For most of the war the Wehrmacht was a majority horse drawn army dependent on train transport for long range logistics. Not much different than WWI. These films were meant to give the impression to the viewer (especially foreign ones) that the whole German army was armored and highly mechanized.
I agree with this. So it has to view in a sense of a transition period. It was not sure to be successful in F 1940. Few components did it. Not so many new german tanks,many czech tanks, which where took over a year ago,the better equiped Luftwaffe ,the misleading of the french troops and the lack of technisation as 2-3 year later. Dunkirk was a failure of the germans in that context.
That was interesting to watch. 99% of the film footage I have never seen before. Good to see the generals milling around and all the hassles of the effort in the rear.
His initiative in disobedience of Hitler and the High Command was crucial in the quick defeat of France in 1940. When the XIX Army Corps broke the French lines at Sedan, Guderian carried out reconaissance in force without waiting for the follow up infantry and made a swift dash for the English Channel cutting the Allied frontline into two and trapping them at Dunkirk.
The Wehrmacht during early WW2 really kept things moving forward. They wanted to avoid repeating the quagmire of WW1. Their success was also due to French incompetence and obsolete methods. But most of all, it was largely due to the effectivity of the Manstein Plan.
The "Manstein Plan" was a serious gamble. If the French civil and military establish hadn't panicked, and if the French had actually committed their air force early, to attacking the German columns; it probably could have been stopped. But of course, that isn't what happened.
@@fpvillegas9084 Yes you're right they did, but too late. Sedan was too late. The French and Poles made the same mistake (it wouldn't have saved Poland however, due to the overwhelming force disparity). They waited too long and attempted to conserve their air forces for a later battle, that never eventuated. If they had attacked the German columns while on the road to Sedan they may have broken the German momentum. But they didn't of course.
@@haroldgodwinson832 The French didn't want a repeat of WW1, so they were quite hesitant to do anything aggressive to the Germans. They had their chance while Germany was busy with Poland, but their efforts were not forceful or serious enough. Fear and incompetence gripped France, while Germany was out to settle a score.
@@TheBandit7613 das Design wurde vom dt. Kaiserreich während des1.Weltkriegs erfunden. Die alten Pickelhauben haben dem massiven Artillerieeinsatz nicht mehr standgehalten.
@@xot80 no. He modified the existing tunic. Made the sleeves and skirt shorter to make the legs and arms look longer. Ironically the germans liked british battle dress and thought it much more modern. They even copied it in 1944.
They certainly will and can not"remember"..it is not their country..not their nation..not their past!! They will never have something in common with all what german is.Not in generations!!! For them Deutschland became Dschörmäni..and Frau Merkel is their Dschinn 🌚🌚🌚
The invasion of France was like a restarted chess game for the German generals. Like: Remember the game I lost 20 years ago? I have been thinking, now let's do it again.
Nice bridge building but still nothing on General Eble's bridging train that built the bridges on the Berezina during Napoleons retreat from Russia in 1812.
Una de las dos joyas musicales como regalo final de un gran LP. Arrepentido de haber dejado el CD. De vez en cuando lo busco para comprarlo de nuevo y tenerlo en mi discoteca. Lo reconozco... Soy de la vieja escuela. 😊
I saw for the moment her general Guderian .... the master of the earlier Blitzkrieg in the Republic of Poland in September and October of 1939. Germans rolled over the Poland, but TOGETHER with their fiends, the soviet RED ARMY, in less then 2 months !!!! >> Later on, they performed together "The parade of victory" over the Poland in the Polish city of BREST. It is proven on the German documentary films and so many photography !!!!
Le French: _Oi Oi! Nobody darezh attack zhe Mazhinot Line! Et zhe Ardennes est le inpenetrableh!_ Ze Germans: _I'm about to pull off what's called ein pro gamer move..._
@@kratos6802 Ohne den Leih- und Pachtvertrag mit den USA wäre Moskau 1941 gefallen. Der Nachschub über den eisfreien Hafen Murmansk war eminent wichtig für die bedrängten Sowjets.
Вот ведь какая особенность - очень много изуверов дожило до ооочень преклонного возраста а некоторые еще живы. Почему-то, Божья кара, не спешила отправить их в гиену огненную.
Panzers attack? More like panzers are chilling before attack. There is no danger whatsoever. People standing on tanks, people wearing hats instead of combat helmets, everybody just slowly walking along and even high rank officers like Heinz Guderian. Then you know that was a total safe zone.
@@АнтонЯрцев-р4ж вот это и погубило немца, наша непредсказуемость, героизм и холодный расчёт. Все его предсказуемые качества и расчётливость разбились.
bonza167 but do you ever think, hey maybe not all these German soldiers were Nazis? Are you gonna say “they fought for a Nazi leader” the only argument you kind of people have? so with your mentality are all US soldiers republicans? Or maybe they are just human beings with families, friends and loved ones? They are more human than you will ever be.
Remenber: speed&flexibility&surprise. The french tanks were superior (panzer II with 20 mm cannon and panzer III with 75 mm short cannon were unable against the french... even the antitank Pak37.... just the 88 mm antiaircraft cannon: in France was his first use as antitank. Another point: where was the french aviación?
Actually while the French tanks of the Somua S-35 and Char B-1 type were superior to German types in armor and possibly firepower, most French tanks were the smaller Hotchkiss H35, Renault R35 light and obsolete FT-17 tanks. The former two having somewhat decent armor at the time of around 40mm, but had the pathetically weak SA 18 type 37mm gun, a leftover from WW1 with very poor anti-tank capabilities, even for combating many of the lighter German tanks. The FT-17s were all only armed with machine guns in French service. The mobility for all three were horrible to not great as their suspensions and engined were prone to breaking down particularly in cross country travel. Last but certainly not least is that operationally and tactically all French tanks were inferior to their German counterparts. The French tanks had an inherit operational weakness of having small one man turrets for their main guns which meant the tank commander in the turret had to fulfill the roles of three different crewman. In German tanks these roles were separate allowing for better coordination and battlefield awareness on the part of the tank commander. Furthermore all German tanks had radios where only very few if any French tanks had them, usually relying on signal flags for communication. In addition, French tanks relied on tanker trucks for refueling, which were extremely vulnerable where as the Germans had developed portable petrol cans that could be carried even by the tanks themselves allowing for easier refueling and greater range and operational mobility. With the exception of tanks like the S-35, the German tanks were generally more mobile and could simply outmaneuver their French counterparts if they couldn't outgun them. Even the lowliest Pz II could take out a giant Char B1 bis, if it could get around to the side and put flanking fire in the vulnerable engine compartment through the armored grates on the side of the tank. So while it's been a stereotype that French tanks were superior to German panzers, the straight up analysis would show that in factors of mobility, crew effectiveness, communication, battle field tactics and operational effectiveness, as well as even firepower and armor in most cases, the Germans were by far superior. The idea of French tanks being superior is a myth and falsehood predicated on cherry picking data and not understanding what truly determines a tank's effectiveness.
Christian McDowell , most of what you said correct, but I have studied the Invasion of France for decades and I don’t know of any records where a Panzer II took out a Char B1. One of the big problems is the French put their best tanks in infantry support roles. 3-5 Char B1 may destroy the first 10-13 Panzers but you’re not going to beat the next 20. Once it was discovered the weak point of the Char B1 was the vent on the side, the Panzers would just circle around the Chars Rapidly and then aim for the vent. Most Chars and Somuas were taken out by Dive Bombers/Artillery/88s than actual tank on tank.And your also correct the rest of the French tank fleet was not as good as the Panzers and many of them were taken out in tank on tank battles.
@@ich3744 while the Panzer III was later equipped with the 50mm cannon, the early models of Panzer III used in Poland and France were armed with only a 37mm cannon (besides MGs). The early StuG III's while getting the long barreled 75mm cannon were initially armed with the short barreled 75mm cannon similar to that used on the early Pz IVs. The idea again being direct infantry support against fortifications and enemy strong points rather than anti-tank capability. It would only be during the Russian and North African campaigns that German mechanized units would start to be significantly upgunned.
@Alvaro Ruiz Cendon the short 75mm while no great ballistics was more than capable of knocking out most if not all French tanks, while the ammunition wasn't as prevalent the gun did come equipped with an early shaped charge round that was deadly even to the heaviest of allied tanks with over 80mm of penetration. Luckily for the allies the ammunition wasn't in abundance and most ammo loadouts on early Pz IVs and StuGs was HE, Smoke, AP-type ammo with very few if any any heat rounds carried. Regardless even the 37mm towed AT was sufficient to deal with most French tanks and if properly located for multiple fields of fire could either kill or mobility kill heavier French or British tanks. In cases were allied armor ran wild it was usually when the Germans were caught off-guard such as the British counter-attack at Aras with little to no time to properly deploy the AT.
battle of France May/June 1940 : 98 000 dead/missing 250 000 wounded 1,8 millions prisoners blitzkrieg, you know ? and to remind : 1914/18 : about 1,4 millions dead soldiers 4,3 millions wounded th-cam.com/video/NcIo0YyLp_A/w-d-xo.html
I wonder if some has did a theoretical world war 2 outcome(not a game)were the could use modern weapons sans nuclear weapons and see who could have won the war but what I mean would be each country would have the same amount of armour,artillery,,naval ships,infantry,etc that they had at the beginning of the conflict......instance instead of Sherman tanks they would have M1A1 Abrahms tanks and stuff like that...I know the Germany uses Abrahms tanks too but it would be interesting to see
According to Harold's club reno germans made poor clothes and packs u could always hear them before seeing them they made squeaking sounds from joints made of metal
Habe die Strecke der vorrückenden Wehrmacht in den Ardennen mit dem Motorrad abgefahren. Hochachtung vor den Truppen, daß die das so schnell geschafft haben.
The Americans couldn’t be bothered fighting the murdering nazi scum in 1940, to busy selling them oil, steel and arms. AP was in a neutral country, the US.
5.33 Гейнц Вильгельм Гудериан. Для нашей страны он был враг, но всё же заслуживающий уважение. Для своих солдат был настоящий "Батяня-комбат", умный, грамотный, не допускал неоправданного уничтожения техники и личного состава, за что был отстранён Фюрером от командования под Москвой зимой 41-го года.
Я удивлён тому, как в мае 1940 года французы проиграли битву немцам. Линия Мажино - эшелонированная крепость, построенная по последнему слову техники, мощный военном-морской флот, боевая авиация, хорошие танки, в т.ч. колоссальные B-1/B-1 bis, которые просто не пробивались немецкими орудиями, + Англия в союзниках. В Первую Мировую лягушатники стояли насмерть, а во второй раз обосрались...
@@kristapsandersons9746 9 millons of Red Army casualties..the other 20 millon civilians..wonan kids.. Result of German and other German satellites brutality... German casualties: 7 million soldiers killed on Eastern front. Plus 4 millon cibilians that died from consequences of War... P.S...interesting? Do you want other mindless butchery...?
Nice propaganda footage. Always show the biggest and best tank. On June 10, 1940 the German divisions had: 523 Panzer I. 955 Panzer II. 398 Panzer III. 280 Panzer IV. 118 Panzer 35 (t) and 228 Panzer 38 (t). So more than half were cute little tanks I and II.
I note that there is no Nazi saluting with these Heer Soldiers. not much evidence of SS Troops or Tank personnel. The SS wa sprobably busy savaging the eastern front.
Learn some history, moron. When Germany invaded France, there was no eastern front. And Waffen SS units were not part of the Heer armies at this time. Go back to your XBox and stop making stupid remarks, stooge.
not power too many fronts too many nations against. in the book from Galland the first and the last, the ME 262 2 years earlier the war wold have had change
Nice shots of General Heinz Guderian at the front
Were you touching yourself as you watched?
For most of the war the Wehrmacht was a majority horse drawn army dependent on train transport for long range logistics. Not much different than WWI. These films were meant to give the impression to the viewer (especially foreign ones) that the whole German army was armored and highly mechanized.
I agree with this. So it has to view in a sense of a transition period. It was not sure to be successful in F 1940. Few components did it. Not so many new german tanks,many czech tanks, which where took over a year ago,the better equiped Luftwaffe ,the misleading of the french troops and the lack of technisation as 2-3 year later. Dunkirk was a failure of the germans in that context.
Richtig, ca. 2.500.000 Pferde bei der Wehrmacht...
That was interesting to watch. 99% of the film footage I have never seen before. Good to see the generals milling around and all the hassles of the effort in the rear.
Me not either and surprisingly very neutral in its description of the speaker. Also which not worked, Did not expected this.
@Ryder Markus - shut up 😈 TROLL
@Rory Tyson - shut up 😈 TROLL
que PELOTAS
From 5:35 we can clearly see Heinz Guderian, the Commander of XIX army corps.
His initiative in disobedience of Hitler and the High Command was crucial in the quick defeat of France in 1940. When the XIX Army Corps broke the French lines at Sedan, Guderian carried out reconaissance in force without waiting for the follow up infantry and made a swift dash for the English Channel cutting the Allied frontline into two and trapping them at Dunkirk.
🤩🤩🤩@@Skymaster.47
Maybe the best video of authentic Wermacht I've seen...and I've seen plenty.
The Wehrmacht during early WW2 really kept things moving forward. They wanted to avoid repeating the quagmire of WW1. Their success was also due to French incompetence and obsolete methods. But most of all, it was largely due to the effectivity of the Manstein Plan.
The "Manstein Plan" was a serious gamble. If the French civil and military establish hadn't panicked, and if the French had actually committed their air force early, to attacking the German columns; it probably could have been stopped. But of course, that isn't what happened.
@@haroldgodwinson832 The French airforce attempted to bomb Guderian's bridgehead but failed due to German flak deployed near the river.
@@fpvillegas9084 Yes you're right they did, but too late. Sedan was too late. The French and Poles made the same mistake (it wouldn't have saved Poland however, due to the overwhelming force disparity). They waited too long and attempted to conserve their air forces for a later battle, that never eventuated. If they had attacked the German columns while on the road to Sedan they may have broken the German momentum. But they didn't of course.
@@haroldgodwinson832 The French didn't want a repeat of WW1, so they were quite hesitant to do anything aggressive to the Germans. They had their chance while Germany was busy with Poland, but their efforts were not forceful or serious enough. Fear and incompetence gripped France, while Germany was out to settle a score.
@@fpvillegas9084 Yes, I agree.
Some great footage of Guderian... never seen this footage b4
The Germans had the best uniforms...
And notice our soldiers (USA) helmets are just like helmets of the Wehrmacht. Great design.
German uniforms were designed by Hugo Boss, no surprise they were the best.
@@apb3440 Hugo Boss made only for SS
@@TheBandit7613 das Design wurde vom dt. Kaiserreich während des1.Weltkriegs erfunden. Die alten Pickelhauben haben dem massiven Artillerieeinsatz nicht mehr standgehalten.
@@xot80 no. He modified the existing tunic. Made the sleeves and skirt shorter to make the legs and arms look longer.
Ironically the germans liked british battle dress and thought it much more modern. They even copied it in 1944.
7:47 is that the famous outpost that prevented the German column from advancing for quite some time?
I think it is.
Beginning of the End . Now Yusuf and Ahmed will not even remember this war. They conquered Germany without firing a shot.
They certainly will and can not"remember"..it is not their country..not their nation..not their past!!
They will never have something in common with all what german is.Not in generations!!!
For them Deutschland became Dschörmäni..and Frau Merkel is their Dschinn 🌚🌚🌚
@@boandlkramer2539 Not their Nation, Not their past, NOT their future
Germany is 94% non-muslim you ridiculous twat. Go hide under your bed 😆
@@TomTom-oe3de 😆
@@boandlkramer2539 😆
Q: Why did French plant so many trees along the side of their roads?
A: To provide shade for the Wehrmacht!
Who won Le Tour De France 1940?
The 8th Panzer Division!
Good joke but I lived in France 3 years and the reason was to keep the early frost and ice off the roads
F.U.!
Q: why did french build fortresses along the Maginot line?
A: Because Luftwaffe need target practice.
Actually wasn’t it Napoleon who did that to provide shade for his troops......?
The invasion of France was like a restarted chess game for the German generals. Like: Remember the game I lost 20 years ago? I have been thinking, now let's do it again.
Germany won the early matches, but still lost the championship.
@@fpvillegas9084 He´s talking about France, not the world.
@@anderstopansson Germany won in 1940, but lost it all again in 1945.
@@fpvillegas9084 Still didn´t get it?
@@anderstopansson What are you talking about?
Nice bridge building but still nothing on General Eble's bridging train that built the bridges on the Berezina during Napoleons retreat from Russia in 1812.
are they using blitzkrieg?
Heinz Guderian Fuck you got beat by Montgomery the pussy
@@bryantcurtis2665
U have Sand in ur Virgin..?
@@sidmeisterwerk4198 =💩💩💩💩
@@bryantcurtis2665 Montgomery had two dogs called Hitler and Rommel
Blitzkrieg and a little of everything 👍
What kind of truck is it at 1:53 ? The Opel Blitz only had one rear axle.
I found it. It's an Einheitsdiesel.
So cool to see the more of logistic side of the army
“Amateurs talk strategy, Professionals talk logistics.” General Omar Bradley
Is it just me or is there a renewed interest in the fall of France ?
hoping on a repeat sometime soon
@You are correct But yes.french people lefties .......
Let's DEFROG our world!
8:33 - The BGM actually made to match the sequence! So touching :)
amazing they went from pea shooter tanks to Mark IVs Panthers and Tigers
Yeah...but in the meantime 4 years of heavy fighting went by, teaching hard lessons.
Una de las dos joyas musicales como regalo final de un gran LP. Arrepentido de haber dejado el CD. De vez en cuando lo busco para comprarlo de nuevo y tenerlo en mi discoteca. Lo reconozco... Soy de la vieja escuela. 😊
5:35 THE GOAT OF WW2 GENERALS 🙏
I saw for the moment her general Guderian .... the master of the earlier Blitzkrieg in the Republic of Poland in September and October of 1939. Germans rolled over the Poland, but TOGETHER with their fiends, the soviet RED ARMY, in less then 2 months !!!! >> Later on, they performed together "The parade of victory" over the Poland in the Polish city of BREST. It is proven on the German documentary films and so many photography !!!!
Le French: _Oi Oi! Nobody darezh attack zhe Mazhinot Line! Et zhe Ardennes est le inpenetrableh!_
Ze Germans: _I'm about to pull off what's called ein pro gamer move..._
connard
Франция 1940 год, немецкие танковые дивизии прут
Победные марши по чужим землям , обычно заканчиваются в России .
Stary , какие глубокие школьные познания?
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Научили нас Родину любить. С малолетства я уже знал как черкаш мастерить и в войнуху по двору гонять...
Теперь вы сдохните в Украине,красная чума@@amidzhisandayev7157
the beginning before end 09.05.1945.
точно
That looks like General Guderian at 5:30-6:10. He was Corps commander of this group.
Le French: “Oh look, zee germans have such cute little tanks!”
Die Germans: “BOOYA!!!”
connard;;;;
Numpty
Germans were advancing through France as if on some military parade.
Sehr gut ja
@@visionist7 Noch schöner wurden Sie aus Russland zurückgebracht.
Франция-толеранция
Так, к сведению, французов погибших от рук фашистов в 3 раза меньше, чем от от РККА на теерритории СССР. Так кто там самый красивый говоришь был?
@@kratos6802
Ohne den Leih- und Pachtvertrag mit den USA wäre Moskau 1941 gefallen. Der Nachschub über den eisfreien Hafen Murmansk war eminent wichtig für die bedrängten Sowjets.
Plan looks solid. Did they win?
55555555555
Yes, they conquered France even faster than Julius Caesar did.
Tell the truth . When you see The Germans crush the French in 1940 ,A big smile comes to your face .
Actually my smile comes when I think about German cities in ashes at the end of the war.......lol
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и где атака танков?
Сколько этих парней переживут ад восточного фронта?
Фашисты столько горя принесли людям труда и милиарды буржуазии. Дай боже вечного пекла этим подонкам во веки веков. Аминь.
Вот ведь какая особенность - очень много изуверов дожило до ооочень преклонного возраста а некоторые еще живы. Почему-то, Божья кара, не спешила отправить их в гиену огненную.
Guderian🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍
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gaaaaay
Guderian was a Panzer Rockstar
O Co Ci chodzi z tym Guderianem? Martw sie Co sie dzieje z Hidzpania. Niegdys potega swiata
@@visionist7 dopuki Rusy mu to z glowy nie wybili pod Tula
Nice angry guy on the bridge at 5:39
Incroyable qualité de l’information et du moindre détail, pour un film de propagande qui aurait pu presque servir de Manuel d’instruction..
What's that aircraft at 1.30
That's a Storch. It was a STOL aircraft.
The 10th division: the ghost division
The 7th Panzer Division under Erwin Rommel earned the moniker not the 10th...
@@MrDirigible exactly.
Probably all dead now anyway
Would you like to get there by a time machine?)
Does anybody know the location of this video
just north of malaga
Yes, it´s located in TH-cam.
Vous ne voyez pas les cartes ? N'entendez-vous pas le teuton ? (Bouillon, Floing [le pont de fortune], Sedan)
Excellent footage.
It´s a KODAK.
all that effort, petrol, metal, support, and killing ..for what exactly?
Today they are masters of Europe without a bullet being fired.
@@chazsach6594 : What are you talking about
@@loucyphers_nightmare Germany is the industrial powerhouse of Europe, when they say jump, the rest of Europe asks "How High".
Paranoia. At the state level.
Panzers attack? More like panzers are chilling before attack. There is no danger whatsoever. People standing on tanks, people wearing hats instead of combat helmets, everybody just slowly walking along and even high rank officers like Heinz Guderian. Then you know that was a total safe zone.
That German officer at 2:19 has this$$ look on his face like "we are so gonna get our a$$ whipped".
Panzergrenadier
Вот скажи мне немец: в чём сила?
Нет силы в немце. Ну ты же сам всё знаешь.
Сила немца, в его дисциплине и организованности.
@@АнтонЯрцев-р4ж вот это и погубило немца, наша непредсказуемость, героизм и холодный расчёт. Все его предсказуемые качества и расчётливость разбились.
Не помню кто сказал, но звучало примерно так -На каждый наш предсказуемый расчет, русские ответят непредсказуемой глупостью!))
Сила в правде
Знали бы они, что идут удобрять земли
А ты, видать, по примеру Ильи-Пророка, удобрять не собираешься? Прямо в теле, да на огненной колеснице, на небеса вознесёшься? ;)
@@dennispetrov9628 надеюсь я в гробу возле своих предков буду закопан
@@МухтариАлай Большая разница
@@МухтариАлай иди на Донбассе воюй, а не возле предков валяйся!
@@МухтариАлай надейся,а закопают где нибудь
Well, I would like to know how many of these guys in the pictures were already dead in 1945 or heavily wounded!
hopefull all of those Nazi mongrels
bonza167 why do you come to videos Ike this?
@@JKhyway like watching history and verifies what a pack of dickheads these Nazis were
bonza167 but do you ever think, hey maybe not all these German soldiers were Nazis? Are you gonna say “they fought for a Nazi leader” the only argument you kind of people have? so with your mentality are all US soldiers republicans? Or maybe they are just human beings with families, friends and loved ones? They are more human than you will ever be.
@@JKhyway they were wearing a nazi uniform. As far as Republican and US politics go I don't see the connection, especially living here in Australia
Der schnelle Heinz (Guderian ) ist gut zu erkennen
Dieses "Kanonenfutter" wird bald an die Ostfront geschickt.
гудериан.получил.под.Орлом.ещё.в1941.и.больше.не.высовывался.
Зачем написал? «Знаток»
Все хроники только про то, как немцы куда-то едут и никто с ними не воюет, прямо кино "4 танкиста и собака"
Смотри все хроники
Зачем на французских танках боковые зеркала-чтобы сзади поле боя видеть😆😆😆
Remenber: speed&flexibility&surprise. The french tanks were superior (panzer II with 20 mm cannon and panzer III with 75 mm short cannon were unable against the french... even the antitank Pak37.... just the 88 mm antiaircraft cannon: in France was his first use as antitank. Another point: where was the french aviación?
The Panzer III had the 5cm kwk 38
The Sturmgeschütz III the 7.5 cm ( Stummel)
Actually while the French tanks of the Somua S-35 and Char B-1 type were superior to German types in armor and possibly firepower, most French tanks were the smaller Hotchkiss H35, Renault R35 light and obsolete FT-17 tanks. The former two having somewhat decent armor at the time of around 40mm, but had the pathetically weak SA 18 type 37mm gun, a leftover from WW1 with very poor anti-tank capabilities, even for combating many of the lighter German tanks. The FT-17s were all only armed with machine guns in French service. The mobility for all three were horrible to not great as their suspensions and engined were prone to breaking down particularly in cross country travel.
Last but certainly not least is that operationally and tactically all French tanks were inferior to their German counterparts. The French tanks had an inherit operational weakness of having small one man turrets for their main guns which meant the tank commander in the turret had to fulfill the roles of three different crewman. In German tanks these roles were separate allowing for better coordination and battlefield awareness on the part of the tank commander. Furthermore all German tanks had radios where only very few if any French tanks had them, usually relying on signal flags for communication. In addition, French tanks relied on tanker trucks for refueling, which were extremely vulnerable where as the Germans had developed portable petrol cans that could be carried even by the tanks themselves allowing for easier refueling and greater range and operational mobility. With the exception of tanks like the S-35, the German tanks were generally more mobile and could simply outmaneuver their French counterparts if they couldn't outgun them. Even the lowliest Pz II could take out a giant Char B1 bis, if it could get around to the side and put flanking fire in the vulnerable engine compartment through the armored grates on the side of the tank.
So while it's been a stereotype that French tanks were superior to German panzers, the straight up analysis would show that in factors of mobility, crew effectiveness, communication, battle field tactics and operational effectiveness, as well as even firepower and armor in most cases, the Germans were by far superior. The idea of French tanks being superior is a myth and falsehood predicated on cherry picking data and not understanding what truly determines a tank's effectiveness.
Christian McDowell , most of what you said correct, but I have studied the Invasion of France for decades and I don’t know of any records where a Panzer II took out a Char B1. One of the big problems is the French put their best tanks in infantry support roles. 3-5 Char B1 may destroy the first 10-13 Panzers but you’re not going to beat the next 20. Once it was discovered the weak point of the Char B1 was the vent on the side, the Panzers would just circle around the Chars Rapidly and then aim for the vent. Most Chars and Somuas were taken out by Dive Bombers/Artillery/88s than actual tank on tank.And your also correct the rest of the French tank fleet was not as good as the Panzers and many of them were taken out in tank on tank battles.
@@ich3744 while the Panzer III was later equipped with the 50mm cannon, the early models of Panzer III used in Poland and France were armed with only a 37mm cannon (besides MGs). The early StuG III's while getting the long barreled 75mm cannon were initially armed with the short barreled 75mm cannon similar to that used on the early Pz IVs. The idea again being direct infantry support against fortifications and enemy strong points rather than anti-tank capability. It would only be during the Russian and North African campaigns that German mechanized units would start to be significantly upgunned.
@Alvaro Ruiz Cendon the short 75mm while no great ballistics was more than capable of knocking out most if not all French tanks, while the ammunition wasn't as prevalent the gun did come equipped with an early shaped charge round that was deadly even to the heaviest of allied tanks with over 80mm of penetration. Luckily for the allies the ammunition wasn't in abundance and most ammo loadouts on early Pz IVs and StuGs was HE, Smoke, AP-type ammo with very few if any any heat rounds carried.
Regardless even the 37mm towed AT was sufficient to deal with most French tanks and if properly located for multiple fields of fire could either kill or mobility kill heavier French or British tanks. In cases were allied armor ran wild it was usually when the Germans were caught off-guard such as the British counter-attack at Aras with little to no time to properly deploy the AT.
Hey hang on a minute the Ardenne area is impassable isnt it, Yes they will never come thro there?
German generals were on the combat field...French generals were in their office...
For Sale-French rifles. Never fired, dropped once.
battle of France May/June 1940 :
98 000 dead/missing
250 000 wounded
1,8 millions prisoners
blitzkrieg, you know ?
and to remind :
1914/18 :
about 1,4 millions dead soldiers
4,3 millions wounded
th-cam.com/video/NcIo0YyLp_A/w-d-xo.html
I wonder if some has did a theoretical world war 2 outcome(not a game)were the could use modern weapons sans nuclear weapons and see who could have won the war but what I mean would be each country would have the same amount of armour,artillery,,naval ships,infantry,etc that they had at the beginning of the conflict......instance instead of Sherman tanks they would have M1A1 Abrahms tanks and stuff like that...I know the Germany uses Abrahms tanks too but it would be interesting to see
Nobody wins a nuclear war.
Without (sans) nuclear weapons.
According to Harold's club reno germans made poor clothes and packs u could always hear them before seeing them they made squeaking sounds from joints made of metal
RARELY SEEN GERMAN FILM FOOTAGE.
Habe die Strecke der vorrückenden Wehrmacht in den Ardennen mit dem Motorrad abgefahren.
Hochachtung vor den Truppen, daß die das so schnell geschafft haben.
Panzers in bouillon, kinda crunchy!
I wish I knew a 2nd language, subs as in subtitles, donka,hhalt,uden,nin,col.klink,gen.Burkaltor,maj.Hawkster,schultz, das,have a nice war
Prenez des leçons. Ouvrez un livre. Étudiez. Oui, je sais ça fait mal à la tête.
@@EcoleLibre tg
Yes, the 2nd language, german😎
Бодрячком такие все)) на позитиве)) ещё не знали что такое настоящая воина
Guderian !!! Sedan ..Zweitermal Sieger ! 1) 2.September 1870 ! 2) 13.Mai 1940 ! Gleich Ort !!!
Germans had mechanized tech in 1940😐
"Ob's stüüürmt oder schneit - ob die Soooonne uns lacht...."
🌞
Der Tag glühend heiß,
Oder eiskalt die Nacht, ..... (mal gucken wer weitermacht)
Verstaubt sind die Gesichter doch froh ist, unser Sinn ja unser Sinn.
Es rollt unser Panzer im Sturmwind dahin!
Михаил Ефимович Катуков передает огромный привет Быстроходному Гансу и желает ему здоровья, при встрече под Мценском оно Вильгельму понадобится.
Wieso steht auf dem Film "AP" (TM)? Es sieht nach ein Lehrfilm bzw. Wochenschau der Wehrmacht aus.
Idioten.
The Americans couldn’t be bothered fighting the murdering nazi scum in 1940, to busy selling them oil, steel and arms. AP was in a neutral country, the US.
@@billpugh58 Ich meinte Logo, TM-Trade Mark, Urheberzeichen im Film.
AP (The Associated Press) hat das Film weder produziert, noch erbeutet.
Excelente explicación con mapas etc , xapooo. Gracias
للاسف كثرة الجبهات وقلة الامداد للالمان خسرت الحرب للاسف
5.33 Гейнц Вильгельм Гудериан. Для нашей страны он был враг, но всё же заслуживающий уважение. Для своих солдат был настоящий "Батяня-комбат", умный, грамотный, не допускал неоправданного уничтожения техники и личного состава, за что был отстранён Фюрером от командования под Москвой зимой 41-го года.
Я удивлён тому, как в мае 1940 года французы проиграли битву немцам. Линия Мажино - эшелонированная крепость, построенная по последнему слову техники, мощный военном-морской флот, боевая авиация, хорошие танки, в т.ч. колоссальные B-1/B-1 bis, которые просто не пробивались немецкими орудиями, + Англия в союзниках. В Первую Мировую лягушатники стояли насмерть, а во второй раз обосрались...
Sudah tidak jaman lagi kita perang antar sesama, karna sekarang jaman perang melawan diri sendiri.
Po jakiemu Ty pierdolisz?
5:47 Guderian appears.
Кто нибудь может прокомментировать данную хронику?
Хроника:- в предвкушении пиздюей!
Обход линии мажино через арденский лес
@@ghostress2001 в ожидании чуда ! И оно свершится в 45 !
Им обещали землю бесплатно гектар на Украине но многие получили... 2×1....
@@РамильХамидуллин-т2ф это не Украина, это сороковой год, Франция...
Wasn't this jolly good fun ... when there's no resistance. Then came 1941, and it just stopped being fun after that ...
In spite of heavy resistance, '41 and '42 were years of outstanding successes for the Wehrmacht on all fronts.
@@rainbowseeker5930 The flight of Wehrmacht from Moscow and death in the snow being a good example
Почему французы проиграли Вторую мировую? Да потому, что они готовились к Первой мировой.
Французы среди победителей 2-й мировой!
@@ЁжикТуманный-к9ж спасибо Сталину
@@АртемНахопетов отчасти
Ага, Кейтель при подписании капитуляции с удивлением спросил француза: "И вы здесь?"
@@nikolaivoronin6329 и что Вы ему ответили?
Would you like to get there by a time machine?)
No thanx, there are better places to get.
Of course
Interesting to visit but I wouldn't like to live there/then.
@@anderstopansson you could fight in ss nordland)
Why the Germans lost the war 3:02
If Hitler would be some 30% less self confident adventurer, all of the comments here would be written in German :)
Hope this can be replicated in Europe again
China/Pakistan v India, would be good to see, not much on the telly at the moment.
А где танковая атака?
Ну как-же, вдел там на боку, в канавке, целый ОДИН танк лежит?
At 6:25 I think that’s the chateau fort de boullion 😁
No, the citadel of Dinant.
France subestimed panzer divisions.. germans not had best fight cars..but blitzkrieg was lethal
Yeah, those deadly German fight cars.
Музыка веселенькая и победаносная
Blitz!!!⚡⚡⚡
Maybe some of those video content Dunkirk halt..
Интересно ?? Сколько этих бравых ребят остались в России на всегда ??
Intjiresno skoljko djedov vashih onji paložilji🤔
@@kristapsandersons9746 9 millons of Red Army casualties..the other 20 millon civilians..wonan kids..
Result of German and other German satellites brutality...
German casualties:
7 million soldiers killed on Eastern front.
Plus 4 millon cibilians that died from consequences of War...
P.S...interesting?
Do you want other mindless butchery...?
France kinda fun. Russia..... not so much
Интересная хроника
Я бы сказал - качественная. Вопрос в другом.., в каком месте "танковая атака"??
:')
sup mate.
@heniz guderian Yo dude please tech me about blitzkrieg
I wanna eat breakfast with you guys
Nice propaganda footage. Always show the biggest and best tank. On June 10, 1940 the German divisions had: 523 Panzer I. 955 Panzer II. 398 Panzer III. 280 Panzer IV. 118 Panzer 35 (t) and 228 Panzer 38 (t). So more than half were cute little tanks I and II.
Those cute little tanks which tore up everyone from the French coast to Leningrad?
The French lost because they were like the US today, totally divided, with one side very fachist.
I'm sure, a lick of grey paint and they'd be at it again.
I note that there is no Nazi saluting with these Heer Soldiers. not much evidence of SS Troops or Tank personnel. The SS wa sprobably busy savaging the eastern front.
Tank personnel did not had nazi salute, only if they was in the SS. And at this time there was no eastern front
@@manjelos Danke.
Learn some history, moron. When Germany invaded France, there was no eastern front. And Waffen SS units were not part of the Heer armies at this time. Go back to your XBox and stop making stupid remarks, stooge.
some of them look stoned like if they are high on Pervitin
Speed and momentum
Eine gute Strategie gehört auch dazu.
まさか敗けるとは想っていなかっただろうな。
Kitajec Pisz po polsku
はい、彼らはチーフマニピュレーターによって洗脳されたヒトラー化されています
I hate the nazis however they had the best helmets in the war
The Design was from WWI, asthe German Army needs a new steel helmet against artillery.
Oppppppppp7
well wait a bitches! Soon you will learn well in excellent shape and you will forever remember how many kilometers there are in the Russian "versta"!
War would have been different if the germans hadn't lost air power.
not power too many fronts too many nations against. in the book from Galland the first and the last, the ME 262 2 years earlier the war wold have had change
They're piece of shit. I'm russian and my grandfarther ended that war in the Berlin!
@@alexned5117 : The Russians paid dearly in that war, especially the Russian citizens.