May 1940 - Battle of Bodange | When the Belgians fought back
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- Hello and welcome to The AceDestroyer! In this special May 1940 video we will take a closer look at the battle of Bodange in which the 5th company of Chasseurs Ardennais managed to stand their ground against the attack of the 1. Panzer Division for almost the entire opening day of the German May 1940 offensive in the West. Find out more in today’s video! Don’t forget to like and subscribe, and do leave a comment down below!
Cheers!
INFORMATION:
18 Daagse veldtocht. (z.d.). 1ste Regiment Ardeense Jagers. Geraadpleegd op 9 mei 2020, van 18daagseveldtocht.be/ardeense...
Peter, U. (2015, 29 maart). Soldbuch K1 - Battle of Bodange. Geraadpleegd op 9 mei 2020, van www.k98kforum.com/showthread.p...
Hautecler, C. (z.d.). Le combat des Chasseurs Ardennais Bodange le 10 mai 1940. Geraadpleegd op 9 mei 2020, van
www.fraternellechasseursarden...
FOOTAGE:
All footages comes from the Ufa Tonwoche (Deutsche Wochenschau) No. 507 [23/05/1940] & No. 508 [30/05/1940]
MUSIC:
All music is from the TH-cam audio library: th-cam.com/users/audiolibrary...
Spring
Chasing time
Falling rain
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Aside from the battle of Fort Eban Emael other actions by Belgian forces in World War II are rarely discussed. This effort by the Belgians is certainly worthy to be noted and the soldiers who fought there remembered.
This was very well done. It showed great respect for the men who resisted and in many cases, died defending their country.
Ghent Fortresses..... Kwatrecht ....
Looks like the German enemy paid more respect to the bravery of the defenders.
The effort by the Belgians who joined the SS was also worthy of note.
Have a look at how the forts of Liège fought in May 1940. Fascinating.
This channel deserves a much larger subscriber base. The AceDestroyer has a professional approach to his work that is not seen in some major TV channel history productions.
Great info thx, as a Belgian I do take interest in how the Belgian Army tried to resist a far superior equipped army with the means that they had at the time..you nailed it with this video
Yes, Belgian politicians didn't want to antagonise the Germans in the 30s by properly supplying the Army with armour. Little Belgium antagonise the Germans? My late paternal grandfather was in the Régiment des Carabiniers "Prince Baudoin" in 1940 as a Corporal. We only found this out after my father was sent some paperwork after his father's death. We're in Australia.
Great to see a Belgian Documentary
I am so respectful of your excellent pronunciation in different languages. Most, if not all, other documentary makers butcher any language other then their own. It’s a disgrace, but you’re a bright shining light.
I was going to say the same thing Ray - The Ace treats everything with the utmost respect, unlike so many so-called historians, who lazily sputter out whatever they think a name or place is pronounced. A terrible way to teach history. Ace Destroyer may sound like a rough-and-tumble nomme-de guerre, but he's a refined and educated gentleman.I have learned so much from this channel.
He is clearly not British, or learned a few languages in his life. For example, French.
He also pronounces withdrawal correctly, something British people can't (they pronounce it as withdrawral)
@@andraslibal he's Flemish
@@jduff59 "who lazily sputter out whatever they think a name or place is pronounced. A terrible way to teach history"
Dude, be fair. Not everyone is a keen linguist, bilingual in 8+ languages.
@@Briselance True - but I like to praise those who put in the extra effort.
Outstanding!!
I thank you for this. Another action I'd never heard of. I had no idea the Belgiums could fight like Lions. Very well, if I may use the term, played out.
Another example of home field advantage. It's exceedingly difficult beating an enemy who knows the terrain like the back of his hand and is also fighting for mother country. Just like Victor Charlie in South Vietnam or the Boars in the Transvaal.
I just got a whole new respect for the Belgium army of the 1940s!
Excellent work again Ace. The sombre music was most fitting. Thanks for your efforts. 👍
You saved my day
Thank you for this excellent presentation !!!. A friend of mine at the university was the grandson of an "officier chez les chasseurs Ardennais". He fought in the Ardennes, not in Bodange, but also in Vyncke. When they surrendered in Vyncke, they were very afraid of being shot, in particular because during the fights they had deliberately targeted and shot several German officers. The grandfather also told me about what he learned about this battle of Bodange. Its description is very close, although less complete, to this excellent presentation. Just an additional funny little story. According to him when the Germans captured the chasseurs ardennais in Bodange, they would have interrogated their prisonners very aggressively, yelling many times "Wo sind die andern?". When the Ardennais answered with a smile we are all there, the Germans did not believe them and searched everywhere for the rest of the fighters)))))). They found nothing and yelled Wo sind die Andern? Wo sind die Andern? and the Ardennais did not dare to laugh but smiled between themselves. Besides the funny side of this story, it shows how much the chasseurs ardennais fought with courage and a formidable efficiency the Germans. Besides Following the Grandfather, they did not have good weapons, especially the machine guns. If they had Equipment as good as the Germans had, they would still make more damages to the German army. Thanks again for making know one of the best unit of the Belgian army.
my pleasure! Thank you for the personal story! I always love these personal additions!
Vinkt you mean?
Another excellent video. I love watching the important but lesser known stories. Gives one a different perspective on war. It isn't just pins on a board.
Wow this was incredible! Love your work Ace :)
With no disrespect, the British praised "Plucky little Belgium" for standing its ground against the Germans in both world wars.
No they didn't. This was a WW1 sentiment and statement. In WW2 Belgium did its best to shaft the BEF. It was only because Gort anticipated that the cheating selfish Belgiums would lie about standing their ground that he shortened his lines to secure the line of retreat that the BEF was able to get back to Dunkirk. Belgians behavior was an absolute utter disgrace - inept and incompetent fighting followed by lies. They lied to Gort and then surrendered without informed British or French Command. Read your history.
Ben Newnham so this video is an example of what you call "cheating selfish BelGIANS"? And yes: Read your history, BUT also try to understand what you're reading. The whole operation with the BEF failed bc of lack in communication, language barriers and mistrust on the highest levels in and between English, French and Belgian comnand. But your sheer disrespect towards these soldiers and even to a whole nation, tells me more about your own narrow mindedness and I don't think we should take any moral lesson of your reaction.
@@svenvdb6115please do not argue. The French, the Belgians did not matter in the second world war. More precisely, in the resistance to Hitler. You have no subject to dispute.
Wieder ein wunderbares Video Ace, also this little storys are very interesting. The fights between Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France have always been managed with respect.
Thank you so much for this programme. Such brave men. They are going to form part of my current book on an alternate history of world war 2. I have already written about their initial deployment and the destruction of the bridges now I will on to the main battle and the assistance they will receive to ensure a successful fighting withdrawal. (Book 1, Franzi the Hero, 1939, is available from Amazon)
Excellent again Ace! Thank you for covering some unique parts of the conflict.
As someone who is very interested in this period of history, I really appreciate the maps and film footage. Thank you, and well done!.
Thanks! I'm very happy to hear that!
Every country has heroes & courageous fighters, like a British SAS once said when asked had he been born in Ireland 🇮🇪 what would he have become, he said he would have probably been in the IRA, where you are born & grow up to relate to, you defend, as what is portrayed with these heroes & courageous fighters from Belgium 🇧🇪 👏.
Thanks for sharing your work, great job as usual my friend! 🍻🍻🍻
Wow. The Belgians put up one helluva fight. Kudos.
My grandmother spent 4 weeks in bodange in 1944 during the bulge as refugees
Excellent use of maps and video....I always come away learning something
Excellent work, thanks mate
Very interesting and thorough account of a part of WWII that we tend to hear little about. Well done!
Often a small group of men, can achieve major results as shown in this documentary !
Merci !
Thank you for this well produced video.
Very interesting as usual especially the footage I hadn't seen before .
Another fantastic story! Thank you!
this is a truly amazing channel. love your work!
Thanks! I really appreciate it!
Excellent video, thanks. I particularly enjoyed it as I am very interested in the early War period. All credit to the brave Belgian soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.
Well done. I could almost smell the battle.
American of Belgian descent salutes these soldiers!
Amazing how they held a village that tiny for so long! I visited Bodange earlier this year. Theres a lil monument at Traquebois that i think should be far bigger now i've heard this!
Said it a while ago but I feel the need to say it again... love the maps!
That is a very special episode, thanx. May be Some day another surprise of the fight of the French 7th Army at there advance to the Netherlands and the fight in Diessen where 11 French soldiers died.
Great story Ace!
Great video!
Superbly produced video
Very cool to see a video about the fighting in Belgium it is so often overlooked along with the fighting in the Netherlands. Only subject you often hear about is the battle of fort Eben-Emael which doesnt make the Belgian army look very good tho even there they fought very bravely.
I don’t know why but the description of this “small” battle made me very sad.
Same here with me
The music
Same here. It is probably the sadness of knowing what will come after this. And then you have to sympathize with these brave but hopeless Belgian soldiers waiting in the Ardennes woods for the onslaught.
Battles on a large scale lose their personal nature. There are to many people and you can't know their names. On a small scale - you can know their names and they stand out as individual human beings meeting their fate.
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@@BobSmith-dk8nw Even in large-scale battles, they go to their fate, be it survival, capture, wound, or death.
P.S.:
"you can't know their names."?
Dog tags, mate. ;-)
Thought I knew alot of the tanks. I had no idea what a T13 was. Thanks.
It would make an interesting scenario for a tabletop miniatures game
GenghisVern yeah, it’s called Company of Heroes, also available for the iPad.
@@Tijgert Tabletop, military miniatures games, like Flames of War or Bolt Action played on a 4'x6' terrain table. A few people actually have units of WW2 Belgian infantry, and this would be a good scenario for it.
Very interesting a little known part of the war....have subbed to you
Thank you very much! Welcome to the channel!
Sabaton Resist and Bite Lyrics
War is coming swiftly
The border is closing in
We’re a company of soldiers
We’re 40 rifles strong
All alone
Stand alone
Ardenner ground is burning
And Rommel is at hand
As the Blitzkrieg’s pushing harder
The war is all around!
All around
Hold your ground!
Fight for 18 days of battles
No odds are on our side
Few will fight for all
Until the bullets are gone
We! We will resist and bite!
Bite hard, cause we are all in sight
We! We take up arms and fight!
Fight hard, resist and do what’s right!
No matter our fighting
Their numbers will still count
We’re outgunned and few in numbers
We’re doomed to flag or fail
We fought hard
Held our guard
But when captured by the Axis
And forced to tell the truth
We will tell them with a smile
We will surprise them with the laugh
We are all
We were all
We were told to hold the border
And that is what we did
Honoured by our orders
In despite of our foe
Gloria fortis miles
The Wehrmacht’s closing in
Adversor et admorsus
The Boar against the Eagle
Gloria fortis miles
The Wehrmacht’s closing in
Adversor et admorsus
The Boar against the Eagle
*Instrumental*
We! We will resist and bite!
Bite Hard
Cause we are all in sight
We! We take our arms and fight
Fight hard
Resist and Do what's Right
*End of Song*
I would love to see a video of the battles in the nederlands. The grebbenberg and the fight against the western airfields in 1940s.
There isn't much to talk about the battles in the Netherlands... The dutch didn't really fight hard, just after a few hours they already surrendered, they hadn't such an prepared army as Belgium
The dutch defeated the german paratroopers, but both the belgium and dutch armies had few modern weapons. No tanks, nor anti tank. Yet both countries had battles worth remembering.
@@DoomEB you are confused with denmark
@@arjanreijneveld Defending your country for almost a day against a much bigger army is not that impressive, knowing that the defender always has an advantage... But the belgians defended their country for about 18 days... 2 devisions agaisnt 20 or 30. Plus, the ghost tank division witj erwin rommel was is the fight
@@123Dunebuggy - The Belgians DID have tanks. Not many perhaps, but they were reasonably capable and as good as the bulk of the tanks in the Panzer Divisions (not as good as the Pz III, but certainly a match for the Pz II).
A lot of the battles in the early part of the war are largely unknown
Thanks
Résiste et mords! My great grandfather from Martelange fought in 1940 as a chasseurs Ardennais
Excellent as always! The pronunciations are the BEST!
✝️🇺🇸WWG1WGA🇺🇸✝️
Fascinating 🖖🏼
Many fine heroic men died in May of 1940, how few know or care to remember what so many sacrificed for the next generation and those to follow.
For a sec i thought it's says Battle of Bondage
When i was 25 my Girlfriend spent sometimes a half hour in Bondage and only at evening, that was our "battle of Bondage" ;)
Tbh I think we all did
Wishful thinking my friend !
Thank you.
Awesome!
Excellent
Regarding the action 'The Niwi Airborne Landings' involved the 10th and 11th companies of the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment, and they were brought to their landing zones at Nives (to the south) and Witry (to the north) by 100 Fieseler Storks. These planes were commandeered by the developer of this scheme Herman Göring, who was unable to use the Ju 52s which were all being used to the north at the Netherlands and at Eben Emael for Army Group B. The Fieseler Storks could only carry 2 soldiers at a time plus pilot, so they had to shuttle these flights. In fact many of the Storks lost their way in the darkness so the number of German troops actually involved in this behind the lines fighting with the Belgians were not full strength units. Many of the Storks landed at the wrong rendezvous. This information comes from the official military history of Case Yellow, 'The Blitzkrieg Legend' written by Karl-Heinz Frieser (pub. 1996). It was a unique airborne landing to be sure!
Thank you for the additional information! I really appreciate it!
@@TheAceDestroyer Your welcome The Ace Destroyer. It just so happens I'm reading 'The Blitzkrieg Legend' now and had read the section about the battle of Bodange. The Belgian Ardennes Light Infantry held the promontory where Bodange sits. They held up units of the 1st Panzer Division for many hours. Ironically because of the Niwi airborne raids the Belgian commander at Bodange never received his orders to withdraw because the telephone lines had been cut. So the Ardennes Light Infantry troops stayed put and maintained a stalwart defense, causing many casualties among the 1st Panzer Division.
A chapter which occurs after the river crossing at Sedan involves a tremendous fight south of Sedan at the village of Stonne, France. There the Grossdeutschland Infantry Regiment with elements of the 10th Panzer Division fought the French 3rd Armored Division and the French 3rd Motorised Infantry. This hamlet exchanged hands 17 times(!) over the course of 2 days. At present there is displayed a completely intact Char B tank in the center of Stonne, surrounded by farmhouses. You can see the tank from all sides on Google Earth. It is a forgotten story of French bravery from that time which shows that the French had fighting spirit.
What about the last part of the Narva series? Looking forward to it 😎
I'll upload the final part of the Narva series in July, it will be around 30minutes I think, so I need a bit of time to finish it. I also want to upload it closer to the dates that the Tannenberg line battle was fought. Anyway, it will appear somewhere at the start of July if everything goes well. Thanks for the interest!
@@TheAceDestroyer Thanks for the reply! Keep up the great work, bro!
Belgians did so much in the war and no one speaks of it
Respect to these brave Belgians.
You even managed to learn me something new about the 2nd WW. Wich has rarely happened since college.
You gained a sub from a Belgian Waffle.
I'm happy to hear that! Welcome to the channel!
Interesting to know if Schützen Regiment 1 used their SdKfz 251’s in combat or left them behind and attacked on foot. They were one of the very few units in the German army to have ‘Hanomags’ in France.
Now I need to find out what a "T-13 tank destroyer" is...🤔
If I remember correctly it is a 25mm wheeled antitank gun.
@@martinonderdonck7260 it was basically a Carden-Loyd tankette with a Belgian 47 mm anti-tank gun mounted on it, in a turret or casemate, depending on the version.
Will there be another part of the narva campaign?
Yes, the fifth and final part will be released in July, closer to when the battle for the Tannenberg line was fought. Also because it will be a longer video than usual, so I've planned to spread the work over a longer period.
Can you make a video about operation safari or the fighting in Jutland, when The German invasions Denmark?
Fighting in Denmark? I did not know that.
@@ronaldderooij1774 the army
fighting german for
a couple of hours, before the
government
surrender to Germany to not get Copenhagen bomb
Those Protze trucks are the best looking trucks of the war.
No offense, two and a half-ton. No offense.
War is coming swiftly
The borders closing in
We're a company of soldiers
Mere forty rifles strong
All alone
Stand alone
Ardenner ground is burning,
And Rommel is at hand
As the Blitzkrieg's pushing harder
The war is all around!
All around
Hold your ground!
Fight all eighteen days of battles,
No odds are on our side
Few will fight for all until the bullets are gone
We!
We will resist and bite!
Bite hard
'Cause we are all in sight
We!
We take up arms and fight!
Fight hard!
Resist and do what's right!
No matter our fighting
The numbers will still count
We're outgunned and few in numbers
We're doomed to flag of fail
We fought hard
Held our guard
But when captured by the Axis
And forced to tell the truth
We'll tell it with a smile,
We will surprise them with a laugh
We are all…
CheddarBacon
LoL - Why get upset.
For the overall picture this event was just a small, mostly forgotten skirmish. I doubt that it even got relayed through to the German HQ.
WE. WE WILL RESIST AND BITE!
We will Resist and Bite!
These guys really resisted and bit
WE. WE WILL RESIST AND BITE!
Interesting, I knew nothing about this battle. Would love to see a Belgian perspective on Eben Emael if you're up for it ;)
The battles of Eben Emael, Vroenhoven and Veldwezelt are still on my to-make list, but I need to go there first to shoot my own footage, that way it will be easier for me to make the video without having to use old footage only.
@@TheAceDestroyer I'm looking forward to it. Keep in mind that most of us have read about Eben Emael from only one perspective!
@@TheAceDestroyer respect ... i live 20 miles from eben emael
De G, yeah, I live at the opposite side of Belgium, so it's a 2h30 hour drive for me. It will be for a weekend trip some day.
WE! WE WILL RESIST AND BITE!
A good fight by the Belgians but it actually played into Fall Gelb. The more allied forces that got sucked into Belgium to fight Army Group B the better for Army group A in the Ardennes. So the longer they held out, the bigger the final bag.
Resist and Bite
Interesting. The location held off a pz division. Germans didnt deploy tanks?
The Panzers were still further back. It was mainly the advance guard of the division. The Ardennes was still difficult terrain for tanks. In fact, a lot of the Panzers divisions had initial traffic jams during the first moments of the offensive as so many vehicles had to pass through the designated roads. Having the infantry go first to secure important areas was key to keep the divisions going.
@@TheAceDestroyer Ok. Thank you.
My pleasure! I'm happy to help.
Interesting that armored cars showed up first. More mobile?
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 Dont know. If i had to guess it maybe the formation deployment. Its hard to believe infantry will be sent without any armor support, especially on a battalion level. I hope he answers.
Sabaton has a song about this engagement, its one of their most popular ones too. Resist and Bite🤟🏻
Pretty Good, however, why no photo of a T-13 Tank Destroyer ??? I have studied war 50+ years, but had no idea what a T-13 is ... Google says: The T-13 was a tank destroyer in use with the Belgian armed forces before World War II and during the Battle of Belgium. It was designed by Vickers, and produced by Vickers, Miesse and Familleheureux, and outfitted with a 1934 47mm, which, at that time, would have been able to pen anything the Germans had.
I couldn't find one that was suitable for larger screens. All pictures I found were just too pixelated. I tried to put a picture in, but as it was too blurry I eventually decided to leave it out.
@@TheAceDestroyer I looked at a few of them, and yes, they were all small - there was an interesting photo of 2 T-13's with German markings (SS) that shows they knew they were good vehicles ...
Que embole....en chino puede ser el sonido?
Great video! And what a typical Belgian situation at 06:30: Orders to hold the line but hey guys, I brought you a great local ham too, bon appetite👍😂. Actually I'm not surprised about the German respectful attitude either. These were regular troops, not an SS division. And the situation at the Western front in the beginning of the war is not to be compared with the upcoming massacre at the Eastern front where the Germans were, in their eyes, fighting inferior Slaves and the danger of Communism. Btw, something which has always been the master plan of Western politics (incl. the USA) and their "appeasement policy" but that's a completely different story;-)
We Belgians keep having those little quirks whenever we come up, don't we? 😄
I love that you pronounce both German and French close to perfect rather than some shit American documentery thanks:))
Yep, just perfect! Always spot on 🍻
English and Russian too. He is Flemish, so he is fluent in French and English. Some native German speakers say his German pronunciation is somewhat off, but I only understand English and French pronunciation. Americans (like me) tend to struggle with English pronunciation, grammar and style.
Iam surprised that in WW2 belgium units had Wallonian and Flamish and even German (Weiss) names in one unit, when i was a boy i met several units during the autumn Manouvres and all were pure Wallones or Flamish units you could distiguish them by their Languge , they spoke either Flamish or French (Wallones).
I hope for more Vids about the early war or one about the fightings during the Kongo crisis in early 60, as a half north african (Algerian /Tunsian) iam interested in Colonialwars wars of independence
Don't be fooled by the names, they do not indicate whether a person is a Flemish, French or German-speaking Belgian. The Chasseurs Ardennais was a Walloon French-speaking unit.
If you have the opportunity, visit some of the Brialmont forts of Liège that fought in WWI. Look at the names on the memorials. Same thing. Lots of Flemish and Walloons fighting together under one flag.
🇧🇪 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪 Great video.
G'day,
Yay Team !
I laughed at your ending...; the way for a Belgian to obtain the respect of a German is to die on the Field of "Valour" (Battle) while masterminding & directing & commanding the killing of 100-odd of the German's Kameraden... (!).
Fun Friends & Neighbours..., them there (Saur)Kraut(Eater)s ; indeed !
Did you catch,
"The Perfect Burn..." ?
140,000 Hp (105,000 Kilowatts) of Raw Heat Output, at the peak - for 5 or 10 minutes.
And you get to see me using a 1938-vintage Airport Firefighter (130 Litre Water Cannon + 10 Litres in it's Hose) to contain the surrounding Grassfires - ignited by Radiant Heat at the peak.
In 25 years of my ownership, it's the first time the old Wormald Brothers Pty Ltd Simplex unit has ever actually fought & extinguished a Fire (!).
My nearest neighbours, 1.2 Km away, were watching the Flame, above the Trees.
It was pretty exciting...(!).
Such is Life.
Have a good one...
Stay safe.
;-p
Ciao !
A very sad story, but I was impressed that the Germans paid their respects to a foe who was fierce and loyal and also the men who died actually gained the respect of the Germans. It's not something that would happen today.especially when going up against Islamic extremists!!
Oh get lost you awful Russsian troll. Just you know thousands of Muslims from current day Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan died face down in the snow before the gates of Moscow and st Petersburg.
They were some of the most dedicated and effective fighters of the Red Army
So many of you Russians are truly loathsome
@Anthony Roic Considering that the SS started executing 97 BEF prisoners a few weeks later: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 the fate of prisoners is always collateral without damage.
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 cause the germans got treated better ye ? dumb troll
@@Peipzz No, it merely shows that Allied soldiers had to be fortunate, in the early days of May 1940, not to fall into the hands of the wrong Germans. SS units were still green troops when the war started and when a rumour was started that their commanding general, had been killed.
97 British POWs massacred at Le Paradis, 27 May 1940.
80 British POWs massacred at Wormhoudt, 28 May 1940.
In the end, the SS General turned out not to have been killed so that was some consolence to the stressed out SS troops.
☘️👍
next time make sure the telephone wlan cables stay intact that they receive the surrender orders xD
Nice to see war, without looting, raping and killing of prisoners.
War is war... peace is peace. Everything between? Life.
That’s cool and touching how the German officer saluted the dead Belgian officer.
These were regular German army units, not those savage SS fanatics that came a year or so later, these battles were fought with civility and under the previously agreed upon covenants of war.
pervitin was already there
At the same time the SS units were invading Holland.
Sorry...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre
@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 you are right, and france, but it doesn't matter. Regular german units also commited atrocities in belgium. Against civilians, not army.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinkt_massacre
Oveida the german lufffwaffe killing fugitive Belgain people from the air, this iswath my graend parents tell us,
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Honor to the Belgians. 100 enemies killed
Damn WW2 started and instead of running the local butcher hands out dried salted ham(jambon d'ardenne) to keep morale high .
This battle was nothing more than a piss in the wind.
Belgium only had itself to blame. She tried to stay out of war, tried to be neutral, and did not allow the allies to enter Belgium soil in advance. Had they allowed this, the allies would have been better prepared. Instead the allies only entered Belgium after Germany attacked. By the time the allies (mostly the British) started entering Belgium it was already too late, which resulted in the British being eventually cut off and lead to Dunkirk.
First off, by your definition, all wars are just a lot of piss in the wind. Humbles fightings for a village, a road, a bridge were 90-95% of WW2 and prior conflicts. Gigantic operations of simultaneous battles on a large frontline being counted only on fingers of both hands. A case of a small unit being ridiculously outnumbered and holding the legendary Ghost division for almost a day in their infamously efficient blitzkrieg is - by far - worth mentioning.
Secondly, "Belgium only had itself to blame" ... Seriously ? Are you that stupid ? Do you even understand the concept of neutrality ? Before it was clear Germany would be the one violating the border, the Belgians were planning for both a potential intrusion from Germany OR France. Germany had recognized Belgium neutrality and had no casus belli whatsoever to justify her invasion. Denying your country being used as an extension of the defense line of someone who is not you ally against someone who is not your ennemy in a war that do not concern you is f***** common-sense..
Peoples who do not want war do not have to be blamed because some maniac broke all international conventions by breaking treaties and invading a neutral country without war declaration. Has Hitler invaded Switzerland, would you also blame the swiss ? Let's not forget that nobody at that time knew what we know today about the true intentions of Hitler for Europes. They were anticipating yet another grim war, not a world domination campaign fuelled by madness.
Wargeek
Then the Belgium leadership was very stupid and naive. They should have learnt from the First World War.
The British got they re ass beat like every one else, don't put the blame on Belgium.
To all german soldiers of WW2: RIP and thank you for your service. You gave it all with honor and loyalty till the bitter end. Respect.
8 30-06 rounds *ping*
When the Belgians fought back ... for almost a day.
Hey they did better than the Danish who fought for ... 4 hours.
Edit: does it count as heroism when you don't pull back because your enemies cut the telephone lines on which the withdrawal order should have arrived?
The reason for the 'Belgian defense' generally being a disaster was the fact that the commanding officers where all speaking french and most of the Flemish soldiers - not understanding les 'monsieurs d'élite'. The "Ardennais' where the most fearful but sadly bad organised - as the whole of the army. My father fought at the 'Albert canal' and their commanding officers betrayed them so they where taken prisoners. My father had 5 bullets for an old WW1 riffle !
It just took 14 days for the Germans to take hold of Belgium and then former King Leopold III surrendered.
My father used to tell us as children: "my fatherland ?? - My father had no land !" Besides, we Belgians where and are not 'fighters'. See history! Sad for all those who lost their life in a lost case and language problems as is still to this very day !!!
A Belgian 'political sickness'.
flip, en de eerste W O??????,,, en de bevrijjding van Nederland door de Belgische brigade Pirron in 1944 1945???
@@robertneven7563 En Ambiorix.. jaja
@@phil36310 welk eenheid heeftu respect volle vader gedient aan het Albert canal??? mvg Rob
@@phil36310 en welk wapen uit de eerste W O?
@@phil36310 trouwens ikga je helpen , mijn nonkel(man is al jaren overleden heb hem maar vaag gekend was gelegerd aan het canal Albert, Carabiniers, en wat je lult over het eerste W O wapen heb ik ook me n twijfels, het Belgisch leger hadt in de eerste W O een Comblain geweer( enkele schot) tot 1915 ongeveer , toen is de Mauser gekomen, 5 schoten , vaste lader, met een schuiflatje, horizontaal binnen brengen, me n overgrootvader heeft 2 jaar aan de yzer gevochten tegen de pinhelmen, heb ze n dossier kunnen inkijken in Everen, dus je zou beter je groot bakkes houden onbenul, en volgens mij ben je een ollander , geen Belg , sukkeltje
What did u think ? That germans were just in Holiday in ww2? Ofc the allies fought back,But could do nothing against the german spearhead.To Say today that they held for a day,its just a joke 😂😂😂
This so only that Central europeans low war thinking. No rights to be independent country.
First time when is used Blitzkrieg was Sovjets in Raattee Finland. Results was motti.
Belgia got great lands cape to do there same but no Men and officers. Just eating chocolade in cafeteria.
Great video!
Thanks!
Thank you.