The Six Hour War: 1940 German Invasion of Denmark: History Matters (Short Animated Documentary)
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This episode covers the 1940 German invasion and conquest of Denmark as part of Operation Weserübung. Denmark didn't resist for too long, just under six hours, but the soldiers of Denmark were willing to do their duty against the Germans. Their helmets were also the best in human history.
*goes to sleep in danish*
*wakes up in german*
Ach, ich bin ein deutschen
終極神卡 *Deutscher
Voornaam Achternaam ich kannst nicht sprechen deutschen
hell of a power nap
Uff, looks like there positon of power is not existent.
Denmark 1848: fights for a few years.
Denmark 1864: fights for a few months.
Denmark 1940:
Not even a lie
Denmark found war boring
Denmark 2019: Fights for a few minutes
They got tired
2050 Denmakistan :
Fun Fact: In early 1940 Denmark had a population of 3.8 million people,Wehrmacht's total enlisted personnel numbered 5.5 million.
True
Denmark 1940
3.8 million people -> Army on 14 thousand.
Finland 1940
3,69 million people - Army of 475 thousand.
Denmark and their "building of military capability." xD
Chell-sama we had a larger army but that was only the amount of troops engaged in the combat
@@TrueChell And Finnland actually beat back the USSR!
@@reellezahl Errr no. No it did not. It held the USSR at bay for a while, but I did not beat them back and in fact did lose, giving the USSR a phyrric victory. The Soviets took border areas off Finland and seized most of not all of their ships.
"Mom can we go to Germany?"
"Dear we have Germany at home"
Germany at home:
This one is gold....hahahahaha
OMG Hahahaha
Hahaha
If you can’t go to Germany. Then Germany can come to you.
Quite literally too
That moment when you literally wake up in a different country
Not really though. Denmark didn't cease to exist as a country in any way, shape or form, it was simply occupied. It wasn't annexed into the Reich Luxembourg-style, it wasn't even given the Reichskommissariat status the way Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and North France were.
@@50shekels Only a couple territories were fully annexed, such as Austria, the Sudetenland, Luxembourg as well as the parts of Poland that did not form either the General Government or the Soviet occupation zone which after Barbarossa were turned into Reichskommissariats. In fact, it was almost exactly like the pre-1914 Imperial Germany, except with Austria, Luxembourg and the Sudetenland.
@@50shekels Jesus Christ dude, calm the fuck down! I only expanded upon what you wrote there is all.
@@noavanderhoorn2996 you dont wake up in a new county, you wake up in another countrys air space
@@Alex-yz6uq What if he slept until landing?
Imagine going to sleep and waking up being under German control
We (the Danes back then) were just told via the radio and newspapers that Germany was protecting us from the Britains (I know, it sounds stupid)
@@orr4337 Britain did kill more of my people in bombings than the Germans. Yeah, they were not wrong.
Thor Hornshoej - Schierbeck
Yes they did.
@@jamesbhollingsworth5452 but that was after Germany began "protecting" us, and in the process use the west coast for bomb shelters and cannons
Thor Hornshoej - Schierbeck ok
Fun fact: Luxembourg lasted longer than Denmark. Though the fighting was done mostly by police officers and a small militia. But still Luxembourg managed to hold out for two days.
Austra: Did you guys fought back?
@@Mitaka.Kotsuka Fight* back. Idiot.
1 day*
@@Mitaka.Kotsuka they didnt really get invaded though
Whether or not it was a sensible thing to surrender so quickly can be debated, but the extent of collaboration which took place afterwards was shameful.
The story about Germany protecting the Danes could almost have been believable, with the way Denmark had experienced British "intervention" in the past 200 years at that point.
Also an invasion of denmark from the british to get an easy flank to berlin wouldnt be completely out of the question
@@reedcoffman3210 a little late but did they help the finish people the poles ? No they did not. And with that in the minds of the Danish people in 1940 there was no realistic way we would have held the germans at bay.
The Germans helped the Fins in the winter war, so yeah Germany was protecting the Danes.
@@peter-8483 u talking about continuation war. in winter war finland recieved no outside help.
@@QWERTY-gp8fd Thats wrong. nordic countries, like Estonia and Hungary helped alot in the winter war
To understand how easy of a time the Wehrmacht had it should be noted that they just sailed a barge up-to a dock and started unloading troops in Copenhagen. Apparently some Danes that witnessed the events said they just figured someone was shooting a scene for a movie.
That sounds like something a Canadian would do
The reason for this is that the Army and Navy had different systems of alerts, so while the Army had been on high alert, the Navy was not, and the batteries around Copenhagen were all the navys. Add to that a bit of miscommunication, and technical difficulties at the battery that actually could have done something, and they got in totally unopposed.
@@vrenak batteries not included lol
@@joek600 Well done :D
Just imagining the training they had to do to get ready for that exact moment, expecting coastal batteries and ships to be swarming you and in reality you leisurely stroll out of the landing craft into the enemy capital and call it an invasion
Hitler hovering towards someone with a sign is somehow hilarious.
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the king saved a lot of lives by laying his ego aside. nice job guy.
He also rode through the streets on horseback later to encourage the Danish Resistance. No guards or any protection. All it would’ve taken was one Wehrmacht sniper using one round.
@@cpegg5840 - And the Germans knew with absolute certainty that IF that happened, they'd have popular uprisings on their hands, which would make the one that actually happened when martial law was imposed in 1943 seem like a toddler's temper tantrum by comparison.
That's why it didn't happen. Way too much trouble for.....what gain, exactly?
I know this is an old comment but I would also like to point out that when it became illegal to put up the Danish flag but the government were gonna do it one day anyway, the Germans were told to shoot the person who did it. The Danish king ended up doing it and no one got shot.
@@Gnomgnash the germans must have been like "He can't do that! Shoot him or something"
@@crazydinosaur8945 Thats a good line
As a german living in Denmark, I finally understand all the references that my colleagues make and that I didn't understand yet.
The 1864 Danish decision to go to war with Prussia and get so resoundingly routed that 1/3 of the nation's area was lost plays some part in it as well.
Danes love mocking other countries, but above all we love mocking ourselves.
And above that mocking the Swedes ofc
@@JarmamStuff We finns love mocking Swedes too. With love, ofc.
@@Purjo92 At the same time most Swedes doesn't even know that Finns study Swedish in school.
Heck, most Swedes relate to Finns as the creators of Mumin and Koskenkorva.
When the German ambassador issues you a declaration of war, and to save time you surrender to them before he leaves to save time
"I am Speed" -Christian X
vi er bare så venlige,
To save time, I assume?
@@bosto23 idk I think he actually might be trying to save time
Except that didn't happen...
Germany: Hey could you please surrender?
Denmark: Lmao ok
Zeros DaBast hitler: didn’t expect that reaction but that’s ok
Denmark was too small to offer any sign of resistance to the Wehrmacht. It's either surrender, save the people or be crushed. Denmark opted the first option!
@@JSolisHD the thing I would have done is make a bigger millitary around 1,4 million people was men so if they attacked they would be pushed back and they would not strike back because of the resources it would take
Denmark did not get bombed in the war (except one time i think)
we were treated well by the germans
but histery see us as part of the allies, we got money from the marshall plan
i call it a pro gemere move
@@crazydinosaur8945 yes i know i am also from Denmark
When I visited Denmark, our museum tour guides all mentioned that Germany treated Denmark incredibly well. The German soldiers did not loot or misbehave; they simply patrolled like any other law enforcement entity. Our guides said that Germany basically used Denmark as a symbol of how cooperation benefits nations, and the two sides had a "false friendship" going until 1945.
I'd add to that, that obviously the Danes didn't like the arrangement, but for the good of the country they had to accept German presence, and until large scale protests erupted in August 1943 Denmark did get to manage its own affairs - as long as it was approved by the Germans of course. After the protests in Aug 1943 and an ultimatum directly from Hitler, the government stepped down and the police and military was disbanded - deported to concentration camps - and the Danish Jews who had until then been allowed to carry on were hunted down on October 1. Almost all of them had luckily been transported to safety in Sweden by then. The Nazis would implement the same harsh conditions as in other occupied countries, and Denmark was de facto without a government from then on as resistance towards the occupiers grew.
@@urlauburlaub2222 Yeah sure, we became one of the best places to live in world, by being lazy. Nice logic :D
@@urlauburlaub2222You sound like a typical uneducated right wing American. Denmark's unemployment is 2,5% while the US is about 4%. Plenty of things happen in Denmark, and our neighbors are also successful, and they don't hate us. Anything else you are confused about?
@@asgerv you seem prety confused by the simple fact that you assume that a right winger would be unedducated but for some retarded reason a left winger would be very educated when if you have eyese and more than a functioning neuron you d realise that especialy in america it's not the case. Nothing happens in denmark, get over it.
@@VladRadu-tq1pgI agree that both right and left wing can be uneducated, but there is no one on the left trying to shit on Denmark for being socialist and what not. So that's why it's pretty clear
Half Life Universe: "We have a seven hour war"
Denmark: "hmph, childs play."
Zanzibar: "You two are mere mortals compared to my god like apparel"
ah yes , the 38 minute „ war ”
@@paulgabrielbruma6712either irl Zanzibar war or Metal gear 2 Solid Snake scenario
I love bagels
Yes, before the occupation they spoke English...
@@oenrn and during they were annexed... During the... *Occupation*
I thought Denmark spoke Danish, not English.
r/massivewooooosh
😂😂
Could you do one on the invasion of Norway next, seeing as that would go hand in hand with this video
Indeed, that would be great, especially the sinking of the Blücher by an obsolete fortress manned by recruits and commanded by a retired colonel.
Yeah, Britain failed terribly with Norway. Bless that poor man Chamberlain
Hey, isn't it a war, that lasted 2 days (ended in Battle of Narwik in 1940)?
Admirał Patryk 2 months not days
@@Admiral45-10 what? No. It lasted 5 months. And it was a on going resistance to the occupation for the rest of the war.
Hitler: mom can I invade denmark please?
Mom: be back at lunch, ok?
His mom died before WW1
"Mom, I just had a nightmare where we were being invaded by the Nazis"
"What do you mean by nightmare"
_"oh shit"_
...and then the German soldiers were so obtrusively polite...they stood up in the tram to make room for the elderly and greeted the king with military honors when he rode out again....:)
+:Mom im going to sleep a little bit
-:Okey son
*6 hours later*
-:Son... We are Germans now
+:Whaaaaaaaa...!?
LOL
cringe
No!!! Denmark was OCCUPIED not ANNEXED. They were still denmark. But the danish government was dissolved and replaced with german puppets
@@pleasenohate7505 go play guitar.
@@pleasenohate7505 You must remember that he ist the real libtard.
*Goes to sleep*
wakes up: Sees Swastika flag
Wait a second....
lol *picture of Hitler on the wall*
It’s great how this probably happened to someone. They just take a nap and wake up seven hours later to find they’ve been occupied.
Something feels different, but I can’t put my finger on it.
*He said looking out the window at thousands of Swastikas and armed soldiers from the Wehrmacht in Copenhagen*
I wish 😍
@@wrightypegz8997 occupied ? Well yes I suppose but they didn't mean the Danish any harm they needed it because if they didn't the Brits would go there and occupy them right on Germany's doorstep and let's face it there was hardly any resistance and many Danes volunteered especially to fight the USSR which was threatening to attack Finland since before the war .
Imagine flying from Germany to Denmark and than when you arrive they say you have arrived in Germany.
Time Travelling 🤣
as a dane im very proud of having the title as one of the quickest conquest ever. Really shows our military kapabilities
Not reallly - the army wasnt allowed to fight. The Germans expected the Invasion of Norway to fail if they didnt take Jutland in a day. Had the fighting not been stopped long before the Germans had even advanced to Vejle where the Jutland division was setting up the main defence line I dont think they would have been able to do that. The little fighting that did take place mostly consisted of a series of ambushes from unprepared positions along the German routes of advance rather effectively buying time for setting up defences further north.
Had we kept the forces we mobilized when Poland was invaded and prepared defences there is no way the Germans would have been able to achieve their objectives in time for them to matter, which would have prevented the invasion - they only invaded because they needed Jutland as a stepping stone to invade Norway.
Ah, nothern Europe autokorrekct
@@CarlAlex2 Whether the army was allowed to fight or not, it was still one of the quickest conquests in human history. The fact that you rolled over meant it was an _easy_ conquest - not a non-conquest.
@@CarlAlex2 your right tho. The danish army of the time was not completely unprofessional. Many competent leaders and soldiers. Their anti tank squads took out german armored cars and light tanks rather effectively. And in most the skirmishes that did happen they had few casualties while inflicting more in the enemy.
Depends on if you're counting Zanzibar. The British were speedrunning that day
Combine: We took Earth in just 7 Hours
Germany: Hold mein Bier
kennedy072 Hold= Halte
@@checkcommentsfirst3335 so it would be: Halt mein Bier? You know since to make the imperative word you need to remove e/st/t/en ?
soapek yes as a German you should know it but can say both: „halte mein Bier“ means exactly the same line „halt mein Bier“. „Halte“ is more polite. Don’t correct me again if you’re wrong too
@@checkcommentsfirst3335 do you know what "?" Means? I asked a question, not corrected yoy.
tbf the Earth is just a bit bigger than Denmark
What I consider funny is that more Danes died fighting the Soviet Union alongside the germans, than fighting Germany for their own country during WW2. After the occupation, thousands of volunteers joined the Free Corps Denmark and participated in multiple battles on the Eastern Front. Something very similar happened in Luxembourg. It is funny because usually you hear something like: War never gets you anything and both sides just end up losing, but Germany actually got more men fighting for her after she invaded some countries, than what she would had got if she had not. (Even with all the resistance groups on these countries, the volunteers actually outnumbered them, even if the majority of the population hated them. Only at the very end of the War when it was clear that Germany had lost, the resistance groups grew bigger than the volunteers.)
Blood Panthera
Well in the case of Luxembourg it became part of Germany and thus the Wehrmacht enforced conscription recruiting about 13.000 soldiers.
But the young men in Denmark was promist that it was a great thing to help germany and Many of the men was unemployed and poor.
it's always good to fight commies
Pretty sure German pronunciation is a he, German is a musculine, there's reason it called "fatherland"
@@Havsue 'Die Mannschaft' in German is feminine.
"Every single day, Denmark surrenders four times to the Germans."
Euro '92...
together we can stop this
@@MrBuTaforos by annexing Denmark
@Keitou Creations are you Italian?
If anyone is interested, there's a Danish movie called "April 9" which is about the invasion of Denmark.
It's basically about how futile the conflict was and how impotent the Danish troops felt against the Wermacht.
As of the posting of this comment, the whole thing with English subtitles is free on RUclips, hit it up.
It's a really good movie.
Mom can i travel to Germany.
Mom 6 hours later: done.
* Mom 6 hours later: Germany travelled to us.
you can still do that in under the time
You mean
It takes a maximum of 4 hours to travel from the absolute most northern part of Denmark to Flensburg + your joke is overused and not funny
Germany: Heyy
Denmark: I SURRENDER!
Germany: Okeh
lol
Nejkropp:
Dansken: jag överlämning!
Andreas .O Denmark had a few million people vs a European army of millions. Do the math yourself
@@50shekels hmm I am not that good at math but didn't Finland have less people back 1939 winter war than Denmark had 1940 and didn't Soviet Union have more people than Germany had? So with that math Denmark should have been able to resist?
@@ninaakari5181 yes Finland, the land of few roads, lots of trees, and harsh weather is easily comparable to Denmark, one of the flattest and plain countries in Europe
Denmark : 6 hours
Luxembourg : 1 day
Netherland : 7 days
Belgium : 18 days
France : 46 days
Norway : 62 days
Finland: 150+ days against the Soviet Union and resisted occupation entirely
Finland is the modern crown jewel of the Nordic countries in every conceivable way
Anything above 3 days isn’t bad. That means some regiments were winning but the main force surrendered. 6 hours is definitely bad though haha
Sweden: a visit to the foreign minister.
According to historian William Shirer, the Luftwaffe base thought that an actual bombing of København had been requested by Goering, and they were stopped at the last minute. A close call; The Danish capital could have ended up being bombed like Rotterdam was due to a communication breakdown.
Bornholm is part of Denmark not Sweden. Seriously every single time.
@Fädernesland you haven't kicked anybody's ass for 300 years. Sweden's great power status disappeared in the early 1700s. You are still occupying eastern Denmark and were only able to hold on to it because peace terms was dictated by European great powers who didn't want to same country controlling both sides of Øresund.
@Fädernesland sure sure, you kicked a lot of ass (just not for 500 years as you stated). Scania was definitely being spilt from Denmark because the great powers was not going to allow the same kingdom controlling both sides of Øresund. This is a fact. It is also the reason why Sweden was not given the opportunity to absorb all of Denmark, even if it very much was able to at several points, unifying all of Scandinavia under the swedish crown. This would have been equally unacceptable to France, Russia etc.
This is all before the formation of the modern political systems, so it's bit moot by now. Of course this may have been omitted in the swedish history lessons, but try to do a bit of research into how the old norwegian and danish provinces became swedish. A century of torture, executions, ethnic cleansing. Proud of that?
Fädernesland Denmark and Sweden have had 144 years of war with each other. However Sweden more or less invented the concept of a national army and its structure plus they had natural resources to produce cannons etc. Once they got the manpower advantage too. It was kind of over. Added with the fact that we had Danish Kings who had a talent of being fools when it came to international Affairs. But Sweden would never been allowed to absurb Denmark. A combined Scandinavian Kingdom with a Streamlined nobility loyal to one King would have shifted the powerbalance of Europe to much.
@Fädernesland damn you toxics, treating great disasters like some games
All borders of the world should either stay as they are or be rubbed of the map in unity
@Fädernesland I think you need to study the books again. In 13 wars, Denmark won 6, Sweden 7. Denmark lost Skåne but Sweden lost Norway, Finland and large parts of the Baltics. I think it's quite equal. Both lost from the wars. Scandinavia needs to stick together. A new Kalmar Union. That way we'd be a economic power house and could dictate more.
Everyone: Laughs at France for surrendering.
Denmark: *Cold sweat
Everyone laughs at france because they actually had a chance of stopping germany
@@lucasbeck1391 it happenned 20 years before but France can't be the balls of all Europe.when you lose millions of people each war you can't go making wars every 20 years 😂
@@lucasbeck1391 On paper the french army was far superior to the german one
@@Atreides1GDI and that's why france is mocked
TogerThe Tigerking Funny, pity the "surrender monkey" theme was invented by the US to get revenge on the French as they didn't agree on helping the US murder people during the second gulf war... and you know the government surrendered, but many continued in the "Résistance" and in the Free French under Général De Gaulle
2 fun facts about this war
1. The highest casualties on German side, came from a car crash (3 dead)
2. A unit of machine gunners fight 2 hours longer then Denmark fight. But the Germans don't kill them, they send a denish officer to them to call them there fight is over.
When a car accident probably killed more than operation weseremburg or whatevrr
Unternehmen Weserübung
@@crimplay397 ik it's been a month but thanks for clearing some of my lack of german
Please, no Problem :)
One house in Stalingrade: 4 month
Denmark: 6 hours
USSR outnumbered the Germans 10:1. Germans outnumbered the Danes 10:1.
@@jimmiller5600, lol, no.
USSR and axis on east front have 1/1 killed troops.
@S K, USSR fight against all Europe and final casualty 1/1 KD
@@secretbunnie2206 1 minute google search tells me you are wrong.
German losses: 5 million
Soviet losses: 8.4 million
@@lirum_larum_loffelstiehl1107 Hungary, Italy, Romania, Ukrainian nationalists, Volkssturm, collaborators from Western countries, ROA, Kwantung Army, Japan, etc.
Ukranians - 700.000
Japan + Kwantung - 1.000.000+
ROA - 1.000.000
And others
There really wasn't much the Danes could do, other than subject themselves to a bloody, pointless war. The king saved his country the complete destruction the Nazis surely would have dished out. People might say "they should have fought!" or "they were in cahoots" but that's plain horse shit, Denmark was in a crucial strategic area, and the Nazis needed them. It was either destruction or subservience... They made the best choice they could :/
Well, after all it is necessary to get behind someone before you can stabt them in the back.
eric cloud Norway was in the same position, yet they fought. I agree with the fact that the Danish government made the best choice, and spared hundreds if not thousands of lives.
@@redopps8438 i remember something about Norway receiving a bit more help than Denmark ever got
@@redopps8438 The danish geography is vastly different than the norwegian
@@redopps8438 during the winter war the british and french wanted to pick finnish side, but purposely dragged out the war in order to use it as an excuse for stationing troops in Norway, because Norway was already being used as a transportation line for the german-swedish iron trade, this "betrayel" actually led to the finnish choosing Axis in the "continuation war" because they had lost faith in the allies. So already before the war, the allies were preparing to defend Norway and not Denmark. Copenhagen is also within Stuka bomber range of Germany, Zealand, the island Copenhagen is located on, is in the baltic sea which the germans held in a strong grip with the Tirpitz and Scharnhorst not to mention the Bismarck in 1940, and the Luftwaffe being stronger than RAF at the time made it impossible to supply the capital.
Everybody knew Denmark would fall, just like Czeckoslovakia and Austria, it would have been almost impossible for the allies to do anything about it, and Denamrk wasn't important to th allies, and no one knew that more than the danish government. Norway was far more important, and possible to defend due to the long coastline and mountains putting the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine at a disadvantage
Germany: *Nok nok*
Denmark: Who's there?
Germany: Blitzkieg!
it's "knock knock" and if you wanted to be german, it's "Klopf Klopf"
Do you even know what a joke is?
the deuteragonist he probably know what blitzkrieg is when he writed a joke about it and this joke is pretty funny so whats the problem?
Knock knock
Who's there?
Macht
Macht wer(German for who)?
No Wehrmacht
"Im leaving for 6 hours watch my place"
"You got it!"
The Internet: *Haha French Surrender*
Denmark: *Quietly looks away*
Denmark 1000 years ago: yeeee, im scary viking
Denmark 1940:
Why fight someone who see you as superhumans
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti That doesn't make any sense.
@@PANZERFAUST90 most danish: Blonde
Hitlers Aryan fetish: Blonde
Superhumans according to NSDAP: Blonde
I wouldve joined them too lmao
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti Oh you're speaking from the German perspective. That makes more sense now.
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti I still wonder too. But the fact that hitler made it not violent compared to France and Poland made me think he still cares about the “superiors”.
The "Was Denmark occupied" question is a really interesting one. There are many different ways to define occupation, for example the full annexation of the Sudentenland, the partial annexation of nations such as the rest of Czechia into german-ruled territories, the National-Socialist (but otherwise Norwegian) government put on Norway. Denmark was unique in that the government continued otherwise uninterrupted with fully democratic elections up until the (failed) actions against the Danish Jewry much later in the war; at which point Danish bureucrats were put to serve rather than the Danish Nationalist Socialist Party like in Norway.
France: i fought the Germans for 6 weeks!
Belgium:i fought the Germans for 6 days!
Denmark: i fought the Germans for 6 hours!
Austria: you guys are fighting Germans?
Tfw you are marathoning all the vids of the best History youtuber even though you have seen them all 15000 times and then he uploads another one, there and then 😊❤
France: i surrendered so fast and i became a meme
Denmark: hold my beer
Instead we surrendered SO FAST that no one even noticed and we didn't become a meme.
Denmark: Hold my beer!
Austria: Am I a joke to you?
Legal beer drinking age of Austria: 16
Legal beer drinking age of Denmark: whenever your parents hands you one or 16, whichever comes first.
Denmark: Yes, yes you are.
EDIT: upon further research, I have found that private drinking isn't regulated in Austria either, but apparently they can't legally drink in public until 16.
@@theposhdinosaur7276 It depends on the federal state. E.g. in Vienna it is legal to buy and drink even strong alcohol like vodka with 16 while it is 18 in others.
@@Leo-uu8du they didn't invade Austria .
Austria is German and wanted to become part of greater Germany.
At the outbreak of WWII in September 1939 the Danish Army had been partly mobilised but when asked the British answered that no help could be expected in case of a German invasion and the army was demobilised again and all plans to establish defensive positions in S. Jutland were given up. That decision no doubt saved many lives, but it has since been argued that the Government should have realised the invasion of Denmark was a stepstone to the invasion of Norway and resisting longer, especially at the strategically important airbase at Aalborg in N. Jutland, might have had the Germans fail in Norway. Danish military personell felt 9th of April 1940 as a huge disgrace, and in a strange logic some even volunteered for the SS to fight on the Eastern Front - just to show that they could fight! For decades after WWII "Never a 9th of April again" was the theme of Danish security policy and membership of NATO.
The German marines walking into the Danish command center in Copenhagen while the Danish generals are sipping their coffee: G U T E N T A G
The Danes be like: *Hvad fanden?*
I love this simple but very enjoyable animations!
This video deserved to be at least 10 minutes long
This is the most heroic last stand I've ever heard about
I love the details in your videos. The Germans have their Mausers while the Danish have their Krag Joergesons. Neat little touch not many people would do
me in 1940: mom i´m going to sleep
mom: okay
6 hours later..
me: good morning mom.
mom: yea we are germans now.
me: hold up something ain´t right
I agree with the people who say Denmark didn't really have a choice. They could lose vast numbers of civilian and soldier lives and suffer under brutal oppression after losing, or they could accept the reality that they didn't stand a chance and surrender. They even got concessions, of all things. Not something to revere, as surrender is still bad, but also not something to just make fun of. It's a joke we like to tell, but it's not fair to either France or Denmark to laugh at them for not being able to stand against the military might of a blitzkrieg. Germany took multiple world powers fighting for many years to finally stop; putting that on the shoulders of Denmark isn't reasonable.
Most of the European nations are definitively to blame. The ignored all the signs and neglected their militaries. Germany could have easily been stopped in the 1930‘s if the people at the top of each nation did not fuck up so badly. Politicians all were way to naive. When in 1939 they realised that they were wrong it was too late.
E.g. France only lost because its leadership was so incompetent they deserve the bloody Darwin Award. Its military was better then Germany‘s for the most part.
Denmark surrendering was worth it for one single reason; We kept our government and our police force, which allowed us to turn a blind eye when the Danish resistance loaded 7000 Jews (out of the 7200 Jewish population at the time) and sailed them to Sweden. If we'd resisted, those Jews would've all been dead.
Well, france is a different story
@@ma16nu Because France has a huge ego, also it was resisting Germany, one of the countries they fought since existence out of fear of getting clapped and well look what happened XD
Even though it would've been almost impossible, I do wonder how Britain would get treated under German control had the Germans a good Navy in comparison.
Well, France cannot be compared here.
The nation did fight, and on paper at least had its chance. This is more about a huge strategic blunder than anything else, as to everyone surprise (germans included) the german battle plan was the exact counter to the french one, and germany ended up encircling and cutting the supply lines of the french army after "minimal" (still at ww1 rate per day) casualty rate against second rate troops left behind by the french.
But we are speaking about a 6 weeks battle, a century ago. A century before that it took 19 days to the french army to bulldoze its way to Berlin and plant the french flag. Western europe isn't that big a place.
Love your approach and narration. Keep it up.
Love the videos man, keep em coming
Six hours war
Is this Half Life?
i searched for that comment
Denmark: Oh look it's the Civil Protection. Wait...
faster than the combine
@@bepobsk3680 i heard people compare the combine to the gestapo in nazi germany. i think they have a point
1 hour off
Some danish guy : *drinks water*
BREAKING NEWS. DENMARK SURRENDERS
*edit* it would be at this point id make a comment about the amount of comments this has gotten but can we stop the sh1t fest that is this comment section
Breaking news: you have cancer
(Sorry)
BREAKING NEWS: THATS FRANCE
@@lauritorni4879 indeed
neki0 playz i hate u XD
Whats so funny about it? That there are loads of drinking water fontains in copenhagen?
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!!!
The mistake is not in being outmatched, but in failing to recognize it.
Denmark recognized it and saw that there is no benefit in fighting
Please do the Occupation of Denmark next!
Denmark fought germans for 6h
World fought combine for 7h
**Denmark OP**
Your animation is out of this world makes me laugh so much
When you realise you could live stream every second of the invasion
Could you also make videos about the german invasion of norway and the low countries?
Loving your vids btw
Your videos are awesome. I definetly see why some people would mind the extremely short length. If the old 10 minute format doesn't suit you please concider something like a 4-5 minute length. I think it would do wonders for the amount of details you can afford to go into.
0:29 the Hitler holding a sign saying soon took me out. Am still laughing as am typing this. Love this channel.
1:25 "I don't wanna do it but I just wanna show you that I got it." Hitler's most human act in the war.
The Danish have truely mastered the art of war compacting such a long endevor to just 6 hours.
Six hour war.
Do you mean...?
Half life
Denmark
Battlefield Earth
My god, you could watch the entire lord of the rings trilogy, and it’d still be longer than the German invasion.
It's cool that you showed the unusual helmets that the Danish troops wore. There is an excellent film out there called April 9th about the Invasion of Denmark, and another called The King's Choice about the Invasion of Norway.,
I love these short vids, I really do and sometimes you teach me stuff that even I,a well respected history nerd didn’t know! But I do miss the ten minute ones
Please note, that German borders were in 1940 different than shown in this movie. Poland was ad that time divided by Germany and USRR and current eastern Polish border was not that between Nazi Germany and Stalin's USRR.
Great video
*Falls asleep at 2pm*
*wakes up at 10am*
"Why am i hearing german?"
Oprop...
Sometimes brevity is the better part of valour.
Something -Ten Minute History- History Matters knows only too well.
Nice coincidence, I just watched the Danish film "9 April" about this very event. I have to say, I find the Danish army helmets kind of fascinating, they remind me of the ones worn by the Death Star gun crew. The Danish motorcycle infantry jumpsuits were also somewhat Star Wars-y. Or maybe Ghostbusters-y.
Where is the other video about the occupation? Love this channel!
*Bornholm:* Am I a joke to you?
1:20 I love the phrase "A slightly shootier welcome."
I love how he said these short vids wouldnt change the upload frequency of the 10 minute vids😉
feels so sad man
1:31 this right here is the reason I love this channel 🤣👏👏
Denmark: building up their military capability
Also Denmark: *_*Has Copenhagen captured with no resistance_**
The military was more for trying to keep the germans away not actually defending the country since that would be impossible
@@reedcoffman3210 They got invaded by a ferry, icebreaker and two patrol boats, coastal artillery failed to fire a warning shot.
It's about as embarrassing as it gets to be honest.
No the complete opposite we lowered owner military from 40.000 troops to 7000 in just some years before
@@diomepa2100 winter war was more embarrassing:P
@@Norup928 weeks - not years. The protection fotce was mobilized when Poland was invaded and then sent home.
German Rifle: misfires
Danish King: Ight imma head out
Denmark: lets send troops nearby the border
Also Denmark: what happen, if the Germans sail straight to Copenhagen?
Denmark: they are not going to do that.
Germany: sail & land nearby copenhagen. Then sail & land directly in Copenhagen
Your animations are gold 😂😂😂
As an ace this is very useful thank you for the help to our war effort
Please do one about the invasion of Norway! 😄 🇳🇴
😄
@@PurOwO he seems oddly happy about it 🤔
@@kukifitte7357 that because Norway lasted longer than Denmark in WW2.
@@sethfrisbie3957 🇳🇴🇩🇰
@@sethfrisbie3957 yet still lost
You forgot that the king had an awsome mustache
*Germany:* "Guten tag, neighbor! We have come for a surprise visit!"
*Denmark:* "Oh??"
*Germany:* "Ja! It's going to be a long visit."
Didn't even mention the 4 brave Danes who died in this war.
Soldiers, Border guards and police KIA - 43 (16 on the day of invasion)
Resistance fighters KIA - 500, executed after sentence 101, died in concentration camp 260
Other concentration camp victims - jews 60, police and border guards 120, so callled anti socials 165
Civilians - Air raids 308, German acts of terror 575, the 1944 uprising in Copenhagen 87, sailors in domestic and continental waters 1000
Alllied Service - soldiers 100 (including a VC recipient), war sailors 850
German Service and collaborators - soldiers 2000, liquidated by the resistance 400, lynched after the war 25, executed after receiving a death sentence in court 46
Even disregarding the last category a wee bit more than 4
@@CarlAlex2 Oh wow I never knew so many died. I somehow heard that it was only 4.
@@CarlAlex2 lol thanks. Btw i had one in my family getting executed
Great vid. But please give denmark bornholm back (the island just under sweden to the east)sick and tired of it being a part of sweden every single ww2 vid i see.
Maybe because it should be swedish instead of danish
@@BiIIyLoomis this comment triggers me to the bone
@@BiIIyLoomis Ummmm, the people there are danes and speak Danish! I am from Copenhagen and have visited the island.
Fuck brøndby
@@benjaminsencool4157 nååårh er du bare salted fordi Brøndby faktisk har fans der tør at vise at de er det. Buhuh
First
Is it cheating if it's an unlisted Early-Access video?
Dunno
No, no it does not. 178th!
Adrian-Cornel Borină Absolutely not cheating!
Normie
Great display of bravery.
I would pay so much money for a 10-15 min video from him
I'd love to see a video about the occupation of Denmark. I know surprisingly little about it.
It was borring
King Christian X was pretty badass during the occupation. He was able to walk around Copenhagen like he owned the place. There are stories of him walking up to a German soldier and demanding that a German flag be lowered and a Danish one be raised. The soldiers said no and said any soldier or person the King sent to replace the flag would be shot. The King then politely said he'd be that soldier. The soldier immediately screwed off, intimidated.
lol of course a trained and armed soldier intimidated by the words of a random guy with no defense
@@lasarus71 Yeah, because threatening the head of state of the country you’re in whose deposition or death would provoke an uprising is a *brilliant* idea
@@Edmonton-of2ec uprising ? wake up to reality thats impossible there's more men in wehrmacht than entire denmark population, maybe he wouldn't shoot him but saying he was "very scared" is completely ridiculous
@@lasarus71 Difference between being scared and intimidated
@@Edmonton-of2ec intimidated involves being scared
Me as a Dane seeing the title of video: Oh no! Not this!
Me after watching the video: That wasn't so bad.
Fun fact: the invasion of Denmark was an hour faster than half life 2’s combine invasion(7 hours)
Do the invasion of Luxembourg in ww2!