Battlefield S1/E1 - The Battle of France
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Directed by Dave Flitton, Andy Aitken, Justin McCarthy
Produced by Dave Flitton (series prod.), David McWhinnie, Ken Maliphant, David Rozalla
Written by Dave Flitton, Andy Aitken
Narrated by Tim Piggott-Smith; Jonathan Booth
Music by David Galbraith
Distributed by Public Broadcasting Service
Release date(s) 1994
Running time 6 116-minute episodes
Country USA
Language English
R.I.P Narrator Tim Piggot Smith. I just found out he died in April 2017. He was 70 years old. He was a great narrator and appeared in many other shows and films.
I loved him in Dads Army
Awh, that's upsetting.
ERD Epoch
Are you sure? I Googled him and I couldn't find Dad's Army in his work. I'd like to see it.
He was an obese Rx drug addict same as most Americans today. That's why most of you relate to Churchill.
Legend and Unique.
I play this soundtrack late at night as a sleeping aid. Or turn on this series. Works like a champ!
The sound balancing is solid and this guy was absolutely 💯 👌
I do the same
I’ve been doing the same thing for a couple years. It’s perfect
Same here
Where can i find the soundtrack?
This show was perfect- the background to the battle, who was in the battle, what was the strategy, the lay of the land and finally the outcome.
It's a very good example of a professional presentation. Unlike most documentaries at that time which are simply montages of field recordings and a narrator telling herolic stories.
@@macrotransaction2383 I also like how the narrator doesn't have that History Channel, overly dramatic, "be afraid" sounding voice telling you the dumbest, most fear mongering sounding crap like they're pandering to people who would rather actually watch a movie than a documentary. I usually turn off about 75% of docs I try to watch in about the first 2-5 minutes just based on how the narrator sounds and is presenting what I'm about to watch, regardless of how interested I am in the subject matter.
Why can't they play stuff like this on the history channel? Instead they show programs where they are collecting and selling trash.
The truth cant get out.
Because the History Channel is more interested in making advertising money than sharing real history. And it does not help its bottom line much when people who do not understand the fair use clause of title 17 misuse it either. The person who shared this video failed to take into account the fact that fair use is referring to quoting from published works and not sharing entire works. In most cases people get away with using fair use in a manner for which it was not intended because the copyright owners do not consider it worth the trouble of going to court.
Actually, this originally aired in the US on PBS.
Lately the History Channel's main business has been collecting and selling trash.
@@wafflesaurus_supreme nice copypasta bro
I love these documentaries because they're so informative. None of the dramatized bullshit you see in "documentaries" today.
exactly!
Steve J but.. but.. How could I know how effective tanks were in WW2 if they don't compare them to M1 abrams :(
Mrzjasuu
...what?...say again??...
Steve J i watched these as a 8 year old!!!!! i still love them, i hate it because back when i was actually too young, discovery channel actually showed documentairies that mattered, not anymore. wich is why i feel that this is a quality doc.
Steve J I agree. I personally think that modern documentaries deviate too much from the information they contain.
I think it is forgotten how crucial this battle is. I think very few people thought the Germans could roll over the French and British like they did. A turning point in history.
China wants to do the same soon. Many don’t believe it but the signs are all around.
It really shat on everything WW1 did
The panzer divisions did all the heavy lifting. The rest of the german army was nothing to brag about. They also paid a heavy price with ten of thousands KIA who will be sorely missed in the future. It was definitely not a walk in the park
@@punchtalestudiono but it was pretty much all the Germans way. Quirk of history, the German technological edge.
@@punchtalestudio the german army in the beginning was pretty formidable......dont kid yourself, they had yrs of exp along with their air force at blitzkrieg. it was after russia that the german army became alot less effective due to a shortage of trained healthy soldiers.
“Battlefield”…One if the greatest Docs of all time!
I wish I hadn’t seen every episode multiple times.
The best documentary series about wwII ever made. They don't make 'em like that anymore.
Have you heard of " The World at War " series ? Originally aired on BBC in 1973-74..... Both awe-inspiring and heart breaking, it is top of the line documentary film making in both subject matter and production quality.
World At War series & Victory In The Pacific are also two of my favorites.
I've seen both but I prefer this series@@k.stultz9255
Who won the first Tour de France? 7th Panzer Division.
Sorry, but I had to :/
+TheBranchez How do you get Americans to join a war? Tell them its nearly over..
+andrew piera HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
+TheBranchez lol
+andrew piera Yep, because you couldn't handle it yourself.
+andrew piera 😁😁😁
You can also tell them they're losing money :p
This documentary is an absolute masterpeice, the music, the information, the broken down segments, the actual film, the little tid bits you dont hear unless you take a college course or read books about weapons and specific incidents. You wont see a better series than this and this episode is the best of the whole series. I seen it hundreds of times.
Masterpiece
I'm inclined to agree about that as a whole series.
But Mann, I'm having serious issues with how they chose to handle the utter betrayal of Poland by the English and French. Like it's a hugely complicated issue, I get not getting into it on this video. But to say they did nothing because they didn't have time is an utter lie.
They absolutely knowingly and willfully fed Poland to Germany in the hopes they would stop there, and millions died.
I won't attempt to speculate too much, but if France had pressed that first "attack" without a shadow of a doubt in my mind, it would have been a very different war. Again, it is incredibly complicated with Russia being involved. But there wasn't much of anything in front of the French when they crossed the border, and on paper, the French had worlds of better equipment at that point.
@@5isalivegaming72 I mean the whole series. Although this is the best episode. It's the only one that gives a real long backstory. Others do too, but not in as much length as the start of the war. And many people are curious of what if. What if they won. Imagine the world today. America and the world turned into Nazi militaries. Including America breaking the army air force to an air force, set up secret police cia, modeled a lot on Germany. Took all their scientists as did everyone who could. It's a big wtf would have happened. 1 thing for sure, we are never born, and the world probably looks like a complete different place, with German as the main language over time. Instead of English. Unless they actually finish the nuke and nuke Europe.
I listen to the Battlefield series while going to sleep at night. The narrator’s voice is every bit as soothing as any ASMR video.
This brings me back. I remember watching this series as a kid every Thursday night with my dad. For some reason, I was absolutely fascinated with the Second World War. Even as an adult, I think about it time to time, usually when someone waxes poetic about how civilized and enlightened the West is. WW2 isn't ancient history; there are people alive today who remember when Europe was covered in blood.
covered in blood...well said
There's a lot of lessons to be learned by the WWII
Well the West invented a ton of stuff, pretty much all amenities we use now
It does not make it immune from violent aspects of human nature and certainly since the West was more wealthy, it had bigger ability to carry out atrocities too, but had any other race or civilization be in its place, the outcome would be similar
@Max K Either that or I was really into Wolfenstein 3D at the time
it isn't that hard to revert people back to those times.
I grew up on these documentary's as a teenager.
Super narration by Piggot-Smith. He puts the doc in documentary. This the standard to which others are held to.
Abso-fecking-lutely Barry.
darn tootin', doc
What an extraordinary recap of history - which I've now watched for the third time.
I've been looking for this for years. I use to watch it all the time as a kid.
Glad you found it. The best documentaries about ww2 in my opinion. Its free from political views and judgement.
Greetings from Germany to you :)
Nowadays cable programming will only air shows that literally make you dumber after watching an episode
I love that this documentary actually looked at the map from back then, because most studios probably wouldn't care to leave Slovakia as a separate entity(albeit a puppet government), and the fact that Hungary controlled Carpathian Ruthenia. I love this documentary a lot!
I’ve watched this specific episode over and over I never get tired of it
Same here!
Same!
Lmao I can almost quote half the episode because I've watched it so many times
I watch it a bunch too. It's excellent and well done. Plus most western media, movies, books, video games etc don't really cover this period of the war in any detail.
@Zorica Tasic lmao I know right, I'm obsessed with 1940-43 but after that it's just depressing
It's hard to count the number of times I have watched this series, and counting... , it is becoming a weekly or daily thing for me lately.
Same here
Same bro it’s just so addictive
same, i fall asleep to these and watch them while gaming
@@theodorrodriguez1800 I do the exact same thing haha. I just need something I can mindlessly kinda listen to for some reason.
Me too. I watch them during the day and feel better in the evening. So educational without zero BS.
It really is a true testament to the skill of the Wehrmacht that they were able to take out such a formidable enemy in only 6 weeks. Despite what many people want to believe, France put up a very hard and desperate fight, and they did have some local successes. These small victories however were not enough to cause any major effect in the larger battles, and thus could not save France from ultimate defeat.
+Michael RedCrow True... and the war could have been completely different had Germany taken the Dunkirk Port wrapping up around 360,00 POW's This most likely would have crippled the UK's ability for war....if the Germans then invaded Greece, and N. Africa at the end of 1940 (Sept-December after a brief respite for rest and refit) Then a two prong attack on Alexandria through possibly Syria and the main army in N. Africa... with the goal of completely knocking Britain out of the war by mid to late 1941, and securing the Iraqi oil fields. Hypothetical of course but at the time there was no point except that of ego for the Battle of Britain as the better choice and more reasonable would be securing the underbelly of Germany, and securing well needed oil supply. Germany would have enjoyed air superiority while fighting in N. Africa (Mediterranean Theatre), Armor and Troops. Possibly after securing Libya, Egypt, Iraq, Syria... Britain would be left with India, and its colonies in Africa and a few for a while in the East of course.Thus possibly swaying Spain and Turkey to the Axis... maybe. If Germany could have sued for peace with Britain before Japan bombed Pearl Harbor... perhaps.. but regardless it may resulted different outcome in the East with Russia, if Britain was knocked out of the war early. Hypothetically speaking of course.
+Commander Shepherd I don't think it was quite the huge blunder people think it was Dunkirk was not the last act of the Battle of France , they simply thought they had bigger fish to fry and put dealing with the remnants of the Allied armies of the North on the back burner . I don't believe the loss of those British forces in the Dunkirk perimeter would of forced Britain to the negotiating table ,the post Dunkirk evacuations would still have provided a viable self defence force and the RN would still have retained naval superiority .
+Edward Corran ultimately, it's because Hitler's desire to save Britain from a humiliating defeat primed over tactical efficiency. That and about 50 other poor decisions turned the war against him, and I can't thank him enough for that as a European ;)
+Commander Shepherd The french even won a battle, the battle of Hannut
likesmilitaryhistory Alan Moore
Yeah, that was a morale booster, but it was a hopeless fight everywhere else once the Germans started fanning out into the French interior.
Back in the day i had all these on vhs i taped off the satellite dish and countless others probably 20 tapes of war documentaries until my wifes nephew borrowed them and now there lost in time, so great to see them again after all these years 💣💥☠
I've always loved this series, I watched it on PBS in my early 20's and was blown away by how clear and well done the presentation was. I remember watching the episode on Midway with a friend of mine who's a history professor and his wife, who is not much of a history buff, and she was riveted for the entire almost-two-hour run time. You know a documentary is extremely well done when someone who isn't particularly fascinated by the subject matter still pays attention for that long. Thank you so much for uploading this!
When I was in 7th grade, I’d wake up at 4:00am to put this documentary in the VCR before anyone else in the house could use it. A few years later my littles brothers would watch it with me.
I used to watch it on PBS as well. Back in the nineties every Sunday they would air these on PBS.
By far the best series of documentaries about WW2. I remember watching them on the Discovery Channel.
Nobody does this sort of documentary any more. It's just dumb-down crap for the masses, no real historical value.
It's a shame the information is outdated. This could use for a remake, long as they don't change much but the information.
To bad its full of allied propaganda...
Used to watch "Battlefield" documentaries on WTVS in Detroit on Saturday evenings in the late 90's. Damn well produced documentary series.
This is very good, but NOTHING will eclipse the World at War narrated by the late great Lord Olivier.
One of the best World War II documentaries ever. I watched it as a teenager on broadcast TV and was mesmerized, I am so happy to have found it again.
I Bluetooth these in my semi most every day. For some morbid reason, I love these things.
I loved watching this show with my dad when I was younger; man it was a great and informative series.
This was SUCH a well developed series! I tried NEVER to miss these when they were on! I wish someone would use this or a similar format to illustrate major engagements from conflicts like Korea, Viet Nam, Angola, and the Post-WWII middle east.
In what form? I've even seen a glimpse! I'd love to view them!
I believe they did a whole series on Vietnam
I love this series. I play episodes maybe twice a week at bedtime since Feb.2018 and I still haven't tired of them yet. :)
Youre a bit late! LOL this has always been awesome seriously though!! The best
Everybody does it 💃
@@ludaheracles7201 still going 😁
The poor old lady with the pegged leg at 1:32 sure got around. She's been a fleeing refuge on many fronts in these documentaries.
as conspiracy theories go this one is the most devastating :D
Tony Are you asking me?
Tony If you watch these WW2 propaganda videos and play close attention, you'll notice they take stock footage and use it to fit their narration regardless of where it came from. This poor peg legged old lady has been fleeing from one battle area to the next. I've seen the same grounded plane being strafed from the air by both sides. Keep in touch.
+Gregory Nasralla...I know what you mean. It seems that the 20th Legion fought every battle the Roman Empire was engaged in. From Caesar's time one up till the fall....according to some documentaries! LOL!
@@gregorynasrallah1755 clearly a 'plant'!
The battle map music is so nostalgic! It popped into my head randomly and reminded me of watching this series on PBS when I was a kid. Searched google for 1990's PBS WW2 documentaries and boom here I am! Yesss! Going to watch the entire thing now.
His voice and the music made this even more intriguing to me
This exact series I stumbled about at 8 years old watching with my grandmother 20 years ago!!!! So happy I found it
The battlefield series have been my bedtime stories for years
Me 2. I listen to ww2 Docs every night lol we are probably ww2 experts by now
THANK YOU finally a man with WW@ Documanterial sense.
Yeah,me too before sleeping I use to watch the movie of ww2
These are great! Got this 30 video playlist saved so I can binge them as I fall asleep! So, thank you.
I remember borrowing these on VHS from the local library when I was much younger.
Good docs.
Watched this whole documentary series when I was a kid - really enjoyed it plus Tim Pigott-Smith's narrative voice.
This is the BEST WWII Battlefield series in Full Episodes online - Thank you Vasile for your work.
Hope U-Tube doesn't tare it apart.
Thank you for posting the entire series. Previously I had only seen a small portion, of this series, most memorably the S1-3 Midway program. The subdued tone, unadorned facts concise and organized, and music to match is excellent. The first two seasons seem to be the best, both presentation and music. The seasons 4-6 WWII episodes crank up the music a bit, and have shorter run times, suggesting a change toward commercial presentation leaving room for commercials.
The overall presentation of this series reminds me of so many briefings I attended while in the Air Force.
Arranged very similar.
100% agreed
I completely agree. I enjoyed ever season of this show, but for me the first two were the best.
Gamelin didn't even have a phone line at his HQ!
There is another great World War II documentary called World at War, narrated by Laurence Olivier. What I really loved about it, was that it was made in the 70s, so they were able to interview and gain the insight of some key figures, from the war, that were still alive. For instance, they interviewed General Mark Clark, and Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris, and Großadmiral Karl Doenitz, and even the Academy Award winning Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart, just to name a few.
There was also a FANTASTIC weekly "part work" magazine called "Purnell's history of the second world war" that each week had interviews with major figures of WW2. The complete works took up a large amount of bookshelf real estate, but was incredibly informative. As a child I grew up greedily reading the volumes, but after the passing of my parents it disappeared into the mists of time.
individual parts of the work are still for sale on a well known internet auction site.
That was a great documentary. Hours and hours of footage and interviews with the guys who were there (like you said) I still remember watching it on A@E with my father in the late 80's when I was only 7 or 8 years old. I've been a fanatical historian about everything WW2 since then (especially Hitler Himself and the Eastern front.) This series is the only thing comprable with world at war in terms of footage and pure facts. Today's docs don't even compare with programs like this and world at war.
This is the best episode in the series. Ive always loved this episode. I wish they went back to WW1 all the way through the 30s and into the war and made this a 4 hr episode. It would have set the tone for the entire series
John Nolan I love this one, too! I can't say it's my favorite, because I love sosny of them... But it's way up there:)
Also love Scandinavian Campaign, Russia, Stalingrad and Battle of Britain of course. Notable Pacific theatre mention would be Midway! Which is outstanding!
Try the 26 episode BBC documentary on WW1
These are better than the history channel by far much more in depth information on politics and military
Poor France....I can't pretend the US was any better prepared for WWII..we just had the luxury of the Atlantic Ocean...
What does the USA have to do with this documentary? Last I checked USA isn't part of France, Brittan or Europe.
@@BlackBirdBlitz US was giant that awoken due this war
@@singhisking768 " US was giant that awoken due this war. " Which has nothing to do with the USA being prepared for a European war. The USA was not apart of Europe and had no obligation to join any European war.
I for one wish the us had stayed out of all european wars and still do! That doesent include trade as long as its fair. When its not, then the us has every right to protect our property, including our intellectual property
@@zzyzxzee6374 With a name like "Hitler", I'm pretty sure you would hope the US would stay out of all European wars. That said, at the time the US had no treaties that obligated America to support any European nation (correct me if I'm wrong). I'm well aware that America owes it's independence to French support during the American Revolutionary War. It can be argued that America repaid that debt during the First World War.
My point is America was an independent nation with no obligation to get involved, choose a side or be prepared.
Best documentary style ever... and Piggot Smithe.....A wonderful narrator... Rest in peace ... thank you for this quality video ....
I like dramatization, it brings it to life
Love the narration and music.
me too...i use that to sleep.
Some French units fought very well indeed. In fact the stand of the 1st French army at Lille won them a salute from the Germans. One German officer wrote "The heroic stand of the French 1st Army, proved that the French soldier is still among the best in the world." 40,000 Frenchmen, with few anti-tank guns and AA guns, and few tanks, hold back 200,000 Germans, backed by 800 panzers and hundreds of aircraft, including Stukas, long enough for 338,000 Allied troops to be lifted from the moles and beaches of Dunkirk. If those 200,000 Germans (7 divisions) with all their tanks had been free to attack Dunkirk the beaches would have been overrun before the first ships arrived to start the evacuation. In The Second World War (1949), Winston Churchill described the Allied defence of Lille as a "splendid contribution", which delayed the German advance for four days and allowed the escape of the British. The Germans were so impressed that when the French finally surrendered having run out of ammunition they allowed the French garrison to march past a guard of honour with all their arms and with their banners flying. At Hannut and Gembloux French armoured units actually stopped dead a German armoured thrust across the Belgium plain, inflicting more tank losses on the Germans than they themselves took, though the French won the battles of Hannut and Gembloux a German breakthrough further south at Sedan from out of the Ardennes forced a French withdrawal as their supplies lines were now threatened. At Stonne, the French beat back three German attacks and only succumbed to the fourth attack. The fighting here was bitter, with the French being driven off the hill, only for the French to counter-attack and take it back again, there was hand-to-hand fighting, rifle butts and bayonets, a type of combat that was rare in WW2. At Brest, French Marines defended the port against overwhelming numbers of Germans, with tanks and backed by aircraft. Brest never fell, in spite of repeated German attacks, it only game into German possession after the armistice was signed in Paris and the French government ordered all the French troops who were still fighting to lay down their arms.
The heroic defense of Lille was carried out mainly by North African troops. You neglect to mention that. The fact of the matter is that most of the French forces couldn't surrender quickly enough.
@@alanmckervey5165 No it was not, the North Africans only made up a small part of the defense, most of the 40,000 men there were native Frenchmen. Pretty sure that your anti-French sentiments encouraged you to make that up. I suggest you read up more on the war before coming out with such silly remarks in the future it will save you from being shown up to be an ignorant racist prick. Me on the other hand have studied military history for 48 years, going by the quality of your statement I bet I could run rings around you here. At Stonne there were no colonial troops involved and the fighting there was sometimes hand-to-hand.
@@englishalan222 "I" on the other hand...
Germans were told to hold up by Von Rundstedt, then Hitler.
Alan Moore - well said, I scrolled through the comments to see if the usual false anti-French propaganda would be present and was pleased to read some truth. One German General said that the French Armies' defense ultimately saved Britain from being invaded. British humiliation at their retreat at Dunkirk only being achieved thanks to the protection offered by French soldiers has led to endless shameful propaganda to the contrary rather than an honourable acceptance of the help given. A good video on the truth of Dunkirk:
ruclips.net/video/w6C5P-AYGdY/видео.html
absolutely awesome thanks! thanks for getting back the complete series from the chopped up interrupted non viewable episodes of before, great to see everything as I remember from when I first saw and fell in love with this series decades ago!!! kudos for restoring this to its original intended format!!!
This is the best ww2 series ever made and it the basis of all other documentaries today. The sheer amount of research involved is intense.
Those civilian captains helping to evacuate the troops were next level brave. That would have been terrifying
I loved watching these episodes years ago on the Military Channel now I'm watching them again!
Truly the best, most thorough documentary series produced on WWII. Prefer the narration of Tim Piggot-Smith, but the format remains true over all six seasons, if not the writing quality. Thank you for uploading the complete series.
Thank you so much for making this series available. I'm really enjoying it..
Quality programming from yesteryear, or revisioninst fact free shit from modern day globalist MSM. No choice really is it?
All of these wwll documentaries heavily remind me of my Grandad and my GreatGrandad , they were both full-time professional Army officers in the Greek Royal Army. Miss you guys❗
This is the best WWII series ever, bar none. A complete dissection of every and all: Fronts, Battles, Commanders, Tech...
This is a great playlist, thank you for putting it together and for the owners/producers for creating the work!
The Opening Scene is so classic.
This series is the benchmark for other documentarians to follow.
Used to watch this on random sick days in middle school. Nothing better to fall asleep to. But interesting if you want to pay attention. Good memories.
I remember watching this on PBS (I think I even saw it on the History channel as well) late at night. I loved this series :D
It is a excellent series of documentary films by NBC that I had seen over 30 years ago in a free local TV channel in HK. After then, I could not see this series again. Thank you for bring them back to the public. Also thank NBC for making such a dignified historic production.
It was not made by the BBC.
This is the best WW 2 documentary series ever made....period.....
Thank you so much for posting these. I saw them on PBS many years ago, and they made a big impression on me. They are among the finest documentaries I have seen on the subject of WWII.
I'm french and my greath father has fight on the magino line, resist the French could. The courage did not fail , it is the high command who did not understand German strategy of rapid breakthrough . Stupid general Petain.
They helped me
You mean Gamelin
78 well prepared man took and hold,with some losses,for 24 hours Eben Emael which was defended by 1.200 soldiers.That's pretty impressive.
The greatest WWII documentary ever made.
Thanks!!! I love these shows. I have them on VHS , self-taped, from several years ago. I wish I could find the whole series re-done on DVD. I would buy it in a heartbeat!!
The series is available at amazon.com.
Us war buffs rock
VHS?!? DVD?? Are these some strange sort of acronyms that no one has ever heard of?? Lol
Thank you so much for posting this. I never really knew much about WWII until I watched this series many years ago. Thanks again.
This series was excellent. I still have them on VHS which I recorded straight off UK television. Thanks.
used to watch these in History Class in the 80's. Tim Piggot Smith sparked my love of History unlike my history teacher who was mostly drunk.
What was it with history teachers? I've ALWAYS loved history, but my two high school history teachers were SO bad that I dropped it as a subject as soon as I could !!! Studied it myself ever since.
Thank you so much for uploading his series on WWII.
I've seen a few episodes of this series here and there on tv over the years. As documentaries go, these are actually quite excellent.
Tom, you sound surprised, before British documentary makers went all salty and woke they were the best documentary makers in the world, with narration by respected and well known actors,historians and scientists, but now 2020 all they care about is the payments they get and not doing anything to upset anyone by expressing opinions that someone somewhere would find insulting etc etc etc.
@@allandavis8201 no such thing as being woke
they are just critical of Britain's crimes in it's history
I really enjoyed this THANKS for uploading these!
Holy crap what a find! Most detailed documentaries ever. Thank You Vasile Luga.
Luges knows what he is doing 💃
I wish I could find the whole series on dvd. Really is the best ww2 documentary out there.
Thank you for this very interesting lesson of History. Made my day !
The music is great in this documentary!
Yes i agree with you dear...Thanks...jzpatelut..
agreed, its the best.. simple and yet captivating.
those might be interesting..
And music battlefields music should have won Grammys
@@johnnolan33177 I've seen every episode, more than once too.
For someone looking for raw, straightforward military and diplomatic information on WWII, this is a goldmine
You got that right
I can only watch for about 5 minutes at a time, and then I can't resist the urge to play Panzer Corps! I've been on season 1 episode 1 for 3 days now! The detailed info presented reminds me of the A&E series "Wings of the Luftwaffe", with its aircraft production numbers and such.
this is an underrated ww2 series. nothing can compare to "the world at war" but this is very good and informative.
Thank you for these documentaries, very detailed, in depth, wonderful viewing...
Much, much more educational than the Shistory Channel nowadays. Thanks for the upload!!
Using 88mm Anti aitcraft guns as Antitank guns was not a move of desperation but a tactic developed in Spain.
The "background music" is driving me nuts!!
Thank you so much for uploading this series. I watched them many years ago but couldn't find them again until now. Best WWII documentary ever.
I hear to many jokes about the lack of French courage in 1940, well lets put the situation right, for there is little in the way of insults that is worse than being called a coward...The fall of France was a combination of several reasons, the refusal to modernise the army and under founding, lack of courage was not one of them. In Belgium the French even won two battles, the Battles of Hannut and Gembloux where they halted the German advance and destroyed more German tanks than they themselves lost, but the Germans broke through in the Ardennes, and though the French had halted the German advance at Hannut and Gembloux they were forced to withdraw less the Germans who had broken through in the Ardennes appear in their rear, cutting of their supplies lines. The survivors of the French army that had gone into Belgium, the 1st Army were forced to retreat, they made a stand at Lille, that stand has become as legend to the French people, 40'000 French with few tanks, few Anti-Aircraft guns and few Anti-Tank guns hold back 200'000 Germans. Shelled constantly, bombed from the air, attacked with tanks, the French engaged the Germans in bitter house-by-house fighting, and delayed the Germans long enough to allow for 338,000 men to be picked up of the beaches ands moles of Dunkirk. Winston Churchill wrote...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 and of the BEF.--- If those 200,000 Germans had been free to attack the Dunkirk perimeter the beaches and moles would have been overrun before the first ships could arrive to ferry off the troops. The Germans were so impressed by the stand of the 1st Army that when the French, out of ammunition finally did surrender they were allowed to march through Lille with all their banners flying, as they marched past the German officers the Germans saluted them. One German officer wrote in his diary ...The gallant defence of Lille proved that the French soldier is still among the best in the world--
We were the pacifist country at this time insulated by the big ponds. I am sure that if Mexico and Canada decided to do Canadian Bacon scenario and invade our free country somehow, that we would all be begging the rest of the world to come rescue us from our neighbors. The American aboriginal peoples ( Indians ) were as brave as they come and what did that get them!? Trumps leftovers.... ( casinos )
Fakt ist. Frankreich und das Commonwealth haben Deutschland den Krieg erklärt und ca. 1 Jahr nichts gemacht bis Deutschland angriff und die Übermacht in 6 Wochen vernichtete und die Briten sind gerade noch so entkommen. Und das die Franzosen jeden Kampf verloren haben sagt auch Niemand aber den Krieg erstmal schon. Deutschland ist eben fleissiger und effektiver und das bis Heute ihr Neider ;)
Die Flugzeuge die Panzer nahezu ALLES war überlegen was die Franzosen/Briten hatten, die Deutschen marschierten oder kamen mit dem Pferd einzig die Panzertruppen waren "Vollmobil", dass ist auch so ne Wahrheit die Heute kaum einer mehr kennt.
The British army had to be evacuated from the beaches and moles of Dunkirk as well as from Norway, Greece and Crete, forced to surrender at Hong Kong and Singapore (To a force the British outnumbered) yet no one is saying the British did not fight hard. It was not less than a month, it was 7 weeks. It was Poland that fell in less than a month, 3 weeks. The French fought hard until the Germans crossed the Seine, then the French resistance collapsed totally when it became clear that France was lost, yet the same thing happened to the Germans in 1945, once the Allies crossed the Rhine the Germans surrendered in their hundreds of thousands, many without firing a shot. The key to German success was in 1940 to two main factors (1) the use of tanks on mass instead of in penny packets to support infantry attacks like the Allies did. Yet the Allies learned, when the British and French collected tanks together for a counter-attack at Arras they broke right through the German line, forcing the Germans to retreat, the SS Totenkopf was seen throwing their rifles down and running in panic, but it was too little, too late. The Germans brought up their 88s and called on the Luftwaffe to halt the attack, but Arras showed what could have happened if the Allies had used tanks on mass from the beginning. (2) Airpower, much of the Allied air forces was destroyed on the ground, and France had few modern fighters capable of matching the German BF 109. They did have the excellent Dewoitine D520 but this was only available in small numbers in May 1940. Mostly France had to rely on Morane-Saulniers and Bloch Fighters which were totally out glassed by the 109s.
The French even won two battles, the battles of Hannut and Gembloux where they stopped the Germans dead, but because of an German breakthrough through the Ardennes at Sedan, even though the French had stopped the Germans they were ordered to retreat towards Dunkirk as their lines of communication were in danger of being cut by the Germans moving up from Sedan.
The French First Army advanced into Belgium where they were engaged in desperate fighting and forced to retreat. The survivors then fell back on Lille. 40'000 men hold that town which was attacked by up to 200'000 Germans. Tanks, aircraft and artillery was used but the French battled on keeping those 200'000 Germans from attacking the Dunkirk perimeter. If they had been free to do so Dunkirk would have been overrun with or without tanks before the first ships could arrive.
"These Frenchmen, under the Gallant leadership of General Molinie had for four critical days contained no less than seven German divisions all of 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}
On finally surrendering after the most gallant resistance the Germans were so impressed that they allowed the French to march through the streets of Lille with all their arms and with their banners flying. As they marched the German officers saluted them.
One German officer wrote in his diary. "The stand of the French 1st Army at Lille proved that the French soldier is still among the best in the world."
During the French campaign the Germans suffered 157,000 casualties. lost 795 tanks and 1236 aircraft.
Another key to German success and one I overlooked in my last post was the fact that the Germans had radios in their tanks and the French did not so the Germans were better able to coordinate their movements.
Wikipedia has this to say about Hannut
The German plan failed to forestall the French 1st Army at Gembloux, despite their victory over the 3rd DLM. Still, Hoepner's advance to the Belgian plain tied down the Cavalry Corps and part of the French First Army while the decisive German assault succeeded across the Meuse at Sedan to the south-east. The Germans had hoped that Hoepner's panzers and their neighbouring corps would tie down and neutralise the threat of the First Army but on 15 May, forces of the First Army properly settled into position, checked the Panzerwaffe, which gained them time and space to manoeuvre. Part of the First Army sacrificed itself at the Siege of Lille and held up the bulk of the panzers, which had broken through to the south-east, enabling the British Expeditionary Force and other French units to escape from Dunkirk.[41]
likesmilitaryhistory Alan Moore France is weak
Every time I try to watch one of these the background music along with the narration just puts me right to sleep.
90s Educational TV was too damn cozy for its own good.
what a brilliant series this is. Never heard this much detail on the topic before. Great stuff !
If anyone is into reading books I recommend "A thousand shall fall" by hans habe.
He was a french infantryman during the german blitzkreig in 1940.
Eyewitness story.
Apparently the French high command made a total balls up of everything and it was not the fault of the french soldier .
They did resist german attacks in places but were ordered to withdraw.
It's a pretty decent book telling of the war, the fighting, the total chaos ,surrender and the trouble trying to get home etc
Probably lies from some french soldier humiliated by the great Deutsch.
Look who the mass murder lovers are, the zionist left loving dudes. Always comes to threats in the comments, nothing else. Haha! Go back to tel aviv son.
Thanks for the info.
Apansade Great deutch? you morons got your nazi asses handed to you by the allies.
I still believe the Italians were the worst at warfare during WW2. They waited til they thought the French were beaten then declared war and tried to grab part of France....but they couldn't even beat the weakened French army. Pre-war they invaded Abasinia (Ethiopia) and couldn't beat a poor army armed only with bolt action Mauser rifles, they had to shell, bomb, and even poison gas them.
Then during the war anytime Italy attacked some place (usually a numerically weaker enemy) they would start losing and the Germans would have to save them. Then when Italy is invaded they are eager to surrender and switch sides.
Italy fought on the Anglo-French side in WW1 and they sucked then too.
If i recall, this was the first time I ever heard Tim's voice. I almost melted.
Trombones in A. Superb narration and compilation.
finally we can see every episode from this great series
The great irony and tragedy is that during the Polish campaign in the east, Germany had almost no tanks on its western front, virtually the entire army was in Poland and the Siegfried Line was largely unfinished and only poorly manned. If the British and French had taken a decisive action, they could've overrun Germany from the west, smashed the industrial centers and the war might've been over in 1939, especially since the Wehrmacht was almost out of ammo and supplies when the war in Poland ended.
Instead the French, still stuck in WW1, sat behind their Maginot Line, with both thumbs planted firmly up their asses. I can understand that they didn't want to risk another war of attrition and battles like at Verdun or the Somme, but any half-reliable piece of military intelligence would've told them that the risk of that happening was only very slim. Germany simply wouldn't have been able to counter some 50+ divisions of French and British troops with massive tank and air support. And they had the Maginot Line behind them, so a retreat would've been covered.
But the chance was wasted and Hitler was able to pick off his enemies one by one.
+Corristo89 Poland planned a pre-emptive strike against Germany, but the League of Nations thought that it would be foolish
+Michael RedCrow yep that's correct. Germany revolutionized modern fighting tactics. In 2003 when we invaded Iraq we used Blitzkrieg but in 21st century we have night vision so it was all at night. France and Britain was digging in and didn't expect the Germans to go through the roughest part of country which they did.. In my opinion the Germans victory over France was and is one of the best displayed tactical fighting and planning the world has ever seen.
+Michael RedCrow Why do you think this was so, Michael? I mean, there must have been a reason for this kind of thinking. What do you think it might have been? You tell us, Michael. Tell us why you think the French didn't anticipate the German forces "Just going round their string of forts."
............I can't wait.
Quite. :-D
+Corristo89 French had more tanks, and they were better, yet they still manage to lose....
I enjoy and have watched everything you have posted thankyou soo much
back I think around 1998 or so these were all on the history channel or one of those. and I had/have incredible insomnia and used to have something on to listen to when I slept that was calm & books on tape were so expensive. I had all these on dvr for years. would cover up the tv with a blanket and fall asleep listening to them.
Poland didn't even manage to mobilize fully.... If so - they could have at least 70 divisions or even more... Another thing is that they bought about 250 extra planes, mostly Morane Soulnier 406, Fairey Battle and Hurricanes in summer 1939. Some of them were even on the way, but were not delivered before 1 Sept. '39
A brilliant idea to dismantle the plane, pack it in a crate and send...by ship...across the Mediterranean nad Black Sea.
That Fairey Battle design was completely N-U-T-S With a four barreled 0.303 behind the pilot's cockpit and no wing guns which who was in my view which who was again i repeat completely N U T S
One must not confuse the incompetence of the French military leaders and confuse them with the bravery of the French soldiers. "The French are among the greatest soldiers in the world," -Adolf Hitler, 1942
@Michael RedCrow Well, it took a lot sub human cowards to achieve that goal. Quantity is the reason they won.
@@Fatyoshie234 The same can be said of Italian soldiers. The Ariete Division, for example, fought harder than most, if not all, German units at El Alamein.
The French were hugely incompetent in this battle but they were still brave.
Yeah, now they have Macron. He say's Nationalism is treasonous(what a douche bag). This time it's the Islamists taking their country over.
lmao!!!!i think you mean the greatest at surrendering as a group..
Best WW2 Documentary Series hands down.
Just make sure that you do follow up, a great deal of 'facts' that were commonly held then have been up rooted recently.
These are the best documentaries. Excellent research, detail and narration.
I love the strategy overview. Every battle really is won before it is ever fought.
Thanks so much for posting this. One of the better WWII series out there.
59:27 - Order of Battle
THIS is actually a good doc and thus far historically accurate
Vasile thank you so very much for the great job you've done and the message these videos carry and maybe some at least won't repeat history