they unfortunately killed him. I don't remember my grandfather very well, as he became senile when I was very young, and died when I was 9, but from what I can understand, he never learned to talk about the experience, as it was too painful for him. He and his brother had been extremely close. There's also a story about my grandfather being at sea during the war (fishing) and noticing, what he was sure, was a sea mine right next to the boat. Everyone tried to mentally prepare for their inevitable deaths only to realise it was a woven basket. Needless to say, they all made it home unscathed.

[@mowvu]

what a bloody interesting video. great stuff as always hilbert.

[@chibicommiegoose]

Britain: We have basically invaded you and we will now occupy you until the war is over Faroe islands: ok want some fish

[@superind6129]

I'm from the Faroe Islands, and love the way you pronounce Løgting

[@deepwoodguy2]

Hey, Hilbert, love History, and this about the Faroe Islands was really interesting. Thanks, also, Big thanks to moving to your split screen for this video, made the content more appealing ..😎👍😎

[@comeintotheforest]

I love the Faroe Islands!!! I need more videos about them! So happy you’re going to do that

[@elkknowsbetter3199]

Thank you for making this video, my grandad grew up in vágar, he and his friends used to drive on the runway when the british left

[@sikkerindiana]

Super great video as always, but just a small correction Aage should be pounced as Åge. "aa" used to represent the sound "å" in danish, until the spelling reform in 1948 where "å" was created. Groetjes uit Denemarken.

[@whiskeytangosierra6]

An interesting tidbit of history. I enjoyed this. Looking forward to your presentation on Iceland. I know more than many about that so will be fun to see if you can fill in any gaps.

[@pablononescobar]

"Most people don't think about the Faroe Islands at all"--I guess I'm the outlier who actually does

[@PennGaming]

Same

[@Lord.Kiltridge]

I am a military history person with a focus on arms and equipment. You called HMS Suffolk a battle cruiser. It's actually a heavy cruiser. Called thus because it had 8" main guns. Battlecruisers tended to be more like battleships in size with guns 11 inches or more. The British Renown and Repulse were battlecruisers. The Hood was the largest battlecruiser ever built, although not commonly called such. The German Gneisenau and Scharnhorst were battlecruisers. The Deutschland class were not. They had the guns but not the size of a battlecruiser.

[@nykolap.5484]

Lord Kiltridge: Thank you for your service.

[@jackelveyder]

I think this is my favourite History with Hilbert video

[@williamshortfilm5818]

Intresting subject. Nice work as always !

[@didierdenice7456]

Hilbert, i'm surprised you didn't mention this... and I stand corrected if I'm wrong. One point which is almost never studied in WW2 history books or youtube channels is... the prime importance (when you wage such a war)... of weather forcasting !!! The Ferroe were of prime importance both to the Allies and to the Germans. A lot of long range unarmed reconnaisance airplanes were flying in that area for that pupose. For example the decision to set the Normandy landing on June 6th 1944 is because Eisenhower had much better information than the Germans... who thought the weather would not improve for quite a while.

[@OCinneide]

The Irish national weather organisation (Met Éireann) gave accurate weather reports from further into the Atlantic than the Allies had access to. One of these reports led to D-Day being postponed. This fact was used when the Soviet Union tried to block Ireland's entry into the United Nations on the grounds we had done nothing during WW2.

[@didierdenice7456]

@@OCinneide Thanks for this info ! But I still believe that the Feroe were used for regular meteorological data.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@OCinneide Ireland did a lot, for a neutral country, USSR was just jealous because they were the ones with the highest casualties

[@RZ350NC]

Interesting history. Looking forward to the Iceland video.

[@ecurewitz]

2 Hilberts and a shocking twist on Wilhemus!!! Awesome!!! Can't wait to hear about what happened in Iceland

[@missnorthumbria3658]

A place I've always wanted to visit! Thank you Hilbert. 😊

[@conorspyridon7008]

Fascinating ...thank you so MUCH for making this ! God bless you .

[@ganjafi59]

Quick tip: Aa in Aage (Carl Aage Hilbert) is pronounced like Au in Autumn. It’s basically old å in Danish and Norwegian. Also at 6:14 the Red stamp over the 10 Kroner note says. Only valid in The Faroe Islands Faroe County, July 1940.

[@jic1]

3:26 Two things I learned from this video: 1) Jamie Hyneman is well over 100 years old. 2) He was once active in Faroese politics.

[@RobertPage562]

My grandfather was a Scottish soldier stationed in the Faroe islands and he once said that the Faroe islands would have been better off as a crown dependency rather than being given back to Denmark

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Hilbert .

[@willelm88]

Thanks for mentioning the Canadians. They were the Royal Regiment of Canada, which is based here in Toronto. I guess nobody thought to send soldiers from Gimli, Manitoba, where a fair chunk of the population was of Icelandic descent and actually spoke IceIlandic.

[@byrdman50010]

If you think Winston was unaware of what thralldom meant you don’t know Winston!

[@Snagprophet]

I mean just looking at the word it easily looks like "slavery" if thrall means slave.

[@Svalbaz]

Really good video, I thoroughly enjoyed it

[@Elenrai]

Gotta love how the british were such gentlemen about returning our cousins to the kingdom! Can you do a video on the nazi invasion of greenland? That honestly sounds amazing

[@scottabc72]

That didnt happen, it became sort of a protectorate of the US after Denmark was invaded

[@JMM33RanMA]

@@scottabc72 Iceland, too, after the British handed it over to the US.

[@arthas640]

Denmark is kind of lucky that the western powers were kind of tired of colonialism at that point, seeing as the faroe islands, Iceland, and Greenland were all taken over by the UK and US, and later the Danish homeland was liberated by them as well. Even as an american I've always been shocked the US didn't keep Iceland or Greenland to act as a an added buffer between NATO and Russia via the north pole

[@Elenrai]

@@arthas640 oh dont worry. The us broke its word when they illegally, stored nuclear weapons up there. Also because americans have this thing about snorting crayon dust that lot introduced the greenlandic people to alcohol and tobacco. Thanks for that, murica, my boyfriends mother drank herself to an early grave, so did my grandmother due to a us soldier crippling her during the occupation. We were never difectly liberated either, which is why patton got super pissy, we got footage of the salty little gremlin moping

[@Elenrai]

@@arthas640 did I mention that the greenlandic lot consumed 30+ units of alcohol per citizen per day, and that wonderful statistic have been in place since your little visit, if you lot had been in charge the locals woulda been given the indian reservation treatment, IE. Concentration camps with SLIGHTLY less starvation! Thats right, how about you focus on the nazi germany tier crimes within your homeland before pondering territorial expansion? Fairly sure the kids starving in resvations wont thank you, and yea those things went on until the 1990s!

[@thomasdewever]

Another group of islands few people know played a role in WWII are the former Dutch islands of Curaçao and Aruba. Hilbert, that's really something for you to make a video about! During World War II, the oil refineries on Curaçao and Aruba provided 70% of the fuel used by the Allied Forces. In 1942, German U-boats attacked the refineries and oil tankers in the waters surrounding Curaçao and Aruba. If the Dutch, British, and U.S. forces - who protected the islands from German occupation - had not withstood these attacks, WWII would likely have lasted about one year longer than it did, according to historians.

[@godders7594]

What fantastic channel this is

[@mollye]

7:35 I'd like to point out that Iceland did not declare unilateral independence in 1944, but that the treaties that governed the relations between Denmark and Iceland, a personal union at the time, happened to expire in 1944, after which Icelanders voted not to renew and rather pursue absolute independence under a new constitution. Since 1918 Iceland had acted as a sovereign state with certain functions delegated to Denmark (defense, foreign affairs etc.), a colonial relationship it wasn't anymore.

[@dirgniflesuoh7950]

Waiting for something about yarn, knitting, and sweaters ... Nice drawing!

[@tristankastrop950]

Great job!

[@seniorscouse3346]

Vikings invade britain then live in faroe islands Britain 900 years later:OH HOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED

[@ganados0]

Ireland pillages England in the 5th century Britain: 17th: "Heeeeere's Cromwell!" 18th: "TIMBER!" 19th "I'm sure that US fungus won't be a major problem." 20th/21st: "Here's a border but who are you guys again?"

[@jerrytugable]

That was rivetting, thanks very much.

[@irenamaria8859]

I heard about this from my mother, but it was super interesting to hear a more detailed explanation. My great grandfather on my father's side was actually a soldier from the UK- he died long before I was born, so I never met him, and in truth I know very little about him as he went back home after the war. As a child, I also remember that near my grandparents' village, there was an abandoned cannon from the war that we used to play on. 😅

[@POLITICUS-DANICUS]

Many english words also got adopted by the faroese, like bye and pick. Overall the british and faroese really enjoyed each others company during the war. My grandmothers first born was a son of a Scottish soldier. When she meet my grandfather, he adopted him as his own. Best regards A half faroese.

[@mtavsen]

Pick? what do we use that for :P

[@aronaron1127]

Yay someone remembered the faroe islands my country:)

[@sigurdafs]

I'm from the faroe islands and there have been a few incorrect facts but It was mostly correct good job on the video

[@PerMortensen]

Small correction here. The fort in Tórshavn was certainly not built by the British during WWII. It was built in the 1500s. It was however used as a point of defense by the British, and they added a couple of naval guns, that are still there. I have to say though, really good pronunciation on most of the Faroese words!

[@historicallyaccurate2880]

Great Video

[@6038am]

The Feroe Islands have the same issue as Greenland, when it comes to independance. That is money. Without economic support from Denmark, living standards and the economy will drop like a rock. Atm Feroes are better of then Greenland, but unlike it there is no great mineral or olie and gas wealth, so they are stcuk in an odd place.

[@Munchausenification]

I remember reading about some special seafood around Faroe Islands that might become a very profitable income source for Faroe Islands. As a Dane I know a couple of Faroese people who has come to live in Denmark since they lack opportunities for further education and jobs. Its sad that full indepence doesnt seem too likely, as you said because it would lower living standards

[@peturharaldsen3439]

Living standards are actually not bad here, with an average sallary higher than most contries. But yes the only real income we have is fish, wich actually is a profitable income, bringing in billions of kroner each year

[@6038am]

@@peturharaldsen3439 I don't question current living standards. Just sating things would take a big hit if the Fareos went full independante, for various reasons.

[@peturharaldsen3439]

@@6038am my mistake, read that wrongly

[@velling12]

true

[@jake2.035]

The British 'Hey Faroe Islands, do you have some tea?' Faroe Islands 'No, why?' The British 'Stick the kettle on, be over in a jiffy'

[@mtavsen]

And now I drink 5 cups a day, thanks to the Brits.

[@seejaybee71]

English tea, Cadbury's chocolate, fish and chips, all mentioned in the video, but there's a liking for Scotch whisky as well that didn't make it into the script.

[@seejaybee71]

@@mtavsen that's lightweight compared to our friend Ugga on Nólsoy, I don't know how many cups she gets through but the kettle is always on and the teapot always ready to pour - and it's strong stuff, too.

[@jake2.035]

@@mtavsen And you're welcome!

[@netadickinson11]

My Dad William Gregory Walmsley was part of the Valentine operation ...he was from Skipton and was an engineer ...

[@donfelipe7510]

I read that the airfield on the Faroe Islands while it is built on the flattest piece of land there is still is kind of 'humped' in the middle, from the ground you can't see one end of it from the other.

[@LucidFL]

i already know why but watched anyways just because i love you daddy hilbert

[@Lemonz1989]

My grandmother (mother's mother) was a kid back then, and the kids where she lived usually gave the soldiers mostly eggs, but sometimes also mutton and fish and they would receive chocolates in return. She never did though, because she was scared of them... lol My grandfather (father's father) on the other hand, was a bit older, so he worked on a boat that sold fish to the British. He said they spread cement on top of the "house" (don't know what it's called in English) of the boats, so when it hardened it created a barrier against German airplane fire. When they heard the planes, they would run into the "house" and wait it out. My grandfather said they were shot at multiple times, but no one got hurt. The Germans also bombed a salt silo, close to where my grandfather lived. They had written with giant letters SALT on the roof, because the building looked a like a military building, so they hoped it would deter the Germans from destroying it. The Germans, on the other hand, just thought they were trying to fool them and destroyed it. :P A few years after the war, a German sea mine rolled up onto the shore, close to where my father's mother lived (she was also a kid back then), and exploded. All their windows were blown in, and all their ceiling lamps fell to the floor. xD My grandparents (mother's parents) still have the gas masks they received from the British soldiers in case of a gas attack. :)

[@psammiad]

Ad-morality? I think you mean Admiralty. It's like admiral, with a tea on the end.

[@aitchie4532]

An interesting video Hilbert. Thanks muchly. By the way, it's "Admiralty," not "AdmirAlity", and "Aage" is pronounced "Awe-wa". I have a Danish acquaintance with that name.

[@okwathne]

more like "oh-weh" in danish. (Could possibly change depending on what danish dialect.) That is the one I have heard, but we use the G in Norway in the pronounciation so it is difficult for me to get it correct in danish too :P The swedish version Åke is easier for me :)

[@djvel1587]

We got mentioned!

[@edg8535]

The two countries of Europe that actually put up a fight were UK and Poland. The UK did not have as many causalities due to avoiding a land attack by Germany. If France and Britain had stood up to Hitler in 1936 there would not have been a WWII at the time. Russia may have tried something but that could have been stopped in short order.

[@ZiGGyMaidEN]

Great video! Could you please enable subtitle contribution. Then I could add Faroese subtitles :)

[@qgde3rty8uiojh90]

Sorry Hilbert, but since we're both language nerds and I'm a stickler for pronunciation: at 1:33 you mispronounce "admiralty" as "admiral-i-ty". Still, keep up the good work and bless you, mate !! 👍

[@willelm88]

You need to do a video on Greenland in WW II.

[@flyop312]

good video, interesting

[@jonathanneedsyou]

1:08 what happen to that map, Scotland has 3 chins and Sjaelland merges with Jutland.

[@glennaldosf]

maybe they thought it was Egypt... thinking it was the Pharoe Islands.....

[@linjon1949]

I live in faroe islands

[@MikeFoxtrot1]

What's the name of the book you mentioned?

[@trevalyn9953]

We’re British, islands are part of our religion!

[@TerrierMartello]

Our national anthem intensifies!

[@LoLMasterManiac]

British is a made-up concept, there is no such ethnicity like british

[@TerrierMartello]

@@LoLMasterManiac Calling someone British is fine, considering that the island is literally called Great Britain, and if you live on it, YOU ARE BRITISH, in the same way if your from europe, your European, except British is a more exact concept

[@baze98]

FINALLY A VID ABOUT MY HOMELAND

[@pjweds]

My Father was stationed in the Faroes during WW2 as part of the Territorial Army

[@aaronmarks9366]

"Mom, can we see the ancient Egyptian kings? "We have the ancient Egyptian kings at home"

[@windowlicker2846]

Small tip: double-A makes an Å. So Aage is pronounced as "Åge". Just like Aarhus, Aalborg etc.

[@ceen3237]

Also it is pronounced more like Tors-haun, meaning Thor's Haven (harbour). No 'sh' sound and the v is more like w sound.

[@brenainnmacaindreas6347]

The British did a 'viking' on the Vikings. Edit: As to the rest of the world.

[@BoHolbo]

Aye, that they did indeed! (Or should that be “Arrrgh?” 😜)

[@Bbuffalofan1]

Do you know why the British never retook the Channel Islands?

[@choughed3072]

We cut them off from supply because of D-day and it was seen as a waste of men and time bothering, the Germans couldn't leave the island and posed no threat is what I believe, could be wrong though.

[@maximilianolimamoreira5002]

@@choughed3072 people that were on the channel islands were pissed with German occupation, so, it was not a heaven either

[@Snagprophet]

Strategically it was a waste. German planes could just fly here from France, which is even closer to Great Britain at it's closest point than we are to the Channel Islands. Also the channel was essentially no man's land for the war. The Faroe Islands would've given a strategic advantage to the Germans to attack from the North so that's why we occupied them. It's kind of silly how much effort the Germans put into Guernsey and Jersey's defences, like the bunkers etc (fun to visit nowadays) when in reality it was always going to be easier going around them rather than actually invade them. Invading the channel Islands before invading Europe sounds completely pointless.

[@DanteCFC]

What book are you referring to at 4:02?

[@mr.sudbury3856]

The stamp on the Krone says: “It is only valid on the Faroe Islands.”

[@ceen3237]

Due to the locals' habit of saying 'maybe' (kanska) so often, the Scottish servicemen there called it 'the land of maybe', or 'kanskaland'.

[@Zeagods-CyberShadow]

Well its also called the weather gods playground

[@B3ni4mjn]

@@Zeagods-CyberShadow yep that name is acurate

[@silasolsvig7121]

Could you please tell my the name of the book by the highland soldier stationed in the Faroe Islands?

[@TheVargr]

I used to live with a guy from the Faroe Islands. and he hated Denmark.

[@doodleguy9491]

Based

[@BottleScoop]

Probably because most of us want independence

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

TY ☺️

[@joryjones6808]

3:29 To bad this isn't math with Hilbert because there is a pretty famous Hilbert there.

[@bergurvinther9811]

my surname is Hammer we were a long line of boat builders in Faroe Islands

[@baldurivar]

Interesting 🤔 I didn’t know the word “Thraldom” existed in English vocabulary, I’m always seeing more and more Nordic words have been added to the English. But to: History with Hillbert: This word means “Slavery”. Direct translation of “Thral-dom”: Thrall= “Slave” and Dom= “Judgment/Sentence”.

[@sirjohndough8575]

I am sorry to correct you, but the Swedish ships mentioned were four newly bought small Italian destroyers, flying the Swedish Ensign. These ships were in 1940 FORCED by the Royal Navy vessels to the Faroes, basically being Shanghaied, under threat of being taken into possession for the RN. This problem was solved diplomatically, having been close to starting a war with the Brits.

[@ulriknyman9539]

Who made this map with a severely misshaped Denmark at [1:00]?

[@Gudha_Ismintis]

Hilbert's dad

[@williamshortfilm5818]

It's not just Denmark. Look at France, Belgium, even the UK

[@modlio745]

@@williamshortfilm5818 Sweden looks ok tho, so it's fine :)

[@genericusername4316]

Denmark doesn't exist

[@melissaandelman9102]

Of course Churchill knew the significance of the word "Thralldom".

[@Temp-hg3kq]

Abseloutely nailed the pronounciation of “þrælar”

[@vrenak]

but horribly mangled "Aage".

[@cubertou6654]

wow forgot to turn off KZbin 2x speed quite a shock there! lol

[@jacobmorris1400]

could someone explain the swedish battleship thing? like i get what happened, but why were 4 swedish battleships in the faroe islands?

[@charliesilverwood3608]

I believe they had been purchased from the italian navy and were being sailed to sweden, passing the faroe islands on the way through. They were probably using the right to innocent passage to take a direct route.

[@akeramstenviskastrandsgymn7068]

It was 4 destroyers, bought from Italy. They were on the way to Sweden

[@MrPepesmith21]

What is the name of the book mentioned in the video

[@donaldmorden7945]

In the future the brits will establish the second Tea and fish- i mean BRITISH EMPIRE in the space.

[@gdn01]

"Who would invade these islands for the sake of it?" Britain: Ah yes, these islands will make a fine addition to my collection.

[@Croccifixo]

7:50 Not really considered an illegal referendum, when the two options were literally the result of months of negotiations and one of the options was "The danish governments proposal"... The referendum was considered fully legal at the time, but the result was contested (because it was so close with a low voter turnout, although few referendums in the nordic countries have had higher turnout), and in the end, the danish government decided to go against the result of the election (both the king and the prime minister accepted independence immediately after the referendum)