Will Stalin invade India? And what about the West Indies? - WW2 - Out of the Foxholes 008

[@WorldWarTwo]

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[@Icyrice]

Hello

[@nonii8526]

World War Two hi

[@macedonianmapper1261]

Hi!

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Do one about the GLORIOUS micronations in WW2!

[@tommy-er6hh]

Nice episode. I thought you would say something about the movie "To Have and Have Not" with Bogart and Bacall - you do know how to whistle for us?

[@tf2664]

I like Conrad von hotzendorfs portrait in the background

[@thegloriouspyrocheems2277]

;)

[@ericjohnson1289]

What about doing a special on Free Polish, Dutch and Belgian forces as well the other nations who fell to Germany? And how about on the French Foreign Legion on both sides?

[@OchotaJack]

Indy released today with sabaton episode about free nations air wings, and drachnifel did yesterday great episode about those nations navies in exile.

[@pharos670]

@Meneer Van dijk kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKmUcnqQpZp8rsk

[@umjackd]

Drachinifel also has a nice video about the "free" navies from occupied countries: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHK3eYhsp61-qc0

[@ingeposch8091]

dear Indy, why did you not mention the unique shared carribean island of st Martin/st Maarten? for this island is still partly french and partly dutch as it was in that time too...

[@Sheehan1]

Half French and half Dutch? So basically Belgium?

[@ingeposch8091]

@@Sheehan1 nope, for french Belgium is called le Wallonge and dutch Belgium is known as Vlaanderen.... the latter part has songs written about it by Jaques Brel and Raymond van het Groenewoud. the island had a part st Martin, where french is the official language and st Maarten, where dutch is the official language...

[@ingeposch8091]

in Belgium there is also a small part that has german as the official language. it's quite hilarious...

[@ScooterWeibels]

@@Sheehan1 it feels west indie, and until a month ago was overcrowded with tourist.

[@ScooterWeibels]

@Jonathan Williams well considering most economic activity is from tourism that's not surprising.

[@yisexual6424]

A reason why Afghanistan has that long "panhandle" (The Wakhan corridor) that streches east, was due to Russian-British concern! In 1873 they both agreed on their borders with Afghanistan to set up a buffer state.

[@lewisirwin5363]

De Gaulle always reminds me of a Tintin character when I see him.

[@johnycoho7830]

Almost Tintin is short and De Gaulle was tall.

[@lewisirwin5363]

Oh I was thinking more of Captain Haddock or Jolyon Wagg, or even the Thom(p)sons.

[@Liamtheseriousguy]

Maybe an older one...

[@TheMedicalDemon]

Lewis Irwin I’d imagine him as a haddock.

[@jorgealdridge6665]

Your an ass

[@mrfisher1072]

As I sit in the chair of infinite quarantine this is I'm trapped in the studio.

[@prince_sach50]

I'm gonna watch this whole series bro

[@jonbaxter2254]

Imagine being a Brit in ww2 and you get posted to a lovely, peaceful Carribean island for your stint. Ah bliss

[@SuperLusername]

It'd be nice but it only lasted until "DDs for bases" deal when Americans replaced the British troops in the Atlantic to protect strategic points so that Britian can send more men into the fight.

[@LukeBunyip]

For his first year of the war, my old man got posted to Yorkshire as a RAF liaison with a portion of the Polish Airforce. After that, he got sent to Bermuda, where he spent the rest of the war training aircrews from numerous countries, and apparently drinking a lot of Jamaican rum.

[@JasonSputnik]

The Americans got it better: some were stationed in Bora Bora, French Polynesia: they built some AA guns but never shot a bullet and they remained in the epitetome of paradise. From what I've heard, this is also the reason why Bora Bora got known around the world, after the soldiers who got stationed there spread the word of how beautiful it was.

[@cgaccount3669]

"Hey mom, guess what? They're sending us to Hawaii!" Said the American.

[@DavidRN85]

@@JasonSputnik I've visited the some of the old guns & the old derelict WW2 docks on Bora Bora. The views are absolutely outstanding and you can see why the American troops didn't want to leave.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

Stalin : "let's invade Finland" (gets a kick in the nuts) Stalib : "mmh... now how about invading India through Afghanistan ?"

[@faunt07]

Actually USSR accomplished all its goals. So thats quite a strange statement

[@hentehoo27]

@@faunt07 no, it didn't. The goal of the Soviet Union was to conquer all of Finland.

[@faunt07]

@@hentehoo27, at that time Soviets wanted to move border from Leningrad it was too close to Finland. Finland didn't guarantee that German troops would not be deployed on its territory . Soviets tried to make an agreement, they proposed territories in exchange twice more that they have asked for. Finland refused. USSR achived all its goals. I repeat, the USSR did not plan to seize Finland. USSR didn't plan to Invade India.

[@hentehoo27]

@@faunt07 you clearly haven't watched previous episodes of this channel.

[@faunt07]

@@hentehoo27, this one is enough. Soviets didn't intend to conquer India. And that pact had no deal with India. USSR had a threat to the east from Japan. In fact the pact was made to prevent Soviet Union having war on 2 fronts. Assault on India was excluded they already had threat from the West and East, they were no fools to start a war in the South. That would be suicidal move.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Surinamese, that's what they're called. That country has a very interesting history. It's also beautiful, lots of pretty dart frogs there

[@TheIfifi]

Arent dart frogs venemous/poisones as hell?

[@legowagfles7287]

Bangbabangbabangbang leave him alone, dude. LOL and he doesn’t use robots, people just like him and see him everywhere. Don’t be such a Debbie Downer. You both have several interests. That is all

[@legowagfles7287]

Bangbabangbabangbang It’s not suspicious, people like him. Nothing wrong with that, stop accusing him of something he doesn’t use. Can we make peace? You can both peacefully coexist. Peace is better than war

[@Wickedonezz]

@@legowagfles7287 war is better than peace

[@louisshann8497]

Just started 1941 on the WWII series and having seen all the WWI series and the Between the Wars this is a nice side door to view I didn't know about. Great job as always.

[@yochaiwyss3843]

Hotsendorf in the background!

[@tedheath9018]

Absolutely brilliant riveting commentary. Just love it., WW2 with a touch of humour.

[@cd6xc]

I still laugh of the portrait of Franz Conrad von Hotzendorf that Indy has. If he hangs a portrait of Luigi Cadorna his wall would shake indecisively at least 12 times per day.

[@nirfz]

11 times if i remember correct, and by the 12th time cadornas picture would have been moved way back. 🧐

[@Shubhamyadav-he9td]

Indy pronouncing Jalalabad with the "Ja" sound of Jalapeno is the real treat of this video

[@tanaymehta4529]

I would pay to watch him speak names of Indian and Pakistani cities.

[@gianniverschueren870]

A nice checkerboard is an automatic bonus. Subtle bit of colour makes this a great change of pace. This tie wants to party, and I'm here for it. 4/5

[@Arbiter099]

I look forward to a minimum of a weekly tie review until 1945

[@Apodeipnon]

The tie sommelier has logged on

[@elbucho8867]

Gianni Verschueren please continue these reviews in future episodes

[@loetzcollector466]

Very Joseph Hoffman Vianese in style.

[@gianniverschueren870]

@@elbucho8867 I fully intend to

[@camilogonzalez5576]

I have a question: what happened to the Chair of Madness and the Chair of Wisdom?

[@OtterSam]

camilo gonzalez That’s from the great war that was a different chair

[@stc3145]

It got shellshock in the last war

[@shrillbert]

Well, Indy still has the chair of madness at his flat in Stockholm. Flo and Jesse are taking good care of the Chair of Wisdom at the TGW studios in Berlin.

[@rsmith5606]

Another excellent video, keep up the great work and stay safe! Also, just noticed Conrad's portrait in the background, that's perfect👌

[@WorldWarTwo]

His spirit lives on - unfortunately in the form of certain WW2 generals

[@dirkvanmourik871]

From 1918 onwards, the oil refineries on Curaçao and Aruba played a key role in relations between the islands and the United States. Since the islands and Suriname were the only non-occupied territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands during World War II, Curaçao was center stage and strategically important to the Allied powers. The oil refineries on Curaçao and Aruba provided 70% of the fuel used by the Allies Forces.

[@paulbeesley8283]

One of my favourite films - Howard Hawks' "To Have And Have Not," was set on Vichy, controlled Martinique.

[@hannahr0071]

There is a picture of Conrad von Hotzendorf in the background

[@nirfz]

3:24: the small pause got me. I was thinking: wow, he is going to say "were declared" 😅

[@Lugi515]

I like the portrait of Hötzendorf in the back

[@gordybing1727]

Hi All, books. Mr. James Michener wrote a lot of books. His specialty was to take an area, and tell fictional stories about the area. He did this for Afghanistan with "Caravans", and with the Caribbean with "Caribbean", being relevant for this episode. At the time these came out they were very popular, and formed American popular opinion on the areas. Thanks, take care.

[@ottovalkamo1]

These are veru good, love the special episodes. Perhaps you guys could so similar ones to the "out of the ether", where you discuss weirder topics, however I think the "on the homefront" might help with that.

[@jakeflfirelegend5377]

I love your channel I can’t wait for so many up and coming events I will be 17 when the war side of the series ends and I will continue to watch no matter what

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@Aeyekay0]

Kinda surprised that many French returned to France and so little stayed in Britain with the free French forces.

[@oOkenzoOo]

That's not surprising at all when you know the chronology of events. The vast majority of French soldiers evacuated in Britain returned to fight in France while the invasion was still going on in the summer. So most of them ended either dead or captured. Only a small number managed to escape to Britain before the armistice (most of them being in the navy) and after they had to choose between A) follow your duty and obey to your legitimate government that proclaimed the end of hostilities, or B) disobey, go rogue and follow an unknown general to fight for a foreign country against what it looked at the times hopeless odds. And in that dilemma you have to toss the fate of your family and loved ones who are still in France and now unsafe under enemy occupation. And if that wasn't enough came Operation catapult just a week after the armistice : All the French sailors in British ports were arrested at gun point by the British and put in jail, their ships captured and then Mers el Kebir occured.... How do you think those French soldiers felt after that ? No wonder many of them were not eager to join the British at this point.

[@dikkekutgekut4582]

You know how bad the english food was back then?

[@armija]

De Gaulle and his "free French" were a joke. Nobody took them seriously. They were later used by allies for propaganda purposes. Same is about French "resistance", more German soldiers died of STDs that they got in French brothels than from French "resistance".

[@tedwarden1608]

TWKnight, the French resistance scarcely existed until 1944.

[@IslandThunder84]

@@armija i dont think they were considered a joke, seeing how more and more french colonies switched over to the free french as the war went on, especially after the allied invasion of French North Africa in 42, where hundreds and thousands joined the free french army. they had 1.3 million men by the end.

[@miguelmontenegro3520]

Dutch: At least near the allies I am protected. Allies: Yeah, protected. That's our job.

[@paulfisker]

Akseli had a good question! Thanks for answering that particular one.

[@oOkenzoOo]

About the French colonies in the Caribbean, in July 1940 Churchill wanted to attack the French ships docked in Martinique and Guadeloupe (1 carrier Bearn, 2 light cruisers Jeanne d'Arc and Emile Bertin, carrying golds from the Bank of France) as of Operation Catapult but was dissuaded at the last moment by the intervention of president Roosevelt. The ships were decomissionned until 1943 when they joined the Free French and were rearmed. Also the fate of the population living in those French oversea territories was not enviable. Not only did they suffer deeply from starvation and shortage of medicine due to the Ally blockades but they had to cope with the harsh treatment imposed by the Vichy authorities too. When strict laws where passed as the Laval goverment went more and more collaborationist and fascist (especially between 1942 and 1943), numerous case of arrestation, torture and execution occured. Nearly everyone was suspected to be a jew, communist or De Gaulle sympathiser. A French TV documentary talked about the difficult life of those colonies during the war.

[@OtterSam]

you forgot to mention French St Martin and Dutch St Maarten

[@joluoto]

Or the small island the Dutch and French still decided to partition for some reason.

[@martijn9568]

@@joluoto You mean Sint Maarten/St Martin??

[@Adwait22]

Long live soviet indo friendship

[@SNOUPS4]

"French" and "west Indies" just don't make sense together in my french mind: we never group this area under such a concept; the islands are "les Antilles", though

[@Cancoillotteman]

For French terrotories in America everyone seems somehow to forget Saint Pierre & Miquelon :p It especially has an interesting history in WW2 since it became re-taken by the Free French Forces without approuval from the allies, De Gaulle kinda sneaked them back under his control

[@Cancoillotteman]

@Olivier Verdys facist, not nazi. There s is a slight difference : German boats were forbidden passage ;)

[@adisura9904]

New here, would love to see you dive deeper into other countries that are not as often mentioned as ww2 nations. India being one of them, without which, the western world would look very different, would take up an episode alone.

[@Le0A]

I'm finnish and I love his prononciation of the finnish name lol

[@hentehoo27]

Indy has yet again slaughtered a Finnish name!

[@Didntwanttomakeauser]

@@hentehoo27 I thought he was supposed to be good. Everyone was praising his Finnish during Russia's little winter camping trip in '39-'40

[@mhyotyni]

Indy made a good effort once again. I promise not to make any question that he feels obliged to answer, mentioning my name, though 😬

[@64ankka]

Rarely have I heard an American pronounce such a difficult name so well. Propsit siitä!

[@ninaakari5181]

Strawberry fields forever

[@srinivasmetta2852]

Russians never Invaded India and they eventually became friends and state of Bangladesh was born...happy ending..

[@yarpen26]

Well, India supported East Pakistan in its revolt against the West and Russia was always looked upon fondly by Indian elites. That continues to this day.

[@madvlad1091]

You know if we have ww3, I would love if TimeGhost would do a week by week review on what happened in the war. If there is a side war than they can do a special on it.

[@jeffreycoulter4095]

Is the clock working? Appears to be running fast, although editing might have something to do with it. Good job!

[@מיכאלמרטיןבנדיקטוס]

Interesting and well done

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@gertvanpeet3120]

The dutch antilles ...in fact Six islands. Saba, st Eustatius and St Maarten. Stmartin...half of IT is french!

[@The_FatGeneral]

Meneer Van dijk yes

[@nicholasconder4703]

During your discussion about the French colonies in the Americas, I noticed that you did not mention St. Pierre and Miquelon in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Since they lie close to a major shipping lane for war supplies, they also have major strategic importance. Did they support the Vichy French, and if so, how were these islands affected during the war?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Great question, thanks! We'll note it down for possible discussions in later OotF episodes!

[@dewayneweaver2744]

Why am I not surprised by the French. The Poles were eager to fight. But not the French.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Keep in mind that most, tens of thousands, of the evacuated frenchmen returned to France before the armistice. And thus, to continue the fight.

[@jamestang1227]

Vichy was the legitimate French government at the time, the direct continuation of the previous one, that has signed an armistice with the Germans. The Poles kept following their London government's fight but for the French it was either following their legitimate government or going rogue with a not particularly famous Charles de Gaulle.

[@geoffreybawden6390]

Probably a dumb question but is the contents of this channel available on DVD? I’m a binge watcher myself.

[@paul1780]

I would love the complete WWI series on DVD/Blue ray. I'd financially support this becoming a reality.

[@WorldWarTwo]

We might do this at some point, but we have found that creating physical stuff is a much bigger effort than we originally anticipated, especially with the logistics and everything that follows. So we are looking for solutions that involve the whole value chain - as of yet we are a bit too small for any partners to offer us deals that make any financial sense for both them and us.

[@geoffreybawden6390]

World War Two Thanks for the response. The other factor is that (in non-communicable times) we spend a lot of time travelling by RV in places where streaming is rare. While DVD may seem verging on obsolete I don’t have to worry about bandwidth or (gasp!) download costs (so decades ago). Great material . Just terrific. Keep up the good work.

[@mcjpackersfan]

I love the Conrad Von Hötzendorf picture in the background.

[@icostaticrebound6007]

Does Indy just know these things off the top of his head or is there a list of information prepared for him to study beforehand?

[@WorldWarTwo]

The Chair of Infinite Knowledge passes wisdom and answers to him

[@wfellow1]

Excellent video, the kind of knowledge and detail I have come to expect from this channel. I wanted to ask what happened to the French possessions of Saint Pierre and Miquelon off the Canadian coast of Newfoundland during WWII? Were they left under Vichy Administration or were they occupied by the Canadians or British or Americans? Just curious. Thank You.

[@dankeykang868]

Respect to those 7000 Frenchmen. The heroes of France

[@jaojao1768]

Very true

[@blujayhill]

I was surprised there were only 7000. Seems like the others should have stayed in Dunkirk.

[@TheUstasha101]

Sorry but in context of history (specifically june 1940) those 7k free french soldiers had more loyalty to De Gaulle than their Homeland and families.With that being said those men were brave and patriotic (but so were the soldiers that returned back to Vichy France).My point being that De Gaulle and his volunteers are only praised for being on the winning side of ww2.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Keep in mind that most, tens of thousands, of the evacuated frenchmen returned to France before the armistice. And thus, to continue the fight.

[@kulturedyobbo]

I am stunned to find out that out of all the French that made it to Britain from Dunkirk, only 10% stayed in Britain to continue the fight. For a Pole, that would have been unthinkable! When I lived and worked in Poland for 10 months in 2004-5, I remember a none too flattering comment about the French from one of my Polish friends and work colleagues. Suffice to say, it referred to their generally ready acquiescence to Hitler. If I gave the exact statement, I think it would be censored.

[@EsotericDesi]

USSR was very friendly with India... Stalin, however, was shocked at the stupidity of India for not taking over Sri Lanka and Maldives... He was horrified when India's then foreign minister to USSR said India won't do it... Modern India's 100s of problems would be less painful had India not pursued peaceful policy towards those 2 tiny nations... which are VERY VERY anti-India...

[@benemuel3916]

I just noticed the painting of Conrad Von Hotzendorf. Hopefully he does not decide to invade Yugoslavia!

[@goupilmauperthuis8413]

Sorry to intervene but you missed Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, a french territory near Quebec. This case is interesting because it was one of the first to switch to de Gaulle's side. Moreover, Guyane, Martinique and Guadeloupe were not french colonies, but territories fully associated to french law, which means that the inhabitants had all french citizenship (at least in theory), contrary to Indochina or african colonies, who has special status.

[@agwilt]

Did you just call Molotov Stalin's *foreign miniature* at 4:42?

[@beachboy0505]

Very good

[@fullmetalroyal1216]

I love these!!!

[@davidduchesne8421]

I love these videos

[@abdelrahmanwael2551]

bauxite is aluminium ore

[@WillN2Go1]

Our governor here in California just 'grounded' the whole state. Isn't this a bit like being in a city when one army replaces another? What were the instructions to civilians when Paris was declared an open city and the government left? How about Stalingrad? Berlin? Rome? Oslo? Tokyo? And related, civilians clearly were in danger if a battle was going on. What was that like? Just hide in a basement until the shooting stopped, you ran out of food or water? (I do know someone who was in school when the Japanese Imperial Army took over Hong Kong, she said they smelled like BO, looked tired and wanted fountain pens, watches and jewelry. She later left the city with her sisters. The Japanese let people leave so they wouldn't have to be fed. I thought I was going to hear a story of fleeing in the night. They had 8 porters. Her sister, Anna Chennault soon stepped up and took over running their group. One day when everyone was impressed that I'd just walked across Hong Kong island I just looked at her and shrugged. "I know you walked to Guilin." She just smiled. Was it scary? "No. I was too young." She was 9.

[@OtterSam]

and what happened to French, St Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador?

[@WorldWarTwo]

They are still loyal to Vichy France as of March 1941.

[@rorrodeh]

Sitting on the Quarantine Couch

[@henrypollock7987]

I was just literally doing this as the ussr in hoi4 in my current game and just logged off to see this

[@Preuen-zs1fz]

Indy should have a episode where indy talks about the West indies and east indies after he talks about india

[@kbro7997]

I am from the West Indies actually. Wonderful video! ♥️🙂

[@thewestisthebest6608]

Imagine a world where Stalin is on Hitler's side and the Soviets and Japan invade India together Although Hitler never would have allowed that. He hated the Soviets so much and was so overconfident of victory that he never let logic get in the way of his folly of Barbarossa

[@jackdarby2168]

Are you saying Churchill supported the wrong Dictator?

[@SFFRN19]

Indian Subcontinent was the Crown of British Empire With Enormous Resources and Population and If you are regarding this in times of 1939 onwards Indian Independence moment was seeing huge Popularity in the people And of the Indian Freedom Fighter namely Subhash Chandra Bose also went to Imperial Japan and Soviet Union to Ask them for help (which I personally think would be catastrophe) to Throw out British Footings from Indian Subcontinent, In this case Japan Even Invaded Eastern Border of India Though they defeated and repelled..

[@death_parade]

@@SFFRN19 I love and respect Netaji. But India also mobilized for war in WW2. 2.5 Million Indian soldiers. Had India faced a double invasion from Japan and Soviet Union, India would have mobilized even more, as more Indians would have balked at the prospect of becoming slaves under newer powers, especially ones with reputation like Imperial Japan and Soviet Union. Had India mobilized like that, both Japan and Soviet Union would have found it untenable to advance deep into India. They might have taken some of India, but not all of it. But the absence of Indian forces in Middle East and Africa would have meant that Germans would have had a field day capturing and holding those territories.

[@death_parade]

But you are missing the point. Hitler hated Soviets. His aim was a massive and powerful Third Reich and Soviet Union was the only Lebensraum available that allowed both land and resources. Soviets knew this, and so would not have fallen for the ruse of diverting forces for a campaign against Afghanistan and then India.

[@alexandrvasilev2865]

It is easier to imagine the world where Churchill and Roosevelt are on Hitler's side. As they all were racists and colonialists. Imagine being a black American fighting against nazis in Europe and after all battles and wounds, they come back to home with victory against the biggest evil in the world, and at homeland they were treated like a subhuman. The nazi with SS tattoo fled to the USA had more rights then American veteran of WW2 with "wrong" skin colour.

[@robertalaverdov8147]

Was Stalin playing HOI4?

[@floris812]

Von Hotzendorf is always watching.

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

Great work! This city ia called Jalalabad thought, with a J!

[@sirknight6283]

I just realized that Conrad, is in the background

[@thegloriouspyrocheems2277]

Nice to see you haven't forgotten about me Indiana - ah the good ol' days of the Great War

[@WorldWarTwo]

How could we

[@meatusbeatus5548]

In reference to the first question: What about St. Pierre?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Still loyal to Vichy France as of March 1941.

[@cgaccount3669]

Weird Canada didn't invade.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

@@cgaccount3669 the free french will in the future without orders

[@brbear54]

I have a question for you. How could you have left out St Pierre and Miqilon? Three small islands off the coast of Newfoundland which were a politically huge pain in the backside from July 1940 through the early part of 1942 after the Free French took over the island. It caused major rifts between Canada, the United States and Great Britain. How about a what if. What would have happened if Roosevelt had acted on his impulse of sending a naval force including the battleship Arkansas to sink the Free French Fleet? De Gaulle had basically spit on both the Monroe Doctrine and the Act of Havana 1941. And what if the Vichy Fleet in Martinique had of been sea worthy enough to sail north and retake the islands? Great Britain could not allow it, but U.S. policy would have to support it. And what of Canada? After the fishing fleet incident, and especially after Pearl Harbor, was gravitating more to the U.S. for defense and away from Great Britain for security.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks for you suggestion! We've noted it down for a future OotF!

[@sigurdueland5194]

You should get an old/antique chair, preferably a leather chair which could be found in gentleman’s club in Britain

[@faunt07]

Nonsense. Soviets didn't intend to conquer India. And that pact had no deal with India. USSR had a threat to the east from Japan. In fact the pact was made to prevent Soviet Union having war on 2 fronts. Assault on India was excluded they already had threat from the West and East, they were no fools to start a war in the South. That would be suicidal move.

[@iron__man8000]

You spoke about the Indian Invasion but didn't mention about the Indian revolutionary leader Subhas Chandra Bose who travelled from India to Berlin through Moscow on a Italian passport and worked from there also creating a army from the German POW camps to launch an invasion of India through the USSR, And when that route was closed after operation babrossa, he travelled to Japan and the attacked British India through Siam with a Indian POW force under Japanese control. You skipped this very vital details about the Invasion of British India.

[@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by]

Because no invasion happened.

[@iron__man8000]

@@MostCommentsAreFake-ud8by I agree that no invasion happened however when you mention a plan you need to specify the local leader who was considered to be the spearhead of the forcoming invasion.

[@theoutlook55]

It's hard to fathom nowadays, but at one point that was a very real concern. It was kind of like the establishment of Communism in Cuba, the sudden creation of ISIS in Iraq , or China creating islands and bases in the South China Sea.

[@mitchells3345]

Great video but I have 2 questions, after the Yalta conference (i think it’s that one) did the allies and the ussr already speak of nuclear weapons or was it kept a secret? And also what were food rations like in places like the French West Indies 1942 or russia 1941

[@whocares435-z9v]

I think it was Secret but Stalin already knew because of his moles in the project.

[@johnyarbrough502]

@@whocares435-z9v Pretty sue it wasn't a topic at Yalta. At Potsdam, after being told the only test had worked, Truman told Stalin the US had a weapon of "great destructive ability" ( or words to that effect). Stalin is supposed to have replied something like "Well, I hope you use it" Soviets were getting information about the Manhattan Project. Some from spies and some from a few researchers who felt Atom secrets were to powerful to be monopolized. Don't know how much information filtered up to Stalin or what details he grasped.

[@dougie1943]

The discussion of nuclear weapon development was discussed at the Quebec conference of August 1943. The chief representatives were Churchill, Roosevelt and the Canadian Prime Minister, King. Josef Stalin leader of the Soviet Union, had been invited to join the conference, but he did not attend for military reasons. Churchill and Roosevelt had discussions about improving the coordination of efforts to develop an atomic bomb. Britain had been working on the bomb since 1940 and offered the research from its Tube Alloys project. The Canadians though not at that particular discussion was later to play a key role in this agreement as she was a major source of uranium and heavy water, both essential in the atomic bomb. It was decided not to discuss the matter with third parties, presumably Stalin. From this conference the seeds for the Manhattan Project was born.

[@pcb8639]

FYI: Your picture of American troops stationed in Paramaribo Surinam frame (1.47) is backwards. Everybody is left handed.

[@Sunny198325]

Hmmm Interesting to know Soviets had plan to invade India. Did they factor in the logistics required to be move troops across Hindukush. I think this whole plan was shelved after Churchill extended Olive branch to Stalin post Dunkirk as he realised it would almost impossible to take on Hitlers war machine all by himself and America was still in Will they or Wont they zone.

[@CloseUp1961]

What did happen to the French islands of St. Pierre & Miquelon?

[@michaelk4896]

From an ideological and geopolitical standpoint, it only makes sense for the USSR to invade British India. Too bad it would've never happened as only a prolonged state of non-aggression with Germany would allow for the USSR to allocate personnel and resources for such a massive undertaking. And considering Stalin's paranoia, he could never allow a German stroll to Moscow while he's busy failing in Afghanistan.

[@wouterkessel4852]

I mean, is it really paranoia if they're truly out to get you? At least in this instance, most of his paranoia regarding internal enemies was just far too much.

[@michaelk4896]

@@wouterkessel4852 Perhaps paranoia wasn't the best word, maybe "distrusting" would be better.

[@elemperadordemexico]

Von Hötzendorf's ghost watches over the Second World War.

[@WorldWarTwo]

His spirit has entered certain generals on both sides

[@Kijnn]

Could you also tell us what happened to the Belgian Kongo during the occupation? I couldn't find much about the Kongolese history in the time period of WW2 and would be very interested.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Kijnn Thanks for the question! If you wouldn't mind, could you submit this question on our community forum (community.timeghost.tv/c/Out-of-the-Foxholes-Qs), as KZbin comments are hard to keep track of and find back later 😅

[@jackdarby2168]

Thanks I never knew that Russians had sights on India. Wasn't India German's Interested in India also? I heard Rommel and his gang would push toward British India, there was a meeting between the Subash Chandra Bose and Hitler, Bose was very antagonistic to rhe British.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Conquering India was certainly a far-fetched, idealistic dream of Nazi high command. The idea for this would be: Capture Suez -> Link up with Vichy French Arabia and control the Middle East -> Invade Iran and assist invasion of the Soviet Union -> invade India. So it was long down on an idealistic bucket list.

[@joeperez3520]

Didn’t France posses (and still does) an island w/port near Canadian New Foundland that could have been seen as a threat/annoyance?

[@rohanyadav2502]

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[@alvaronieves5352]

What about the droid attack on the West Indies?

[@victorg3100]

i have one question, did the axis tried to support independence movements in the british empire like they did with the soviets in russia in ww1?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Sounds like a great question for Out of the Foxholes. You can submit questions on our Community Forum (community.timeghost.tv/c/Out-of-the-Foxholes-Qs). We'll make a selection and cover the most interesting ones in the show.

[@indrason6974]

Yes they did Subhash Chandra Bose is very famous indian figure who was a former president of Congress party he joined hands with the axis in an attempt to free India he even got indian pows to make a indian national army of about 70 thousand people

[@z_actual]

Curacao used to refine 100 octane aircraft fuel for the Brits early in the war for some reason the Germans seemed unaware of this

[@dirkvanmourik871]

The Germans knew the importance of Curaçao: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Curaçao

[@dirkvanmourik871]

Also: From 1918 onwards, the oil refineries on Curaçao and Aruba played a key role in relations between the islands and the United States. Since the islands and Suriname were the only non-occupied territories of the Kingdom of the Netherlands during World War II, Curaçao was center stage and strategically important to the Allied powers. The oil refineries on Curaçao and Aruba provided 70% of the fuel used by the Allies Forces.

[@timsmith428]

What about Saint Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of Newfoundland?

[@WorldWarTwo]

They are still loyal to Vichy France as of March 1941.

[@andrewdurand6569]

Like the picture of the greatest military leader of all time except for maybe Luigi Cadorna.

[@Psychonaut316]

Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Molotov beats a striking resemblance to Kelsey Grammer?

[@whocares435-z9v]

I find it difficult to imagine how you could sustain a modern army with a supply chain going through Afghanistan, even without insurgency. Did they even have railroads?

[@marcoskehl]

The numbers tells that Free French Forces where not so popular between the french soldiers in UK.

[@guguss3804]

Marcos Kehl Well it was complicated for them. Imagine the situation. Your country just signed an armistice, war is technically over for your country and You’re supposed to be sent back to France. Moreover, it is Petain, the winner of Verdun, considered a hero, who tells you it’s over. And then some unknown general (De Gaulle was not known at all at the time in the French Population) arrives and tells you to continue the fight in England against the orders of your superiors, therefore facing severe repercussions in France, in 1940 when Germany seems unstoppable. It’s actually pretty impressive that 7 thousand accepted to be part of the journey :D

[@marcoskehl]

@@guguss3804 I agree. Thank you!

[@ΝίκοςΤζαλαβάρας-ζ1ε]

0:53 Do i need to tell you what the fuck you can do with an aluminum tube?ALUMINUM!!!

[@generalcody8599]

What books is laying next to the telephone?

[@WorldWarTwo]

William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

[@generalcody8599]

@@WorldWarTwo thanks

[@jamescarr6324]

Does anyone know if the Italian invasion of Ethiopia was a bit more palatable because of the Ethiopian position of legalized slavery

[@hannahskipper2764]

Which chair is/was more comfortable? The Chair of Wisdom or the Chair of Infinite Knowledge? Or are you really psyching us out and they're one and the same...😛

[@abigfathorse9782]

Don’t get research the questions or just answer right if the top of his head? I feel like they have to research the but the way he’s just like “uuUuuhH aha!” Makes me think Indy just knows it all from memory haha

[@yarpen26]

He just tried to Renner what he just researched. People don't simply memorize random dates like this.

[@bremnersghost948]

Yow Indy, This is LOUD!!!!

[@ekmalsukarno2302]

Indy, have you already made a video on the East African Campaign during the Second World War?

[@stc3145]

They are doing it in the weekly episodes