There should be no blurred images for historical events.

Blurred images no more !

For a more context about the Vichy France, there is an excellent book of Bob Paxton - "Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, 1940-1944 "

newsreel footage of WW2 combat i've watched for fifty years are now being blurred out. history repeating itself, evidently.

You cannot compromise with evil, talk your way out of it, or do anything to slow it down. You're either a collaborator or you're not. There's no cause to side with evil. All payments come due in the end...

To be even more specific about this video, what many people ignore is that the French police and gendarmes who helped the Nazis arrest and deport 85,000 Jews to France between 1940 and 1944 still exist today. One was created in 1791 and the other in 1941 by the same Vichy government.

I've read much of WWII in my years and watched a lot of documentaries. So, at this point there might be a tidbit or two in them I wasn't previously aware of. (Which is why I continue to read and watch.) With this one, the opposite was true. Tidbits I was aware of and much I did not know. I ended up watching it twice. Well done and thank you.

Excellent documentary... Made me really think more about the Vichy government and what they were facing

If you actually read the British naval declaration there was a third option sail under British protection to a neutral port or the French colonies in the Caribbean to wait out the war.

Blurred images is censorship

More French collaborated than resisted

Great series ! Can you post the one on Léon Degrelle ?

hate blurred images. Decided not watch after that

He got no credit for attempting to sign treaties against german aggression 😢

The documentary gives a well-rounded perspective of occupied France. It’s an extraordinary work of covering a massive subject involving two wars, spanning several years, under 60 minutes. Its meticulous work is reflected in the narrative. Thank you British intelligence and the French resistance for your service. I pray for the grace of Lord Jesus on all the soldiers affected in the war. God bless France, Poland, Great Britain and the United States of America for their fight against injustice and tyranny.

Most of the French welcomed the Germans and their idology. The myth of the French resistance was built at the end and just after the war to rehabilitate the French reputation in the west.

Now that's a sticky one.....

Laval possibly deserved the ultimate criminal sanction for his active collaboration, his traitorous behaviour and his total lack of help for French Jews. However, Laval was not the only senior French collaborator, (Petain was just as guilty as Laval), but somehow Laval became the only scapegoat, while others in Petain’s cabinet, escaped the death penalty. The French justice system should have executed other serious collaborators, but they decided not to hand down any more death sentences. The whole Laval trial was conducted in a shambolic manner, and overall it was an unedifying spectacle. The French public wanted their piece of flesh, so Laval became the sacrificial lamb, while others, just as guilty escaped justice.

Fantastic Documentary. Very well made

This is only part of the Vichy story . A documentary about French Indo China and agreements with the Japanese would interest many. A lot of events happened before the attack on Honolulu .

Fantastic video , thank you .

It's what people get for mindless and unscrupulous pacifism.

The (WW1) conflict “deeply affected Laval”. I have read the same comment about Chamberlain. Well, the wars deeply affected everyone involved and impacted by them, but the vast overwhelming majority had to get on with it. I sometimes wonder if we are being treated to a subliminal messaging process, as if “leaders” are somehow far more affected by the carnage than those who actually have to go and fight and live and die in it! There really is no excuse for Laval’s behaviours, terrorising and betrayal of other French people. There really was no excuse (other than greed and stupidity) for the Chamberlain (and labour) years (supported by Churchill) for allowing the country to fall so far behind when Germany was so obviously gearing up for the second half.

Nice side track guys

The sad thing is that throughout history well meaning people trying to make the best thing of a bad situation may not be as bad as some people make them out. There are are real Quislings in the world. There are also people trying to preserve as much life as possible.

Far more where " in " the resistance after the war than during it. Those marked out as collaborators offten came not from most guilt was, but where was least protection.

Does a person's good deeds out weight their bad? Vice versa? I don't like the blurred images. History, however ugly, should be shown in all its horrors. That way fewer people can deny that something happened. That is also the way to truly show the future generations some of what their ancestors went through. I don't blame the documentarians for that. Their work is very well researched & well presented. The covering up of history's horrors lies solely with YT & this channel. Censorship is a key component of both fascism & communism.

Petain was always a defeatist. Even in WW1.

Amazing

The French LOST the war but they treated themselves as victors! What a joke.

Why blur the dead ????

De Galle,hero

they get a bit of a pass because they already had ww1 wounds and millions of soldiers held in prison as hostages

This is unwatchable. Not only the caption is wrong (it's an old doc), but it's blurred all the time. How do we expect our youth to learn anything from our mistakes if we hide it to them ?

The coverage of Mers El Kabir is so woefully incorrect as to doubt the veracity of the entire production. Embarrassed to say i stopped there and wont finish it. Plenty of other channels i do have faith in

I give a thumbs down to any video that blurs images

Surrender,a ghastly word

Amazingly their were no DB in WW1 or WW2. Thanks a lot youtube.

He save France from destruction!

A real man, a true patriach stayed and dealt with the situation at hand. Unlike Petain , a homely general ( only in name) fled

No

Traitors all vichy

Yet - Pompidou-Vallet-de-Pellpoiux escaped justice

Harsh .

Like a super old documentary lol

Around 40 mins when the chap says “they went to their deaths singing La Marseillaise”. I can’t start to imagine what occupation was like. That comment shows the French weren’t broken, people were a different calibre then.

Omg! It is absolutely wrong to blur out history!! For generations to come, those experiencing the horror of War through this media we'll find it a thrilling and exciting Adventure rather than a stomach curdling horror! There is a responsibility to reveal that horror irrespective of sensitivities

Nowadays the French have acknowledged their role in the Holocaust and have apologized for it just like Germany has. France is one of the very few European countries occupied or annexed by the Nazis that have acknowledged their role in the Holocaust and apologized for it with those other countries being The Netherlands, Belgium, and Austria. Unfortunately no other European countries have acknowledged their role in the Holocaust nor have they apologized for it.

The nerve of literally anybody in the West today calling anyone a puppet government...

True Govt. De Gaulle refuge, like Saigon regime today

I just subscribed then unsubscribed once I saw you blur historical footage. You should never do that.

And I suppose the french that eent to help with the german war effort had no choice......he. Turned his people into slaves disgusting

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This is propaganda. In June 1940, most expected that Germany would make a quick peace and evacuate its conquests. The Germans were not unpopular in France until September 1940, when people realized the Germans were not leaving. Germany held 1.5 million French POWs. What could Vichy do but bend? They did nt declare war on the Allies, they did not hand the French fleet over to the Axis.

Good👍 🎁presented. Good voice. Simple english. Like documentary too much. Thanks......... I don't knows why French surrender. Gave some lesson from chhatrapati shivaji maharaj war STARTGIIES. 🇫🇷 you ❌❌❌knows surrender dear France. Also French nation people not👎 fought to germans armies. Bad.. Meantime 😮 charles gaule exile to british bad.

Laval looked very dak complected , almost biracial looking ! ,

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This is not "betrayal" quite simply because there were 2 competing worldviews, it's that simple. If half the population is either fascist-like or anti-communist, or anti-liberal, or anti-anglo world order, it's only natural that a neighbor that helps them politically will be seen as liberators. For example, even in the US, the American Revolution (an ideology) was helped by the French ("liberators") against the English (monarchists and "oppressors" as seen by the revolutionaries), and people tend to naturally understand this ideological power struggle, as this is discussed and framed in this way in most documentaries. In regards to WW2 however, propaganda makes sure to spread misinformation about the ideological nature of things. For example, even the french resistance was largely communist and even spaniard communists and anarchists later went to France when the axis was weak to reinforce the resistance -- which didn't correspond to the vast majority of french people, but to liberals and communists. If you weren't one of the later, your political interests and your political representation was in the Vichy regime

If you are not willing to show ALL of the truth in a video, no matter how awful it might be, then show NONE of the video! Blurring is censorship and censorship only serves the criminal perpetrator as it permits them to conceal their crimes! STOP THE BLURRING!

Dislike for the blurred images.

France was a very polarised society in 1940, and is now also. The likely winner of the parliamentary election tomorrow accepted millions in a loan from the Kremlin. Have lessons from 1940 been forgotten?

In 1862 Mexican arny defeated the French imperalist

so much of the usual French bashing by little englanders in these comments. not worth any answer

French are very brave... against women. To face german soldiers, well they need the help of American and Commonwealth soldiers or it happens like in 1870.

Nowadays we have EUropean Empire puppets in charge 😢

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LePen will do it again...!

This is an old documentary from another series. This channel is getting weaker and weaker.

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