The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (1939 - 1945) - Czech Lands under German Occupation

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10 ай бұрын

The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia was a puppet state established by Nazi Germany in March 1939 after it had occupied the Czech lands and separated Slovakia from the Czechoslovak Republic. It covered the majority of what is now the Czech Republic, with Prague as its capital.
The Protectorate was headed by a Reich Protector, who was appointed by the German government. The first Reich Protector was Konstantin von Neurath, followed by Reinhard Heydrich, and later by Kurt Daluege and Wilhelm Frick.
Under Nazi rule, the Protectorate was subject to harsh repression and persecution, with the German government using the territory's resources for its own benefit. The Protectorate was also used as a source of forced labor for German war industries.
The Protectorate was dissolved in May 1945, following the German defeat in World War II, and the Czechoslovak government was re-established.
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@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Czechia during WW2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ipOHZbCavryaj6M.html Slovakia during WW2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gpimea11xtzDcXU.html

@marcoskehl 10 ай бұрын

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@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

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@Prometheus101 10 ай бұрын

It must be remembered that in the border area (Sudete) of the Czech lands there was a heavy fortification in case of a German attack. After the Munich Agreement, this territory was acquired by Germany. Defenseless Bohemia and without the help of allies was occupied.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@ktipuss 9 ай бұрын

Some of those fortifications are still there to this day. Hitler got a shock when he saw how formidable the Czechs had prepared them. His generals had warned him that Germany would lose a war if he invaded Czechoslovakia in 1938 against that country's forces plus those of Britain and France. Hitler though has divined that the badly divided French government probably wouldn't march, and of course Chamberlain gave Hitler his "out" through the Munich agreement.

@hughbondurant2730 10 ай бұрын

Enjoy listening to your coverage of history from a Dutch perspective.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Awesome, thanks!

@Adrian-ju7cm 10 ай бұрын

He's pretty knowledgeable regardless of where he's from

@LordLlamaa 10 ай бұрын

Yes the video i was waiting for as a czech this video is amazing

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

👍👍👍 Great!

@swagboy_2008 10 ай бұрын

I love your vids! Big support from Mexico! Could you make a vid on Mexico in world war 2 ? Just asking

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your response. I will travel to Latin America from September. Not sure if I will make it to Mexico

@gumdeo 10 ай бұрын

The idea of the Protectorate could have allowed for some Czech autonomy, but once Heydrich came, president Emil Hácha lost all remaining influence.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Heydrich completely took over yes.

@CARL_093 10 ай бұрын

very interesting video bro

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Carl!

@ANGLORUSSIANCZ 10 ай бұрын

The Prague Uprising lasted 5th-8th May 1945 and then a ceasefire was agreed which allowed the Germans to leave Prague. They held a line just west of the city where they carried on fighting the Red Army until the 11th May to allow as many Germans as possible to head west to surrender to the Americans.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@patriciabrenner9216 10 ай бұрын

A pity. They should have felt the tender mercies of the Russians.

@victorsamsung2921 9 ай бұрын

Although in the end about *1 million* Germans surrendered in the Czech Republic to Marshal Konev's forces of the 1st Ukrainian Front between May 5th and May 11th.

@patriciabrenner9216 9 ай бұрын

@@victorsamsung2921 sent to the gulag I hope.

@isaacnervion7064 10 ай бұрын

another extraordinary work, Stefan.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Isaac!

@bohuslavhumplik6744 10 ай бұрын

Great video! Thank You!

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

👍

@luxembourgishempire2826 10 ай бұрын

1:10 Wait, what is a ruthene? I have never heard of that? Anyways, keep up the great work Stefan!

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Hi LE! Hope you're doing well. As for your question: the most southwestern of the East Slavic tribes, essentially those whose ancestors lived in the Hungarian part (Carpato-Ruthenia) at the time of Austria-Hungary. Academic scholarship often classifies Ruthenians as Ukrainians, but there are those who take the position that Ruthenians are an independent ethnic group. Some Ruthenians and Ruthenian organizations consider themselves a separate people, and some consider themselves Ukrainians.

@xvsj5833 10 ай бұрын

Great review Stefan !!!! Thank you for sharing good friend ✌️🤟 have a fabulous week ahead. 🧡:) Jesse

@christiancavalcabork3144 10 ай бұрын

Hi guy! Keep up the good job! I watched all your videos!! Congratulations!!

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Awesome, well done 👍

@jokodihaynes419 10 ай бұрын

great video mate keep it up the Germans were pissed when Reinhard Heydrich, was killed the Lidice massacre was a reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich 340 people and 82 children were killed

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply.

@rayeisenstein4245 10 ай бұрын

I am very glad I found your KZfaq channel. I have learned so much from you

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your response!

@stanbasov42 10 ай бұрын

This channel is so good that i decided to move the Netherlands ❤

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Hope you can find a house. Good luck.

@stanbasov42 10 ай бұрын

@@HistoryHustle I already did! Took only 9 months:) thank you for your knowledge and charisma

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

👍

@leoncsorba9085 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video Stef. ❤

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

👍👍👍

@moumouhigi5837 10 ай бұрын

love ur videos man

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

😁👍

@tonnywildweasel8138 10 ай бұрын

Very intresting again 👍 Groet'n oet Grun', T.

@margiesoapyhairbillian4754 10 ай бұрын

I very much enjoy your channel ❤

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks Margie!

@sirdarklust 10 ай бұрын

Wouldn't Bohemia and Moravia be a great name for a pair of cats? Take it easy.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

😺

@MainstreamPoPsucks3 9 ай бұрын

Do you always travel to the places you talk about when making a video? or are you just recording videos while on vacation?

@asullivan4047 10 ай бұрын

Interesting and informative.Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what/whom the orator was describing.Professional class A research project!!! Special thanks to the individuals who survived during the occupation. Sharing personal information/experiences during the occupation. Making this documentary more authentic and possible. Yes those occupied countries were buffer zones between Germany & Russia. As the same countries were under Russian occupation as buffer zones. After the surrender of Germany. So, my question is as follows. Which occupation better benefited those buffer zone countries??? Germany or Russia???

@Zombiecane 10 ай бұрын

I may be the only one, but I’d love to see an in-depth video on the Netherlands during the Interwar Period. There’s an understandable lack of English-language resources on the topic, so it’s be greatly helpful.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Sure something for in the futere. Cannot tell when. Did cover NBS in interwar period.

@rjames3981 10 ай бұрын

Very interesting 👌

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

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@JoanieAdamms 9 ай бұрын

My good sir, you aid kindly in imparting this part of quieter history, one I applaud you for, my dear Dutch sir! Bravo, and a reminder for me to begin a deeper inquiry of this time for the Czech And Slovakian lands.

@HistoryHustle 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your reply!

@shakeyourbunny 10 ай бұрын

If you are through with all countries, you can do a second round what has happened after the Great War, especially how peoples have been treated.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Much more to cover in the future yes.

@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860 10 ай бұрын

My father was a colleague and close friend of Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz. Marketa grew up Czechoslovakia and survived the war ( her father was Jewish). She later emigrated to Canada and taught Germanic studies at the university of British Columbia.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@memofromessex 10 ай бұрын

I really enjoy your videos! It must be difficult to be a WW2 KZfaqr because I heard you can't say the H-word or else get demonetised.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

I avoid the word due to to reasons reasons.

@patriciabrenner9216 10 ай бұрын

Why?

@aidankitson7877 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your work Stef. Heydrich was the only member of Hitler's inner circle to be killed during ww2.Hope to see you in Ireland one day.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your response.

@gibraltersteamboatco888 10 ай бұрын

Great content. BZ Interestingly rather than executing them on the spot, the Germans sent ~850 Czechs to Münchner Platz Dresden to face the guillotine for resistance, illegal trading, treason etc. Do you think the Czechs being armourers of the Wehrmacht. garnered them any favour from the Germans?

@tomabbott5259 10 ай бұрын

Hi History Hustle i have an intresting question and i would like to hear your opinion and help me understand this question;In WW1 in the battle of the Somme anytime anybody reads about it or hears about it even on youtube we are given to understand it was all a terrible massacre of the British army etc and the casualties were enormous even on the German side when the battle finally ended after half a year of fighting but,the thing here is we are never ever told that the Germans lost a lot of soldiers too so when the history books only tell of British casualties one does start to wonder how is it the Germans lost a lot of men when all we are told is how the English suffered...anyway keep up the good work one of your fans Tom...

@rickglorie 10 ай бұрын

It was an Allied offensive loosing 620.000 men, the Germans lost over 460.00. That's 1 million dead. That's horrific.

@Wolf-hh4rv 10 ай бұрын

NO. The reason for the “protectorate” status is that for centuries these lands had been essentially provinces of the Austrian Empire (the First Reich). This explains the large German minority. This status had only changed 18 years before. So restoration as a province of the Third Reich would have been expected of German nationalists.

@MK-lm6hb 9 ай бұрын

Interesting logic. Putin uses the same logic in justifying his aggression against Ukraine.

@stephenLarson-vs7fu 5 ай бұрын

I had a friend, Sgt. Herbert Pink, who was a cook with the American Army. In April and May of 1945, they entered Pilsen (Plzeň). They would cook fresh bread for the soldiers every day, and at the end of each day, Sgt. Pink would take all the left over bread and distribute it to the Czechs in the city, who were starving. When the Germans surrendered, a group of men came to Sgt. Pink with a keg of beer. They explained that they were the local Czech resistance, and had he not fed them, they would have starved. So, they told him that they had been saving this keg of beer to celebrate the end of the war, but, in gratitude for his kindness, they decided to give him the keg. He graciously accepted it, but, being a teetotaler, he didn´t drink it. He asked the men in his company what he should do with it, and they assured him, "Don`t worry, sarge, we´ll take care of it for you. 😁

@user-gf3lw5pi4t 10 ай бұрын

Great show, could you do a show on the history of western Ukraine, the good the bad and the ugly❤

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edKcbJSny8nDY4U.html&pp=ygUbdWtyYWluaWFuIGNvbGxhYm9yYXRvcnMgd3cy

@joegarry8983 10 ай бұрын

Now that would be most interesting, not so sure he would be allowed to say the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, though most of us who are truthful and honest already know it, up to the present day.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Feel free to check the video. Dislaimer: most Ukrainians fought against the Nazis instead of with.

@emersonsilva9782 10 ай бұрын

The question that everybody makes after watching this video is: how many combinations of red, white and blue slavs are able to make in their flags?

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

I am astonished by that as well!

@michaelhemphill8575 10 ай бұрын

"Another Great One..in the can.."0n Site".. " Instructor"!!

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your response!

@seanford2358 7 ай бұрын

No mention of the fact that alongside the crackdown on Czech resistance, Heydrich also increased food rations and introduced a privilege system for workers who met their production quotas.

@HistoryHustle 7 ай бұрын

Source?

@seanford2358 7 ай бұрын

@@HistoryHustle multiple online sources - just google “Heydrich increase food production”.

@seanford2358 7 ай бұрын

@@HistoryHustle plus multiple documentaries I’ve watched on Heydrich.

@louisgiokas2206 10 ай бұрын

Was the area that became Czechoslovakia a single governmental entity under the Austro-Hungarian Empire?

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Good question. Anyone?

@gumdeo 10 ай бұрын

Austro-Hungary was a Dual Monarchy. Czechia was part of Austria while Slovakia was part of Hungary.

@louisgiokas2206 10 ай бұрын

@@gumdeo Thanks. Any idea why they were put together after WWI?

@gumdeo 10 ай бұрын

@@louisgiokas2206 Probably because their languages are very similar.

@louisgiokas2206 10 ай бұрын

@@gumdeo That makes sense. Thanks.

@patriciabrenner9216 10 ай бұрын

My husband's uncle was deported from there. The train was going to Auschwitz. He was able to jump from the train. He survived. All his family was murdered.

@oajajaj 9 ай бұрын

I haven't watched the video yet but although technically a protectorate the law made it seem like more of a autonomous region instead

@HistoryHustle 9 ай бұрын

Please watch the video if you haven't 👍

@oajajaj 9 ай бұрын

@@HistoryHustle already did

@bigsarge2085 10 ай бұрын

👍👍

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

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@jokodihaynes419 10 ай бұрын

protectorate and occupation is the same thing to me no matter how somebody says it

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

It came down to the same ues.

@vinceghostindaylight 3 ай бұрын

Germans did Like people who carried a Czech names? (My family left because Hilter did not like Koranda as name)

@HistoryHustle 3 ай бұрын

I assume they didn't like Czech names.

@beepboop204 10 ай бұрын

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

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@user-mz8in4dq3b 10 ай бұрын

Pre-war Czechoslovakia was Reverse Austria-Hungary

@nowthenzen 10 ай бұрын

Let's let a larger nation take apart a smaller nation to preserve the peace for us. The more things change ...

@wr1120 10 ай бұрын

0:03 Protectoraat Bomen en Meren? 😊

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

@jankvidovesely190 9 ай бұрын

(das) Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren auf Deutsch

@zillsburyy1 10 ай бұрын

OPERATION DAYBREAK, ANTHROPOID, THE MAN WITH THE IRON HEART did you see them all?

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

I did.

@zillsburyy1 10 ай бұрын

is his house stlil privately owned?

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Don't know.

@jankvidovesely190 9 ай бұрын

Who´s house?

@yeapxuen5291 10 ай бұрын

By the time Heydrich came, what even is the point lf having Hácha as President???😂

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Heydrich completely took over.

@72badry 10 ай бұрын

For a simple reason - practicality. Nazis needed a strong working force and did not want to have any rebellions. Still Hacha was able to balance the difficult situation and managed to saved many people. Killing Heidrich was definitely a highlight of our Czech history.

@Adrian-ju7cm 10 ай бұрын

I heard the they liberated themselves

@tylerclayton6081 10 ай бұрын

Unfortunately Czechia and Slovakia wouldn’t be fully liberated until 1991

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

True.

@72badry 10 ай бұрын

How so?

@MR_ponki 7 ай бұрын

@@72badry eastern bloc

@72badry 6 ай бұрын

@@MR_ponki again, how liberated in 1991?

@MR_ponki 6 ай бұрын

@@72badry well first in 1939 it was invaded by the nazis, after 1945 the soviet had influence over czechoslovakia until 1989, after that it became democratic and then in 1993 slovakia and czechia split up hope that helps

@jiritichy7967 10 ай бұрын

Hacha /hakha/, Lezaky /lezhaky/.

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

@felixmbandandayitabi4536 10 ай бұрын

@@HistoryHustlehe is trying to correct your pronunciation... Which can be pretty unsettling at times 😎😇😎

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

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@user-rh9sg9qj2h 10 ай бұрын

Hácha, pron.. as Haha not Hacia..

@HistoryHustle 10 ай бұрын

Stand corrected.

@user-rh9sg9qj2h 10 ай бұрын

I don't see anything unusual in Hitler's behavior towards the Czechs. Just look at the map of Europe after the Peace of Versailles. The border between Germany and the Czech Republic does not look natural. All pieces of Germany asked by the Czech Republic are given by the Commission of Ambassadors in Paris to the Czech Republic. Therefore, in Munich, the same countries (France, England) corrected this error and the League of Nations bias against Germany. The protectorate is nothing more than a protective belt around Germany. Today, Russia is doing the same with Donbas. Czechs should be very happy. In 1939 they had a "velvet" German invasion, in 1945 a "velvet" liberation by the Red Army without large material and human losses. And in 1989 they had the "velvet" revolution getting rid of communism without firing a shot. The only real Czech soldier is "the good soldier Švejk".

@patriciabrenner9216 9 ай бұрын

A neo Nazi I see. In my opinion Germany shouldn't have been allowed to remain as a country. It should have been dismembered and most pieces given to their neighbors. With the Germans being forced to work without wage to compensate their victims.