Week 239 - Germany Invades Hungary - WW2 - March 25, 1944
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- Germany occupies Hungary this week to prevent any possible Hungarian defection from the war, the Soviets continue pushing back the Axis in Ukraine, pressing them ever more toward Romania, the Japanese advance on Imphal and Kohima continues, but Allied attacks in Italy and Japanese ones on Bougainville come to their ends.
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The most noteworthy thing this week is that Indy starts his opening narration before hanging up the phone
I'm mildly disappointed he didn't restate the hook with a completely straight face after hanging up. :D
Actually what he did today helped clarify for me what the hell those phone calls were all about. Since the person on the other end of the line knows that Indy is "reporting" the events of the war, it seems likely that they are meant to be field reporters passing on their personal opinions of the latest activities.
Spoilers man
I noticed Indy finally used a different phone! He usually uses the one by his left hand! I am waiting for the day all 3 phones ring at once!
There is a well known anecdote/joke about Operation Margharete in Hungary:
A German general was asked how long it would take to finish the operation.
- 24 hours - he said.
- What if there is resistance?
- 12 hours.
- How so?
- There will be no welcoming ceremonies in that case.
Very German humour
that's not really an anecdote, an actual conversation happened in german high command. it's not true enogh even for an anecdote though
Hehehe 😂
Damn good joke
welcoming ceremonies involved lots of partying . 😅😂
A side note this week on March 22 1944 is that volcanic stones of all sizes from Mount Vesuvius will begin to rain down from the sky, the result of lava overflowing from the rim a few days prior on March 18 1944. This forced the evacuation of airmen of the USAAF’s 340th Bombardment Group, who were stationed at an airfield a few miles from the volcano. Once Mount Vesuvius subsided, they returned to base to find that about 80 of their B-25 Mitchell bombers had been destroyed by hot ash.
It’s almost like you follow this channel or something and read what they posted last week…
@@FoxWolfWorld Oh they did? My apologies if I missed out anything as I had been busy pretty lately so was trying to catch up for a while now.
My father was in a hospital after receiving wounds at Monte Cassino nearby and saw the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
A few years ago I went to the crater rim and the lava from the eruption can be seen on the way up. It was the last significant eruption of Vesuvius to today. However the volcano is still active from steam vents.
My Dad grew up in a little Campanian village and was a pre-teen during the war - he described the ash coming down like snow, mixed with rocks.
That would be an interesting loss report someone had to file. "Air lost. Reason: Volcanic Eruption"
An interesting thing to note this week on March 19 1944 is that Louis Mountbatten will recover from his temporary blindness at Ledo in India, as pronounced by US Army eye specialist Captain Scheie. On the same day, he also issued a reprimand against Orde Wingate for sending complaints of his fellow officers through clear text so that it could be read by all cipher and signals staff.
spoilers:
that was a hell of a reprimand
I have a really strange feeling about the front coming to countries I know. As to an inhabitant of Prague, all the locations in this war so far were really distant from my home country. But now, the old Czechoslovakian border in the Carpathians can be seen in those maps detailing the front movements. I feel the war is coming home
Get ready.
I'm from the only part of Germany that didn't get invaded before the surrender (though Hamburg and Lübeck did get bombed badly). Ocassionally it keeps being strange to remember that for most of Germany, the fighting did go right through their streets.
Twenty minutes isn't nearly enough to cover everything that's happening in the war now, what with so many fronts. Hats off to the dedicated Time Ghost team, I look forward to this series every single week!
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Sounds like another typical week of WW2 and another terrific episode from Indy and the Crew. Thank you all!
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My father was with the Hungarian 2nd and served from the Don river to the Siege of Budapest, and the pocket of Buda... dark times.
Oh yeah, there was also that event
@@rnrs_- Typically he didn't talk much about it, but enough. Uncle, a paratrooper, was killed somewhere in the streets and much family... yeah.
If he didnt want to talk much about it many years later, means he wasn't lying.
I binge watched your entire 100 Days Offensive from the Black Day of the German Army on the WW1 playlist to the last week of the war before the Armistice yesterday. As Ernest Hemmingway is reported to have said, you go bankrupt slowly, and then all at once. Hitler and Hirohito are learning that now. Can you believe that the Second World War is actually going to be over in Europe in 13 and a half months? What were you doing 13 and a half months ago?
17 months?
@@Wayne.J no
Also, it was only 8 months ago that the Wehrmacht launched their huge offensive at Kursk. To think they've almost been pushed back into Romania and seem to have almost 0 offensive capability anymore.
@@MrMike855 hey at least they can launch offensive into their own allies
@@pocketmarcy6990 That's the reason I said almost 0, not 0.
First time watching this channel: love the idea of visiting different theaters on a weekly basis. Closest we could ever come to understanding how both Allies and Axis powers experienced the war.
You should definitely watch their Pearl Harbor series...hour by hour... minute by minute... it's fantastic!
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@@Ronald98 Will do. Thanks for the recommend. My uncle was shot down in a B-17 and murdered by civilians after capture 9-12-44, so curious about the state of the war that week once it's posted: at least he died by then knowing it would be in a winning effort.
@@cpking7 May he rest in peace...the heroes of that war is what enabled us to live freely today!
*Hungary:* "Germany! What you doing here??"
*Germany:* "Just visiting. I'll be staying for a while."
Leaves in less than a year
I just came home from budapest yesterday and now i can learn more about the country's history.
If you think things are bad for Hungary now... yes they are going to get worse.
Without a doubt this is one of the best if not the best series on the WW2 history, and I think that war on humanity and the other side episodes fleshes it out beautifully.
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I've spent a lot of time over the years studying WWII and especially the European front. The thing that I discovered that made the most dramatic and telling impact on me was when I learned that the Allies (at least the Western Allies) abandoned all of their plans to kill Hitler. They realized that their job was going to be much easier with him in charge lol. What greater insult could there be to Hitler's so called strategic abilities? The Russians could be twice as aggressive because they knew Hitler would never allow strategic withdrawals!
Germany is always Hungary for more
😂 you win
Knew this one was coming.
Lol
Hey, hey! You know what you did here 👀
I did nazi it coming
I'm from India, and every Sunday is a great delight for this overly anxious person to relieve the constant overthinking when Indy talks on phone. Thank you all, much love to all of you for what you do.
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This would be a good time to watch the 1963 classic "The Great Escape", as the escape that the movie is based on takes place during the night of 24/25 of March 1944
Cooler, 20 days for you
Why can't they make classics like that any more.....
It's a great movie, a man's movie and I was able to see it in First Release in 1963 I was 8! I have watched it a number of times. On TV, on Video Tape, on CD, and streaming. It never gets old. Funny thing, Hannes Messemer the Camp Commandant fought in Russia and Escaped from the Russians and walked out of Russia. It's such a very well-made movie. I think I will watch it again tonight.
There is also a documentary about the escape.
They take 3 of the men who were prisoners there back to the site.
They should really do a bit about how the Japanese Burma strategy is formulated.
The Japanese overall goal is to keep the Allies from retaking Burma in 1944 and reconnecting to China. Which is especially important in light of the impending operation Ichigo.
Likely in the plans.
That said, they're also likely working like hell to get D-Day ready.
Burma strategy?
Duh Banzai!
There really isn't much more substantive than that. They attack where they cannot supply. They attack where Allied forces can hold through air supply. They attack with utter delusion about the state of affairs in India.
Or you could do it.
They probably should do Plan Z//A-Go too.
Orde Wingate was one of the more controversial commanders of the war. One of the surviving Chindits once said he survived Wingate, the jungle and the Japanese, in that order!
The actual military benefit of the Chindit operations remains debatable. They cost the Allies as much as the damage they inflicted on the Japanese, if only because so many of the men who returned from them became unfit for further duty. But they appealed to Churchill and his obsession with commando operations.
@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 agree and the same can be said about Merrill’s Marauders. But it can also be argued that just like the Commandos these special forces were as much designed to boost troop moral and dispel the boogeyman image that the Japanese were invincible
@@jeffersonwright6249 Agreed! 👍
@@jeffersonwright6249 I think Meriill's Marauders actually accomplished something and their PR value came from enthusiastic reporters blowing them up to mythical proportions. And I can accept that in the dark days of 1940 to 1942 a daring commando raid could have good PR value to shore up flagging morale. But in 1943 and 1944 the Japanese were getting assraped all over the Pacific. Their aura of invincibility should have been gone by then and the British Indian Army should a mentality of if those bloody Ozzies and Yanks can do it, so should we. And in order to provide troops for the Chindits operation the best division in the Indian theater, 70th Infantry, which had fought at Tobruk, was disbanded.
@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 brilliant historical research, thank you
I absolutely love these videos. The maps are wonderful. Your presentation is so entertaining.
Thank you. Happy to hear that you are enjoying them.
I can see that there is some issues with production schedule but I hope you're going to find how to improve your work flow.
Excelsior !
In fairness I imagine they’re throwing a lot of energy at their D-day project which will be taking up a lot of their time. Hopefully after that we can go revert back to Wednesday and Thursday releases though. In any case, they’re doing great work and can’t fault them.
@@cobbler9113 Yes, that's what i think too. I don't think it could revert to wednesday howerver, it has been a long time since it was discard but thursday would be great.
And I don't blame them too. Its hard to get a steady work flow with project like this.
Thank you for the words of encouragement. Excelsior!
10:01 fun fact: Juho Paasikivi is the great grandfather of Joakim Paasikivi, a swedish Lt Col who's appeared on swedish television quite often as a go to expert on the state of the russian invasion of Ukraine. He came to my city (Lund) quite recently and held a two hour long lecture on the course of the war and lessons that can be learned. One of the most well informed and professional people i've ever met.
I assume that he is very supportive of Sweden joining NATO given the Russian attack on Ukraine.
@@michaelroark2019 I wouldn't be surprised if he is.
@@katalinkiss120 Mr. Peter Zeihan does a series of videos and books on Russia, I think you will find them interesting.
@@michaelroark2019 I would assume such. Makes his job as an officer easier.
@@michaelroark2019 He is, you can Google news in English which quote him. I don't think there's a single officer within the Swedish Armed Forces who's against joining NATO. And why would they be? Everybody within the spitting distance of Russia knows perfectly well that the only reason Putin never dared move against the fascist, Russian-oppressing Estonians and Latvians in their tiny statelets is because they had had the sense to join NATO back when he was still gathering up the strength.
Stay out of NATO, you will never feel secure from Russia. They will _always_ manufacture a pretext, rest assured.
Approaching the knitty gritty of Kohima and Imphal. A young Sergeant Lewis is going to be active in both areas very shortly.
1944 is just a year of everything falling apart on a massive scale. Truly facinating and sobering at the same time.
Which side are you rooting for 🤔
@@dingaling487 History is more interesting when one *isn't* waving flags.
@@dingaling487 Even though they are evil it is still fascinating to see the axis go from juggernauts to staving off collapse in a matter of months.
@@dingaling487 You'd fit in Weimar Germany just fine
fun fact:
In the inter-war years, Hungary was ruled by Admiral Miklos Horty.
Yes, he was an admiral, even though Hungary is landlocked.
(He was an admiral during World War I, when Hungary was still part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which did have access to the Adriatic).
Horty had the title "regent" as he was ruling Hungary for the absent Habsburg king. (Hungary had a very strange constitution in the inter-war years: a "monarchy without a king").
Always a funny fun fact, in my opinion, no matter how many times I read about it lol
Admiral without a navy and regent for no king.
Cheers
-Will
Ah yes, the many flavors of surrender!
Again, Hungary and Austria did not have common coastline. Learn: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Compromise_of_1867 With the exception of the territory of Bosnian Condominium, Austria and Hungary did not form a common sovereign territory in international law. (Ie. Kingdom of Hungary and Empire of Austria were different countries) Thus regarding to territorial changes during peace treaties, the Empire of Austria and Kingdom of Hungary had to act independently as independent countries: A delegate from the Austrian parliament had right to sign peace treaties related to territorial changes of the Austrian Empire, and respectively, a delegate from the Hungarian parliament had right to sign peace treaties regarding to territorial changes of the Kingdom of Hungary.[48] See: Treaty of Saint-Germain and Treaty of Trianon
So like Gondor. That's cool.
“Passchendaele”
What a heavy word.
I say on my phone "hah" all the time! I'm glad that your top shelf channel uses that introductory term all the time too. An amazing channel!
Thank you!
I’m glad we have that intro in common 😊
Hungary is often regarded simply as being an all-out Axis supporter that sided with the Nazis in WW2. This belief is so strong that even I, a Hungarian used to believe this. But the reality is much more complicated than that. Looking forward to this video!
Is it me or is this video crisper looking than usual? Well done, team.
Thank you! We try to be as crispy as we can (without being deep fried) 😎
Just as a sidenote... today passed the last czechoslovak pilot who served in RAF, started service in 1944, lived to see 100 this year.
R.I.P. Emil Boček.
Rest in Peace
Wow, I knew the Romanian switch from the Axis was a big event , but now I can see how it was long in the making, with Italy, Hungary and Finland having either switched, fallen, or discussing peace.
Antonescu was probably by this point, the most reliable foreign leader of Adolf.
No. Romania is an Orthodox Byzantinist country, which means it is not a big moral problem to switch sides neither for the common people neither for the politicians.
Hitler whenever a member of the Axis tries to bail: you dare oppose me mortal?
Great episode as always!
love your style in this video Indy!
Thank you
Get tie
Indy: “His reply….”
* my brain filling in the blank * “get fucked”
Indy: “Passchendaele”
Me: “Oh, well that works too”
Another week, another great episode! Indy, would you mind telling what is your timepiece? It looks very nice and if I recall you had previously e flieger type watch.
Hungary: Hey allied powers, I want peace and to end this war. The Eastern Front has taken a massive toll on my military and Germany is run by an angry mustache model who hates everyone for existing
Allies:…
Germany: I’m gonna send some troops to Hungary
Hungary: Not for occupation… right?
Germany: Umm…. Sure, Operation Margarethe and Operation Panzerfaust are uh just… defensive measures, yeah that sounds right. Defensive measures, cause the commies are coming.
Hungary: Ok…
Germany: So anyway, I start invading
Hungary: What!
Germany: INVASION! BLITZKRIEG ON SPEED! TOPPLE GOVERNMENT AND TAKEOVER!
Hungary: Dude! Uncool
Germany: I missed the part where that’s my problem
Hungary: You absolutely suck
Germany: I have successfully taken Hungary, now you Hungarians need to reform the government to better fit my needs… uh your needs in this war.
Hungary: Up yours
Germany: This Arrow Cross Party seems like just what we need!
Arrow Cross Party: I am also angry at people for existing
Germany: See! Perfect
Hungary: Can I just be done with this?
Germany and Arrow Cross Party: Oh… you’re just getting started
USSR launches attacks into Hungary
Arrow Cross Party: Hungary is under threat
Germany: That means I’m under threat!
Hungary: Oh no, anyway
Germany: Fight on to the last man! Steiner’s attack will save the Axis!
Arrow Cross Party: That sounds right, I’m still angry with people for existing
Germany: That’s my puppet uh… loyal ally!
Hungary: Bruh
USSR takes Hungary and WW2 ends with an Allied Victory and Steiner does not make his attack
USSR seeing Hungary: Free Real-estate for communism to spread
Hungary: Ah crap, here we go again
USSR: Hungarian communist party seems like just the guy to control Hungary
Hungarian communist party: Yeah, freedom is overrated
Hungary: Face palms
This was very good Indiana.
@@JohnJohn-pe5kr Thank you!
@Retired Bore I figured going there would require a whole other thread lol
"...the only vehicle that still works is a...Volkswagon" - sounds like some of my sixties adventures.
Thank you Indie, ...... Fantastic episode,.....as per usual.
Harukichi Hayautaki offensive really seems insane. Lossing 8000 men to inflict 300 casualty is a quite the acomplishement.
He deserve to stand with great strategical mind such as Luigi Cardona, Hotzendorf, Nivelle or Haig.
Thank you Indy. ❤
Sending unwilling subordinate army into the frontline would make for a big rout or defection
Thanks again for a great video. 👍
Thanks for your support!
Great Video as always ❤
Thank you! ❤️
I've always wondered who Indy is talking to on the phone?
WW1 Indy of course.
Hungary is occupied by Germany but Hitler does not give Northern Transylvania back to Romania, even if Romania is still loyal to the Axis.
This was honestly more of a coup than a real invasion since basically no fighting took place. The Hungarians would continue to fight at Germany's side for the rest of the war, so giving away their territory doesn't sound like a good idea.
Even at this point the Romanians would be better going to the Soviets if they wanted their territory back.
It's almost as if Hitler was an untrustworthy person or something 🤪
Erdely is Hungary!!You f... bozo!
@@jbz4788 I can't believe the megalomaniac crazy meth addict can't be trusted.
best details around and under detailed battle (imphal and kohima)
Thank you
you can always count on a VW? 3:18
Great as usual!
Thank you!
I hope that you find scope to do a special or at least mention the role of British and Indian armour during Operation U-Go. Or perhaps maybe for the whole of the fighting in the Burma theatre if it makes more sense.
Bryan Perret's book Tank Tracks to Rangoon makes for quite a read if nothing else. :-)
Very interesting channel 👌🏻
My favorite part is when Indy fixes his watch after hanging up the phone
I feel like I'll never understand why the Japanese casualties were 20 times the us casualties.
Differences in command and bad tactics for the enemy's weapons. For example the usage of infantry rushes not supported by howitzer fire against a force with light machineguns and sub machineguns.
@@diegotrejos5780 also Japanese army doctrine held that Japanese soldiers were expected to live off the land or from captured enemy supplies. Jungles don’t have much in the way of food unless you’re a native Hunter gatherer and if your enemy is abandoning its food you’re in trouble
That was a very specific circumstance of the Pacific campaign. In other theaters where Japan could evacuate and had better supplies, the casualties were more balanced.
@@jeffersonwright6249 There is always long pig. Long pig made up a surprising amount of the food eaten by isolated Japanese garrisons.
@@davidwright7193 and not just Burma but China as well
Yikes. Quite a meaty week. I'm going to need to watch it twice!
Vegetarians please be advised: the weeks are only getting meatier from here!
Paasikivi was former prime minister... 27.5.-27.11.1918... so very long time ago,,,
And (spoilers)
Will be Prime Minister again in 1944-1946, then president in 1946-1956 to complete a long and varied political career.
9:56 Indy told that it was former, and we wrote in the caption
and in 1944 he is better remembered in Finland as former Finnish ambassador to Soviet Union and pre Winter war negotiator in 1939 talks...
The Battle for Sangshak is a very, very grim prolouge of the figthing that will encompass Imphal and Kohima in the weeks to come. The 50th Parachute Brigade held the line with bitter determination, displaying a fanatical will to hold their positions that stunned even the Japanese. A single Allied Company, under John Fuller, would come under attack by two entire Japanese Battalions.
The British and Indian troops would hold on for an entire day, being quite literally slaughtered to the last man. Fuller would be killed, and by nightfall the company would run out of ammunition. Faced with no other alternative, the remaining 20 men in the Company would charge downhill into the Japanese troops, screaming their own warcry, only to be cut down. At this point, the last British soldier, an officer, would step out of cover in clear Japanese view, pull out a pistol, and shoot himself.
Thanks for your extra detail and recounting of this event.
I don't know if Astrid plans to cover this in Spies & Ties, but Ben MacIntyre's Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle relates a story of how US Colonel Florimond J.D. Duke and two other OSS agents got captured in Hungary on March 17, 1944 in an ill-fated mission to discuss Hungarian withdrawal from the war with Admiral Horthy. It's an amazing book filled with anecdotes like these that I strongly recommend for any other history buff with an interest in World War II (which, if you are reading this Comment, you probably already are).
18 month Campaign comes to an end !. Remember Guadacanal ? A long time ago ! The Solomons were the ''end of the beginning''in the Pacific if Churchill looked at it. I like hearing about the 20th Mountain Army ,Thanks Indy . If one wants to read about the ''starting moves'' in that campaign ,a great chapter in Paul Carell's ''Hitler Moves East '1941-42 '' Quite a struggle for the Finn Mountaineers and German in the '"Coldest Offensive ''ever. Even a story about how a Soviet Rifle Division froze to death ? 6,000 men just like that.
Always Brilliant!!!!
Thank you for your support!
Whats the model of your watch?
Indy's tie today is another beauty, if I may say so 👌
I love it when the Seabees get a shout out.
Always good.
Ah another episode of ww2 week by week perfect I ran out of things to watch this came In clutch
Captions on the screen need work. Lots of spelling and grammar errors that don't match Indy's narration. Normally, everything is correct.
These were auto-generated by YT's system, not added by the creators. Referring to one of the Soviet generals as "Kanye" was kind of a giveaway.
Hello is it possible to add official subtitles?
Otherwise thank you very much for this video.
Hi there!
I'll pass this along
Thank you for your support!
@@WorldWarTwo hello will there be official subtitles?
@@WorldWarTwo?
Love how all the place names are just rolling off of Indy's tongue. Must be difficult especially after 4 years
@ 0:21 Dear Mr. Nidell, Who were you talking to on the phone, Edward R. Murrow? ;-)
What happened to the right hook to cut off casino, was it the weather?
For months ive been asking myself, are the gaps in the axis-soviet frontline represent actual lack of military units in the area or that the area have negligibly few soldiers and the animator did not bother to indicate their presence there.
It's due to formation size. German divisions are huge. Soviet divisions are small. 1 German division may be covering a wider area but they still only have 1 square.
A couple of questions from things I've noticed in the video:
1: On the map, Kherson was still written in the red text of German occupied cities, despite being at this point fairly deep behind Soviet lines. There's also a Soviet unit of some size within/next to the city - is there some small German holdout force that's clinging on in Kherson like a miniature Stalingrad? What's going on there? (I also noticed Crimea sitting there besieged from the north, but I know from discussions of today's war in Ukraine that that holds out for quite some time because Crimea is a natural strong-point to defend...as long as you can get enough water.)
2: at 11:49, during the discussion of a possible Russian invasion of Finland, there is a short video of a soldier walking next to a wheel that looks to be about a meter and a half in diameter and appears to be just rolling itself up the hill. What is that?
The "wheel" is on a camouflaged arty piece being towed hahahaha
No, no holdout in Kherson. Battle for city was not intense either. German retreat began on March 11th when Red army crossed Dnieper to the north of the city and only token force was left there to stall for time. In the night from 12th to 13th Soviets got another landing point in the southern suburbs and that was it, leftover Germans retreated by the morning.
Thank you the lesson.
Thanks for watching!
@@WorldWarTwo Always.
Excellent content and presentation.
Thank you. We are glad you enjoyed it.
This year of the war is gonna be so lit. We've got Bagration, D-Day, Leyte Gulf, the Bulge, and so much more. I can't wait!
I hate to tell you, Alex, but you're gonna have to!
I agree though, this year is going to be pivotal all over the darn place.
- T.J.
Hitler doesn't have to worry about losing his war partners just yet. That won't be for many more months from now. Glad this channel is talking about Imphal n Kohima. Been waiting a longtime for that.
Ide watch anything with Indy at the helm 😁
Genuine question - Why is it spelled "Lviv" on the maps in this episode? Isn't it technically still Lwow since it was part of the Second Polish Republic's borders at the time? Not trying to stir the pot, just curious! Thanks!
The Second Polish Republic ceased to exist as an independent entity in 1939. It was annexed by the Soviet Union and incorporated into the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic at which point they began using the Ukrainian spelling of the city.
The soviet advances this week are absolutely dazzling, I would be interested to hear about their casualty rate at this stage of the war given the speed of the advances if anyone knows. Also, what's the size of Dietl's forces in Finland? Indy gave the russian numbers only
The Red Army will continue to advance faster though with long lulls in the fighting to recuperate and replenish.
10:36. See. Everything is connected
He's on the phone with Ludendorf! I knew it!
Lights set up is much better in this vid
Thanks!
I finally caught up to you in Rick Atkinson
Really phoning it in on that intro. ;)
You know the sayin "When in Rome, attack like Luigi Cadorna over and over again"
Love your blue shirt and vest!
Who are you talking with, Indy?
Why is Lyndon B Johnson on the video display picture???
Did you get Kangpokpi on the first attempt?😊
Its crazy that as of March 3 1944 UK had suffered only 50k troops KIA and a similar 50k dead civilians from Bombing. So many of those killed were in the last year of the war.
Amazing that the Japanese are launching new offensives, thousands of miles from home, and despite being outnumbered massively in every virtually conceivable metric.
Speaks volumes about their tenacity, determination, and resourcefulness.
And, to an extent, fanatism and naivety.
@@sam74mumm Fanaticism is just another way of framing bravery, and the Japanese were anything but naïve. They went to war knowing the odds were against them.
It seems to me desperation that they were attacking instead of defending. It will change later in 1944 and 1945 when they decide that defending and causing high casualties is the best choice.
@@_ArsNova Actually regular Japanese grunt infantry or frontline soldier was quite ignorant of odds stacked against them do what they ordered to do until thet starved to death or killed in a Banzai charge in somewhere distant Pacific Atoll or swamp and jungle of Burma - India frontier. A lot of high ranking officers and General Staff knew the odds stacked against Japan butr willingly they went to war to first China which is a conflict unable to get out for them and then with US and Britain which they did not know how to get out except further Banzai offensives.
Very satisfying intro Indy !
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What about the Great Escape? That was not covered today.
It is covered on our Instagram day by day and will be on the war against humanity series.
Isn't there any info yet on Japans intention to launch a massive offensive in China within 4 weeks? Ichi-Go?
Nice Dress Gordon tie.
"only ...a brigade that holds an area against a whole division!!" but I don't know what either of those mean. Never have. Tried looking it up a few times.
While manpower & organization can vary quite a bit in WW2 I believe there were 3 brigades to a British division.
It was likely three to one in favor of the Japanese.
Hi Indy
This war going to end soon.
Its seem like that. Germany also knew about it.
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Hitler trying to defend everywhere. Someone once said " he who defends everywhere defends nowhere"
The person who wrote that bit of wisdom however was Chinese, which is to say that mustache man was most likely too blinded by his own ignorance to ever read it.
Man, Germany subordinating Hungary? I sure hope this doesn’t happen again
Can we get a video about Horthy?
Great Idea! 👍