You failed to mention that 40000 men from French 1st Army stayed behind and fight to cover the retreat of the British troops. They hold their lines during 5 days against 7 German divisions until that last British soldier was evacuated.
Amazigh Blue Azul - 132ans de viol FR & 318ans TR not our country, not our responsibility. France damn well knew they had the superior army, and would probably bare the main brunt fighting the Germans on land. They had the larger and more modernised army.
My Great Great uncle Thomas Edward Hughes died at age 17 on the 1st of June 1940. He was a Royal Navy Seaman who had lied that he was 25 to fight for England. The ship he sailed on was called HMS Grive which got struck by a another British ship, HMS Whitehall, before losing control and sailing into a mine. May he rest in peace now.
CT-5597 Jesse this channel is American, so the French can only surrender.. but yes it's truly sad because if there is one battle the French fought till the last bullet, it's this one.
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That channel did speak enough about France , that's incredible in a post-2003 spirit
The British owe a huge debt of gratitude to all those who picked them up using their own private boats...and to the remaining French that provided vital cover in Dunkirk
They were British boats ! I thought the French were fighting for France and thousands of French were also rescued but many decided to go back to occupied France because thay love being told what to do by the German's. Apparently they still do !
But no body knows that.. British indian troops were also fighting there for no reason..all because of the colonial rule of britain ...but in return Churchil left those indian fighters to die ...all because there were no space left after taking the English and French troops..
@Artemis Goddess Of Hunting There were hardly any civilians actually involved in the evacuation. The Royal Navy requisitioned privately-owned boats to help in the evacuation, and these were crewed by RN officers and seamen. A few excited civilians joined in but they weren't asked and weren't needed; the government had plenty of trained and armed RN personnel to man the boats instead.
2:30 the french chose to stay back and hold off the german army as long as they could in order to let the british soldiers leave. When the last one left, they sturrendered. Despite the old: 'french surrendering joke", they never really gave up. Most military men went into the resistance or joined allies in african campaign . But it really does show, that they were gonna fight to the last man to help the British troops to evacuate
Well the british and the americans had to save France, if they were this brave they would not surrender to the germans in a world record time (2 fuckin weeks), even poland fighting two fronts survived more then that
@@KBShow-bw4lj In WW1 France and Russia did the most, America with Hollywood show the US forces like the war heroes. Petain geat general of WW1 was old and decided to surrender but civilians made resistance and french soldiers died at Dunkirk and Bir Hakeim to permit english to run away.
Well I don't know about France and Russia doing the most you see without Britain France would have lost and Russia lost either way. The German army at the time was the largest in the world and also the most effective fighting force. without Britain, France would have surrendered
@@jokuvitunjuutalaine430 France lost 1 400 000 soldiers, Russia 1 800 000 and United-Kingdom 885 000 so yes they did the most. Of course england helped France a lot but that was vital for them too.
No Idea one of the reasons ww1 was won by the entente was because britain created a naval blockade on germany and in 1918 the nation was starving cause they couldn’t import food. Plus the royal army had better army high command. And they also decrypted the zimmerman note and brought in the US. the british did the most you just looked at losses and you were like ”clearly Britain didn’t do the most if the french lost twice as many soldiers” the reason for the french losses was poor leadership and an ill equipped army
General: Ah, Colonel. Where's the blueprints I asked for? Colonel: Here, sir. *points to a pile of paper on the table* General: Ooh, five pages. How long did it take for you to do them? Colonel: A few seconds, sir. I got my son to do it.
My grandfather's uncle, a french soldier, was waiting on the beach to get evacuated. But a Ju-87 Stuka shot on the soldiers. He took 3 bullets and died 2 days later because we couldn't get him to a safe place to be operated.
They were ordered to. This was their country; no choice. The Brits waited on the beaches (they too were ordered to; a british soldier fighting the Germans at that moment would have been a deserter).
IN THE SOVIET UNION SUMMER 1943 TANKS LINE UP IN THOUSANDS AS FAR THE EYE CAN SEE READY OF THE ONSLAUGHT READY FOR THE FIGHT WAITING FOR THE AXIS TO MARCH INTO THE TRAP MINES ARE PLACED IN DARKNESS IN THE COVER OF THE NIGHT WAITING TO BE TRIGGERED WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT IMMINENT INVASION IMMINENT ATTACK ONCE THE BATTLE STARTED THERE'S NO TURNING BACK THE END OF THE THIRD REICH DRAWS NEAR IT'S TIME HAS COME TO AN END THE END OF AN ERA IS HERE IT'S TIME TO *ATTACK*
INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH COMRADES STAY SIDE BY SIDE TO STOP THE NAZIS CHARGE PANZERS ON RUSSIAN SOIL A THUNDER IN THE EAST ONE MILLION MEN AT WAR SOVIET WRATH UNLEASHED
The French were on their home land that's why they stayed behind not because UK is selfish we can't just take french soldiers back to England with us can we
I was in the museum of dunkirk and now I know more about the second World War, because I was just in Verdun and in Ypres. Sorry for this English. I'm a german boy and think your videos are the best about WWI and WWII!
That's the american/british version on the history... In fact french troops where almost alone on the front while tommies were waiting on the beach. UK's troops were saved in priority, belgian and french came after. 30.000 french soldiers stayed there to cover the "heroical" english retreat. I recommand you " Dunkirk 1940 - How the French Army saved GB "
The Ardennes offensive was so efficient that the allies were unable to break the German offensive. The allies were thinking that no army could invade by the Ardennes, so troops were placed in the north of the Ardennes and on the south. Only few troops were defending the Ardennes. This could have been different if the high command would have place troops in the Ardenne. But no way, german generals were really smart at this time :D
How can you talk about the Dunkirk evacuation without talking about the siege of Lille. The battle where 40 000 french fought agaisnt 110 000 German during 4 days, totally surrounded. This battle gives 5 more days to the evacuation and if the french didn't halt the german in Lille, Dunkirk would have been a severe defeat. Even Churchill recognize it : « These Frenchmen, under the gallant leadership of general Molinié, had for four critical days contained no less than seven German divisions which otherwise could have joined in the assaults on the Dunkirk perimeter. This was a splendid contribution to the escape of their more fortunate comrades of the BEF » Winston Churchill, The Second World War. vol. II. Their Finest Hour, Cassel & Co
1:35 the reason Germans were halted is because they were overextended from their supply lines. they were advancing so fast they were at risk of getting encircled by the allies
My great grandad, a British soldier in the 7th armoured division during WW2, fought in france in Dunkirk on the beaches. He was also in a tank. He was in the tank with his friends until it got blown up and killed everyone inside of it apart from my great grandad. He went blind for 3 weeks and went permanently deaf in his left ear. He also went to a concentration camp in Belsen and saved hundreds of People in the camps. One jew gave him a watch as a thank you. When my great grandad died at 97 years old he gave me the watch to remember him.
What he meant was that Frenchs were fighting in the city while most of the Britishs were waiting on the beaches. At the same time, two French divisions were fighting like lions against 7 divisions of Germans ( including 3 elite tanks ones commanded by Rommel ) that were supposed to come as reinforcement for the battle of Dunkirk. At the end of the evacuation, 35k Frenchs were left behind and fought to until being out of ammunitions, to allow 25k more Frenchs to be evacuated the last night, fighting at 1vs10 to 1vs30 and even doing some counter attacks on Germans. Also, I think that technically, when you're allied with another country, you're not supposed to run away to protect yourself and leave yourself alone ( even though in the case of ww2 and the geographical situation of the British Isles, I guess it was the smarter choice )
Of course we're thankful, but there is no reason one side should be thankful to the other and not the invers, you didn't do us a christmas gift by comming to our help, we were allied against the German threat, both fighting to save itself, and a little the other. Also, who knows, if you kept neutral, maybe they'd have declared war on you, win the battle of England and occupy you ( remember that your geographical position itself is a threat to them, and that you owned rich colonies...), or they'd have allied you or kept you neutral, win against USSR,occupy Eurasia, Africa, attack and win in America and annihilate you.
Lewis 565 Well, I didn't say that Britishs were cowards, just said that waiting on the beaches is kinda stupid, and that the fact that Frenchs were ordered to protect the city wasn't a reason to chill on unprotected beaches waiting to embark ( Also, that'd be really stupid from me to say that you were cowards for leaving first, knowing that it's a French general that wanted the Brits to leave first and the Frenchs to protect, while Churchill wanted to evacuate both at the same time ). Also, are you sure that battle of Britain was 1:10 ? I mean, it was only air fights, right ? The Luftwaffe wasn't 10 times stronger, was it ? Also, thanks, it goes right to my baguette heart, and I'd add that the British army is definitely one of the best on Earth, and I hope our countries will continue to stick together, and, who knows, take back our thrones on top of the world
Malo Flory sorry misunderstood what you meant about the evacuation look like you was call brits cowards sorry As for Battle of Britain the odds was defiantly not on are side that for sure the Germans outnumbered use load for every 1 British plan the was 10 German planes Cheers are great country will alway fight together I hope:)
It’s amazing that they rescued over 300,000 soldiers at Dunkirk but what a lot of people don’t mention is that over 80,000 British and French soldiers were left behind during the Evacuation and never made it home. It’s super sad.
There were around 40k Indian soldiers fighting on behalf of British Colonial govt left to die despite the fact that they played a very key role in helping the British army.
My great great uncle William Melville Scullion was apart of the Royal Scots 1st battalion and they were tasked with defending the retreat. They put up a good fight but eventually most of them were killed including my great great uncle
Yes, prey silence for the British, French and Belgian troops that fought the rearguard while British, French and Belgian troops were evacuated, mostly by the British Royal Navy.
I was ill so I missed a lot of history lessons and I now have two days until the test, without any notes to revise from your videos are saving me. Thank you.
the order to halt the advance into dunkirk was not a direct order from Hitler but his field commanders. the halt wasn't part of some elaborate scheme but just time needed for infantry to catch up and reinforce their armours flanks. there was also worries from counterattacks and Rommel exaggerated the attacks as well. also keep in mind that Hitler didn't micromanage his armies till later in the latter parts of the war
Kanisorn Boonyamin I think because they did not want to use worthy tanks if they could just bomb them with the Luftwaffe. I mean the French were surrounded anyway?
Søren Kierkegård when hitler invaded russia he depleted germanys resources, he was counting on blitzkrieging russia and taking it fast like France, but it ended up not working becuase of the weather. now with his troops spread thin and no movement being made in Russia, hitler was kinda fucked
Salute to the french soldiers who were left behind just to cover the evacuating troops also salut to the RAF and all the naval vessels and civilian boats that helped the BEF
That isn't true at all it's also there fault the British were forced to leave as they got them surrounded by Germans for pulling French soldiers out of an area which only defence was trees
Apparently the reason was because the commander of the attack was being too patient, so the wehrmacht took control of the panzer corps from him, without asking Hitler. Hitler, to show them who's boss, belayed that order. That's what caused the 2 days where they stopped. Although Hitler claimed it was to be "humane" to the brits.
NorthObsidianG The only reason why the germans couldn't get to the beatch is because of the french. The "miracle" of Dunkirk is just a myth, it's just 36 000 french soldiers who sacrified them selves to save 350 000 men. But you guys are so blinded by the British propaganda...
@Mr.LePhoque Thats not the only reason. Yes the French put up a valiant last stand and an effective defensive perimeter. However, German supply lines became over stretched and their soldiers were exhausted. Goring at that point steps up and tells Hitler not to worry, the Luftwaffe will finish them off. Hitler especially liked this idea because he was paranoid about his generals getting too overconfident and powerful. So the Luftwaffe took over to finish the job but the RAF effectively broke up their raids before they reached Dunkirk, preventing a total annihilation from the air. So yes, the French valiantly played their part, but there were more factors at play than just that. And lets not start trying to draw divisions between the French and British, we fought together valiantly like brothers. People forget that too easily.
NorthObsidianG I think because they did not want to use worthy tanks if they could just bomb them with the Luftwaffe. I mean the French were surrounded anyway?
The germans gave the allies enough time to escape. It's not a miracle that you might think, but it was gentlemanly way from the german point of view. Churchill was just gullible to believe that it was a divine intervention.
Euronymous 1991 Hahah what army you have been lost all battles and Bulgarian army marsched in your capital... Funny people, Battle of Tutrakan, Dobrich, Silistra... Romanian traitors and cowards
I never understood the Dunkirk spirit. All I know is that they asked the civies to rescue the army with their fishing ships. But after I saw the 2017 movie Dunkirk, I realized how important this was to the British Army
My great grandad was in the Dunkirk evacuation and ww2, he didn’t speak about it much to my grandad and dad but they’ve told me stuff about his time in the war, like about how on the retreat towards Dunkirk, they had to sleep in a hen house to keep out the elements, and how he was scared of the rats they had in trenches and camps (probably from ww1 rats as big as cats stories and stuff), also apparently since he didn’t have any children or a wife at the time he gave his places up on the Dunkirk evacuation boats to others who had family back home
Charles Lightoller, Second Officer of Titanic, would participate in the evacuation using his personal yacht Mayflower. The soldiers on his boat grew agitated that they were on a vessel being captained by him while being strafed by enemy planes. One apparently joked that he would take his chances swimming back to England.
All those French weren't actually left behind, of the 330,000 troops rescued, 38% was French. And the French that did stay behind did so to stop the Germans from advancing. Oh and the german planes didn't have yellow noses until after the evacuation... Not trying to be a know it all.. just saying
“For whatever reason the Germans stripped their advance on Dunkirk” I can tell you what the reason was: Hitler didn’t want to wipe out the British army on the beach because he considered them fellow Arians.
That was not the real reason. The German Army during the attack needed rest and more troops. If they continued without halting, their flanks would be exposed to an allied attack.
Simple History you know, there are 2 reasons why I love this channel so much 1. The history is always correct, and the charming animation to go with it 2. You are down to earth. What I mean by that is you actually communicate with your subs. I hate it when big youtubers just ignore the comments, but you are down here constantly What I'm trying to say is you do what you want to do, like that "stories from ww2" idea you commented to me about a few vids back. So thx simple history for posting great vids every time 😀😃😄
'Always correct' While I agree they're mostly correct they're not always. During their video on knights they said one of the reasons knights became obsolete was because of 'new weapons such as crossbows', which is a little odd seeing as crossbows had existed before knights in various forms.
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Plz do the Spanish Civil War
Simple History next will be maus tank i hope :3
Simple History nice 👍 video can you do a video stg44
Simple History Are you still doing ww1 ?
Simple History do the Zeebrugge raid in ww1 plz
You failed to mention that 40000 men from French 1st Army stayed behind and fight to cover the retreat of the British troops. They hold their lines during 5 days against 7 German divisions until that last British soldier was evacuated.
24 000 deaths = 22 000 frenches, 1400 brits, 600 belgians ... Well it's say all about this battle and british/american propaganda.
Amazigh Blue Azul - 132ans de viol FR & 318ans TR not our country, not our responsibility. France damn well knew they had the superior army, and would probably bare the main brunt fighting the Germans on land. They had the larger and more modernised army.
so they should its there country to die for not ours
Something else as well, when the British were retreating they blew up what was left of the French fleet so it didn’t fall in to the hands of the Germs
Pepe The god frog that was at Mers El Kebir
The sheer terror being a solider and knowing there was no where else to run is impossible to imagine.
Invid of INP I've been there...you're so scared you forget to be scared. People get mean, meaner then I've ever imagined.
Zombie 15224 Well that's good to know and sorry you've had to endure and see that.
Zombie 15224 Uh, your 90?
Alex Massie nope, I have been in a situation in which I had no where to retreat to...or I'm 90, either one
Zombie 15224 thank you for your service in WW2 Mr highlander wolverine person.
Are you excited for the new Dunkirk movie this month?
Simple History yes
Simple History YES
Simple History Yes, very excited.
Simple History Yes!
Simple History very much so
My Great Great uncle Thomas Edward Hughes died at age 17 on the 1st of June 1940. He was a Royal Navy Seaman who had lied that he was 25 to fight for England. The ship he sailed on was called HMS Grive which got struck by a another British ship, HMS Whitehall, before losing control and sailing into a mine. May he rest in peace now.
JoeBoy83190 R.I.P ok
U mean he was killed by German?
@@dipakbagda0470 no. A page says he was killed by an air raid, but recent information says what's above.
Joseph Ross *salutes*
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i feel sorry for those soldiers who were left behind :c
"Wait where's the boat Tommy"
The french (mostly french ) stayed behind so the British could escape
Paul Wilkinson and Canadians could also esacape
Canadians weren’t there though
There were a few actually I didn’t know that
You forgot the last stand of that one French Division
It was more than 1.
CT-5597 Jesse How do you know they forgot about it, genius?
Alex Massie. because they didn't talk about it, dummy.
CT-5597 Jesse this channel is American, so the French can only surrender.. but yes it's truly sad because if there is one battle the French fought till the last bullet, it's this one.
That channel did speak enough about France , that's incredible in a post-2003 spirit
The British owe a huge debt of gratitude to all those who picked them up using their own private boats...and to the remaining French that provided vital cover in Dunkirk
They were British boats ! I thought the French were fighting for France and thousands of French were also rescued but many decided to go back to occupied France because thay love being told what to do by the German's. Apparently they still do !
@@keithrose6931 Ah ah ah you're so funny mr.overabused joke
But no body knows that.. British indian troops were also fighting there for no reason..all because of the colonial rule of britain ...but in return Churchil left those indian fighters to die ...all because there were no space left after taking the English and French troops..
They should owe us for going and fighting a war threat affected them notbus
@Artemis Goddess Of Hunting There were hardly any civilians actually involved in the evacuation. The Royal Navy requisitioned privately-owned boats to help in the evacuation, and these were crewed by RN officers and seamen. A few excited civilians joined in but they weren't asked and weren't needed; the government had plenty of trained and armed RN personnel to man the boats instead.
Great movie!
Simple History Great comment!
I haven’t seen it yet 😱😱😱
It was a good movie
Simple History You were talking about Christopher Nolan's movie, eh? Dunkirk is the best WW2 movie I ever watched.
Jason Maxmilan great reply !
2:30 the french chose to stay back and hold off the german army as long as they could in order to let the british soldiers leave. When the last one left, they sturrendered.
Despite the old: 'french surrendering joke", they never really gave up. Most military men went into the resistance or joined allies in african campaign .
But it really does show, that they were gonna fight to the last man to help the British troops to evacuate
+pony centaur yep the French rearguard. The surrendering joke is quite unfair in regards to both world wars
My great grandad fought in the evacuation and survived, he died a few years ago😭🇬🇧
i thank your grandad for his service and rest in peace
@@Mongystyla thank you🙏🏼
Same
There is no miracle of Dunkirk : The French army saved the British expeditionary corp sacrificing itself that's just it.
Well the british and the americans had to save France, if they were this brave they would not surrender to the germans in a world record time (2 fuckin weeks), even poland fighting two fronts survived more then that
@@KBShow-bw4lj In WW1 France and Russia did the most, America with Hollywood show the US forces like the war heroes.
Petain geat general of WW1 was old and decided to surrender but civilians made resistance and french soldiers died at Dunkirk and Bir Hakeim to permit english to run away.
Well I don't know about France and Russia doing the most you see without Britain France would have lost and Russia lost either way. The German army at the time was the largest in the world and also the most effective fighting force. without Britain, France would have surrendered
@@jokuvitunjuutalaine430 France lost 1 400 000 soldiers, Russia 1 800 000 and United-Kingdom 885 000 so yes they did the most. Of course england helped France a lot but that was vital for them too.
No Idea one of the reasons ww1 was won by the entente was because britain created a naval blockade on germany and in 1918 the nation was starving cause they couldn’t import food. Plus the royal army had better army high command. And they also decrypted the zimmerman note and brought in the US. the british did the most you just looked at losses and you were like ”clearly Britain didn’t do the most if the french lost twice as many soldiers” the reason for the french losses was poor leadership and an ill equipped army
0:54 yeah that looks about historically accurate for the blueprints for the allied evacuation
LOL
And that map
LOL
That map drawn on paper
(Sarcasm) yes very accurate blueprint of the plans for the operation dynamo
General: Ah, Colonel. Where's the blueprints I asked for?
Colonel: Here, sir. *points to a pile of paper on the table*
General: Ooh, five pages. How long did it take for you to do them?
Colonel: A few seconds, sir. I got my son to do it.
we can't forget the Czecks, Poles, Belgians, Dutch, Luxembourg, and other conquered soldiers who escaped with the British
Few thousand Belgians got out the rest were very low numbers and were not important.
Primarch Alpharius how can you say that the other persons were not important, do you have a brain!
Most of the czechs and poles evacuated in Bordeaux
Primarch Alpharius in war every man is important
Béquat Fougère strange cause I remember reading that some Poles and Czecks evacuated at Dunkirk
0:50 Beautiful map of Europe on the table there.
I'm wheezing
My grandfather's uncle, a french soldier, was waiting on the beach to get evacuated. But a Ju-87 Stuka shot on the soldiers. He took 3 bullets and died 2 days later because we couldn't get him to a safe place to be operated.
LeRaptorFrançais God bless him
some of the french actually chose to stay behind to buy the brits some time for the evacuation
They were ordered to. This was their country; no choice. The Brits waited on the beaches (they too were ordered to; a british soldier fighting the Germans at that moment would have been a deserter).
Great profile picture and name!
@@generalgta3528 same to you
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@@generalgta3528 YESSS
Please do the battle of Kursk (Russian front) and the battle of midway.
I think they did kursk
Primarch Alpharius no they did Stalingrad but not Kursk
Mikle scott INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH
IN THE SOVIET UNION SUMMER 1943
TANKS LINE UP IN THOUSANDS AS FAR THE EYE CAN SEE
READY OF THE ONSLAUGHT READY FOR THE FIGHT
WAITING FOR THE AXIS TO MARCH INTO THE TRAP
MINES ARE PLACED IN DARKNESS IN THE COVER OF THE NIGHT
WAITING TO BE TRIGGERED WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT
IMMINENT INVASION IMMINENT ATTACK
ONCE THE BATTLE STARTED THERE'S NO TURNING BACK
THE END OF THE THIRD REICH DRAWS NEAR
IT'S TIME HAS COME TO AN END
THE END OF AN ERA IS HERE
IT'S TIME TO *ATTACK*
INTO THE MOTHERLAND THE GERMAN ARMY MARCH
COMRADES STAY SIDE BY SIDE TO STOP THE NAZIS CHARGE
PANZERS ON RUSSIAN SOIL A THUNDER IN THE EAST
ONE MILLION MEN AT WAR
SOVIET WRATH UNLEASHED
tl:dr the french let the brits go away while they defended them and were left here
non, un bon paquet a embarqué.
They knew they wouldn't get out they did it so the war woudnt be lost
Actually the Germans stopped the advance.... there was no fucking way the French could stop the tank divisions.
The French were on their home land that's why they stayed behind not because UK is selfish we can't just take french soldiers back to England with us can we
over 120,000 French soldiers were also evacuated and escaped to Britain.
Just a heads up, my sibling's high school used this video for their Modern World History class. Keep up the good work guys.
Thank you Merchant Navy, RN, and little ships for saving our boys
Mersey ferry and Isle of Man boats and others helped tremendously
Luftwaffe. Love waffle
waffe means weapon and luft means air, not very close lol
LittleArmyNut you ruined my life with that comment 😭
LittleArmyNut I know. It was a joke.
it does sound similar
can I have a order of love waffles with a side of wonder waffles? maybe even a sub if you have it.
Thank you so much for making this! I always wanted to know about Dunkirk and you made me learn about it! Keep up the very good work :)
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I was in the museum of dunkirk and now I know more about the second World War, because I was just in Verdun and in Ypres. Sorry for this English. I'm a german boy and think your videos are the best about WWI and WWII!
Such an intense story. I studied it at school's library first and then this and the movie came to jog up my memory
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This sounds cool and all but can you do Canada in ww2?
That's cool to
Mic Clank that has nothing to do with Canada how bout the JTF2
They already did Canada
samuel sansregret that was WW1
Lyanna1488 actually they sent a division into d day
Just to let you guys know I really love these videos. Keep doing what your doing.
pov: your teacher sent you here to watch this.
They did
My teacher did tell me to too.
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No, I just love simple history
Nope xd
That's the american/british version on the history... In fact french troops where almost alone on the front while tommies were waiting on the beach. UK's troops were saved in priority, belgian and french came after. 30.000 french soldiers stayed there to cover the "heroical" english retreat. I recommand you "
Dunkirk 1940 - How the French Army saved GB
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AngelSuikoden if the French could defend there country then we wouldn't have been in this mess anyway now would we
xGenovax i mean Goose 22 does have a point
The Ardennes offensive was so efficient that the allies were unable to break the German offensive.
The allies were thinking that no army could invade by the Ardennes, so troops were placed in the north of the Ardennes and on the south. Only few troops were defending the Ardennes.
This could have been different if the high command would have place troops in the Ardenne.
But no way, german generals were really smart at this time :D
How can you talk about the Dunkirk evacuation without talking about the siege of Lille. The battle where 40 000 french fought agaisnt 110 000 German during 4 days, totally surrounded. This battle gives 5 more days to the evacuation and if the french didn't halt the german in Lille, Dunkirk would have been a severe defeat.
Even Churchill recognize it : « These Frenchmen, under the gallant leadership of general Molinié, had for four critical days contained no less than seven German divisions which otherwise could have joined in the assaults on the Dunkirk perimeter. This was a splendid contribution to the escape of their more fortunate comrades of the BEF » Winston Churchill, The Second World War. vol. II. Their Finest Hour, Cassel & Co
Remind me why was Britain there at all? Oh yea, the french screwed up playing a defensive war when the Maginot line was flanked....
Please can you do the Liberation of the Netherlands
I hope they do
Are you know a Indonesian army and Netherlands amry fight in papua in 1986
0:57 what is the map on the background
Europe?
Diogo Carvalho please tell me you're joking lol
It's Dust 2 everything else is fake news!
Diogo Carvalho well, its a map of galaxy
exactly
do the French resistance
french resistance is a lie
Benoit no
french resistance is a myth, i learn that in school
Benoit your teacher sucks then
where you from ?
1:35 the reason Germans were halted is because they were overextended from their supply lines. they were advancing so fast they were at risk of getting encircled by the allies
Been binging these videos. Love it!
YES! I've been waiting for this for so long ;-;
British: “the evacuation was a success, hurrah!”
The left behind French soldiers: 👁👄👁
My great grandad, a British soldier in the 7th armoured division during WW2, fought in france in Dunkirk on the beaches. He was also in a tank. He was in the tank with his friends until it got blown up and killed everyone inside of it apart from my great grandad. He went blind for 3 weeks and went permanently deaf in his left ear. He also went to a concentration camp in Belsen and saved hundreds of People in the camps. One jew gave him a watch as a thank you. When my great grandad died at 97 years old he gave me the watch to remember him.
Thank you 🇫🇷
It's been five months since I watched Dunkirk and I'm still thinking about the movie. That's how good it was.
Do Poland resistance please
Yes that would be awesome
Thanks for the French 1st Army, the Brits escaped and the French sacrifice themselves. :'(
Slavic DerpSK well it was their country to defend. The British were simply returning home.
What he meant was that Frenchs were fighting in the city while most of the Britishs were waiting on the beaches. At the same time, two French divisions were fighting like lions against 7 divisions of Germans ( including 3 elite tanks ones commanded by Rommel ) that were supposed to come as reinforcement for the battle of Dunkirk. At the end of the evacuation, 35k Frenchs were left behind and fought to until being out of ammunitions, to allow 25k more Frenchs to be evacuated the last night, fighting at 1vs10 to 1vs30 and even doing some counter attacks on Germans.
Also, I think that technically, when you're allied with another country, you're not supposed to run away to protect yourself and leave yourself alone ( even though in the case of ww2 and the geographical situation of the British Isles, I guess it was the smarter choice )
Of course we're thankful, but there is no reason one side should be thankful to the other and not the invers, you didn't do us a christmas gift by comming to our help, we were allied against the German threat, both fighting to save itself, and a little the other.
Also, who knows, if you kept neutral, maybe they'd have declared war on you, win the battle of England and occupy you ( remember that your geographical position itself is a threat to them, and that you owned rich colonies...), or they'd have allied you or kept you neutral, win against USSR,occupy Eurasia, Africa, attack and win in America and annihilate you.
Lewis 565 Well, I didn't say that Britishs were cowards, just said that waiting on the beaches is kinda stupid, and that the fact that Frenchs were ordered to protect the city wasn't a reason to chill on unprotected beaches waiting to embark ( Also, that'd be really stupid from me to say that you were cowards for leaving first, knowing that it's a French general that wanted the Brits to leave first and the Frenchs to protect, while Churchill wanted to evacuate both at the same time ). Also, are you sure that battle of Britain was 1:10 ? I mean, it was only air fights, right ? The Luftwaffe wasn't 10 times stronger, was it ?
Also, thanks, it goes right to my baguette heart, and I'd add that the British army is definitely one of the best on Earth, and I hope our countries will continue to stick together, and, who knows, take back our thrones on top of the world
Malo Flory sorry misunderstood what you meant about the evacuation look like you was call brits cowards sorry
As for Battle of Britain the odds was defiantly not on are side that for sure the Germans outnumbered use load for every 1 British plan the was 10 German planes
Cheers are great country will alway fight together I hope:)
It’s amazing that they rescued over 300,000 soldiers at Dunkirk but what a lot of people don’t mention is that over 80,000 British and French soldiers were left behind during the Evacuation and never made it home. It’s super sad.
There were around 40k Indian soldiers fighting on behalf of British Colonial govt left to die despite the fact that they played a very key role in helping the British army.
My great great uncle William Melville Scullion was apart of the Royal Scots 1st battalion and they were tasked with defending the retreat. They put up a good fight but eventually most of them were killed including my great great uncle
Some of them were murdered by the SS along with men from the Royal Norfolks at the Le Paradis massacre .
This really helped my presentation! Thanks so much for these great facts!
0:51 what a great plan on the paper!
A moment of silence for the units that stayed back to evacuate the British. Because of them, the British gets a huge moral boost
Yes, prey silence for the British, French and Belgian troops that fought the rearguard while British, French and Belgian troops were evacuated, mostly by the British Royal Navy.
"We're not retreating, we're advancing to the beach"
Excuses are for losers
I was ill so I missed a lot of history lessons and I now have two days until the test, without any notes to revise from your videos are saving me. Thank you.
how did you do on your exam
Your content is simply astonishing, keep up the good work
+Real88Mad thanks :)
How come every stupid decisions were made by the fuhrur himself? In this case, the ground forces halted their attack. In 1941, they invaded Soviet.
Kanisorn Boonyamin He could of took Russia if he was smarter about it
Kanisorn Boonyamin how can you claim attacking the USSR was a mistake. this was the sole goal of the NSDAP and main objective for Hitler
the order to halt the advance into dunkirk was not a direct order from Hitler but his field commanders. the halt wasn't part of some elaborate scheme but just time needed for infantry to catch up and reinforce their armours flanks. there was also worries from counterattacks and Rommel exaggerated the attacks as well.
also keep in mind that Hitler didn't micromanage his armies till later in the latter parts of the war
Kanisorn Boonyamin I think because they did not want to use worthy tanks if they could just bomb them with the Luftwaffe. I mean the French were surrounded anyway?
Søren Kierkegård when hitler invaded russia he depleted germanys resources, he was counting on blitzkrieging russia and taking it fast like France, but it ended up not working becuase of the weather. now with his troops spread thin and no movement being made in Russia, hitler was kinda fucked
Salute to the french soldiers who were left behind just to cover the evacuating troops also salut to the RAF and all the naval vessels and civilian boats that helped the BEF
What about the British troops left behind at Dunkirk?
Leaving behind all their supplies also extended the war. It took England two years to resupply its Army.
My great-grandfather was sent to Dunkirk in 1940
thank you sir
The allies.... 🤣
the French army was the only one to fight
John Cornell And you will also say that it is thanks to them that the French have resisted
the French Air Force was also present
That isn't true at all it's also there fault the British were forced to leave as they got them surrounded by Germans for pulling French soldiers out of an area which only defence was trees
Please stop drama !
the world knows now that it was the mercy of Hitler
@@ananthu8534 "mercy of Hitler" 😂👌
You should do the battle of Meuse Argonne ww1
This is released because of the new Dunkirk movie, right?
Hyperion yup
Hyperion no duh
*sponsored by the creators of Dunkirk,coming to theaters near you*
Hyperion I think the thumbnail is enough proof,
0:55 Why there is a post WWII map in the background?
I just realized all the videos on this channel are just reading from the Wiki page for each event. Lol
spoiler alert!!!!
comrade clarence Ha
The brits escaped
Nice video👍👍
Could you do the Dutch East Indies Campaign of WW2??
indonesia
1:00 that French flag is not correct it's suppose to be all white
Joseph Stalin XD
Joseph Stalin ha ha that's a good one
For the ignorants, yes.
Stereotypical, just like usual.
comrade stalin atleast the french could feed themselves
Im binge watching these videos,theyre awesome
I used this video for a presentation of the Dunkirk Evacuation, and my teacher loved it
I hope you mentioned that the French soldiers made it possible
@@augth The history class is taught in French, so naturally I did lol
And it is a fact, of course.
do the battle of Singapore
i'm from singapore
So?
StormUniverse So we know.
And?
StormUniverse And I'm from Malaysia
0:57 some plans you got there 🤣
*Mm..yes Dis plan here*
My great grandfather was an RAF pilot throughout all of his service, he was an amazing man!
this is so helpful thank you
Being one of those soldiers, what goes through your mind is nothing can’t stop now, I can’t go back. What has been started must be finished.
"where are we going?" "Were going to dunkirk son"
I would like some Napoleon like if you feel the same
COPPOR Top Are you talking about the ice cream?
CrazedOnline What there's an ice cream called napoleon
COPPOR Top Sorry, got it mixed with metropolitan.
*neapolitan
No
Maybe the Germans halted so that the supplies can catch up.. but it's a maybe..
Apparently the reason was because the commander of the attack was being too patient, so the wehrmacht took control of the panzer corps from him, without asking Hitler. Hitler, to show them who's boss, belayed that order. That's what caused the 2 days where they stopped. Although Hitler claimed it was to be "humane" to the brits.
NorthObsidianG The only reason why the germans couldn't get to the beatch is because of the french. The "miracle" of Dunkirk is just a myth, it's just 36 000 french soldiers who sacrified them selves to save 350 000 men. But you guys are so blinded by the British propaganda...
Nah it was because germany had communication issues
@Mr.LePhoque Thats not the only reason. Yes the French put up a valiant last stand and an effective defensive perimeter. However, German supply lines became over stretched and their soldiers were exhausted. Goring at that point steps up and tells Hitler not to worry, the Luftwaffe will finish them off. Hitler especially liked this idea because he was paranoid about his generals getting too overconfident and powerful. So the Luftwaffe took over to finish the job but the RAF effectively broke up their raids before they reached Dunkirk, preventing a total annihilation from the air. So yes, the French valiantly played their part, but there were more factors at play than just that. And lets not start trying to draw divisions between the French and British, we fought together valiantly like brothers. People forget that too easily.
NorthObsidianG I think because they did not want to use worthy tanks if they could just bomb them with the Luftwaffe. I mean the French were surrounded anyway?
If i remeber my grandad died in battle for evacuation in the fields R.I.P
Ja Josef is ur grandpa British?
The germans gave the allies enough time to escape. It's not a miracle that you might think, but it was gentlemanly way from the german point of view. Churchill was just gullible to believe that it was a divine intervention.
Oh look a wehraboo
@@Litany_of_Fury 馬鹿👊
@@sonicyell ?
My friends great grandpa luckily escaped Dunkirk without getting bombed by a German bomber or getting captured
You used the poster drawing from the Dunkirk movie!
The French men were real heroes
Some were, the French surrendered their country with 1.5 million troops still in the field.
woo yall are doing great simple history i wish yall many success in the future
went to Dunkirk today, unfortunately they didn't reconstruct most of the historical buildings after WW2 most of the city is in a brutalist styled mess
Just like most of northern France.
0:10 *AND LUXEMBOURG*
Nothing about the 51st highland division 😢
The channel is called Simple History , if we specifiy all the units we are here for 2 days
Still waiting for the video of the romanian army in WWI.
Euronymous 1991 Hahah what army you have been lost all battles and Bulgarian army marsched in your capital... Funny people, Battle of Tutrakan, Dobrich, Silistra... Romanian traitors and cowards
1. It's done.
2. Romania did put up a defense of Moldavia.
I never understood the Dunkirk spirit. All I know is that they asked the civies to rescue the army with their fishing ships. But after I saw the 2017 movie Dunkirk, I realized how important this was to the British Army
My great grandad was in the Dunkirk evacuation and ww2, he didn’t speak about it much to my grandad and dad but they’ve told me stuff about his time in the war, like about how on the retreat towards Dunkirk, they had to sleep in a hen house to keep out the elements, and how he was scared of the rats they had in trenches and camps (probably from ww1 rats as big as cats stories and stuff), also apparently since he didn’t have any children or a wife at the time he gave his places up on the Dunkirk evacuation boats to others who had family back home
Please do the Battle of Britain
Can't wait for the Dunkirk film. Been so long since a proper British war film.
Dunkirk isn't very far away from the ww1 battlefield of Ypres
Charles Lightoller, Second Officer of Titanic, would participate in the evacuation using his personal yacht Mayflower. The soldiers on his boat grew agitated that they were on a vessel being captained by him while being strafed by enemy planes. One apparently joked that he would take his chances swimming back to England.
Per. 5 says Hi! Because they really really really really really enjoyed the Dunkirk film!!!!
All those French weren't actually left behind, of the 330,000 troops rescued, 38% was French. And the French that did stay behind did so to stop the Germans from advancing. Oh and the german planes didn't have yellow noses until after the evacuation... Not trying to be a know it all.. just saying
“For whatever reason the Germans stripped their advance on Dunkirk” I can tell you what the reason was: Hitler didn’t want to wipe out the British army on the beach because he considered them fellow Arians.
Also the one that spared hitler in ww1 was a brit
Yep that’s true
That was not the real reason. The German Army during the attack needed rest and more troops. If they continued without halting, their flanks would be exposed to an allied attack.
I'm betting simple history will be the first one in the theatre for Dunkirk. Simple history, please tell me if this will be true please and thx
+Unnamed Individual want to see it on the IMAX
Simple History same here, I'll be in the theatre seat faster than the yamato sinks its enemies
Simple History you know, there are 2 reasons why I love this channel so much
1. The history is always correct, and the charming animation to go with it
2. You are down to earth. What I mean by that is you actually communicate with your subs. I hate it when big youtubers just ignore the comments, but you are down here constantly
What I'm trying to say is you do what you want to do, like that "stories from ww2" idea you commented to me about a few vids back.
So thx simple history for posting great vids every time 😀😃😄
'Always correct'
While I agree they're mostly correct they're not always. During their video on knights they said one of the reasons knights became obsolete was because of 'new weapons such as crossbows', which is a little odd seeing as crossbows had existed before knights in various forms.
I really do feel like some of these older videos need to be remastered someday with much more deeper information and more depth
All your videos are very good and informative.keep doing videos like this.
do the white death ww2 he was a finnish sniper over 500 confirmed kills
That guy was using Aimbot
Lol
Please do a video about Vimy ridge
My great grandfather fought in Dunkirk and he got 4 brave medals 🏅 I’ll never forget what he and the English did
Hi to the maker of this video. Me and my crew 9n5 just watched this and found it had goood information. :)
Hi sir! It’s me, Fletcher!👋
Great video! Probably the only time one of your videos showed a soldier with his back turned!