I can't wait for "What did Germany do in WW2", I've always wondered

Fun fact: While ground fighting ending with the Battle of the Bulge. the German army actually decided to use Luxembourg as the target for the V-3 Cannon (The weirdest of the V weapons, and an awful idea on all levels) and bombarded it for almost a month straight between January and February, luckily there were only 10 deaths and 35 wounded and the Americans captured the gun before it could be dismantled and redeployed. edit: forgot to add, great video, I do love me some obscure national history.

De Wilhelmus is the Royal Anthem of Luxembourg, "Ons Heemecht" is the national Anthem of Luxembourg.

Great video! Small correction though… „de Wilhelmus“ is not the luxembourgish national anthem, that is actually a song called „ons Heemecht“. The Wilhelmus is the song that gets played in relation to the Grand-Ducal family, so whenever one of them is present for an event. You could say itˋs the royal anthem of Luxemburg. 😊

Hilbert, you forgot to change the chapter titles from the ones on your WW2 Spain video for this one.

I once went to a WW2 museum in Luxembourg, it was actually really interesting. Apparently people are always digging up old bits and pieces like bullets in their gardens.

Hilbert, you got the years mixed up on the Americans liberating luxemburg

I am an American and my father was injured in combat on Christmas Day by a German sniper on the edge of Ecternach in Luxembourg. He was in the 5th Division of Patton's 3rd US Army and came with his regiment from Metz in support of the southern shoulder during the Battle of the Bulge.

Hi 👋, I’m from Luxembourg and I wanted to add that De Wilhelmus is actually not our National anthem, this song is only played in parades attended by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Our real anthem is called Ons Heemescht and means our homeland.

Thanks so much for this video on my country! I really appreciate it!

Error at 12:02 Americans were not in Europe in force in September 10, 1940

Finally. I did my oral Abitur examination on this topic and it went reeaally well, thank you Hilbert for listening to the gods 🙏 Und lieben Gruß an alle Luxemburger!🇱🇺

Hello, luxemburger here. The anthem of Luxembourg is actually ,Ons Heemescht’, played for the first time in 1865 an also known ass d’Uelzescht. De Wilhelmus is only the anthem of the grand-ducal family, but try teaching that to some patriotic Holläner

The Luxemburgisch are a proud and strong people 🇱🇺

Luxembourger here! "De Wilhelmus" is not our national anthem. Its the anthem of the Grand-Duke's family: Oranjenburg-Nassau. Our actual national anthem is called "Ons Heemecht"

Not going to lie though, as a Belgian i've wondered for years what happened to Luxemburg during the war since they don't even mention it in our history classes.

Hey hilbert what are the books you used i am really interested in learning more

My grandfather was in the army under Patton and fought at Ettelbruck, Luxembourg in the Battle of the Bulge. He fought bravely, taking out an enemy tank, killing enemy soldiers, and enduring sub zero freezing temperatures. Shortly thereafter he was wounded by artillery and earned a purple heart. The story, however, does take a dark turn. During the urban occupation of Ettelbruck he cleared a dwelling with a grenade inadvertently killing a civilian couple and injuring their infant. He lived a long life after until age 90, but I believe he was always tormented by that event. Furthermore, I believe that incident created a generational curse that follows me to this very day. My grandfather tried to go back to Europe years later to reconcile matters somehow, but was unsuccessful. Now here I am having no idea how to right that wrong or break this lasting curse.

I think you meant American tanks rolled into Luxembourg on 10 September 1944 and not 1940. The US wasn’t in the war until December of 1941.

Thank you i been waiting for this

My grandparents are from Luxembourg. My grandma told me a story about how she was born. Back in WWII, the Germans occupied their village. My great grandparents owned a farm with a lot of animals, but apparently slaughtering animals was forbidden since it was ownly meant to supply food for the German soldiers. One day my great grandfather slaughtered a pig anyway to celebrate his birthday, and one of the neighbours snitched. Then he got the choice to make another child, or go to prison.. There was a law in that area that they can not send you to prison if you have a child on the way. That's how my grandmother was born

I really enjoyed that video because I am from Luxembourg and to see that someone is talking about it. Great video

Love the obscure uncovered WWII history! Keep it up!

There were without shadow of a doubt more luxembourgers than 80 who fought with allied forces. Around 116 fought in brigade piron, 80 of which in the Luxembourg battery, but up to hundreds more served in other allied armies and units.

My Great Uncle was killed in the Battle of the Bulge. His father had immigrated from Germany to 🇺🇸. Uncle was said to be wonderfully kind and loads of fun. My mother, at 84, still cries mourning the loss of her favourite Uncle. As a tiny girl, I recall my Great Grandmother sadly showing me a picture of her son who died in the War. My Great Grandfather refused to utter a word in German. Thanks Hilbert. I always wondered about it but never looked up any information. 🇺🇸

Great content. Didn’t expect to see so much detail about this topic. Would it be possible for you to make a video on San Marino and the Vatican as it is often overlooked as part of Italy in WW2 history?

When do we get more Luxembourg history videos? I'm not from Luxembourg but it's one of the most interesting countries in the world to me and you do great work so I always look forward to seeing more videos.

Luxembourg vs Germany in WWII must have been the equivalent of a fight between Muhamed Ali and Peter Dinklage

There a lot of people of Luxembourg descent living in Wisconsin and Iowa. In fact there is a Luxembourg American museum in Belgium, Wisconsin. I often pass the signs when traveling up on I-94 but have never stopped in.

Great video Hilbert 👍

Wow so thankful about this video THANKS !!!

You should do a video on the Baltics in ww2 and why so many people from there volunteered in the German army. I strongly suggest Estonia.

Very good analysis!

You did a pretty good job. 2 small corrections; the Wilhemus is not the national anthem,but a traditional song to honor the royal family. Also the fight of the resistance in Vianden was not against SS, but against paras, (likely 5.FJR),together with some regular army troops and Volkssturm.

I was visiting the country at the time that you uploaded,the timing

Hi Hilbert : ) A video about Switzerland in this series would really interest me 😍🇨🇭

Just came back from a visit from luxembourg and their museums explaining about the very same thing hilbert spoke about. I'd recommend folks visit the city museum and the art & history museum for indept info but hilbert pretty much covers it up.

Merci fir den video ! Ons Heemecht als kann ech dir verzeihen

The future Grand Duke was an officer in the Irish Guards during WW2

Good video; just one small correction: De Wilhelmus is the hymne of the grand-ducal family; ''Ons Heemecht (Our homeland) is the national anthem :)

At 11:58 - The USA was not in WWII in September of 1940. They certainly weren't running tanks into France at that time. Yeah, I know, nit picking and all that. Just, yeah. September 1944, that is far more likely.

I learned something new with your video about my country concerning the 'Kammerwald'. Thx.

I like your videos! How about Liechtenstein involvement in WW2?

I have a distant family member who was just a young teen during ww2 and lived in Luxembourg. He saw some of his best friends and even family taken away and put in camps by the Nazis. He lived on a hill that looked across the Moselle River to the German boarder. He hated Germany so much, that he promised to never even look at Germany ever again. He covered his windows with curtains that looked out to Germany, and barely went outside. He kept his promise until late 2020, when he died due to his old age. Just an interesting story for y’all.

My Ancestor Johann immigrated from Luxembourg to the United States in 1849.

"...on the 10th of september 1940 the americans rolled through the the city" To quote a certain austrian "Nein! NEIN! NEIN!" 😅

Very interesting video. However, the national anthem of Luxembourg is not "De Wilhelmus" but "Ons Heemecht". The "Wilhelmus" is the anthem of the grand-ducal court, which means it is only played for and in presence of the Grand-Duke. Greetings from Luxembourg and thanks for making a video about us in WW2

I am from luxembourg and i am realy honered that you mentioned the people from luxembourg who refused to work for the nazi's

11:59 It says 1940 on the screen but it should be 1944. Love your vids btw 👍🏻

Maybe you can do the Netherlands and Belgium because you just did Luxembourg and it would be very interesting because it’s really hard to find information about them in WW2 and greetings from Belgium comrade

American tanks rolled in September 10 1944 not 1940…

Good research over my motherland its nice to see some history over luxemburg(:

I appreciate this post. I am American and my great great grandfather was from Echternach

Could you do a video on Pitcairn during WWII?

we need a video going into all the things he mentions at the end of the intro because i want to see them

I’ve been waiting for this one!

The uhmm...section title thingies?...are from the Spain vid. 🇪🇸 Great video btw!!

You could have mentioned that they changed their name from Luxemburg to Luxembourg after the war to make it more french sounding and did everything to lean more towards the french side than the german one. Also Letzeburgisch as far as I know only counts as a distinct language since a few years and was classed as a german dialect before.

„Ons Heemecht“ is the national anthem of Luxembourg not „De Wilhelmus“ Thank you for the video :)

Ahhhh my favorite comedian showed up on my favorite history channel ahhhh!

Very good video. There is one mistaken date, shown at 11:58. The American tanks liberated Luxembourg in 1944; not 1940.

Great video... however I spotted an error. When discussing the liberation of Luxembourgh (1944) at 11:59 in the video the date of: 10 september 1940 is displayed, stating the American overtook Luxembourgh and the Germans retreated. I think there was a four year delay to that action. :-)

You made a huge mistake concerning our national anthem! (like come on... the real title is at the very top of Luxembourg's wiki page) It is called "Ons Heemecht" ("Our Homeland"). De Wilhelmus is the Grand-Ducal Anthem (sort of like how Hail to the Chief is the U.S Presidential Anthem). It's called that way because the King of the Netherlands used to also be Grand Duke of Luxembourg, but it's a completely different anthem, and it doesn't even mention your good old Willem :)

Always thought Luxembourg didn't have much of a history during the war, well, I was wrong. Can't wait to see more of these videos on the minor countries :)

I wonder who fought more fiercely during the invasion, the Danes or the Luxembourgers

Hey hilbert can make video of Norway in ww2

Another super interesting video, Hilbert! Can you do a video on what the independent Central American and Caribbean countries were doing during the War? At that time, this would consist of Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic.

lol I was just thinking about this the other day when watching The Forgotten Battle (Netflix) about the liberation of Zealand.

I just looked it up and Luxembourg has gotten incredibly militant since WWII , since most countries militaries have gotten smaller with the advance of technology, Luxembourg , who has access to these same technologies has more than doubled the size of its army.

finally seeing a video talking about our country feels so weird

Moieeeeen a merci fir de flotte video Thanks for the great video. Our little country tried its best as long as the could. Eis jongen are still national heroes

I love those intros for forgotten ww2 countries haha, they are hilarious!

I’m from Luxembourg and I thought no Americans knew what Luxembourg was

How about a video on Switzerland?

„de Wilhelmus” is the grand ducal hymn, our monarchs, „Ons Heemecht“ is the national anthem!

I’d like to see a video about Lichtenstein

I lived in the GD of Luxembourg, during 1989-90, due to me American university. I have returned to Lux' four times since, and still have friends there. Ohio's Miami University (do not mention that other one -their Miami was a land property deal, by an Ohioan, and the natives around south Florida, Mayaimi are not related to our Ohio river valley tribe, the Miami -who are now mostly out in Oklahoma -just to make that clear!) Miami Univ' of Ohio set up their overseas campus in Luxembourg, after our alumni, John Dolibois, a native of Lux' who immigrated to the USA in the 30's, was in the US Army in WW2 in the Intelligence service, and was at the trials in Neurenburg. MUDEC, has had three campus' in Luxembourg since 1968. We had the option to learn some Letzeburgish too, to supplement the French and German lessons. Luxembourg feels like home, when I've gone back. I knew a fair amount of details detailed in this video, but not all. The Grand Duke, Jean, who ruled during my time there, was a veteran of WW2, having gotten to England, and led the modest Lux' Army back to Liberation (not in this history detail). The Red Lion of Lux' can also be found at the castle in Praque, Czech, as the Holy Roman Empire ruled over the eventual nation. Luxembourg was a fortified fort, until after the Napoleonic wars, but the casements in the city hill can still be toured. And, with the American Army fighting to defend and stop the Germans during the Buldge, the American Cemetery, near the Capitol is a worthy visit -that is where General George S. Patton is buried, with is men, after he died in a car crash in German, just after the War. Addi' :)

Now we're talking. Let's go Luxembourg!

nice some history about luxembourg

De wilhelmus is the grand ducal anthem of luxembourg. The national anthem is ons heemecht

General Bradley had his HQ in Luxembourg prior to the Battle of the Bulge.

Good to know the story of WW2 Luxembourg.

Why is the description for the video about Spain?

our national anthem is ons heemecht. de wilhelmus is the royal anthem from the house of the grand duke. and het wilhelmus is the Dutch national anthem. Little but important difference in my opinion, because i never heard of de wilhelmus :D and i was born in luxembourg and still live here.

3:12 it was at this moment I realise I mixed up Luxenberg and Liechtenstein

The Luxemburg anthem is not de Wilhelmus but ONS HEEMECHT !!

That Wilhelmus never gets old

can you do malta

As someone who speaks German and spent a lot of time in Schwaben, I can genuinely tell you that "Lëtzebuergesch" is no more its own language than Schwäbisch, Plattdeutsch (I'll get to this later), or Bayerisch are their own languages. It is a dialect LARPing as a distinct language because their immediate Franconian neighbors (especially Ripuarisch & Pfälzisch) sound almost just like them minus the French influence; something I realised when I studied in Cologne and heard Kölsch on a semi-regular basis. If they want to argue that Standarddeutsch is its own language while all the other dialects are their own languages, then that's honestly fair, but to someone who grew up speaking Platt there is almost no distinction between the way they speak and the way Luxembourgers speak besides maybe some of that aforementioned French loaning. I'd be like claiming that one dialect of Scots is its own language while all the other dialects of Scots were just subsets of English. It's honestly hilarious every time I hear these half-baguettes claim this.

I would love if ymade videos about armed partisan resistence movements in Austria, Italy and Yugoslavia! That would be great. Because I'm a native German speaker k know a lot about armed resistence in Austria (Partisanen in Salzkammergut, Attergau and the boarded to Yugoslavia). There is much out there about Yugoslav partisan history in English. But it is really hard to find much on the armed resistance in Italy. Although it was huge and played a major factor in the war, German and English media (also academia as far as I know) avoid that topic as much as possible. Probably because the resistence was mostly communist and Anti-Communism is still the secret religion and secret law of the land in the English and German speaking countries. So i would love a video on the Italian partisans.

Hell yeah

I wonder if the words at 1:54 are going to lead up to some context for _"Mir wëlle bleiwe wat mir sinn"_ or sth?

"Pass the Dutchie" -- famous song from 1890

I would like you to visit the different continents for this series: take a sub saharan african country, a south american one, a central american one, a middle eastern one, a central asian etc.

Spengelskrich reminds me of a story of a Danish bookseller in Copenhagen who put portraits of Adolf and Benito in his shop window, and in between the portraits he put a copy of Victor Hugo's 'Les Miserables'.

The video is very good! The national anthem is, however, not „Wihlemhus“ - that melody being exclusive to the Monarchy. The national anthem is different (the melody is very different). That being stated, you are right about everything else.

I have to read up on the U'nion right now. They sound like genuine heroes. Love how large the resistance in Luxemburg was in relation to the population. And even more how effective and successful they were. Never again! Nie wieder Faschismus! Nie wieder Krieg!

Haven't you Done anything about Finland in ww2?

6:32 Standard German is in fact just one dialect or dialect group of High German. Schwyzerdütsch is also High German, and also very distinct from Standard German. The question is unduly complicated by the fact many in Germany tend to think of Hochdeutsch as a "Hochsprache" - a high language. In fact, High German is so called because Alps, where you speak diverse dialects of High German are higher up than Baltic Coast where you speak, guess what? "Niederdeutsch" or Low German. In fact, Low German spans: * Low East Saxon in Berlin area * Low Saxon proper in Hamburg / Bremen area * Low Frankish, main dialect of which sings ... Het Wilhelmus as their national anthem or which also (a bit further south) inspired at least the _names_ of Quik et Flupke by Hergé.

That Dad's Army style map made me think "Don't tell 'em your name Hiecht". Fësch make for good sport in Luxemburg it said on Google.