027 - Hitler Plans His New Wars - Fall Gelb - WW2 - March 2 1940

[@WorldWarTwo]

Plans, plans and more plans. If all the plans that the Germans and the Allies are working were to be executed, coming spring will be a very busy time. But, if we have learned anything so far, is that things rarely go according to plan. Nevertheless, the Germans are preparing a bold move in the west. Sending a stunning seven panzer divisions behind enemy lines without proper support or resupply lines? Sounds crazy to me. I'm excited to see how that works out for them. *PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU COMMENT:* *RULES OF CONDUCT* STAY CIVIL AND POLITE we will delete any comments with personal insults, or attacks. AVOID PARTISAN POLITICS AS FAR AS YOU CAN we reserve the right to cut off vitriolic debates. HATE SPEECH IN ANY DIRECTION will lead to a ban. RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OR SLAMMING OF MINORITIES will lead to an immediate ban. PARTISAN REVISIONISM, ESPECIALLY HOLOCAUST AND HOLODOMOR DENIAL will lead to an immediate ban.

[@Jodonho]

True, but it is also true that no plan survives contact with the enemy.

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

It has been truthfully said that "knowledge equates to power". It the case of France and Britain, it seems more like their knowledge equates to the path to their own destruction, as they don't seem to have learned much at all from "The Great War", two centuries earlier on. (Edited on 2019-03-02: decades, not centuries!) So, simply because I am pretty sure there are people out there who might not be as familiar with the "Maginot Line" (as they (probably) should be, because it's a marvel of military defence construction, essential to the imminent future of WW2, and worth-while a visit to France to see!) or how it ties in with French border defences in 1940, against the perceived French fear of a repeat of Germany's assault on France back in 1914. So, what exactly is the "Maginot Line"? The "Maginot Line" was/is a humongous defensive fortification complex, made up concrete, citadel's, bastions, obstacles, etc., build as a "continues line" (or wall), solidly and for the most part buried beneath the ground, along the Franco-German border; stretching from the Franco-Swiss border in the south to the Franco-Belgium border in the North, with the attempted aim and goal of, in the event of any future war's with Germany or anyone else, forcing a direct assault against France to take place through the "Low Countries" -- Belgium and Holland, respectively. And before anyone asks: yes, the "Maginot Line" did indeed stretch past (poor!) Luxembourg along the Franco-Luxembourg border, effectively meaning that anyone trying to attack France through Luxembourg... well, it would not end well for poor Luxembourg as they would indeed become the battlefield itself! This massive fortification was build based on the experiences gained by the conduction of trench warfare during "The Great War" -- in particular the painfully gained experiences for an obvious need to defend France's strategic defensive positions against enemy (German) artillery, thus increasing survival probability of her defending soldiers, but also for her ability to effectively repeal any advancing infantry who may try to break through under the cover of, for instance, an artillery barrage, but also armour. The "Maginot Line" itself was equipped with all the weapons imaginable of the time. Machine guns, cannons, artillery, mortars, etc. in order to as effectively and deadly as possible repeal any oncoming assault. Mines, obstacles, barbwire, and trenches laid spread out between the front of the "Maginot Line" and the actual physical border itself, and were meant to slow down the attacker even more, not to mention act as a decided deterrent against any assault. The idea was that it would be easier for France to engage in open warfare against an invader along the much narrower Franco-Belgium border, which were also part of the "Maginot Line", albeit at a much-much weaker defensive condition than the southern half. The "Maginot Line" defence complex was named after the man who proposed and strongly advocated for it's construction, André Maginot, during his time as French Minister of War, serving between Nov. 1929 and Jan. 1932. The "Maginot Line" was build between 1929 and 1938 by former French Prime-minister, Paul Painlevé. I encourage all to go read up more about the "Maginot Line" as it is truly a marvel of engineering. And if you do, pay special attention to the 'flaws' that were made, and why we in modern military learning emphasis the importance of being able to move your forces rapidly and effectively! Fun-fact: The Maginot Line fully operational until it's was closed down in 1969. Cheers! Martin

[@ComissarYarrick]

"two centuries ago" ;) ?

[@arulshankarum2512]

Wait what's a holdomar?

[@rebelyell1983x]

when are you gonna to start making your videos in 4K??

[@HoH]

Eastory is doing such an incredible job with these maps..

[@themightyranger6321]

Your channel seems pretty cool, suscribed!

[@Combatsmithen]

Everyone sub to this guy he's got cool stuff

[@WorldWarTwo]

Agreed

[@mathiasbartl9393]

Allies: So we'll land in Norway to help Finnland.. Sweden: I see. Allies: And then we'll seize your ore fields. Sweden: What? Allies: To keep you from selling ore to Germany. Sweden: Excuse me?!?

[@thetsarofsalt2485]

It's absolutely astonishing how long Finland was able to hold each line if its defenses against the Soviet Union, especially when you compare the size of the 2 armies! I love this channel and the level of detail you go into in each episode!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks! This shows that it's not all size that matters..

[@faded_ink3545]

Poor Belgium, always the victim of larger powers machinations. Unless you’re the Congo, in which case this is the best instance of karma ever.

[@nirfz]

From outside it looks a bit like the kid that got bullied by bigger ones all the time, and later when itself had the opoertunity, it bullied someone even weaker.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

I live in Belgium

[@WorldWarTwo]

Guys... is this comment string an attempt to set a record in fulfilling Godwin's law? You might want to call that old Guinness book...

[@maxattack5338]

Perhaps what we learn here is that national pride and historical grudge holding arent always worthwhile.

[@dardo1201]

@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan @World War Two's comment was aimed at Albeto, who said that you sounded like a Nazi.

[@stephencarroll9935]

I remember a time when Norway and Denmark did the invading how the tables have turned

[@stephencarroll9935]

@@eatpoopoo vikings

[@seneca983]

@@eatpoopoo: Denmark (and Norway sort of since it was a part of Denmark back then) did invade during the 30 Years War as well, though that invasion wasn't as successful as the later Swedish invasion.

[@indy_go_blue6048]

You remember??? MAN, you're old!

[@Sundara229]

@@seneca983 only that denmark invaded sweden and in return got her ass kicked.

[@Tramseskumbanan]

@@Sundara229 You’re not even talking about the same war. He’s talking about the thirty years war and you are talking about various Danish invasions of Swedish territory.

[@E350tb]

If I were Denmark, I'd be getting very worried. Being sandwiched between Germany and Norway is not a happy situation about now...

[@menitobussolini659]

It need the whole Schleswig and Holstein

[@Realkeepa-et9vo]

You can't be in danger if you don't exist duh.

[@akrybion]

Denmark? You mean Northern Greater Germany.

[@dekaredfire]

Well, Denmark is actually *BIG* . The problem is, 98% of it lies outside of Europe and in contrast with French Colonies, Belgian Congo, and Dutch East Indies, don't provide significant amount of strategic resources.

[@gosforthlad]

@@dekaredfire Danish ( and Norwegian ) overseas possessions were critical in the Battle of the Atlantic - Faeries , Greenland , Iceland had little resources - but became vital anti-U boat bases .

[@FeHearts]

I believe that the Finnish defenses and the forts and bunkers in the invasion of Poland show that static defenses were not rendered obsolete in the 2nd World War. They have shown they are good for tree things. 1. Well defended and supplied, they can stop a more numerous enemy in their tracks. 2. Even underdefended they can delay an enemy for many days if not months. 3. They can force an enemy to funnel their troops into an area and denies them a zone of control.

[@annadelsiena]

Through chokepoints like the Finnish defense line was, sure. But (spoiler alert) give people the room to manouver like the Germans did to the French, and it's over quite quickly. Bypass doctrine is quite something when it gets room.

[@FeHearts]

@@annadelsiena Of course I'm not saying that bypass doctrine is not important, but Polish bunkers and fortress holding off entire German armies for weeks to a month certainly helped.

[@annadelsiena]

@@FeHearts But that's the whole point of that doctrine. Sure, those defenses can hold off armies for months on end. But that doesn't really matter if those defenders are sitting in those strongpoints while the rest of the region or country is already captured and under control

[@FeHearts]

@@annadelsiena That true, but isn't one of the uses of defenses to delay the enemy either to give time to reorganize or to split your enemies' armies off to defeat them piecemeal? The fortifications in Poland certainly gave the polish army more time to regroup, unfortunately the Soviets attacked them from the other end.

[@annadelsiena]

@@FeHearts While it did certainly buy them time, the Germans' plan was to keep pushing the assault with their armored units while the infantry dealt with the strongpoints, in this case, the polish fortresses and hardpoints. With this tactic, the Germans denied the Polish time to counterattack since the reserves get pushed further and further from a viable point to support or counterattack with the strongpoints. The moments where the defenders do start buying time is when they can stall the infantry for long enough to leave the armor units in danger of overextending, in which the Germans would stop their armored push to let the infantry catch up.

[@peteranderson037]

What are these beetles that you are talking about?

[@WorldWarTwo]

lovely comment

[@andysorensen1737]

Peter Anderson 8 days in a week? What is this nonsense?

[@ItRemindMeOfHome]

That's what I'm wondering too. I'm not sure what he's talking about

[@lek1223]

its about the Wolkswagen Beetle

[@nirfz]

@@ItRemindMeOfHome ...maybe you are too young to know: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ3IY6t-nbd7nZY now i feel old.

[@mrb3nz]

Are you planning on detailing the allied plans for defense against Germany? It's a common misconception that the French basically sat there with no plan at all and surrendered at the first sight of German tanks

[@WorldWarTwo]

Of course we will. We won't just roll with with common misconceptions, as I think this episode already shows.

[@mrb3nz]

@@WorldWarTwo Great to hear! :)

[@cvetomirgeorgiev9106]

Honestly the French plan was pretty solid but nobody expected the -Spanish inquisition- Blitzkrieg at that point

[@maciejmanna9246]

So You say French had specific plan HOW to surrender when they see German tanks?

[@kstreet7438]

macorl this isn’t a meme channel

[@podemosurss8316]

You know you are adict to The Great War when everytime you hear the name "Erich" you expect the surname to be "Ludendorff".

[@milanmajster5164]

Or falkenhayn

[@erlanggaprasetyo1606]

How about 'conrad' ?😅

[@podemosurss8316]

@@erlanggaprasetyo1606 Then you expect the surname to be "von Höltzendorff", and both be followed by a massive screwup.

[@waltuh2.3bviews3secondsago3]

I’m a WW2 addict so I think about manstein if I hear ‘erich’

[@Ejmakaronsky]

​@@podemosurss8316and when you hear Luigi ?😅

[@maciejmanna9246]

Mod: "Franco-British foreign policy is to be characterized by muddle and incompetence." Czechoslovakia has left the chat. Poland has left the chat. Finland has left the chat. Denmark: Whaaa... Norway: Wh...

[@maciejmanna9246]

@@gg829 My bad. Also Austria is a tricky one :)

[@Arbiter099]

Beetles? Could this be the codename of a wunderwaffe which bend the forces of time and give Germany a complete extra day in the week? How can the Allies fight such a power?

[@nirfz]

more like a british weapon of "mass attraction" of the 60's and 70's and one of their "brainchilds".... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZ3IY6t-nbd7nZY

[@MarvinCZ]

@@nirfz It's 1940, unless they've got a crystal ball, they can't possibly be talking about the 1960's or even 70's.

[@MemestiffGaming]

@@nirfz r/wooooosh

[@nirfz]

@@MemestiffGaming ? i am too old to know what that should mean...

[@eagletanker]

It is a unhelpful saying, so instead of explains the joke, they say woosh and run away

[@georgekougioumtzoglou5344]

I LOVE this "touch" with the phone! So clever and immersive addition. I really love your narrationand the structure of your videos and I have "borrowed" some ideas and techniques for my lectures. I'll include your series (WW1 and WW2) as examples of great narrative, presentation and technical perfection in my Digital Media course.

[@rabihrac]

The leap year of 1940 ! Being able to point out to the 8th day of this week is one of the things that makes your show so unique (10:00)

[@Oxtocoatl13]

My favorite piece of winter war trivia is that Christopher Lee volunteered to fight with the Finns. He made it to Finland but didn't get to see action before the war ended.

[@maxwelllipphardt9118]

Thanks!

[@WorldWarTwo]

@Maxwell Lipphardt Thanks for watching! Be sure to subscribe and watch every week, we're already in February 1943 by this point

[@antilarge7860]

This entire series just hits different today. Love your work

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your contribution and support to our channel.

[@SonicsniperV7]

I find it really impressive the lengths the Germans are going to to avoid another "trench war". Frankly, I can't blame them.

[@adm0iii]

"How did we lose the last war? Hmm, okay. So, how about we don't do that again?"

[@MrGreenotwo]

Good video guys! Hope all is well. Keep reeling them out as much as you can. Can't get enough of these videos, good thing for the youtube algorithm keeping me posted when you upload.

[@asotljc]

Indy, you are an historian of the first class. We thank you more than you can know for your labor.

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're very welcome! Thanks for the support!

[@syyhkyrotta]

Golden content!! :) Thanks again for the great upload!

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're welcome!

[@KeroSelene]

March 2 1940 Indy:Like the Beatles. Other guy on phone: Who the fuck are the beatles?!

[@Eienias]

only just started watching this channel a few days ago and i find it all so fascinating. world war 2 history has always been my personal favorite to look into and write about for school essays and such. going this in depth to the whole conflict and everything is something new and i love every second of it its amazing and honestly frustrating how long the finns were left to fight all alone and how long they held out despite everything

[@WorldWarTwo]

Glad you're enjoying this series!

[@tuomaspirinen8018]

I'll never get tired of listening to Indy.

[@carbo73]

Best book BY FAR about the German offensive through the Ardennes and the Meuse in 1940 is "The Blitzkrieg Legend", by Karl-Heinz Frieser. Awesomely detailed and well written. And what maps!!!

[@whatonearth9809]

I’m watching the whole series from the very start, episode by episode. It’s been brilliant so far, really looking forward to catching up! I wonder who’ll win 😂

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for your dedicated viewing!

[@cannonfodder4376]

The explanations and animations are fantastic as always. The music added that nice extra touch to the description and animation of the Manstein plan. Informative, especially with Von Bock's criticisms of the plan. But in the end, Germany put all its eggs in a very good basket this time around and surpassed even their own expectations. The force quality disparity is stark as you laid out in this video, the French and British did well, but they were not ready for what Germany brought to bear.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you very much!

[@buster117]

'This would only provide the Germans toilet paper for the rest of the war' Oversimplified history

[@detleffegers3780]

This is the 27th episode I am watching and I want to point out - again - THAT THIS IS GREAT STUFF! Thank you!

[@WorldWarTwo]

You're welcome!

[@speedydb55]

"Everyone is making plans to invade Norway." Norway: ".....Ah, crap."

[@freetolook3727]

Caller: "Are you talking about our work week?" Indy: "Yeah, like the Beatles, eight days."

[@WorldWarTwo]

Ours definitely is ;)

[@bloodmagiclord8253]

Best episode so far imo, some great quotes. Keep up the good work!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@oneofmanyjames-es1643]

Poor Norway

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

*Luxembourg

[@WorldWarTwo]

Luxemway?

[@mortengottschalck]

This is incredible. I'm going through these videos like a hot knife through butter.

[@thomasm934]

i love your channel. One history admirer to another.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thanks!

[@frankwhite3406]

Great Episode most Enjoyable!

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant Episode!!!

[@sako5751]

Hope you guys enjoy the nice weather in those last days of February! :)

[@WorldWarTwo]

Here in the Netherlands it was amazing. Had a good long run in the sun on Monday but other than that mostly saw my laptop screen and inside of my office ;)

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@WorldWarTwo You should come to Belgium that's where I am right now. Come to Luxembourg it's even better there!

[@alancarney9062]

'8 days a week' is a Beatles lyric (1960's). Playful Indie... Luv it.

[@christopherx7428]

I don't really understand the emphasis on Gällivare? Sure, there was an iron mine there as well, but the main mine in the area is and was in Kiruna. At the time there was no road between Narvik and the Swedish side, though - only a single railroad. The road was opened as late as in the 80s.

[@kingofcool]

Love the channel, minor advice though: If you can focus your camera on Indy's face instead of the wide or background focus point it currently has, Indy will be sharply in focus. At the moment it looks a tiny bit off. Alternatively you can increase your aperture number for more depth of focus, but you'll probably need more light. Thanks again for the channel!

[@illiteratethug3305]

This is such a superb series. I'm guessing you guys are big fans of The World at War?

[@alexfish3120]

I'm sad whenever the weekly story time with Indy is over, it's so short :(

[@suvaraih2266]

Great job as always, but aren't those BT tanks at 9:57?

[@kingsofserbiangameplay1623]

Here we go through Ardennes!

[@theokaraman]

In 1914-1918 Germany left Netherlands unoccupied and to act as a neutral port for supplies (I dont know if that worked though). In 1940 Germans decided to attack and occupy Netherlands. Why they changed their minds in this war? It doesn't seem that Netherlands are much of strategic importance for attacking France.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

It was more because of the airport's for attacking Britain. But it won't happen because Luxembourg will crush Germany

[@fullmetalfunk]

1. there's a bit in the south of the Netherlands that juts in between Germany and Belgium. if they that if they wanted to go through with their plan of going through the Ardennes it would be easier to move through and in turn occupy the southern Netherlands. they apparently kinda flip flopped on whether they should invade or not but then the Luftwaffe got involved which leads to reason number 2. 2. Luftwaffe high command insisted they take the Netherlands because they didn't want the British to invade it and use their airbases to stage bombing attacks on Germany. instead they wanted the Luftwaffe to use those airbases to stage bombing attacks on Britain and serve as a buffer between the RAF and Germany.

[@TheLocalLt]

thekar the reason is because this army was not supposed to invade France it was supposed to draw the allies as far East as possible, this is why they attacked much further east in WWII, instead of only in Belgium like in WWI. Also the German army was much stronger in WWII in comparison to Belgium and Netherlands, remember they had a tough time with Belgium in WWI so they probably couldn’t have invaded Netherlands even if they wanted to

[@TheHandgunhero]

Because they wanted Dutch airfields, pretty much it.

[@TheLocalLt]

Aidan Templeton true but if they could have won without occupying Netherlands they could have just occupied it afterwards to get the airfield. The airfields were for the coming war against Britain, the attack on the Netherlands was purely diversionary in the context of the war against France

[@jimb.942]

Another great job Indy! You smoke mainstream media.

[@Sleep-is-overrated]

Just out of curiosity, do you plan on doing a video sometime in the future about the American home front? If so, there’s a number of bunkers in cities like San Francisco for example that would make an interesting video. In fact, there’s a battery called Townsly in Marin that has a 16in gun from BB Missouri mounted out front, and is also open to the public on the first Sunday of the month. Hope this helps in the future!

[@WorldWarTwo]

We certainly will! We probably won't be able to go there though..

[@TheChieftainsHatch]

@@WorldWarTwo You don't need to go there, I've already done it for you. With quite a good video, if I say so myself. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y17aloqPap2giJo

[@WorldWarTwo]

Then we’ll link there ;-)

[@Marukuzuu]

Where was Heinz Guderian during these times. Wasn't he one of the main contributers to the Blitzkreig tactic?

[@WorldWarTwo]

Guderian was one of the key figures of the invasion of France, and though he approved Mansteins plan, he didn't have too much to do with the design phase.

[@AarenJable]

I'm really looking forward to the episode where Antarctica enters the war; everyone knows Antarctica won the last war.

[@nirfz]

not sure about that, Argentina established a little post there manned all year round to be able to claim land as soon as the ice melts, they even transfered a pregnant women there so they could have an argentinian born there. (as far as i know the only person till today born in antarctica.)

[@sandis7674]

I thought it was thunder dragon empire

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Luxembourg is better

[@AarenJable]

@Prussian Eagle Antarctica, we stand on guard for thee

[@WorldWarTwo]

Hey Anonymous Person - have you watched the latest Between 2 Wars episode? Fake News in the Radio Age? You should... we mention RTL 😬 😝

[@ward2921]

A episode on my birthday, how lovely

[@WorldWarTwo]

Happy Birthday!

[@procyonant6805]

Please explain to me why aid from Norway to Finland couldn't go right across the border of these countries, but only via Sweden? Were there no roads at all? Now there is a road called Karigasniementie. So 80 years ago, it wasn't built yet?

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

Well these videos have focused on Sweden but I recall reading Norway didn’t wish anyone pass through it’s territory either to help Finland.

[@sarasamaletdin4574]

These plans by allies are also made since they want the Swedish ore so that’s why they want to go there rather most importantly.

[@Oxtocoatl13]

They could've gone only through Norway if Noway would have let them, but that's a much longer road than going through Sweden. The supply lines would have to run the length of Lapland along narrow and bad roads or more likely railways. Cutting through Sweden would help save time and solve the iron ore issue.

[@adm0iii]

This is before highways. Also, we're talking North of the Arctic Circle during Winter -- perpetual dark and below the freezing point of even anti-freeze. No army can be supplied through that limited border.

[@kartvelianmapping808]

i like this show, btw will you do an episode on foreign legions of wehrmarcht. shalva maglakelidze was leader of georgische legion and was general-mayor of wehrmarcht. he fought on the eastern front, and was last to leave battle of the caucasus.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Perhaps we will

[@HH-tc3wf]

March 2nd starts final battle of Kollaa (there have been fighting 7th december 39 ->). There was strongest artillery preparation of Winter War, when soviets shoot in that one one day 40 000 shells pretty small area, finns could shoot just 1000 shells.

[@stebateus7730]

5:36 Did someone just fall off bike or truck :D or why is there a guy rolling sideways on the ground when rest are driving by xD.

[@remenir97]

The ‘Von’ in the german family names reminds me of that Allo Allo episode. Good times

[@palious13]

I love Keegan's books.

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

And now for something completely different. It’s *Monty Python’s Flying Circus Theme*

[@LoneWanderer727]

France is prepping for WW2 like the AI in a paradox game. Actually, I think a computer might be able to respond a bit quicker to some of the stress than French High Command.

[@billyjackson2605]

Keep up the hard work!

[@WorldWarTwo]

We will!

[@pffspffs1606]

Through the Ardennes?? Are you kidding me, there is no way they can push through there, i mean it's a forrest, the allies already have this war in the bag.

[@pnutz9010]

What's going on in China atm

[@Zwickerly2]

@Robs The Germans aren't doing anything either yet we're still getting regular updates about their machinations. What's Japan planning? How is the embargo affecting them? Is there any tension on the Soviet border? What's China planning? How's the alliance holding up? There's a story there.

[@TheExoGames]

5:38 soldier rolling is actual karate move that Hitler forced German army to learn. In order to please Japan, confuse allies and inspire Italians...

[@mastermeatball4645]

my mother was a teen in germany during the war. She says her father, my grandfather, was in Norway. Were can I search to find documentation?

[@WorldWarTwo]

There are plenty of archives where you could start. If you know where he lived, I'm sure there's some records in that municipality archive.

[@Schtonk944]

Is there a source to the map you use for the Explanations?

[@thechairman1021]

If got one question about the map, why are the areas given to Poland after the Versailles treaty marked as occupied as the Generalgouvernement, because they where annexed by Germany after the fall of Poland in 1939 ?

[@WorldWarTwo]

We won't mark Nazi German claims as Germany - by all legal definitions it was all occupied Poland - we differentiate between the Genralgouvernement and the annexed parts ONLY when it is relevant to behaviour of the Germans in occupied Poland and even then it is only different shades of occupation.

[@civishamburgum1234]

I wonder, with whom Indy is phoning....

[@darkgrievous423]

Conrad Von Hotzendorf's ghost

[@TheHandgunhero]

Probably Lord Blackadder.

[@nilayshrivastava4596]

@World War Two what is the soundtrack being played in the background at 1:45?

[@WorldWarTwo]

March Of The Brave 10 - Rannar Sillard

[@nilayshrivastava4596]

@@WorldWarTwo I couldn't find it online, was this music composed by you guys? In any case, I really love the synchronization between music and narration.

[@edward7835]

Was “Sichellschnitt” a term actually used in pre-war German plans? I read that it was a post war description by Churchill (“sickle cut”) and adopted by German generals after the war.

[@CosminAlbert]

What is the background music?

[@erikcyprich5422]

Greetings from Slovakia 🇸🇰🔥

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Greetings from Belgium. But I'm originally from Luxembourg

[@erikcyprich5422]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 thank you very much welcome 👍

[@WorldWarTwo]

Where are you from Anonymous Person?!? Never heard of the place...

[@jonbaxter2254]

You teamed up with Sabaton!! Why am I just learning about this!!!

[@WorldWarTwo]

Don't know :)

[@thebatstory6451]

Love what you guys are doing but what if you had a series on comparing the masse of World War 2 media I.e movies,games ect

[@WorldWarTwo]

We might doo something with media products at a later stage ;) one thing at a time

[@thebatstory6451]

But I honestly love what you guys are all doing I started following The Great War in 2017. I will continue to watch your videos because they are awesome and informative. Your channel really got me into World War 2.

[@WorldWarTwo]

Great to hear! Glad to have you watching

[@andrewfavot763]

I seen that Char 2C... I thought they were all scrapped by the start of WW2. Did they see any action during this war?

[@WorldWarTwo]

We'll get to it ;)

[@petardragiyski6442]

The closer we get to April and May the more exciting it gets!! Can't wait for the invasion of Norway Operation Weserübung and the legendary escape of the British at Dunkirk!! Also please cover the naval battles of the German warships in north sea after all they got some success. RIP HMS Glorious and Hood

[@IntyMichael]

He knows already the Beatles in 1940...he is a foreteller!

[@Fifty1stState.]

Okay, was not expecting a plug about a heavy metal band!

[@mikeretromeister8646]

I always thought "sickle cut" was not the official name of the operation, but a cool name Winston Churchill came up with after the fact, but you presented it like it was the official name...

[@adamreimus]

"Eight days, like the Beatles" hahaha. Love that one!

[@erikinamillion]

love the musical references ❤ 8 days a week and in a previous episode the Nirvana lyric 😊

[@bobsempletank]

Good job on the vid

[@DanielLopez-up6os]

YAY A NEW EPISODE!

[@dornier2643]

Fritz Todt, the engineering idol. Can't wait for this.

[@panzerabwerkanone]

Remember the Sabaton to keep it holy.

[@Medytacjusz]

9:40 Is there any data as to any effects the leaflet droppings could have had?

[@MegaAdelus]

Hi, Soon will be aniversary of death (30th april 1940) of Major Henryk Dobrzański "Hubal", one of the last fighter in regular combat on polish territory, are you planing some special on him?

[@WorldWarTwo]

I don't think it fits in an entire special episode, but it 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.

[@bernardobiritiki]

What tanks trough the ardenes? Impossible its too dense nothing can go trough

[@Flow86767]

*Finkand!Please HOLD!!!*

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮 Soumi!!!

[@ninaakari5181]

Perkele

[@hidof9598]

Without that call, Finland would have given in How, the butterfly effects

[@HotQahwe]

History and heavy metal? Yes please

[@flakafazliu4776]

Didn't they go through the Ardennes before

[@loke72]

The Invasion of Denmark in the morning hours of April 9. 16 Danish soldiers were KIA .and 20 wounded Germans between 5-10 KIA and 25-30 wounded. We can safely say this was the least bloody camping under WW2 .

[@Slippyboy]

Some nice breakdancing @ 5:38

[@criminy_]

An important difference between the French and German tanks was how many more German tanks had radios compared to French tanks. The German tanks may not have had particularly strong armor or armament at this point in the war, but they did have some crucial advantages over tanks fielded by other armies, especially the French army.

[@battleofkursk50]

Fourth time rewatching every episode now

[@WorldWarTwo]

Thank you for watching! We appreciate your support over all those rewatches

[@Jake-oz3fy]

Love the episode

[@Koopinator]

1:44 are you sure about that? because Wikipedia told me that the German plans were never called "Sichelschnitt" - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manstein_Plan#Sichelschnitt

[@michelangelobuonarroti4958]

Actually, the Luftwaffe wasn't larger than the allied airforces. It was just better equipped and trained in 1940... Also the state of readiness in the allied airforces was quite poor

[@dr3yfusz]

Please talk about Max Manus from norway!