Battle of Britain - Episode I - Collapse

With Europe engulfed in conflict and the rest of the world watching, Great Britain must stand alone against incredible odds and continue its fight for existence against Germany. In the first of four episodes of Battle of Britain, Captanuki goes on an overview of the opening stages of World War II and the Fall of France, leading directly into the titular Battle of Britain.
This is a school assignment, later episodes will come sporadically.
Music:
Carl Davis - Fair Stood the Winds for France
Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Invaders

[@Captanuki]

The script, because I'm too lazy to add subtitles:
Almost a year into the Second World War, it was quickly becoming apparent that it would not end soon; much like its predecessor. With the defeat of Poland in October 1939, Great Britain and France were the only two powers standing in the way of total German control of continental Europe.
With the United States firmly neutral in the conflict and the Soviet Union still honouring its nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany, there were no allies available to aid the British and French in their defence beyond the colonies under their control.
The first months of the war were ones of inaction, with aid to Poland abysmally small and engagements against Germany staggeringly minimal. The largest counterattack to the Blitzkrieg was France’s Saar Offensive in September 1939. Despite its ability to have crippled the German Wehrmacht by 1940, that being unknown to the French high command, it was wrought with logistical issues and was inevitably retracted by General Maurice Gamelin after it proved ineffective.
As Germany’s sights were set on France, Britain devoted its forces to assist them. For the next six weeks after the Battle of France began, French troops fought bitterly even as their strategies were consistently foiled and their technology lagged behind their adversary. British Army units and Royal Air Force squadrons fought the rest of the French land war, but soon found themselves pressed up to their home coast. Cut off from their supplies and with nowhere else to go, Allied forces began evacuation procedures out of France. With the port at Calais seized by German forces in May 1940, only one option remained to get the soldiers out: Dunkerque.
Calling upon all seaworthy ships, from the Royal Navy to civilian trollers, Operation Dynamo successfully saved the almost half-a-million British, French, and Belgian Army soldiers pinned down at the coastal town. However, as that success was fulfilled, a greater meaning to it followed. France had fallen, and suddenly Britain was left solitary in Europe.
As soon as Nazi Germany had completed its conquest of France, they stopped. Adolf Hitler did not believe he needed to invade Britain, that France had been demonstration enough and that they could peacefully lay down their arms and accept the new world order. He underestimated the British spirit.
While plans soon to be drawn up would press the attack further, German aerial incursions into Britain would begin almost immediately after the Battle of France concluded. With an almost total loss of equipment at Dunkerque, British armed forces were at a disadvantage on all fronts, lacking heavy armour, aeroplanes, and with numerous ships in need of repair. However, they would fight on. Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s famous ‘We Shall Fight On The Beaches’ speech was Britain’s defiant cry out to a conquered continent and a watchful New World, and was the final step in Hitler’s patience.
The Battle of Britain had begun.

[@kitana7]

Nice work!

[@NovaGames001]

This was truly amazing, it should be recognised more.

[@Captanuki]

Thank you! I really need to finish episode II

[@Captanuki]

Listen with headphones for the best experience. Video's audio doesn't seem to like phone speakers much.