Battle of Hazebrouck Part 1 / 5
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2009
- In one of the greatest defeats in the military history of Portugal, the 2nd Portuguese Division, approximately 20,000 men commanded by General Gomes da Costa (later President of Portugal), lost about 300 officers and 7,000 men, killed, wounded and prisoners, resisting the attack of four German divisions, with 50,000 men of 6th German Army, commanded by General Ferdinand von Quast, in the first day of the German offensive. Emergency British troops deployed to help the Portuguese defenses were also captured or forced to retreat.
On the flanks of the Portuguese, the British 55th Division (south of the Portuguese) were able to refuse their northern brigade, and despite numerous further attacks formed a firm defensive line which limited the effectiveness of the German attack. However, on the Portuguese northern flank, the British 40th Division were outflanked and attacked from the rear, and as a result allowed the attacking German units to extend the breakthrough of the front line further north.
Further German attacks towards the critical logistics centre of Hazebrouck were slowed by the defending British troops, before being stopped by the Australian 1st Division occupying a defensive position 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the town on 13 April. 
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Even if Hollywood doesn't notice all the Anzacs did for the allies in both world wars Canada does. Canadians & Anzacs were hands down the best soldiers of both world wars in my opinion. God Save The Queen.
Appreciation from Canada, true brothers in arms.
I hope someone remasters ANZACS someday, this was a great series
Paul Hogan is a relic of an older better australia.
My wife? Her dad was in the Middle East and New Guinea during WW2. He was awarded medals .The important thing to me? He was a great dad, and she speaks of him fondly.
Cool, brother. I was in a bad mood that day I wrote it. Thank you, mate. Ra.
You Aussies AND English are pretty damn tough. I'd be proud to fight along side of you any day.
On ya mate! Awesome story.
Canadians as well. Some of my ancestors served in the Black Watch of Canada during WW I. My grandmother used to say that a woman couldn't find an able-bodied man in all of Manitoba. As an aside, my great-grandfather LIED to get in (he was considered too old). He served with his six sons (my uncles).
As a further aside, an uncle trained in Australia before shipping out during WW II. He thought you guys were cool. So do I.
Within a year of its introduction, the C96 had been sold to governments and commercially for resale to civilians and individual military officers.
The Mauser C96 pistol was also extremely popular with British officers at the time and purchased privately by many of them; numbers were supplied to Westley Richards in the UK for this purpose, although its popularity with the British military had waned by the onset of World War I.[10]
@patsyd80 Thanks mate we pride ourselves on this and will always do our best to help out mates out in trouble.
@Martini Rolsky - they're Australian troops, that isn't the Polish flag it's their divisional patch.
Its actually a Batallion colour patch - guides.slv.vic.gov.au/wwone_soldiers/patches
Russell Coight couldn’t be the Poles anyway. During Ww1 Poland was a part of Austro Hungary, German Reich and Russia
Makes me wanna go throw on the "ANZACS" miniseries and watch it.. awesome..
It's an awesome piece of Australian film making, with the likes of " The Light Horsemen"
That's what I'm gonna do right now, throw on me DVD of the ANZACS....
I went to Flanders and the Somme last summer, sobering the sheer number of GB&I/Aus/NZ/Can/Newfoundland cemeteries.
as a brit, i have to say, Thank god for the commonwealth
@shannon858
Agreed, I was just pointing out in another video that in Afghanistan America has lost about 1,800 compared to Australia's 32
Makes me wanna go throw on the "ANZACS" miniseries and watch it.. awesome..
@Balaimitaxi Erm, it would be known in military terms as a "Phyrric Victory"
Nope many of us like my Father Great Grand Uncle were Proud to serve in the Australian Military. My Great Grand Uncle was a member of the 4th Battalion 1st AIF Killed in Action August 6th 1915 Gallipoli. My father was 6th Division 2nd AIF serving North Africa Middle East and PNG before joining RAAF 467 Squadron Bomber Command out of RAF Waddington. What I am saying we are proud Aussies No need to be a Super Power with all due respect. We are proud of who we are Mate
Yep, that is Paul Hogan, Crocodile Dundee himself, digging that trench.
This Yank have admoration, respeact and love for the Assuies. Went to Perth, I didn't want to leave.
Portugal was an ally of Britain during the 1st world war. It was Spain which was Neutral :-)
Makes me wanna go throw on the "ANZACS" miniseries and watch it.. awesome..
It's an awesome piece of Australian film aking, with the likes of " The Light Horsemen"
That's what I'm gonna do right now, throw on me DVD of the ANZACS....
what movie is this from?
@27CAPTSPEIRS - its not the polish flag,its their division patch
Good lord - a toff volunteering for the trenches!! I'm astonished!!
See! this is what happens to an Englishman when he has been in the sun for long enough..:-)
I recall reading somewhere that Australia has sent its diggers to fight in more places in the world than any other country even though it is a relatively young nation. Don't know if that is true or whether I misunderstood what I read.
From wich movie had been token those scenes?
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Hey, Crocodile Dundee fighting in the war ... or at least his grandpa did. No wonder the Germans got into trouble in this bout!
is that the guy from crocodile dundee?
I been trying to download the rest all night don't know what the problem is. Stay tuned
Nice uniforms they had
Anzacs. Aussie TV series from the 80s
paul hogan , my favorate actor
Hey Mate no one forgets the Kiwis. You are our mates across the Tasman and you always will be. Your men came ashore with the Aussies at Gallipoli we don't forget that. We Aussies know what you Kiwis did and most of us our proud of New Zealand and off the Men from the Shakey Islands. Were do you think the term ANZAC comes from? Australia New Zealand Army Corps. Lest We Forget Kiwi
Sipatbana Seriously? With the state they have left their Armed Forces they are just waiting to be invaded by someone. Australia, they will least suspect... :p
I have to say, of all the armies in WW2, the Australians had the best uniforms.
aint their uniforms the same as uk? minus the the hats
@@FreeButtSex but them slouch hats tho
I had no idea that Portugal was even involved in WW I......
The uncle of my mum served Germany and died...you guys must respect the german soldiers... this was in ww2, and i am brazilian, he was too, but i am descendant of germans.
Divisional patch not a flag in our armed forces, sorry can't tell you which division I am not sure.
Respect the Diggers, from the US.
what movie is this?
This IS WWI, right?
@Daniel4646 Ja, dezelfde ; knap gevonden, hoor : ik had hem niet meteen herkend, een jaar of dertig jonger! Wist u dat Paul Hogan dit jaar alweer 73 wordt? Hij is van oktober 1939 ; ouwe zak, hè? Toch had hij hierboven iets bekends in zijn spraak : onverstaanbaar Aussi-Engels! Gelukkig hebben wij ondertiteling onder de films die we thuis op tv of in de bioscoop bekijken, dus daarmee hebben we dan nog geluk! Ander was die rimboejongen helemáál niet te verstaan geweest voor onze zoetgestemde oren!
@NobleKorhedron rite
is that crocodile dundee?...
The Australian army , salutes them for defending Malaya during world war 2
No portuguese soldiers took part in the battle of Hazebrouck. What gives with the description?
Happy birthday Poul Hogan 80 years yesterday
crocadile dundee was there aswell.... :p
Crocodile dundee?
Sorry if I appear stupid or anything
But im bit confused. Why are the Aussie solider having Polish flag on their sleeve?
Division emblem 8th Batt
You shoulda just fucking left the empire like we did and become a superpower.
@patsyd80 austrilla is my second favorate english speaking country then
ireland
canada
and very other
and then
usa
Word war1
@Zeeuw1957 Sorry friend but I do not speak Dutch but I have a good Dutch friend that lives a few doors away so I will get her to translate for me. Take care.
Mauser C96 semi automatic at 5:26?Why they use Nazi's pistol??
I thought the Portuguese were neutral. Explain?
he must likely took it from prisioners
@055697 i wpuldnt be surprised...
@patsyd80 um what anout the canadians we tok more land won more battles 4 a small country
@055697 australia has fought in every war since 1901
GO the aussies ANZAC rules
why does he have a mauser C96?
It was a good weapon with high mag capacity. Came in handy for trench raids. Most likely taken off a dead German or prisoner. Australians were pretty notorious for taking trophies
what is this moive
Take a closer look. On the Colour Patch you will see the Letter Capital 'A' 'A' Australian on the shoulder around the epelettes you will see Brass dressing on the shoulders that says AUSTRALIA. This is a Battalion Colour Patch of the 8th Battalion 1st Auetralian Imperial Forces. The 8th Battalion was from Victoria as the 4th Battalion my Geat Grand Uncles Battalion was from New South Wales
A is for Anzac Australians who fought at Gallipoli. It shows other soldiers they were the original soldiers who fought at Gallipoli. Not all the same patch colours had A on them.
Not sure if NZ had A on their patches.
MICK DUNDEE!!!
is this ww1 or ww2?
77shadowknight ww1
Australia rocks saved some asses in ww1 and 2
@patsyd80 Canada and Australia got the job done in ww2 ww1
@MrGateway75
Umm....no. Did the Australians fight in the Balkan war of 1913? In the Falklands? In the Russo-Japanese war of 1905? In the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s? In Algeria in the 1950s? In the Irish Civil War of the 1920s? In the Russian occupation of Afghanistan? In the middle eastern wars of the 1960s and 1970s? Etc, etc, the list goes on. I think you are badly misinformed.
No
horra, the Anzac are here
Yair mottes
Israel
Bah! Typical miserable horse-faced Pommy officer! :P
probably stole from a dead crout
@SuperDilligas so yeah whtas up with this discrition? they look polish with british accent, but definetly no portuguese, dont call us cowards our and europe's history says the opposite ; )
The red and white patch was their battalion patch. They wouldn't use a Polish flag. Because they thought Poles were just wogs. To them every country outside of Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Germany weren't white. They were wogs. Even french weren't considered white
Its ok Brother we all get in bad moods Can understand that. I saw on ANZAC Day that Kiwi Radio Jock saying bulldust about the Aussies. But mate I don't hold all Kiwis responsible for the mutterings of an idiot on Radio. Just some are born to be idiots and prove it every time they open their mouths. Just remember Mate Lest we Forget. Men from both sides of the Tasman. We have a lot to be proud off
German forces the better in ww1 and ww2 like or not
lol theyre supposed to be polish but have british accent? should have polish accent
Martini Rolsky are you disabled?
They're Aussies--they're not British.
The patch is a unit patch.