D-Day - The Atlantic Wall - Extra History

D-Day - The Atlantic Wall - Extra History - Part 4

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📜 History of D-Day, The Great Crusade, Part 4
The Germans had established a secure barrier against the Allied invasion of France - or so they believed until the D-Day landings in Normandy caught them by surprise and the Atlantic Wall quickly fell apart.
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@extrahistory 5 жыл бұрын

Listen to this Extra History series as a podcast! becausegamesmatter.com/podcast

@samuelbonell8850 5 жыл бұрын

Yeet

@bigyoshiofficial 4 жыл бұрын

Yeet

@tuxedobird9227 4 жыл бұрын

Yeet

@XxAryaxX 4 жыл бұрын

YEeeEEeet

@campwang9861 4 жыл бұрын

yeet

@MURPHYCHACHO 5 жыл бұрын

...but did Rommel's wife like the shoes he got her?

@massineben7198 5 жыл бұрын

*Now we are asking the real questions*

@trasyndha2368 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, who cares about d-day? (I do!) we want to know about Rommel's wife and her new shoes!

@eugenio5774 5 жыл бұрын

they were the wrong size actually.

@trasyndha2368 5 жыл бұрын

Oof... all that for the wrong size shoe, poor Rommel...

@firstconsul7286 4 жыл бұрын

That is the important question

@marylandkinnie 5 жыл бұрын

“Rommel also had a _personal_ relationship with Hitler” *That could be taken in so many different ways*

@animo9050 4 жыл бұрын

Yea

@WatcherCobalt 4 жыл бұрын

Time for some slash fics!

@magoswes3588 4 жыл бұрын

This is too heretical for me

@funtimefredboi3877 4 жыл бұрын

@@magoswes3588 thats impresif tohear from two Chaos gods

@magoswes3588 4 жыл бұрын

Phantom Freddy I’m not from slannesh

@elroyscout 7 жыл бұрын

Poor Romel, the guy is one of the few dudes who remember his girl's special day, he has it all planned in advance... but freedom had other plans!

@tidewater5679 7 жыл бұрын

Christopher OBrien he was also killed unfairly

@GearyDigit 7 жыл бұрын

I know. If only he was there on the scene, the invasion could've been done with less Allied casualties!

@smejkal1846 7 жыл бұрын

yeah, he killed himself

@epicfailurecz2083 7 жыл бұрын

"Sweat saves blood. Blood saves lives. But brains... brains saves both."

@freakymoejoe2 7 жыл бұрын

To my knowledge he wasnt exactly a friend of hitler's. Beyond repeatedly ignoring orders to kill civilians and prisoners, i believe he was also involved in a plot to kill the fuhrer.

@windlegendz3570 6 жыл бұрын

"WE NEED TANKS IN NORMANDY!" "Did the Fuhrer say you could move the tanks from Paris?" "No, contact him immediately!" "Uh, he's asleep." "..."

@jumajasjas2925 5 жыл бұрын

Too good to be true

@elroyscout 5 жыл бұрын

Cue Nazi table flip

@trasyndha2368 5 жыл бұрын

@@elroyscout That seems to be one of their favourite things to do, flip tables. WHAT DID THE TABLES DO TO YOU?

@ttry1152 3 жыл бұрын

**** i imagine rommel was like ****

@awesomeaiden5218 3 жыл бұрын

“ ;-; “

@gam3rtim352 7 жыл бұрын

I'm learning more about WW2 here than from school.

@devonalexreckon6048 7 жыл бұрын

Tyler Richard you have a bad school

@zockertwins 7 жыл бұрын

Guess you live in Germany then ?

@cpMetis 7 жыл бұрын

If it's not on the tests, they don't teach it.

@moartems5076 7 жыл бұрын

Tyler Richard in austria we depressingly learn mostly about war crimes (especially KZ's) and very little about the military story. but hey at least us&a predated us in eugenic and race thinking, we just did the "real" thing. *sarkasm*

@VI5ix6 7 жыл бұрын

DPR i am appalled at that

@stickmanhistory8598 5 жыл бұрын

Here's a fun fact: Those mines that jumped into the air (mentioned early in the video) were referred to as “de-bollockers” by the British due to the extensive damage caused to the area around the gentials (“Bollocks” being British slang for testicles). Just thought some people might enjoy that.

@lightmetro7508 5 жыл бұрын

They were also nicknamed bouncing Betty's by the Americans I believe

@seashellguy9416 Жыл бұрын

imagining being a female brit soldier and being attacked by one of those

@mewmew8932 10 ай бұрын

the world's worst nut shot

@WargamingEurope 7 жыл бұрын

aaand we're live with the last episode! Hope you have enjoyed the series.

@gonotgone1 7 жыл бұрын

Wargaming Europe it's great to see you guys supporting Extra Credit I already enjoy playing the games but seeing the history brought to life like this makes it even better

@martinconway8174 7 жыл бұрын

More of this

@gianniskaranikolas3948 7 жыл бұрын

Wargaming Europe We. Need. More.

@dan7564 7 жыл бұрын

Last episode? The ending made it sound like a stay tuned.

@josmeijers2818 7 жыл бұрын

I personally do not like any your games, but i sure do appreciate wargaming for sponsoring this series. good job !!!

@badoodadoodadoo7653 5 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact about Rommel: Rommel served in WWI in the west, Romania, and Italy. At the battle of Caperetto, he used a small company of infantry to climb up an entire hill and captures 9000 PRISONERS!

@copycat7685 4 жыл бұрын

I can see Vegeta crushing his scouter while reading this.

@rodneyjenkins2578 Жыл бұрын

0-0

@germanogirardelli Жыл бұрын

Easy when fighting the Italians. Officers up to high command were absolute idiots.

@EtherealWonders1216 Жыл бұрын

Why did you emphasize prisoners

@glfagle-grindle7754 10 ай бұрын

Rommel also served in Africa and was nicknamed the " desert fox"

@sultanmutschi 7 жыл бұрын

i liked that they showed a view from the german forces what went wrong and how the commandline worked. It gives you an idear how the Wehrmacht worked and how corrupted the chain of command was. Its nice to see that instead of the constant allied view especiall the only ones who were big shown in documentarys are the british or american but never the other forces who joines the allies

@slorvidask5867 6 жыл бұрын

"tiny"

@EternalGaming786 6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Showing Americans/U.K like they single handedly won entire war is wrong :o

@ragzaugustus 6 жыл бұрын

It was also pretty corrupt.

@maxmuller8633 4 жыл бұрын

@@EternalGaming786 Say that to every Hollywood movie

@ttry1152 2 жыл бұрын

@@EternalGaming786 while yes in europr yes. In the pacific no. We turned back the japanese at Australia at port moresby, we flipped the offensive we stopped them from rushing across china in iran and taking the oil fields almost dooming the british even more.

@HOVNA 7 жыл бұрын

I always used to skip Extra History. Now Im binge-watching it.

@silverdays2909 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah boi

@ganaaganaa7657 Жыл бұрын

Good good......... good.........good

@alanlowstuter9698 Жыл бұрын

Same

@gierhardtsloan8502 7 жыл бұрын

"I aim to shred" -Rommel's asparagus *1944*

@AudieHolland 4 жыл бұрын

Rommel's inundated land: welcome to knee-deep water, American paratrooper. In the dark, without a 'quick-release' system like the British had, many American paratroopers landed in knee to waist-deep water, became entangled in their parachute lines and could not orientate themselves in the dark, in the wet, cold water. So they drowned.

@dernwine 7 жыл бұрын

oooh I genuienly did not expect a German PoV episode for this. Well played EC, very well played!

@dams6829 6 жыл бұрын

Logical Phallusy Nobody expects German POV!

@topsekrit9836 5 жыл бұрын

Erwin: Ok, I am here to give you a surprise! An Officer comes in: The allies have landed in Normandy! Erwin's Wife: Is this the surprise?

@shanesiddall69 4 жыл бұрын

Enrichment17 ya lol

@LittleJimmy835 7 жыл бұрын

7:30 So you're telling me, in addition to every other horrible thing about Hitler, he was also lazy.

@fangorn23 6 жыл бұрын

And he took drugs recreationally. I read that he would hype himself up on the drug equivalent to methamphetamines before he went out to deliver his speeches. Which explains to me why his gestures are so wild and frankly over-dramatic for what is supposed to be a serious political leader speaking directly to his people/troops. It was a different time. the idea of being addicted and facing withdrawals and side effects from drugs just never occurred to most people. One of the most popular things American citizens sent to troops was a gift package that included a couple doses of heroin and other drugs to "keep up morale", or maybe that was WW1, either way it wasnt that long ago during WW2

@JasonDoe1000 6 жыл бұрын

fangorn23 German elite troops and many panzer battalions were also given out "Panzerschokolade" which was pure methamphetamines

@kingkong381 6 жыл бұрын

He regularly slept in late and spent a lot of his waking hours watching movies in a private cinema.

@xornxenophon3652 6 жыл бұрын

My gosh! Killing 80 millions people is an ugly trait, but also being lazy is simply unacceptable! Imagine what a Hitler that was energetic and had a positive attitude towards hard work could have achieved (sarcasm off).

@festethephule7553 5 жыл бұрын

@bigbenhoward I mean...to be honest, it kinda isn't.

@xolaya 3 жыл бұрын

4:20 the allies landing on the belgian border WOULD be quite unexpected.

@thesillyone3837 3 жыл бұрын

I saw that aswell

@safe-keeper1042 Жыл бұрын

lol

@desmay2studios Жыл бұрын

lol

@themirror8994 7 жыл бұрын

victory long way ahead? nah, it will be over before christmas.

@TaliZVasTyria 7 жыл бұрын

Gorbag Quick-Blades battle of the bulge quote ftw

@DarkTider 7 жыл бұрын

Sane people: Right, let's get to invading Germany and end this war quickly! Tally hoo!! De Gaulle: Nooo, you meanies! I want Pariiis so I can become presideeeeent!

@Rayan-bj8wn 7 жыл бұрын

Over Before Christmas™

@robertli3600 6 жыл бұрын

well I guess you can say that compared to the soviets who fought for 4 years now. The american invasion didnt really last that long

@winstonball6821 6 жыл бұрын

Hello, Mr. Hussein

@marcinmazurek8124 7 жыл бұрын

Rommel is an interesting figure, I wonder if we'll eventually have some episodes on him. Yes, I know - there's a general taboo on German generals, but Rommel was well respected even by his enemies.

@anteerceg527 6 жыл бұрын

that would be great!

@Ol_Bron 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Rommel actually disliked the Nazi party.

@jackson0335 5 жыл бұрын

@@Ol_Bron that sounds about right, after all he was intelligent

@trasyndha2368 5 жыл бұрын

Ever seen the greatest tank battle episode on battle of 73' easting?

@captainrev4959 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Rommel openly defied Hitler‘s orders to commit war crimes quite frequently.

@derAedil 7 жыл бұрын

6th of June 1944 Allies are turning the war Normandy state of anarchy Overlord!

@noHarmony1 7 жыл бұрын

At that point the war had already turned.

@prowhiskey2678 7 жыл бұрын

derAedil yeaaah primo victoria

@PeterP_ 7 жыл бұрын

Aiming for heaven though serving in hell Victory is ours their forces will fall!

@jameschebahtah 7 жыл бұрын

NoHarmony they are song lyrics

@noHarmony1 7 жыл бұрын

Oh, I wasn´t aware that it was a song, sry. What do you mean with misinformation? If you want to name a turning point in the war you could name Stalingrad or some others, but certainly not the invasion of Normandy. By that point in time the war was pretty much decided.

@TaliZVasTyria 7 жыл бұрын

Spoiler The germans lost the defenses of the atlantic wall

@saddenedwiseman810 7 жыл бұрын

Archangel_Omega You are bloody kidding me! Dude, way to ruin the entire series now. I do not even know what to say....and I even thought germany had this fight in the bag....

@TaliZVasTyria 7 жыл бұрын

Saddened Wiseman then i don't think you wanna know what happened to hitler

@lynnusuk2092 7 жыл бұрын

spoiler he killed him self in the bunker while Berlin is at siege

@dementedbowine8681 5 жыл бұрын

somehow we all saw that coming

@Trizz_. 5 жыл бұрын

@Archangel_Omega I hate you for that

@LCErus 7 жыл бұрын

PLEASE do a series on the Eastern Front, it is not nearly covered enough in a lot of US history classes

@rustyslug2943 7 жыл бұрын

doubt it was more than a year cause verdun is the longest one and it was about 312 days

@The-mw3hc 6 жыл бұрын

us history not Russian or german history

@dams6829 6 жыл бұрын

InFamous Memes It kinda wasn't one battle but kinda meatgrinder with over 1 million dead.

@davehoffman4659 5 жыл бұрын

LCErus well, this channel does have Kursk! I'm sure it has Leningrad! No? Ok, I'll keep looking. How about Stalingrad? No? Ok, but it HAS to at least mention Guderian, right? NO?! Ok then...

@ttry1152 2 жыл бұрын

They did one on kursk

@penguinatee210 6 жыл бұрын

Even if he was a Nazi, I respect Erwin Rommel and his tactics, he was truly a war genius with lots of great speeches to give

@cgaccount3669 5 жыл бұрын

I heard he was a nazi with a twist. He never committed war crimes and openly defied orders to do so. He also treated prisoners with respect. Go figure

@trasyndha2368 5 жыл бұрын

Never knew he was honorable... well... he did have some good tactics, i think our armored divisions still use some of his tactics.

@maxmuller8633 4 жыл бұрын

@@trasyndha2368 They sure do, Blitzkrieg for example

@kylefitz.2639 4 жыл бұрын

@@cgaccount3669 He never joined the NSDAP

@duyanh4609 2 жыл бұрын

@@cgaccount3669 he commited some war crimes ,not too much but not innocent

@danielwensink7792 7 жыл бұрын

Nazis were there own worse enemy at times.

@spindash64 7 жыл бұрын

Daniel Wensink I was watching band of brothers a week or so ago, and when they got to the part where, commenting on how even in surrender the German troops kept their chins up in pride, my immediate though was, "that's no surrender, that's a successful retreat from the Russians" Honestly, everyone but Hitler and a select few wanted the war to be over by that point. They wanted to sue for peace, of course, which means they probably wouldn't have tried to sully their own name with the little camps they set up, but you get the picture

@crimsonclover87 3 жыл бұрын

Do you mean all the time?

@KaiserAfini 7 жыл бұрын

The more I watch, the more I notice how MoH:Allied Assault got D Day right. The panic, the gauntlet of traps amidst a hail of fire, the struggle for each step forward, the relief and absolute elation at conquering such a trial, its very impressive how well they captured it.

@extrahistory 7 жыл бұрын

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@napoleonibonaparte7198 7 жыл бұрын

Extra Credits You forgot to mention a Korean in the German ranks in DDay.

@glukolover 7 жыл бұрын

Spawn more Overlords! Also is it just me, or does Hitlers mannerisms have a striking resemblance to Trump? Narcissistic in the extreme, Incompetency run amok, Spending inordinate amounts of time doing little to nothing, while also being thin skinned egomaniacs. IDK, I just notice these things.

@Lucas-wq9tp 7 жыл бұрын

Extra Credits yeah it worked and can you please do some videos about the war of 1812

@mcchicken1899 7 жыл бұрын

Extra Credits-Do the Revolutionary War and The Civil War or The Space race!!! :)

@dernwine 7 жыл бұрын

Do we get a lies episode?

@DarkTider 7 жыл бұрын

So, why were the German panzer divisions in Paris and didn't move until- It was Walpole!

@ziadhaithemamin1431 7 жыл бұрын

*COUGH COUGH 6:07 the mg42 didn't go ratatatatatatat It went brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt

@lordkarasu2263 5 жыл бұрын

5:05-“no one ever expects the American inquisition”.

@Attaxalotl 3 жыл бұрын

*[Freedom noises intensify]*

@InnerProp 7 жыл бұрын

Boy I'll bet those sneaky Allies will make an amphibious landing on the French - Belgian border 4:20

@piggyblitz4404 5 жыл бұрын

I have to disagree with you, I think they will invade through Germany

@itsyodoom9180 4 жыл бұрын

*420*

@ChaosAbandon 4 жыл бұрын

Oliver Tena nice pp

@AuroraAustralis_ 4 жыл бұрын

5:00 German officers: *Go on vacation.* Allied Paratroopers: “Allow us to introduce ourselves.”

@davidanderson9735 6 жыл бұрын

Who turned the German spy into a double agent It Was walpole

@LandonB10 5 жыл бұрын

The 20 comitee

@reginaldcopperbottom468 3 жыл бұрын

Agent walpole

@paisleepunk 2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps one of Walpole's descendants. People from the 1700s have several.

@NinjaAO42 5 жыл бұрын

Im not a military tactician just a nobody but I have my thoughts on Rundstedt and Rommel's argument on Panzer placement: Y'know they could have split the panzers into two groups, the crack force under Rommel to strike at the supposed beaches during landings while the reserve force near Paris is under Rundstedt so if the Allied did land somewhere unexpected he could cover Rommel there and be flexible

@QubicTriangleW Жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t work because the flexibility isn’t possible in harsh weather + moving such a force in that time is proved to be imposible

@viniciussouza3139 7 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid Rommel wasn't that young...

@commandervex1626 7 жыл бұрын

They probably were saving time with making the characters all young so they don't have to do as much, since this is a side series and they have to do the main one as well

@Ikelae 7 жыл бұрын

He, and a few other Field Marshals during this era, were very young for the position. Only six of the field marshals active during the war were born after 1890. (Out of twenty-six) It is also worth noting that four of the six field marshals born after this date, were promoted in 1945. Many of his peers had around 10 years on him, Rundstedt was born 16 years before Rommel for example. So yeah, not young, but young when compared to whom he was surrounded by; and the position he held.

@nunosilva9896 5 жыл бұрын

@@maxchangarrido7841 most of the leadership in the army were not nazi. Hitler didnt even like most of his generals, who were descendents from the traditional prussian nobility. They were soldiers, not politicians. But they were very capable leaders, thus Hitler used them. Uncle Joe did the opposite though.

@erinong193 5 жыл бұрын

Not all generals we're nazis a lot we're from ww1

@snens7179 5 жыл бұрын

@@erinong193 thats correct. Rommel for example was a lower ranking infantry officer in ww1 that stayed in the army after the war and climbed his way up between the wars.

@dgmisal1979 7 жыл бұрын

The Fall of Rome would be a super cool topic.

@dgmisal1979 7 жыл бұрын

AS would the collapse of Roman Britain.

@VoidOfDarkness9 7 жыл бұрын

+dgmisal1979 West or east?

@dgmisal1979 7 жыл бұрын

Misheel Tubshinbaatar either would cool, though i was imagining west

@VoidOfDarkness9 7 жыл бұрын

@richardputz3233 5 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was in the Regina Rifles who were part of the Dieppe landing mess and DDay.He missed both operations.Before Dieppe he came down with the mumps and stayed in hospital.He spectacularly broke his leg falling off the cargo net

@austinhunter1586 7 жыл бұрын

1:39 aw.. he's so happy >3

@ahcomcody6409 7 жыл бұрын

my friend recommended me to this channel, and I got addicted to this channel, keep the great videos up!

@Ben_Hughes 7 жыл бұрын

I really love your Extra History series, especially your WW2 ones. Thank you so much for making them!!!

@sea_triscuit7980 5 жыл бұрын

I knew an elderly man that fought at Utah beach. Not to mention my great grandfather served as a marine in the Pacific theater. Idk much about him unfortunately but he was a great man from what I hear. I can't even imagine what it must've been like, 80+ years later and many still don't understand what its like to truly fight a real evil.

@TaliZVasTyria 7 жыл бұрын

Next episode: battle of the bulge?

@GamesCourier 7 жыл бұрын

Sadly it's the last one already. Look at Wargaming's comment.

@John190assman 7 жыл бұрын

Uh yes that would be nice. Its the most least covered of them all.

@TaliZVasTyria 7 жыл бұрын

GamesCourier yes but who knows other ww2 game companies can sponsor it I remember battle of the bulge was the definitive last stand of germany before the allies US reaches berlin It HAS to be worth covering PS: The Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 - 25 January 1945) was the last major German offensive campaign in its western theater during World War II. It's worth it

@dernwine 7 жыл бұрын

Please no. Give us something less well known/thoroughly covered.

@zaydhamid9536 7 жыл бұрын

dernwine Yes! Like William Wallace

@nyl0n733 6 жыл бұрын

LOL when you said they started hearing aircraft engines a propeller plane flew right over my house.

@mountainman5173 5 жыл бұрын

great series of videos. I'm 47, and a huge WW2 buff, but there were more than a few things that I didn't know! Impressively researched, narrated and illustrated. Well done young man!

@HPmcDoogle 6 жыл бұрын

2:43 *"I aim to shred"* All that needed was some ominous zoom, darkening background and the famous low-pitched comedy evil laugh as we let that sink in.

@liamcullen3035 7 жыл бұрын

This series is sooo good! Thankyou very much for making it, and to Wargaming for supporting it! 💜

@jackozbloke5079 7 жыл бұрын

The Grinders Of The East: Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad. That would be good.

@Alex-if1hc 7 жыл бұрын

I dont think the Axis ever got to Moscow

@Sahil-oq8ki 7 жыл бұрын

Made in Hungary They made it very close, but were driven back (I think before Stalingrad). EH mentions it in the battle of Kursk episodes iirc

@danthemann5655 6 жыл бұрын

They did that already.

@JasonDoe1000 6 жыл бұрын

Kaiza The idiocy of the german high command to underestimate the russian winter was also playing a great role in the strategic defeat at Moscow, slowed down the forces immensly and stopped them from digging in But the casualities were in total a million, not on both sides, the germans had far fewer losses than the soviets

@maxmuller8633 4 жыл бұрын

@@JasonDoe1000 Bad thing they didn't invade in 2020, global warming will defuse the winter

@thevoidlookspretty7079 4 жыл бұрын

I love the animation of the soldier breaking through at Omaha. I can feel his fury. “If one more jerry throws a shell at my head, I’m gonna lose it!”

@ThePaperTowelBandit. 3 жыл бұрын

9:00

@nathank2289 7 жыл бұрын

Love this series, wish you guys would go on till the surrender of Germany

@jenniferc6285 6 жыл бұрын

the sheer magnitude and awesomeness of this war is why i am soo obsessed with it

@greattea3228 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P ROMMEL

@glitch3141 7 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy that Rommel is here in Extra History. The guy was a master tactician, and he deserves more recognition.

@rjfaber1991 7 жыл бұрын

+Siegfried Black - True to an extent; he was good, but ultimately still humand, and he did lose in North Africa in the end. What is of course notable about Rommel is that he was probably the most noble and gentlemanly of all the high-placed Nazis; in many ways he acted more like an old Prussian general than a Nazi one.

@sarasamaletdin4574 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, he is a bit overrated since since him having a "master tactician" image makes it look better if his opponents did not do great. And people want image of some German who can be seen just being patriotic with his actions.

@generalamsel4743 7 жыл бұрын

I'm going to Normandy this week, so this series is perfect timing for me. thank u for all that u guys do.

@crodyleger4771 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much I hope this channel never dies

@Isolder74 7 жыл бұрын

To everyone complaining that they want more detail go watch, The Longest Day. Come on they can't tell everything in so short of a time. Even The Longest Day leaves stuff out.

@MrChickennugget360 7 жыл бұрын

or read a book. there are thousands of them written on this subject

@firepheonix1584 7 жыл бұрын

want to surprise his wife but gets surprised himself, poor Rommel :\

@superbear4227 5 жыл бұрын

man, these episodes do a good job of illustrating just how long, bloody and exhausting the war really was.

@Oblivisci........ 7 жыл бұрын

Great series, guys! I have been so excited every time I get a notice that no matter what Im doing I end up glued to my phone. I would absolutely love to see one on the battle for Okinawa. I think the depth and importance of this battle has not been told enough. It was a very dark time in the Pacific, but it showed the tenacious resolve of the Americans. Plus, my fiancee is Okinawan.

@Yogasefski 7 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to see what's next! Will it be the allied blunder of Market Guarding, or will we move to the Pacific and witness the massive Battle of Midway? Time will tell, excellent work!

@colinj69 7 жыл бұрын

I wanna see a Battle of the Bulge episode eventually!

@RoberttheWise 7 жыл бұрын

Now get Paradox and Eugen Systems to sponsor Extra History about Operation Overlord as a promo for "Steel Division: Normandy 44"

@scottyboyt313 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic little series. Loved every minute. Crazy to think it would be d-day + 23 now...

@razi7745 4 жыл бұрын

Love the animation and everything

@cup_check_official 7 жыл бұрын

more plis! awesome animation btw. i wish i could do animation like this :/

@creativecreatov_levi2601 7 жыл бұрын

Boy do I love your vids. Keep up the great work

@ladyravendale1 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent series!

@Nikolay_Milenkov 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Love the series!

@novaimperator1526 7 жыл бұрын

Erwin Rommel, best field marshal and husband lol May he rest in peace.

@1agentchase108 5 жыл бұрын

9:01 Which of you fuckers sank my tanks!

@nevanwolfisberg6997 7 жыл бұрын

These are so interesting, I love watching these

@devyntsosie2040 6 жыл бұрын

I was looking for information about D-DAY but this really helps thanks

@lottiehouston7983 5 жыл бұрын

Can you do Gallipoli I would really love to know all sides of the Gallipoli landing not just the Australian one thanks you you guys are the best

@demonetization5416 4 жыл бұрын

_"I am _*_Heavy Weapons Guy..._*_ and THIS: _*_6:06_*_ is my weapon..."_ *_"YATATATATATATA YATATATATATA YATATATATATOOOOOO!"_*

@roddy1899 7 жыл бұрын

Great series of videos guys!

@clad_in_metal 3 жыл бұрын

I love these series OMG well done

@darkspire91 7 жыл бұрын

6:05 I assume the artist doesn't understand the concept of having a pistol grip?

@Artur_M. 7 жыл бұрын

darkspire91 Oh my, I haven't notice it at first. That is an interesting way of holding a MG.

@klorin2846 6 жыл бұрын

And the way he's gripping the barrel

@pretzelbomb6105 6 жыл бұрын

Looks painful, considering that’s 1800 rounds a minute recoiling into your wrist

@MehrumesDagon 6 жыл бұрын

technically speaking that's what the buttstock is for...

@trasyndha2368 5 жыл бұрын

Anybody want a broken wrist or some major bruising?

@CommissarMitch 7 жыл бұрын

I honestly feel bad for the German man. He just took a day off to treat his wife.

@spindash64 7 жыл бұрын

Cegesh I'm not feeling bad for the nazi, I'm feeling bad for the man. Heck, even if someone IS a complete piece of s***, it's better to at least recognize that they are, in fact, a human being, which means that it's not wrong to feel some sense of pity for general misfortune. That is different from condoning their acts, even if it doesn't seem so. I don't condone robbing banks, but if I saw a bank robber getting tortured, no one would say I was a robber sympathizer or such for feeling bad for him.

@FrickThePainAway 6 жыл бұрын

Cegesh I may be wrong, but Rommel was involved in the assassination attempt on Hitler. It did fail, but Rommel died for his involvement.

@homersimpson6585 5 жыл бұрын

Cegesh not all nazis are evil they’re human too not only Germany committed war crimes every country during the war committed war crimes and the soviets did worse

@thegreatboi8357 5 жыл бұрын

@Cegesh he did follow the killing orders of jews and soldiers

@stephenodell9688 5 жыл бұрын

@@FrickThePainAway It is hard to say how involved he was. All that had to happen was some one to say Rommel knew about it was enough to get him convicted. It was then just like to day where some on can tell some thing to the press and they are considered guilty but then it was the secret police. You know who I mean.

@JustinWoo 6 жыл бұрын

I love how you guys tell the story.

@user-cd4bx6uq1y Жыл бұрын

Thanks for actually showing all the chaos

@oliverfox6175 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Extra Credit, do u think you could do a couple of videos about the start of the Napoleonic war if you don’t mind, I would appreciate that.

@wolverine338 7 жыл бұрын

Can you guys do an episode on The Seven Year War?

@homersimpson6585 5 жыл бұрын

Jay Patel feature history did it watch it it’s interesting

@TheHoodiedThief 7 жыл бұрын

I like how u start and end each episode on some sort of cliffhanger like we dont know whats gonna happen next even though we do. Its like watching a prank then watching a reaction to a prank.

@rauldanielsoriano8352 7 жыл бұрын

Extra credits is the best channel for history and other stuff :D keep up the good work m8

@safe-keeper1042 6 жыл бұрын

Why let some stormy weather get in the way of a great crusade.

@goobins_jr 6 жыл бұрын

8:43 I guess you could say Hitler’s somewhat Reich....I’ll show myself out.

@mhardie100 7 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to this episode

@danielgerber8452 3 жыл бұрын

This is the coolest history channel in yt! Thank you for the great videos. Best greetings from Germany

@sic2344 7 жыл бұрын

5:33 "We didn't penetrate their armor!" At some point you should probably look up a video of an MG 42 firing, because it definately doesn't go "ratatata". It was nicknamed "Hitler's Buzzsaw" for a reason. Also, if WG's idea of outreach is throwing money at Extra History, I like it. Keep it up!

@invis4858 5 жыл бұрын

Rommel went to his wife’s Surprise party where everyone got surprised

@schlirf 7 жыл бұрын

A darned good overview. Thanks!

@erictaylor5462 7 жыл бұрын

Another FANTASTIC video!

@dokjastopsimp2370 5 жыл бұрын

I actually like rommel hes a good general

@Aksuuuk 7 жыл бұрын

6th of june 1944 allies are turning the war, Normandy - state of anarchy Overlord

@unknowndane4754 7 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't it be more correct to say that it turned the moment the Germans began pushing back the Germans?

@CasperKersten 7 жыл бұрын

Aiming for heaven, though serving in hell. Victory is ours - their forces will fall!

@headheretic1580 6 жыл бұрын

THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL

@dgmisal1979 7 жыл бұрын

great video... Thanks, folks.

@pannybaek6538 7 жыл бұрын

I love these videos! Animations are wonderful~

@nathansellars3757 7 жыл бұрын

do the battle of Britain

@chrisd4169 7 жыл бұрын

yes

@jalarasstudios414 7 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure they already have.

@Nikarus2370 7 жыл бұрын

They touched on it during one of the resource war episodes, but haven't had a series focusing on it alone.

@el_ias2094 7 жыл бұрын

in early 1944, I think most top-ranking generals knew the war was going really badly. Perhaps Hitler and some of his generals acted on purpose to ensure the Allies established a proper beachhead, so they could get to the german Heartland before the Soviets did?

@vulturearmy3780 6 жыл бұрын

Honeypie 23 Hitler doesn't seem like the person to give up so easily. He was very confident In his abilities to stop the allies from landing on Normandy.

@connor1261 5 жыл бұрын

Love this channel

@davidstarr853 7 жыл бұрын

I love this channel so much.

@AnonYmous-db2yy 7 жыл бұрын

I'm just sitting here hoping Gaijin Entertainment sponsors a series on Stalingrad just so I can make a comment about Russian bias.

@sunjian5458 7 жыл бұрын

6:06 MG-42 going RATATATATATA. Ha ha...yeah right. That thing goes VRRRRRRRRR when it fires. Like splitting cloth, hence the nickname: Hitler's Buzzsaw

@mateussilva635 7 жыл бұрын

Sunjian 54 Really???

@sunjian5458 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, 25 rounds a second

@mateussilva635 7 жыл бұрын

Sovek I was sarcasticly referring to the nitpicking, though now I feel bad for not making it clear enough

@sunjian5458 7 жыл бұрын

No, the gun fired so fast that the barrel would get extremely hot true, but thats why gun crews had 2 sometimes 3 spare barrels. With a slight tug on a switch you could pull the barrel out and slide in a new one. It took about 7 seconds, and that's what most Allied troopers waited for when advancing toward an MG position, the barrel change.

@jwhine 6 жыл бұрын

MG-42 go skrrrra pa pa ka ka ka

@serialkillerwhale 7 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: The Canadians at Juno pushed so far forwards despite heavy resistance (arguably second only to Omaha), that they were forced to retreat, due to British forces at Sword and Gold beach both being too far back to hold their Flanks, in part due to a Tea break on the very day of the invasion itself.