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hello! You are doing a very amazing job, i love it! Just a minor thing (maybe it was already sayd by someone, idk) about pronounciation: you are right on saying the "e" of "kriegsmarine", but the accent should be on the "i" of "marine", not on the final "e" otherwise it sounds like a french accent ^^ greetings from switzerland abd sorry for my bad english!
Bulgaria: *Joins Axis* Greece: "We still okay, right bud?" Bulgaria: "Remember that time when you send greekophile partisans into Macedonia to spread greek propaganda ?" Greece: "Yeah..." Bulgaria: "Remember that time when you and Serbia signed a defensive alliance against us and then proceeded to commit war atrocities in majority bulgarian lands ?" Greece: "Bulgaria, where is this going ?" Bulgaria: "Remember the Trikeri Island, the one where you sent thousands of bulgarians and starved them to death?" Greece: "....." Bulgaria: "Yeah, we cool, don't worry about that..."
I love it. The blue on the tie picks up the navy in the waistcoat, while the orange and yellow picks up the colour of the shirt. The larger stripes of the tie is also well-contrasted with the smaller stripes on the shirt. The shirt collar is soft and unstarched, a style popular in the 40s. I actually think Indy nails it in the costume department.
In the submarine world, a sub is not officially considered sunk until it is found. Until then it is still considered to still be at work.....a ghost silently swimming in the oceans.
I understood that U47 was actually sunk further south by a minefield that the british laid in their own shipping lane at a depth that no ship would hit them but submarines would, the reason they said it was sunk by further north is they did not want to let the germans know about the minefield. I saw something recently about they found U47.
Clearly the U-47 was scuttled by its crew, According to legend no German vessel was ever destroyed by the British. Now, if it were the Americans or Russians...
@@klaush373 wdym we were never nazis we just didn't want to send our people to certent dead vs germany and you know not a single Bulgarian Jew was send to a camp so plese stfu
Tsar Boris III died suddenly in 1943, after returning from a visit to Germany. His son succeeded him as Simeon II. He was deposed by the communists in 1946. He spent the next fifty years in exile, and served as prime minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005. He is still alive today.
And I have prosperous news for you! The General Abimi has died and in his well bequeathed unto you 100,000 kilograms of shot and shell! Can you please contact and confirm so we may forward your supplies in the name of the LORD, GOD almighty!
@@jackcoleman5955 I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
At that time the British civil service had its pick of Oxbridge graduates, many of those would have studied the classics. That writing was probably by a frustrated would-be academic.
Boris had his conditions: 1- Bulgaria would only use their army for occupation in certain parts of Greece and Yugoslavia; 2- German troops could use the Bulgarian rail system provided they gave an itinerary 48 hours in advance to the Transport Ministry; 3- Bulgarians would not fight the Red Army in the field. Hitler grumbled, but reluctantly agreed.
@Karl Papp thats 100% incorect. All jew citizens with a Bulgarian pasport were saved and Modern Israel is greatful and All Bulgarians are proud of it. The 12 000 jews in macedonia and agrean thrace werent with Bulgarian citizenship yet due to the war.
@@Frozenmenss1 so you are proud of killing 12000 Macedonian jews and you said that were not Bulgarian i thought you said Macedonia is Bulgaria mhm. So Macedonia is Macedonia you just admitted that dumb nazi
@@klaush373 learn some history, and you will know why arren't they with bulgarian passports, i'll tell you, becouse the serbs...serbian anti bulgarian propaganda !?
Thanks a lot Indy Niedell for talking about the Nigerian contribution to WWII. Unlike the French, the British made it a policy to try to hide the contribution of West African commonwealth troops, to their war effort. Only Canadian, Australian, Indian and Nepalese troops are ever honoured by their historians. Cheers 👍🏿
They had it worse. As always, they hoped the war would be over sooner, but didn't know how long it would continue. Both Germany and Japan had future plans to invade North America. So, if their successes in Europe and Asia continued, the war could have lasted a *lot* longer.
I'm Bulgarian, my grandpa considered himself a communist, but he barely understood political ideologies, he was very impressed by the German soldier he saw as a boy. He said: the soldiers were passing through, they didn't hurt anyone, didn't steel and did no harm, but once a soldier shot a duck probably for fun, then someone from the local people complained to the German officer. The officer called for the whole platoon to gather and punished them all. Bulgaria's military doctrine since the early 1900's was always with Germany never against Russia.
@@KnightofAges The possible entry of Turkey into the Axis would have given germans a chance to strike against the British possessions in the middle east and even into Egypt from the north.
@@KnightofAges Libya had far worse infrastructure than eastern parts of Turkey but the germans were still able to smash the brits with what they had in their hands plus the airbases in eastern turkey would most definitely give the Luftwaffe air superiority and if you also think that this advance would be timed with the Iraqi government attacking the brits it is obvious that british possessions in the middle east would be in grave danger
Pedro Duarte maybe so. But then if the Turks would’ve allowed German troops in turkey and or at least to pass through they could’ve gone on to Middle East n got oil supplies AND possibly also taken a knockout blow to Russia from the south and secured the Black Sea area n possibly Caspian Sea and oil there too
Learning about things such as ths Nigerian advances in East Africa and that description are why i love this channel. You never hear about that in hardly any other rssource about the war. So informative, and gives light to all those who contributed to the war and those who it affected.
The East African Campaign has only in the last few years gained a lot of attention in popular history and thanks to TG for covering it in the larger context of the war.
This series is better than any series on WWII that has ever aired on TV. I'm constantly blown away by the quality and quantity of content on this page.
Cool trivia: the Free French at Kuffra swore an oath to keep fighting until the French flag was raised above the Cathedral of Strasburg. Their leader was Philippe Leclerc, who would become general and liberate Starsburg in 1944.
It's a nice Saturday morning with the sun shining as I sit in my college dorm with a cup of coffee. I open TH-cam to see a new upload from Indy and the crew. Life is good. Just taking a moment to appreciate the good times in life and thank you Indy for contributing to that.
At first I thought Indy was making some weird X-MEN reference in his phone call about the Wolverine and I was like I don't think he's talking to Luigi anymore. But then you mentioned the ship Wolverine and I was like dang it there goes my comment.
i have benn avid reader of 20th century military history for over 15 years and i consider mr neidell a great source of excellent information, great narrative skills , amazing research and outstanding source of information ... keep going i wisjh now a series called korean war week by week and then vietnam war week by week and then likely iran - irak war wek by week ...
*_SIDES AT PRESENT:_* *_World War Two_* *Allies:* _Albanian resistance,_ Australia+, Bahrain-, Belgium*+, Canada, Chechnya-Ingushetia^, China^^, Czechoslovakia*, _Danish resistance, Estonian resistance’, Ethiopian Arbegnoch,_ Free France+’’, Greece, Iceland~’’’, _Latvian resistance’,_ Luxembourg*, Nepal, Netherlands*+, New Zealand+, Norway*+, Oman-, Poland*, South Africa, United Kingdom+ *Axis:* Germany+, Italy+, Japan+^^^, Manchukuo~, Mengkukuo~, _Ngolok Tibetans^^^^,_ Reorganized ROC~, Slovakia~, USSR’’’’, Vichy France+’’ *3rd Parties:* Denmark’’’’’, _Lithuanian resistance’_, Thailand^^^^^ _Italics:_ Non-state forces ~puppet *occupied with a government-in-exile & resistance movement. +Includes the country’s colonies, overseas territories, or reichskommissariats -self-governing protectorate or territory ‘The official governments of the Baltic States reluctantly accepted the USSR’s ultimatums, resulting in their occupation & the installation of new Soviet friendly regimes. This led to the creation of irregular national resistance movements, though it would take time before they became formal organizations. As the Estonian & Latvian resistance forces are fighting the USSR-who is a co-belligerent of Germany at this time-they are listed with the Allies. Although the exact date that Polish & Lithuanian resistance forces began fighting each other for control of the land around Vilnius/Wilno is unknown, they do so throughout the war as well as fight Germany & the USSR. For this reason, I’m placing the Lithuanian resistance in the 3rd Parties list. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa, I will reassign them based on the new front between Germany & the USSR. ‘’When newly appointed Prime Minister Philippe Pétaind announced his intentions to seek an armistice with the Axis powers, General Charles de Gaulle established a government-in-exile that would continue the war on the Allied side. French colonies had to decide whether to remain loyal to the Vichy Regime or join the Free French. Chad under Governor Félix Éboué was the first to join De Gaulle & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* soon all of French Equatorial Africa was in Free French hands, with its capital Brazzaville serving as headquarters for the movement. By late 1943, all French oversea possessions except in Indochina were controlled by Free France. Although the French government in Vichy is officially neutral, I have placed them with the Axis. The main reason being that Allied forces would continue to attack & occupy the territory it claimed throughout the war. At the same time, the Vichy government collaborated with Germany by providing war materials, allowing them use of their territory for strategic operations, & in implementing the Holocaust. ‘’’Although the Icelandic government issued a formal protest, the British invasion was not contested because Iceland lacked a military to fight back with & so told its people to treat the occupiers as guests. Even to this day, the "Lovely War" is controversial. Many Icelanders view the Allied occupation very negatively for the loss of their country’s sovereignty & for foreign troops fraternizing with local women. Others point to economic & infrastructural benefits the happened during the war. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Iceland’s occupation is transferred to the Neutral USA on July 7th, 1941. At that point, I will take Iceland off the overview until Pearl Harbor. ’’’’I have the USSR on the Axis side because both Germany & them are currently at war with Poland(The Soviets invaded on September 17, 1939), divided Poland between themselves pre-invasion, are working together to end the Polish resistance, & are trading war materials. This is all detailed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty, the German-Soviet Credit Agreement, & the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, I will move them to the 3rd parties list(See my policy on country placement below) & then move them to the Allies after the signing of the Sikorski-Mayski agreement in July 1941 between the Polish government-in-exile & the USSR. ‘’’’’In the 2nd week of April, both Germany & the United Kingdom invaded & occupied parts of Danish territory(Germany occupied Denmark proper & the United Kingdom occupied the Faroe Islands) to “guarantee their independence & neutrality.” Everyday life went on mostly as before with Local authorities in both areas cooperating with the occupiers. Hitler hoped that Denmark would be “a model protectorate” that would aide his larger goals. Despite this, the Danish national government resisted calls by Germany for legal discrimination against Jewish Danes, the death penalty, & German military courts to have jurisdiction over Danish citizens. The Danish colony of Greenland(being de facto independent at the time) asked the neutral USA to protect them from invasion by the warring powers. Throughout this time, Denmark remained officially neutral despite having Axis & Allied forces on its soil. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* On August 29, 1943, after refusing to submit to any further German demands, the Danish government was dissolved & the German military took direct control of the country. At that point, I’ll take Denmark off the 3rd parties list & replace the Danish resistance with Denmark(with an occupied disclaimer). ^The Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechnya-Ingushetia is currently engaged in a guerrilla war against the USSR for independence. Since I have the Soviets in the Axis for reasons stated above, I‘m placing Chechnya-Ingushetia with the Allies *_SPOILER WARNING:_* until Operation Barbarossa, when I will move them to the Axis. ^^The Kuomintang & Communist Parties have signed a truce to fight the Japanese as part of the Second United Front lead by Chiang Kai-shek, but coordination is minimal & both deeply mistrust the other. ^^^I’ve combined the European & Asian wars at this point because Japan has now officially joined a military alliance with Germany & Italy in the form of the Tripartite Pact & is occupying Northern French Indochina, which is land the Free French government recognizes as its own. Despite the government in Vichy agreeing to the occupation after months of pressure, impatient Japanese forces rushed across the border & clashed with their Vichy French counterparts in the first few days. Since the fighting stopped before this week’s post, Vichy France & Japan are listed together as part of the Axis. ^^^^The Ngolok rebellions were a brutal ethnic conflict fought in Qinghai/Amdo between Ngolok Tibetans & the Hui dominated Ma clique who were loyal to the Kuomintang government of China. Despite having a common enemy in the Kuomintang, the Ngolok Tibetans & Japan were only co-belligerents as they didn’t have a formal alliance & didn’t coordinate in military planning. ^^^^^After a few months of border skirmishes, full on war broke out between Vichy controlled French Indochina & Thailand on January 5th, 1941. Despite only fighting against Vichy forces, I’m placing Thailand in the 3rd parties list. The reason for this is since I placed Free France with the Allies & Vichy France in the Axis for reasons stated above & As both claim to be the legitimate government of France, they both claim to be the rightful owners of the disputed lands in Indochina, thus both would regard Thailand as a belligerent because Thailand is trying to take back land that it lost to France previously. An armistice was proclaimed on January 28th & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Peace treaty signed on May 9th. *_MY POLICY ON COUNTRY PLACEMENT_* If a country declares war on or attacks another country & at least one of them is already involved in World War II, I’ll list the other as a part of the opposing faction. That is why the events of the Winter War are included in the main World War II list & the events of the War of ‘41(Ecuador vs. Peru) will not be. The countries listed in the factions above are comprised of both official members & co-belligerents. The terms “Allies” & “Axis” are used for both kinds of belligerents as a convenient way to distill the world war & it’s adjoining conflicts, with disclaimers used to elaborate on some of the more complicated situations. If a country or resistance movement is at war with at least one country form both factions, I’ll add them to the 3rd parties list with a disclaimer. The 3rd Parties list is not a faction, but a collection of warring parties who act independently of one another. I have to consolidate factions along co-belligerency or else the number of factions will balloon out of control. Finally, each post only represents the factions as they were 79 years ago to the day. Many countries will join, leave, or switch sides before the war ends for various reasons & I strongly encourage you to look into the situation of each country for yourself.
I did not expect this level of thought or detail from a youtube comment. Please tell me you have a link to a blog or something you run because it feels seriously wasted in the youtube comments section. In fact, you should be hired by the WW2 week by week team.
I am SO pleased you said that General Wilson was a LEFtenant-General and NOT a LOOtenant-General! A small point indeed, but one which shows the care you are taking to be accurate. Congratulations!
This week in the Greco-Italian War: A public release of names of Italian combat casualties in Albania by March 1, 1941, listed 32,552 KIA, WIA, MIA & POW. On March 2, Mussolini flew a plane to Albania himself, in order to participate in the planning, and supervise the new Italian offensive, codenamed 'Operazione Primavera' (Operation Spring), a major attack against the Greek defence line at the central sector. By the end of February 1941 the Italian army in Albania was 400,000-strong, and by mid-March would reach 501,800 all ranks. 13,166 wheeled vehicles served alongside 65,000 horses and other pack animals. The Greek army amounted approximately to 350,000 men. Οn the same day, the German 105,000-strong, XII. Army, under General Wilhelm List, moved into Bulgaria. On March 4, Sq. Ldr Marmaduke Pattle, claimed three Italian Fiat G.50bis fighters of 24th Gruppo. On March 18, Pattle would receive a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for his actions on March 4. On Wednesday, March 5, 1941, 'Operation Lustre', the despatch of allied troops and supplies from the Middle East to Greece, in response to the approaching German invasion, began. Four Commonwealth units: British 1st Armoured Brigade (Brig. Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie), 2nd New Zealand Division (Maj. Gen. Bernard Freyberg), 6th Australian Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Iven Giffard MacKay), followed by the 7th Australian Division (Maj. Gen. John Lavarack) were transported from Alexandria, Egypt, while the Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade ('SBSK' under the overall command of Gen. Stanisław Kopański) was to be transported to Greece from Haifa. 60,364 Commonwealth troops would arrive in Greece. The last unit, the 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion (Lt. Col. John Wesley Mitchell) would arrive on April 3. The British and ANZAC would take part in the battles against the Germans in April, under the overall command of British Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. The Polish Brigade would never arrive in Greece as the Germans entered Athens before even the first of its elements embarked on the ships. Also on March 5, an emergency meeting of the chiefs of three Greek armies in Albania (Lieutenant-General Markos Drakos of T.S.E ('Epirus Army Section'), Lieutenant-General Dimitrios Papadopoulos of B' Corps, Lieutenant-General Georgios Kosmas of A' Corps), with the Greek C-in-C General Alexandros Papagos, took place at General HQ, in the Greek capital, Athens, four days before the Italian Spring Offensive. During the meeting, the three chiefs declared unanimously that Greece should officially reject any British and Commonwealth force less than 100,000-stong, as a smaller force would prove both ineffective and inefficient to resist the Germans, and would act as pretext for Hitler to invade. If the German invasion is inevitable, the three chiefs continued, 'it will be better if the Greek forces resist alone, and fall to the last man in the field of honour, rather than provide the enemy with political and military excuse for war' (sic). Papagos accused the three chiefs of insubordination, and on March 7, just 48 hours before the Italian offensive broke out, with a not-that-unusual 'Papagean' unpredictable and impulsive decision, they were relieved of their command, and replaced by Lt. Gen. Panaghiotis Demestichas (A' Corps), Lt. Gen. Georgios Bakos (B' Corps), and Lt. Gen. Ioannis Pitsikas (T.S.E.). On Saturday, March 8, 1941, just 24 hours before the Italians opened their major offensive, the Greek 34th Infantry Regiment (Col. Alexandros Tsingounis) from II Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Georgios Lavdas), assaulted hills 739 and 1000, located NW of Peshtan near Tepelenë, occupied by elements from 1st Alpini Division 'Taurinense' (Brig. Gen. Giovanni Maccario). At 739 the Greeks engaged in a savage hand-to-hand combat with the Italian 3rd Alpini Regiment (Col. Umberto Fabbri). Men on both sides were locked together and fought with every weapon at hand possible, including rocks. Dozens of alpini were killed and wounded,~300 made prisoner. The Greek regiment took both hills at a very high cost.
Never were fascist. Ferdinand kept tens of thousands of jews in bulgaria in normal conditions and disguised/deceived the nazis saying "we need them for roadwork etc.".
You missed something big at Kuffra. It's a feat from a french hero : Phillipe "Leclerc" de Hautecloque. An oath was took, there, to fight till the end !
Oskar Rasmussen SPOILERS yes but no there was little resistance by the Italians but it is also germany suffered some to by the sinking of there sub ace, and the raid of Norway and there ignigma parts being stolen Remember that the only that hurts the Italians is bad commanders not supply or bravery by the men
@@eternalflameingentertainme945 I think you can argue the quality and abundance of the Italians' equipment/supplies was not up to snuff with the other players in this war. That being said, even if it was I don't think Italy would have fared that much better.
Whammy Bard yes because the generals and the corrupt government but I think it could of tactically did much better and may added 2-6 months to axis survival maybe (6 is best case)
there is a book called the Forgotten 500 which is about 512 Allied airmen trapped in Yugoslavia in 1944 but also talks about the country's fall and about the 2 groups of resistance fighters there
Bulgaria faught on the losing side both during WWI and WWII as a German ally. The communism however proved to be much more devastating than losing two world wars. The XX century was quite disastrous for my country...
Valentin Stoyanov Bulgaria did not fight in the WW2. Bulgaria was a non-fighting ally of Germany and managed to keep diplomatic relations with the Soviets.
I don't want to spoil anything with whis comment but tbh it's hard to spoil history. But I really want to see the future videos when Barbarosa happened and everything would look as grim or even worse than it looked when you guys were covering WW1. Kind of miss the sad pathetic tone of that series but this war had the allied who's cause will never seem pathetic to us. Good job Indy and all of time ghost as always! Love your work
That excerpt at the end has even more relevance after decolonization, the empires of Europe fading in memory, and new African nations rising from the rubble, Nigeria as Ethiopia gaining more and more power in the continent.
Hey Indy and team, do you guys intend to cover Raoul Wallenberg and his mission to save Jews in Hungary? This guy was extremely brave even crossing paths multiple times with Eichmann. He saved many lives and it seems like he doesn't get much if any real recognition, I'd loved to see you guys cover him.
I remember reading about Operation Claymore and the Commando group. The funniest part was a guy dubbed '5 Krona Jack', who apparently had enough time to enlist the 'services' of a local prostitute during his brief time in Norway 🤣
It has to be said Indy that there is nothing like the descriptivenes of the English Language and your right whoever penned that short passage about Italys Abbysinian farce missed his calling! Cheers DG
The German reprisals following the Lofoten raid is the subject of a poem by Inger Hagerup titled Aust-Vågøy "They burned our farms / They killed our men" The Poem is commonly read at Norwegian war memorials. I myself read it at a May 17th war memorial ceremony when I was in middle school.
Don't forget that the battle of Koufra was an important moment for the free French army. 1)It was the moment where general Leclerc swore the oath to fight until the French flag flies over the Cathedral of Strasbourg 2) In one of the first win by the free French army I hope World War Two will cover this moment in a bonus episode because the battle is a mix of ingenious and crazy tactics by Lecrec
I wonder what Hitler is like when he's not making a political speech. I wonder if there could be a media professional that could perhaps wiretap some conversation Hitler has in a relaxed natural environment with some leader from a neutral country that Germany would be desperate to get co-operation of. Maybe perhaps some meeting between Hitler and C.G.E. Mannerheim recorded by some sound engineer from the Finnish national media YLE for instance for a future episode. *nudge, nudge, hint hint.*
Dear World War Two team, thanks for your remarkable work, as usual ! However, I'm a tad disappointed that you didn't mention the battle at Kufra in further details. I'm French and therefore completely NOT objective on the matter, but it is a very famous battle in France, as it was Leclerc, head of the future 2ème Division Blindée (2nd DB), that lead the assault on the Italian fort at Kufra. He repositioned a single 75mm gun many times throughout the day, so that Italians eventually thought he had a full battery, which is kind of funny. Furthermore, at the end of said battle, he made an oath, to never stop fighting the Germans until Strasbourg was liberated. Which he did, but that's for the future. So, it's the start of a great journey, and I was hoping for several weeks that you would point it out. Cheers, and keep up your great work !
It is worth remembering that Paul of Yugoslavia hated Nazis. He was a proper English gentleman running a country that didn't understand him. I sincerely hope that, when you start covering the April War in Yugoslavia, you consult the historical documents not written in post war Yugoslavia. My country, Serbia, is even today tasked with reconstructing our war and post war history, since lot of it was counterfeited.
@@alswann2702 No, we are rediscovering what our former communist totalitarian government hid from us. And it was no secret conspiracy either. Pretty much everybody knew at the time that remembering and telling some of our history could send you to prison or a camp for the enemies of the People.
The Great War: This is modern war. WW2: What could possibly go wrong? If these series were released on dvd or Blu-ray these should be tag lines to them.
We rely on a lot of great people with a lot of creative power to make this show happen the way we do. Some of them have great solo-projects, which offer new and additional perspectives on many topics that we cover here. So if you're a true history buff, you should definitely check out some of these pages:
Eastory makes our maps - th-cam.com/users/eastory
Julius colorizes many of our portraits - facebook.com/JJcolorization/
Dememorabilia also colorizes a lot for us - instagram.com/dememorabilia/
We have our own WW2 day-by-day page on Instagram - instagram.com/world_war_two_realtime/
They all deserve your follow! Go check them out!
Cheers, Joram
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*heady days*
Or in the alternative "That's Hedly...Hedly Lamar..
hello! You are doing a very amazing job, i love it!
Just a minor thing (maybe it was already sayd by someone, idk) about pronounciation: you are right on saying the "e" of "kriegsmarine", but the accent should be on the "i" of "marine", not on the final "e" otherwise it sounds like a french accent ^^
greetings from switzerland abd sorry for my bad english!
love your channel! keep it up! (:
World War Two please...your health is of more importance to me then the channel.
@TheStroomis that falls under the general rule of "don't be a jerk."
Bulgaria: *Joins Axis*
Greece: "Uh...we're still cool, right?"
Bulgaria: "Yeah, we're cool."
Greece: "Ok, good."
Bulgaria: *Closes Borders*
Greece: "Uhh..."
Bulgaria* : Joins Axis
Greece: "Uh...we're still cool, right?"
Bulgaria*: "Yeah, we're cool."
Greece: "Ok, good."
Bulgaria*: Closes Borders
Greece: "Uhh..."
* Occupied Bulgaria
@@jojobinio Well Boris let that happen although I admit they had no real choise.
Bulgaria: *Joins Axis*
Greece: "We still okay, right bud?"
Bulgaria: "Remember that time when you send greekophile partisans into Macedonia to spread greek propaganda ?"
Greece: "Yeah..."
Bulgaria: "Remember that time when you and Serbia signed a defensive alliance against us and then proceeded to commit war atrocities in majority bulgarian lands ?"
Greece: "Bulgaria, where is this going ?"
Bulgaria: "Remember the Trikeri Island, the one where you sent thousands of bulgarians and starved them to death?"
Greece: "....."
Bulgaria: "Yeah, we cool, don't worry about that..."
It's like your girl breaking up with you by telling you "we should just be friends."
@@starhawck bulgarians send bulgarian partisan into macedonia to spread bulgarian propaganda. AND bulgaria attacked ITS FORMER ALLIES.
This might be Indy's worst tie yet. I love it.
Oh, it's not *that* bad.
@@ashenwuss1651 You're only encouraging him. Again, I love it
It's absolute shit. Two big thumbs up!
I love it. The blue on the tie picks up the navy in the waistcoat, while the orange and yellow picks up the colour of the shirt. The larger stripes of the tie is also well-contrasted with the smaller stripes on the shirt. The shirt collar is soft and unstarched, a style popular in the 40s. I actually think Indy nails it in the costume department.
@@MrOldMajor It's glorious
So there still is the chance of U-47 suddenly surfacing in 2020, asking for Diesel?
XD
In the submarine world, a sub is not officially considered sunk until it is found.
Until then it is still considered to still be at work.....a ghost silently swimming in the oceans.
It will have to be at Tel Aviv.
Fancy seeing you here? Are you coming back?
Legends say U-47 sustained only light damage but sank instantly due to Prien's balls of steel
lol
I understood that U47 was actually sunk further south by a minefield that the british laid in their own shipping lane at a depth that no ship would hit them but submarines would, the reason they said it was sunk by further north is they did not want to let the germans know about the minefield. I saw something recently about they found U47.
"Wissen Sie was? Die sitzen im Kasino und feiern unsere Versenkung! Not yet Kameraden! Not yet!"
It's time to kick torpedos and chew bubble gum.
And I'm all out of gum.
Clearly the U-47 was scuttled by its crew, According to legend no German vessel was ever destroyed by the British. Now, if it were the Americans or Russians...
Bulgaria: joins Axis
Yugoslavia: there goes the neighborhood
its funny that the Bulgarians still claim that they were not nazis
@@klaush373 wdym we were never nazis we just didn't want to send our people to certent dead vs germany and you know not a single Bulgarian Jew was send to a camp so plese stfu
@@klaush373 idiot stuped...
@@klaush373 Because we are not . WE were forced to join
@@spermatanaronito1233 Everyone was under pressure but the Nazi Tatars couldnt handle it
The way Indy laughs, "that was some good shit"
It is the simple things in life that inspire joy. This channel never fails to deliver.
You published something lately Mr Clinton
@@maciejniedzielski7496 so?
Stalin-"The Germans aren't going to invade"
Everyone else-"They are and here's proof"
Stalin-"I didn't see that."
Luigi Cadorna: "I know that feeling."
Neon Noir Well he didn’t care then, He let millions die in both sides
Stalin: This is ***Fake*** news! Clearly planted by the capitalists to get us involved in their war.
Neon Noir Ew you right , Same outcome
Mr. Jigsaw: "Ouwhere is ze meecrofilm?"
Tsar Boris III died suddenly in 1943, after returning from a visit to Germany. His son succeeded him as Simeon II. He was deposed by the communists in 1946. He spent the next fifty years in exile, and served as prime minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005. He is still alive today.
Is it even possible to make those maps more awesome? Excellent work, Eastory!
He's certainly the best!
@@WorldWarTwo Hope we get to see Eastory on the sets with you someday
You have apparently never seen Eastory's cartoons...
=)
@@QuizmasterLaw You're right, but I'll change that! 😉
@@tejesedeny they are so bad they are good!
A SECRET WEAPON!
Truly, poetical words about the Nigerian advance into Abyssinia.
Never heard anything like it.
And I have prosperous news for you! The General Abimi has died and in his well bequeathed unto you 100,000 kilograms of shot and shell! Can you please contact and confirm so we may forward your supplies in the name of the LORD, GOD almighty!
9:23 That is seriously some good poetry there. Never knew the British Ministry of Information had some good poets!
he was leading up to that ozymandias line the whole time too
thats some good shit
‘I am Ozymandius! Look upon me, O mighty, and despair!’
@@jackcoleman5955
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
At that time the British civil service had its pick of Oxbridge graduates, many of those would have studied the classics. That writing was probably by a frustrated would-be academic.
Boris had his conditions: 1- Bulgaria would only use their army for occupation in certain parts of Greece and Yugoslavia; 2- German troops could use the Bulgarian rail system provided they gave an itinerary 48 hours in advance to the Transport Ministry; 3- Bulgarians would not fight the Red Army in the field. Hitler grumbled, but reluctantly agreed.
@Karl Papp thats 100% incorect. All jew citizens with a Bulgarian pasport were saved and Modern Israel is greatful and All Bulgarians are proud of it. The 12 000 jews in macedonia and agrean thrace werent with Bulgarian citizenship yet due to the war.
@@Frozenmenss1 looks like someone deleted their comment because they were wrong lmao good work friend
@@Frozenmenss1 sadly
@@Frozenmenss1 so you are proud of killing 12000 Macedonian jews and you said that were not Bulgarian i thought you said Macedonia is Bulgaria mhm. So Macedonia is Macedonia you just admitted that dumb nazi
@@klaush373 learn some history, and you will know why arren't they with bulgarian passports, i'll tell you, becouse the serbs...serbian anti bulgarian propaganda !?
Little did they know, Bulgaria would become AFK for the rest of the game
Thanks a lot Indy Niedell for talking about the Nigerian contribution to WWII. Unlike the French, the British made it a policy to try to hide the contribution of West African commonwealth troops, to their war effort. Only Canadian, Australian, Indian and Nepalese troops are ever honoured by their historians. Cheers 👍🏿
I find it mad that in 4 years time I'll still be watching this, imagine how long the years seemed for them
They had it worse. As always, they hoped the war would be over sooner, but didn't know how long it would continue. Both Germany and Japan had future plans to invade North America. So, if their successes in Europe and Asia continued, the war could have lasted a *lot* longer.
@@lesliefranklin1870 Germany had a manned two stage ICBM at the plans around the same time with V2
I'm Bulgarian, my grandpa considered himself a communist, but he barely understood political ideologies, he was very impressed by the German soldier he saw as a boy. He said: the soldiers were passing through, they didn't hurt anyone, didn't steel and did no harm, but once a soldier shot a duck probably for fun, then someone from the local people complained to the German officer. The officer called for the whole platoon to gather and punished them all. Bulgaria's military doctrine since the early 1900's was always with Germany never against Russia.
TH-cam: demonetizes history content
Indy: Guess I can swear now!
Jack Williams fuck it haha
Germany: Don't worry Turkey, you had my back in the last war so You get a pass...for now.q
'İsmet İnönü is sweating heavily'
@@KnightofAges The possible entry of Turkey into the Axis would have given germans a chance to strike against the British possessions in the middle east and even into Egypt from the north.
@@KnightofAges Libya had far worse infrastructure than eastern parts of Turkey but the germans were still able to smash the brits with what they had in their hands plus the airbases in eastern turkey would most definitely give the Luftwaffe air superiority and if you also think that this advance would be timed with the Iraqi government attacking the brits it is obvious that british possessions in the middle east would be in grave danger
Germany should’ve got turkey a longtime enemy of Russia on board and had turkey strike at Russia from the Crimea or Caucasian mountains .
Pedro Duarte maybe so. But then if the Turks would’ve allowed German troops in turkey and or at least to pass through they could’ve gone on to Middle East n got oil supplies AND possibly also taken a knockout blow to Russia from the south and secured the Black Sea area n possibly Caspian Sea and oil there too
Learning about things such as ths Nigerian advances in East Africa and that description are why i love this channel. You never hear about that in hardly any other rssource about the war. So informative, and gives light to all those who contributed to the war and those who it affected.
The East African Campaign has only in the last few years gained a lot of attention in popular history and thanks to TG for covering it in the larger context of the war.
This series is better than any series on WWII that has ever aired on TV. I'm constantly blown away by the quality and quantity of content on this page.
I love researching these older videos
Country in the balkans: *exists*
Germany: join the axis or die.
More like: You hate leftists right? Why not join our hate club!
More like, join the axis or soviets.
@@KnightofAges I agree thankyou, what about england very interesting so much on greece?
Better grave than slave! (it was the actual chant in 27th march cue and protests)
Most minor countries, including Bulgaria, were presented 2 choices: "Join the Axis or we will join you into the axis."
Cool trivia: the Free French at Kuffra swore an oath to keep fighting until the French flag was raised above the Cathedral of Strasburg. Their leader was Philippe Leclerc, who would become general and liberate Starsburg in 1944.
10:01 "What a barren featureless desert!" (General Melchett)
It's a nice Saturday morning with the sun shining as I sit in my college dorm with a cup of coffee. I open TH-cam to see a new upload from Indy and the crew. Life is good. Just taking a moment to appreciate the good times in life and thank you Indy for contributing to that.
Yes Indy, that really was some good shit.
FunkyHonkyCDXX Ngl I was shocked when I heard him say that
Yes Funky is right . Shit n a Half as Mom used to say .
YA, MAN, THAT WAS.. COUGH... reaaaaalll nicee
At first I thought Indy was making some weird X-MEN reference in his phone call about the Wolverine and I was like I don't think he's talking to Luigi anymore. But then you mentioned the ship Wolverine and I was like dang it there goes my comment.
Your delivery is priceless. I look to it as much as entertainment.
Well that's good to know. Thanks.
Bulgaria: joins Axis
Turkey: I prefer to observe this time. I feel Iike coping Swiss neutrality
Never stop those phone call intros. They literally make my day.
>title
>Insert HoI4 Join Faction Sound
Lmao yeah xD my country joins and then becomes communist cuz logic
MasterGamer Alex Well, that happens when you join nazi germany
@@ЯворКолев-ь9ц zdr danganronpa fen
“Somebody at the information ministry missed their calling as a poet, huh, because that’s some gooooood shit, huh?!?” I died..
i have benn avid reader of 20th century military history for over 15 years and i consider mr neidell a great source of excellent information, great narrative skills , amazing research and outstanding source of information ... keep going i wisjh now a series called korean war week by week and then vietnam war week by week and then likely iran - irak war wek by week ...
9:46 this should have been an impregnable barrier. did they run out of bottles to finish the defences?
It's not complete without fava beans and liver
@@stevekaczynski3793 I assumed they'd used broken glass on top of walls.
Great work per usual.
Take that TH-cam algorithm
*_SIDES AT PRESENT:_*
*_World War Two_*
*Allies:* _Albanian resistance,_ Australia+, Bahrain-, Belgium*+, Canada, Chechnya-Ingushetia^, China^^, Czechoslovakia*, _Danish resistance, Estonian resistance’, Ethiopian Arbegnoch,_ Free France+’’, Greece, Iceland~’’’, _Latvian resistance’,_ Luxembourg*, Nepal, Netherlands*+, New Zealand+, Norway*+, Oman-, Poland*, South Africa, United Kingdom+
*Axis:* Germany+, Italy+, Japan+^^^, Manchukuo~, Mengkukuo~, _Ngolok Tibetans^^^^,_ Reorganized ROC~, Slovakia~, USSR’’’’, Vichy France+’’
*3rd Parties:* Denmark’’’’’, _Lithuanian resistance’_, Thailand^^^^^
_Italics:_ Non-state forces
~puppet
*occupied with a government-in-exile & resistance movement.
+Includes the country’s colonies, overseas territories, or reichskommissariats
-self-governing protectorate or territory
‘The official governments of the Baltic States reluctantly accepted the USSR’s ultimatums, resulting in their occupation & the installation of new Soviet friendly regimes. This led to the creation of irregular national resistance movements, though it would take time before they became formal organizations. As the Estonian & Latvian resistance forces are fighting the USSR-who is a co-belligerent of Germany at this time-they are listed with the Allies. Although the exact date that Polish & Lithuanian resistance forces began fighting each other for control of the land around Vilnius/Wilno is unknown, they do so throughout the war as well as fight Germany & the USSR. For this reason, I’m placing the Lithuanian resistance in the 3rd Parties list. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa, I will reassign them based on the new front between Germany & the USSR.
‘’When newly appointed Prime Minister Philippe Pétaind announced his intentions to seek an armistice with the Axis powers, General Charles de Gaulle established a government-in-exile that would continue the war on the Allied side. French colonies had to decide whether to remain loyal to the Vichy Regime or join the Free French. Chad under Governor Félix Éboué was the first to join De Gaulle & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* soon all of French Equatorial Africa was in Free French hands, with its capital Brazzaville serving as headquarters for the movement. By late 1943, all French oversea possessions except in Indochina were controlled by Free France. Although the French government in Vichy is officially neutral, I have placed them with the Axis. The main reason being that Allied forces would continue to attack & occupy the territory it claimed throughout the war. At the same time, the Vichy government collaborated with Germany by providing war materials, allowing them use of their territory for strategic operations, & in implementing the Holocaust.
‘’’Although the Icelandic government issued a formal protest, the British invasion was not contested because Iceland lacked a military to fight back with & so told its people to treat the occupiers as guests. Even to this day, the "Lovely War" is controversial. Many Icelanders view the Allied occupation very negatively for the loss of their country’s sovereignty & for foreign troops fraternizing with local women. Others point to economic & infrastructural benefits the happened during the war. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Iceland’s occupation is transferred to the Neutral USA on July 7th, 1941. At that point, I will take Iceland off the overview until Pearl Harbor.
’’’’I have the USSR on the Axis side because both Germany & them are currently at war with Poland(The Soviets invaded on September 17, 1939), divided Poland between themselves pre-invasion, are working together to end the Polish resistance, & are trading war materials. This is all detailed in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the German-Soviet Frontier Treaty, the German-Soviet Credit Agreement, & the German-Soviet Commercial Agreement. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* After Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, I will move them to the 3rd parties list(See my policy on country placement below) & then move them to the Allies after the signing of the Sikorski-Mayski agreement in July 1941 between the Polish government-in-exile & the USSR.
‘’’’’In the 2nd week of April, both Germany & the United Kingdom invaded & occupied parts of Danish territory(Germany occupied Denmark proper & the United Kingdom occupied the Faroe Islands) to “guarantee their independence & neutrality.” Everyday life went on mostly as before with Local authorities in both areas cooperating with the occupiers. Hitler hoped that Denmark would be “a model protectorate” that would aide his larger goals. Despite this, the Danish national government resisted calls by Germany for legal discrimination against Jewish Danes, the death penalty, & German military courts to have jurisdiction over Danish citizens. The Danish colony of Greenland(being de facto independent at the time) asked the neutral USA to protect them from invasion by the warring powers. Throughout this time, Denmark remained officially neutral despite having Axis & Allied forces on its soil. *_SPOILER WARNING:_* On August 29, 1943, after refusing to submit to any further German demands, the Danish government was dissolved & the German military took direct control of the country. At that point, I’ll take Denmark off the 3rd parties list & replace the Danish resistance with Denmark(with an occupied disclaimer).
^The Provisional Popular Revolutionary Government of Chechnya-Ingushetia is currently engaged in a guerrilla war against the USSR for independence. Since I have the Soviets in the Axis for reasons stated above, I‘m placing Chechnya-Ingushetia with the Allies *_SPOILER WARNING:_* until Operation Barbarossa, when I will move them to the Axis.
^^The Kuomintang & Communist Parties have signed a truce to fight the Japanese as part of the Second United Front lead by Chiang Kai-shek, but coordination is minimal & both deeply mistrust the other.
^^^I’ve combined the European & Asian wars at this point because Japan has now officially joined a military alliance with Germany & Italy in the form of the Tripartite Pact & is occupying Northern French Indochina, which is land the Free French government recognizes as its own. Despite the government in Vichy agreeing to the occupation after months of pressure, impatient Japanese forces rushed across the border & clashed with their Vichy French counterparts in the first few days. Since the fighting stopped before this week’s post, Vichy France & Japan are listed together as part of the Axis.
^^^^The Ngolok rebellions were a brutal ethnic conflict fought in Qinghai/Amdo between Ngolok Tibetans & the Hui dominated Ma clique who were loyal to the Kuomintang government of China. Despite having a common enemy in the Kuomintang, the Ngolok Tibetans & Japan were only co-belligerents as they didn’t have a formal alliance & didn’t coordinate in military planning.
^^^^^After a few months of border skirmishes, full on war broke out between Vichy controlled French Indochina & Thailand on January 5th, 1941. Despite only fighting against Vichy forces, I’m placing Thailand in the 3rd parties list. The reason for this is since I placed Free France with the Allies & Vichy France in the Axis for reasons stated above & As both claim to be the legitimate government of France, they both claim to be the rightful owners of the disputed lands in Indochina, thus both would regard Thailand as a belligerent because Thailand is trying to take back land that it lost to France previously. An armistice was proclaimed on January 28th & *_SPOILER WARNING:_* Peace treaty signed on May 9th.
*_MY POLICY ON COUNTRY PLACEMENT_*
If a country declares war on or attacks another country & at least one of them is already involved in World War II, I’ll list the other as a part of the opposing faction. That is why the events of the Winter War are included in the main World War II list & the events of the War of ‘41(Ecuador vs. Peru) will not be. The countries listed in the factions above are comprised of both official members & co-belligerents. The terms “Allies” & “Axis” are used for both kinds of belligerents as a convenient way to distill the world war & it’s adjoining conflicts, with disclaimers used to elaborate on some of the more complicated situations. If a country or resistance movement is at war with at least one country form both factions, I’ll add them to the 3rd parties list with a disclaimer. The 3rd Parties list is not a faction, but a collection of warring parties who act independently of one another. I have to consolidate factions along co-belligerency or else the number of factions will balloon out of control. Finally, each post only represents the factions as they were 79 years ago to the day. Many countries will join, leave, or switch sides before the war ends for various reasons & I strongly encourage you to look into the situation of each country for yourself.
I did not expect this level of thought or detail from a youtube comment. Please tell me you have a link to a blog or something you run because it feels seriously wasted in the youtube comments section. In fact, you should be hired by the WW2 week by week team.
Axis: Bulgaria. You forgot to add Bulgaria. Also thanks for including us.
Don’t forget Channel Islands resistance for the allies
this is better than any of my school projects I've ever made...
@@joshuacondell1686 K
I am SO pleased you said that General Wilson was a LEFtenant-General and NOT a LOOtenant-General! A small point indeed, but one which shows the care you are taking to be accurate. Congratulations!
Loved that obscure bit about the advance of the Nigerians. Congrats on digging that up. Enjoying this series.
This week in the Greco-Italian War:
A public release of names of Italian combat casualties in Albania by March 1, 1941, listed 32,552 KIA, WIA, MIA & POW.
On March 2, Mussolini flew a plane to Albania himself, in order to participate in the planning, and supervise the new Italian offensive, codenamed 'Operazione Primavera' (Operation Spring), a major attack against the Greek defence line at the central sector. By the end of February 1941 the Italian army in Albania was 400,000-strong, and by mid-March would reach 501,800 all ranks. 13,166 wheeled vehicles served alongside 65,000 horses and other pack animals. The Greek army amounted approximately to 350,000 men.
Οn the same day, the German 105,000-strong, XII. Army, under General Wilhelm List, moved into Bulgaria.
On March 4, Sq. Ldr Marmaduke Pattle, claimed three Italian Fiat G.50bis fighters of 24th Gruppo.
On March 18, Pattle would receive a bar to his Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for his actions on March 4.
On Wednesday, March 5, 1941, 'Operation Lustre', the despatch of allied troops and supplies from the Middle East to Greece, in response to the approaching German invasion, began. Four Commonwealth units: British 1st Armoured Brigade (Brig. Charles Willoughby Moke Norrie), 2nd New Zealand Division (Maj. Gen. Bernard Freyberg), 6th Australian Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Iven Giffard MacKay), followed by the 7th Australian Division (Maj. Gen. John Lavarack) were transported from Alexandria, Egypt, while the Polish Independent Carpathian Brigade ('SBSK' under the overall command of Gen. Stanisław Kopański) was to be transported to Greece from Haifa.
60,364 Commonwealth troops would arrive in Greece. The last unit, the 2/8th Australian Infantry Battalion (Lt. Col. John Wesley Mitchell) would arrive on April 3. The British and ANZAC would take part in the battles against the Germans in April, under the overall command of British Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson. The Polish Brigade would never arrive in Greece as the Germans entered Athens before even the first of its elements embarked on the ships.
Also on March 5, an emergency meeting of the chiefs of three Greek armies in Albania (Lieutenant-General Markos Drakos of T.S.E ('Epirus Army Section'), Lieutenant-General Dimitrios Papadopoulos of B' Corps, Lieutenant-General Georgios Kosmas of A' Corps), with the Greek C-in-C General Alexandros Papagos, took place at General HQ, in the Greek capital, Athens, four days before the Italian Spring Offensive.
During the meeting, the three chiefs declared unanimously that Greece should officially reject any British and Commonwealth force less than 100,000-stong, as a smaller force would prove both ineffective and inefficient to resist the Germans, and would act as pretext for Hitler to invade. If the German invasion is inevitable, the three chiefs continued, 'it will be better if the Greek forces resist alone, and fall to the last man in the field of honour, rather than provide the enemy with political and military excuse for war' (sic).
Papagos accused the three chiefs of insubordination, and on March 7, just 48 hours before the Italian offensive broke out, with a not-that-unusual 'Papagean' unpredictable and impulsive decision, they were relieved of their command, and replaced by Lt. Gen. Panaghiotis Demestichas (A' Corps), Lt. Gen. Georgios Bakos (B' Corps), and Lt. Gen. Ioannis Pitsikas (T.S.E.).
On Saturday, March 8, 1941, just 24 hours before the Italians opened their major offensive, the Greek 34th Infantry Regiment (Col. Alexandros Tsingounis) from II Infantry Division (Maj. Gen. Georgios Lavdas), assaulted hills 739 and 1000, located NW of Peshtan near Tepelenë, occupied by elements from 1st Alpini Division 'Taurinense' (Brig. Gen. Giovanni Maccario). At 739 the Greeks engaged in a savage hand-to-hand combat with the Italian 3rd Alpini Regiment (Col. Umberto Fabbri). Men on both sides were locked together and fought with every weapon at hand possible, including rocks. Dozens of alpini were killed and wounded,~300 made prisoner. The Greek regiment took both hills at a very high cost.
I wonder who will read all of this😆😆😆
Love Bulgaria from Croatia ❤
thanks brother
Love Croatia
And thousands of British children cheer at seeing all that cod liver oil going up in flames.
Lmao got the notification for this as I was catching up with the past 2 videos that I missed!
Thanks for those X-Men Origins flashbacks, Indy >:(
I have not missed an episode. Awesome show. Just have to say thanks
As the Tsar said: "Always with Germany and never against Russia!"
Which Tsar said that, which ever did amazing quote!
@@BasedEddie Boris lll - tsar of Bulgaria.
I heartily enjoy your delivery and this channel.
Thank you very much!
>Legionnaires Bulgaria joined the Axis.
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Never were fascist. Ferdinand kept tens of thousands of jews in bulgaria in normal conditions and disguised/deceived the nazis saying "we need them for roadwork etc.".
@@ottovalkamo1
You are aware that this is a HOI4 reference, right?
Also it was Boris III not Ferdinand I
@@ottovalkamo1 Ferdinand abticated 20 years ago but ok mate.
You missed something big at Kuffra. It's a feat from a french hero : Phillipe "Leclerc" de Hautecloque. An oath was took, there, to fight till the end !
We didn't miss it. Indy didn't have time to cover it hear, so we covered it on the Instagram series.
I haven't watched the video yet but I know I will love it.
Richard Sorge was a legend. Ian Fleming has certainly heard of him and may have been one of his inspirations for James Bond.
7:06 That image with the British soldier with a drum-fed Tommy Gun brings a smile to my face.
This week wasn’t good for the axis I would say
I have a feeling that is going to be progressively worse for them from this point onwards
This might be related to the fact that most of the fighting this week was done by the Italians.
Oskar Rasmussen SPOILERS yes but no there was little resistance by the Italians but it is also germany suffered some to by the sinking of there sub ace, and the raid of Norway and there ignigma parts being stolen
Remember that the only that hurts the Italians is bad commanders not supply or bravery by the men
@@eternalflameingentertainme945 I think you can argue the quality and abundance of the Italians' equipment/supplies was not up to snuff with the other players in this war. That being said, even if it was I don't think Italy would have fared that much better.
Whammy Bard yes because the generals and the corrupt government but I think it could of tactically did much better and may added 2-6 months to axis survival maybe (6 is best case)
Wolverine is just like Erwin Rommel. He always wins, even when he loses!
Me encanta éste canal!!!!!
My Grandpa turns 79 today, meaning that these events occurred on the date of his birth .
Guess yours is 9 years older than mine!
As always...excellent job everyone
Indy never says goodbye on his phone calls
I would be very much interested in hearing more about the British Long Range Desert Force, maybe in a special episode or something :)
Their most significant operations are still some time away but when they happen it would definitely be a great special idea!
there is a book called the Forgotten 500 which is about 512 Allied airmen trapped in Yugoslavia in 1944 but also talks about the country's fall and about the 2 groups of resistance fighters there
Great work you Guys!
"what could possibly go wrong".......
Um....
I think things already have gone wrong!
Ok that microfilm graphic was slick
"What could possibly go wrong!?"
Yugoslavia could go wrong.
I am Nigerian, knew very little of Nigerian involvement in WWII. Thanks alot
Finally you made the video about my country joining
Why there are no ads! Its only way i can support this channel.
Bulgaria faught on the losing side both during WWI and WWII as a German ally. The communism however proved to be much more devastating than losing two world wars. The XX century was quite disastrous for my country...
@Percy Harry Hotspur Look here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_death_of_Boris_III
Well atleast we got through it didnt we Български братко
Moral of the story: Never listen to the Germans (Carl Marx was also German).
Valentin Stoyanov Bulgaria did not fight in the WW2. Bulgaria was a non-fighting ally of Germany and managed to keep diplomatic relations with the Soviets.
@@esssofia Sure about that? i think i remember something different.
I don't want to spoil anything with whis comment but tbh it's hard to spoil history. But I really want to see the future videos when Barbarosa happened and everything would look as grim or even worse than it looked when you guys were covering WW1. Kind of miss the sad pathetic tone of that series but this war had the allied who's cause will never seem pathetic to us. Good job Indy and all of time ghost as always! Love your work
That excerpt at the end has even more relevance after decolonization, the empires of Europe fading in memory, and new African nations rising from the rubble, Nigeria as Ethiopia gaining more and more power in the continent.
Excellent show.
You really gotta tell this video guy to wait until you're done with your calls before he starts filming
Congrats on 420k subs!
Hey Indy and team, do you guys intend to cover Raoul Wallenberg and his mission to save Jews in Hungary? This guy was extremely brave even crossing paths multiple times with Eichmann. He saved many lives and it seems like he doesn't get much if any real recognition, I'd loved to see you guys cover him.
Spartacus will in War Against Humanity when we get there.
" seems like [Raoul Wallenberg] doesn't get much if any real recognition"
What? I thought he was widely acclaimed?
I remember reading about Operation Claymore and the Commando group. The funniest part was a guy dubbed '5 Krona Jack', who apparently had enough time to enlist the 'services' of a local prostitute during his brief time in Norway 🤣
It has to be said Indy that there is nothing like the descriptivenes of the English Language and your right whoever penned that short passage about Italys Abbysinian farce missed his calling! Cheers DG
Press F to Pay Respects to Gunther Prien.
Keep up the fantastic work 😁👌
This video is in the playlist twice
Thanks for pointing that out! it should be fixed now
The German reprisals following the Lofoten raid is the subject of a poem by Inger Hagerup titled Aust-Vågøy "They burned our farms / They killed our men" The Poem is commonly read at Norwegian war memorials. I myself read it at a May 17th war memorial ceremony when I was in middle school.
Hmmmmmm... German reprisals huh? Something tells me that this was the prelude...
Don't forget that the battle of Koufra was an important moment for the free French army.
1)It was the moment where general Leclerc swore the oath to fight until the French flag flies over the Cathedral of Strasbourg
2) In one of the first win by the free French army
I hope World War Two will cover this moment in a bonus episode because the battle is a mix of ingenious and crazy tactics by Lecrec
We've dealt with it in detail in our instagram account
I wonder what Hitler is like when he's not making a political speech. I wonder if there could be a media professional that could perhaps wiretap some conversation Hitler has in a relaxed natural environment with some leader from a neutral country that Germany would be desperate to get co-operation of. Maybe perhaps some meeting between Hitler and C.G.E. Mannerheim recorded by some sound engineer from the Finnish national media YLE for instance for a future episode.
*nudge, nudge, hint hint.*
you can get that - but then i have to burn a source in Leningrad
@@QuizmasterLaw What are you talking about?
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Great vid 👍
On the 2nd of march 1941 my great grandfather, on my mother's side, master of steam merchant SS Pacific died when it was sunk by U-95.
Dear World War Two team, thanks for your remarkable work, as usual !
However, I'm a tad disappointed that you didn't mention the battle at Kufra in further details. I'm French and therefore completely NOT objective on the matter, but it is a very famous battle in France, as it was Leclerc, head of the future 2ème Division Blindée (2nd DB), that lead the assault on the Italian fort at Kufra. He repositioned a single 75mm gun many times throughout the day, so that Italians eventually thought he had a full battery, which is kind of funny. Furthermore, at the end of said battle, he made an oath, to never stop fighting the Germans until Strasbourg was liberated. Which he did, but that's for the future. So, it's the start of a great journey, and I was hoping for several weeks that you would point it out.
Cheers, and keep up your great work !
We talked about it in more detail on our instagram, where we cover episodes of the war day by day.
@@Southsideindy
Thanks for the answer ! I wasn't even aware your channel had an IG account.
Helping with the algorithm
You forgot to hit the bell ????????????????????????????????????????????????? I like that bell !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is worth remembering that Paul of Yugoslavia hated Nazis. He was a proper English gentleman running a country that didn't understand him. I sincerely hope that, when you start covering the April War in Yugoslavia, you consult the historical documents not written in post war Yugoslavia. My country, Serbia, is even today tasked with reconstructing our war and post war history, since lot of it was counterfeited.
You people are always trying to rewrite history.
@@alswann2702 No, we are rediscovering what our former communist totalitarian government hid from us. And it was no secret conspiracy either. Pretty much everybody knew at the time that remembering and telling some of our history could send you to prison or a camp for the enemies of the People.
We've talked about him and his background before, and of course he'll be covered more in our Between 2 Wars series.
Now I'm picturing Wolverine as a Canadian commando
I would be so sure Indy. Wolverine get's Worfed a lot.
Maybe you could do a sepcial series covering the exploits of Soliders who won either a Victoria Cross, Medal Of Honour or a Cross Of Iron during WW2?
@@stevekaczynski3793 yea obviously they dont have to cover every single winner, just the most impressive ones.
i came for the history, i stayed for the tie...
Now the tide has truly turned.
The Great War: This is modern war.
WW2: What could possibly go wrong?
If these series were released on dvd or Blu-ray these should be tag lines to them.
I can’t wait for the operation Rheinubung Bismarck be Hood episode in may!😄
Only 20 days left...
Might you do a special episode on Mad Jack Churchill?
Also Major Robert Cain
@@1183newman Who?
@@anttibjorklund1869 Go watch clarksons documentary on him by searching jeremy clarkson war stories
Must be your inmate number😂. Great idea to put pictures with the quote, really brings it alive!
So, monetized again, good for the channel.
That Prien character surely had it coming if he messed with Wolverine!