World War Two animated: Western Front 1940

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It is early 1940. The Allies are counting on a long war and are slowly building up their forces to go on offensive the next year. It is in Germanys interests to attack the Allies as soon as possible to have the best chance for victory. On May 10th 1940 it launches an all out attack on France and the Low countries, beginning the Battle of France.
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[@BenLynch1]

"Although the French were successful at resisting attempts by Italy" Of course.

[@KobaAM]

Can you imagine being Hitler and seeing the Allies Stalin has and then turn around and see shitty ass Mussolini getting his ass kicked at every turn and Japan halfway around the world? He might as well have not even had major Allies.

[@rastas4766]

Rob you don’t have to imagine that when you play HOI4. Most frustrating country to be an ally with, yet advantageous since you have a route into Africa the Mediterranean. I seriously deploy my units to guard their coasts cause if I don’t, they get naval invaded and I have to bail them out.

[@cCiIcCo]

Fun Facts: Italy had changed sides after the fall of Mussolini. The Declaration of War was given by Pietro Badoglio to the German ambassador in Madrid.... ..... also Bulgaria Romania and Finland changed sides in '44-'45. How convenient

[@alessandrobannaarmycolla9416]

Ben Lynch IAM Italian and iam happy u guys told us we are retarded so we rethink WHAT WE DO

[@Atlantisimo]

If you know Alps, you know how difficult to pass through them. In 1944 the Allies conquered southern France and they didn't even try to cross the Alps to northern Italy to finish the german forces there... because they know how difficult it'd have been, even with an overwelming superiority in everything.

[@theyoshi202]

“Sir we’re fighting a two front war” “I know, it’s awful isn’t it? They’re surrounding us in Dunkirk in the north and on the Seine in the south” “No I mean we’re getting attacked in the Alps” “Oh, we are?”

[@Thebluernemace]

france dies to germany in 40 days but mussolini cant cross the alps

[@vijaydanushkodi4980]

Idk what’s more embarrassing the French not recognizing Italy’s involvement at all or Italy’s failed invasion on the mighty nation of Greece.

[@forexdragon]

Give me Polish or Ethiopian soldiers over Italians anyday. Even better, give me Greeks. Italians need to stick to fashion and food. Italians are a disgrace to the military tradition of the Roman legions, unlike the Greeks, who truly fought bravely just like their ancestors.

[@forexdragon]

@@Thebluernemace He barely beat the Ethiopians and Greeks (with German help).

[@briangarcia1540]

@@Ravi-jb5dq Caesar wasn't even alive to see the Roman Empire, why would he care?

[@napoleonbonaparte1583]

I want to talk with that French HQ. let me tell them one or two things on how to win against a superior army.

[@mazen6446]

Could have defeated them in detail

[@Z0mbify]

Would've told Hitler about the Winter in Russia.

[@Pioneer_DE]

I dont think you good sir know a thing about winning battles in Belgium....

[@esparta4042]

U wanna contact their manager?

[@nstice1]

Let your commanders and Lieutenants make tactical decisions on the ground with an overall goal from the high command.

[@potato23116]

A French soldier: I saw that same german tank 5 times this week

[@the_phen0m639]

I don't get it ;-;

[@the_phen0m639]

@@zerker12312 oh- lol oki-

[@Lovecars1218]

@@the_phen0m639 and also funny because while the breakthrough at Sedan, the German southern flank was at some time just secured by a single Tank, which maneuvered around at a wood edge to appear in different spots at different times so the French thought there must be dozens of tanks protecting haha

[@markalanajon3295]

@@Lovecars1218 oh damn thats was a genius move for the German and a wuss move for the French

[@michaelschmid9567]

Rommels ghost division?

[@ilhamionur]

Finally never clicked something that fast.

[@walidhousni3186]

As fast as the battle of france

[@menm8903]

Same

[@louiscasteran6298]

Clicked faster than Danemark's surrender

[@Amani-zo8ic]

Clicked faster than Luxembourg s invasion

[@therwfer]

Too right man! Eastory is one of those rare instaclick channels.

[@TheMovie12345]

His Videos always make me wanna play Hearts of Iron

[@TheZungul]

same here :)

[@SleepyJoeFlorida]

“HeartHs of Iron”

[@wsewse]

I love the game but damn i wish the combat was at least a little more detailed. Just imagine doing large scale campaigns of acting and reacting to enemy movements like it was shown here.

[@aceadamgaming405]

WSE WSE wat I hate the most in Hoi4 is the ai brains. Sometimes in Russia it’s a good challenge (once you’ve enscircled the absolute hell of division spam) but the other day I landed paratroopers and naval invaded the Caucasus and the friggin ai decide to abandon the entire eastern front! No joke! They literally moved all of their 200+ divisions to counter my tiny naval invasion.

[@lars1228]

@@aceadamgaming405 Now we've got a working strat :)

[@danielzylberkan1587]

I study WWI way more than WWII and you hear these river and place names that the Germans took in weeks that 25 years before they were fought over 4 years. It's insane

[@boss180888]

you need to remember that the germans reached the marne in a month but were defeated, but not so much they were routed, but just enough for it to be a stalemate, then both sides dug in, with no tanks to help them through(the first tanks were crap only by 1918 did they start getting better). Here the allies fucked up big time leaving a gab in their lines in the ardennes and the germans just plunged into it with everything they had, most of that fast pacing was over open ground...

[@lalolara123]

I see it as God's justice for Germany. Eventually, the Germans got defeated but they did avenge the loss and tough reparations of WW1

[@bellazi7636]

​@@lalolara123 solution final

[@wildfire9280]

@@lalolara123 Nice bait.

[@ianhowe1449]

Yeah, airborne + the difference in tank technology really changed the dynamics of WWII vs WWI. It is wild to think about.

[@hebl47]

"Germany found itself in a war with Britain and France." Well, I guess that's one way to put it.

[@austinmontgomery117]

That's the only way to put it unless you've been brainwashed by Allied propaganda.

[@hebl47]

@@austinmontgomery117 Okay, mr. Edgelord.

[@iyoutubeperson4336]

@@austinmontgomery117 germany brought it upon themselves to invade poland and to ignore the munich conference

[@nicholaswilley9001]

@@austinmontgomery117 Germany was the aggressor. It was Germany who attacked Poland, not the other way around, you Nazi sympathizer...

[@Gothicc_senpai]

​@@nicholaswilley9001 with the soviet union

[@gamename00]

French general: I can't see any menace to our country except germans. French soldier: Sir the Italians are attacking us. French General: I can't see any menace to our country except Germans.

[@SB-og3sl]

I remember once seeing a small scrimmage statistic between 9 French and a group of Italians. Then end of the attack was something like 9 captured French and 200+dead and wounded Italians.

[@r.c.1881]

My, our performance against the beaten French Army in the alps was embarrassing to say the least. Oddly enough, five years later the French tried the same, and they too got their asses handed over by ragtag remains of Italian armed forces. I guess only the Swiss ca do some proper fighting in the Alps

[@gamename00]

@@r.c.1881The area of French alps Is very difficult to pass on both sides. Italian army had prepared a plan to fight the French on that front dice the end of 1800's and the tactic was very simple:. But Mussolini wanted a glorious campaign and failed.

[@gamename00]

@@r.c.1881 You are right Swiss defenses in mountains could have be simply impassable even for Germany

[@Matt.71]

@@r.c.1881 I've heard about that 1945 French offensive multiple times but no one has ever been able to give me a link to a site speaking about it

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting enough there was also a second Siege of Dunkirk that started with the Normandy breakout in 1944. The Germans trapped held out till May 1945.

[@aceadamgaming405]

History Hustle yeah when I found out about that the irony was glorious

[@lars1228]

Interesting, always that that was just a pocket that was ignored as the Allies ran east to the Siegfried line and the Rhine and just never bothered with it

[@theyoshi202]

The irony!

[@markhenley3097]

Also the Channel Islands were held by the Germans until the rest of Germany surrendered. They tried to negotiate a ceasefire and claim the blockade was harming the civilian population but the siege lasted until May 1945.

[@markhenley3097]

@@lars1228 Not on the Western Front but the Germans also held Courland (in Lithuania) until May 1945.

[@gurbajsingh8283]

And they said French surendered without trying

[@galactica604]

@BullseyeBullsclaw ok keyboard warrior

[@pentoil8275]

@BullseyeBullsclaw keyboard coward?

[@gutsjoestar7450]

it was the first time french lost a war so badly, but at least; it wasn't that bad they fought bravely no one is talking how bad dutch , belgian , british danish and italian were enough france beaten up italian in the alpes

[@undeadnightorc]

The ease with which the French surrendered made the Germans think the same thing would happen in Russia, an opponent they felt was far inferior to the French and British.

[@andrewjones9547]

no one says that they say after a short amount of fighting, they just gave themselves up

[@alimoradi8454]

France in real history: fighting to the last piece of land France in hoi4: capitulates immediately after 1 panzer division sneaks to Paris

[@mikoajh2747]

Nah wdym u drop 5 paratroopers on the 5 victory points in the north and its gg

[@willkp50]

“Fighting to the last piece of land” Not really. They were only one of two countries during the entire war to sign a conditional surrender with Germany.

[@simplifier_]

@@willkp50 who is second?

[@willkp50]

@@simplifier_ Denmark

[@Atajew]

"Last piece of land", *Immediately retreats from paris and leaves behind the other half of france*

[@Count_Gustav]

12:09 Eastory: Historically accurate playable tanks *video immediately showing Panther II*

[@RemingtonSVK]

Historical battles - Sturmpanzer vs Abrams

[@hippityhop9522]

Historically accurate depiction of tanks of that century, not a historically accurate timeline. In the game you can see thanks from WW2 fighting cold war tanks.

[@CapitalTeeth]

Who cares? It's fun to imagine if they did see combat.

[@Certio0]

@@hippityhop9522 There is "Simulation mode" that has spawn lists corresponding to the depicted battle.

[@nochybanieraczej2307]

Yeah? Lets talk about World of Tanks.

[@gutsjoestar7450]

"If you build an army of 100 lions, and their leader is a dog, in any fight the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a Lion, all dogs will fight as a lion. " - Napoleon Bonaparte

[@danieljames6138]

Famous Kat I feel like this theory lacks scientific testing

[@billy9534]

Pian war isn’t scientific

[@MarpoLoco]

@jpc1918 Also there are enough examples of inferior troops beaten by a numerically superior enemy ;-). A good leader also can make his men dying like lions. :-P

[@rawr5910]

@Águila701 Lmao im dead

[@danieljames6138]

I was joking fellas. Obviously the analogy has accuracy but a literal army of 100 dogs led by a fucking lion would end badly

[@ShaDoW-uc7bn]

I am really curious to find out how you traced all division movements. I would be very interested to watch a video of you explaining the "making of" these map videos. Would be awesome!

[@olerasmussen72]

I think 80 % was fantasy

[@uniqueperson.heart_]

He had teams and other helpers. Pretty obvious just a single guy can't do this. Honestly this would take 3 years or so to even finish if your alone doing it plus the animation you have to make.

[@dakota6050]

Well theres a reason he doesnt go farther back than ww2 usually since its the only one he can probably track

[@nika6184]

This map isnt work of this guy, but historians from ww2 channel, who actually make video of ww day by day through researchs,, analysis and facts

[@ShaDoW-uc7bn]

​@@nika6184 He wasn't working with them when he made the Eastern Front videos though.

[@valmanway3800]

Meanwhile HoI4 players: "Can we simply drop paratroopers on their core states?"

[@lucaszerafa178]

more like on their victory points

[@greaterbritannia5745]

1st September: Germany Declared war on France 1st September: Paris has fallen

[@RazorsharpLT]

Hey, it worked with Holland

[@justjustice8968]

It's mostly from Soviet (and modern Russia) propaganda

[@user-yj5xq5zh8l]

@@greaterbritannia5745 September 2nd： all France has fallen

[@25thturtle48]

Rommel: I recognize the council has made a decision but given that it's a stupidass decision, I've elected to ignore it

[@Serioussux]

@@Ravi-jb5dq Thats a suprisingly reasonable way to do things.

[@delawareK]

well they allow him to do recon and he did it his way, he was lucky, Germany could lost significant amount of armored, well trained units, and then later get rekt by Soviet union without any chance to occupy any part of soviet's territory

[@Autonova]

Imagine burning to death in a tank only for the history books to recall your effort as a completely ineffective counterattack.

[@BachelorChowFlavour]

I think if I was burning to death I wouldn't be thinking of what will be in history books 70 years in the future

[@arwing20]

I mean you just summed up most German operations 1943-1945, not just a French problem

[@darklysm8345]

same thing to germany in 1944, 1945. They still fought hard and manage to deal millions of casualties to the soviets. Still the western memeculture think the soviets rushed berlin in 2 days after stalingrad lol

[@hagnartheviking6584]

@@darklysm8345 to be fair after stalingrad the Germans spent way to much for little gain. They didnt have the oil and people to fuel the war the allies were just finally done ramping up.

[@MrPhungCS104]

History rarely remembers the individual suffering during wars. "One death is a tragedy, a million death is a statistic" - Kurt Tucholsky

[@CarthagoMike]

Germany: _"Surrender or I will bomb your cities"_ Netherlands: _Surrenders_ Germany: *_Bombs anyways_*

[@tomjaap2933]

The planes did not receive the message

[@f.s.1429]

message of surrender came shortly after the bombing started.

[@Twiggy163]

Actual event: Germany: For the love of... you're fucking up my plans for a fast invasion! Surrender or we'll bomb your cities! Netherlands: you didnt sign this document, its not official. Germany: Sigh, ok now its signed. Surrender! Netherlands: fine, we surrender Germany: ehm.. sorry the planes were already underway. Netherlands: AUW! RIGHT IN MY ROTTERDAM!

[@kewltony]

Churchill: terror bomb deez nuts m8

[@ulcolandheer773]

@@tomjaap2933 Onzin. Kesselring did not want to stop the bombing. It was planned for the 13th actually, but bad weather postponed it. The message from the groundforces not to bomb Rotterdam was ignored. The planes did not receive a message, because the Germans never sent one. Probably because the fallschirmjäger around The Hague were getting their arse kicked by the Dutch army. The second wave for later on the 14th was already in the air in the afternoon and was recalled.

[@EzraRhawn]

*Everybody gangsta until someone crosses the maginot line*

[@ermin2970]

But nobodey acc did.

[@fortune3911]

@@ermin2970 the germans did.

[@justindematte760]

@@fortune3911 no noone cross Maginot Line, they just cross arround it, but not through

[@stahl1624]

@@justindematte760 Someone doesn’t know there history. Funny how that is possible considering something called the fucking internet exists.

[@cyrosubod2317]

@@justindematte760 the german did cross the maginot line

[@LilShrimp01]

French in the Alps: "You guys had ONE job, don't lose the northern line. ONE JOB."

[@brunnersamuel4615]

You can't do shit after eating pasta

[@XVducoeur]

Fighting Italy is not a big challenge though...they haven't win a battle since the Roman empire ;)

[@MrFuckthechicken]

@@XVducoeur It's wrong, italian won lot of battle after roman empire ! and french alps army fought italian and german from june 1940 to the armistice

[@riri3531]

@@MrFuckthechicken And even afterwards lmao. Some defense posts were cut off by the italians and didn't get the memo of the Armistice until days after.

[@MrFuckthechicken]

@@riri3531 Yes it's true :)

[@ForelliBoy]

French: "We have time! The German tanks have to slow down to let their infantry catch up!" German Command: "Gottverdammt that wasn't your orders, let us catch up and resupply you before you get caught!" Rommel: ｒｕｎｎｉｎｇ ｉｎ ｔｈｅ ４０ｓ

[@AOE3IET]

Haha panzer go brrr

[@markhenley3097]

@TheSatanicTicTac I'm just r u n n i n g i n t h e 4 0 s

[@RazgrizRed9]

@@markhenley3097 ... with Panzer DIvision three...

[@maxk4471]

tnx 4 your comment, didn't know that in lead of that panzer division was Rommel

[@RazgrizRed9]

@@maxk4471 Rommel commanded 7th Panzer in France - I just used three to continue on the song :D

[@garthlyon]

RIP my great-uncle Lt Ian S. Thomson, KIA 28th May 1940 at the Ypres-Comines canal (7:20 on this animation). Along with so many comrades of the Royal Scots Guards who were ordered to "hold the line at all costs" while BES evacuated at Dunkirk.

[@psgamer-il2pt]

I have a huge respect for everyone who held the lines while they evacuated at Dunkirk.

[@MismeretMonk]

3:50 That small dot in eastern Belgium. Are those the 40 Chasseurs Ardennais that stood their ground for 18 days?

[@lijger1]

That must be the forts around Liège. They held out until the day Belgium surrendered 28 May and even the day after.

[@viniciusc.p3276]

do you know the name of this music?

[@gatoski3603]

Ardennes are more in the south of the country

[@damienbazin9940]

@@viniciusc.p3276 resist and bite by sabaton

[@lvcivssylvvs8796]

France: REEEE you can’t just move your tanks up without consolidating positions with your infantry first! Rommel: Haha panzer goes bbrrrrr

[@HragFarraGaming]

Or was it Heinz Guderian?

[@mangoshi1251]

Actually, both did this. It is what disorganized the French armored divisions and let the Germans reach the Channel one week after crossing the Meuse.

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

More like Guderian said that

[@user-iu6tr5xo5t]

@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Ich mag Toastbrot

[@viikmaqic]

Im just amazed the panzers did not get destroyed by the infantry, Tanks are usually useless without support from the infantry

[@verbinski3195]

Sweat saves blood, Blood saves lives, But brain saves both. - Erwin Rommel

[@tanguygodeau7106]

"... and disobedience wins wars"

[@elpresidente5767]

"And fighting across the sea was a logistic blunder for germany"

[@m7cky909]

German generals were probably the smartest among all of the major allied nations.

[@verbinski3195]

@@m7cky909 Of course! German Generals like Manstein and Rommel were Smarter than Montgomery. But we all know that Rommel lost the desert war becuase of the lack of suplies given to them by hitler.

[@genericusername1993]

You probably got that from hoi4

[@paultrigger3798]

it's honestly insane how large these formations are. A division is a large element and they are a dot here.

[@haldir3120]

Now imagine how big the Eastern front Was with 200 divisons for the Fascists alone in 1941.

[@vitanus]

11:01 Italy doing Italy things again :D

[@falxnecis]

Still, the italian offensive lasted 4 days and then France surrendered (to both Germany and Italy) :DD

[@JosiahJS976]

So not being able to bypass heavy fortifications on the largest mountains in Europe is ineffectiveness?

[@vitanus]

@@JosiahJS976 dont be salty, the Italians werent in any position to wage war, their economy and army weren´t modernized enough to keep either of the other european powers at bay. The capabilities to wage war left Italy with the roman empire 2000 years ago :D

[@francescofulminis]

@@vitanus Italy still did better than France in WW2

[@vitanus]

@@francescofulminis Aha. France only lost the Battle of France ... then they were out. Italy lost the War of Serbia/Balkans, Tunesia, Syria, Egypt and Italy itself. Italy had also an incredible advantage at the start of the war in Africa. They had like 300.000, a whole army while Britain had something like 30.000 men in ther area? And they beat the Italians and drove them back to Tunisia. I pretty sure a French army would have invaded Egypt without any help from their allies. The Italian army was underequiped and the Officers incompetent. The country was led by a war and glory hungry fachist, starting wars the Italian army wasn ready for at all. It doesnt get much worse than that if you ask me ... France was occupied early on, they had little to no options

[@Telenil]

French history books say the worst inferiority of our army was not in guns, in planes or even in tanks, but in the brains of our generals. The French had always intended to let the German attack first, yet the drive into Belgium and Holland meant the Army was left with *no reserve whatsoever* against a possible German breakthrough. If the front was pierced for any reason, there was *nothing* to stop the German from driving anywhere they wanted. On May 13th, men panicked under air bombardment. They barely fought at all, they simply abandonned their guns and fled. On May 15th, generals ordered a full retreat, but the troops didn't withdraw in good order and they were all overrun. After that it only took five more days for the German to drive 300km to the coast... By June 5th the troops had recovered enough to make a last stand on the Somme, but by then the German had such an advantage in numbers that it was over in three days. Interesting trivia: the French 4th Armored Division, the one that did something, was commanded by then-colonel Charles de Gaulle.

[@pierresihite8854]

Yeah de Gaulle was becoming somewhat of a threat but that was quickly ended

[@leoconstant]

I agree for the most part but it is simply not true that the men did not put up a fight and just abandoned their guns and fled. The fact that approx. 60,000 French soldiers died in just 6 weeks of combat shows how untrue that statement is. I strongly recommend Dominique Lormier's various books on the topic, especially "Comme des lions : Mai-juin 1940 : le sacrifice héroïque de l'armée française" which sheds a well-needed light on this.

[@chchnm4n176]

the french also could have easily invaded germany in 1939 since most of the german army was focused on invading poland, although they did enter germany, it wasnt that big of an invasion and the french forces withdrew back to the maginot line anyway had the french actually invaded germany in 1939, it would be possible for the war to end before it even started.

[@freakingemu]

It’s the Netherlands not Holland

[@demolitiondan6368]

The problem is that the attack stroke the Corap's 9th Army - so called army,because it was 'Ardennes's Army Detachement' before the war. Ill-equiped divisions, with no-AT and DCA, effectivly manned with low-rank conscrit that fled before the airstrike. The best german sword vs the worst french meat. Should the confrontation had happened in Belgium (versus the 3rd Army Group, the best we had), it may have been a draw.

[@BergheVonTrips1]

"So what are you doing in your free-time?" "It's complicated."

[@brunnersamuel4615]

Wars are stupid, but mine is plenty of sense

[@centerleft4957]

Had to watch several times to see all the detail went into the operation. Thank you so much for showing such detail troops movements

[@user-be1gp5rc5p]

I really love this videos, this animation and the way it is described the events. It's so much better and more interesting than history at school. Thanks Eastory

[@DarronGA]

German High command: Rommel no!! You can't just advance your motorized divisions while leaving the Infantry divisions behind!! Rommel: ha ha panzer go brrr brrr

[@VRichardsn]

Nice meme, but Rommel didn't command motorised divisions. He was in command of just one division, and it was armored.

[@DarronGA]

@@VRichardsn right, I get motorized and armored mixed up a lot. Sorry.

[@VRichardsn]

@@DarronGA Please, no need to apologise. All is well.

[@sarpwilliamkugtan973]

This is the most wholesome thing I've seen all week

[@VRichardsn]

@jpc1918 Cue Sabaton

[@vilzupuupaa4680]

"Guys it's happening! Everybody stay calm!"

[@nandinhocunha440]

Ahahahahahaaaaahhh

[@vilzupuupaa4680]

@@nandinhocunha440 Can I comment without getting trolls? Feels impossible nowadays.

[@StromcekDavid]

@@vilzupuupaa4680 it is impossible.

[@vilzupuupaa4680]

@@StromcekDavid unfortunately I think that's true.

[@nandinhocunha440]

@@vilzupuupaa4680 it ls rare

[@PaynesGamingGalaxy]

I love coming back to these videos commonly. They are well animated, show the divisions precisely, and shows almost all battles.

[@klenhattMate]

The amount of study it takes to understand which unit of what country was on which area, and how accurate you can be with the border along with what battle was fought on what date is incredible. Bravo.

[@maxkennedy8075]

A key factor in the German victory was communication. Post war reviews found it took ~48 hrs for an order in the high command to reach the men at the front. Radios were absent and horseback messengers were often used. This was exacerbated by French doctrine to keep the command far behind the lines (very sensible in trench warfare to keep your high command from dying to artillery fire). Compare this to the German commanders tending to lead from the front, even to an excess in Rommel’s case. Aside from that Gudarian’s insistence that every tank is equipped with a radio allowing big breakthroughs to be conducted without cohesion falling apart. Love your vids, keep it up!

[@landsea7332]

Excellent point - people should be more aware of this . There is the famous picture of Gudarian standing in a communications truck with an enigma machine and morse code operator . So the German Generals could make decisions on the spot. At Bletchly Park , Gordon Welshman lead a team that used triangulation of radio transmissions to figure out where each enigma machine was . They had a chart of the German hierarchy and knew from the morse code operator's touch , who was transmitting and how often commands were issued. So at Bletchly they knew who , where and how often each enigma machine was transmitting. As such , Churchill and Lord Gord knew their position was hopeless. .

[@taehakkang4496]

0:22 "This video is sponsored by War Thunder. We are on that later" Best KZbinr Ever.

[@iain8837]

More on that later.

[@fortune3911]

@@iain8837 tru

[@fortune3911]

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[@Razvy800]

Beige is that you?

[@XxKINGatLIFExX]

This is the first time I have ever seen a video on this scale showing the positions of all the divisions over an entire country level. I doubt to think that each position is accurate but even if it was that is an outstanding level of hard work to plot all that and animate the movements. Awesome job!

[@rusty_thecat9880]

I’m so glad I found your channel again! You blew my mind with your Estonia video and I’m very glad there is more of that amazing quality Thank you

[@obiwankenobi4252]

Interesting to see how Rommel and Guderian defying the orders of their superiors led to the German victory. Had they waited for the infantry the French and British would have consolidated and surrounded the German spearhead.

[@Sphere723]

Yeah, the more you learn about the Battle of France, the more you realize the success of the German attack rested on a knife-edge. If two or three French divisions are in a different spot, or relocate half a day faster the whole armored thrust is bottled up and history is perhaps very different. That being said, the interwar German military had focused on rapid movement and promoting initiative so that even little advantages could be exploited. The French on the other hand had focused on centralizing command so that units worked according to a deliberate grand plan. They failed to realize how much even a few hours waiting for a dispatch rider to deliver orders might make the difference between stopping a German division or being overrun. The French high command did not understand the new pace of war.

[@obiwankenobi4252]

@@Sphere723 I perfectly agree here. A common theme throughout the entire campaign is the German Divisions being simply faster than their foes'.

[@Sphere723]

@@obiwankenobi4252 It's interesting watching documentaries from the early post war era (1950's-60'). There's a lot of emphasis placed on the French solider lacking morale and a will to fight. Made lethargic and indifferent from the political turmoil of the 3rd Republic, and the military focus on a defensive doctrine. But when you actually sit down and look at how the battle played out, it was really just the fact that the Allies did not have the right divisions in the right spots at the right time. When the elite French divisions and BEF met the German Army Group A in Belgium, they gave as good as they got. Given the rate of German loses (especially in Tanks) it's unlikely that the German army could have advanced much past the French-Belgium border in the absence of a breakthrough. Likewise, the units on the Maginot line fought quite hard. It's really just the 2nd rate and cobbled together units in the Ardennes and Sedan that were completely overmatched. That and the loss of air superiority to the Germans are really what decided the campaign. Not that the average French soldier was unwilling to fight.

[@obiwankenobi4252]

@@Sphere723 the stereotype comes from the fact that, post-war, the Americans despised the French, so much so that both FDR and Truman wanted to punish France for having cooperated with the Germans for longer than they had fought against them, unlike the Poles, who never surrendered and/or formed satellite states. The only reason the Americans didn't have their way was that Churchill wanted a strong and friendly France as the primary defense of Western Europe against the USSR (as West Germany was demilitarized and Italy was in economic turmoil and there was the risk of a communist coup d'etat). To this, combine the Suez Crisis and it's easy to see why relations between the Franco-British and the Americans weren't very good until the '70s. But, in the end, the capitulation of France in 1940 was inevitable, as the only way I could see them making the right decisions was if they had post war hindsight.

[@laurent8214]

@@Sphere723 a simple air reconn on Ardennes and a better mechanized units relocation with ac and arty support but allies were so slow to execute relocation...

[@einliterpfandflasche1234]

Oh my god it's happening everybody stay calm! Seriously I waited so long for this

[@vilzupuupaa4680]

We had the same idea.

[@harleyokeefe5193]

vilzu puupää unfortunately for them history will not see it that way 😂

[@ShaDoW-uc7bn]

!!!!!!!!!!! same af

[@vilzupuupaa4680]

@@harleyokeefe5193 my comment is actually one minute older. Well I guess history isn't always written by the victors.

[@zahranvidian3194]

whats the procedure?

[@simplymatt6140]

That's a really informative graphic you used. One of the best I've ever seen, actually. Also I'm mad at how seamless that transition was to your sponsor :P Keep up the great vids!

[@SmilodonGer]

My granduncle served in the 20th motorized Infantry Division and fell at the battle of Kursk. I was always wondering where the war took him. Thanks to you, I know. It was very detailed!

[@Minboelf]

Napolean looking from the heaven: *Look how the government masscare my Army*

[@comradejosephstalin8136]

Heaven isn't a hotel for everyone mate

[@MichaelCorryFilms]

It could be said that Napoleon massacred his own army.

[@apple3074]

Bismark: Look at that escargots! (Drinks beer)

[@BlackHawk2b]

@@MichaelCorryFilms No

[@janusceasar7851]

@@MichaelCorryFilms technically every general in existence massacre their boys

[@wazaaup4993]

I see any video from this guy i click instantly. Best animations ever.

[@Cephalos666]

I love how he's even showing reserve units shuffling around behind the fronts. His Eastern Front series shows perfectly why Germans couldn't hold many soviet offensives because of not having enough reserves, and also shows how soviet tank armies were shuffled around to their opening positions to attempt breakthroughs.

[@wazaaup4993]

@@Cephalos666 agreed

[@12345qwerty25]

agreed

[@mashucha]

"Rate my encirclement"

[@victorsagayda3775]

wow! How much a work you do that make it interactive maps, with every troops and their movie.. no words. Thank you so much!

[@shihireyaa-re.6362]

"Victors of the Great War" Recruitable Population: −0.3% War Support: -5% Land Doctrine Research Speed: -75%

[@Perkelenaattori]

France started WW2 with less population than they started WW1. They literally lost a generation in men with 1.4 million dead and overall casualties of 4.2 million. Can you imagine what that does to the population graphs?

[@thi9491]

Not worst than -50% capitulation limit. On the other hand, considering that all french national spirits suck, why do I want to discuss about which is the worst ?

[@obiwankenobi4252]

@@thi9491 pff, the lower surrender limit isn't a problem if you improve your army and manage to defend

[@fristnamelastname5549]

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[@iii8010]

@@obiwankenobi4252 Nah, just do the national focus and thats it, improving your army better than the German one is hard af

[@aaeve5676]

"The allies wanted to give Belgium maximum assistance" **Sad Polish noises** Edit: Seems like the comments are fighting again, better grab some popcorn.

[@AmosTrask29]

It was too late when french finish mobilize to help polish btw

[@timetraveler2405]

Yeah right, the French faced limited opposition and had numerical advantage, they attacked but halted. They rather didn't want to help Poland.

[@AmosTrask29]

@@timetraveler2405 well USA , belgium or Romania didnt help poland for exemple , but not french . If France won t help poland why did they declar War to Germany ? There was a plan with poland , limited attack in the first days ( what they did) and more important attack After 20days . But in 20 days poland was ever defeated , they fall too soon.

[@amsfountain8792]

More likely they didnt want french territory becoming a war zone like in WW1. They prefered to use Belgium for that..

[@AmosTrask29]

@@amsfountain8792 More likely they prefered defend belgium border before germany attack but belgium didn't want that and prefered to stay neutral and don't cooperate ... And this is germany who choose the place where the battle will take place , don't reverse roles .

[@fatmanwalking8610]

French high command: There is no way the german tanks can be so quick, they need to wait for the infantry Rommel and Guderian: how about no?

[@nikolaasp2968]

0:39 The UK had mobilized very few troops in 1940, I had never realized that.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

The British had a small population, but the largest navy on the planet. Consequently, the British army was very small compared to the major European land powers.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

@@ludom6518 The French army in 1939 consisted of 900,000 regulars, together with a further five million men who had undergone regular training and could be called up with little delay. At the outbreak of war in September 1939, the British Army in the United Kingdom consisted of four infantry divisions up to strength, and one under strength infantry division (the 5 Infantry Division). The recently formed 1 Armoured Division was slowly being equipped with tanks and was undertaking training. There were twelve other infantry battalions scattered around the U.K. The bulk of the British Army was to the be found in the twelve first line Territorial Army divisions and twelve second line divisions. Most of the personnel in these formations were still undergoing basic training and the divisions were poorly equipped, particularly in terms of artillery and machine guns. The priority for the British Army was to put together an expeditionary force for deployment to France. This was in anticipation of a German invasion of Belgium and The Netherlands to reach France, in a similar manner to what happened in 1914. The 1 Infantry Division and 2 Infantry Division left immediately for France, with the embryonic I Corps headquarters formed from elements of Aldershot Command. The 3 Infantry Division and 4 Infantry Division followed soon afterwards, allowing II Corps to be formed in France. By May, 1940, the BEF in France consisted of 13 divisions, of which 5 were regular, 5 Territorial, and 3 semi-trained divisions to be used in second-line duties. There was also 1 Armoured Division and 1 Army Tank Brigade. The 'only' 500,000 men represented every operational division available to the British in May, 1940. Indeed, three of the divisions were neither trained nor equipped. Would you suggest that the British should have sent men who were in the early stages of training, or even those who had been in the army for a matter of days?

[@owenjones7517]

That's because Britain is a naval power. In 1940 it was still the greatest naval power in the world, its navy to defend its Empire and the British Isles itself. Britain didn't need a massive army.

[@andreleclerc7231]

UK policy is to let France bleed. Worked for the Crimean war, worked for World War 1. Tried to fight that war on cheap and ended up paying more than if they had given adequate help and also ended up losing its empire in the process. 500k expeditionary force? That's farcical. Freaking Belgium fielded 650,000. The whole "France is crap at war a-ha" makes for a nice cover-up story to obfuscate Albion perfidy.

[@owenjones7517]

"Britain is perfidious because they, a naval power, didn't fight have the capacity to rapidly deploy vast field armies to the Continent in the style of a land power" 🥴 As for fighting war on the cheap, I don't remember the French complaining when the British bankrolled the Entente & had the most effective army on the Western Front in 1918 🤔

[@norwegianboyee]

Damn. I would love to see a Pacific war style rendition of this.

[@eliasbouhout1]

@Pepe the Frog Static fronts? Why would that be important?

[@commando4481]

Pepe the Frog it did sometimes. He could do the battle of Kohima and Imphal or certain US campaigns like Okinawa.

[@SirFaceFone]

Would be interesting to see the Philippines. The Japanese were encircled in Manila

[@norwegianboyee]

@Pepe the Frog But we could see troop deployments and which islands were attacked and etc. Sure it would be quite different from the "static fronts" but why should that be an issue?

[@lewiss.9632]

*i s l a n d h o p p i n g*

[@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074]

9:53 it is the speed of the units that changes the whole game. The german's tank units were so fast that it would be impossible for the slower french units to reform the line. If you have played any strategy games, you got my point. Of course, no one knew this when they were first persons in 1940 as they were not sitting here like us watching eastory's documentary and map without fog of war.

[@leonpaelinck]

Except that the Germans displayed their speed in the Battle of Poland. That's why the allies were too late to help.

[@mehmedalijabarak5576]

So playing strategy games makes me a military Historian?

[@sanjaikumartiwari8275]

​@@mehmedalijabarak5576😂😂.

[@jiawenzhu5915]

Maybe you guys should know, Charles de Gaulle, a French, wrote a book about tanks attacking, ignored by the French but listened by the Germen.

[@nuvis1000]

Blitzkreig was a french book at the origin

[@AnimatedWarMapper]

One of my favorite videos you made, definitely inspired me creatively. Cheers man!

[@herogun5656]

3:09 The dank divisions.

[@simon4781]

I remember serving in the Great-meme-war with the 7th dank division "kek" during operation "Orange Man". Normie resistance was fierce at first but quickly collapsed under the relentless assault of our shitposters. That said, I look back at it as one of the high-points of my life.

[@e.c.listening326]

I stand in awe

[@emirs769]

@@simon4781 Don't forget to mention Reposters expeditionary force, the 420th Karen division. It took them only 3 days to find the manager.

[@n0yn0y]

@@simon4781 damn racist. I was in the 8th Regimental Soyboy brigade of the 1st Cuck division and we attempted a DOX attack on the Trump-Suporting Deplorable Company/ MAGAt force but got pushed back by Special Pepe Spammers. Luckily, twitter bans came into full force from MSM command but the Russian Troll squad already did the damage.

[@simon4781]

@@n0yn0y wait... how are you alive? I heard the 8th Soyboy-brigade was court-martialed for cowardice during the siege of Tumblr.

[@bbenjoe]

0:00 Guys, the map has an error. Slovakia has it's present day, 2020 borders. In 1939-1940 southern Slovakia was part of Hungary, as per the First Vienna Award (1938) , also Slovakia gained some territory from Poland for it's participation in the invasion.

[@loetkoe27]

Finnish border is wrong for 1940 as well, but maybe the map is supposed to depict late 1939

[@gutsjoestar7450]

We don't care about Slovakia. This video is about Germany attack of France. Stop being a toxic piece of shit. We don't care

[@bbenjoe]

​@@gutsjoestar7450 You really should because Slovakia participated in the war from the first day to the last. Besides this video is trying to be as accurate as possible. Maybe I'm into details, because I'm historian, but I was quite polite when pointing out this serious error to them.

[@Dave_Sisson]

@@gutsjoestar7450 That's a really nasty comment. I have no special interest in the subject, but I appreciate that it does matter to some people. It's generally a nice thing to be respectful to people with different priorities to your own. So it would be great if you could think of other people as well as yourself and not insult them without a very good reason. Thanks.

[@gutsjoestar7450]

But the video isn't about Slovakia it's about Germany attacking France what is wrong with Slovakia. I know you're patriotic for you're country but it's not a reason for being toxic

[@luciencampbell-taylor7600]

Great video! Never seen this visualised so well.

[@tigaz3247]

The transition to the commercial was actually really well done

[@silverpleb2128]

6:55 Actually the french weres preparing a counter attack in hope to break through the german line but the British decided to retreat to french port for evacuating their troops. This decision totally annihilated the french plan SO it was decided to back in a better defensive position at Calais and Dunkerque In the first days, the british, french and belgians formed a defensive line near Dunkerque, but verry quickly, the belgian capitulated and a majority of british troops have left their positions, creating big holes on the allied defensive line, forcing the french to secure as best as they weres able the evacuation of the british and the area, they managed to defend successfully Dunkerque enough time to evacuate the majority of the BEF and even a part of the french troops in Dunkerque.

[@afisto6647]

This commentary had to be on the top.

[@flouy7430]

The sacrifice of the french soldier is completely forgot

[@silverpleb2128]

@Inigo Bantok Sadly, due to Belgian neutrality, the french plan got destroyed, and due to belgian neutrality there were only few communications between them and franco-british troops

[@kopzukusaft]

If Hitler didn't order the Tanks to stop, the evacuation would have failed pretty fast.

[@silverpleb2128]

@@kopzukusaft If, if, if..... The gerans werent invincible; and there im talking about allies problem, not about german problems.

[@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074]

10:22 omg, some german panzers [2] [5] advance so fast that they even left eastory's red line behind at the top left hand corner

[@goldenflame4563]

Blitzkrieg in a nutshell just like 7th panzer division lol

[@picturamusica-musicalpaint1074]

@@goldenflame4563 just like the guderian panzers who used reconnaissance as a reason to continue advance when hitler gave the order...

[@priyanks91]

Top-notch animation, especially the attention to detail ! Subbed !

[@niceoj8996]

the amount of details that goes in to these videos never ceases to amaze me

[@demolitiondan6368]

Should also have precised that Petain called in the radio for a cease-fight the 17th June. After that, the Army resistance on the Loire, which could have been very more significative, crumbled.

[@chrisd8866]

One of Petain's first crimes. Many soldiers assumed his announcement implied an end to hostilities and were thus easily captured, the number of french prisoners/hostages/slaves taken by the germans skyrocketed between June 17th and 25th when the armistice finally took effect.

[@demolitiondan6368]

@@chrisd8866 Alas he had the right to do so - the National Assembly gave him full powers the days before. Here come the great mistake (and cowardice) of the politics in 1940 - instead of taking their responsability and retreat to North Africa (which certainly could have been) they shattered in conflict and finally decided to keep on fighting ... by giving power to the guy who told everyone to give up ! Big Mistake - the kind which happens one time in a century ! Simulations have been made - France could have fight on. The decision was politic, certainly not military. Army was defeated, of course, but so was the english one. And she still landed in Normandy 4 years laters, after having fought in Africa, Burma, Greece and Italy.

[@demolitiondan6368]

Dont't Feed the troll

[@williamshortfilm5818]

@@demolitiondan6368 Some members of the national assembly, the senate, and the government tried to continue the fight in North Africa by going to Casablamca in the French protectorate of Morroco (notably George Mandel, minister of the interior, and Pierre Mandes France, secretary of the finances). But sadly, they where arrested on their arrival by the Vichy authorities.

[@demolitiondan6368]

@@williamshortfilm5818 You Sir are absolutly Right. But they were not the legal government. Should it leave to Africa, things would have been different.

[@Kronosaur0s]

This was like watching a horror film with that music and all. INCREDIBLE WELL DONE!!!!

[@emperor_ra]

Yeah honestly i also felt a little bit like that and even if i knew what was coming i just hoped for some reason that the French would hold.

[@brandonproductions8401]

Kaiser Wilhelm II looks on withe envy

[@paulliu5176]

@@emperor_ra exactly what I felt

[@lotrlmao1648]

if this is horror and so the eastern front 4 years series are epic, i thought russia is gonna lost, but they win the battle of moscow which is the first victory against german, thats really epic even they almost lost hope

[@Zagskrag]

It reflects the feelings I had when I played France in Hearts of Iron 4 for the first time.

[@Miha8G]

Well explained. Great vid! Its been a long time since I've put anything online from War Thunder but I've played mainly ships last time I played.

[@caseymauldin8396]

Man, thank you for continuing to make videos.

[@jiadeify]

After watching this video, I can see why France signed the armistice. Despite their flaws, they didn't stop fighting until they were screwed.

[@theyoshi202]

They didn’t “surrender without a fight” like ppl tend to say. They fought, but lost so thoroughly (due to inept generals) that they had no choice but to surrender.

[@evoluxman9935]

@@theyoshi202 Had the french not surrendered they would simply have been massacred. They had to surrender (however the terms were stupid, like the French Navy not joining the Royal Navy, eventually leading to Mers El Kebir and Toulon, which for a warship fan like me, is just depressing (like Scapa Flow))

[@antoniogariz2630]

They could had carry on the fight from Africa. They could had combine their navy to the English one in Mediterranean sea giving no choice to Italy to conquer Africa. But France in Europe would had been totally conquered after a few months. The fight would had carry on in the mountains but France in Europe wouldn't had reach 1941

[@kimok4716]

@@antoniogariz2630 Which would have probably led to the same harsh occupation that was taking place in Poland

[@Norg1]

@@kimok4716 yep they could of continued on the fight they still had all of southern france they could of fled to the mountains fled to north africa ..they gave up to early they just didn't want that smoke and have paris in rubble

[@joanj94]

Loving these videos as always

[@hans2479]

Britain: Germany: Germany: You're lucky our lands ain't connected

[@grifyn882]

now it is

[@asfiaa5501]

@@grifyn882how?

[@hasancoban9105]

​@@asfiaa5501manche tunnel

[@asfiaa5501]

@@hasancoban9105 that’s France not Germany

[@bonkbonk3802]

I love the animations as well as the way you inform. I understand it well now.

[@jamessnee7171]

I'm so used to watching docs with the "British narrative" of WW II I forgot there was still a battle going on after Dunkirk. That after the Brits went home the French did not just 'give up'. There also seems to be some logic involved in the Maginot Line. Served a purpose in a specific area. And succeeded. It was the other defenses in the Ardennes that failed.

[@_kenny_7463]

It didn't though. It actually tied down huge amounts of French troops and limited French thinking and readiness.

[@Perkelenaattori]

@@_kenny_7463 In a way yes but the French casualty figures in WW1 were so appalling to them that they thought they would be more cost effective in terms of human lives lost. Demographically France was in a bad place after WW1 with 1.4 million dead and almost 3 million wounded which is an entire generation in men. The French population was smaller in 1940 than it had been in 1914.

[@baboushko]

MrStig691 english surrendered

[@roms4154]

@@Perkelenaattori i do agree with you at 100% !! the context is very important !

[@aleemizcool3654]

@MrStig691 The English took one loss and left France out to dry. Meanwhile the french tried their hardest but failed because Germany was too advanced in their war tactics

[@furki7589]

France and UK: „Out defences are ready“ Germany„I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move“

[@andraslibal]

Warning: this move can only be played once. If you attempt it a second time in 44 they will know how to counter it.

[@safe-keeper1042]

In hindsight, it's obvious how ridiculously gutsy their move was. Their tanks could have been cut off so easily while they were pushing all the way to the coastline like that. Had it failed, we would have remembered it as an incredibly stupid idea. "OMG Germany broke through and sent all their tanks way ahead of the rest of their army and they were encircled and destroyed? Noobs!"

[@andraslibal]

@@safe-keeper1042 when you have only one chance to end the war, you roll those dice. Germany never had a chance after this, it could never mount a cross-channel invasion, win an air war far from bases without 4 engine heavy long range bombers, isolate Britain with the few U-boats or keep the US out indefinitely. It did not even have serious plans for any of these. This is the very last chance they had for a negotiated peace with Britain.

[@lkvideos7181]

@@andraslibal Good one.

[@Nimmermaer]

@@andraslibal Hitler was a gambler at heart, he ALWAYS rolled the dice. He rolled the dice when he remilitarized the Rheinland, when he annexed Austria, when he claimed the Sudetenland, when he marched into Prague, when he attacked Poland, and when he went for the Sichelschnitt. His final gamble was Barbarossa (or arguably Fall Blau). And finally, his luck ran out.

[@apple3074]

Berlin Taxi Driver: Hey, What's your destination? Me: Paris. Berlin Taxi Driver:

[@narayasuiryoku1397]

Netherlands : negotiate peace Herman Goring: I am gonna pretend I didn’t see that.

[@Juan-wx5xz]

Rotterdam : My time has come

[@cvetomirgeorgiev9106]

At the start of the quarantine I rewatched the invasion of France on the WW2 channel just to see those quality maps again. You're the best map maker on KZbin

[@leferraille7207]

@Marshall Banana It's called the Invasion of France because France was the one getting invaded.

[@j0shh101]

@Marshall Banana Ok either you lack brain cells or you are making a terrible joke lmao

[@nikolaibaier8853]

Marshall Banana an invasion has nothing to do with who declared war on who... An invasion is when the enemy is fighting over you‘re terretory

[@solomonz2821]

To be honest, the French did practically nothing after declaring war on Germany. They did launch a minor offensive, but they almost immediately turned around and called it a day. They didn't even want to fire their artillery guns at Deutschland. In a war. Oversimplified does a great job covering the wussiness of the French during the so-called "phony war." They did defend their country, as this video shows, and you have to remember, using entire divisions of tanks as spearheads in a military assault was unheard of in 1940 - even Germany and the USSR were chums back then. However, in hindsight, the French (together with the British) could probably have completely destroyed Germany had they not been gun-shy pacifists and had they actually attacked the Krauts seriously when they had a chance. Who knows, millions of lives could have been saved had they done so. Keep in mind, however, that hindsight is 20-20

[@cvetomirgeorgiev9106]

@Marshall Banana I really hope you're baiting because if you're this stupid I'd be worried

[@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt]

4:30 German commander try to dialouge with the panzer commander be like: German commander : Rommel wait! Let the rest of the army catch up!! Erwin Rommel :LaLaLaLaLa..... German commander : Rommel Stop! Erwin Rommel : LaLaLaLa... what? I Cant hear you German Commander : Rommel, No! Erwin Rommel : ROMMEL YES!

[@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt]

France Commander : who the hell start the tank engine in the middle of night!!! German : GUTEN NACHT

[@Brisingr2392]

one of the best german decisions

[@splatm4n8]

@Abdul Minara Actually the 6th Panzer division that is seen advancing contrary to orders is Guderian not Rommel. Guderian had orders to slow down, but in his orders contained the message that he was still allowed to scout out the area with whatever he wanted, and went forward claiming that he was "scouting out forward". In fact in here the divisions Rommel is commanding are the 7th and 5th further North.

[@splatm4n8]

@@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt Yeah in any case though they both smashed the lines lmao

[@jonakolbe4120]

@@AbdulRasyidPangrango-qr9dt actually it's called "Gute Nacht" and not "Guten Nacht".

[@nyana6641]

German HQ: Stop we are losing the connection with you The German tank commander zooted off of meth and hasn’t slept in 2 days: NOO

[@bpdbhp1632]

"Although the french were succesfully resisting attemps by italy to cross the alps" suprising

[@PeterMichalowski482]

Eastory, your animated front videos are amazing. Its much clearer to see how the Germans conquered France or the USSR at an operational level, rather than just reading it in a history book. Please keep this up, I'd love to see other fronts in WW2, WW1, etc. It would be nice to see how units are dispersed over the geography in a pre-industrial age too, when armies were smaller and relied on horses.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

This isn’t the army I knew... the army I knew knows how to attack and defend more

[@justsomeghostwithinterneta7296]

It's the France of an entirely different century, Nap :)

[@blitzkrupp8583]

This is the only France known for Surrender

[@captstainstain]

Which army? Those teenagers you managed to scrape together after 1812?

[@panzerofthelake506]

@@captstainstain la garande armee

[@manimalekabedi82]

Surrender please

[@melvillebartleby6285]

It's a real professional work! Thank you!

[@user-fx5nx7bo2g]

music: Patrick Patrikios | The Battle of 1066 Joey Pecoraro | Down Ugonna Onyekwe | Inescapable Wayne Jones | White Hats ELPHNT | A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You Feel It?

[@smrzgk]

Bro thank you so much, you are the GOAT, take this 👑

[@mixererunio1757]

I waited for it so much. But what about earlier fronts? Poland, Denmark and Norway?

[@nerevarchthn6860]

mixererunio they were maybe too short

[@kubajackiewicz2]

@@nerevarchthn6860 afaik norway was longer but less intense and Poland was same length or slightly longer

[@theyoshi202]

Historiograph already has some good videos on the Norway campaign and Denmark’s is too short but a video on poland would be interesting

[@grumpychef1539]

Denmark was invaded on the 9th April 1940 and only lasted a couple of hours. The Norwegians held the Germans back a bit more than the danes tho.

[@lewiss.9632]

I would love to see the Polish front

[@YourAveragePersonOnTheStreets]

I like how he pronounces "tank" as *D A N K*

[@OneAngrehCat]

I will forever miss his "unnnable" from earlier videos. It's so cute.

[@Alarsin0]

The infamous German dank divisions

[@slypask9185]

Panzer IV XX ?

[@panachevitz]

I'm going to guess D A N K M U S subscriber?

[@forexdragon]

I wonder he was pronounces the actual word 'dank' then? As in 'a dank cellar'? "Tank'? Haha. For some reason, the narrator's voice seems to have a Danish accent even though I believe he is Estonian.

[@twasinjunaed6709]

The French:German yanks can’t go through the Ardennes Hitler:I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move

[@warpedsaber5370]

I cant even imagine the amount of work put into these videos, but what i do know for sure is that it certainly pays off, these videos are amazing.

[@frenchbread952]

I feel that I've got even more respect for the French army now, seeing how hard they fought.

[@frenchbread952]

@Karl Berg imagine, not being able to show your full potential because of a bad leadership, that just sucks. I'm going to fix that right now in hoi4, it's time for another french empire Haha!!!

[@frenchbread952]

@Cpl. Rook thanks haha, I just love this anime version of her.

[@thi9491]

And on the other side of Atlantic, you have the USA, or not-so-good soldiers, not-so-good tanks, but infinite amount of bombs and bombardiers. Or you can consider the Soviet "unlimited manpower" Union.

[@thi9491]

@Cpl. Rook Then I suppose that Germany is the one who gives everything he has had, but become more and more tired, so he fails his year, in despite of having the best grades during the first semester.

[@lecapetien3223]

some help for your respect: According to the historian Niall Ferguson, of the 125 major European wars fought since 1495, the French have participated in 50 - more than Austria (47) and England (43). Out of 168 battles fought since 387BC, they have won 109, lost 49 and drawn 10. The British tend to be rather selective about the battles they remember. Every English schoolboy was once able to recite the roll call of our glorious wins at Crécy (1346), Poitiers (1356) and Agincourt (1415), but no one’s ever heard of the French victories at Patay (1429) and (especially) at Castillon (1453), where French cannons tore the English apart, winning the Hundred Years War and confirming France as the most powerful military nation in Europe. And what about the Duke of Enghien thrashing the Spanish at Rocroi late on in the Thirty Years War in 1643, ending a century of Spanish dominance? Or the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, when General Comte de Rochambeau and American forces prevailed? The British always prided themselves on superiority at sea, but knew they could never win a land war on the Continent. France’s achievements help to explain another French “military victory”. Whether it is ranks (general, captain, corporal, lieutenant); equipment (lance, mine, bayonet, epaulette, trench); organisation (volunteer, regiment, soldier, barracks) or strategy (army, camouflage, combat, esprit de corps, reconnaissance), the language of warfare is French.

[@LEFT4BASS]

I appreciate that he represents the Maginot line accurately. People think the Maginot line was a bad idea, but it was built with the intent of diverting the Germans through Belgium, and it succeeded. The Biggest weaknesses in the French plan were relying on the Belgium to not abandon the allies, and thinking the Germans wouldn't attack through the Ardennes.

[@raccoonmoustache]

Well the maginot line was supposed to be build alongside the Belgian border too but belgium didn’t want to. I’m pretty sure France messed up because most of its allies messed up too...

[@dennisng3465]

Impressive live map movement and with detailed units and numbers. With that amazing narration, this is documentary class 101.

[@rebelforce7143]

Nicely done! Even the ads part is enjoyable.

[@aciobaniteicezar1170]

This guy is criminally undersubscribed! His style and his approach to history is impeccable. He deserves more subs!

[@ahoosifoou4211]

It really shows how important the tank divisions were in massive attacks like this. A grand strategy at an epic scale. Its crazy how headquarters command on both sidescan manipulate so many divisions and men at once to attack/defend simultaneously along the front.

[@wallenstein9608]

Excellent idea with the advertisement in the end. Great presentation too of course. Salute

[@cvdheyden]

Beautifully made video! Keep up the good work!

[@zhengwei5769]

Amazing series! I especially like how to covered the alternative options for each side and the pros & cons of decisions

[@BholewalaofTaranto1098]

Everyone's on about Rommel. To me, the real driving force behind the German Blitzkrieg was Guderian. He was the one making the long dashes to the coast

[@ThomasBarth-gr1sz]

3 years later and I still casually rewatch this just due to the sheer quality and detail of the animation

[@thedirty530]

I truly believe that thesse animated Videos are the teachers of the future....Thank you for your hard work!