To our shame we prevented our gallant Polish Allies a place in the parade , they were entirely forgotten. But as one who lived through the war I remember how the Brave Poles fought for us. The famous 303 squadron of fighter command - the Polish fighter pilots had the highest scores in the Battle of Britain, The Polish Soldiers were the one's who too Monte Cassino. But to please Stalin - Churchill betrayed them. And no! I am not Polish just a Brit who lived through it and saw what the Polish Servicemen and women did .
Okay fine. This has been said to death and I'm starting to not care. We sit and judge decisions like this from the stupendously high pedestal of hindsight. Britain was victorious but it had a broken leg, bashed in jaw and thumping headache... the USA was well on the way to neutering us completely and the fanatical Soviets loomed over Europe like some black shadow. So I'm SO SO sorry for the leaders of my country looking out for what they thought were in our best interests before that of the interests and welfare of Poles. Every fking video it's the same. Perhaps the Poles, instead of screaming and shouting betrayal, should start blaming themselves for not mobilising their country for all out total war... you know... because being sandwiched in between 2 powerful states DOESN'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH FUCKING HINTS.
Not to mention Cassino, Tobruk, Nijmegen, The Enigma machine, Polish submarines inter alia................a disgrace.............didn;t want to offend Stalin !!! Les Griffiths
The Poles were not allowed to march,,,in deference to Stalin, The second betrayal of Poland, I wonder what the Polish squadron in The Battle Of Britain gave their lives for,
@@ianbrown5647 I think that similar parades took place in every country, not only in Europe. The point is polish soldier who fought for the UK and was not allowed to take part in this parade
So precious footage for our family. My grandfather was there parading with the Greek Regiment (8:03 - 8:07). His name was Panagiotis Grigoriou and you can see him in the middle of the last line of the regiment (first seaman from the right). He fought against the fascist Italian army in Albania (injured at his left heel from a mortar fragment), and then against the Nazi Germans in Middle East, as a seaman in the greek destroyer HS Queen Olga (among the few survivors of her sinking at the island of Leros from German aircrafts)
Well done to the Russians for celebrating VE Day every year. Coz, without their contributions the WW2 would have dragged on for another ten years. Mr Churchill acknowledged the Red Army's contributions by saying " the Russians tore the guts out of the Wehrmacht" . . .and quite right too, they did just that on the Eastern Fronts from 1941-1945. We on the other hand only invaded on 4th June 1944, six years into the war . . . !!
My great grandfather was a British police officer during the war. He saved many lives during the battle of London. His father was a British WW1 veteran.
diane salazar my father didn’t serve in WW1 my great great grandfather did. He wasn’t a coward he actually got shot in battle. My great grandfather was a British police officer during the London bombings in WW2.
My grandfather was a fireman in Warsaw when buildings were collapsing from the German bombs. He also was saving lives under such horrible conditions (at the beginning invasion and Warsaw 1944 uprising). Please check publications about Warsaw.
@@Deasvier34 Why would Romania be invited? Poland was the first Ally and fought from the first day of the war till the last, not changed sides two minutes before it ended.
Everybody thinks:France,Britain,U.S,Soviet Union when you say allies, but forget Czechoslovakia, Poland, Mongolia, China, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, British Raj, Canada, etc.
At 8:00-8:08: the Greek contingent headed by the kilted Evzones recruited from Sterea Hellas, representing the Nation that granted The Allies their first victory of the War over The Axis Powers in October 1940-March 1941.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Someone doesn't know his history and is suffering from an extremely serious case of nationalism. So let's see what was the first actual victory of the war, when was it and who won it? It is arguable that the first real Allied victory was in fact won on 14th September 1939 by the Royal Navy destroyer squadron escorting HMS Ark Royal at the time when they sank U-38. If we count a single, definable battle as a victory then the first actual victory of the war was won by HMS Ajax, HMS Achilles and HMS Exeter in December 1939 at the Battle of the River Plate. How about the first really serious setback for the Axis? That would be the Battle of Britain. Now in terms of land success the Greeks can't actually claim the start of the first reverse for the Axis in WWII either. When did that first loss on land occur? Battle of Narvik in May 1940. All of these first successes at sea, in the air and on land took place before Greece even entered the war. So don't try and talk nationalist rubbish about history: you'll only end up looking foolish. The Greek counter-offensive began in mid-November 1940 and it was indeed an impressive affair. The Italians were shown up as the amateurs and military charlatans they really were. However it was also essentially contemporaneous with the first big British Empire land success of the war, only starting before it by a few days. Operation Compass (that first land success) wasn't exactly a small operation in terms of its results. Italian casualties were pretty much the entire force taking part. 5,500 killed, 10,000 wounded and 133,000 captured. That is the operation which inspired the parody of Churchill's famous Battle of Britain quote, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much surrendered, by so many, to so few." So as I said don't try and beat your chest with jingoistic, ahistorical nonsense. Exaggerating and distorting the actual achievements of the Greek forces does those achievements no favours.
Great Jamie - Yes, you’re technically quite right: the Greco-Italian campaign of late 1940/early 1941 was the first Allied land victory. But it was also the first sustained overall combined operational victory (by land, sea, and air) where a main Axis power - Italy - was completely routed, losing territory in a series of engagements extending over five months(!), and forced to retreat - not once, but several times. The earlier RN victories over the Kriegsmarine in late 1939, to which you’re presumably referring, were the first Allied (naval) wins, as was the naval engagement at Narvik in April 1940. But Narvik was a rather limited affair - and really, a Pyrrhic victory for the British; while the Allies did initially have air and sea superiority over the Wehrmacht, they didn’t take full advantage of it, and ultimately, failed to meet their overall operational objectives - including the main one, which was to prevent the German occupation of Norway. It was an important milestone in the war, no doubt, but in the long scheme of things the effectiveness of the British naval win at Narvik was not terribly important. At best, it demonstrated something everyone already knew - and the Germans themselves acknowledged: that in a pitched naval battle, the surface vessel superiority of Great Britain over Germany was unassailable. The Greek victory, on the other hand, (apart from being nothing short of an unexpected wonder) achieved very definite strategic results for the Allies: it not only greatly boosted the morale of the occupied peoples of Europe and of defiant Britain; but more significantly, it upset the Axis plans by drawing Germany into an unscheduled extended campaign in the Balkans in support of the Italians, and delaying ‘Barbarossa’ by several crucial weeks.
David Newton - Apologies for the late reply; I only saw this. No vacuous nationalist jingoism here. As as a serving soldier and tenured military historian, I make no claims lightly. I would have written much the same thing if I were a...’North-Macedonian’ or - Allah forbid - a Turk...I’m afraid the only one you’ve managed to embarrass is yourself: if you had posted with the intention of correcting me, you ought to have done so in the same good-willed spirit as the other respondent. As it is, your tone only serves to accentuate the schoolboy interpretation of the factoids you present, which of course in no way refute the validity of my original comment, as shown in my reply to the other commenter. If interested, vide supra; else, read up on your own, and consider carefully before making silly comments which expose your very limited understanding on the subject.
My mother proudly marched in this parade. She was in the WAC's-ATS. My father served in the RAF as a navigator and pilot. His father served in the Great War as an RFC aviation mechanic.
Amazing, Poland had some of the heaviest casualties in the war, they're the main reason the war even started, shouldn't they have been invited? If anything, they contributed the most on the war efforts, even without an independent country!
.@@galimir. Russia also was the aggressor by attacking peaceful neighbor Poland in 1920 and again in 1939. Learn some history. Maybe Japan should have been invited as well.
@@franktuminski8460 I think its more than clear why-cause they are commies ;) And before starting to look for a calf under the bull,check the REAL deeds of this fucking pig Churchill,who is personally responsible for immense death and suffering himself-you can start from India.
I laughed so hard when they introduced Churchill. 1:08 "Our war great war leader was there of course to enjoy the celebrations in full and with him was Mr. Atlee, the Prime Minister".
To everyone asking why are or that faction excluded these are high lights for British audience. To the poles you right that given that the invasion of Poland by Germany and Russia was the uk's immediate cuase for declaring war it's embarrassing no poles where involved in the parade for political reasons
No Canada was there from the beginning i 1939. Canada declared war one week after the UK did. After Dunkirk, the only fully equipped Infantry Division in England was the First Canadian Division and they would have been on your front line had the Germans invaded. Anyway, no mention of those (ultimately 1.1 million) Canadians who came to your aid while the "other" North American army remained neutral.
@@abrahamdozer6273 "they stood alone" - sound like a good joke for retards. Tell that to Poles who fight and jews who was trully alone, and their only helpers died during process
God bless United Kingdom. God Save the Queen. God bless America forever. Keep America Great Forever. I love Jesus and Jesus loves me. The yellow bird sings in there tree and makes my heart dance with gladness.(The Gardener XVII Rabindranath Tagore) (친구 운동권이 저학년 때 선물해준 시집에서) Korea US Alliance Forever.
Fourth biggest force in Allied forces - Polish troops - were not invited to this parade because politics. First betrayed at Teheran and in consequence - Yalta, Poland was was not given even symbolic satisfaction.
Sanderus If you do not consider canadian forces as an independant force from Britain! But when the war ended Canada had the fourth largest air force , the third largest navy and was one the three countries to take part to the a-bomb researches and had mobilised 1,1 millions men and women . And knowing what it produced during the war I have no hesitation to say it was the fourth most important ally . Not mentionning Canada is laughable ! That's such an enormity it could only be deliberate !🤣
I'm sure it was deliberate, it's impossible to make an "accidental omission" like that. I've got even my theory. British Empire was on its last legs at the time, Canada was practically idependent prior to the outbreak of WWII and England's influence on Canada was marginal. However, 'technically' it was still part of the British Empire that 's why Canadian forces, just like for instance Indian forces should be counted as British Empire forces. If we don't do it we make an anachronism. Still of course Canadian forces should be separately invited to the parade. If they weren't my theory I referred to earlier is that it was a "farewell present" on behalf of England.
Talk about "brainwashed" and "propaganda", oh the irony. In short. 1) Actually Polish contribution in the Allied victory started even before German invasion. Poles cracked the Enigma encrypting machine. Just before the war Poles passed all their knowledge and methods of deciphering Enigma to the British who continued their work at Betchely Park. 2) Polish armed forces among allied forces were around 250 000 and distinguished themselves in a number of military operations, like for instance battle of Britain, Monte Cassino, Falaise, liberation of the Netherlands among others. That number does not include several hundred thousand strong underground Home Army which operated on occupied Polish territory. 3) Poland is not resposible in any shape or form for the Holocaust. Contrary to many (all?) other countries under Nazi German occupation Poland on the state level did not collaborate with the occupant. There was no "Vichy like" collaborative government. In fact Polish legal government, although in exile never surrendered. Poles formed by far the biggest and best organised resistance in Europe it was actually a whole secret state, with schools, courts etc. Strictly linked with the Polish legal government in exile 4) Speaking about courts - collaboration with the Germans was punishable by death and Home Army carried out such sentences, executing traitors. The number of individual collaborators was extremely low. And yes, those individuals who informed the Germans about Jews were also executed, this was simply against the law. 5) Individual Polish collaborators (their number was extremely low - below 0,1%) are guilty of the crime but not the country. And by the way, there were Jewish collaborators who sent their own brothers and sisters to death as well. And they were far more dangerous from obvious reasons. 6) Polish assistance to the Jews was so high, and so efficient (there was even an official underground organisation designed specifically to saving Jews, called Zegota) that Poland was the only country where saving Jews was punishable by death by the Germans. The only ones who could have done more were western Allies, most notably free UK and USA. 7) The Death Camps were German, operated by Germans according to German laws.
@Mark Harrison. That was not an invasion. At best that was a threat. Zaolzie was a tiny part of ethnically Polish lands with vast majority of Polish population who were more than happy to return to Poland. This minor border change was ratified by Chechoslovak government. The whole operation was almost completely bloodless (1 casualty - a Pole).
Even today... you can be who you want to be... be great in all you do.. follow the beacon of truth... truth brethren .. the truth of freedom... xx all united... fight for truth forever. Never give in.
@Britannia. You should be banned from posting such vulgar comments. Apparently, you dot know much about the history of WW2. Please read of Helena Bogus's reply.
@Michael Evans Number one: I'm an American. Number two: the World has to know the truth and finally learn about political treason and historical lies. Number three: individuals like you are dishonorable and disgusting.
@Britannia The person without much historical knowledge is you Britannia. Maybe you are embarrassed to learn the truth. The British government had broken its promise and commitment to Poland and in the end, betrayed its ally.
All the prats are out today. You can not include everyone from the empire who fought in the war. And for the anti-empire idiots who have commented on here.No country was forced to join Britain in the war. The parade was for everyone.
And this Time the most charismatic guy in human history was still alive. I'm talking about Winston Churchill not stalin... And the Queen Elizabeth II was a lady, gorgeous lady
Winston Churchill the most charismatic guy in human history? You must be joking. It is necessary to make an overdue revision in all history books: an alcoholic, rapist, and traitor.
The English treat WWII as if it was last week and act as though they were the only country fighting the Nazis. Churchill BEGGED the United States for a few years for supplies, but we would not provide them supplies because it would have brought us into their war. Once we entered the war after the Pearl Harbor attack, the British turned over their airfields to the United States Eight Air Force, and they still wont acknowledge if it weren't for America and other allies, the UK would most likely be a German speaking country now LOL
@@joeyoliver579 What are you talking about? I haven't encountered a single person in the UK that thinks that way and I live here. Stop taking pride in things you yourself didn't contribute to also, never understood the use of "we" and "us" when you're talking about other people's sacrifices.
@@williameagle1999 Those are just the facts. Nothing more nothing less. If you aren't an American, you dont know how it feels to be PROUD and FREE. Read 'em and weep numb nuts :) Post a picture of yourself or make a video and stop hiding in your mommies basement...
Joey Oliver Haha what are the facts? You make some baseless claim about the English not acknowledging allies for some reason despite it not being true and I call you out, and your best response is that I haven’t uploaded a pic of myself?
Canada's in the full video, and you can see their flag flying too. It looked different because the Red and maple leaf flag was only created somewhat recently, 1980s I believe.
And Brazil was unique Latin American country to participate the WW II, sending their soldiers and fighter pilots to european theatre, they always are forgotten, the Brazilian Army...
for not undergoing an amphibious invasion to liberate Poland against the core of the Nazi and Soviet armies? shut up, your nation was fucked and there was nothing we could have done to prevent that.
Frank Tuminski if it wasn't for Mr Churchill, you'd be speaking German now. Your comments are an embarrassment to those brave Polish men who joined the RAF and fought alongside our own.
That appears to be a make-up compact... If you notice her back is to the parade and she is using the mirror to get a higher view of it - so she can see over the heads of those in front of her... Not a time traveler - just a clever person...
@@smiercwrogomojczyzny56 you are right russia ended 1920 and was replaced by a union which includes russia and its neighbour countries. Futhermore you should know that the Zar was garbage,only by looking at the russian-japanese war
Victory parade without Poles even those fighting in the Battle of Britain. Maybe at least you will give Poland over 130 tons of Polish gold which in 1939 were deported from Poland
If you notice, the King is in a Royal Navy uniform, so his salute is correct. The naval salute is with the palm horizontal to the ground. Only the army and air force salute with the palm facing forward.
The King can salute any way he wants to. He's the boss, officially. Besides, that's the Navy salute. Only the Army does the "open palm" thing while slamming his boots on the ground. The Navy Salute (George was in the Navy at Jutland) is hand sideways, angled slightly AND NO BOOTS SLAMMING ON THE DECK!
The British monarch commands multiple militaries Also King George VI had intended to participate in D-Day but was talked out of it by Churchill Also then Princess Elizabeth was in the Woman’s Auxiliaries with her father’s permission as a mechanic
Not in that one (except for the later-to-arrive Prince Phillip who literally fought in the Mediterranean) but the King was on a Battleship HMS Collingwood in the Battle Jutland during the previous war and was "Mentioned in Dispatches" . He was in harm's way because he was not expected to become King. Princess Elizabeth served as an ambulance mechanic during WWII.
Anglicy w ramach podziękowań polskim pilotom i polskim żołnierzom za w kład obrony Anglii nie zaprosili Polaków na te paradę zwycięstwa.Typowe chamskie zachowanie angoli.Wiemy,że nie warto stawać w ich obronie,bo i tak zlekceważą jak w tedy w 1945 r.Postąpili perfidnie i nie są warci funta kłaków.
Skąd te bzdury, że Zachód "sprzedał" Polskę komunistom? Jaki dokładnie zysk otrzymali z tej rzekomej "sprzedaży"? Poza tym, że musieli zakwaterować i wyżywić setki tysięcy polskich emigrantów, którzy otrzymali brytyjskie obywatelstwo po II wojnie światowej. Związek Radziecki "wyzwolił" Polskę od nazistów kosztem kilku milionów sowieckich istnień. Polska była już w ich posiadaniu, żadne "przekazanie" czy "sprzedaż" nie były konieczne.
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” George Orwell.
Muhammad Bakura Lawan - It was common to NOT show any non-white allies in a positive light back then, especially after the war, you should really not be surprised about this at all (For example, the infamous bit of film showing Black American troops landing in England with the Cameraman making it appear that a juvenile English boy in short pants was leading these grown men marching in the street. "Fake News" is not a new concept!). Americans did the same, and when they did occasionally do a positive newsreel, it was tagged to be seen by only "select audiences"....
We should have let poles march,shouldn't of appeased Stalin he was a bully,Tito took no crap from him and Stalin left him alone like all cowards and bullies,we should've done the same,Stalin would not have done a thing
Should have let Poles march? It was a wise decision not to invite psheks, given their very warm relationship with the Germans before '39. It was Poland at that time that vowed to erect a statue of Hitler in Warsaw if he managed to succeed in accomplishing his Madagaskarplan.
@@TrackANaziMerc Vladimir, do you remember the Ribentrop-Molotov Pact? Unfortunately, Russia joined the Germans in 1939. Don't lie to history, Vladimir or Ivan.
Wise decision not to invite psheks, given their very warm relationship with the Germans before '39. It was Poland at that time that vowed to erect a statue of Hitler in Warsaw, should he have succeeded in accomplishing his Madagaskarplan.
Because before Piłsudzki's death (in 1935) Poland had very good relations with III Reich,but they changed. +You forgot that Poles and Czechs saved UK in 1940's.
Don't equate the Poles not being at the parade with the Poles not being invited to the parade. They were actually the ONLY country to receive TWO invites to the parade, but through a poisonous bitter mix of POLISH political hatred (from Warsaw) and hubris (from the exiled Poles in Britain) did they CHOOSE to ignore BOTH invites.
@@The_Real_Doom_Slayer Give over soft lad. The Poles and Czechs made a small but appreciated contribution to the British victory in 1940. The truth is that without the UK alone then Poland would STILL have swastikas flying over it's cities, and nazi death camps operating on it's soil today.
To our shame we prevented our gallant Polish Allies a place in the parade , they were entirely forgotten. But as one who lived through the war I remember how the Brave Poles fought for us. The famous 303 squadron of fighter command - the Polish fighter pilots had the highest scores in the Battle of Britain, The Polish Soldiers were the one's who too Monte Cassino. But to please Stalin - Churchill betrayed them. And no! I am not Polish just a Brit who lived through it and saw what the Polish Servicemen and women did .
Thanks for you comment, my grandad was a member of the 303
Okay fine. This has been said to death and I'm starting to not care. We sit and judge decisions like this from the stupendously high pedestal of hindsight. Britain was victorious but it had a broken leg, bashed in jaw and thumping headache... the USA was well on the way to neutering us completely and the fanatical Soviets loomed over Europe like some black shadow. So I'm SO SO sorry for the leaders of my country looking out for what they thought were in our best interests before that of the interests and welfare of Poles.
Every fking video it's the same. Perhaps the Poles, instead of screaming and shouting betrayal, should start blaming themselves for not mobilising their country for all out total war... you know... because being sandwiched in between 2 powerful states DOESN'T GIVE YOU ENOUGH FUCKING HINTS.
The next generation, though, thanks Poland, as we have read about their bravery.
Not to mention Cassino, Tobruk, Nijmegen, The Enigma machine, Polish submarines inter alia................a disgrace.............didn;t want to offend Stalin !!!
Les Griffiths
SIR, Thank you for your very honorable comments. Best wishes to you
The Poles were not allowed to march,,,in deference to Stalin, The second betrayal of Poland, I wonder what the Polish squadron in The Battle Of Britain gave their lives for,
Good question
Blame the socialist labour gov who were in charge at the time of this parade
Was there not a Victory parade in Poland?
@@ianbrown5647 I think that similar parades took place in every country, not only in Europe. The point is polish soldier who fought for the UK and was not allowed to take part in this parade
people who fought, who gave their lives and shed blood for Britain and the Allies was not allowed to take part in this parade.
So precious footage for our family. My grandfather was there parading with the Greek Regiment (8:03 - 8:07). His name was Panagiotis Grigoriou and you can see him in the middle of the last line of the regiment (first seaman from the right). He fought against the fascist Italian army in Albania (injured at his left heel from a mortar fragment), and then against the Nazi Germans in Middle East, as a seaman in the greek destroyer HS Queen Olga (among the few survivors of her sinking at the island of Leros from German aircrafts)
Wish we still did VE Day, only Russia do the biggest VE Day now
Well done to the Russians for celebrating VE Day every year. Coz, without their contributions the WW2 would have dragged on for another ten years. Mr Churchill acknowledged the Red Army's contributions by saying " the Russians tore the guts out of the Wehrmacht" . . .and quite right too, they did just that on the Eastern Fronts from 1941-1945. We on the other hand only invaded on 4th June 1944, six years into the war . . . !!
Thank you,brothers,for your right words.God bless you and your families! Welcome to Russia!
North Africa, Battle for Britain, Sicily and Italy, the Bombing Campaign, the fighting in the Pacific, all that happened before D-Day
@@macvatu Yes, well done for killing more than Hitler. Well done indeed. Fought the wrong enemy they say...
@@yosemite735 hater gonna hate
It was a happy day after long brutal war, but to Polish army it was humiliation day
My great grandfather was a British police officer during the war. He saved many lives during the battle of London. His father was a British WW1 veteran.
diane salazar my father didn’t serve in WW1 my great great grandfather did. He wasn’t a coward he actually got shot in battle. My great grandfather was a British police officer during the London bombings in WW2.
My grandfather was a fireman in Warsaw when buildings were collapsing from the German bombs. He also was saving lives under such horrible conditions (at the beginning invasion and Warsaw 1944 uprising). Please check publications about Warsaw.
Poland...
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And Romania too..
@@Deasvier34 Why would Romania be invited? Poland was the first Ally and fought from the first day of the war till the last, not changed sides two minutes before it ended.
@@PolakInHolland Nepal?
@@Deasvier34romania was a axis huh
My father marched in this parade
I am always amazed when Canada's contribution and place of honour go unmentioned.
Bro there were canadian units but there werent any polish units. Poland who saved uk during the battle of england.
Everybody thinks:France,Britain,U.S,Soviet Union when you say allies, but forget Czechoslovakia, Poland, Mongolia, China, Australia, New Zealand, Egypt, British Raj, Canada, etc.
India is more better than British Raj.
Yugoslav/Serbian Partisans too!
Also México (Squadron 301 in Japan) and Brazil (FEB, 30,000 soldiers who fought in Italy).
At 8:00-8:08: the Greek contingent headed by the kilted Evzones recruited from Sterea Hellas, representing the Nation that granted The Allies their first victory of the War over The Axis Powers in October 1940-March 1941.
Dorian Philotheates first land victory
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. Someone doesn't know his history and is suffering from an extremely serious case of nationalism.
So let's see what was the first actual victory of the war, when was it and who won it? It is arguable that the first real Allied victory was in fact won on 14th September 1939 by the Royal Navy destroyer squadron escorting HMS Ark Royal at the time when they sank U-38. If we count a single, definable battle as a victory then the first actual victory of the war was won by HMS Ajax, HMS Achilles and HMS Exeter in December 1939 at the Battle of the River Plate. How about the first really serious setback for the Axis? That would be the Battle of Britain.
Now in terms of land success the Greeks can't actually claim the start of the first reverse for the Axis in WWII either. When did that first loss on land occur? Battle of Narvik in May 1940. All of these first successes at sea, in the air and on land took place before Greece even entered the war. So don't try and talk nationalist rubbish about history: you'll only end up looking foolish.
The Greek counter-offensive began in mid-November 1940 and it was indeed an impressive affair. The Italians were shown up as the amateurs and military charlatans they really were. However it was also essentially contemporaneous with the first big British Empire land success of the war, only starting before it by a few days. Operation Compass (that first land success) wasn't exactly a small operation in terms of its results. Italian casualties were pretty much the entire force taking part. 5,500 killed, 10,000 wounded and 133,000 captured. That is the operation which inspired the parody of Churchill's famous Battle of Britain quote, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much surrendered, by so many, to so few."
So as I said don't try and beat your chest with jingoistic, ahistorical nonsense. Exaggerating and distorting the actual achievements of the Greek forces does those achievements no favours.
Great Jamie - Yes, you’re technically quite right: the Greco-Italian campaign of late 1940/early 1941 was the first Allied land victory. But it was also the first sustained overall combined operational victory (by land, sea, and air) where a main Axis power - Italy - was completely routed, losing territory in a series of engagements extending over five months(!), and forced to retreat - not once, but several times. The earlier RN victories over the Kriegsmarine in late 1939, to which you’re presumably referring, were the first Allied (naval) wins, as was the naval engagement at Narvik in April 1940. But Narvik was a rather limited affair - and really, a Pyrrhic victory for the British; while the Allies did initially have air and sea superiority over the Wehrmacht, they didn’t take full advantage of it, and ultimately, failed to meet their overall operational objectives - including the main one, which was to prevent the German occupation of Norway. It was an important milestone in the war, no doubt, but in the long scheme of things the effectiveness of the British naval win at Narvik was not terribly important. At best, it demonstrated something everyone already knew - and the Germans themselves acknowledged: that in a pitched naval battle, the surface vessel superiority of Great Britain over Germany was unassailable. The Greek victory, on the other hand, (apart from being nothing short of an unexpected wonder) achieved very definite strategic results for the Allies: it not only greatly boosted the morale of the occupied peoples of Europe and of defiant Britain; but more significantly, it upset the Axis plans by drawing Germany into an unscheduled extended campaign in the Balkans in support of the Italians, and delaying ‘Barbarossa’ by several crucial weeks.
David Newton - Apologies for the late reply; I only saw this. No vacuous nationalist jingoism here. As as a serving soldier and tenured military historian, I make no claims lightly. I would have written much the same thing if I were a...’North-Macedonian’ or - Allah forbid - a Turk...I’m afraid the only one you’ve managed to embarrass is yourself: if you had posted with the intention of correcting me, you ought to have done so in the same good-willed spirit as the other respondent. As it is, your tone only serves to accentuate the schoolboy interpretation of the factoids you present, which of course in no way refute the validity of my original comment, as shown in my reply to the other commenter. If interested, vide supra; else, read up on your own, and consider carefully before making silly comments which expose your very limited understanding on the subject.
My mother proudly marched in this parade. She was in the WAC's-ATS. My father served in the RAF as a navigator and pilot. His father served in the Great War as an RFC aviation mechanic.
The music on 8:12 gives me litteral goosebumps.
Does someone know this tune?
Amazing, Poland had some of the heaviest casualties in the war, they're the main reason the war even started, shouldn't they have been invited? If anything, they contributed the most on the war efforts, even without an independent country!
You are right
They didnt even mentioned Russia,you want Poland 😎
.@@galimir. Russia also was the aggressor by attacking peaceful neighbor Poland in 1920 and again in 1939. Learn some history. Maybe Japan should have been invited as well.
@@franktuminski8460 hehe...right.Dude,you just make me laugh...Poor idiot...
@@franktuminski8460 I think its more than clear why-cause they are commies ;) And before starting to look for a calf under the bull,check the REAL deeds of this fucking pig Churchill,who is personally responsible for immense death and suffering himself-you can start from India.
I laughed so hard when they introduced Churchill. 1:08 "Our war great war leader was there of course to enjoy the celebrations in full and with him was Mr. Atlee, the Prime Minister".
3:19 you can see the difference between Churchill and Atlee
7:24 Wow, Nelson's Column got a good view. I bet the Admiral would've wanted to fight in this war.
To everyone asking why are or that faction excluded these are high lights for British audience. To the poles you right that given that the invasion of Poland by Germany and Russia was the uk's immediate cuase for declaring war it's embarrassing no poles where involved in the parade for political reasons
So important for Britain as they, at first, stood alone.
No Canada was there from the beginning i 1939. Canada declared war one week after the UK did.
After Dunkirk, the only fully equipped Infantry Division in England was the First Canadian Division and they would have been on your front line had the Germans invaded. Anyway, no mention of those (ultimately 1.1 million) Canadians who came to your aid while the "other" North American army remained neutral.
UK was useless
@@Marcin_z_bloku_obok Riiight.
You must be a scholar.
@@abrahamdozer6273 "they stood alone" - sound like a good joke for retards. Tell that to Poles who fight and jews who was trully alone, and their only helpers died during process
@@Marcin_z_bloku_obok If the UK was useless during WW2, I'm guessing you dont even exist.
Those were the days where there was no talk of independence no stupid protest the world was truly united
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7:35, Republic Of China !中華民國國軍！
當年國軍風采飛揚
Now called Taiwan
Guomindang
I was 9 years old.
Zdrajcom nigdy nie wybaczymy!
And not a mention of the Merchant Navy who made it possible.
Larry's dad was a Merchant Marine.
Polska najwięcej wycierpiała a nie dość że nas sprzedali to nawet nam nie pozwolili wziąć udziału w głupiej paradzie zwycięzców!!!
Not silly, it’s glorious
It’s a stupid parade yet you’re here crying that there’s no polish representation at the ‘stupid parade’
The English are gentlemen, They didn't want to tease Stalin.
What a sarcastic joke
Where are the Polish soldiers ???
@Squirrel Betrayed by Churchill
@Squirrel are you German?
Dead
@rebel son What? He says "Political differences were forgotten"
Angole ich sprzedały
God bless United Kingdom.
God Save the Queen.
God bless America forever.
Keep America Great Forever.
I love Jesus and Jesus loves me.
The yellow bird sings in there tree and makes my heart dance with gladness.(The Gardener XVII Rabindranath Tagore)
(친구 운동권이 저학년 때 선물해준 시집에서)
Korea US Alliance Forever.
UK and it's people were free and happy...now not so much, how sad.
“And, what matter if I’d did rain? This was victory day!”
Not for Poles, because Great Britain and the USA betrayed them
Fourth biggest force in Allied forces - Polish troops - were not invited to this parade because politics. First betrayed at Teheran and in consequence - Yalta, Poland was was not given even symbolic satisfaction.
Sanderus If you do not consider canadian forces as an independant force from Britain! But when the war ended Canada had the fourth largest air force , the third largest navy and was one the three countries to take part to the a-bomb researches and had mobilised 1,1 millions men and women . And knowing what it produced during the war I have no hesitation to say it was the fourth most important ally . Not mentionning Canada is laughable ! That's such an enormity it could only be deliberate !🤣
I'm sure it was deliberate, it's impossible to make an "accidental omission" like that. I've got even my theory. British Empire was on its last legs at the time, Canada was practically idependent prior to the outbreak of WWII and England's influence on Canada was marginal. However, 'technically' it was still part of the British Empire that 's why Canadian forces, just like for instance Indian forces should be counted as British Empire forces. If we don't do it we make an anachronism. Still of course Canadian forces should be separately invited to the parade. If they weren't my theory I referred to earlier is that it was a "farewell present" on behalf of England.
Talk about "brainwashed" and "propaganda", oh the irony. In short. 1) Actually Polish contribution in the Allied victory started even before German invasion. Poles cracked the Enigma encrypting machine. Just before the war Poles passed all their knowledge and methods of deciphering Enigma to the British who continued their work at Betchely Park.
2) Polish armed forces among allied forces were around 250 000 and distinguished themselves in a number of military operations, like for instance battle of Britain, Monte Cassino, Falaise, liberation of the Netherlands among others. That number does not include several hundred thousand strong underground Home Army which operated on occupied Polish territory.
3) Poland is not resposible in any shape or form for the Holocaust. Contrary to many (all?) other countries under Nazi German occupation Poland on the state level did not collaborate with the occupant. There was no "Vichy like" collaborative government. In fact Polish legal government, although in exile never surrendered. Poles formed by far the biggest and best organised resistance in Europe it was actually a whole secret state, with schools, courts etc. Strictly linked with the Polish legal government in exile
4) Speaking about courts - collaboration with the Germans was punishable by death and Home Army carried out such sentences, executing traitors. The number of individual collaborators was extremely low. And yes, those individuals who informed the Germans about Jews were also executed, this was simply against the law.
5) Individual Polish collaborators (their number was extremely low - below 0,1%) are guilty of the crime but not the country. And by the way, there were Jewish collaborators who sent their own brothers and sisters to death as well. And they were far more dangerous from obvious reasons.
6) Polish assistance to the Jews was so high, and so efficient (there was even an official underground organisation designed specifically to saving Jews, called Zegota) that Poland was the only country where saving Jews was punishable by death by the Germans. The only ones who could have done more were western Allies, most notably free UK and USA.
7) The Death Camps were German, operated by Germans according to German laws.
Poland had invaded Czechoslovakia in October 1938 and annexed Zaolzie.
@Mark Harrison. That was not an invasion. At best that was a threat. Zaolzie was a tiny part of ethnically Polish lands with vast majority of Polish population who were more than happy to return to Poland. This minor border change was ratified by Chechoslovak government. The whole operation was almost completely bloodless (1 casualty - a Pole).
2:54 my God I wish I could have seen that, and those flags waving
Even today... you can be who you want to be... be great in all you do.. follow the beacon of truth... truth brethren .. the truth of freedom... xx all united... fight for truth forever. Never give in.
Shame on you. Long live Poland.
We should never forget this betrayal
@Britannia. You should be banned from posting such vulgar comments. Apparently, you dot know much about the history of WW2. Please read of Helena Bogus's reply.
@Michael Evans Number one: I'm an American. Number two: the World has to know the truth and finally learn about political treason and historical lies. Number three: individuals like you are dishonorable and disgusting.
@Britannia The person without much historical knowledge is you Britannia. Maybe you are embarrassed to learn the truth. The British government had broken its promise and commitment to Poland and in the end, betrayed its ally.
@Britannia ungratful fucks?You betrayed us from 1939.
THEY HAVE WON A VICTORY!!!!!
They won, but thanks to help of other nations
Why not show Canada instead of the Yanks.
Your in the back behind the British ,us Americans make our own call
They didn't show me this in history lesson :(
This same story with American history books for high school students. Completely silence.
They also don't teach about the battle of castle itter
Thank God Who gave us the victory..
So thank to Russia and USA
All the prats are out today. You can not include everyone from the empire who fought in the war. And for the anti-empire idiots who have commented on here.No country was forced to join Britain in the war. The parade was for everyone.
well all the flags are included for the Empire, this is a cut version of the full video
They didnt forget about polish gold
And this Time the most charismatic guy in human history was still alive. I'm talking about Winston Churchill not stalin... And the Queen Elizabeth II was a lady, gorgeous lady
I suggest you read British Field Marchall Beaverbrook diaries...
Winston Churchill the most charismatic guy in human history? You must be joking. It is necessary to make an overdue revision in all history books: an alcoholic, rapist, and traitor.
@@jenny76uk Beaverbrook wasn't in the Army. He was a Canadian businessman and Cabinet member.
Anyone know the song the band plays at 8:25 ?
WTF, no mention of Canadian participation.
Bolsonaro 2022 !!
The English treat WWII as if it was last week and act as though they were the only country fighting the Nazis. Churchill BEGGED the United States for a few years for supplies, but we would not provide them supplies because it would have brought us into their war. Once we entered the war after the Pearl Harbor attack, the British turned over their airfields to the United States Eight Air Force, and they still wont acknowledge if it weren't for America and other allies, the UK would most likely be a German speaking country now LOL
@@joeyoliver579 What are you talking about? I haven't encountered a single person in the UK that thinks that way and I live here. Stop taking pride in things you yourself didn't contribute to also, never understood the use of "we" and "us" when you're talking about other people's sacrifices.
@@williameagle1999 Those are just the facts. Nothing more nothing less. If you aren't an American, you dont know how it feels to be PROUD and FREE. Read 'em and weep numb nuts :) Post a picture of yourself or make a video and stop hiding in your mommies basement...
Joey Oliver Haha what are the facts? You make some baseless claim about the English not acknowledging allies for some reason despite it not being true and I call you out, and your best response is that I haven’t uploaded a pic of myself?
Completely forgets about Canada...
And Poland
Yeah, where are the Canucks?
Jake Murray. How about Poland. You should remember that Poles made the great contributions( sacrifices) during WW2.
Canada's in the full video, and you can see their flag flying too. It looked different because the Red and maple leaf flag was only created somewhat recently, 1980s I believe.
@@DapaChrons 1960s but the Maple Leaf goes back into the 1840s as Canadian military insignia.
And Brazil was unique Latin American country to participate the WW II, sending their soldiers and fighter pilots to european theatre, they always are forgotten, the Brazilian Army...
Can someone tell me the music at 2:00 pls
The Poles did their job. The Poles can leave
British politicians have betrayed Poland... not the first time:)
More uninformed bollocks.
I don't think there are any other examples of a free people mobilising so completely for a common aim.
What about Poland?
John Stowsky. Brits should have apologized to the Polish Nation
for what?
Jack Wallace. For your scumbag W. Churchill actions
for not undergoing an amphibious invasion to liberate Poland against the core of the Nazi and Soviet armies?
shut up, your nation was fucked and there was nothing we could have done to prevent that.
Frank Tuminski if it wasn't for Mr Churchill, you'd be speaking German now. Your comments are an embarrassment to those brave Polish men who joined the RAF and fought alongside our own.
What better way to start the march of than with the Scotts
Gdzie Polska!!!!!!!!!!
Nie zaprosili nas zdrajcy
@8:56 Selfie time
Es geht um Deutschlands Gloria... oh shit wrong video
I couldn't see the West Indies in this parade, they always get overlooked in the commonwealth and only matter when cricket or immigration comes up.
Impressive.
No Canadians in the column....
Oh well, you know ... they were only a 1.1 million man token effort, after all.
Dare y to send this to every single person in the USA
Bonnie Baker we were allied to the USA in WW2, do you mean German?
Notice the girl in 8:56 is taking a selfie. Is this proof of time travelers?
lol dumbo
That appears to be a make-up compact... If you notice her back is to the parade and she is using the mirror to get a higher view of it - so she can see over the heads of those in front of her... Not a time traveler - just a clever person...
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Yes
Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill 🇬🇧 with General Jan Christian Smuth Prime Minister of Union of South Africa 🇿🇦
But where are the Russians? Oh,sorry, they just helped you a bit...
exactly.
They ere in the parade, Goose stepping along.
It was not Russia, real Russia ended in 1920, then the Soviet shell drinking the blood of Russians and Poles

There was a Soviet general in the procession of staff cars of allied leaders.
@@smiercwrogomojczyzny56 you are right russia ended 1920 and was replaced by a union which includes russia and its neighbour countries. Futhermore you should know that the Zar was garbage,only by looking at the russian-japanese war
Victory parade without Poles even those fighting in the Battle of Britain. Maybe at least you will give Poland over 130 tons of Polish gold which in 1939 were deported from Poland
Exactly: had Brittain returned this gold to Poland?
In Britain, do they just ignore the V-J day? As if the war ended in May of 1945 and not September of 1945?
of course Britain celebrated V-J day, as British troops fought Japan in India and the Pacific.
AND WHERE ARE THE POLISH AND CZECH PILOTS THAT FOUGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN ? ephemetherson
Good question ....
Told to fuck off to please Stalin
Dare you to send to everyone you know
What makes you think we haven't already 😂
Forgot to mention 🇨🇦 Canada
Did anyone else notice that the King seemed to be giving a "non-British" style salute? Edge of hand toward the saluted, not the open palm...
If you notice, the King is in a Royal Navy uniform, so his salute is correct. The naval salute is with the palm horizontal to the ground. Only the army and air force salute with the palm facing forward.
Because he was German and changed his name to Windsor other wise he would been dragged though the streets of London.
@@Wandering_Canuck I saw why the Navy salutes differently just a few days ago on another channel - makes sense, and thanks for the comment!
The King can salute any way he wants to. He's the boss, officially. Besides, that's the Navy salute. Only the Army does the "open palm" thing while slamming his boots on the ground. The Navy Salute (George was in the Navy at Jutland) is hand sideways, angled slightly AND NO BOOTS SLAMMING ON THE DECK!
Why is the British royalty in a victory parade? Did they fight?
Do you understand the setup of countries?
The British monarch commands multiple militaries
Also King George VI had intended to participate in D-Day but was talked out of it by Churchill
Also then Princess Elizabeth was in the Woman’s Auxiliaries with her father’s permission as a mechanic
Not in that one (except for the later-to-arrive Prince Phillip who literally fought in the Mediterranean) but the King was on a Battleship HMS Collingwood in the Battle Jutland during the previous war and was "Mentioned in Dispatches" . He was in harm's way because he was not expected to become King. Princess Elizabeth served as an ambulance mechanic during WWII.
Did Canadians stay home for this parade was it our imagination that we were in this war too?
No they were represented.
When@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
Of course it rained on the British Victory Day parade.
Anglicy w ramach podziękowań polskim pilotom i polskim żołnierzom za w kład obrony Anglii nie zaprosili Polaków na te paradę zwycięstwa.Typowe chamskie zachowanie angoli.Wiemy,że nie warto stawać w ich obronie,bo i tak zlekceważą jak w tedy w 1945 r.Postąpili perfidnie i nie są warci funta kłaków.
And still Poland defends the UK because of the Russian threat. Poland should be a power on its own together with Germany.
Skąd te bzdury, że Zachód "sprzedał" Polskę komunistom? Jaki dokładnie zysk otrzymali z tej rzekomej "sprzedaży"? Poza tym, że musieli zakwaterować i wyżywić setki tysięcy polskich emigrantów, którzy otrzymali brytyjskie obywatelstwo po II wojnie światowej.
Związek Radziecki "wyzwolił" Polskę od nazistów kosztem kilku milionów sowieckich istnień. Polska była już w ich posiadaniu, żadne "przekazanie" czy "sprzedaż" nie były konieczne.
“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
George Orwell.
Certainly, Churchill was a big pig: traitor and godless man
@Michael Evans. You pointed out this finger in the wrong direction, it should indicate your own name
@Michael Evans. Are talking about yourself ?
@Michael Evans Your insults do not bother me at all because I know who you are: the biggest imbecile
London hole!
It wasn't then, 1960's + it has now been turned into a Foreign Cesspit! Civilwar2 WILL ensue!
Cleaner than the hole you entered the world from
Shame ...
Traitors !!!
@Soren Axelson they're traitors
How
7:32 Republic of China
Guomindang
nice
No mention made of Nigerian Contingent at the parade.WHY?? ?
Muhammad Bakura Lawan - It was common to NOT show any non-white allies in a positive light back then, especially after the war, you should really not be surprised about this at all (For example, the infamous bit of film showing Black American troops landing in England with the Cameraman making it appear that a juvenile English boy in short pants was leading these grown men marching in the street. "Fake News" is not a new concept!). Americans did the same, and when they did occasionally do a positive newsreel, it was tagged to be seen by only "select audiences"....
Remind us of Nigeria's magnificent contribution
They didn't do shit
Weren’t they in Italy?
@@jonathanwilliams1065 no
씩씩.
Now days I think the people would let next tyrant have the leaders.
"Under the horrors of occupations" Seriously,going to ignore the fact he was talking about the british empire a few words before and after that
@Soren Axelson LOL where exactly?
Was Rhodesia not represented on parade or was it part of the SA contingent?
Neniwofuti southern rhodesia would’ve been part of south africa i think
They were a British colony and the RAR was busy fighting the Japanese in Burma
The first few mins of film 🎥 seen members of boy's brigade lol you can spot them from a mile of with there white haversack and pie hats 😀😀
British Hong Kong oh see your kamu!? 3:03
We should have let poles march,shouldn't of appeased Stalin he was a bully,Tito took no crap from him and Stalin left him alone like all cowards and bullies,we should've done the same,Stalin would not have done a thing
Should have let Poles march?
It was a wise decision not to invite psheks, given their very warm relationship with the Germans before '39.
It was Poland at that time that vowed to erect a statue of Hitler in Warsaw if he managed to succeed in accomplishing his Madagaskarplan.
@@TrackANaziMerc Vladimir, do you remember the Ribentrop-Molotov Pact? Unfortunately, Russia joined the Germans in 1939. Don't lie to history, Vladimir or Ivan.
Parade of the 20%'ers
Antifa didn't look at all bad, back then!
Wise decision not to invite psheks, given their very warm relationship with the Germans before '39.
It was Poland at that time that vowed to erect a statue of Hitler in Warsaw, should he have succeeded in accomplishing his Madagaskarplan.
Because before Piłsudzki's death (in 1935) Poland had very good relations with III Reich,but they changed. +You forgot that Poles and Czechs saved UK in 1940's.
Don't equate the Poles not being at the parade with the Poles not being invited to the parade. They were actually the ONLY country to receive TWO invites to the parade, but through a poisonous bitter mix of POLISH political hatred (from Warsaw) and hubris (from the exiled Poles in Britain) did they CHOOSE to ignore BOTH invites.
@@The_Real_Doom_Slayer Give over soft lad. The Poles and Czechs made a small but appreciated contribution to the British victory in 1940. The truth is that without the UK alone then Poland would STILL have swastikas flying over it's cities, and nazi death camps operating on it's soil today.
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很多人
POLISH SOLDER
OI! YOU GOT A PERMIT FOR THAT PARADE?!
Yoghurt Volgograd bunch
Hail to the Empire
Now look at britain
Poland ball not strong
Finland ball -not- very strong!
THANK YOU 🇺🇸 FOR HELPING OUR ASSES IN A WAR THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU
Long live the Queen....
What?! No nod to Canada when ticking off the list of Commonwealth nations. Well, it’s ok, just this once, but please don’t do it again. Thank you.
ww2 came to end!!
Tobby Hudson. Thanks to the USA support, Poles and Soviets.
and the british and french
Jack Wallace. Yes, the British no so much French
How typical it is that the movie focuses so long on the bigshots who made decisions and not the men who had to fight.
Dave Lester. You are very right, especially that W. Churchill did not have any honor. What a waste of time!
Bolsonaro 2022 !!