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Did you didn't make this video before?
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@@crowleyokpebholo3464 He said he wants to revisit it.
In Saving Private Ryan there's a scene of Americans, having at last attained the firing line on the bluff, outright murdering several German soldiers who are trying to surrender. As bad as that is, it gets worse; the men with their hands in the air, speaking fearfully to the counter-invaders, are not speaking German. They're saying: "Don't shoot us! We're prisoners of war, forced to fight for the Germans!", in Czech. That scene was a result of Speilberg's exhaustive research into what happened that day.
Why didn't Spielberg use subtitles? I've wanted to know what they said for years but when I'm watching I'm too enthralled and then don't remember to google afterwards.
Because the Americans that only knew English there wouldn’t know what they were saying either and would assume it was German
@@sdaw2975 yes but why go to the trouble of having them be Czech and speak Czech (saying that they are prisoners) if the nuance will be lost on 99% of the audience. Please don't say for accuracy because lots of other things in the movie were inaccurate.
@@sdaw2975 This, plus Speilberg likes to put deep-dive historical details in his movies and not explain them; they're Easter eggs for the historians out there. I like it; it shows he's paying attention to the truth and not just making crap up.
In WW2 both sides would use "false surrender" to bait enemies closer and ambush them with a larger group of soldiers. You couldn't trust a surrender unless you were absolutely 100% that they were. It's awful yes, but that's how it was.
It’s incredibly ironic that Hitler would think a static defense was a good plan after he plowed through the Ardennes forest.
When you're out of alternatives, you just got to convince yourself it's the best choice anyway. We humans are great at such things in general.
Didn't he go around it?
The only way to have any hope of stopping the invasion was to keep them from getting a foothold on the beaches. The Axis didn't have the manpower or infrastructure for a mobile defence anymore. It wasn't the wrong call.
@@andrewr471 He went around the French by going through the Ardennes which they thought would be impossible with tanks. They were wrong.
Meth is a hell of a drug
One of the most frightening stories was a German soldier retelling what it was like to look out into the sea and he described it as seeing the blue sea turn into a line of grey that stretched across the entire horizon. He described it as the sky and the sea split by a thick line of grey as if the Allied invasion had split the world in half horizontally.
"What it must have been like to some old-timer buck sergeant or staff sergeant who had been through Guadalcanal or Bougainville or the Philippines, to stand on some beach and watch this huge war machine beginning to stir and move all around him and know that he very likely had survived this far only to fall dead on the dirt of Japan’s home islands, hardly bears thinking about." (p. 189)
- from James Jone's WWII: A Chronicle of Soldiering
Very terrific imagery indeed for one person to see when the whole war machine stirs into action in an awesome coordinated spectacle.
That meant it was game over
Where did you read that Sr?
@@pamrusso3556where ya think? Obiv from memoirs
"It's definitely not a good day to be a nazi"
-Yorki
I once heard a story, second hand, of a German teenage private who was stationed with a beach garrison in Normandy in 1944. He was a dental assistant in the US in the 1960s working for an acquaintances father who was a dentist. His story was one morning the sun started coming up and out in the water they saw every ship in the entire world appear and began shooting at them. He was injured by naval gunfire and later captured and spent the rest of the war as a POW. His entire combat experience in WW2 was a few hours on June 6, 1944 in Normandy.
Lucky kid!
@@Centermass762lucky?
@@nev12345678910 being drafted into an army that's seeing massive losses and only seeing a few hours of war and minor injuries before spending the rest of it in an Allied POW camp. That's pretty damned lucky.
@@Centermass762 alright fair enough
man that had to be a pants shitting experience if i have ever heard one
It's amazing how far his animation has progressed over the years.
Is the narrator the animator himself? Or does he have animators on payroll
@@evry1sfriend619 He probably has a team working with him
@@lahire4943 yeah he has a team
@@evry1sfriend619 As La Hire said, he probably does have a team. But I believe he at least has some control over animating.
24:20 look here and you can see the credits
Imagine being a german soldier on d day and just seeing all those ships and knowing you were doomed
"Its the whole damn covenant fleet"
😯😲😱
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Werner: fight Han why you standing
Hans: Nein
Werner: why
Hans point at ocean
A glorious death.
“It is only by seeing both sides of a conflict that one can form a complete picture” well said, ACH.
Very well said! Too bad they no longer teach this basic principle in school..... Biden's Merica
@@doofus5152 dude it’s not just Biden that does this. The US has been doing this for decades
@Keith Adam
So true.
As a Jewish-American, although I hate Nazism, it is important to understand the enemy. Germans are not the enemy. It is the ideology that is. No race, ethnicity, etc... is superior, inferior, sub, etc... Most people do not know, too, that my homeland Israel and Germany are great allies now and continue to grow together in friendship. 🇮🇱🇩🇪
@@linguist8623 Nazism is actually an Allied made ideology they made to depict National Socialism
This is why i hate their modern propaganda
They arent telling the truth
Its the same logic as saying democracy is conquering a country and making it adapt your system
There is no “both sides” only right and wrong. Allies were right to fight and defeat fascism and the nazis were wrong….period.
This animation is specifically focused on the military history retelling of D day invasion from the vantage point of the defeated nazi troops…it’s not a both sides presentation of motivations or justifications of the competing ideologies (Allied vs nazi) that came into conflict.
I served in combat with the 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam, 1968-69. When I returned home I became obsessed with learning about history, especially military history. I started college in fall, 1969 (culture shock) and my thirst for learning has increased over the years. Thank you for filling in some gaps in our knowledge.
Thanks for your service (even though I’m Canadian, not American). I just finished watching the Vietnam series on Prime. The best war series I’ve ever seen with its collection of footage.
9th infantry, 15th. Combat engineers,73-74.much respect to you sir.
9th infantry, 15th. Combat engineers,73-74.much respect to you sir.
Got any good nam stories? If you willing to talk about them
Oh,. My,.
I appreciate the “Pokémon battle” between outdated tanks and US troops with a bazooka segment. I’m 110% sure that’s how it went down on D- Day
Along with another meme, as one of the general was that one old man in the memes, and the generals in a circle with huge brains is I think also a meme
French tank attack: "It's not very effective"
Bazooka: "It's super effective"
@@elonater5751 The old man is known as "Hide the pain Harold".
Don't forget the German Panzerfaust was also very effective against armor. Inexpensive to produce and easy to use. So easy to use that even a child can do it, and they did.
@@luigicampo4008 isnt the actual guy polish?
edit: no, hes hungarian
The fact that we get free documentaries on CZcams by The Armchair Historian is truly a gift 👍
This was a FANTASTIC animation and retelling of this event. ❤
Free ? Many actually pay for premium. Not all are broke arses
@@markshaw270 What does that get you? Funnier animations? I bet you feel dumb paying for something you can get for free
@@ironman77725 Well, adblock is also free, so..
You're paying for it.. you just don't realize.
Intersting perspective view. Having visited the various beachs in France I can't beleve the allies pulled it off. What a ominous sight standing on Normandy beach and looking into the hills.
They took a page from the Russians and threw men at it
I remember my teacher reading a book that had some letters from soldiers, both Allied and Axis. One that I'll always remember was a short letter of a soldier describing the armada in the channel. Something about being able to walk from France to England by stepping on boats without getting his feet wet.
The armchair historian really out here calling out the WW2 generals who suffered from baldness for an ad. Nice
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@@theuniverse5173 dude
No one is going to click the link
The Stresses of command really take its toll. America presidents being a fine example.
He really missed the opportunity to call it male PATTON baldness instead of male pattern baldness
@@theuniverse5173 lmfao
Wow, hearing the German generals trying to downplay the severity of the D-Day invasion reminds me of how my management is when they underestimate the time & manpower needed to do projects at our site ..
Lmao, do a D-Day at your work
They expected logistics to be much much slower on sand beaches. Which it would be..... if the Allies didn't bring in their own floating harbor lol
@@fr-joey764 Jump into the window at your office
@@thebiscuitguy646 jump in or out of the office ? 🤔
@@fr-joey764 we did. That's why they had 3 other engineers that were in charge over the line where I am currently overseeing now. I'm now their 4th engineer over this line.
True story.
Incredible videos. Gotta love the animation and narration. Filled w with information that's not often discussed visualized perfectly.
I was able to visit this area years ago, standing up on the cliffs looking down onto the beaches and out into the English Channel was something I'll never forget.
I've been more patriotic since that day and also realized what it must have been like from the German perspective.
The longest day for so many reasons.
Allied perspective: We fought bravely and barely won by the skin of our teeth.
Axis perspective: Yeah, we never had a chance and were basically overrun.
That shows how history is written by the winners. The allies made their foes appear much fiercer in retrospect to highlight the bravery of their troops and the significance of their victory.
@@morantNO1 they really did overglorify everything.
not sure if overglorifying is the right words,all the men on that beach and bunkers were heros in their own respect but if the americans and brits had such struggles against undermanned divisions leftover at the coast.
what would an entire army group resting in paris for example have done.
Omaha Beach was the worst for allies, so that's why movies and such usually portray it above the others, which were much easily captured. Basically walking in does not make a heroic story.
@@zackgeorgly5099 Maybe not heroic but it's still interesting to see czcams.com/video/p93Uoj-Qmtw/video.html
Germany barely had any tanks or any real good fighters on the front lines.... most were consceipt or secondary soldiers . The good units were too busy idling around in reserve because they were not allowed to go in the fight and when they finally did. It was too late
i dont know if it is clear to non German, but the Fraise "Arme Schweine" that directly translates to "poor Swine" is not an Insult but a fraise of pitty. He felt bad for his enemys but continued his duty
i think Franz Gockel felt the same cause he was never fond of the Nazi Ideology and was conscripted in 43
@RC CRAWL It's like saying "poor bastards"
@RC CRAWL im german and yeah refering to people as swine is positive. we also say "glückliches schwein" (literally "lucky swine) or "schwein gehabt" (well thats very very hard to translate. literally it means "you had swine", so you see, the word swine is sometimes used as a synonym for luck) for saying that someone is very lucky
“Arme Schweine” translates exactly into American English as “poor bastards.”
poor pigs are those at the receiving end of a Flammenwerfer
This is a totally awesome channel, thank you. Beautifully presented, I can appreciate the time it must take.
My grand dad landed on Omaha on D-Day. He was a member of the 29th infantry Division. I have a certificate that was awarded to him that says he served from the landing on Omaha to the fall of St. Lo.
My grandpa also served in that division and at St. lo! He was 29th artillery. A true hero
I remember reading a book called the German army in Normandy and being occasionally struck by the helplessness of their situation, they didn’t really have a chance of winning
Good. I'm not sure about you, but I'd prefer Nazi's to never have a chance at winning.
@@GregoryCunningham I think that from the German perspective, it isn't just defending the Nazi regime, but more of defending Germany (even though they're in Normandy, France)
@@GregoryCunningham Spatzenhirne wie du können Militärgeschichte nicht von politischen Realitäten trennen. Aber wenn wir schon indifferent argumentieren: Thank God the good guys won, finally everyone gets McDonald's.
@@OZUndead Du veranschaulichst meinen Standpunkt perfekt. Leute wie Sie idealisieren das Nazi-Regime.
I admire the level of empathy you can muster, but I can't say I feel the same. People can only empathize so much, and when it comes to WWII, my empathy runs dry by the time I get to the Nazi's. Not just the SS but the Wehrmacht too. It must have sucked to be conscripted into the Nazi war machine, especially if you were from occupied territory, but at the end of the day someone had to lose and I'm thankful everyday it was them.
Grif : "- What did Patton, Kesselring and Montgomery had in common ?"
Me : "- They fought on the Italian front ?"
Grif : "- They all suffered from unfortunate cases of male pattern baldness."
*THE MORE YOU KNOW*
Think youll find its called male Patton baldness 😂
And I understood boldness.
Wait Wat
Apparently it affects 2/3rds of men in the world
Before he talked about male pattern baldness, my son called out “They all didn’t use NordVPN!”
this is such an awesome content, I love history and I stuck 24 minutes enjoying it.. thanks!
Just found your channel, an already subbed man. So in depth. You can tell you really studied this an it's already something I'm interested in, but you also make it enjoyable to watch an listen to
I remember seeing the original video i can't wait to see how you remade it
This is a reupload right? I remember seeing it before.
@@Nonamelol. no i think the original is still up
@@Nonamelol. czcams.com/video/OdiUezHJNI0/video.html
@@aratirao9007 what
@@aratirao9007 are you a bot?
Rommel, upon returning to the front: "TWELVE HOURS! I have been gone twelve hours and we managed to lose the entire Normandy Coast!?"
It's lose, not loose.
@@lordmuhehe4605 Oh, it was loose. Beat up like a poonanny.
*lose
@@lordmuhehe4605 you’re pathetic
@@matejamartin2199 are you gonna help teach people correct grammar? Didn't think so
Thankyou for this. Very well done. Incredible piece of history
You guys are killing it. The quality is 👌
I imagine Patton would be committing table abuse from that Keeps ad lol.
The germans when they saw the armada:
"Its the whole damn covenant fleet"
Nah. Just an RN fleet review in occupied waters.
They're everywhere!
When Jörg thought sacrificing himself for dunkirk would be the end of the war...
@MR.random57 WTF does this have to do with the video? Take your proselytizing BS elsewhere.🙄
@Allied Empire United Countries of the World sh it will one day hit the fan, and you'll be too busy "being salty" on CZcams for entertainment.
Your channel popped up in my feed and I have to say I loved this episode from the German perspective! Amazing stuff and I'm glad that I found you! The subscriber and I've already shared your Channel!
Your channel is god damned incredible. Many kudos to you. Great content.
The image of a drunk German officer, laying in a foxhole and threatening to shoot anyone returning TO battle, made me chuckle.
He must've been one hell of a person
Definitely one of the most sensible people that day even though he was drunk, while the beach may have been a slaughterhouse for the allies the second they broke the barrier hell let loose on the Germans
“Go to the *burb* battle and you *hic* die!… where’s my *hic* beer?”
@@ColdSalt99 + Romans 10:9-10 "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved."
Are you saved, sir
In summary:
Germans to high command: "shits fucked bro"
High command back to troops: "This is fine"
@@ambassadorofreee3859 😂
ZE ARR EVRYWHARE YA!
BITTE HALF MIR THEY ARE EVERYWHERE HALF US
Na servas... the german sentences are becoming more and more terrible. xD
RIP to all those soldiers who run onto the beach. that was courage,
So true,
@@mide8845indeed, from the American, British, Free French, Polish, and the French Resistance and all of the Allies who participated in all theatres of the war
We can't ignore the German soldiers who were also extremely brave for fighting such a formidable force. It doesn't matter that they were the enemy. They should be respected too
They weren’t just trying to “takeover Europe.” They were fighting against Jewish Bolshevik Communism that was going to spread through Europe like wildfire if the USSR succeeded. The rest of Europe was counting on Hitler and the Nazis to stop the USSR. History books in school lied to you.
@Kings Of The Gridiron Soldiers follow orders, their country sent them to war, so they fought. As a veteran I respect my enemy, a simple minded civilian with zero military service wouldn't understand that.
“Hey, hey, I’ve seen this one before! This one’s a classic!”
“Whaddya mean it’s a classic, this is brand new!”
@Ricky Smith he Made the same exact video 2 years ago
@Ricky Smith What content to make if you dont know what content to make tho
@@oliverstransky4254 same exact video? bro you really Should Watch the old one again
@@oliverstransky4254 this video has changed a lot. you can see the og video here if you want czcams.com/video/OdiUezHJNI0/video.html
Redoing old ones with animations is well worth it. Looks amazing!
Also plus side is that as a history teacher, this makes it really easy to use in the classroom!
I once got my teacher to play the Battle of Britain video in my class, everyone liked it. History should be taught with videos and interesting events and consequences that we face in the modern day so that students who aren't really into history all that much can at least find it funny and interesting, making them want to learn more rather than the common method of 'search ww2 on wikipedia for an hour and make a poster'.
@@aratirao9007 no
Definitely use this for teaching
Yes and no. The video is great. No doubt. It might get the attention of students otherwise hopeless to teach something about history to. But there needs to be an educational version of that stuff. Sponsored content and advertising is very problematic for teaching. We really really shouldn't turn a history lesson sponsored by Skillshare or even worse Raid Shadow Legends into something acceptable and normal.
@@Hortifox_the_gardener but that ad made programming "free" instead of having to ask the school for an already dwindling budget chunk. If the school pays for programs they always over pay for less than average content as it is lol but I get what you're saying totally
Definitely one of the greatest video about D-Day. Thanks so much.
It would be intresting to see ”Operation Barbarossa from the Soviet perspective”
@B.L. Films lmfao
@B.L. Films Source?
@B.L. Films dang bro th-that’s crazy um one sec lemme have some time for a Hitler joke give me a sec
@@taxidermypolarbear1724 it's been 13 hours bro the joke better be good.
@@spicypeppermint1039 lol
"Klaus, how many ships are there?!"
Klaus: "All of them..."
6.4 Helens of ships - 1 helen being 1,000 ships.
@@AEB1066 thanks hans
Bitte nein....
Klaus: Ja!
@@AEB1066 jesus christ
Great video! Thanks for taking the time to make this!
New to this channel. Really dig the animations, but your office is absolutely beautiful
This has just made my Saturday night!
To all my fellow Armchair Historians around the world, I hope you're having a great day!
All the best from Northern England.
Hear, hear. The North East Salutes all Armchair Historians.
here from Dover. I can litteraly can see the port from my window.
Long live the empire
Spending my vacation on some Armchair Historian Videos! Cheers from Tennessee!
All the best to you from central Vermont!
Its also important that we hear the Axis side of the story because right or wrong, its history.. once those men are gone, their memories and experiences are gone too and even if they were on the wrong side, the HUMAN side of all of this should always be preserved, their memories and experiences should be recorded and taught as part of the history, as time progresses and the ability to record and store information increases, theres no reason every person who can be recorded shouldnt be, we need to know and need to record everything that happens so future generations see the whole picture and not a biased version.
Oh how I wish this was reality. But most people are afraid to face what they view as wrong
Objectivity is a rarity these days it seems. Most people only prefer to learn history that is “convenient” for them.
I am glad videos like this exist though - you hit the nail right on the head.
All history needs to be documented and preserved.
I agree. I remember how a journalist interviewed a former "nazi soldier" (that's how they titled the story, he was just 18 at the time) and they wanted to make him feel bad about his service.
He said the perfect words: "I was forced to join the army, they told us we had to fight for our country and defend our friends in the platoon. We thought we were in the right side of the story because that's what they(their generals) told us".
There's a huge difference between those who make wars and those who are sent to fight in wars.
@@SunSunSunn white washing? What?
They were on the right side
Every soldier had a story. May they all be remembered forever. ❤ from 🇨🇦
As sweet as this comment is. I can't help but think of the atrocities done to the Germans under the Canadians in both world wars.
Nicely done, enjoyed the video. I've never seen this perspective of the invasion. Thanks
one of my favorite stories from D-Day, was the story of how the USS Texas flooded half of its hull, so that the guns could get more range, and hit more targets
Gaddamn chad lol
Germans: wait, why is that ship sinking itself?
Did you get that from the Russian badger because I did.
@@thatonedude2228 yeah lmfao, Badjur is great
How does that work?
It'd be a fun tradition to remake this video every 2-3 years. Next time I already know I need to work on my French pronunciation! I apparently also mispronounced a few English words haha. Let me know what you liked and didn't like about the video so that in a few years when we go to read the comments we'll know of some things to improve for the next remake.
Love your vids!
ahh we'll let you off this time haha
The pronunciation of St Mere l'Eglise (Should be Saint Mare L'Aygliz) was particularly horrific lol. If you need a little bit of coaching for any names in French you want to pronounce, feel free to reach out to me. I would be more than happy to volunteer some time.
Thank you for acknowledging and seeking to improve :)
Can anyone tell me the name of the music used?
You liked your own comment xD
Great video! Thank you! Loved your ending comments too. Very very true
I would love to see a comprehensive history documentary animated in this style by your team. Of both world wars and other significant events like the napoleonic wars
@@aratirao9007 shut up bot
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Fun fact: The Panzer division that was station in Normandy was the infamous 12th Panzer also known as the Baby the Division by the Allies
Edit: Did not expect to get 300 likes lol
Edit: Didn't expect to reach 600 likes
It's called baby division because lots of its soldiers are from the hitlerjugend
@Ghostsquirrel _1 it was to moke them, but these boys were actually brainwashed and therefore pretty dangerous
@Ghostsquirrel _1 I would say a Mixed bag
The 12th Panzer Division that was stationed in Normandy be like: Das Kleinkind, lossssgeeeehts
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
This was a great and informative documentary with cool graphics.
Great video! Thank you for your time and the great content. Keep it up!
That Pain Harold reference at 18:06 is gold man
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@@aratirao9007 No.
The big brain reference are better
Laughed so hard.
I have an odd sense of respect for the officer who successfully repelled an enemy assault whilst heavily inebriated.
Wait till you hear about the GI who repelled an NVA assault while high on weed in Vietnam.
@@capncake8837 yeah but in a situation like that the high goes away instantly
@@MLHMODZ True.
@Johnny You wouldn’t say that if you smoked good stuff.
As the tactical training saying goes, train like you fight.
I agree it's important and interesting to hear from all points of view
Well done! Very interesting to hear what was happening on the other side.
I'm a second generation German/American. My Uncle fought with Patton and survived the Normandy invasion to the Capture of Berlin. His remarks of the Russian Soldiers he met were not complementary. He spoke very little of his assignments as a "forward artillery observer". The few story he told me were "cold and hardened" since he spoke fluent German, as did my grandfather, grandmother, and father -- who guarded Captured German Prisoners in Wisconsin. My family came to America after the Franco-Prussian War in which my Great-grandfather served as a Quartermaster Colonel.
You would be "cold and hardened" too if your country was almost burned to the ground in an attempt to enslave your people, most of your family members and friends brutally killed by hunger, Wehrmach or SS regardless of whether they were soldiers or civillians etc.
Im swiss and im glad to hear that you guys brought some of our beautiful culture to the US
@@okramra yes i agree , it's like people don't know what germans did to soviet people , a massive slaughter
@TRUE ENTERTAINMENT Holodomor is an example of Soviet Union apathy to not give its own citizen famine relief, the same as Bengal Famine during WW2
@TRUE ENTERTAINMENT yes the soviet did atrocities BUT this is not a reason to downplay the crimes of the Germans . This is non-sense , you basically say "soviet deserved what germany did cause soviet did atrocities too" . it's funny to see WW2 German white knights trying to defend their crimes in WW2 .
When I saw the German officers with the big brainy heads I thought I was watching an old Star Trek episode.
Our man has slightly become cultured day by day.
Cuz he is biased and he always mock the axis powers in every literal video.
Great video as always.
Where do you get these voice records, like the one from Rommel, from?
They are so good
I just love your channel.
I met a German Stuka pilot once on a job (lift engineer apprentice ) a few years ago. He must have been late 90’s but he told me how he loved to fly over France in these beautiful aircraft with his friends n was very fondly reminiscent of it then all of a sudden he went silent n so went back into his home until we finished. Hate to think what he went through regardless of if he was on the “enemy” side but he had mostly happy memories he said n was a wonderful man to meet.
The brother of my grandpa was a pilot too and got shot down over Britain. But he survived and got captured. He said he had the best life in war imprisonment besides of not being with family and friends and he mainly had good memories to that time too. The life of my grandpa was much harder in Germany during that time although he was a child.
Thats very cool man you know I wish I meant someone on the German side
Most soldiers weren't Nazis, just mandatory conscripts
@@Maennlichkeitsbeauftragter if your grandfather was black he would have been dead there are too many black prison stories like that not trying to be a dougie Downer more so just trying to keep it real
@@beautiflyEX the Nazis or the normal soldiers or maybe the conscripts
I remember reading a book about this and realizing how screwed they really were. It was mainly focused on how the Allied air power was just annihilating positions left and right with conventional bombs as well as white phosphorus.
Still not as screwed, as them on Eastern front. At West, at least, you won't be sent into Siberian POW camps.
the germans were outnumbered 5 to 1, 7 to 1 on every single front
The Allied air power concentrated on destroying railways and road connections behind the beaches, stopping reinforcements from moving up to the front. They had hardly any effect on the fighting at the beaches. The bombers who were supposed to go in before the landing craft and bomb the artillery positions missed by miles for fear of bombing the landing craft at sea. The soldiers were told they would have bomb craters on the beaches to use as defence positions, but when they got there there were none at all.
@@ukmediawarrior the bombrrs were that innacurate?
@@julesbrunton1728 Well, German AA worked too, so bombers had to drop bombs from high altitude, which means significant loss of accuracy.
Let's just say, that 30% accuracy back there was considered very accurate bombing.
Those documentaries are really masterpieces 💎
this was very well done, thanks!
On a weekend in Normandy in '91, my friend and I came upon a little fishing village on the coast. "Oysters!" my friend says excitedly, and we park up to get some. I look seaward and notice two things, tide is way out, and I can see the rusting remains of those tank obstacles strewn about on the exposed sand. I realise right away what this means, it's a Normandy beach after all. Always like the seaside so go down to the beach. That's when I'm able to see this literally monumental lump of concrete above the waterline, writing on it, walk closer and make out the two words at the top. 'OMAHA BEACH' in caps. Big moment, I choke up and everything suddenly seems really quiet. Am no big history nut, but I Did know I was standing on what was far and away the bloodiest sand of any of the beaches.
Our American cousins gave so much here.
Not to be "that guy" but it was everyone's cousins. Not invalidating the sacrifice of my cousins overseas, their deaths are forever valued, it's just that I see so many Americans looking over the sacrifices of so many other nations. To give an example of my country doing the same, the English often ignore the sacrifices of the polish and muslim fighters, while sihk gurkas are put on a pedestal. Again, not putting anyone down, I just feel that the world needs to focus on individualism a little less
@@JellyLocke Not rushing to kiss American feet here or anything. Black US soldiers were very much segregated even after the war. Hell, black folks in the States didn even get vote until 60 something. And although Brits may've heaped praise on the fighting abilities of gurkhas they weren't falling over their feet to pay their promised pensions. Brit colonies at the time contributed, black and white. I grew up in Jamaica, talking to black and white war vets. Two uncles of mine I never met, RAF pilots that didn't make it. Black Jamaicans were popular as ground crew, RAF - dunno about infantry etc.
America mostly gave its manufacturing on the european front and beilve me our president knew what he was doing . All of you payed for every last item you used. The soviets are the ones who took the brunt of the casualties on the european front. Now the pacific front is where we the usa paid.
@@robertdickson2319
All American citizens could vote in 1870, with the passage of the 15th Amendment.
@@dialecticalmonist3405 the 15th Amendment was 1870, the Voting Rights Act was 1965.
Props to your animators nailing the Canadian uniforms for the Juno segment. Canadian green instead of British brown and the turtle helmets!
Pretty good, but they forgot the pair of loops on the backs of their packs for the assault curling brooms and the 500ml canteens of maple syrup.
Absolute quality work !
I really appreciate these videos about what the other side was thinking and experiencing. Hopefully it will help stop more wars by letting us all see that we're only humans on both sides and that it's quite absurd for a nation to send its young and its poor to fight the young and the poor of some other country.
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*"Oh yeah, it's BIG BRAIN time"*
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Hans is definitely not happy for his sandcastle getting destroyed
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Wow so well done. Great content.
I went to Normandy about 8 years ago.. I highly recommend anyone to go.. The country was beautiful and the French people we met were lovely towards us.. Touring the different battle site is amazing.. Omaha beach shocked me,, the width of the beach, from the water to the cliff tops is a long way….
Great and very informative video!!
The last message from you is completely agreeable, we need to be acquainted with the perspectives from both of the parts in conflict, to complete properly the picture.
My grandfather stormed Juno Beach with the North Nova Scotia Highlanders. He passed away in 2010. Great man with a great sense of humor.
Thank you for his Services I’m great full
@@MustBe5.0 He never talked about it much tho. You're welcome on his behalf.
Wish you guys did "the battle of Verdun from the german perspective"
"HANS, WE'RE LOSING!!?"
"SCHEISSE."
I like it very much that you make the protagonists speak in their own language !👍
Fantastic ! Great job! Thank you!
Nicely done.
Little do most people know, but there was a smaller "D-Day" on the southern beaches of France as well... not at the same time, but it did happen. I know because my dad was part of the southern France landing.
Again, nice job on this.
TAH did a two part documentaries that included that operation a while ago.
thats a nice to know. As a history fanatic i never heard of that landing but then again allies didnt like to tell stories about failed landings.
@@Jebu911 ... Do you know anything? Or is your claim to any knowledge like your flatulence?
@@thomasklugh4345 Why so rude...
@@breadfor_bobross4055 ... Hahaha...
Commenting before even watching the video. I can imagine that for the average German foot soldier, seeing thousands of ships on the horizon when you didn’t expect to see any must have been truly terrifying.
Well we weren't there to negotiate, and they damn well knew it.
@@sid2112 Keyboard warrior alert
@Rob Rochon For sure. I imagine most of the soldiers on either side of that battle didn't want to be there. I sure as hell wouldn't want to be there.
@@krieger8825 In what way?
@@sid2112 In that you attacked them with a keyboard, just a joke ok?
Very well done. Thank you.
These r the best way to explain all of these wars dude keep up the awesome work u do unbelievable how easy is to really understand the war from both sides 👍🎥
Great content! Your content inspired me to create ww2 map and tactical videos! Cheers, keep up the great work!
The animation quality is absolutely amazing.
Oh yes
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oh tyes
oh yes
Bro I love this! Just liked and subscribed, I did 5 years in the 82nd Airborne and these videos bring it back 😎
Excellent video!! Good job
Refreshing to see an American account that isn't simply focussed on American effort. Excellent work!
For the Soviet POW's who were forced to fight for the Reich, surrendering to the allied forces was not the end of their horror. They must've felt a great relief when they were sent back to the Motherland, only to be swiftly sent to the Archipelago to be interrogated as a potential spy.
Hello, everyone who had (prisoners of war) to fight for the Reich was threatened with immediate murder, just think that ordinary prisoners were sometimes imprisoned, or they were completely silent about them (I'm from Russia)
The ultimate PoW were some Koreans. Originally drafted into the Japanese Army for labor battalions, Captured by the Red Army in 1939 they rotted in the Soviet Gulag until 1941 when the were shipped west and given the opportunity to serve in the Red Army, or work. Captured by the Germans they starved in PoW camps until in 1943 they were again given the opportunity to join the army in one of the 'Ossie' battalions. Posted to Normandy they were again captured and spent the remainder of the war in PoW camp in North America. A few made if back to Korea alive.
@@user-uv5en6sj3v A few hundred of the 'Russian or Ossies at Normandy deserted the Germans and avoided capture by retaining their arms and fighting the Germans. There is a brief description of them in Robert Blacks 'Rangers in WWII' fighting with a US Ranger Battalion during the siege of Brest.
Russian "POWs" : "Comrades! It's the Allies! Lower your weapons! Friends, we're Russians! We surrender!"
Allied Soldiers : "Oh, hi guys, don't worry, we'll send you back home."
Russian "POWs" : Comrades! They want us to go back to Russia! Raise your weapons and fight them off!"
Allied Soldiers : "What the hell?!?"
Thanks for Operation Keel hull mr churchill
That was really good. Thank you👍
Very well done. Thank you sir.
"We're paratroopers, lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded."
“Oh”
History needs to be taught from all sides, not taken down and hidden
If this is about the traitor statues in the US, you can shove it.
Taught, yes. Celebrated, no. You don't erect statues to teach, you do it to celebrate your heroes. If those heroes are traitors, you're celebrating the wrong people.
You mean Critical Race Theory?
no, i am not being taught the nazi side of the holocaust
@@jacko4932 why not? it shows their intentions and the signs of the start of a holocaust.
Really informative and entertaining animations!
Outstanding, interesting, poignant. Thanks for this animated history from the other sides perspective. :-)
Would love to see some battles of the Pacific from the Japanese perspective particularly Tarawa, Saipan, Pelilu and Okinawa.
I believe they already made a video about okinawa
@@ivhanlagulay559 It was a battlefield overview not a perspective video.
@@jacksonmacpherson6101 ohhh, yeah i also kinda want to see the japanese side of okinawa cuz of hacksaw ridge
@@ivhanlagulay559 The book "Descent Into Hell" is a collection of civilian memoirs from Okinawa and its absolutely heartbreaking.
🧱SERCH ADITYA RATHORE, HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE ARMCHAIR HISTORIAN
This channel does a great job of telling history, while trying to avoid bias. i seen there are some thumbs down. Why would anyone dislike the telling of a historic event.
Excellent narration and video.
This channel is criminally underrated, but I’m so thankful for this young man and his passion for history!
@avitc1
Agreed! Griffin's content is fabulous, and come so far in such a small amount of time.
If you haven't already, I urge you to check out Epic History, another quality channel by a young chap (Toby) who has shared his passion for history and created some amazing content on subjects like the Napoleonic wars, WW1, the Space Race, and the Crusades.
All the best mate 👍
I wouldn’t call 1.32 million subscribers underrated, but he does put out some great content.