Pls do soviet invasion of manchuria 1945 the underrated reason why japan surrender

Speaking of East Asian Combat, if you Armchair takes requests, why not do a small one on the siege of Qingdao in ww1?

The Armchair Historian Hay mate. I just have to say taht your content suprises every time. I especialy adored the animated conversation between Hitler and his generals. Just keep at it. You shoud have a TV channel if I was asked.

The sacrifice of the 21th, 32th, 60th and 68th french Infantry Division and 12th Motorised infantry division

Please the battle of alps

SUN TZU SAID THAT, AND I THINK HE KNOWS A LITTLE MORE ABOUT FIGHTING THAN YOU DO PAL BECAUSE HE INVENTED IT!

@@k_aesar ok mate

@@k_aesar And then he perfected it so that no living man could best him in the ring of honor!

@@k_aesar WHY ARE WE YELLING?!?!?!

Not Sure Sun Tzu told him to.

Simon Norris this made me chuckle 😁 too bad it seems that we’re even more hated than the Germans, judging by a lot of comments.

Joel Whitworth Agreed. I know it’s just the troglodytes that tend to scream the loudest about that sort of stuff, and that any person who judges someone else just because of the country they’re from isn’t the kind of person worth having around, but they act like we’re the only country that ever waged wars for profit and colonised land, even though most of Western Europe was on that very same party bus.

well more like Channel Armour actually, the Royal navy and the German lack of proper amphibious invasion equipment or ships helped quite a lot.

Island + navy = +20 resistance to invasion

@Ricardo Milos we are hated by lots of people just like you, i think the craziest part is how close britain was to joining you germans and how little the germans actually wanted to attack britain, it was literally hanging on the balance, sir oswald mosley a british fascist who supported hitler was going to sieze power but was arrested mere days before he did, with him in power we wouldve joined the germans, wouldve split france and the entire world wouldve likely fell with the german/british army beating anyone who comes at it, the combined air forces and then britains navy.

Facts bro facts

ሚኪያስ Éthiopien That’s what he said man

I read that as french fries.

Nah. Their were in the beach for TWO weeks. No one bought them time! 🤣

You have fought for your EMPIRES. After WW2 finish, you continue the war against the vietnamese people.

it was wise for france to surrender because hitler would have grounded paris and much more cities if they hadnt

My grandad was one of the last officers to leave dunkirk, i appreciate what the French did, Never saw my grandad as he died from the affects of mustard gas from WWI that finally got to him.

@@un3xxy343 yes if they didn't surrender the culture of their cities would die.

Now France is a Islamic colony, Ironic

@@jonny2911 do you think I will leave my country? European Union is a fucking mess and hope many french will vote next year Marine Lepen. Unfortunately every party made a alliance when we are favourite... If you are English is not better when you go to London or Birmingham!!! You have already Sharia law for the muslims people. UK is also an Islamic country

Charles Anthony but it isn’t coz it still has ads for me...

Anything historical is demonitized

Armchair Historian: ... KZfaq: Demonetized

KZfaq is so terrible even ingsoc has feared them

I just wrote something similar. Another historical channel showed figurines of historical people and some showed swastikas for Nazi Germany. They were forced to remove the swastikas.

Ja, genau!

That's good

Ich bin Amerikan, oder das ist geil!

@@weldin shut up

I only speak German a little, but I loved it. I wondered how good the German accents were. I'd imagine there might be accent differences between those speaking hoch German and the Austrian Hitler.

Hitler never wanted war with Britain, the commies were always the enemy. He offered peace and he thought theyd accept. Nope.

@@Triple5live In their defence, would you really trust someome who broke treaties? I’m not saying the Versallies treaty is ever good. I’m no real Historian but It seems you are leaning to one side based on political ideological belief instead of learning on all sides like a real historian.

@@firemangan2731 he did not want to fight the British but by 1939 he knew he was going to and was not doing any favours

Just like the younglings

They wouldn’t have alone

It's quiet telling that "Hollywood Germans" is a sufficient description so that most people know what you're talking about.

I think that is why the film Downfall had so much impact. Hitler being played by Anthony Hopkins in a shires accent just doesn't cut it.

The facts are very stubborn and they tell totally different story than your veteran.

Mark Filkerson what’s your story?

McBizz 9 but they only surrendered after the last Brit left the beach. So, I believe the story of the french were brave and helped the brits escape. Why are you guys so desperate to pull down the french?

65,000 French or more were saved by the Brits plus the British rear guard and German indecision to follow up played the main roles in the expeditionary force escaping.

@@belsayshootingground cause they are frech :P sry german Humor xD

Vinnie-Kush sounded like fluent German too I wonder who did the voice acting🤔

The speakers were actually native germans, you could hear it, they didn't have even the slightest accent.

Nice

Also worth noting; The guy who voiced Hitler didn't go for any sort of evocation of the way Hitler sounded in his speeches. Which many do and turn it into a caricature. Good choice on their part.

@dopey "his normal voice" as opposed to "the way Hitler sounded in his speeches".

"Man who walk through swinging door is going to Bangkok." - Mao Zedong.

he also starved like 50 million people to death but yes men are valuable.

@@historicalsnek1927 Indeed

“Keep food, lose men. Lose food, lose men.” -Also Mao

That’s fucking rich, coming from the greatest mass murderer in human history.

sam sam yee

Shame how the French has their reputation tarnished by spineless politicians

@@Malos_ spinless politicians or spinless ally ? If UK did not betray Poland then France the war could have ended before 1945...

@Slava Svoboda The British still won the war right? I don’t think anyone here was spineless.

“There’s no such thing as bad soldiers, only bad offficers.”

@Jimmy James people can have any names they want so suck it up

@Jimmy James ObViOuSlY for the memes

@Jimmy James I know, you deleted your comment lol

Logan paul's video was fucking deleted. also please stop with these like-hungry comments.

@@baldoggie Yeah that's because he disabled it himself, KZfaq didn't care

"Those who controls the present controls the past"

Vlare could be a good place for it since you can actually reach out to the staff there

Media outlets want history to be told by those who can rewrite it for their agenda. Look at the history channel for a prime example, now its all about reality shows and aliens.

KZfaq appreciates history... ... As long as it is approved by our overlords of course

YOU MEAN NAZINPROPOGANDA

LMAO I'm German and I cannot hear any screaming. Why does it always come off as screaming?

Rip George 😭

That was an awesome movie

I just watched it,

People older then around 50 simply don’t understand/get it

I don't even know why they call it history channel anymore.

I cancelled my cable service. Internet only. I do have a roku for free stuff but I get what I want online.

Pawn stars pal. Pawn stars

But where else will I learn about Ancient Aliens and hunters who hunt ghosts!?!!?

Not on youtube

Welcome to KZfaq’s dumb algorithm

Could you explain yourself please?

not if the flag has a particular kind of cross on it because the cross is satan incarnite and will ressurect the 4th reich just by people seeing it regardless of context

Take it or leave it, KZfaq is dumb sometimes

I think Hitler expected the British to negotiate with Germany as feelings among most of the British aristocracy and Establishment were sympathetic ( and quite well connected ) to the Nazis war against Bolshevism. This is one theory for Hitler holding back for a few days during the Dunkirk campaign.

Hitler felt like what his army had just accomplished excluded the possibility of continued war against Britain... what happened at Dunkirk wasn't really a miracle as much as a matter of the trapped Allied armies being spared as a gesture of goodwill to Britain, who Hitler was convinced would then come to terms and cooperate against Stalin. It's very well documented that Hitler never wished to fight the Brits or even challenge their naval supremacy. The lesson I suppose is to never make such assumptions, never squander a golden opportunity to destroy the enemy.

@@jeremybunn8473 It's pretty obvious that is what happened. When I was in school Dunkirk was characterized as a miracle but in the years since I've come to realize it was largely a moment of weakness/overconfidence/wishful thinking by Hitler. He never dreamed Britain would refuse to come to terms after what amounts to a serious gesture of goodwill on his part. For somewhat obvious reasons (mostly political), this reality is obscured in Western history texts.

@@bobshenix Hitler didn't order the halt, Von Rundstedt did. His Panzer Divisions had been fighting for 3 days without rest, had outrun their Infantry and Artillery support and were suffering 50% attrition rates for their Tanks. On the side of the Allies in Dunkirk they had good defensive positions, AT Guns, Tanks and, with no way out, would fight ferociously. Von Rundstedt ordered the halt because, well, wasting his Panzers at a worthless attack on Dunkirk could have cost the Invasion of France dearly. Tanks, without Infantry, will get butchered in Urban Combat. Just look at Turkey wasting it's Leopard 2s by sending them into cities alone, only for some teenager with an RPG-7 to put a rocket in the side of it. Invading Dunkirk would have been a waste of time and material for a 50% chance of grabbing a few extra kills/POWs, or losing multiple Panzers and having to retreat while the Allies get away, thus making the rest of the invasion potentially fail or have much higher casualties. Hell, the Armies at Dunkirk could have even counterattacked if they repealed the Germans, which would have been disastrous for Germany and their logistics.

ThatKindaGuy Travel isn’t that something actually? Not 1 time ever has anyone ever heard their side?

Yes apparently if you even say the word German, you are a pro nazi homophobic scumbag because murica is a winpy offended society now. Dumbasses

@A Scam Involving Corndogs imagine saying boomer unironically.

Europa the Last Battle also has some interesting German accounts of the whole time period. Greatest Story Never Told which was mentioned up above is also a good account.

@A Scam Involving Corndogs ok weeb

This is, by far and large, the single worst impression a yank has ever done of a Brit.

@@spoonovic Absolutely

@@su-hoonc3073 That's better, mine was a Canadian exchange student living in England

@@su-hoonc3073 Wasn't talking about you Jackie Chan, don't worry.

Soar Alba sounds a bit racist if you ask me but ok

lol

They didn't gave up to stay in power, if France didn't surrendered it would have been a massacre and the country would have been utterly destroyed

It's always been that way in every war, in every country.

@@Cynane27 Examples?

@@LuxMortis_ the world

@@dolantho Hi Dylan, might give me some examples please? I can't find one myself that match what's happening with the French coward stuff.

too bad youtube is going to demonetize it, meaning he will make no money for all of his hard work

Unpopular opinion; Animations are rather stiff and unexpressive, almost like paper dolls .But yeah, the voice acting is pretty good.

true! do not exhaust yourself griffin! otherwise Hitler won't let you attack those defenseless divions on dunkirk... eh i mean post another video. yeah, otherwise Hitler won't let you post another video! ... that doesn't sound right...............

@@joaoostroski4778 lol I like your sense of humor

it's like downfall but dunkirk

I agree this part of the video was great please consider using them more often.

The conversations where good, but it still came down to Hitler's War of the Generals. Hitler wanted to take credit for everything that went right and blame others when things went wrong. And letting 300,000 British troops slip through his fingers, was well worth it to Hitler to have a handful of Generals in his grasp. There is much of Hitler's motives that we can never definitely know, but one thing we can know for sure, after Dunkirk the Sitzkrieg was definitely over.

i disagree , i don't think putting words in historical figures moths is a good thing for a documentary to do unless they actually said them

@@pavivier I figure as long as we acknowledge that it's a hypothetical conversation then that's fine. If we purposefully misled our viewers then that would be a problem. We also did extensive research to really understand each general's perspective about the battle and tried to model the conversation after something we think could have actually occurred. Just like how in documentaries they use footage from reenactments to show a hypothetical of how combat would have looked, we used animations to show a hypothetical of how a conversation would have looked.

@@behindthearmchair8727 Oh definitely, the statement at the start was more than enough, my dislike for it is purely personal and it isn't misleading at all. I'm really glad to hear that you researched each general's perspective as i was left wondering if this was the case after watching. might i suggest mentioning this if/when you do something like this again?

You'd think teaching the experiences of the "bad guys" would make sense. Take history from all sides

That’s a lot EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

@@zjenthusiast3037 It's proportionate to KZfaq's overreaction.

The Official Sikris pretty much, they need to chill cuz my boi Armchair be solid asf

Shouldn't that be: "Nein, Schweinhund! Nicht on Nazis! Ze Battle of France ist verboten! Too much violence for kiddies!"

toooo much morphines in blood :D

"No bomber can reach the Rhur, if one of them reach the Rhur, my name isn't Goring, my name is Meyer..." Hermann Meyer...

No, the guy was a fat slob. He believed his Luftwaffe was infallible. Fellow Germans called him 'The Fat One' behind his back. And he had a big back. And a butt to go with it. :)

There were more Luftwaffe planes under the English Channel than there were U-Boats. And there were more U-Boats providing air support at Stalingrad than there were Luftwaffe. Dick Dastardly and Muttley would have commanded the Luftwaffe with more success than Goering. But they were too busy trying to catch that Pigeon *NOW!*

You jest. But there was an SOE plan to assassinate Goering. It was decided that his removal would hinder the Allies rather than help them so the plan was shelved.

The Germans had no respect for Polish or Russian soldiers, only intense hatred. And vice-versa I suppose.

@@tonywells6990 Mm no. The Germans did have respect for Slavs and Jews. Most did. They fought because of nationalism and patriotism. Because of family and friends. Most were threatened, forced, and conscripted to fight. Most didn't agree with Hitler's supremacist ideals, but they thought it would rebuild Germany, so they had to go with it. They were national socialists, not zealous crusaders. They were a fascist-forced people, not racist torturers.

@@Ares-rx4zz Exactly yeah.

pure fantasy. many US soldiers treated asian and middle eastern soldiers with nothing but disgust and contempt, not to mention cruelty. and that was the official policy, btw. look at the propaganda posters distributed.

@@demuattius1112 this is just pure nazi apology and revisionism. bullshit.

The British soldiers on the beach didn't though

@Mr. Gerry ehm no, they didn't

@@bs2202 lmao just seeing you as an enemy is scary

Michael Kevin Millet Why

Maui Dp he is right youtube is really going agains thwart it once stood for

Dank Sanchez Yes But it’s still entertaining If KZfaq died You couldn’t watch any videos about Nazis Nor gaming Nor music Nor anything KZfaq might suck But its creators and videos are pretty good

Maui Dp I know but youtube is trying everything to drive said creators away, it’s a good platform just run by idiots

Michael Kevin Millet If KZfaq died Any other website would never be able to get hundreds of millions of viewers to switch over just like that.

@J Thorsson That's why it's called lie-f.

When the armchair isn’t even a historian

Liam Redmond *The armchair historian was an Impostor*

Time for a GoFundMe

*SCAM*

yeah I think they were disbanded due to too many casualties

@@AS-dr1cp no it was because the belgians didnt want to lose manpower and equipment in the encirclement

@@kingfaz07 no because this area was led by king leopald 3 himself the king had surrendered his nation that is why the rest of the belgians went back with the king although that belgian area of units also went to england

@@deepyamandas1192 i think it's a hoi4 reference, in other words he's joking about a videogame that plays similar to this video

At the Battle of Montcornet ! De Gaulle had even written a book well before the Second World War to alert the French high command on the importance of war of movement with mechanized means where he had perfectly predicted all the German strategy and in particular the breakthrough through Sedan. He had acquired military command experience during the Soviet-Polish war where he had obtained a quote and especially during the battle of Verdun and throughout the ww1 but he was mocked and demeaned by the politicians of the time ... He put his plans into action with the Offensive of Montcornet which was a success while the Allied armies were breaking up. Unfortunately his strategy would have had to be applied on a larger scale to be effective.

Zericoyo _ feel bad for him the more I learn. He saw how the next war would be fought and knew better then most how easily peace in France could be flipped on its head. He has the solutions but a bunch of assholes won't let him fix the problem.

There was several counter attacks. One British counter attack caused the SS 'Totenkopf' to break and run in panic. It lead some Germans to conclude they required more time to prepare their final offensive. They had very little intelligence about British and French strength in the pocket and they certainly did not anticipate a vast naval rescue.

@@DeafLord18 Yep for info his mentor was Philippe Pétain in Person. He had so much respect for him for the 1st World War that he called his son "Philippe" in homage to "Philippe Pétain". During Pétain's judgment at the liberation of France, a lot of French wanted the death penalty for high treason but De Gaulle pushed the judgment towards a life imprisonment while under the Vichy regime, the least free French (therefore of his own son (Soldier) and Women who had joined the Free French Forces at the start of the armistice in 1940) was stripped of his nationality and intended for the death penalty for high treason. De Gaulle was one of the rare French presidents despite criticism to flourish and pay homage to the tomb of Marshal Pétain for the armistice of the 1st World War!

​@@navarro4238 The marshal is a great man who died in 1925. Trouble is, he didn’t know it. -Charles de Gaulle

@@robertcrawshaw9978 You too? I hate it when that happens. Good to know someone can relate!

Happens every time I think anyone can realet

Again?

@@chose_this_on_the_toilet Nien! Shhhh

Dammit nearly invaded the uk man who else gets this? All of you?

I will never forget the stories about brave French soldiers. Their leadership was weak, but the men were strong. That's how my grandpa told his son, and his son told me. My grandpa's grave is in Marigny, Basse Normandy. Don't let brother's wars happen again.

Not for the german fist

That's messed up

Belgians do not exist.

@@sovietagent9303 yep

@@antoniescargo1529 Sure about that?

Let's Travel well my great grandad died when my dad was only 10 in 1985 so........IDK

Let's Travel how do you mean?

Let's Travel how do you mean by “the West”?

Let's Travel well at the end of the the War in Europe, I believe he was glad to have fought and be recognised for his actions. However he never received any medals for his actions when he was alive, he got posted one from London to here (in Scotland) after the war but it was Stolen in the post, (we believe it was the Defence Medal) then after his death, my grandad (my great grandads son) was called down to London to come and collect 2 medals in his honour, the War Medal 1939-1945, and the 1939-1945 Star, my grandad kept the Defence medal wile he gave the 1939-1945 star to his brother (my great uncle). So yeah, I know that my great Grandad and my Grandad hate/hated Nazis, wile my Grandad Children all hate Communists, my Dad and Uncles also hate the Nazis. I remember a story from my Dad telling me that my Great grandad once said he would do anything just to see the Berlin Wall get taken down. So yeah, with everything that’s been going on as of late it’s pretty scary stuff with China you know there Cyber attacks on Australia, there threats to go to war with Taiwan, and there Border dispute with India it’s pretty scary stuff.

Yea, be outraged that someone tried to take the Satanists that destroyed Belgium in the past decades out of there and move them to Madagascar. Or are you saying Brussels is the place to be nowadays? Compare Belgium 1930-1945 to Belgium now and tell me you "won". As far as i know: YOU ARE FUCKED, SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD BY NOW! Because why? Who has control over your Country? The People? Or the true Winners? Yes, those that paid Dutroix to grab the Children and have them ready for Rape & Murder. Why is there no follow up on the Case? Yea totaly not because Politicians, globalist Banksters, Judges & Police are in on it. /rant end

On ne passe pas.

Demonitized content.

@@JesusProtects That's why I support him on his website, uncensored and more content :P

dont worry we're going to get a live action one soon

Oops

Why would Britain have had to surrender?

no they wouldnt. there were 340k soldiers.thats more than enough to defend the germans and it was Britains best and most well equipped army.

@@redeese9268 Subsequently, the Royal & Merchant Navies lifted a further 191,870 men, together with 310 artillery pieces, 2292 vehicles, and 1800 tons of stores, from ports in Western France, during Operations Aerial & Cycle.

No, they wouldn’t have surrendered. This Germanic obsession of winning one battle = win the war is so preposterous it has to be countered at every turn. Britain, safe behind the channel, would build up its army again while fighting on every other front and wait for the “New World” aka the Dominions (and not the USA like everyone believes) to build up their own strength and help liberate France/defeat Germany. To put it bluntly, no general in their right mind would fold with the hand Britain was dealt. This was always the plan. The British have been doing this strategy since the War of the Spanish Succession because it works. What difference if France is captured when Germany can’t even grow enough food to feed their own people, much less oil for their machinery.

@@Chewable396 With operation dynamo Churchill thought it would be possible to save a maximum of 50 000 soldiers. Please tell me how could UK win or even continue the war with only 50 000 soldiers and a majoritary pro-peace opinion in the UK? Churchill said it: "The battle of France was a disaster we lost the majority of our army".

By the time of the battle of Stalingrad, their oil situarion was so desperate, that they could never win the war.

But they fought on for two more years, so Stalingrad was truly meaningless.

Ben Laskowski Lol

@@mikeappleget482 Thanks, but why the lol?

@David Kuijl "Now they say that the allies never helped us, but it can't be denied that the Americans gave us so many goods without which we wouldn't have been able to form our reserves and continue the war... We didn’t have explosives, gunpowder. We didn’t have anything to charge our rifle cartridges with. The Americans really saved us with their gunpowder and explosives. And how much sheet steel they gave us! How could we have produced our tanks without American steel? But now they make it seem as if we had an abundance of all that. Without American trucks we wouldn’t have had anything to pull our artillery with." -Marshall Georgy Zhukov They were called the "Allies" for a reason. The Soviets needed the UK and USA, and vice-versa. A man like Stalin wouldn't ask for help unless he needed it, and he was constantly demanding the opening of a Western Front to relieve his troops.

That's fascinating, my great grand father also fought in north africa on the french side, maybe they bumped into each other

@@haaxeu6501 Nice, Thats quite a Possibility His Name was Gordon Reeves

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@@notplebbes9108 whats the point of faking being white. It's ok to not be European. There are plenty of other interesting things in other regions.

@@sabus1265 how does one fake being white?

This movie is historically inaccurate.

Ilans 789 but it’s pretty good

@@ilanselaphiel2557 It's not that inaccurate stuff like the German planes being painted yellow was so the audience could tell who was British and who was German This was the same with most mistake being made to help the audience

@@willkp50 Well that depend if you liked the movie or not. I, personally don't like it.

Ilans 789 not liking it doesn’t make it historically inaccurate. There were some quirks, to be sure, and they made some decisions in favor of drama (e.g. an actual civilian crew on the small boat, which was not typical though apparently did happen, as well as the stripes as discussed) but what, specifically, was inaccurate?

It's pretty sad that he has to point that out..

@Jeffrey Epstein wtf

@@hardcorehardo It's pretty sad that he has to point that out...

@@hardcorehardo It's pretty sad that he has to point that out..

@@hardcorehardo It's pretty sad that he has to point that out...

DevilAshes we should never of gone back, should of left you to the Germans.

DevilAshes if you lived in London you never lived in Britain or England.

@epoh333 Based on your revisionist view of history, that is being increasingly discredited? The world is beginning to realise that, Germany was in a noble fight, against the international bankers.

Excusez mon compatriote, il ne sait pas ce qu'il dit.

@epoh333 Absolute nonenese. France started the war with the outrageous treaty of Versailes, in which they stole German territory from Germany. WW2 had *nothing* to do with "racial supremacy", so like I said, cut the bullshit revisionist view of history.

And Fegelein in the background with all his antics

Your father ??? You mean grandfather...

Too late

It's a real shame. Contents like this are true gems, and yet KZfaq seems to be too ignorant to realize it.

@@venn2001ad Oh they realize it. They just don't want the opposing side to be treated in anything but a demonized light.

Marco Sandoval It’s spelt both ways.

Why does KZfaq demonetize these kind of videos?

The fact being that nearly a third of those evacuated were French troops (~100,000). On top of which a smaller number of Belgians were also landed back in Britain. Try reading about a subject before making silly comments.

Belgium surrendered on 28th May

@@angloirishcad and it was the smartest thing to do, they got otherwise butchered with them patatoguns

is just a speed bump

Belgians? Maybe they were Waffling? Hitler advanced through many countries because he blackmailed the leaders of that country. Hitler knew about their wrongdoings more than their people knew; so to stay in power as Hitler promised, they did not put up a fight.? Seems like there was a lot of screwing the public was happening in many Countries. Hitler took advantage of that.

they were there thats all you can say

Sorry, I don’t speak croissant.

@@thecommonfool2110 this is what he mean't Despite our overwhelming numerical superiority, the French counterattack in several points. I cannot understand how these soldiers, sometimes fighting 1 to 20, still find the strength to assault. It’s amazing. I find in them the same passion as those of Verdun. We do not pierce anywhere and suffer terrifying losses, some battalions have lost more than 60% of their troops sometimes even more. " "Dunkirk provides me with proof that the Frenchman is one of the best fighters in the world." General Georg Von Kuchler.

D'autres citations: "Despite our overwhelming numerical and material superiority, French troops counter-attacked in several places. I can't understand how such brave soldiers, fighting in various places at one against ten (sometimes even one against thirty), still manage to find enough strength to go on the assault: it's simply amazing ! I find among the French soldiers of Dunkirk the same ardour as that of the poilus of Verdun in 1916. For several days hundreds of bombers and guns have been pounding the French defences. However, it is still the same thing, our infantry and tanks cannot break through, despite some ephemeral local successes." " "Dunkirk proves to me that the French soldier is one of the best in the world. The French artillery, so feared in 14-18, once again demonstrated its dreaded effectiveness. Our losses are terrifying: many battalions have lost 60% of their strength, sometimes even more! “ "By resisting about ten days to our forces, which were significantly superior in terms of numbers and resources, the French army achieved a superb feat in Dunkirk that is to be commended. It certainly saved Britain from defeat, by allowing its professional army to reach the English coast." General Von Küchler commandant of the XVIII army during the last stand of the french army to cover the british at Dunkirk. "May 18th 1940: the Führer still worries a lot about the southern flank. he's furious and claims that we take the best path to make the whole campaign fail ! The french troops never stops counter-attacking. May 21st 1940: that day starts in an extremely tense atmosphere: reports indicates a serious pressure on the northern flank of the IVth army. The VIth army faces a solid front. May 22nd 1940: our tanks, that are currently fighting in the south, have met a powerful enemy. Our panzerdivisionen suffer too many losses and attack without being required to. Stress is growing. May 23rd 1940: the losses for the tanks of our ten panzerdivisionen reach 50% ! The french resistance is fierce." General Franz Halder's diary, one of the chief of staff of the Wehrmacht "Those frenchs, under the brave command of general Molinié, have during four critical days contained not less than seven german divisions that, otherwise,would have participated to the attacks of the Dunkirk perimeter. Thoses troops thus brought a splendid contribution to the safety of their luckier comrades and of the BEC." Winston Churchill in his War Speeches, talking about the french resistance at Lille Adolf Hitler respond to the journalist Lutz Koch, coming back from Bir Hakim: “You heard what Koch just said. Bir Hakeim is new evidence of the thesis I always defended: the French are, after us, the best soldiers in Europe. After the war, we will absolutely have to build a coalition which may contain a country capable of military exploits such as Bir Hakeim wich stun the world”.

@DevilAshes the point is, they came back

@Mr. Gerry hahahahaha you Must be joking, let's forget about the Battle of Britain in which Britain were at the verge of collapse and would've had lost, if they hadn't help from Commonwealth and polish pilots. What about norway and France?? From both countrys the had to withdraw Bc. The germans crushed them Like Ants. How bout rommel whipping their Asses in north africa? Get a history lesson and come back to me

@@jeanlanes962 The battle of Britain wasn't the only decisive factor in stopping the Germans from invading, The Kreigsmarine (excuse my spelling) was severely "wounded" in the early parts of the war and during the Norway campaign. Plus, British bombing efforts ensured that the German navy would struggle to build ships and landing craft required.

@Denise Bond you don't need to bring Brexit into this mate, we're talking about ww2 and *Son Gohan* makes some good points however, we'd have struggled, just as much as the Germans did, on our own to make a landing. And by that I mean that the Germans couldn't have landed if they wanted to.

@@jeanlanes962 The British can't be expected to hold out on all fronts, France fell because the allies weren't prepared for the new modern warfare and unfortunately the French military industry after WW1 couldn't cope with it, not to mention the French brain drain after WW1. And the British were forced to leave Norway in order to protect the isles after France fell. But that wasn't before the British saved their royal family from the Germans and exiled their government in London. A gesture which the Norwegian still thanks us for to this day.

Knight GERMANY INVADES!!! France: O sacré bleu, I lost again. 😩 NAZISM INTESIFIES!!

@@polishherowitoldpilecki5521 unfunny

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@@meceffeukada3767 since when are colonized nations allowed to speak? 🙃

@@aquiladoro8535 Since when uncolonized nations exist ?

Are you Greek ?

What's 12x14 = 168 What's 29x17 = SCHLIEFFEN

Same lol

Just like the French when German forces push through the Ardennes

He got promoted after the Magniot line master flank

"Oh. My. Giddy. AUNT"

ISorrowProductions: OH THATS JUICY

@@r3strt Nice

Paint brush

*hoi4 gang intensifies*

A. british soldiers also stayed behind to cover the retreat. B. french soldiers were evacuated alongside the british.

Wont get made, anything that's from Germany or Japanese perspective is pretty much impossible to make in this era especially if said movie/tv show shows that those side are also humans

@@blankblank1949 not necessarily. Check out Letters from Iwo Jima.

@@r.s.334 Letters from Iwo jima wasnt from this generation of cry babies. It was helmed by Clint Eastwood.

@@blankblank1949I figured it was still this era. Good movie either way.