D-Day - The Secret War - Extra History - Part 2

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  5 лет назад +330

    Listen to this Extra History series as a podcast! becausegamesmatter.com/podcast

  • @spindash64
    @spindash64 7 лет назад +5879

    4:17 to be fair, the highest award any spy can probably get is the medal of their enemy

    • @charmainesego1720
      @charmainesego1720 7 лет назад +402

      Fair point.

    • @Scarletraven87
      @Scarletraven87 7 лет назад +554

      And getting their Ubercharge

    • @xxAnaconta
      @xxAnaconta 7 лет назад +244

      Or both if they make it back alive.

    • @TheExalaber
      @TheExalaber 7 лет назад +77

      Spain was "neutral"

    • @spindash64
      @spindash64 7 лет назад +153

      Northfield Stradford
      Point still stands. Man got a medal from Germany for losing the war for Germany.

  • @olstar18
    @olstar18 7 лет назад +2447

    'If they failed tens of thousands of men would die.'
    At least there wasn't any pressure.

    • @abbababba8186
      @abbababba8186 7 лет назад +97

      At least they didn't have to do public speaking. Now THAT'S real pressure.

    • @user-ib4qj5tj1g
      @user-ib4qj5tj1g 7 лет назад +24

      The true irony is that the cannon fodder died either way

    • @dannypeck96
      @dannypeck96 7 лет назад +14

      you mean the americans?
      america supplied the bodies, the british supplied the brains and the russians supplied the distraction.

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf 7 лет назад +39

      Pretty sure the Russians were the primary cannon fodder. The American were just unlucky or less skilled at land-warfare than naval warfare.

    • @olstar18
      @olstar18 7 лет назад +12

      I'd say it was just a matter of luck and being in a situation that didn't allow armor to fight effectively.

  • @kevinlopez351
    @kevinlopez351 6 лет назад +1036

    Daughter: how did father die?
    Mother: he gave his life at the bunny hugs landing

    • @rathisuhh4198
      @rathisuhh4198 3 года назад +58

      I died of laughter when that came up

    • @suehowarddotco
      @suehowarddotco 3 года назад +10

      Mother: hug landing

    • @robertmontinat7215
      @robertmontinat7215 3 года назад +25

      @@rathisuhh4198 Daughter-is he a new caracter from 5 nights at freddy's??
      Mom-wtf

    • @TrueZero2
      @TrueZero2 3 года назад +3

      *Salutes*

    • @nub6202
      @nub6202 2 года назад

      @@rathisuhh4198 me too

  • @Aurora07
    @Aurora07 7 лет назад +2259

    Fun Fact: The cracking of the enigma machine was so successful that Bletchley Park had to 'pick and choose' which information they would follow up on so as not to make it obvious that the codes had been cracked. essentially they had to allow the Germans to make attacks against the allies knowing they could have prevented it, but in the long run it saved countless more lives,

    • @MrMarinus18
      @MrMarinus18 6 лет назад +81

      Not really. It wasn't that it was so common but because they needed to have an excuse. It should always be possible for the British to have gotten the information elsewhere. If they made it clear they knew things that they should never know would make the Germans suspicious.

    • @rifkifanani3694
      @rifkifanani3694 6 лет назад +3

      Aurora07 in allied side

    • @her209
      @her209 6 лет назад +11

      Yeah they stated that in the movie, The Alan Turning Project.

    • @vacaction3897
      @vacaction3897 5 лет назад +25

      Actually poles had cracked enigma before the war

    • @matthewoconnell4700
      @matthewoconnell4700 5 лет назад +50

      @@vacaction3897 they cracked an early version which was nothing like the one used in WW2.

  • @BWEEOOP
    @BWEEOOP 6 лет назад +312

    "Whatever Ales Ya"
    Best. Pub. Name. Ever.

    • @eamesaerospace2805
      @eamesaerospace2805 3 года назад +4

      Along with my favourite “The Drawing Board”

    • @spuditgang
      @spuditgang 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@eamesaerospace2805isn’t that from foil arms and hog

  • @SpoopySquid
    @SpoopySquid 7 лет назад +1480

    - "Twenty Committee"
    - named after Roman numerals XX
    - "double cross"
    Well played, Britain

    • @SpoopySquid
      @SpoopySquid 7 лет назад +154

      Also: giving Alan Turning a pride ribbon was perfect. Thank you

    • @squashyhex9818
      @squashyhex9818 7 лет назад +20

      I so agree. It was a lovely note

    • @Stephen-Fox
      @Stephen-Fox 7 лет назад +20

      Indeed. Lovely acknowledgement.

    • @tesstickle7267
      @tesstickle7267 7 лет назад +10

      Inkswitch greatest and most risk full troll ever? ha germans were too stuck up to notice the obvious

    • @bishampandey5656
      @bishampandey5656 7 лет назад +7

      They could be the thirty comity or xxx😉

  • @benjaminringrose536
    @benjaminringrose536 7 лет назад +236

    Thanks for discussing Dieppe, it's often overlooked in military history. As a Canadian, this pleases me.

    • @bitpumpkinn2923
      @bitpumpkinn2923 5 лет назад +2

      @Gabriel Ordones English please.
      And what is your point?

    • @bigsauce6645
      @bigsauce6645 3 года назад +4

      Our guys fought well, the british sold them out to save a few destroyers

    • @Purpleskull64
      @Purpleskull64 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@bitpumpkinn2923what did Gabriel say?

  • @roqxwalker3896
    @roqxwalker3896 7 лет назад +2651

    For those of you who are wondering about the crossword puzzle, the schoolmaster got his words from his pupils and one of the pupils eavesdropped on a millitary base and heard the codewords which he passed on to his schoolmaster to be in the crossword

    • @PragmaticAntithesis
      @PragmaticAntithesis 7 лет назад +652

      So it was *almost* a security breach.

    • @smitty2085
      @smitty2085 7 лет назад +201

      ALMOST

    • @extrahistory
      @extrahistory  7 лет назад +484

      Thanks for sharing that extra tidbit! A quick Google search turns up more information and sources about that side of the story. Here's just one: www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/06/06/how-codewords-for-d-day-ended-up-in-british-newspaper-puzzles-a-month-before-the-operation-started/?.f89bce78f255
      --Belinda

    • @roqxwalker3896
      @roqxwalker3896 7 лет назад +36

      Source: The World Wars

    • @GoranXII
      @GoranXII 7 лет назад +92

      Actually, according to "D-Day Dawn of Heroes" the crosswords had been compiled six months in advance, in some cases before the codenames had even been thought up.

  • @emit5586
    @emit5586 6 лет назад +192

    I always love when Garbo gets the recognition he deserves.

  • @whcolours9995
    @whcolours9995 5 лет назад +1555

    Garbo: Gets medal of honour of the enemy.
    Sneak 100
    Illusion 100
    Block 100

    • @hornypolice7994
      @hornypolice7994 5 лет назад +26

      You dumb bitch 100

    • @Braindamagedpotato
      @Braindamagedpotato 5 лет назад +4

      elder scrolls reference

    • @Milkster86
      @Milkster86 5 лет назад +7

      Britain definitely has block 100

    • @AnnabelRoss6789
      @AnnabelRoss6789 4 года назад +7

      *Speech 100

    • @kk2862
      @kk2862 4 года назад +2

      Intelligence 100
      Deception 100
      Mental stability 694201337 haha funni number

  • @googlegoogle-ye4mx
    @googlegoogle-ye4mx 7 лет назад +238

    "If you hear gunshots it's ok it's just the neighbors go back to bed."
    Lol

    • @m01mast3r
      @m01mast3r 7 лет назад +12

      "but... we're not is Texas! Shots aren't normal!"

    • @kimothelimo
      @kimothelimo 6 лет назад +7

      i would be like:
      "okay, (lies) *hears gun shots* lemme check (≖︿≖ ) nah its just the canadian and british soliders XD

    • @SoJoever
      @SoJoever 6 лет назад +1

      Lazarbeam convinces his neighbors that he did not kill his willie
      Cerca 2019

    • @wingedhussars812
      @wingedhussars812 6 лет назад +1

      @@kimothelimo Me:"Hey look a German."

    • @danaaltini4399
      @danaaltini4399 5 лет назад +1

      Hans your neighbors are probrabrly getting raided by the gestapo

  • @adamlee6435
    @adamlee6435 7 лет назад +602

    On June 6th 1944, more than 2000 Americans gave their lives on Bunny Hug beach to liberate Europe from Nazi tyranny. Their sacrifice will not be forgotten. #bunnyhugbeach

    • @addadu8031
      @addadu8031 7 лет назад +94

      *cue ultra patriotic music*

    • @jacobs279
      @jacobs279 7 лет назад +12

      Adam Lee TROLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
      let us never forget the men at Bunny Hug beach

    • @SantomPh
      @SantomPh 7 лет назад +29

      Adam Lee we salute the brave men who landed on Big Bear Hugville-walla that day

    • @dougbennett8592
      @dougbennett8592 7 лет назад +21

      To the brave men who gave all at Cuddly Kitten hill, your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

    • @randrazor
      @randrazor 7 лет назад +10

      Adam Lee just imagine "sorry ma'am, your son was hit by artillery at the jellybean hill landing"

  • @somebody3143
    @somebody3143 6 лет назад +57

    I do not know what was more incredible; the complexity of the Enigma machine, or the fact that the crossword in the English paper had SO MANY coincidental code names for the invasion locations and names for the operation!

    • @AlechiaTheWitch
      @AlechiaTheWitch 3 года назад +2

      Not coincidental but loosley inspired.

  • @lotusjuiice
    @lotusjuiice 6 лет назад +178

    so happy about the little pin on Alan! though his treatment by everyone else in his time was wretched for who he was I appreciate such a small thing being added in the video.

    • @SB-iy9vn
      @SB-iy9vn 2 года назад +1

      Why ? So he can pin pointed soley for his sexuality and hmm idk his work.

    • @ChristopherGonzalez1280
      @ChristopherGonzalez1280 Год назад +5

      It was a nice gesture

    • @wait_wtf
      @wait_wtf Год назад +1

      Well, you guys have to know what happened to him after they won the war. It wasn't pretty

  • @acebalistic1358
    @acebalistic1358 6 лет назад +1356

    When a double agent gets the iron cross XD

    • @grimkidvurtex7563
      @grimkidvurtex7563 5 лет назад +33

      Look man i know this is litterly a animated video about World War 2 but my Great Grandfather Died at Sword i am not trying to be mean but XD does not fit the importance of such men who helped the war effort.

    • @danaaltini4399
      @danaaltini4399 5 лет назад +14

      No that was just the neighbor

    • @hescrem9316
      @hescrem9316 4 года назад +52

      GrimKid Vurtex as far as I can tell, they weren’t trying to be insensitive. They where simply pointing out the irony of a doube agent getting a medal from those he had double crossed. They where not saying the war was any less horrific or tragic, they where just finding humor in some irony

    • @acebalistic1358
      @acebalistic1358 4 года назад +13

      GrimKid Vurtex my great great-grandfather also fought in WW2, so I understand your point. I did not mean to be insensitive, I was just pointing out the irony

    • @nurdeenlauddin3090
      @nurdeenlauddin3090 4 года назад +2

      GrimKid Vurtex I think your grandfather was very brave

  • @smalltime0
    @smalltime0 7 лет назад +89

    Juan Pujol García deserves a mini series himself.
    The man was insane and yet such a pivotal character in world history.

    • @CristianFT86
      @CristianFT86 7 лет назад +3

      Absolutely.
      But why is he portrayed as "a Catalan"?

    • @scareye2772
      @scareye2772 7 лет назад +17

      CristianFT86 He is called Catalan, maybe because he was born in Catalonia? As far as I know, it's a real place.

    • @CristianFT86
      @CristianFT86 7 лет назад +3

      Who said It wasn't a real place?
      Im pointing out the fact that there was not a single region after the Civil War in the whole country with the privilege of being treated as a Nation other than Spain itself.
      Portray Juan Pujol García as "a Catalan" is, to all intents and purposes, historically inaccurate.
      That's how it was and how it is now, wether you like it or not and, trust me, I don't like it either.

    • @DarkGiratina96
      @DarkGiratina96 7 лет назад +7

      It's historically accurate. There's no need to use just the country to identify someone's place of origin. If they can be more precise by saying the region I don't get why they shouldn't.
      And besides, from what I heard, it might me a country in a few months so it's not really that weird to specify if there's already conflict over that.

    • @greatalexander3820
      @greatalexander3820 7 лет назад +2

      it is a bit awkward to mention someones regional birthplace, if you want to be specific use their hometown and if you want to be broad use their nation.
      Of course that is only relevant if the regions do not have special political status (like the American states do) and Catalonia did not have any political status.

  • @TamTroll
    @TamTroll 7 лет назад +443

    fun fact: one of the C̶a̶n̶a̶d̶i̶a̶n̶ Brittish Soldiers, a man by the name of "John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, nicknamed “Mad Jack,”" had a real combat-ready broadsword and bow that belonged to his family. He brought the medieval weapons with him to D-Day, used them effectively, and survived the war.

    • @TamTroll
      @TamTroll 7 лет назад +13

      oh shit you're right, he was hong-kong born British. i must have gotten something mixed up there, sorry.

    • @araknidude
      @araknidude 7 лет назад +30

      I read about this badass! He dropped the thing and said something like "no battle is complete without f&@#ing swords," turned around, picked it back up, and continued hewing Germans limb from limb! What a character!

    • @conbinspark3144
      @conbinspark3144 7 лет назад +20

      "Guns and ships, no this is WWII, we need Guns and Swords."

    • @agusti92
      @agusti92 7 лет назад +1

      He didn't actually use the sword though.

    • @rubenkeizer7633
      @rubenkeizer7633 7 лет назад +12

      In fact, he never landed in Normandy. He was a commando who, indeed, did attack, and kill, Germans with a longsword and a longbow. However, he also used hand grenades. He was captured in 1944, in Yugoslavia, while aiding the partisans there.

  • @tonytromboney
    @tonytromboney 7 лет назад +72

    “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.”
    -Winston Churchill

  • @turtlepenguinXkizuna
    @turtlepenguinXkizuna 6 лет назад +39

    YESSSS you included Garbo! He deserves a video all of his own.

  • @johndavenport2847
    @johndavenport2847 7 лет назад +869

    The treatment and persecution of Alan Turing is one of the most disgusting acts humanity has ever wrought upon itself. You can debate his influence in computing, but he was poisoned and pushed to suicide in a disgusting manner.

    • @markavtonomov1939
      @markavtonomov1939 6 лет назад +3

      Kamo Only broke it, with the Enigma Machine :D

    • @tamkin007
      @tamkin007 6 лет назад +2

      Operations unthinkable should explain what the polish situation was about. And as for Alan Turin what was the policy for gay men in the other allied nations at the time?

    • @jammo6645
      @jammo6645 6 лет назад +26

      @Kamo Britain declared war on Germany in the defence of Poland. Do you literally not know history.

    • @dreamEternal
      @dreamEternal 6 лет назад +9

      @@anujkhanna2428 Don't be silly it was a rare ocurence. If this is how they treated all their heroes, there would be no England. What matters is reparations were made, as were for the Japanese after the internment camp faisco - although in both these cases ofcourse it would have been better if it had not happened, but grave mistakes are an ever present part of mankind.

    • @Kamilkime
      @Kamilkime 6 лет назад +11

      @@jammo6645 Yeah... And that war declaration... Did almost nothing - Poland was still by itself during over a month of battle, at the start of the war. French - almost the same. Why did Hitler attack Poland frist? He suspected that the British and French won't join the fight, but if he attacked France first - Poland would strike from the east immediately, because of the alliance.
      And the enigma - only Poles were successful in decoding it, giving all their results, and copies of the actual enigma machines, to the British and French, just before the start of the war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptanalysis_of_the_Enigma#Polish_breakthroughs

  • @khuzang
    @khuzang 7 лет назад +449

    _"His Death, A Tragedy,"_
    _"HIs treatment, an embarrassment"_

  • @CornishCreamtea07
    @CornishCreamtea07 7 лет назад +214

    I would proudly give my life at the Bunny Hug Landing.

    • @andmos1001
      @andmos1001 7 лет назад +17

      CornishCreamtea07 Mr and Ms Average, your son have been killed by German guns at the assault of Bonny Hop land. He fought bravely with his troops to the bitter end

    • @goldenexperiencerequiem4714
      @goldenexperiencerequiem4714 6 лет назад +1

      HUGGED TO DEATH!!!

    • @zuboy4272
      @zuboy4272 6 лет назад +3

      He fought very bravely but bunnies were too furious and hugged him till his death

    • @QUACKHEAD23GAMING
      @QUACKHEAD23GAMING 6 лет назад +1

      CornishCreamtea07 ik this is an old post but still miss and misses whoo haa your son has died doing what he told to do to get his squad mates out of the line of fire on bunny hug landing his loss will not be in bunny hugs vain

    • @TheMyopicFed
      @TheMyopicFed 6 лет назад

      United States Military Officer: "Mr. and Mrs. Smith, your son was torpedoed into oblivion by the Germans at Coca-Cola Lake. We are sorry for the loss of your son. By the way, we're voting on a tax on texts, you wanna come and shout cuss word like a sailor and shit on the sidewalk?!!"
      Door slam

  • @commandernightstrike
    @commandernightstrike 7 лет назад +71

    the funny part was that Canadian units were actually ahead of schedule through out most of the D-Day landings

  • @somebody3143
    @somebody3143 6 лет назад +551

    “If you hear any guns or explosions, it’s just the neighbors again, go back to sleep!” Lmao, WTF kind of neighbors does this narrator have!?

    • @whatshappeninganymore2473
      @whatshappeninganymore2473 6 лет назад +47

      The ones who fire automatics on New Years.

    • @Somm_RJ
      @Somm_RJ 5 лет назад +30

      They were in France. The neighbors are French. Rebels.

    • @Somm_RJ
      @Somm_RJ 5 лет назад +3

      @@C104-x9s sorry, you must've mistaken that I replied to you. I was replying to the OP.

    • @doopboop8359
      @doopboop8359 5 лет назад +6

      @@whatshappeninganymore2473 oh yeah i have one of those neighbours
      I only fire pistols

    • @azelfdaboi5265
      @azelfdaboi5265 5 лет назад +8

      Americans

  • @katrinka9781
    @katrinka9781 Год назад +9

    My grandfather was a medic for the navy at D-Day. He laned on Omaha Beach and was hit in the back with shapnel pretty early on. A marine dragged him in a foxhole and hid him. He waited there for hours until they finally found him and managed to bring him back to the ship. He passed away in the fall of 2019. I miss you Doctor Ramsey.

  • @Sturmdude
    @Sturmdude 7 лет назад +130

    6:52 Good Homestar reference 10/10

    • @kas9402
      @kas9402 6 лет назад +4

      I noticed that and was like NO WAY and I had to go through a lot of comments to find this one >_> apparently nobody else remembered T_T

    • @davidsan9654
      @davidsan9654 6 лет назад +7

      I said come...on..fhqwhgads...I said come on fhqwhgaaads

    • @Sean1Lima
      @Sean1Lima 5 лет назад +3

      Everybody to the limit, everybody to the limit, everybody come on Fhqwhgads

    • @davidsan9654
      @davidsan9654 5 лет назад +2

      @@Sean1Lima I dont know who it is...but it probably is fhqwhagahds

    • @tehbonehead
      @tehbonehead 5 лет назад +2

      I see you jockin me... tryin to pretend like
      U
      KNO
      ME!

  • @N0rsche
    @N0rsche 7 лет назад +637

    Wait, Operation Foritude? 1:21 Someone was sleepy when they were making the slides for this episode.

    • @applelachian
      @applelachian 7 лет назад +137

      It was Walpole!

    • @proto303
      @proto303 7 лет назад +3

      took me a second, but yeah

    • @alwinpriven2400
      @alwinpriven2400 7 лет назад

      what's the actual name then?

    • @earthman7088
      @earthman7088 7 лет назад +32

      Alwin Priven it's operation fortitude they forgot the T

    • @MrDUneven
      @MrDUneven 7 лет назад +76

      Some Brittish drank the t.

  • @thepoppyman844
    @thepoppyman844 5 лет назад +19

    The best thing about these videos is dose funny animated photos. They make learning fun.

  • @MrPolklop
    @MrPolklop 6 лет назад +107

    6:30 Not really a "series of coincidences" - the professor's students suggested the words to him after hanging around loose lip Allied soldiers.
    Also a lot of other information issues.

    • @isbestlizard
      @isbestlizard 4 года назад +12

      I would have thought MI5 would have asked him exactly what student suggested each clue and then followed that up with all despatch to discover the Allied soldier and then discover what else they might have said and to who and then followed that up and impressed upon them the importance of not betraying your country literally until no more people were left

    • @christiniakollar8397
      @christiniakollar8397 4 года назад +2

      Ah I’m going to correct people because I want to feel important

  • @CrownedLime747
    @CrownedLime747 5 лет назад +43

    10:04 When a teacher asks for the homework you didn't do.

  • @TomKellyXY
    @TomKellyXY 7 лет назад +104

    D-Day: "Ten of thousand men would die"
    Battle of Somme: * hold my beer *

  • @JelloApocalypse
    @JelloApocalypse 7 лет назад +331

    6:54
    Come on, fhqwhgads.
    I say come on, fhqwhgads.

    • @kierandahle7714
      @kierandahle7714 7 лет назад +7

      The cheat is to the limit everybody a fhgwhgads

    • @AngelDame17
      @AngelDame17 7 лет назад

      I do love when Extra history dumps Old and New Internet Memes on the sly~ X3

    • @jackharris8661
      @jackharris8661 7 лет назад

      JelloApocalypse kkk

    • @alfaw.8107
      @alfaw.8107 7 лет назад

      JelloApocalypse I

    • @PommyDragon2525
      @PommyDragon2525 6 лет назад

      The British had quite the network telling the Germans that other locations and people were to the limit.

  • @WargamingEurope
    @WargamingEurope 7 лет назад +614

    and we are live!

    • @CasperKersten
      @CasperKersten 7 лет назад +3

      Hey Wargaming, I really like your own documentaries, especially the World of Warships-related ones. Can you create some documentaries about tanks, discontinued tank concepts and tank battles as well?

    • @TheRadioativeBones
      @TheRadioativeBones 7 лет назад +5

      Terribly sorry good sir, but it would appear that the game known as "War Thunder"
      Is much better than your "World of Tanks"

    • @scheise4433
      @scheise4433 7 лет назад

      Raafy so true!

    • @joaquingonzalez834
      @joaquingonzalez834 6 лет назад

      im just getting world of tanks and war thunder in Steam

    • @gojoPart2
      @gojoPart2 6 лет назад

      Woow

  • @BoboMagroto26
    @BoboMagroto26 3 года назад +9

    4:10 “If you hear any guns or shouting over there, just relax, it’s just the neighbours again, go back to sleep!”
    XD I laughed so hard, that was gold!

  • @reevefelisilda5812
    @reevefelisilda5812 4 года назад +7

    I appreciate the rainbow ribbon on Alan Turing.. A small detail but a powerful symbol. He was brilliant man. One of the brightest in the world, in fact. It's just a shame his end had to be tragic one..

    • @SB-iy9vn
      @SB-iy9vn 2 года назад

      a lItTle rAiNbOw pIn
      My god do you not care about anything else than sexuality

  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  7 лет назад +586

    The planned Normandy landings were too obvious to hide from Germany - so Britain found other ways to deceive them.
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    • @demit189
      @demit189 7 лет назад +1

      Ok

    • @dstinnettmusic
      @dstinnettmusic 7 лет назад +6

      Extra Credits
      I caught that simpsons reference
      shh duh duh dum de dum de dum dum dum

    • @williamsledge3151
      @williamsledge3151 7 лет назад +8

      Extra Credits that ribbon on Alan Turing as clever

    • @Yorvics
      @Yorvics 7 лет назад +8

      Extra Credits it's nice you talked about us brits at d day as a lot of Americans forget that us brits where there and had a big part of why we won so thanks for that keep up the good content 👍

    • @Xenin7
      @Xenin7 7 лет назад +2

      @Extra Credits You spelt Fortitude in Operation Fortitude wrong, other than that, good episode.

  • @briandalke5946
    @briandalke5946 7 лет назад +357

    Kind of disappointed that the Canadians again get lumped in with the British as a minor partner. The Americans, British, and French get most of the focus on D-Day, and rightly so, but Canadians drove deeper into France than any other army and even met a few of their D-Day objectives. Was hoping with several countries getting episodes that we'd get some love.
    Maybe one day Extra History will do a series on us one day. :)

    • @jackrichmond2691
      @jackrichmond2691 7 лет назад +43

      The Canadians were part of the British 2nd Army, that's why.

    • @seriously8277
      @seriously8277 7 лет назад +6

      Also it wasn't that many Canadans

    • @DrWena123
      @DrWena123 7 лет назад +41

      At least you guys got a decent mention, Australia and New Zealand barely get mentioned at all by these channels

    • @rustyshackleford5536
      @rustyshackleford5536 7 лет назад +12

      What do you expect from Extra History? 4,000 Canadians dead at Dieppe? 907. 907 Canadians were KIA at Dieppe. There weren't even 4,000 Canadian casualties total during Jubilee.

    • @amateruss
      @amateruss 7 лет назад +6

      The Canadians killed the Nazis using their kind words.

  • @jameswhite7704
    @jameswhite7704 7 лет назад +23

    it was on juno beach that James doohan, who later played scotty on the original star trek, had his combat debut and also lost part of his finger

    • @lib556
      @lib556 6 лет назад

      Doohan = Canadian

  • @christianperkins9508
    @christianperkins9508 2 года назад +3

    6:52 Homestar Runner reference! Cracking that one must have pushed everybody to the limit.

  • @multiversepatriot3148
    @multiversepatriot3148 5 лет назад +16

    WAR: okay, so your heavy equipment and most of the strike force are under the waves. You should probably go ho-
    British Commandos: captures the battery anyway
    WAR: am I a joke to you?

  • @nicholasford4820
    @nicholasford4820 7 лет назад +15

    Nice touch getting the different Canadian uniform & webbing colors and the Mk.III helmets right.

  • @Yahriel
    @Yahriel 7 лет назад +48

    Why didn't we learn about this massive, epic deception in history class? How come we never hear about all the interesting bits, the drama, the feats of victory and the horrific losses? We just get "yeah, this event happened at this date, for these political reasons. There will be a test next Monday."
    History has NEVER been as interesting as when you guys do it, EC!

  • @shindean
    @shindean 7 лет назад +8

    I've heard about Alan Turning, but I was curious about the Pride ribbon you illustrated on him so i looked it up.
    His story was so sad, to think that a man that was so important to winning this war was being chemically tortured for his sexuality. Thank you for displaying that, to think that people can be so indifferent about these issues when a historic hero was submitted to such a cruel punishment for simply being born.

    • @SB-iy9vn
      @SB-iy9vn 2 года назад

      Again why praised some thing he could not control rather than his work

  • @pegmay7209
    @pegmay7209 5 лет назад +6

    GHOST ARMY!
    My great great Uncle, Lacy Barton, died at Omaha. He got to safety, but a buddy from home started crying for help after he had been shot in the leg.
    He went back for him.....they stepped on a mine on the way back...
    ......A lot of good people die to war and conflict...in the end we are only left with the lucky ones or the spineless.

  • @randomknight2585
    @randomknight2585 6 лет назад +188

    7:02 look at Turing’s chest
    You are now crying if you know what happened to him

    • @OlliOtter
      @OlliOtter 5 лет назад +14

      I know exactly what happened to him and I’m completely fine.

    • @randomknight2585
      @randomknight2585 5 лет назад +23

      OlliOtter1004 *then your soulless*

    • @OlliOtter
      @OlliOtter 5 лет назад +11

      Also hi Susan Wojcicki! Can you stop demonitizing people please?

    • @randomknight2585
      @randomknight2585 5 лет назад +9

      OlliOtter1004 I don’t get it and I just did the whole soulless thing as a satire joke

    • @NacnudPinky
      @NacnudPinky 5 лет назад +24

      I at least thought that the ribbon was a nice touch and that Alan should be appreciated both for his achievements and his sexuality what happened was horrible but he is still fondly remembered and respected

  • @KnownNiche1999
    @KnownNiche1999 7 лет назад +207

    7:51 Why London is a freaking lake?

    • @taherbertolinirodrigues9104
      @taherbertolinirodrigues9104 7 лет назад +37

      Well, It was once a fucking swamp

    • @antimatter_nvf
      @antimatter_nvf 6 лет назад +44

      heh, seems like germans bormbarded london to such a degree that it was reduced to sea level

    • @nickkhaira8819
      @nickkhaira8819 6 лет назад +6

      at least the British where off thier shes from the start of the war unlike the Americans

    • @Phobos_Anomaly
      @Phobos_Anomaly 6 лет назад

      I thought it was a lake ;)

    • @baron0319
      @baron0319 6 лет назад

      Yes

  • @Pilgrim1st
    @Pilgrim1st 7 лет назад +55

    7:51 Why is London a pond?

  • @demit189
    @demit189 7 лет назад +373

    I wonder who will win?

    • @dr_jj
      @dr_jj 7 лет назад +63

      Ofc the germans! Everyone know that the allies winning was a conspiracy theory right?

    • @internetalias1613
      @internetalias1613 7 лет назад +16

      Nuziburt 3rd Do you even have to ask? Of course the Axis are just preparing a defence in the east and D-Day was just a fluke; watch in the next episode because everyone knows the Allies will be pushed out of Europe.

    • @jonbaxter2254
      @jonbaxter2254 7 лет назад +4

      devised by Walpole of course

    • @xdarkwing104x
      @xdarkwing104x 7 лет назад +1

      lol, the fact that you aren't speaking german should tell you....

    • @deamon6681
      @deamon6681 7 лет назад +3

      That's the crux with historic tellings, no matter how hard you're trying to tell the happenings as captivating or dramatic as possible, the ending is already known.

  • @NghiaNguyen-gw1vs
    @NghiaNguyen-gw1vs 5 лет назад +65

    Haha haha 8:12 tho
    Mailman: I’m sorry ma’am your son has lost his life at the bunny hugs landing
    Mother:*GASP* not my little Timmy how could you le- wait did you say bunny hugs landing?

  • @jonathanstringer8901
    @jonathanstringer8901 7 лет назад +4

    I love that you gave Garbo some love. You could do a multi part series on him and his insane spycraft.

  • @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs
    @TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs 7 лет назад +188

    4:13 that bed is cute

  • @gonvillebromhead2865
    @gonvillebromhead2865 7 лет назад +8

    Impressed they got the differing colours of otherwise more or less identical Canadian and British uniforms

  • @luminozero
    @luminozero Год назад

    6:52 I've watched this a few times but I JUST got the Homestar Runner reference here. Nice one!

  • @n0rdlys_40
    @n0rdlys_40 3 года назад +8

    MI5: Creates the most elaborate anti-intelligence system, employs the best agents to ensure secrecy and spreads false intel to the enemy.
    Also MI5: Idk, it's not enough

    • @cb41503
      @cb41503 2 года назад +1

      They were like Kylo Ren in the last Jedi
      An MI5 operative: sir we've done enough to fool the Germans.
      MI5 command: MORE!!!!!!!

  • @plifal7799
    @plifal7799 7 лет назад +664

    Just keep sponsoring these episodes wargaming. I won't ever play your games, but sponsor these series anyway.

  • @masonglennon1757
    @masonglennon1757 6 лет назад +16

    SWORD?! Covenant owns that now!

  • @ThatIrishLass
    @ThatIrishLass 7 лет назад +8

    I love the tiny little touch of giving Turing a rainbow ribbon. Good on you guys.

  • @beegmaan1306
    @beegmaan1306 5 лет назад +13

    2:59 fishman and baldy together finding Berlin on a map

  • @triangulum8869
    @triangulum8869 6 лет назад

    This channel is the best historical channel on RUclips, period. I love all of your videos, keep up the amazing work

  • @Zyk0tiK
    @Zyk0tiK 7 лет назад +17

    You guys should do an entire series on Garbo alone, it's absolutely fascinating.

  • @bananaboiy1751
    @bananaboiy1751 5 лет назад +10

    8:12
    I died of laughter 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @Gilhelmi
    @Gilhelmi 7 лет назад +42

    I like PM Churchill. I would not want to give my last at "bunny hop hill" either.

    • @hkchan1339
      @hkchan1339 6 лет назад +1

      i'd love to have "bunny" on my tombstone

  • @isentient666
    @isentient666 4 года назад +2

    Extra Credit draws me in to the story more than any other history RUclips channel.

  • @guesstime6445
    @guesstime6445 6 лет назад +10

    Rest in Peace for the 4,000 Canadians who gave there lives for the future of there families and the world

  • @ballsoup896
    @ballsoup896 7 лет назад +114

    Not to mention that the Poles cracked the Enigma

    • @kinggoldcatter9932
      @kinggoldcatter9932 5 лет назад +3

      To be honest it did not help them much

    • @openthinker6562
      @openthinker6562 5 лет назад +26

      The Germans had different Enigmas for different branches. The Poles had the Enigma at the beginning, but the Germans updated and upgraded the code.

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 5 лет назад

      And the codes was broken again

    • @ethanrobitaille7733
      @ethanrobitaille7733 5 лет назад +2

      All because of a double agent in the Reich working with the french... He gave them monthly codes, and design for enigma, (The Spy in Hitler's Inner Circle, Paul Paillole).

  • @TheAgamemnon911
    @TheAgamemnon911 7 лет назад +442

    Nice touch giving Turing a rainbow ribbon.

    • @Pyrofessional
      @Pyrofessional 7 лет назад +40

      Agamemnon Yes it was, not forced or in your face.

    • @ZoeAlleyne
      @ZoeAlleyne 7 лет назад +128

      Creepcast roger he could have been wearing a flag and riding a unicorn and it wouldn't be forced or in your face. He was gay and was persecuted and died for it. his sexuality is relevant.

    • @cheedrifin2925
      @cheedrifin2925 7 лет назад +12

      thank you.

    • @kiramoth2766
      @kiramoth2766 7 лет назад +65

      It should be forced on every faces. Homophobia at the time killed one of the greatest mind of the 20th century for who he loved. We should never forget that.

    • @lolmandos
      @lolmandos 7 лет назад +56

      +ZoeAlleyne He was also a brilliant mathematician and the father of modern computer science. He probably would rather want to be remembered by that, not by the fact that he was gay or prosecuted for it.

  • @Michael-wk7ug
    @Michael-wk7ug 4 года назад +5

    1:28
    Can’t stop freaking laughing. The face of the Canadian. It’s priceless

  • @jessegrisham
    @jessegrisham 6 лет назад +2

    6:53 - Come on fhqwhgads, I said come on fhqwhgads. Everybody to the limit the cheat is to the limit everybody come on fhqwhgads!
    10/10 Homestar reference. That was a deep cut. Well played.

  • @ehs1452
    @ehs1452 5 лет назад +2

    Man the British intelligence in this war was something else. It wasn't just D-day where the British had fooled the Germans, when they had artillery set up to strike London, a double agent had falsely informed them that the bombs were hitting their targets, when they were doing little to no damage in the countryside. The Germans continued to miss London thinking it was In ruins (after artists had worked together to make the city look as if it was in ruins) and London was able to quickly recover thanks to this after the war.

  • @komandorbentus2731
    @komandorbentus2731 7 лет назад +5

    Alan Turing only continued Stefan Banach researches. One Enigma (no in 100% complete) used by Werhmacht( was different than used in Kriegsmarine) was transported by Polish AK soldiers from Poland in cooperation with RAF. Later British people found fully complete Kriegsmarine Enigma with code book. That was the final of breaking Enigma mystery :)

    • @Artur_M.
      @Artur_M. 7 лет назад

      Komandor Bentus Stefan Banach, while great and influential Polish mathematician, had nothing to do with cracking the Enigma. Don't you mean Marian Rejewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski?
      Also, aren't you mixing Enigma with Operation Most III (when British got parts of the V2 rocket thanks to AK).
      If I remember correctly, Enigma machine they got from us was a copy of older version, build before the war, based on information gathered by our and French intelligences.

    • @komandorbentus2731
      @komandorbentus2731 7 лет назад

      Yes, it was Stefan Banach and others mathematician like Rejewski, Różycki and Zygalski,. You're right, I meant an older version of Enigma based on Polish-French inteligences information. Thanks for notice, you made it more precise. Old type Enigma from Werhmacht was carried to London before war.

  • @shroomesh6456
    @shroomesh6456 4 года назад +5

    Parent: dont lie, you will always be caught
    Garbo: am I a joke too you?

  • @alexgibson781
    @alexgibson781 7 лет назад +8

    7:00 Ok, am I literally the only person that saw the rainbow ribbon they gave Turing?

    • @JustANoob1
      @JustANoob1 10 месяцев назад +3

      Yes my man deserved better.

  • @thesturgon3980
    @thesturgon3980 Год назад +1

    Fun Fact: Canada was credited with liberating the first house on European soil. The house was being used as an MG position and was responsible for the majority of the deaths at Juno. It was later re-named Canada House and still remains there today.

  • @swedishbloke
    @swedishbloke 2 года назад

    I have watched this video many times but never noticed the pride pin on Alan until now. Thank you EC for including that (heart empji)

  • @bwhitetemp
    @bwhitetemp 7 лет назад +272

    I said come on Fhqwhgads
    I said come on Fhqwhgads
    Everybody to the limit
    Everybody to the limit
    Everybody come on Fhqwhgads

    • @Ironfrenzy217
      @Ironfrenzy217 7 лет назад +15

      The Cheat is to the limit!

    • @iamymai
      @iamymai 7 лет назад +11

      Everybody, come on Fhqwhgads!

    • @BraninT
      @BraninT 7 лет назад +10

      Come on Fhqwhgads
      I see you jockin' me
      Tryin' to play like
      You NO me

    • @Rick586
      @Rick586 7 лет назад

      YES

    • @ZorlockDarksoul
      @ZorlockDarksoul 7 лет назад +10

      I asked my friend Joe
      I asked my friend Jake
      They said it was fhqwhgads

  • @Markus-zb5zd
    @Markus-zb5zd 5 лет назад +15

    The codebook didn't break the Enigma.. it was a little technical thing... Abused by the Turing "bomb"

  • @filipfilip3335
    @filipfilip3335 6 лет назад +81

    Reminder. Actually the Poles broke the Enigma even before war. And they have informed allies about that.

    • @themadhammer3305
      @themadhammer3305 5 лет назад +26

      Kind of, they had broken a previous version of Enigma prior to the war. But by the start of the war the Germans were using upgraded machines that Poland had yet to crack. They did provide a huge amount of the early research though which absolutely made the job of the UKs code breakers far easier

    • @emilyyeoh3897
      @emilyyeoh3897 4 года назад

      But the germans changed the code

    • @nerdomatic2489
      @nerdomatic2489 4 года назад

      Yet another Polish slavaboo fanboy boasting about accomplishments despite being misinformed.
      Poland cracked the EARLIEST enigma - Germans later upgraded and updated the code. And before you bring up the bs that "Enigma cracking machines in Bletchley Park were from Poles" I will just say no.

  • @liambraw8302
    @liambraw8302 Год назад

    Every intro of this channel is so cold and satisfying

  • @toonbat
    @toonbat 6 лет назад

    Loved the Homestar Runner ref at 6:52

  • @deltafrombnet9393
    @deltafrombnet9393 7 лет назад +9

    8:22 sounds like a topic for a Sabaton song

  • @takshashila2995
    @takshashila2995 5 лет назад +15

    "If you hear Gunshots,explosives then it's just the Neighbours again,Go,Back to sleep."
    You Living in Syria bro?

  • @zartan2298
    @zartan2298 7 лет назад +43

    1:20 operation for*I*tude

  • @Cheese25536
    @Cheese25536 3 года назад +1

    I’m friends with a WWII vet, and he told me what is probably one of my favorite stories of all time;
    When he was stationed in England, either before or after D-Day, he and a couple of his buddies were completely covered in mud after a day of hard training.
    They ended up going to a nearby village, where the locals thought they were commandos who had just come back from a raid in France.
    My friend and his buds repeatedly told them that they were in fact not commandos, but the locals thought that they were just trying to keep their “true” identities a secret.
    The locals ended up washing him and his buds’ uniforms for them, opened up the village pub for them, and gave them flowers and kisses when they finally left.

  • @methatanchatchawan2426
    @methatanchatchawan2426 6 лет назад +2

    I love ur animation I also love the extra knowlegde. WW2 is my fav part of learning history

  • @mortman200
    @mortman200 7 лет назад +38

    4000 Canadian casualties, not deaths. 900 or so fatalities

    • @lib556
      @lib556 6 лет назад

      Yes. Just under 1K killed, 1.5 K returned and 2.5 K taken prisoner at Dieppe.

  • @aplane9248
    @aplane9248 7 лет назад +4

    lol the Germans at 5:36 was hilarious

  • @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4344
    @pneumonoultramicroscopicsi4344 7 лет назад +143

    And all of this because of a sandwich.

  • @NetITGeeks
    @NetITGeeks 5 лет назад +1

    Juan Pujol García sounds like an awesome agent! What a great guy.

  • @12memomo
    @12memomo 4 года назад

    So happy to be part of a country that gets to be a footnote in your video. "And the Canadians did some stuff." Kay thanks, that was real nice.

  • @paradoxicalpanda7666
    @paradoxicalpanda7666 6 лет назад +5

    10:30 a 60 mile stretch between them and the town? Surely he means 60 metres

  • @Cheshire1501
    @Cheshire1501 7 лет назад +46

    Wait, so we had an Oscar winning movie for Argo and we don't have a movie version of THIS?

    • @sarasamaletdin4574
      @sarasamaletdin4574 7 лет назад +18

      There are plenty of movies about these things. The Imitation Game for example was about the Egima and Patton movie dealt with the Germans thinking he was going to lead the attack for example.

    • @joshcorbett4787
      @joshcorbett4787 7 лет назад +2

      Cheshire1501 what about the imitation game. It's about the British cracking the enigma machine

    • @dernwine
      @dernwine 7 лет назад +11

      Which part? The Longest Day is a good movie about the invasion day from the sides of most of the nations taking part (including the germans).
      ...as for the cloak and dagger stuff...um.... the new dads army movie maybe?
      There was also that abomination of an American movie that claimed the US navy stole the enigma machine....

    • @ramyousef1620
      @ramyousef1620 7 лет назад +5

      Cheshire1501 dunkirk's coming out

    • @GriffinPilgrim
      @GriffinPilgrim 7 лет назад +3

      If you mean the disinformation campaign not sure how much of a movie you could do. It's interesting as history but visually it'd just be a whole bunch of people talking total nonsense for two hours odd.

  • @whatnot3474
    @whatnot3474 7 лет назад +10

    Always nice to hear about the ridiculous lengths the British went with fake intel for D-Day. Would of been nice to hear a bit more about the British Funnie tanks as well though - they were pretty amazing (floating tanks anyone?).

    • @kchishol1970
      @kchishol1970 7 лет назад +2

      Not just the amphibious tanks, but the mine-flayers, the bunker busters with a cannon so big it had to be loaded from the outside, the bridge layers for medium length gaps. Even more badass were the tanks whose job was to drive into ant-tank trenches, lower the ramps fore and after to serve as a quick bridge for regular tanks pass over with the crew wait it out inside from before before moving. Finally, there were the armored bulldozers who had to do the grunt work clearing obstacles to enable the regular tanks to advance. In fact, this collection deserves a video in and of itself.

    • @whatnot3474
      @whatnot3474 7 лет назад

      Totally right - there were an amazing number of tanks the British created. I've always been interested in if their is an analysis of there effectiveness (it's worth noting that the US, for the most part, didn't use them and had the most trouble capturing their beaches, but you can't draw conclusions for this).
      The main reason I mentioned the amphibious tanks is because I love their nick names. They were called DD tanks, so of course the troops nicknamed them Donald Ducks!

  • @aghouser4159
    @aghouser4159 7 лет назад +1

    @ 7:20 that uboat was captured and put into a Chicago museum. I saw it up close and even went inside it too.

  • @nail1771
    @nail1771 3 года назад

    fun fact: during WW2 American car companies had stopped making cars and started making weapons for the US and they did a hell of a good job
    love the video keep up the great work

  • @somebody3143
    @somebody3143 6 лет назад +3

    “D Day,” is a historical event that makes me truly proud to be an American...

    • @kinggil4181
      @kinggil4181 6 лет назад +1

      or anybody from a country that sided with the allies

  • @harryanderson1726
    @harryanderson1726 7 лет назад +8

    I love this channel so much!!!!

  • @stevenchoza6391
    @stevenchoza6391 7 лет назад +12

    One of the things that made Fortitude a success was having Patton made a commander of the fictitious army. The Germans believed him to be the best Allied General and, as a result, were terrified of him.

    • @colinkelly5420
      @colinkelly5420 7 лет назад +16

      Actually the Germans for the most part didn't know who Patton was. Harry Yeide did a Bio on Patton, and looking through the German archives found very few references to him, even when he was in actual command of 3rd Army in Europe. In fact, even in 1945 the Germans were often unaware who the commander of 3rd Army was. The notion he was well known and feared by the Germans is a product of the movie "Patton" and "A Bridge Too Far". In reality, archival evidence suggests he was significantly less well known then Monty, Eisenhower or Bradley to the Germans, in large part because those men created the strategy of which men like Patton carried out.
      Patton was used in Fortitude because he was without command after slapping shell-shocked soldiers, so he was available to sit in England until well after D-day. There is also evidence that the US command thought the Germans had a higher respect/level of knowledge of Patton then they really did. In reality, German intel didn't even pick up on Patton being the head of the fictitious US army until after D-day had begun, so we know his "reputation" played no role in Fortitude's success.

    • @dernwine
      @dernwine 7 лет назад +4

      Joseph Sosa agreed, although I think Pattons overrating comes in popular culture rather than military academies (since it's hugely influenced by the movie "Patton" which lets face it, was baisically pro-Patton, anti everyone else propaganda.)

    • @marypusineri6291
      @marypusineri6291 7 лет назад

      dernwine overrated as he is, he was still one of the best allied commanders

    • @stevenchoza6391
      @stevenchoza6391 7 лет назад

      Really? I could've sworn I read documents saying otherwise, though it was a while back when I did so. In any case, the US leadership thought otherwise so let's just blame the Allied High Command for my mistake.
      And I was aware of the slapping incident and Patton's punishment; I just assumed it to be a very convenient excuse for the Allies to place him where he was in Operation Fortitude.

    • @dernwine
      @dernwine 7 лет назад

      Mary that's a rather debatable position to take. Patton mostly faced comparative light opposition and usually had freedom of maneuver on his allies flanks, a situation most cavalry commanders would have loved to be given. His style was flashy, made headlines, and was the stuff of holywood (and so the public ate it up [and as mentioned it does help when you have a movie that essentially is made to worship you]) but nothing that made him "the best" really at anything. It's interesting to note that he never got promoted past command of an army while his equals and subordinates got up to army group level.
      And I'm only looking at people in the west, I don't think he really even compares with people like Zhukov or Rokossovsky.

  • @captainemerald7477
    @captainemerald7477 2 года назад

    Wow someone who actually talks about the Canadians for more then 2 seconds thank you

  • @pikminlord343
    @pikminlord343 6 лет назад

    this is an excellent segment