We have been shooting a bunch of new episodes this week. Besides the World War Two and Between Two Wars episodes, which by the way includes some pretty amazing history, we have also been working on some much requested episodes of our War Against Humanity series. We have shot three of those, so you will see the first of those coming in the next few weeks. Additionally, we have shot a very special mini-series that we will be airing during the Holidays on the TimeGhost History Channel kzitem.info/rock/LfMmOriSyPbd5JhHpnj4Ng We will disclose more about that soon, but it's going to be pretty cool. So all in all, enough to look forward to! Cheers, Joram *RULES OF CONDUCT* STAY CIVIL AND POLITE we will delete any comments with personal insults, or attacks. AVOID PARTISAN POLITICS AS FAR AS YOU CAN we reserve the right to cut off vitriolic debates. HATE SPEECH IN ANY DIRECTION will lead to a ban. RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, OR SLAMMING OF MINORITIES will lead to an immediate ban. PARTISAN REVISIONISM, ESPECIALLY HOLOCAUST AND HOLODOMOR DENIAL will lead to an immediate ban.
@patrioticamerican6414
4 жыл бұрын
World War Two wait ban for how long
@Kriegter
4 жыл бұрын
Good luck on your documentary, I won't say the name not to be spoiler :)
@ifyourmarriedyourasimpandacuck
4 жыл бұрын
Unbelievable to me people would actually try to deny the horrors of war, but I guess that's how horrifying war can be.
@prakashghumaliya2002
4 жыл бұрын
👏👏
@KaffantoDezso
4 жыл бұрын
There was a little problem with your map around 7.57 Hungary occupied Carpathian Ruthenia/Ukraine (idk the exact name of that territory) in 1939 but you still showed on the map that it is part of the Slovakian puppet state.
@MandalorV7
4 жыл бұрын
At this rate the Greeks will be in Venice by Christmas.
@6668-t8r
4 жыл бұрын
Make Byzantine empire great again to Rome before christmas
@JeanLucCaptain
4 жыл бұрын
by the romans are advancing, in reverse.
@altelt802
4 жыл бұрын
Greeks:'We will literally run you back to Venice' Il Duche:'MOM,DAD?These kids are picking on me'
@subscribeorsus6862
4 жыл бұрын
@@altelt802 Mussolini memes are still funny lol
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I visited the area of these battles. There, I heard the following story from the locals: In the summer of 1941, when Greece was eventually occupied by the Germans, and the snow had melted, the italian authorities in albania were looking on the mountains for corpses of soldiers from the winter battles. There, in a ditch they saw something strange Two soldiers. A greek and an italian almost embraced. They had bayoneted each other, they died there and were covered by the snow for many months. The Italians tried to separate the corpses but they couldn't. They were stuck. They tried to move them together but they failed. They were too heavy. Thus they decided to leave them in the ditch. They burried them in the same ditch they found them, and over their tomb they wrote the following inscription on a stone (in italian): Enemies at war Brothers in death
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
Do you remember the name of the location?
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheCimbrianBull yes. It was in the broader area of Argyrokastro. Somewhere on the mountains. I have not been on the exact place it happened. A few years later I 've heard the same story in a documentary on the war on the greek tv.
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
@@georget8008 Thanks for the answer. I didn't know about this before now. I will try to search online for more information.
@Crimethoughtfull
4 жыл бұрын
That is both beautiful and heartbreaking...
@equarg
3 жыл бұрын
The emulate that a little in the mini movie/commercial for the “Warpath” app. In the heat of battle, I bet that happened a few times. 😢 May the Greek and Italian RIP.
@OchotaJack
4 жыл бұрын
lines on elderly people in bomb shelters... Knowing so much of so numerous attrocities and suffering of that time I didnt expect this apparently trivial incovienences to be so touching illustration of human condition in modern war. Love the show, Your attitude, compassion and professionalism. Gret job, thank You Indy and Crew :)
@erichstreberg7101
4 жыл бұрын
My grandmother was born in 1938 in Hamburg and hearing her describe the formative years of her life being spend constantly running for the bomb shelter really makes me so grateful to be living in the long peace.
@sirwolfnsuch
4 жыл бұрын
This is sadly absent from the usual British narrative on the Blitz. The narrative on optimistic and upbeat people makes the war almost seem like something exciting to people who grew up after the war. Elderly working-class people were the ones that embody a more accurate zeitgeist for the Blitz, and yet they are usually ignored.
@Akm72
4 жыл бұрын
@@sirwolfnsuch They weren't ignored when I was a kid in the 1970s. 'The Blitz' was a significant feature of commentry about WWII, at least based on my undoubtedly imperfect memories. However, from the 1990s, I agree that it has faded into the background.
@Loganberrybunny
4 жыл бұрын
@@Akm72 Indeed -- after all, there are now fewer and fewer people alive who can give first-hand testimony. In one more generation, there will be none at all -- as is the case already for WW1. It's another reason why well-produced series like this, that cover more than just the famous and obvious bits of the war, are so important.
@vedranb87
4 жыл бұрын
@@Akm72, LargeDoubloon73, guess people cherrypick the effects to fit the narrative.
@canthama2703
4 жыл бұрын
"He doesn't like that situation", that was funny as hell Indy. Great job guys, excellent episode, thank you a bunch.
@NamFlow
4 жыл бұрын
But the ending... nightmarish situations.
@Landrew0
4 жыл бұрын
You ar starting to look like a keeper to me, and all I know is your videos. You seem to have the touch of gold my friend. Nobody does. I'm part way through but I owe the first real time review you've ever had: looks a bit like a "bridge too far." Added unnecessary advice: Let the nuggets of " ugly truths" alone. They don't help anyway. That's a job for Mr. Future (hard to do from a phone). Well you're whatever nowadays, but even "nuggets of wisdom" cad be dangerous: A similar example is Darwin found something after all. But got stuck as a way to explain how life changes. Such a waste. Even goebbels knew that; his rubbish about popularity explains it...
@dasffs
4 жыл бұрын
It was the point where I clicked "like". Reminded me of dealing with stupid customers.
@larryhall2805
3 жыл бұрын
I thought the funniest Indy comment was the episode right before Pearl Harbor:. Japan wouldn't go to war with China, Great Britain, France, the Netherlands and the US. That would be crazy, right?
@ABrit-bt6ce
4 жыл бұрын
Indy is a damn fine presenter. Here's hoping he's just run out of world wars.
@theobuniel9643
4 жыл бұрын
_inb4 he details Vietnam week by week_
@jonasliphardt8225
4 жыл бұрын
What about the War on Terror? Has been running for 18 years by now. Plenty of stuff to cover.
@scottimusmaximus4360
4 жыл бұрын
@@theobuniel9643 10/10 would watch
@marinazagrai1623
4 жыл бұрын
A Brit...that's not really possible. We ALL hope he's got tons up his sleeves!!!
@yarpen26
4 жыл бұрын
Some time from now he might well cover the coronavirus pandemic though.
@charlesjmouse
4 жыл бұрын
British Air Command: When your country is in a fight for it's life what kind of person would put petty personal issues and ambition ahead of such considerations? Is "shameful" too strong a word for the likes of Mallory and Sholto?
@Dataism
4 жыл бұрын
USSR: Hey guys what are you doing with those troop build-ups in Romania? Germany: Uhhh...um..I, I'm planning to invade north Africa and also help Italy in Greece? USSR: Oh cool can I join you guys, Looks like you and your pals might need a hand dealing with the allies, especially Italy, the poor thing. Germany: no no, you are helping by just standing there. I do warn you not to trust Britain, they'll try to spread propaganda such as something outrageous as us invading you. USSR: Oh that's silly, thanks for the warning pal. Germany: Never trust those pesky anglos, Tschuss. *[Germany plans to invade USSR secretly intensify]*
@podemosurss8316
4 жыл бұрын
Actually the Soviets knew the Germans were planning to invade them. That Sorge spy Indy mentions was only one (the best known and one of the bests) working for the Red Army's Secret Service, with a lot of them infiltrated in the Axis powers and giving the Soviets constant intel to the STAVKA.
@worldwar2freak12
4 жыл бұрын
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan The Red Army was still in midst of a massive refit and reorganization after the Great Purge, and thus not up to the task of defending against Nazi invasion. Stalin knew this, and so he started a policy of sucking up to the Nazi's, refraining from any defensive moves that could have provoked Hitler, and ignoring the many reports of imminent invasion in the hopes that his spies were wrong. It got to the point of Stalin ordering his planes not to engage German recon aircraft entering Soviet airspace, imprisoning any of his staff who tried to point out any signs of invasion, and even ordering his troops not to fight the German invasion for an entire day.
@Wolfe1966
4 жыл бұрын
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan they didn't believe Germany would risk a two front war again. As long as Britain wasn't beaten, Stalin thought he would be save
@martijn9568
4 жыл бұрын
What people seem to forget is that the USSR was in a rearmament process at the time, even before the treat of Nazi Germany. They were replacing 1930's tanks and aeroplanes for 1940 ones. Something most countries were doing at the time. Which sometimes was successful, look at Britain. Sometimes it wasn't, look at France.
@comradesam3382
4 жыл бұрын
I like this kinds of comments
@Oxtocoatl13
4 жыл бұрын
Being an old person in 1940 London must have been surreal. People in their 80s would have been children during the American civil war and adults during the height of imperial expansion. They would have been old when the airplane was invented in the first place, and now this terrifying invention was destroying their home city with terrible efficiency. It must have been apocalyptic.
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges this is Nemesis
@pennsylvaniafellow4409
4 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine how bad it would have been to be an Italian soldier in either World War.
@wtfbros5110
4 жыл бұрын
Just have enough offensive spirit bro
@ninaakari5181
4 жыл бұрын
I can see it would have been the best option of them all. Good food, great weather, beautiful design
@ninaakari5181
4 жыл бұрын
@@takasmaka820 that too :D There would not have been shame in surrendering
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
@@wtfbros5110 Luigi Cadorna agrees wholeheartedly with you!
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
It couldn't have been worse than being an Austro-Hungarian soldier in the winter of 1915.
@MrXenon1994
4 жыл бұрын
This will be the last weekly episode I watch in my teenage years. I'll be finishing this series when I'm 24. Really crazy to think about. That's how long the real war lasted.
@speedydb55
4 жыл бұрын
Attacking one of your biggest suppliers of food and raw materials. What could possibly wrong?
@simplymarshal1167
4 жыл бұрын
answer: *EVERYTHING*
@Thranduil82
4 жыл бұрын
Well, they belived it was possible to win and keep all the resources, it looked doable on paper i supose.
@Thranduil82
4 жыл бұрын
@@jussim.konttinen4981 The USSR i belive.
@Daisy_3011
4 жыл бұрын
Fighting two superowers at the same time was stupid enough already lol
@Thranduil82
4 жыл бұрын
@@Daisy_3011 Yes, we now know the USSR was a superpower in the making, that wasn't so clear in 1940-41, not only the germans but also the Allies thought the USSR would collapse. The germans won in the east on WW1 with the B team so to speak, they had good reasons to belive they could win.
@thedrifter2790
4 жыл бұрын
Dear Indy and Crew, I’d like to let you know I personally appreciate the content you produce and the interest in history which you’ve sparked in my heart. Cheers,
@LaRotte1234
4 жыл бұрын
+1. Best channel ever
@rascallyrabbit717
4 жыл бұрын
here here
@indianajones4321
4 жыл бұрын
I thought Conrad Von Hötzendorf would be on the phone this time. At least his picture is on the wall
@bernardobiritiki
4 жыл бұрын
Well spoted
@samarvora7185
4 жыл бұрын
They should have a portrait of Luigi Cadorna on the opposite wall, so that they can be locked into an epic stare-off.
@indianajones4321
4 жыл бұрын
@Samar Vora lol
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
@@samarvora7185 *Rumble on the Isonzo River intensifies*
@itsjustmint5211
4 жыл бұрын
TheCimbrianBull I’m waiting for the 11,467,289,279th battle of the Izonso
@creatoruser736
4 жыл бұрын
The thing about Hitler feeling "such a level of dependence" on Soviet imports was "intolerable" was that it really was; not just ideologically, it was physically unsustainable. Even with Soviet imports, Germany was using more raw materials like food and oil than it had. The trade pact kept their stockpiles up for longer, but if the situation stayed the same Germany would run low on supplies and be unable to make offensive moves. Germany was cut off from the world because of the British blockade and the Soviet Union couldn't sustain both itself and basically all of Europe at the same time, so Hitler decided he would take their stuff and deprive the Soviets, making Germany self-sustaining.
@zachgamr5475
4 жыл бұрын
This is honestly one of the best KZitem Channels ever. Thanks guys.
@jimschofield8734
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the excellent Lord Dowding and Sir Keith coverage... It's particularly tragic how Lord Dowding was treated. Such a waste (and downright insulting!!!) shuffling him off to the USA. Though at least Sir Keith's appalling treatment this week has multiple silver linings to come! I look forward to seeing him kick ass and take names (...while remaining the best guy ever...) in just under two years' time in Malta! ...Sufficient amounts of Lord Dowding and Sir Keith content for me to join the Time Ghost Army (finally...) - sorry I can't commit more than $9/mo just right now. But your content is superb and definitely worth that!
@Dave_Sisson
4 жыл бұрын
I think every country in the war wasted the potential of some of their best Admirals, Generals and Air Marshalls and promoted less able people to the highest positions. It is only hindsight that allows us to appreciate which were the best leaders and which incompetent fools were promoted above their ability.
@stopscammingman
4 жыл бұрын
Dang Stalin, don't trust weird strangers, especially when they have a moustache like THAT!!!!
@herrakaarme
4 жыл бұрын
Stalin never trusted a single person in his whole life. He merely tolerated some people longer than some others.
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
@@herrakaarme True. He even alienated his own wife and children.
@herrakaarme
4 жыл бұрын
@Zachary Durocher I very much doubt he would have thought so. He might have underestimated how recklessly Germany proceeded, though, starting another war in the East while still unable to finish the one in the West. Like Hitler himself confessed, the Germans had no idea how much reserves, both men and machine, the Soviet Union had. Stalin didn't have those built just for laughs, as history later proved.
@gagamba9198
4 жыл бұрын
_It’s weird that he thought that he could keep peace with Germany_ I don't think his motivation was "keep the peace". It was more to have Hitler focus his belligerent attention west. Stalin's goal in supplying Germany with war material (paid for in marks and not gold) was to have the capitalists fight the capitalists whilst also gaining territory in Poland, the Baltics, and Romania. The warring capitalists weaken each other and then the USSR expands later. Germany just happened to do so exceptionally well and fast in the Western Front. Let's not forget this one thing which was kind of glossed over by this video. With Germany defeating western Europe, Hitler now has the responsibility to ensure they have enough resources to function - these occupied countries are to produce for Germany, but they require inputs to do so as well as support basic life. For example, in 1938, of Germany's total (pre-war) consumption of 44 million barrels of oil, imports from overseas (a lot from Mexico) accounted for 28 million barrels or roughly 60 percent of the total supply. Obviously, when you go to war you'll use more oil. And when you occupy a country, it's up to you to figure out where the natural resource will come from. No country in Europe barring Russia is self sufficient in all important resources, and USSR's poor economic management hobbles it. The occupied countries see their imports from outside of Germany and the occupied zone plummet (due to British blockade and the Nazis control of hard currency), and even neutral Spain has been blockaded by Britain until it agrees to the monitoring of imports to prevent diversion of excess to Germany. Britain enacted a programme at the outset of the war whereby shippers in every port around the world had to obtain clearance from the British consul for every shipment to Spain. This navicert programme was used by Britain and later the US joined to establish the Blockade Committee for shipments to 20 neutral countries to prevent re-export trade with Germany and occupied countries. Britain asked the US to cease exporting oil to Spain and it complied. By pledging to remain neutral, Franco was allowed to import oil, but only at a level 80% of that prior to the Spanish Civil War. Hitler's principal goal was capture Ukraine, Donetsk, and the Caucasus. Without those resources, and denying them to the Soviets also, Germany's war effort was severely hamstrung and ultimately doomed.
@bbcmotd
4 жыл бұрын
@@herrakaarme reserves both in men, machinery and willpower
@mnhttn_
4 жыл бұрын
The pacific naval theatre is coming in soon. Hoping for some neat details to come with it
@musik-ym8rk
4 жыл бұрын
thats january 41 right?
@caorusso4926
4 жыл бұрын
I want to see the b17 flying over japan in real time
@musik-ym8rk
4 жыл бұрын
@Jonny B yeah i was pretty sure it was dec but this guy claimed something else so thank you for tellung tha truth
@brucetucker4847
4 жыл бұрын
@Britannic hayyomatt The Pacific doesn't boil over until next December, but the USN comes to the Atlantic war a bit sooner than that.
@davidszczepan5855
4 жыл бұрын
Cant believe I’m only finding this now this is so professionally done really incredible thank you!
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Though you got some bingewatching to do in the holiday season
@Bareego
4 жыл бұрын
also don't miss out on The Great War channel that covered the previous World War. MUCH awesome binge watching :D
@MrFaorry
4 жыл бұрын
Make sure you check out their The Great War channel for the same thing but with WW1 (and finished too) if you enjoy this one, and on their Timeghost History channel they're doing the interwar period too though not Week by Week like this or TGW is.
@cobbler9113
4 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, we absolutely must not laugh at Italy... 😂 Got to hand it to those Greek troops though who seemed to be emulating the spirit of Thermopylae in the last few weeks.
@jonbaxter2254
4 жыл бұрын
They are just so woefully bad at war.
@CarrotConsumer
4 жыл бұрын
The Italians aren't inherently bad at war. Mussolini acted as though he had the power of Germany when he most certainly did not.
@TsVangelis
4 жыл бұрын
Britannic hayyomatt No they didn’t. The forces facing each other in Albania were slightly in Italy’s advantage and by Spring they will considerably outnumber the greek ones. The Greeks had to keep a strong portion of their army in reserve in case of a Bulgarian attack. The “greeks had more men” is a lame excuse Italian neofascists invented as of late to hide the incompetence of the italian army in the Pindus campaign.
@Hungrydingo
4 жыл бұрын
Man that had to be so humiliating going on the offensive only to end up being pushed so far back you start to lose territory. Good on the Greeks though.
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
@Britannic hayyomatt You are right. By that time Greeks had numerical superiority. The mobilization was almost complete and more than 300.000 troops were on the front.
@SNOUPS4
3 жыл бұрын
10:25 Bonus points for cool sound effects!
@gunman47
4 жыл бұрын
More nations are entering into the Axis Powers now while Britain stands alone and Greece fights courageously against the Italian invasion. Meanwhile those cracks in the Soviet Nazi alliance will have repercussions in the future. This war is getting ever bigger by the day.
@fenring16
4 жыл бұрын
Oh cmon, ''Britain stands alone?'' Really? How many Canadians, Indians, Australians and men from other parts of British Empire had fought and died? And volunteers from occupied Europe as well...?
@Beowulf_DW
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Britain stands alone...other than India, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Rhodesia, the free forces of the occupied nations, and probably a dozen other colonies and protectorates that I can't remember off the top of my head...But other than that, BRITAIN STANDS ALONE!
@fenring16
4 жыл бұрын
@Britannic hayyomatt, You are wrong about Africa ;)
@Beowulf_DW
4 жыл бұрын
@Jonny B My statement still applies, then.
@6668-t8r
4 жыл бұрын
@@jussim.konttinen4981 even that Romania and Bulgaria change sides dont save this countryes from a new totalitarian power sadly
@maxsmodels
4 жыл бұрын
another great episode. Park and Dowding are now legends whereas Mallory got himself killed along with his wife during the war when he pushed a Lancaster pilot to transport them in crappy weather over tall mountains.
@michaelmorrismorris6113
4 жыл бұрын
Didn't deserve to die though
@apmoy70
4 жыл бұрын
This week in the Greco-Italian war, the Battle of Morovë-Ivan which opened on November 14, concluded: From the beginning of the Greek counter-offensive, due to the incopetence of its CO, the Greek XIII Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Gherasimos Gazis) from C' Army Corps (Lt. Gen. Georgios Tsolakoglou) had failed to meet its objective which caused the Greek right flank many problems. The Greek General HQ made a swift replacement of its command and ordered XI Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Christos Kavrakos) to rush in and quickly take its place, a decision that restored the front. After the resolution of this problem, on Tuesday, November 22, 1940, the Greek IX Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Christos Zygouris) from B' Army Corps (Lt. Gen. Dimitrios Papadopoulos) coordinating its left flank with X Infantry Division (Μaj. Gen. Christos Kitsos) from C' Army Corps, captured Morovë, a massif with large landforms up to 1,808 metres (5,932 feet) high. The area provided good defensive positions for the Italians but it lacked depth, leaving the defenders no option but to withdraw. After the Italian withdrawal, the Greeks advanced and took Ivan, a mountain 1,770 metres (5,807 feet) high, that loomed over the Korçë plateau. The Greeks captured Korçë (Koritza), a chief Italian base in southern Albania, in the late afternoon. The capture of the city and the eponymous plateau gave the Greeks access to Albania proper. The encirclement of the Italian forces opposing the Greek left flank now became possible. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, sent the following message to the Greek Premier, Ioannis Metaxas: 'Heartfelt congratulations on the great Greek victories on the Albanian front, culminating in the capture of Koritza. We are all inspired by this feat of Greek valour against an enemy so superior in numbers and equipment. This recalls the classic age. Long live Greece.' Troops from the 'Beghetis' Detachment' (an ad hoc formation of two infantry regiments out of IX Infantry Division, named after its commanding officer, Col. Ioannis Beghetis) were the first Greeks who entered the city. Col. Beghetis sent the following signal to the Greek C-in-C General Alexandros Papagos: 'I hereby submit my report that at 1745 hours today, the detachment under my command entered Koritza and liberated it.' The Greeks captured 135 artillery pieces, hundreds of MG, considerable quantity of mortars and other material. 2,000 Italians made prisoner. The capture of Korçë just 24 days after the outbreak of the war, gave the Greeks a boost on morale, and increased the fighting spirit of the frontline troops. It proved costly however, as Greek casualties amounted to 624 KIA, 2,348 WIA. On November 23, the second phase of the Greek counter-offensive began with a thrust towards Hill 905 (Mali Gjer) - Kori (a town in the vicinity of Gjirokastër) - Mali I Kokojka (a mountain near Gjirokastër). The Greek HQ ordered: - A' Army Corps (three front-line divisions under the overall command of Lt. Gen. Georgios Kosmas) to advance towards Tepelenë and Vlorë in conjunction with the formations of B' Corps. - B' Army Corps (four front-line divisions under the overall command of Lt. Gen. Dimitrios Papadopoulos) to co-ordinate its onslaught with the divisions of A' Corps and advance towards Berat. - T.S.D.M. ('West Macedonia Army Section', a unit composed initially of three divisions, reinforced since November 19 with the 'K Divisional Group' which comprised two divisions out of C' Corps (Lt. Gen. Georgios Tsolakoglou) under the overall command of Lt. Gen. Ioannis Pitsikas) to advance towards the mountain town of Muskopol, and the key town of Pogradec, on the shores of lake Ohrid, near the border of Albania with Yugoslavia. The Greek advance was so rapid, that within the next 24 hours, the units leading the forefront of the breakthrough, reached the outskirts of Pogradec, some 32 km (20 mi) N of Korçë! The small mountain town of Muskopol, 16 km (10 mi) NW of Korçë, fell to the Greeks on the same day.
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
Well written ! I would expect better coverage of the war by the channel. And not to be left to the viewers.
@apmoy70
4 жыл бұрын
@@georget8008 Η αλήθεια είναι ότι αν δεν έχεις πρόσβαση στα ελληνικά αρχεία είναι δύσκολο για αγγλόφωνους να βγάλουν άκρη, προφανώς θα πληροφορούνται επιγραμματικά για το τι συμβαίνει από αγγλόφωνα μέσα. Δεν πειράζει, εδώ είμαστε, θα μάθουν λεπτομέρειες ;)
@cwovictor3281
4 жыл бұрын
@@georget8008 This is a week-by-week overview. For more specifics like these you'd have to watch documentaries more specialized on certain aspects.
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
@@apmoy70 για τον ρωσοφιλανδικο πολεμο του 1939 ειχαν καλυτερη καλυψη των γεγονοτων. Δεν νομιζω οτι ειναι θεμα πηγων. Απλα αδιαφοριας.
@cwovictor3281
4 жыл бұрын
@Dimitris kouz Be the change you want to see. Do research, write a book. Anyone can do it with enough academic vigor.
@shawngilliland243
4 жыл бұрын
Regarding plans by the Nazi regime to attack the USSR - talk about biting the hand that feeds you (and the oil that runs your war machine, etc.)!
@marinazagrai1623
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, again...all I wanted to say is that Romania (since I'm originally from there) was already under the German crown since the late 19th century, and the young king (Hohenzollern) was forced to abdicate (on the date you mentioned) by the Nazis who took over with the new puppet leader Colonel Antonescu. Brilliant episode, maybe better because of the content (I am a real fan of WWII).
@MolonyProductions
3 жыл бұрын
My granny loved the blitz when she was a child, she found the bombs and sirens fascinating
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
November 22 1940 Korce (Korytsa) becomes the first European city to be liberated from the Axis occupation. The Italian army retreats all over the front. Less than a month ago they expected to be in Athens within a couple of weeks. The advance of the greek army continues under harsh weather conditions. It snows heavily and the temperature falls at about -10 to -20 o C. The worst winter on the Pindos mountains for more than a century is that of 1940. The cold becomes the worst enemy that both armies have to face.
@BarnieHanders
4 жыл бұрын
Thats not even cold yet.
@alexhatfield2987
4 жыл бұрын
Just peerless. Powerful quote at the end. As a Londoner, I’ve heard of the children evacuees. I’ve listened to my mother in law’s memories of working as an accountant through the Blitz. But I’ve never heard or even thought of the misery and nightly suffering that must have been endured by the senior citizens of the Capital and beyond....
@sammyboi2951
4 жыл бұрын
So it begins. Regent Horthy has made the final desision where he had to choose between the two giants and according to him he chose the one that seemed to be the lesser worse. Then Romania followed to avoid any further territorial losses. Something the Allied powers forgot years later: they had no choice; share the fate of the Polish or pick a side.
@blackpowderuser373
4 жыл бұрын
Death or Dishonor.
@sammyboi2951
4 жыл бұрын
@@blackpowderuser373 A good DLC ;)
@blackpowderuser373
4 жыл бұрын
@@sammyboi2951 The only thing lacking was a Bulgarian or Austrian Focus Tree for that DLC.
@sammyboi2951
4 жыл бұрын
@@blackpowderuser373 agreed
@coldwarsarge7592
4 жыл бұрын
As a shut-in, disabled vet I want to say how much I appreciate your fine programs. I love studying history and it's channels like yours that help bring the classroom to my bedside.Keep up the superb work!
@hidof9598
2 жыл бұрын
Which war were you in
@GG-bw3uz
4 жыл бұрын
Lovely dovely of a presentation !
@Crimethoughtfull
4 жыл бұрын
"Thanks for winning the Battle of Britain for us, chaps, but, eh, we don't like you anymore. Now that we don't need you, you're wrong about everything. Good bye." Talk about a kick in the gut.
@nigeh5326
4 жыл бұрын
Yet another great episode by all of the team. I’ve been watching your various channels since July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme and you never cease to hit the highest of standards. Thank you all 👍 ✌️
@jking4444
4 жыл бұрын
This should be a 'must watch' for secondary school students in their History class.
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@ProWhitaker
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video
@MrRenegadeshinobi
4 жыл бұрын
Poor Italy, from the Roman Empire to Cordorna to Mussolini, oh how the mighty have fallen.
@brucetucker4847
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure Cadorna to Mussolini was much of a fall... more like a horizontal slide to a different sort of incompetence.
@MrRenegadeshinobi
4 жыл бұрын
@@brucetucker4847 Fair point.
@salt_factory7566
4 жыл бұрын
At the 234th battle of Isonzo, Italian forces lose 50% of their divisional strength on average. Reports come in that Luigi blames the failure on a lack of patriotism.
@lennox285679
4 жыл бұрын
this episode was incredibly well written. fantastic work indy and the crew
@Southsideindy
4 жыл бұрын
The crew is in fact awesome at all the things they do, but I write these episodes all by myself, so thank you very much.
@lennox285679
4 жыл бұрын
@@Southsideindy you write, host and research with the strength of many men sir neidell
@El_Presidente_5337
4 жыл бұрын
I just want to say that I am exited for the upcomming Italian spring offensive in 1941
@xboxisbetta
4 жыл бұрын
That quote at the end really puts the human element into context with the whole situation. I love when you share those more human elements.
@marcofrank2082
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. This is brilliant, touching and unbiased. By far the best in history I have seen. You never forget the human side of war.
@EAlva-rg6em
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@merdiolu
4 жыл бұрын
One of the myths and legends of World War II was theso called German efficiency and superiorty in everything. The fact is they were not. Only Wehrmacht (German Army) operational method (mission oriented approach) was very superior compared to Allied counterparts (it went so until last year of war) and tactically they had novelties here and there which lost their authencity in a few years. (For example Germans used airborne units to capture critical objectives in 1940-1941 , by 1943-1945 it was Allies who had massive airborne divisions being deployed for similar operations) Except these Germany was woefully underprepared for a massive total war, especially in economy and manpower , labour utilisation. Nazi leaderships reluctance for mobilisation and instead relying on looting of occupied territories till 1943 was as grave mistake. Hitler and Nazi leaders counting their advantages only by how many raw materials , natural resources they have captured , would never satisfied with half loaf of bread on Central and Western Europe. Ever since 1914 and even before eye of German expansion ambitions and imperialism always targeted east , especially Ukranie and its grainfields , Crimea , Caucaus and its oilfield and Baltics. Even if Hitler did not pathalogically hated Soviet Union and Bolshevism and made its destruction an obsession ever since 1918 , just reliance and eyeing raw material and natural resources in Soviet Union , made German attack and invasion of Russia inevitable.
@johnbelland5276
4 жыл бұрын
I don't remember who said it (a historian, I'm pretty sure, or it may have been a contemporary general,) but I remember reading somewhere someone talked about how the Germans in both World Wars were tactical masterminds, but when it came to anything on the major strategic scale, they tended to be very poor at planning for the long term.
@Ashfielder
4 жыл бұрын
The Wehrmacht is the entire German armed forces under the Nazis; the Heer is just the army.
@maciejniedzielski7496
4 жыл бұрын
good description of situation
@merdiolu
4 жыл бұрын
@@Ashfielder True what I meant was the German army though since when Wehrmacht mostly associated with them
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
You are right German efficiency is a myth. Their logistics are a real mess. Their basic strategy is looting and starving the local population to death. Then they face resistance and then they assign more troops to suppress the resistance. They entered a war without a strategy for the next day. Only short term tactics.
@that4711
4 жыл бұрын
Another amazing video Indy and team! By the way if you need some more sources about the Greco-Italian war and the German intervention I suggest the book "The Defence and Fall of Greece" by John C Carr. Keep up the amazing job!
@tomasinacovell4293
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@Adonnus100
4 жыл бұрын
Indy, you always nail the pronunciation of international words, which tells me about the dedication to accuracy and detail that I expect in a fellow history lover :) Keep it up.
@Adonnus100
3 жыл бұрын
@hognoxious No, I am Australian.
@Bar-Del
Жыл бұрын
I love this series this was such a great idea to do it in real time on the actual anniversaries of the actual events. So cool!
@randallcase1009
4 жыл бұрын
Great point at the end, Indy. Lots of people think about the children, but how many think of the elderly? I can't imagine living like that in my declining years. I wonder why they weren't evacuated too?
@Blazo_Djurovic
4 жыл бұрын
It should be noted though, that while USSR supplied all that to the Germans, it was nowhere near the actual requirements of Germany and it's European allies. ESPECIALLY in oil. All those planes, subs and Itallian warships were craving oil and they simply could not be satisfied with what was coming from Plotesti and the drops Soviets were giving them. In a way, Hitler now NEEDS to get a MAJOR oilfields under his control in next couple years or he's screwed. end of 41 is really the deadline. And if you look at what's in range of German power and would satisfy the production and transportation requirments, Caucasus is kinda the only viable solution. The Middle East oilfields simply weren't as developed and transporting it all the way back to Germany would be a problem.
@brucetucker4847
4 жыл бұрын
I've always wondered how the Germans planned to transport the oil from the Caucasus if they had captured the oilfields. The infrastructure just wasn't there and building it would be a huge strain on already overburdened logistics. And sea transport was obviously out of the question due to the distance from the oilfields to the sea and the complete British control of the sea approaches to Germany. It wasn't like SE Asia where the oil was already being transported by sea and all the Japanese had to do was re-route it through friendly waters to Japan, the industrial centers of which were also easily accessible by sea (of course the US Navy eventually put a stop to that, but for the short and limited war they were hoping for it was a feasible plan.)
@brucetucker4847
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges But the Soviet infrastructure was designed to ship the oil to where it needed to be in Russia, not to the west, and the Soviets didn't have to build that infrastructure overnight - in fact much of it dated to Tsarist times. The Black Sea is a good point, but you'd still need either a highway and a fleet of trucks, a pipeline, or a dedicated railroad to get the oil from the wells to the Black Sea unless the Soviets had already been shipping it via that route.
@Blazo_Djurovic
4 жыл бұрын
@@brucetucker4847 Actually if they were able to secure the Black sea coast or majorly cut off any Soviet forces trapped in Caucassus, they could probably SAIL a LOT of oil across the Black Sea. Of course also trains are always an option, and if they can restore local refineries they can send oil directly to units at front. But yes, logistics would of course be an issue, but significant ammounts of oil tend to solve a wide variety of sins, once you can start motorizing your logistics. As for MIddle Eastern oil, presumably by the time they have acquired Fertile Crescent they'd have acquired Suez which would majorly hamper British logistics since everything would need to come through Giblartar, but I don't think that would prevent RN from trying to cause damage via commerce raiding. But it would still make it MUCH safer for Italian vessels to sail from Levant along Turkish coast and then under protective cover of Axis Air Force in Greece and Italy. But that's discounting the problem of getting it to the Med.
@paulleader7000
4 жыл бұрын
my grandfather fought in both world wars, he always said "god help any enemy landing on these shores"
@dionysos739
4 жыл бұрын
Can you say more about how elderly people handled the war? I would love to see a special on that
@jollybritishchap485
4 жыл бұрын
The fact that Britain could not bring its full force to bear against the Luftwaffe due to commitments across the empire, it somehow makes the German loss that much more damming. The Luftwaffe lost against a portion of the British strength, imagine what might’ve happened if for whatever reason Britain could’ve summoned even more force to bear against the Germans. Perhaps France wouldn’t have been lost either but the same logic.
@samuelgordino
4 жыл бұрын
In batlle of France that makes no diference, in the batlle of Britain, again not much diference. In the batlle of the Atlantic and in a long war that can make a big diference...
@paulverse4587
4 жыл бұрын
@Britannic hayyomatt Not very I think. Especially as Britain with heavy reliance on shipping (which was limited by submarine warfare), you cannot nilly-willy use 50 million soldiers in field. How do you feed them? How do you supply them? Every front that Britain has and will have is limited by its ability to supply it oversea.
@brucetucker4847
4 жыл бұрын
@Britannic hayyomatt They would have ended up with an army about as effective as the Austro-Hungarian Army of WW1 at best. Unwilling, mutinous troops serving a foreign master are often more of a liability than an asset.
@No-wt3mf
4 жыл бұрын
Hitler: Hey Poland Poland: Wtf do you want Hitler? Hitler: VIBE CHECK
@lynn0MA
4 жыл бұрын
So, the Soviets supplied natural resources to Germany until It was attacked by The Germans. ...This is a great feature subscription.
@spidos1000
4 жыл бұрын
Is John Cunningham related to Admiral Cunningham. Seems like there’s a lot of Cunningham’s up there in the top ranks.
@carlmanson6634
Жыл бұрын
They were brothers
@usamazahid3882
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible series.
@FunkmasterRick
4 жыл бұрын
He scraped his left wrist and elbow. The war takes its toll on everyone...
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
Whom are you referring to?
@FunkmasterRick
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheCimbrianBull The host.
@iacopoguidi7871
4 жыл бұрын
I saw a lesson kept by an Italian historian and professor about Richard Sorge, and it was amazing! Truly Sorge was somebody incredible, and some character too! Maybe you could do a special about him one day? The lesson I saw is on youtube but it is in Italian...
@philbrown6787
4 жыл бұрын
Always a great show, Indie
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support!
@LutherusPXCs
4 жыл бұрын
The Soviet Union was Germany's lend lease lol
@r-saint
4 жыл бұрын
Yes but Hitler didn't believe in idea of free trade and that 2 nations can both benefit from trade. From his POW one side always lost. Thus all advocating for free trade were judeo-speculants for him. Watch the video titled "The REAL Reason why Hitler HAD to start WW2" by TIK.
@auguststorm2037
4 жыл бұрын
Not really because Germany has to pay for it
@r-saint
4 жыл бұрын
@@auguststorm2037 Lend-lease wasn't free. Look it up. USSR was required to pay later, but just refused.
@CarrotConsumer
4 жыл бұрын
Do you guys not know what lease means?
@auguststorm2037
4 жыл бұрын
@@r-saint Indeed, my bad
@Mineav
4 жыл бұрын
Such a great series. Keep them coming!
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
Sure will! Thanks!
@davidswift7776
4 жыл бұрын
#65, the axis expands with Hungary and Romania, but alas Hitler does not want USSR to partake. Further, his forewarned plans for attack is ignored by Stalin.
@dragosstanciu9866
4 жыл бұрын
At 7:59 Slovakia's map is wrong, it must not include Carpato-Ukraine, Hungary occupied Carpatho-Ukraine in March 1939.
@sergeyshistory
4 жыл бұрын
dragosstanciu hey, I wanted to point that out.., but that’s ok
@theamici
4 жыл бұрын
They colored Carpato-Ukraine in that blue-green color precisely to emphasize that it's been occupied.
@TheLocalLt
4 жыл бұрын
Amici Nybråten right but when they showed the subsequent alliance they showed the occupation of carpatho ukraine as part of the occupation of Slovakia instead of hungary
@theamici
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheLocalLt Slovakia wasn't treated as occupied on the map. Slovakia was treated as a puppet state, meaning a formally independent state.
@TheLocalLt
4 жыл бұрын
Amici Nybråten I fucked up my comment none of those countries in diagonal were occupied besides garrisons I meant “when the vid showed their alliance, it showed ukrainian ruthenia as joining the axis with Slovakia, as opposed to with Hungary.”
@Oxnate
4 жыл бұрын
Just binge watched what you have out so far. Great series. Just to let you know that Episode 64 is listed three times in a row in the playlist.
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It should be resolved now! And I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed it!
@99xpert99
4 жыл бұрын
Loved todays episode!! Keep it up! And keep the WaH series too! I'm missing them so much!
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! We will try our best!
@FailedAragorn
3 жыл бұрын
I think phrasing it as an alliance is a little unfair. The Soviets had wanted to join up with the allies at the time of Czechoslovakia against the Nazis, and when the allies didn't do anything/weren't willing the Soviets were forced into entering into a treaty with the Nazis. There was no illusion about what the Nazis wanted, it was simply a case of *when*.
@Big5ocks
4 жыл бұрын
Civilians are the ones who suffer the most in war... Especially modern war... This is what I think of every time I hear about conflicts around the world.
@menitobussolini659
4 жыл бұрын
Dolphy I'm having problems in North Africa,can you please send that Rommel guy to help?
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
Of course! Anything for you, Big Chin! 😀
@friendhui4320
4 жыл бұрын
This series on WW2 is quite good indeed. This is very professional.
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@stephencarroll9935
4 жыл бұрын
Finally at long last I have caught up with the series I was M.I.A around June and started watching again last month
@wildcard1791
4 жыл бұрын
Indy is ASMR when combined with whiskey, unisom tablets, and midnight shift.
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
All we need now is Indy making an ear nibbling video.
@wintersoldier8215
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly who are these people that hit dislike on these videos? Lol they dislike learning I suppose.
@comradesam3382
4 жыл бұрын
Srysly, if you don't like/think something is wrong Indy and the crew are more than happy to correct themselves/adress it in out of the foxholes
@comradesam3382
4 жыл бұрын
Honestly Im starting to think that youtube is automatically putting dislikes on some videos, with everything they had done I think noone would be surprised
@eatmyslamwich6973
4 жыл бұрын
Two of those dislikes are probably just Hugh Dowding and Keith Park who are salty after being sacked from RAF.
@Raskolnikov70
4 жыл бұрын
It's Luigi Cadorna with a bunch of sockpuppet accounts. He's still bitter about the way Indy talked about him on the WWI channel.
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
@@Raskolnikov70 Well, Hötzendorf might also be involved since Indy also spoke negatively about him.
@philiphied
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent notation at the end of the video. Ciao fellas.
@matheuroux5134
4 жыл бұрын
At this stage, how has the war affected life in British colonies? I have heard stories about sugar rations from my grandmother, as well as a general scarcity of many foods and luxuries. When does that start?
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
It has already started. Food Rationing was already implemented at the start of the war and intensified in the spring of 1940. The risk of shipping was considerably higher with the Battle of the Atlantic going on and the Germans blockading British supply lines with U-Boats. Furthermore, some colonies were actively involved in the war (East-Africa). And in General, the economy shifted from being a consumers economy where agricultural and industrial assets in colonies where used to produce luxury goods to a war economy where luxury goods didn't enjoy a priority of production and trade.
@kieranjoseph2333
4 жыл бұрын
This series is dope. Props sir
@therichinchins
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@WorldWarTwo
2 жыл бұрын
@therichinchins Thanks for watching
@stevejauncey3086
3 жыл бұрын
The footage of Spitfires was of 92 Squadron and I believe taken at Pembry in Wales.
@Stephen-wb3wf
4 жыл бұрын
Loves James Holland, cool to hear you use him as a source.
@christopherjustice6411
4 жыл бұрын
I do have a question for the Timeghost team. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I was under the impression that Poland and Hungary were on good terms before the war and that to this day, Poles and Hungarians get along quite well. So I guess my question is, how did the Hungarian government justify joining the axis to its people? Wouldn’t that be a hard sell considering what Germany had done to one of Hungary’s traditional allies? And finally, was there any serious opposition to Hungary joining the Axis Powers among the government or the general populace? Thanks for your time and keep up the good work.
@tyberfen5009
4 жыл бұрын
Man, those animations. They are just gorgous
@ScooterWeibels
4 жыл бұрын
Good episode. It might be grim for the British Empire but they still stay strong, and have not given in.
@azrael8598
4 жыл бұрын
Scott Weber Britain’s have a zombie mode where they won’t stop coming at you
@Dave_Sisson
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges At the time, the British Commonwealth was more like a federation of nations. Britain didn't exploit Australia, NZ, Canada, etc. Yes they had their differences, but there was never any doubt that they would help each other in times of difficulty, whether that was economic problems or war. One example is that Britain used its limited resources during the Blitz to build a rare type of hydro electric turbine for an Australian project that they couldn't build themselves. That was in return for all the subsidised food Australia sent to the UK during the depression. That sort of mutual help happened for a century between the Commonwealth nations.
@anorthernsoul5600
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges The UK suffered 383,600 military personnel deaths in WWII. Australia 39,800. Canada 45,400. India 87,000. NZ 11,900. South Africa 11,900. 196,000 deaths in the Commonwealth countries all told, pretty much half of what the UK sustained. These figures are quite easy to look up online, you should give it a try some day instead of posting your usual anti-British bile.
@anorthernsoul5600
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges Pay attention to what you wrote - "Let's bet on WHO dies the most in the next British campaigns? I'm willing to bet that the English dead will be way, way, WAAAY fewer than the deaths of the soldiers of the other nations." That suggests the future, you're contradicting yourself. Why specify the Scots, Welsh, NORTHERN IRISH, they're British as in part of the United Kingdom.. It was Britain that declared war on Nazi Germany, not Scotland, Wales or NI. FYI many Southern Irish also joined British regiments to fight. They were not forced to, pity that de Valera ostracised those who joined up to fight against Nazi Germany, and not send Hitler birthday cards instead. Here's a thought, why don't you provide separate casualty figure for Texans and Californians for US wartime casualty figures? A little info you may not be aware of, the most decorated regiment in the British army is the Princess of Wales Royal Regt. They hail from "Southern England". The British army regt with the most battle honours (there is a difference) is the Queens Lancashire Regt. Lancashire being in "NW England". That suggests the English were very much to the forefront of fighting that took place throughout many conflicts. As well as the 51st Highland Div that held off the German charge at St Valery-en-Caux, you failed to mention, because it does not meet with your agenda, the defence of Calais, by 3rd Royal Tank Regiment and the 30th Infantry Brigade, I have no idea of the exact number of where each soldier hailed from and who served in those formations, but they are all classed as "English" regiments/battalions bar one, which was the 172nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery of the 58th Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. They along with colleagues at Boulogne bravely held off German attacks that could've been diverted to Dunkirk. Boulogne was evacuated, Calais was not. They had to surrender same way that the 51st Highlanders did. Why do you bring the Greeks into the equation? Their own country was invaded yet somehow they're fighting on behalf of the British in all of their campaigns. It's called World War II for a reason, not "The English war where they get everyone to die for them!" Strange how I provide vetted figures yet you still refuse to accept them because that does not meet with your anti-English/British bias.
@anorthernsoul5600
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges I am unable to read your full reply, YT in all their wisdom will not let me. But yes, you contradict yourself in your self serving statement. Quite pathetic and equally sad. I stated hard facts to counter your original statement you have offered nothing in return to counter that! Difficult to argue with facts and statistics isn't it my sad delusional Muscovite.
@mariakelly5
4 жыл бұрын
Spoiler Alert: Stalin's reaction to the invasion of the USSR by Germany is going to surprise you.
@Raskolnikov70
4 жыл бұрын
"Germany completely destroyed itself using this one weird trick! Stalin hated it!!!"
@TheCimbrianBull
4 жыл бұрын
@@Raskolnikov70 "You won't believe what happens next! Family and friends are in shock!"
@stevek8829
4 жыл бұрын
Pretty good chum buckets.
@DJIBRIL_CISSE13
4 жыл бұрын
there was no soviet-nazi alliance..end of story
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
There absolutely was. End of story.
@dinosaurisillumination
Ай бұрын
@@WorldWarTwoNo, there wasn't. If it was an alliance, they would attack Britain and others. The Soviet plan from the begging was to make European powers weak, while Soviet Union peacefully develops.
@jordanbell4736
2 күн бұрын
It is interesting to compare it to other "alliances". Is alliance even a formal term in international law? They had a treaty that feels more similar to the USSR purchasing temporary peace than most other things called alliances
@samuelphanoto4565
4 жыл бұрын
Even when Barbarossa goes on, Stalin still order most of his troops to not engage the Whermacht, fearing that the Offesive goes without approval from Hitler, and when he realize the magnitude of the operation, it was too late. As the Whermacht already seizing Ukraine
@jankutac9753
Жыл бұрын
A bit crazy, in Britain. Dowding wins the battle of Britain: then gets fired. Churchill wins the war: then gets fired
@Jroctpl
4 жыл бұрын
"Would you like to know more...." cant help but hear starship troopers there lol.
@thomashaigh3965
4 жыл бұрын
Two things I'd like to say, thank you for being this video it has sharpened my history knowledge of the events of WW2. Secondly it's hard to imagine how people felt, how it must have been to be a child ripped away from your families maybe to never see them again or to be a feeble elderly person and the rest you had already summed up perfectly...if heaven and hell does exist then let's hope the wholesome souls and the twisted hearts of men have found their place in which they belong.
@jaik195701
4 жыл бұрын
Well it was the greatest catastrophe of all time, and a hell of a lot of people suffered unimaginably
@casparcoaster1936
4 жыл бұрын
the details are just superb, thanks much. never read a date of the first success with air to surface radar. Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!
@Greg-jq1co
4 жыл бұрын
love this channel keep it up.
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
We sure will! Thanks
@joshy7759
4 жыл бұрын
That corn belt map is amazing. I wish I could really explain why, but that would be a very very long comment.
@ivarkich1543
4 жыл бұрын
Metaxas - strong as Metaxa.
@georget8008
4 жыл бұрын
😁
@LightFykki
4 жыл бұрын
Think of the elders at that time, most having be born and lived during the Victorian's era of the Britain's imperial prime. Think how they have probably never thought that not only would they find themselves in the position where London, their capital of the great colonial empire, would be attacked, but also attacked with some machines from the skies. Sure, there have been some air bombardments during the WWI, but nothing of this scale. I wonder, what kind of memories and thoughts went through their heads during the Blitz...
@LightFykki
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges I was not trying to make parallels on who endured more and for whom it was harder. In fact, if the Germans could they would have bombed and attacked more severely, but at that time as we have seen, any further plans have failed. What I wanted to say is how the warfare changed in the eyes of one generation of population.
@brucetucker4847
4 жыл бұрын
@@KnightofAges Those of them who voted for Hitler or supported his policies were only reaping the rewards of their own foolishness and evil.
@pnutz_2
4 жыл бұрын
2:18 the forgotten part of fighting a war
@elektrotehnik94
4 жыл бұрын
true
@shawngilliland243
4 жыл бұрын
Spain's foreign minister's last name was Serrano-Suñer, with the tilde over the letter "n", and thus should be pronounced something like "sun-yair"
@SamonMarquis
4 жыл бұрын
There needs to be a more in depth video on Richard Sorge.
@WorldWarTwo
4 жыл бұрын
And there will be some day in the future!
@IonTorch52
4 жыл бұрын
I recall he was mentioned once in of the The Great War week by week episodes.
@gertvanpeet3120
4 жыл бұрын
Ernie Pyle: best book about the war..from north africa, italy, and so on . I Read IT twice, maybe 20 years in between, still the best personal view of the war. Are the books on sale for the youth?
@michaelmorrismorris6113
4 жыл бұрын
no, unfortunately would like to read his stuff
@Javaman92
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Indy. The guy's pure gold. 😁
@hidof9598
2 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, in war, it's always the civillians who suffer the most
@bmyers8356
4 жыл бұрын
3:42; Vice Air Marshal Kieth Park used to fly Spitfires personally on London air defense sorties. Good for the moral of his pilots & aircrew. Therefore, the higher ups had to sack him.
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