Laugh about it, attacking a neutral country with the backing of several other countries in time of war was unlikely, and when it looked like it and france wanted to extend it, the belgians said no..

You weren’t supposed to do that

The French knew that the Maginot line could be pierced. The French knew very well that the Germans could bypass the Maginot Line. The proof is that the best French troops were on the Belgian border, and the The least good troops were behind the Maginot Line. The French troops entered Belgium to fight the Germans. The cause of the French defeat was not the Maginot Line, but the misuse of tanks. They were dispersed in infantry regiments instead of forming regiments and armored divisions. The irony of the story is that this conception of regiments and armoured divisions was French. Germans who had read the French authors who advocated this doctrine (Charles de Gaulle and Ernest Mayer) were quicker to implement it. When the war broke out the French were reforming the use of tanks, but it was too late. A year later, the French would have won that war because their tanks were much better. The conclusion to be drawn from this is that an Army must be at the top level at all times, even when there is not the slightest risk of war. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Les français savaient que la ligne Maginot pouvait être percée. Les français savaient très bien que les allemands pouvaient contourner la ligne Maginot. La preuve est que les meilleures troupes françaises étaient sur la frontière belge, et les moins bonnes troupes derrière la ligne Maginot. Sachez que les troupes françaises sont entrées en Belgique pour aller combattre les allemands. La cause de la défaite française n'est pas la ligne Maginot, mais la mauvaise utilisation des tanks. Ils étaient dispersés dans les régiments d'infanterie au lieu de former des régiments et des divisions blindés. L'ironie de l'histoire est que cette conception de régiments et des divisions blindés était française. Les allemands qui avaient lu les auteurs français qui préconisaient cette doctrine (Charles de Gaulle et Ernest Mayer) ont été plus rapides à la mettre en oeuvre. Lorsque la guerre a éclaté les français étaient en train de réformer l'utilisation des chars, mais c'était trop tard. La conclusion à en tirer, est qu'une Armée doit être au top niveau en permanence y compris quand il n'y a pas le moindre risque de guerre.

The Germans also built their Maginot line on the other side of the border. It was called the Siegfried line. If the French were idiots, the Germans were twice as idiotic since they made another equivalent. It was called the Atlantic Wall. This did not prevent the 1944 landing in Normandy. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Les allemands ont fabriqué aussi leur ligne Maginot de l'autre coté de la frontière. Elle s'appelait la ligne Siegfried. Si les français ont été idiots, les allemands l'ont été deux fois plus puisqu'ils ont fabriqué un autre équivalent. Il s'appelait le mur de l'Atlantique. Cela n'a pas empêché le débarquement de 1944 en Normandie.

@@tetatoto23 Yes and if China or Russia try to invade us... We fucked.

Too short for a password? That sounds pretty unlikely

r/woooosh You can go around it, so it’s too short

@@MasterBeiberEverything r/IUseRedditIAmVerySmart

@@user-ri1gq3ec2q wooosh

@@EannaWithAFada Omegacringe

Ratte tank: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT*

@@schottgunjr *Gets stuck in mud*

No they just go around it

@@Yohki i dont think a ratte will stuck on the mud

Lol I laughed so hard

but the zombies would just go around the bunker.

Your right

Ha

Zombies are dumb and stupid So make a sound and they’ll heads towards it, thus gunfire = wwii undead Vurdun

0/10 against Germans

*Confused in french*

trycoldman23 around it? I always go ABOVE it whenever I'm playing Germany

Dude why do I see you under every video I watch?

It's Anschluss Time!

NOVA in Hoi?

Don't know why this is funny, but it is

Belgium: is not a speedbump Also most of belgium: Ran over faster than i can submit a project on a deadline

a speedbump would have slow down german forces

Belgium is rest area

Belguim is a shortcut

War is like Belgium, you go through.

just like Poland

The French knew that the Maginot line could be pierced. The proof is that there were troops behind. The best French troops were on the Belgian border. The cause of the French defeat was not the Maginot Line, but the misuse of tanks. They were dispersed in infantry regiments instead of forming regiments and armored divisions. The irony of the story is that this conception of regiments and armoured divisions was French. Germans who had read the French authors who advocated this doctrine (Charles de Gaulle and Ernest Mayer) were quicker to implement it. When the war broke out the French were reforming the use of tanks, but it was too late. A year later, the French would have won that war because their tanks were much better. The conclusion to be drawn from this is that an Army must be at the top level at all times, even when there is not the slightest risk of war.

@@tetatoto23 it would that someone didn’t like my funny

Shorty Shorty it’s a really good joke

I think its "one german countryside-walking bois"

+Spartame • no the allies won ww1, not France alone

steery wheely boiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Tom 2142 Of course. It was a team victory.

The army wanted to extend it to Belgium and Luxembourg borders , but Belgium was angered by that, so to prevent a political crisis, that was cancelled And we were lacking manpower, looks like we didn't store enough political power to change conscription laws :)

Nice hoi4 reference

Lmao France should have just used console commands

@@tic-tac9323 debug_nuking :)

Annex GER Annex ITA Annex SOV Manpower 10000000 Research all

They won't do it a 2nd time they said

@@aaeve5676 They didn't do it in WW1. They went from further in the north and never went trought.

Actually, they could build along the Belgium border but to the Belgians would view it with suspicion and questioning France’s reasons why they are building it if they don’t trust Belgium.

@@irov5884 he was referring to the battle of the bulge in ww2

@@republicempire446 I think they know why they're extending the maginot line..........

No it's Who will win a fortified super defensive or an angry mustache boy

no, the attack on Belgium was just a diversion for the main attack at Sedan

why aren't you dead yet in rebels

That was the entire purpose of the Maginot Line, to deter attacks through Belgium and guarantee allies in the war against Germany. The real oversight of the Allies was leaving the Ardennes forest undefended. A military genius like you should see that!

Jessica Grey They couldn't do this because of two big reasons. One, extending the line along Belgium's border would have significantly damaged relations with them. It's telling them that France is expecting Belgium to fall and they aren't going to help them at all. Belgium would never have joined the Allies if they had done it, in fact they would most likely ally Germany to avoid an invasion they know they would lose. Two, it would have cost a LOT of money. Already the one part of the Maginot Line was expensive, but extending it to the channel would have been far more costly, mainly because of the distance and terrain. Lorraine is quite hilly and the terrain is perfect for the defensive line, not so much for the area around Belgium which is more flat. There were actually some defensive lines built along there, but they were much weaker compared to the ones around the Maginot. The French did give them a door, but that was the point, they would defend that one door instead of multiple ones. What they didn't realize was that there was a secret door (the Ardenne forest)

Yes but that was exactly what the French and Brits expected. Going around the Maginot Line of course also meant going to war with the Netherlands and Belgium, adding several hundred thousand soldiers to the allied side. And of course there were also defensive positions in the Netherlands and Belgium, that’s basically were the French wanted to stop the German attack together with their allies. The Wehrmacht used airborne troops to capture a whole bunch of important positions and also the tanks attacked very fast, thus the Netherlands failed to offer much resistance and surrendered already after 4 days. Belgium surrendered after 18 days, also in Belgium a bunch of strategic positions like the fortress of Eben-Emael was defeated by German airborne troops.

Where do these stereotypes come from? The French knew that the Maginot line could be pierced. The French knew very well that the Germans could bypass the Maginot Line. The proof is that the best French troops were on the Belgian border, and the The least good troops were behind the Maginot Line. The French troops entered Belgium to fight the Germans. The cause of the French defeat was not the Maginot Line, but the misuse of tanks. They were dispersed in infantry regiments instead of forming regiments and armored divisions. The irony of the story is that this conception of regiments and armoured divisions was French. Germans who had read the French authors who advocated this doctrine (Charles de Gaulle and Ernest Mayer) were quicker to implement it. When the war broke out the French were reforming the use of tanks, but it was too late. A year later, the French would have won that war because their tanks were much better. The conclusion to be drawn from this is that an Army must be at the top level at all times, even when there is not the slightest risk of war. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) D'où viennent ces clichés ? Les français savaient que la ligne Maginot pouvait être percée. Les français savaient très bien que les allemands pouvaient contourner la ligne Maginot. La preuve est que les meilleures troupes françaises étaient sur la frontière belge, et les moins bonnes troupes derrière la ligne Maginot. Sachez que les troupes françaises sont entrées en Belgique pour aller combattre les allemands. La cause de la défaite française n'est pas la ligne Maginot, mais la mauvaise utilisation des tanks. Ils étaient dispersés dans les régiments d'infanterie au lieu de former des régiments et des divisions blindés. L'ironie de l'histoire est que cette conception de régiments et des divisions blindés était française. Les allemands qui avaient lu les auteurs français qui préconisaient cette doctrine (Charles de Gaulle et Ernest Mayer) ont été plus rapides à la mettre en oeuvre. Lorsque la guerre a éclaté les français étaient en train de réformer l'utilisation des chars, mais c'était trop tard. La conclusion à en tirer, est qu'une Armée doit être au top niveau en permanence y compris quand il n'y a pas le moindre risque de guerre.

The Germans also built their Maginot line on the other side of the border. It was called the Siegfried line. If the French were idiots, the Germans were twice as idiotic since they made another equivalent. It was called the Atlantic Wall. This did not prevent the 1944 landing in Normandy. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Les allemands ont fabriqué aussi leur ligne Maginot de l'autre coté de la frontière. Elle s'appelait la ligne Siegfried. Si les français ont été idiots, les allemands l'ont été deux fois plus puisqu'ils ont fabriqué un autre équivalent. Il s'appelait le mur de l'Atlantique. Cela n'a pas empêché le débarquement de 1944 en Normandie.

@@tetatoto23can you take a joke buddy

@@tetatoto23 well most of us already know that France are not stupid and know pretty well about their strength and weaknesses. But, as same as always, people usually make jokes about anything. In this case, history.

I'm gonna do a pro gamer move now

Simple History idk

Simple History ok

P.1000 Ratte, largest tank ever designed. OR the Panzer VIII Maus, largest tank ever made.

Simple History Soviet T-35 tank!

Simple History I am from Greece please make a video about Fort Roupel a defence line in northern Greece

Ja wohl!

Augusto Cejas you can’t go around the soviets Union, is simply too big and has much man power and army, that is why we won

Joseph Stalin It's mostly the weather conditions that beat the germans

Real Madrid no it was actually the mass of soviet soldiers that Counter attacked and invaded the Deutschland that beat the Germans, as I don’t believe weather can take a city

Joseph Stalin Nah it was because hitler was stupid and didn't prepare his guys to fight a winter war which slowed the germans down alot. Supplies couldn't get through, fuel froze. Napoleon was beaten the same way, wasn't prepared either.

The Germans also built their Maginot line on the other side of the border. It was called the Siegfried line. If the French were idiots, the Germans were twice as idiotic since they made another equivalent. It was called the Atlantic Wall. This did not prevent the 1944 landing in Normandy. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Les allemands ont fabriqué aussi leur ligne Maginot de l'autre coté de la frontière. Elle s'appelait la ligne Siegfried. Si les français ont été idiots, les allemands l'ont été deux fois plus puisqu'ils ont fabriqué un autre équivalent. Il s'appelait le mur de l'Atlantique. Cela n'a pas empêché le débarquement de 1944 en Normandie.

@@tetatoto23 r u challenging me?

James Hunt not really

and 3rd time near the end of war

The entire purpose of the Maginot Line was to encourage the Germans to go around it.

The Humungus Yeah... people seem to think this was a huge oversight by the French. It was literally the entire point of the Maginot line, to force an attack through Belgium and make sure France would have allies in the war. It worked splendidly in that regard, but the Allies really messed up with their defense of the Low Countries.

That was the entire point. They put all their forces on the Belgian border. In fact, Germany was failing hard at breaking through the French-Belgian forces, so in a final, desperate Hail Mary move that they expected to fail, they sent tons of tanks and trucks through the thick woods and mountainous hills of the Ardennes while totally exposed to air attack and artillery fire. It was such a stupidly risky and foolhardy move that the Allies didn't bother putting more than a token force there because only a complete idiot would attempt it.

@@pancakemacbuttery9142 that's not how you woooosh someone (I'm about to get woooosh aren't I)

@@frogentertainment3514 r/whoosh

Belgium objected to french extending the maginot line to their border. So its really belgiums fault french lost ww2

Mennu The Gangsta r/wooosh*

Some german bois

SomeCatWith APaper Who would win: A trained, professional U.S. paratrooper, the best of the 101st Airborne, or a tree?

Who would win: a strong U.S naval base with powerful ships Or, some weird looking foreign planes.

YourAverageUser they went AROUND it

@@Kalay0Fox It was a joke you don’t have to cry about it lmao

@@synical_zero0003 Oof another angry french that can’t take a joke lol

TheLollonsloo yes. they knew that the germans will eat them alive and didn't want to feel alone. Yet, they did not only fucked themselfs up but also france and most of westren europe. So thx belgium.

in fact was tge netherlands who don t let allied troops in their territory ,

That is True. But Belgium Also did not Want Allied Troops in Belgium as well

@@Coolsomeone234 If i remember correctly belgium was neutral

PeePeePooPoo They have an alliance with France until 1936 shortly after German mobilization of the Rhineland. The cowardly Belgian king decide to break the alliance and resorted to neutrality so not to poke at the German eagle.

ReconPro english pls

70 CC Crap just realized the typos. Sorry :/

ReconPro Okay, pat- uh Commander.

Better idea. Take the failure of the Maginot line AND BLAME IT HITLE-BERG!!!

ReconPro and lose 3 billion franc again+in so little time?

We’re bunch of smart fans lol

GottaCatchGames The maginot line : the point The Germans : you

History , you don't talk about the Germans crossed the ardennes. This area was not defended because Gamellin felt that the forest prevented the German tanks from passing. The largest of the French troops were in Belgium. The invasion of Belgium was a trap to prepare the battle of Sedan. I would have liked you to talk about the Battle of the Alps with the maginot line of the Alps and the Battle of Menton. Then the maginot line was taken backwards after the breakthrough of Sedan (attack from behind). The Germans used flamethrowers to kill the last soldiers who did not want to surrender. After the armistice many bunkers were still fighting and Hitler went to the scene to see the last pockets of resistance

I've watched/read tons of documentaries about WW1 and WW2 and I can never imagine what they were thinking when they didnt extend at least *some* kind of defensive line across their norther border. They *knew* that in WW1 that the Germans ideal plan was to cut through Belgium but they just sort of crossed their fingers and hoped that the Germans would only either attack the line head on, or only go through a certain part of Belgium. They barely even protected the Ardennes, I've heard that they only put a fraction of the men that they had even planned on using and they mostly put their worst guys there

Arthas Menethil I know because it happened in WW1. Did they forgot about it?

@Arthas Menethil The Germans had an advantage in fighting in Belgium because of the nature of their artillery on open ground and the Germans went through Belgium in WWI, so that's why the French wanted to thought the battle would be in Belgium. As for the Belgium-French border, it is true that an extended Maginot line would have saved France, but it would have been difficult politically to see it through. That is a high water table that makes digging in difficult, and a large amount of industry and urban areas on the border make it difficult to setup bunkers and fortresses. Also Belgium would have been pissed, but in hindsight a pissed off Belgium would have been a small price to pay to save France.

Commanding officer: *flips table*

You know that the Maginot line was not the only french strategy , and Gamelin threw his most mobile forces in the low countries before the german passed through the Ardennes ?

“TABERNAC!”

Lol

before resistance poisonned his coffe.

*SCREAMS IN FROG*

@@josephstalin7353 *Dies in French British and belgium*

BIr Hakeim: Guess who's back?

Whats that from?

Japanese Anime watchers destroying the comment section..

Actually it’s Germany: du bist schon tot France: quelle?!

American: *laser eyes*

Jonathan Hughes i'm pretty sure when they made the line it was for more then to delay their fall. Pretty sure the intent was never to surrender kn the first place.

That's exactly what I said.

Yes. Good job. The Maginot line SHOULD make the Germans attack through Belgium. It's not that they didn't think of what would happen if someone went around their defenses, although the meme is funny.

You would Think They would Extend the Line *At Least* To the Arddennes region

@Irn Man I'm saying extending not all the way, but to the Dye river where it was Already fortified

i 100% agree, biggest warship ever constructed and only 4 (3 battleships, 1 (converted to a cv) and one that couldnt be built) every to be used

(In reference to *World of Warships*) AND FINALLY SINK THE YAMATO

actually only 3 were built, 2 completed and 1 converted to cv

They also need to do WW2 behemoth: Battleship Iowa of the US Navy.

BISMARK

-> enemy defenses! goes around it casually Considering the French HQ focused all its mobile forces in a offensive through the plains of the low countries , that's not how it works

Ha ha ha so funny😤

Same

Pman PAAZ thank you for ur vids I love them I might be going to Massachusetts on Friday I will watch your vids there so can you make a revolutionary war in Massachusetts maybe

Same

Joey Lopata i don't make history videos i make gaming videos sorry

Me too

NICEE

one like on this?????

Only 2 likes ??????

Yeah that is true to be honest

You mean drugged fallschirmjäger troops?

@@marvinbanzuela6336 yes

Mw3raf143 French

Thành Hoàng Ngọc Sloped front m8. But yeah the turret was to big for the tank piece of junk

What if they spam pioneers

@@josephstalin7353 Have no Problems with it. Never really lost vs Germany Players. But I can remember one Italy Player and his friend (playing Germany) who destroyed everything. These two guys were really good. Honorable Players. Enjoyed that Game

@@nicz7694 i even played hoi4 and i litteraly took every country in europe and half of russia

Luka Bošnjak You certain? 2 million died in WW1

Luka Bošnjak How many French people died in WW2

Luka Bošnjak Dang that's a lot of casualties. Many of these casualties are due to war crimes and the Jewish massacres. No wonder the French hated the Germans so much during and after the work. Miracle how the two countries are friends now.

Luka Bošnjak hey mann why do you love hitler explain your arguments (Btw I m mot critizing your choices)

I just want To understand

Stevio Gaming But best remontada After Because French Win

"French win" You mean French sit back and wait while Britain, America, and Russia do all the work?

French didn't "sit back and wait". The French Forces fought in North Africa with the allies and help for the reconquest of Europe (Italy, France, ...). The French Resistance have also helped the allies to prepar the DDay by sabotage and intelligence service. For example, without the french, the Dynamo operation will be failed If your country wasn't occupied during WWII it's fine, but you can't say that the French did nothing during WWII.

Hawt Dawg Not att ww1 French win solo and after américain help but French win before

Spartame • without the British the French would've fallen, the French empire stood no chance against the Germans in WW1

Merci buckets

Hans Krebs the greatest is oddball

Go find FEGELIEN

Hans Krebs How is your fish?

yet they still lost to the germans twice...

Hiro Shào I think he meant ww1 as well.

In 1871 and 1940

Franco - Prussian war

france won ww1

Oi

catty gaming Nerd

What is this a cross over episode?

Was that a jojo reference?

Where do these stereotypes come from? The French knew that the Maginot line could be pierced. The French knew very well that the Germans could bypass the Maginot Line. The proof is that the best French troops were on the Belgian border, and the The least good troops were behind the Maginot Line. The French troops entered Belgium to fight the Germans. The cause of the French defeat was not the Maginot Line, but the misuse of tanks. They were dispersed in infantry regiments instead of forming regiments and armored divisions. The irony of the story is that this conception of regiments and armoured divisions was French. Germans who had read the French authors who advocated this doctrine (Charles de Gaulle and Ernest Mayer) were quicker to implement it. When the war broke out the French were reforming the use of tanks, but it was too late. A year later, the French would have won that war because their tanks were much better. The conclusion to be drawn from this is that an Army must be at the top level at all times, even when there is not the slightest risk of war. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) D'où viennent ces clichés ? Les français savaient que la ligne Maginot pouvait être percée. Les français savaient très bien que les allemands pouvaient contourner la ligne Maginot. La preuve est que les meilleures troupes françaises étaient sur la frontière belge, et les moins bonnes troupes derrière la ligne Maginot. Sachez que les troupes françaises sont entrées en Belgique pour aller combattre les allemands. La cause de la défaite française n'est pas la ligne Maginot, mais la mauvaise utilisation des tanks. Ils étaient dispersés dans les régiments d'infanterie au lieu de former des régiments et des divisions blindés. L'ironie de l'histoire est que cette conception de régiments et des divisions blindés était française. Les allemands qui avaient lu les auteurs français qui préconisaient cette doctrine (Charles de Gaulle et Ernest Mayer) ont été plus rapides à la mettre en oeuvre. Lorsque la guerre a éclaté les français étaient en train de réformer l'utilisation des chars, mais c'était trop tard. La conclusion à en tirer, est qu'une Armée doit être au top niveau en permanence y compris quand il n'y a pas le moindre risque de guerre.

The Germans also built their Maginot line on the other side of the border. It was called the Siegfried line. If the French were idiots, the Germans were twice as idiotic since they made another equivalent. It was called the Atlantic Wall. This did not prevent the 1944 landing in Normandy. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Les allemands ont fabriqué aussi leur ligne Maginot de l'autre coté de la frontière. Elle s'appelait la ligne Siegfried. Si les français ont été idiots, les allemands l'ont été deux fois plus puisqu'ils ont fabriqué un autre équivalent. Il s'appelait le mur de l'Atlantique. Cela n'a pas empêché le débarquement de 1944 en Normandie.

@Manwё France's Belgian defence strategy called "The Dyle Plan" was a failure because it relied on the Netherlands and Belgium holding their own for 5 days. But it only took 1 day for Germany to break the Dutch fort line. No one expected German paratroopers to land on the Dutch forts.

finally someone who know they didn't just went around it as in WW1

🅱️ *L I T Z K R I E G*

You all are nuts...germany actually wanted british and french troops to form a defensive line in belgium so that they could not prevent invasion through Arden's

Manwё Well if France was prepared for Bliztkrieg,why then they used still combined infantry-artillery tactics from WW1 which is already destroyed by German dive bombers.

Damn Rommel

VICTORY BELONGS TO GERMANY!!

👍

Erwin Rommel unfortunately sir, you guys engaged the russians and the west in the same war, if you fought them individually, you would've defeated them all, when it comes to one-on-one, the german soldier is a better warrior and tactician than his russian, american, british and french counterparts

That1 Gopnik wait for what? its a 1 on 1

U french should change your flag to pure white it fits your country

(its just a joke)

@@weirdostick8023 because Napoleon is ded

@@markguardiana600 lol

@@markguardiana600 I imagine him holding a white flah

Lollll

I'm french and for us it was the opposite... We kinda had TOO much wars in hustory lessons. Romans, Knights, colonial, Napoléon, world wars... Pick your war haha

@@pancakemacbuttery9142 I don't think you understand how that works, there's no joke, this is just history

@@pancakemacbuttery9142 what the heck does racism have to do with an invasion tactic?

@@pancakemacbuttery9142 I'm not supporting anything, just stating a fact

@@pancakemacbuttery9142 haha good one buddy.

Who win the first tour de france ? The german panzer division

They went through Ardennes forest not around Magiont Line.

dude stop either way germany would have won even if they only went through belgium.

yeeet *goes around*

OMG SAME 🤣🤣🤣 I was so confused man I should study more

@@leenjad843 Me too!

No one wants your kind to be here

@@ianjude3792 why? Please be kind

Nothing

Dominus Robloxer Germans went around the Maginot line

André Macedo no, French wanted to build the Maginot line also to the French-Belgian border, but French needed to respect neutrality and sovreignity of Belgium

Mr Cosmo technically the French tanks were superior than the German tanks, the problem was the tactic which were used. The tanks in the French Army were used as support to infantry

Deja Vu (Extended Capitulation Mix)

Because building fortifications on the boundary between France and a Neutral Country was tooootally feasible.

Actually it wasn’t like that. The French anticipated that it would happen again and accordingly moved a lot of forces to northern belgium, where the germans invaded in ww1. But the germans punched through the south and drove straight to the sea, as a result trapping the bulk of french forces and the entire BEF 😄

Matthew Willis me to

Matthew Willis me too

I'm not the only man of culture here

Ah yes.

I see you are a man of culture as we'll.