Dunkirk, and the tank battle that made it possible?

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By Crikey! This is the longest KZfaq video I have done, and I do not intend to make them this long often! Editing this took two long days and very late nights. People may think that one long continuous shot takes no editing, but there are a lot of graphics, captions, tweaks to the sound and picture, and these all have to be precisely timed and placed.
At one point in the video, I say "Boston Paul Defiant". World War Two aviation enthusiasts will all know that I meant to say "Boulton Paul Defiant". I knew the name perfectly well. I even have the Airfix kit of this 'plane, but the wrong word came out when I was in mid-flow, and I don't think any of us want me to redo the whole thing just for that.
I was probably unwise to pick such enormous topics. One editing idea I had was to include a 'digressionometer' in the bottom corner of the screen, which would slowly count upwards as I added to the ever-mounting burden of digressions. Some of my digressions have digressions. I decided that, amusing though it might have been, it would have been distracting in such a long video. The idea was Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) and tanks, but Dunkirk does not make sense without the political and military situation to set it in context. My early videos used to make one point, in about three minutes. Those were the days.
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@DoomSprite236 6 жыл бұрын

53 minutes of talking, no cuts, every minute is fascinating how does he do it?

@damianmares5338 6 жыл бұрын

idk......and his memory is certainly better than 99% percent of the population........

@jamesjefferson1182 6 жыл бұрын

He's a rap star.

@woodyenfermo 6 жыл бұрын

He is drugged like a german soldier

@CraftQueenJr 6 жыл бұрын

Nyachi and no script.

@CraftQueenJr 6 жыл бұрын

migkillerphantom that is my guess actually.

@austinsolomon2429 4 жыл бұрын

About 20 minutes in I remembered that I clicked this video to hear about a tank battle. So much extra info and stories. This is why I love lindybeige.

@atomicexistentialism8428 3 жыл бұрын

I've only just remembered that's why I clicked!

@iainmair485 4 жыл бұрын

If not for those “little ships”, I would not be here today. My Free Polish Army grandfather owes his life to a brave, boat owning Englishman.

@sirpinkalot4784 4 жыл бұрын

Glad that he lived!

@jcon5698 4 жыл бұрын

@nuff said you're using the same rhetoric as the Nazis your dad fought and died to stop from controlling Europe

@peterchessell28 4 жыл бұрын

It might have been my grandad he went 3 times.

@jcon5698 4 жыл бұрын

@RavnDream doesn't really apply because literal Nazis are the topic of discussion

@comingviking 4 жыл бұрын

@RavnDream I don't think Godwins applies when the subject matter is in fact WW2 and actual nazies are an integral part of the subject matter.

@jimmytehgeek 4 жыл бұрын

"These Germans, there were lots of them and they have guns. Someone could get hurt." Lol.

@footrot17 3 жыл бұрын

I read this comment just as he spoke the words

@philiphawley2915 2 жыл бұрын

It’s a war , dipshit. Are you American?

@SteveWhipp 6 жыл бұрын

Damn, I would have loved to have Lindy as my History teacher. Infinitely better than the one I had.

@dick_boy-6996 5 жыл бұрын

Same for me ;)

@arthas640 5 жыл бұрын

KZfaq is a better classroom then most schools have. my schools spent 90% of our history classes covering the Revolutionary War, The Civil War, The Great Depression, the American portions of WW2, and the Civil Rights Movement. I didn't learn anything about WW1 or the non-American parts of WW2 until after i graduated. Lindybeige taught me more than any of my history teachers.

@DogWalkerBill 5 жыл бұрын

Lindy can chat.

@uniwhale2623 5 жыл бұрын

classroom: linybeige: "and now time for the sponsor!"

@jocktheripper2073 4 жыл бұрын

Saar Offensive, September 1939. Wasn't much but it was a lot more than nothing. Kinda sloppy for a guy with this much knowledge to forget that happened during his Phoney war of nothingness. Oh wait, that might negate the "Jerries invaded France first".

@johnlansing2902 5 жыл бұрын

I try to remember what the French general said to the Soviet officer when the Soviet officer commented about the quick surrender of the French armed forces. He commented..... if we had thousands of miles to retreat through we would have fought for years!

@Eireann. 4 жыл бұрын

Ha I like that.

@Funktastic_Ed 4 жыл бұрын

It sems like a quick surrender. But in regard of the crazy violence that occured and stunning speed it went, the chock effect brought by the Blitz, it is not so unlikely. To give an idea, there was more casualties in 5 weeks in 1940, than during the whole battle of Normandy, wich lasted 3 month in 1944. Actually the battle of Lilles was tougher than evrything you saw in "Save Private Ryan". You can verify, it is facts.

@stormywindmill 4 жыл бұрын

The French army fought bravely and sacrificed to enable the Escape of the "British Expeditionary Force " Vive La France from England.

@Funktastic_Ed 3 жыл бұрын

@Patrick Ancona True, so true even the French gouvernement had no idéa the brits were going home to the very day It Took place.

@petermaberly1015 3 жыл бұрын

@@Funktastic_Ed simples

@Blake_Stone 5 жыл бұрын

This is the closest Lindy will ever come to saying something nice about the French!

@barbaradyson6951 4 жыл бұрын

Blake stone. Years ago a friend and I were in saint tropez in a grocers shop when the owner came over to us and asked to shake our hands. Of course we asked why and he said it was because the British troops saved his family during ww2, and that anything we wanted from his shop was f.o.c. Naturally we thanked very much but declined, we explained why, but we did buy food from his shop and sat and had coffee with him. It was such a nice gesture what he offered. I do have respect for the french. They are not cowards only lead by cowards.

@Troglodytarum 4 жыл бұрын

@@barbaradyson6951 It's a joke dumbass.

@perperson199 4 жыл бұрын

@@barbaradyson6951 There are also those Frenchmen who won't even speak to Brits because of the sinking of the Vicy French fleet.

@chuckschillingvideos 4 жыл бұрын

@@perperson199 Screw them. The Vichy state was a German puppet state in all but name and the Vichy navy was basically a proxy Kriegsmarine. Had they been true patriots, they could have scuttled their boats or sailed to Scapa Flow and turned their boats over to the Royal Navy when the German conquest of France was inevitable - instead, they clung to their false bravado and shiny medals and uniforms and commissions and did as the Germans bade them. And anyone who sheds tears for the fate of the Vichy navy doesn't deserve respect.

@perperson199 4 жыл бұрын

@@chuckschillingvideos You are right of course

@brycepatties 3 жыл бұрын

Lloyd: "This video is over. Let us hope we never see another so long". Also Lloyd: has at least five videos that are over an hour long.

@Ghoulza 3 жыл бұрын

i think i speak for most of us when i say keep the long videos coming....

@jamie-fm6mx 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ghoulza longer the better

@Captain_Kickass-l1f 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamie-fm6mx that's what she said!

@JohnDoe-on6ru 6 жыл бұрын

"Everyone is ordered to surrender for immediate execution" Well can't argue with that!

@briansinger5258 5 жыл бұрын

You’re thinking of the Soviets...

@RKNGL 5 жыл бұрын

@@briansinger5258 The Soviets only immediately kill their own. Everyone else gets starved to death or dies on the March to their Siberian Gulag.

@lupercali3951 4 жыл бұрын

It's easy to see the Nazi sympathisers

@reltihfloda7210 4 жыл бұрын

@@lupercali3951 it's even easier to see the brainwashed commie sheep.

@harrystuart7455 7 жыл бұрын

How the hell do you do these in one cut. Bravo.

@mathiasrryba 7 жыл бұрын

I suppose it's a combination of both experience, knowledge and his personality traits ( being talkative etc.)

@ferky123 7 жыл бұрын

Harry Stuart he made a few cuts in the beginning that you can barely make out.

@Cancun771 6 жыл бұрын

With a lot of sloppy mistakes, that's how ;-) "Boston Paul", "Ju-88 Stuka", "no Belgian Forts"...

@metanumia 6 жыл бұрын

+Morten Andersen, I hadn't made this connection until your post, but yes I see it now. Brilliant! LOL :)

@tubemankiwi 6 жыл бұрын

Blah b, do better. Morten Andersen, if you speak with passion you'll have the energy.

@johnausten8161 4 жыл бұрын

A Dalek with a flag, and his specs, on the wall behind him. Sometimes he wears his jumpers the wrong way around, not inside out, the wrong way around. He does this without gimmicks in one long, fascinating - and accurate - take. I love this bloke.

@visionist7 4 жыл бұрын

It's a Confederate Dalek

@sam_uelson 3 жыл бұрын

Remember the 51st Highlanders, one of the units left behind.

@gladatusbob4497 7 жыл бұрын

1 hour lindybeige , my dreams came true

@clonetf141 7 жыл бұрын

Gladatus Wisiniowski because of this comment i realized how long this video is

@rambo8wradio 7 жыл бұрын

Imagine how long his stream would be.

@fredkeebox829 7 жыл бұрын

And the only ad is for World of Tanks! Weeee!

@MrSqu1nty 7 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I could have listened for another hour. And that it is not scripted speaks to his talent as a teacher and an orator.

@jarrodong4430 7 жыл бұрын

i think i came

@WarhorseStudios 7 жыл бұрын

0:39, hmmm.... he said "deliverance", we like that :)

@bernabrian7305 7 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the game

@jordancadiz6095 7 жыл бұрын

I follow your game on Steam.

@Sam-lp1qs 7 жыл бұрын

Warhorse Studios Oi get back to work, no lindybeige breaks

@JackyPizza123 7 жыл бұрын

Warhorse Studios uh, whoever managing this account is slacking off lol

@katiejackson3900 7 жыл бұрын

Clever marketing strategy. I like it. :D

@meadi6510 4 жыл бұрын

I could listen to him for hours

@jamie-fm6mx 3 жыл бұрын

I do....

@superhans85 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamie-fm6mx we all do. I'm disappointed when I see a video under 30 minutes now

@peenoose7964 6 жыл бұрын

I can honestly say that this has to be my favourite history channel related to war or military history

@nicolasfrebillot7899 6 жыл бұрын

Just to say thank you, I’m French and I’m sick and tired to hear cliches about French army and capitulation. Thank you very much indeed for your objectivity, I like the way you have treated the topic, with consideration. The best video I have ever watched from you. Regards 🇬🇧🇫🇷

@alexandermunin6693 6 жыл бұрын

"Do you know it only took Germany three days to conquer France in WWII? And that's because it was raining." -- John Xereas

@nicolasfrebillot7899 6 жыл бұрын

El Rey France have surrendered after five weeks in June 1940. I’m not sure about the weather, as French I can’t say we lost because of the rain, it would be a weak excuse! I suppose. Thank you for your message, I appreciate it. Regards

@nicolasfrebillot7899 6 жыл бұрын

El Rey It was rainy during the battle of Azincourt in 1412. Concerning WWII, France surrendered after five weeks in June 1940. Thank you, I appreciate it.

@Matt.71 6 жыл бұрын

6 weeks... 7 until the end of all fightings

@lordeden1475 5 жыл бұрын

Except according to four people of the British forces who were there say the French did more to help the Germans rather than fight them!

@Aramis419 7 жыл бұрын

The longest KZfaq video I've ever happily sat through.

@nonnatheblizzard2891 5 жыл бұрын

So true

@bryanneideffer3969 4 жыл бұрын

The vast world of KZfaq and just this one?

@jumpinjehoshaphat9075 4 жыл бұрын

@@bryanneideffer3969 formally vast world, their censorship has narrowed the selection quite a bit. As the Thought Police meme says, "looks like you've had a little too much to think!"

@eduardoborges506 5 жыл бұрын

Its easy to understand the french attitude in the war. They did not want it. They clearly saw all the way back in 1937 that germany was preparing a war , but they wanted to avoid one so much that they tried to ignore it as long as possible. And who can blame. 2/3 casualties is horrific. Today we see the casualties like numbers but in 1940 the WW1 was just 21 years ago. Many were children of man who fought there , many lost their dads in that war , many heard the stories , others were veterans. No one wanted to fight , no one wanted to send another generation to die. I think if they had the ability to understand just how bad nazi germany was they probabely would give a better shot , but they didnt knew. Its easy to judge in insight. If i was 20 in 1940 , lost my dad in WW1 , heard the horrific storied from the veterans , i sure as hell dont wanna fight another war.

@ZuluLifesaBeech- 5 жыл бұрын

Sadly, France was also fighting its self with 5th Column elements in the country. Like a lot of the world at the time fascism was in vogue even in England and the German-American Bund. Then France gets carved up and Vichy French is in league with or compliant to the Nazis.

@chaksander 5 жыл бұрын

I was just making this same argument to someone a couple weeks ago. It had to be utterly demoralizing to the French populace to imagine another war the likes of WW1. They had so many lost or wounded it's honestly a bit shocking.

@aschreeder 5 жыл бұрын

@@ZuluLifesaBeech- iirc Stalin was also telling the French comunist to Sabotage the French army or they should atleast desert.

@ZuluLifesaBeech- 5 жыл бұрын

@@aschreeder Thanks for that info. I never knew this. I hope we learn from this political break down from past. Too, we should remember from past that walls like the Maginot Line in warfare or Berlin Wall in social control are only somewhat effective. Like Mother Russia and Lakota Sioux to give ground in a fight that draws the enemy in to far. Better to have strong laws and work with people just trying to live and willing to become good citizens. They are not the threat. 1 million Chinese students in USA learning and leaving might be the future threat since their government is fascist, the ruling elite, in all but name.

@Rammstein0963 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, Hitler himself said if France attacked in 1936 they'd likely have beaten Germany... Sadly at the time France was itself in no position to attack.

@gerryjamesedwards1227 4 жыл бұрын

The Little Ships were slightly more use than the 26,000 figure shows, as many of the shallow-draft boats were used to ferry troops from the beaches to the destroyers, which didn't require use of The Mole, and only then brought as many as they could on board for their trip home. Great video!

@generalruntime657 7 жыл бұрын

34:40 We weren't completely alone, the Canadians, Australians, New Zealanders, South Africans and Indians were with us! What better allies could you want?

@richardvernon317 5 жыл бұрын

Plus a very large navy and an integrated air defence system.

@benitomussolini7382 5 жыл бұрын

@Marry Christmas jewish Palestinians did actually fight for Britain in ww2 Moshe dayan is a famous example. He got his eye injury fighting the vichy French in the middle east.

@benitomussolini7382 5 жыл бұрын

@Anirban Chakrabarti thats bullshit the indian army in ww2 is the largest volunteer army in history.

@hp2084 5 жыл бұрын

@Anirban Chakrabarti No they were not forced. Stop rewriting history to fit your perspective.

@hp2084 5 жыл бұрын

@@benitomussolini7382 Even today its the largest volunteer army.

@SquireComedy 7 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Dunkirk. The week we gave Adolf a bloody nose, and advanced our way back to Britain. - Also, I'd recommend a game called "War Thunder" as well as World of Tanks, for people who enjoy such things.

@rhyswatkins7545 7 жыл бұрын

Squire m'boy! I had no idea you liked Lindybeige.

@JackyPizza123 7 жыл бұрын

Squire I like this man and what he has to say Everyone should listen to him

@jugganaut33 7 жыл бұрын

Squire HELLOOOOOOOO! Chocks away!

@opiuy8 7 жыл бұрын

Yeeeeeeeeees

@archieperry2266 7 жыл бұрын

Squire, Hi Squire!

@dougc2568 4 жыл бұрын

More needs to be said about the bravery of the French troops in 1940. My father was part of the rear guard at Dunkirk, and i may owe my existence to the French who took over the perimeter defence whilst the last of our men got away.

@nukclear2741 4 жыл бұрын

A completely underrated point for the early war period. Doesn't help when my other more annoying countrymen (American) don't give the french the respect they deserved during WW2.

@johnnyjet3.1412 4 жыл бұрын

So.....Was he in a British Thermal Unit????

@vesteroth7754 4 жыл бұрын

@@nukclear2741 not to be ignorant, but, it is hard to feel sympathy when the French's hardest fighting troops died for 100k men who would later invalidate their sacrifice by willingly returning to a defeated nation instead of continuing the fight. Yes yes i know there are plenty of reason to why they may have returned as stated in the video but my point of view is still valid

@peterjohnson6692 3 жыл бұрын

The man is just stating the truth there was a minority of French soldiers were very brave the rest just didn’t want to know they tuna go home and die rather than fight which is sad

@NiSiochainGanSaoirse 3 жыл бұрын

The French soldiers were brave as buggery throughout the entirety of the war. Anyone who reads about the wars will know that, and will rise above the banter of ribbing the French as cowards who run away, safe in the knowledge that most French soldiers were brave men who were often let down by poor generals.

@Brusselpicker 6 жыл бұрын

Big shout out to all the Troops from across the "empire" those in the free forces of the occupied countries and all those that fought the Nazis however they did it. The UK was never left alone.

@rutgerdegroot4424 7 жыл бұрын

Small note, at 35.00 you say the Belgian royal family left Belgium. This is wrong, they did not. The belgian king, Leopold III wanted to stay behind with his army and become a prisoner. At first, the people believed, and loved, him for this, but then he met Hitler, it turned out he had a very nice life in a castle, andsoforth. This is a very interesting matter and almost caused the removal of royalty in Belgium after the war, and some say we even were at brink of a civil war. Loved the video, keep up the good work

@mamavswild 3 жыл бұрын

Would the Belgians have liked it better if thrown into dachau instead of being treated well? Probably.

@gordslater 7 жыл бұрын

53+ minutes of piece to camera, minimal scripting (though probably with an aid memoire, admittedly), minimal amination or gimmicks. Quality stuff Lloyd. o7

@gordslater 7 жыл бұрын

aaaaand - I can't spell animation :)

@NavidIsANoob 6 жыл бұрын

Blah b, could you point out a few examples?

@NavidIsANoob 6 жыл бұрын

While you're right about Holland, a lot of people tend to call the Netherlands just that - Holland. I know I do, and I'm Flemish. Sure, I speak an accent, not a language, but it's not that important a distinction, IMO. There are so many variations between Flemish accents, we might as well speak a different language entirely. Not offensive, really. I can't comment on those other points. But please, keep watching, I want to know if he got more wrong.

@donfelipe7510 6 жыл бұрын

What about actually listening to what he's saying rather than being distracted by a shiney clever animation, alright I'll grant you it helps sometimes to visualise things but it's not obligatory.

@MrHoundDoug 6 жыл бұрын

1 Yes that's what LB said, 2 Yes that's what LB said, 3 Okay I don't know but the fellowship based on language does seem like a bit of a stretch by LB. 4 A lot of the English speaking world refers to the Netherlands as Holland. In a similar manner Deutschland is called Germany by English speakers. 5 LB said the Belgians redeployed their troops to meet the German threat when the German army started massing on the border. The wikipedia page doesn't seem to cover whether Belgium previously deployed troops evenly on both borders to maintain an image of neutrality. I'm not sure how much you think youtubers and their vast research staff get paid. But I'm willing to put up with some generalizations and minor inaccuracies in the potted history background to the actual story which was a tank battle that I'd never heard of before. This isn't a scholarly historical paper crafted over years of exhaustive research. Its a light entertainment vid knocked together in a week or two. If you feel there are inaccuracies instead of resorting to hyperbole "Lindy fucked up on this on...etc", how about just putting forward your corrected information for others to consider. Vote with your actions for a politer and kinder internet.

@JohnBBolt 5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate thede videos. I am a son of a WW2 era woman, and love to hear these war stories that my uncles fought. Thanks much .

@samsara5282 4 жыл бұрын

Lindy... Please, please convert your history talks into podcasts; Your ability to present stories through oral means is incredible. Loved the video!

@Avrelianvs 6 ай бұрын

Never!

@Stockewells7 7 жыл бұрын

If you've ever played World of Tanks you already knew everything bounces off the Matilda

@Quodge 6 жыл бұрын

Gutted you cut it short Loyd. I hate it when you feel self concious about talking for long because long videos are my favourite.

@anthonywilson4873 3 жыл бұрын

When on holiday in France in a small village I looked at the war memorial, there where a huge number of names on it. It must have totally devastated the area after WW1. I am a Brit and used to seeing WW1 memorials in the UK.

@Drpermer 4 жыл бұрын

"In his own way, you know, with the mustache and all that", LMAO! Really, just a magnificent presentation, thank you Mr. Beige!

@andrewwaterman9240 5 жыл бұрын

Lady at party: "What was it like at Dunkirk?" British officer: "The noise, my dear, and the people!"

@ulrikschackmeyer848 3 жыл бұрын

Very British! ☕

@NiSiochainGanSaoirse 3 жыл бұрын

I'm British, and I don't understand the joke. We don't speak _quite_ like that.

@Freyja666 3 жыл бұрын

@@NiSiochainGanSaoirse not anymore sure, but you would know about Queen's English surely? Not to mention the attitude and witicisms of the officer class

@san8524 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget, the Australians, New Zealander’s, Canadians, South Africans, Caribbean volunteers, Indian servicemen, free French, Polish and US volunteers (sorry if I missed anyone out). Not quite alone.

@richardturner9317 3 жыл бұрын

I wasn't aware they were involved IN France at this stage of the war [excepting those in the RAF] ?

@vumba1331 3 жыл бұрын

Rhodesians too.

@footrot17 3 жыл бұрын

Kia ora!

@lesslisilverman 5 жыл бұрын

As a student, you're the type of instructor i need, no question.

@Floydrush-zx9wz 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining why the tanks stopped, it was something that has bothered me for a long time. I knew about Goring, bragging about his air force, being able to destroy the BEF on the beaches, but just couldn't understand why the tank division didn't just, "role up the beaches," because I thought there was nothing to stop them, but your explanation of how hard the tank divisions had been pushed, (drugs included) and the "re-supplying" required, after that push, plus the pincer attack on there stretched lines, really does explain to me the FULL story, thank you Lindy !

@smartiepancake 7 жыл бұрын

Someone said that France 1940 was lost at Verdun 1916, which makes a lot of sense. edit: Lindybeige just mentioned this point.

@visionist7 4 жыл бұрын

I heard Rommel's division was called the Ghost Division because it was so far from German positions that radio contact was lost

@Jamie95326 3 жыл бұрын

Watch the sabaton history video on it. Great video and gives you a good idea why it got its name

@rubybrady7051 3 жыл бұрын

Why didn't rommel object against Hitler not while he was winning

@visionist7 3 жыл бұрын

@@rubybrady7051 court martial ain't fun son

@alanmoffat4454 3 жыл бұрын

HE TURNED THEM OFF GOOD RECE OFFICER.

@alanmoffat4454 3 жыл бұрын

RECCE

@HemlockRidge 5 жыл бұрын

OMG!! Lindybeige said something positive about the French! Wait, what? Is the planet doomed? Is the world coming to an end? Eek! Eek!

@mrlucky5025 3 жыл бұрын

No, but it seems pigs might be flying and hell might be frozen.

@mamavswild 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, it was peppered with sarcasm though and I loved it.

@dancrockett7370 4 жыл бұрын

God, I love listening to Lindybeige pratle on an on.

@rlanger3108 4 жыл бұрын

Rommels division was referred to as the Ghost Division Sabaton music plays in the distance

@robertracicot7232 3 жыл бұрын

R Langer, Largely because Rommels wasn't answering the phone! (Not as cool as it looks)

@mamavswild 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertracicot7232 Rommel could make anything, including not answering the phone, look bad ass.

@cookie_enjoyer 2 жыл бұрын

@@mamavswild Including my HOI4 Divisions.

@MrGonecrazy001 5 жыл бұрын

"These Germans had guns, someone could get hurt." LOL

@jmcosmos 6 жыл бұрын

In his war memoirs, Spike Milligan recalled talking to a Dunkirk evacuee a day or two after the evacuation ended, and asking what the operation was like. "Like?" the veteran replied. "It was a fuckup, son, a highly successful fuckup." You can't add much to that assessment.

@funkyalfonso 5 жыл бұрын

Lindybeige reminds me of the great historian A.J.P. Taylor who gave television lectures on what seemed like any subject without a script.

@Enforcingtbone 7 жыл бұрын

A hour video from Lindy... the prophets have come true

@mattias2576 5 жыл бұрын

what fascinates me is that he does this in one take, just shows how well hw knows the stories

@Klepto2322 5 жыл бұрын

Rewatching this video, and it reminded me of someone typing about how his grandfather remembers something said to him a Wehrmacht soldier in the heat of the war, he says it went something along the lines of "Go, get out of here boy, when the SS arrive, you don't want to be around."

@herodotus6235 4 жыл бұрын

“Their plan was to drive towards the sea.” Is that where the old joke about “getting to the beach before the Germans” comes from? 🤣

@soyentak5076 7 жыл бұрын

Britain was not alone after the fall of France, Canada had your back

@joeowen-hollows7391 6 жыл бұрын

One alone as in alone in Europe and two Canada was part the Empire as was India, Australia etc and so technically are Britain by extent. So the point still stands Britain stood alone. Although we British are still very great duo to all countries both in the commonwealth and otherwise, who aided is is these dark times.

@alecmullaney7957 5 жыл бұрын

So Britain had more of Britain? Canada = Britain

@daveybernard1056 5 жыл бұрын

Britain stood alone. With all its friends. With US Lend Lease. And with Russia. And China.

@slowphil47 5 жыл бұрын

Sorry your wrong, Canada left the empire in 1931 with the Statute of Westminster, we remained as part of the British Commonwealth but as an independent nation, so the boast that you stood alone is incorrect. As a matter of fact right after Dunkirk Canadians formed the only armed force in Britain with all its equipment still intact so if the Germans had invaded Canadians would have done most of the organized defense.

@alecmullaney7957 5 жыл бұрын

@@slowphil47 they still pledge loyalty to the British crown and are subjects of the empire. Saying Canada isn't part of the empire is like saying Scotland isn't part of the empire

@enscroggs 7 жыл бұрын

Some points on Dunkerque (continued) 3) German tactics - The Allies had more tanks than the Germans. They had some that were better than the best German tanks, the Panzer III and the Panzer IV, at least in terms of armor and firepower. Both the French and the British had tactical doctrines for use of massed armor. What they didn't have was enough tanks where the crucial battle actually happened. The bulk of Allied armor surged into Belgium to counter the supposed Schlieffen Pal redux, leaving the arc between Sedan and the Channel with virtually nothing but support columns (facing north rather than east) to oppose the German armor. Over the 46 days of the Battle of France, the Allies tried several times to reorganize their forces, to set stop lines where Allied could make their numerical superiority count, only to discover the Germans had already passed the intended line before the orders could even be dispatched. After 4 June the BEF was gone. The French bumbled on for three more weeks, occasionally making a stand here and there, but never effectively. In the few places the French made a stand or counterattack, the Germans simply went around them. The French never successfully defended a truly vital position or made a counterattack that could have effectively disrupted the German attack. Germany defeated France strategically by making Allied coordination and communication ineffective or non-existent. The tactic known to the British as "Blitzkrieg" was not in itself decisive, except that it helped create confusion at the high command level and it demoralized Allied troops who often surrendered unnecessarily.

@reckless20 Жыл бұрын

At first I thought my playback speed is a bit faster than my usual 1.5x, but no - turns out I found a great ww2 historian with a bit of pervitin abuse 🥵

@sulimanthemagnificent4893 5 жыл бұрын

"communication with the French and...… everyone broke down", the line delivery made me chuckle.

@sillysailor5932 7 жыл бұрын

is it just me that wants to see Lloyd do a let's play?

@donfelipe7510 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent as always Lloyd, just ignore the detractors. I've been aware of the battle at Arras for many years, my Dad has an illustrated book on famous campaigns of World War Two that fascinated me as a kid, the artist impressions of the Dunkirk campaign featured the tank attack at Arras. I never knew that it was the Northumberland Fusiliers and the Durham Light Infantry that took part however though I knew both units were in France in 1940. Being from North East England myself I'm somewhat proud of that. A quick point on the SS divisions being panicked by the British attack, I believe in 1940 that the SS were not exactly the highest calibre of troops that they would become later in the war, they were more like an extension of the police thrown into the army and their training and probably morale was somewhat lacking. This probably explains the SS being routed since being bullies and beating up Jews who can't fight back is a bit different from having a Matilda II charging at you.

@fireteammichael1777 4 жыл бұрын

No need to explain in description! You do an EXCELLENT job in these videos, ESPECIALLY considering that they're generally one continuous shot! Great content, super informative, and immensely entertaining! This yank' is a fan! Keep doing what you're doing; I love it!

@TheDeadbone1961 2 жыл бұрын

Five years later, and this is still an excellent presentation - well done :)

@burninglegionx 7 жыл бұрын

Great video, but at 18:52, you called Stukas Ju-88s, I think they are Ju-87s if I'm not mistaken?

@claykeiser3379 7 жыл бұрын

You are correct

@mathiasrryba 7 жыл бұрын

Ju88 was a medium 2-engine bomber

@AEB1066 7 жыл бұрын

Also the JU-87 Stuka was capable of dogfighting. The problem was that its pilots were not trained for air-to-air combat. Rudel was credited with shooting down 9 planes and it is possible that he brought down Russian Ace Lev Shestakov.

@claykeiser3379 7 жыл бұрын

I see your point, but those kills were early war and "capable" does not in any way mean that the Stuka was good or even below average at dogfighting.

@berserkerpride 7 жыл бұрын

That's a grudge for sure.

@moiseman 7 жыл бұрын

The maginot line didn't extend to Belgium not because Belgium didn't allow it (the line is in French terrirtory) but because Belgium was France's ally at the time. Belgium then declared itself neutral when the war began.

@gamesbokgamesbok7246 6 жыл бұрын

moiseman Belgium is where Europe fights wars. That been true since before Caesar fought the Belgae. If you don't fight there you have to fight in the Ardennes, the Vosges or the Jura, which is hard work. Belgium exists to be neutral. Guarantee the neutrality with a three power pact, and any invasion trips two other powers to act in defence, and you have guaranteed peace in Europe. Er....or that's the theory, mostly due to Palmerston in 1830.

@leod-sigefast 6 жыл бұрын

True, that border land is Europe's fault line; I think the French nicknamed it the bloody avenue. Belgium should be called the 'Marches'.

@gamesbokgamesbok7246 6 жыл бұрын

Leode Seifast. That's a fair assessment,

@Cragified 6 жыл бұрын

The Maginot line was also never intended to be the sole defense against Germany but to channel any attack into an expected place. Through Belgium and the Ardens with France, Belgium, and England all cooperating. However with Belgium leaving the alliance and the disorganized French Army even though Maginot did it's job wonderfully it was all for naught.

@DawnOfTheDead991 6 жыл бұрын

Belgium was supposed to be neutral

@dick_richards 4 жыл бұрын

"NOW, 'MAGINE ME IN THE MAGINOT LINE, SITTIN' ON A MINE IN THE MAGINOT LINE. NOW IT'S TURNED OUT NICE AGAIN, THE ARMY LIFE IS FINE!" GEORGE FORMBY WAS A GREAT!!

@tevitamotulalo3909 5 жыл бұрын

An hour long! A true Lindy-beige-binge! Long live Dunkirk!

@SjorPlays 7 жыл бұрын

Just a quick correction: Totenkopf translates to skull, so it's the skull division. "Death's head" would be "Todeskopf" . :) Of course it doesn't reduce the quality of the video, just trying to help. Also: Cue Sabaton on "Ghost Division".

@mamavswild 3 жыл бұрын

It’s not a direct translation it’s an interpretation

@remandstimpy 7 жыл бұрын

Lindy hasn't seen Dunkirk yet!!!!! I am genuinely shocked.

@danwest3825 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant summation and the most complete I have seen so far, well done mate!

@robcampbell6700 4 жыл бұрын

Been studying World War Two for decades, yet I learned lots from your talk. Respect.

@wisserke 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for including Belgium and the Netherlands in your story. They often get looked over by British historians.

@KorKhan89 7 жыл бұрын

Dear god! If you're ever feeling too optimistic about the state of humanity and just want to shout out "we're not that bad after all!", simply have a quick look through the comment section of a WWII-related video. That'll sober you up in no time.

@oisnowy5368 6 жыл бұрын

Wait... let me go get a drink first.

@fuzzydunlop7928 6 жыл бұрын

Aye, it's even worse if it features or focuses on the Italian forces during the Second World War. It's a special sort of sadness.

@t.j.payeur739 6 жыл бұрын

Goya rocks...

@MrJimmyjam24 6 жыл бұрын

I thumbs upyou as i know is ytrue but i love it anyway hahahahahaha fuck you!

@littlefluffybushbaby7256 3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. Welcome to the dark side. This is one is actually quite civilized. For most the golden rule is "Don't scroll down! Ever!". The further down you scroll the closer to hell you get. Most commentators would be nice as pie in the flesh. That's what I kid myself at least. Ha ha

@DC9622 6 жыл бұрын

Enjoyable video on a major event. The Defiant has returned home. It is at RAF Cosford museum not far from where it was built, in nightfighter black Polish squadron. Excellent museum worth the trip. .

@zargonfuture4046 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant, gripping from beginning to end. Well done Sir Lindybeige.

@Alopex1 7 жыл бұрын

To quote Squire: "Retr...I mean tactically redeploy behind a BLOODY LARGE body of water. Go ahead and stick the entire English Channel between you and the offending German tank!"

@GipsonWands 6 жыл бұрын

My Art history teacher always said "Up the Sanitary Tributary without proper means of locomotion"

@jeromelacor5018 2 жыл бұрын

At the risk of dampening that slightly annoying tendency of the English to see themselves as unassuming yet outstanding warriors, the very old joke about running shoes being a given army’s favorite footwear was popular among French soldiers holding off the nazis as they watched BEF troops throw down their guns and sprint past them in a frenzied dash for the beach.

@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire 5 жыл бұрын

The Boulton Paul Defiant it was a good aircraft but it was criminally misused. It was designed as a bomber destroyer to sit underneath them in the gunner's blind spot and blow them away but it was sent against fighters that were faster and way more nimble. Though that being said having a single engined turret fighter is madness as the turret weighs so bloody much. Much better to have something built rather like the Beaufighter

@deanlowther4020 5 жыл бұрын

if only we'd had whirlwinds in service 4 20mm cannon would have give the Huns a fright! just as long as you could keep your peregrines running

@blowingfree6928 4 жыл бұрын

@Marry Christmas News for you: they were sent out on patrol like other fighters over Dunkirk, and met who they met, both bombers and fighters.

@blakewinter1657 7 жыл бұрын

We need a battle of Arras video. Okay - I know you get a lot of comments, but here is something semi-important, I think. Because even for an 'European WWII history enthusiast' like myself, the battle of Arras is still a rather unknown thing. So I think a bit of a video on it, at least talking about resources, would be helpful. Especially has searching for 'battle of Arras' tends to bring up WWI information.

@Ben-uf1iu 7 жыл бұрын

Blake Winter I agree this would be very interesting ! I am especially interested in this battle because my great grandfather fought in that battle and was supposedly missing in action for a period of time because his company was so late out of France due to fighting in the battle of Arras.

@nicktecky55 6 жыл бұрын

You could try wikipedia as a start: "Battle of Arras (1940)"

@paladin56 6 жыл бұрын

You could argue that the Battle of Arras, though a relatively small affair, is one of the most important battles in history. By preventing the Germans from capturing the British at Dunkirk it pretty much guaranteed that Nazi Germany was doomed to fight a war on two fronts, which it could never win. Without Arras there may never have been a D-Day, a North African campaign which tied up so many German troops desperately needed in Russia, a Battle of the Atlantic which absorbed so much German industrial output, or a bomber offensive which reduced that same industry to rubble and destroyed the Luftwaffe. And yet, as you point out, it is largely forgotten.

@tombombadil8142 6 жыл бұрын

I have a remark on the battle of Arras, just a thing that came to my mind, but leaving it as a seperate comment would just increase the mess. It seems that the distance covered by the troops from France was near half the distance of the "corridor". Could they have been expecting to meet with another push from the Belgium side? With the assumption of communication difficulties, this would appear probable...

@FrederichSchulz 7 жыл бұрын

Lloyd likes tanks so much, probably more than Joakim Brodén [Sabaton lead singer] And that's saying a lot

@TheOneLichemperor 7 жыл бұрын

As soon as he mentioned the Ghost Division, I had to hear that song immediately.

@saddamhussien4300 6 жыл бұрын

FrederichSchulz I wonder what Joakim's favourite tank is?

@hf3923 6 жыл бұрын

Saddam Hussien S tank probably he is Swedish

@jeromemullan4634 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great video Lindy, thanks for the sense of inflection and smart analysis.. Really enjoy your content mate, thanks

@jakobole 5 жыл бұрын

Superb. Once again showing that simple explanations to complex matters aren't enough. There's always much more to it

@michaelherrmann8323 5 жыл бұрын

Your hard work IS very MUCH appreciated bud!!! I love the videos, keep up the fantastic work!!! :)

@80ki68 7 жыл бұрын

53 minutes of Lindybeige? FUCK YEAH!

@MrAdriaxe 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best video yet from Lindybeige, in my opinion. Great job.

@augustod.giaconea.7168 4 жыл бұрын

I had a hard time trying to define what lindybeige videos are, but after this one I realized they're video podcasts hahah I love them.

@finanzcreeper368 6 жыл бұрын

totenkopf means skull deathhead means todkopf in german thats a major difference

@bogdanbogdanoff5164 6 жыл бұрын

they won't listen bro, people learn german from hollywood films lmao

@arthas640 5 жыл бұрын

@@bogdanbogdanoff5164 whats really fun is hollywood accents, its gotten so widespread that most people dont even know that most Russians make W sounds all the time and NOT V sounds.

@leeionicatlas6461 5 жыл бұрын

Its not quite just that, its also that English speakers see it as "Death's Head", in reference to Death as a figure that brings forth the effect of, well, being dead. Thus, the literal translation, which means the "Head that Kills" is actually quite respected, its just that the vast parallels in English cause it to be confusing as to how its being interpreted.

@aaronleverton4221 4 жыл бұрын

In English it isn't a major difference.

@joschkakorte6804 4 жыл бұрын

I am German and I have nether heared the phrase "Todkopf".

@420alphaomega 6 жыл бұрын

Just activated the World of Tank thing after all this time, kind of funny since its only 300, kind shows how many people ignore this kinda stuff

@richardsleep2045 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for loads of stuff I didn't know about Dunkirk.

@nerdyempress6745 5 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather, was a British 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 tank commander in France when the Second World War happened. He said many of the reports were incorrect, as a lot of the English tanks were still in France when Winston declared all the troops were back home safe. Really interesting.

@bartfoster1311 5 жыл бұрын

The tanks were left behind along with a lot of other equipment.

@ivanignatov1439 7 жыл бұрын

Britain was not completely alone Lindy, not even close. From the very beginning it had a global network of support behind it. My country, New Zealand, contributed, among other things, 135 of ~3000 pilots in the Battle of Britain, including Keith Park, the commander. And to preempt the argument that these were "British": the many colonial subject peoples who fought were not British, and the Dominions were by then independent enough to conduct their own foreign affairs and military. This is not "completely alone" by any definition.

@steveholmes11 7 жыл бұрын

And Greece.

7 жыл бұрын

Lindy is just an English nationalist for who anything further to 50 kilometers away from London is a big blur that he knows little about. He even tried to justify the British genocide against the Boers, that's how bad he is.

@FlakeTillman 6 жыл бұрын

Blah b It wasn't a horrid explanation for the Boer war, how are you supposed to feed prisoners with food you don't have?

@FlakeTillman 6 жыл бұрын

Blah b Never said the invasion wasn't a shitheaded move, but if you've got Boer guerillas attacking your supply lines on a near constant basis and those break down what else was going to happen? This probably explains what happened in another camp situation as well, but that has rather unfortunate moral implications on our part, so of course we're going to ignore it...

@FlakeTillman 6 жыл бұрын

John Cornell The Bantu where no less foreign than their Dutch counterparts. When South Africa was first settled in the 18th century it was completely unoccupied. Bantu settlers didn't start arriving until 15-20 years after the first European settlement.

@co1onial_fish962 5 жыл бұрын

48:12 with pitch forks, some brute determination and a stiff upper lip

@phillipneal9289 5 жыл бұрын

Love this guys style. Keep up the good work

@gazzergizmo 3 жыл бұрын

I believe General Patton quote “I’d rather have a German Division in front of me than a French one behind” nuf said

@archive4058 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the insightful and comprehensive lecture and video.

@Hedgy327 4 жыл бұрын

Great video - thanks. The 1958 Dunkirk movie was superior in almost every way to the more recent movie served up at our cinemas. In fact the latter was so bad that I was desperate for the Germans to break through the British rearguard so the pain of watching this alleged masterpiece could end.

@littlefluffybushbaby7256 3 жыл бұрын

They were very different movies. I think both excellent in their own way. The new version is best viewed in a cinema. I saw it at Imax and then at home and the two experiences were very different. On a small screen the new version loses a lot of it's impact. The older version is classic linear story telling with some great British actor from that era (many of whom would have been veterans themselves). The newer version is compacting three stories, in three different time lines, which can be confusing, or interesting, depending on your taste. There are some very memorable scenes from it. The only one that makes me cringe is the burning Spitfire on the beach, with no engine. But, I'm an aircraft nerd. The soundtrack is also a huge aspect of the new version and it really needs to be heard in a cinema to get the full impact. In the Imax it was more than half the experience. That evaporates on the small screen. It was a bit more 'experimental' than the 1958 version. Those that have seen the director's other films probably appreciate it more I think. He does a lot of 'playing around with time' if I can put it that way. I'd say it's best not to compare the two but to see each on it's merits. The beauty of being alive now is that you can watch two movies, made sixty years apart, back-to-back.

@davidclavey 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant summing up. And something I have been explaining to people for the last 40 odd years. I first read about the Battle of Arras (1940) when I bought a book when I was 15 from the local model shop. The book "The Matilda" by Bryan Perrett. And the first chapter is full of first-hand accounts from the Battle. I still remember the Matilda 1 A11 with affection and indeed have just 3D printed a 1:22 version of it for riding around on a flatbed wagon on my Garden Railway. The account in the book talks about a Tank, apparently on fire (the bedding was stored outside) still grinding on towards the terrified enemy. And it shows that a machine gun is a terrifying weapon when it encounters soft-sided trucks, motorcycles, and armoured cars. And your antitank weapons and Czech tank gun shells just bounce off the Matilda's. I can imagine the alarm that spread up the German command. Thanks for saying it so well. (By the way, have you done a piece on Blitzcreg only being possible, because "Peace in our time" give Germany 1/3 of their most useful Tanks when they invaded Czech?)

@linkedlogic1829 6 жыл бұрын

Great vids, Love to watch them, hope to see more like these!!

@XilverWithaXi 7 жыл бұрын

Though it seems of emphasis in the video in the other direction, I didn't mind having such an expounded video on the subject! Length of video is of no concern to me whenever the promise of quality is so great, & hasn't lead me to disappointment yet.

@warwickrigby6894 6 жыл бұрын

Book: "The Flames of Calais: A Soldiers Battle 1940" by Airey Neave is worth a read, for an alternative or expanded, point of view.

@jq4t49f3 5 жыл бұрын

I'm totally unqualified to comment but it seems that this was the critical moment that made the ultimate Allied victory possible. The British Army saved and the RAF largely intact. The British Isles remain the unsinkable base from which the Nazis would ultimately be destroyed. Three cheers for Stuffy Dowding!

@Tibovl 4 жыл бұрын

This is certainly one of the reasons Germany lost the war. Other notable ones are: Italy losing every battle they tried to fight, Germany not being able to "destroy" the British Air Force (And they got actually pretty close), Japan attacking the US who weren't engaged in ww2 yet, and getting absolutely obliterated by the Russians at Stalingrad.

@DTavona 5 жыл бұрын

Enthusiasm counts for a lot, Lloyd. Stumbled upon this episode, and it kept my interest all the way through. And kudos for repeatedly saying that some French units fought hard. Enjoyed and learned something. A railway strike! LOL. Thanks!

@SwissSareth 5 жыл бұрын

Having seen the Dunkirk movie, I never quite understood the significance of it - and it wasn't even covered in what we had learned back in school when we had talked about WWII. "So the Brits managed to pull off an evacuation. Hurray for them." This video does a really good job in impressing just how much could have changed if things had gone slightly differently.

@Aethelhald 5 жыл бұрын

That Dunkirk movie did a terrible job of showing the significance of Dunkirk. If you had never heard about Dunkirk before and you watched that movie, you'd think "What's the big deal? The Brits evacuated 900 men from a beach". CGI may be a bad thing when there's too much of it in your movie, but it's also a bad thing when you utterly refuse to use it at all. That movie desperately needed tens of thousands of soldiers CGI'd onto the beaches, even if it was just for some overhead shots, to give the audience a sense of how many soldiers were on the beach, how chaotic it was and so forth. What we got was a beach with like 5 actors and 300 extras. Oh and a bomber dropped 5 bombs on them. And some Germans used a rusty old boat for target practice.

@Tibovl 4 жыл бұрын

@@Aethelhald Yeah I agree, How many soldiers were rescued? 400K? Something like that I think, there wasn't even a fraction of that visible.

@mgytitanic1912 4 жыл бұрын

@Colin Cleveland It is the hardest manoeuvre to pull off. It's one that commanders try to avoid even when they have highly trained army. The BEF for the most part was not highly trained. A lot were just Territorials. I recommend reading Julian THompson's book Dunkirk. Very interesting. He has some interesting insights, especially as he's seen combat a few times himself. Including in the Falklands in 1982.

@morerobotwarscontent1476 5 жыл бұрын

You're like a Dan Carlin who actually releases content. Keep it up.

@MatthewSwabey 3 жыл бұрын

This comment moved me, but I don't want Dan feeling sad about it.

@makikomi 5 жыл бұрын

18:52 Minor correction - you said the Junkers 88 was known as the Stuka. Obviously a mistake as it was the Junkers 87 (as you'd mentioned earlier) that was the Stuka.

@matthieuzebrowsky2300 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, the JU 88 was a two engine light/medium bomber. If memory serves well some of them were converted into heavy nightfighters which became known as "Uhu".

@visionist7 4 жыл бұрын

@@matthieuzebrowsky2300 the Uhu (Owl) was the HE219 I think

@greghardy9476 2 жыл бұрын

I was checking to see if anyone else caught it! I’m amazed he doesn’t goof more!

@seananthonyegan3395 5 жыл бұрын

My late Grandfather was at Dunkirk He was a career solider he was just about taken off the beach in time my grandmother told me years after he passed away. He never spoke of any of his military service .

@nerdyempress6745 5 жыл бұрын

sean anthony egan Same here. Grandpa never spoke of the war either. I’ve been reading his diary, and my Grandfather was one of the few British Tanks that remained in France in the last moments at Dunkirk.