German Invasion of Denmark: Every Minute (NEW)

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  • @wojciechgorczynski172
    @wojciechgorczynski172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5826

    funfact: watch it 60 times slower and you have real time invasion

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +123

      😱

    • @gawronyt3194
      @gawronyt3194 3 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      No because one minute in film is not one second in real

    • @just_pleb8977
      @just_pleb8977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +397

      @@gawronyt3194 you know it was a joke right?

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      @@just_pleb8977 Still technically the truth

    • @Elaine..yfghh-628
      @Elaine..yfghh-628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@gawronyt3194 he said SLOWER

  • @newstartyt3700
    @newstartyt3700 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4672

    Someone sleeps:Is a part of denmark
    Right after they wake up:Is part of germany

    • @pini1076
      @pini1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +665

      It was actually true. Many Danes at the time went to sleep and woke up to later find out that they were suddenly being occupied lol

    • @50shekels
      @50shekels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Stolen comment from an idiot

    • @jamesfish2177
      @jamesfish2177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +325

      @@50shekels you do realise people can sleep during the day right

    • @50shekels
      @50shekels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@jamesfish2177 I bet you do. We don’t

    • @user-ns3cy9zg4n
      @user-ns3cy9zg4n 3 ปีที่แล้ว +284

      @@50shekels 3:30a.m. is daytime to you?

  • @withsupreme2767
    @withsupreme2767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +940

    German soldier: Before the war, I will take a good rest so I can be strong!
    German soldier: sleeps and wakes up*
    German soldier: We won?

    • @drunkenhighlord3198
      @drunkenhighlord3198 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      German soldier be like this world war is going to be easy 5 years later

    • @someguyfromfinlandtj125
      @someguyfromfinlandtj125 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Evidential Or to north africa instead of russia

    • @letterey5781
      @letterey5781 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Wehrmacht nazi deutschland Du bist ein Nazi?

    • @insanity4955
      @insanity4955 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@letterey5781 Probably a world conquest player (wahrscheinlich spielen welteroberung
      )

    • @Shenalan888
      @Shenalan888 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      noice

  • @nex865
    @nex865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1842

    2:42 UK to iceland: You are being rescued. Please do not resist.

    • @jokuvaan5175
      @jokuvaan5175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +151

      Iceland: *sigh* very well then *doesn't fire a shot and surrenders*

    • @ebonaparte3853
      @ebonaparte3853 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂

    • @BjornHeiden
      @BjornHeiden ปีที่แล้ว

      The British unlawfully occupied the island and changed the way the law worked in 1944, making some things illegal that shouldn’t be.

    • @anonymuz796
      @anonymuz796 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Iceland:Resists 1 week

    • @shaddaboop7998
      @shaddaboop7998 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Many years ago I visited Iceland and went to their national museum. It was really interesting just how much emphasis they put on hating the British for the occupation, I was kind of shocked. What they didn't mention was the way they treated women who fell in love with Allied servicemen stationed in Iceland - many were stripped of their assets and effectively institutionalised as shameful rape victims. A deeply insular country paranoid of foreigners and ignorant of what German occupation would've entailed, which was the alternative.

  • @xano2921
    @xano2921 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1086

    2:42 British to the Icelanders: "We're gonna invade you to protect you from yourselves"

    • @No.no_body
      @No.no_body 3 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      Iceland: I am leaving NATO

    • @alex20776a
      @alex20776a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +195

      "Please do not panic, you are being rescued"

    • @AshGamer007
      @AshGamer007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      You are being liberated please do not resist

    • @BamberdittoPingpong
      @BamberdittoPingpong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +108

      "Congratulations! You are being rescued!"
      "Please do not resist."

    • @ItzBIULD
      @ItzBIULD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Iceland: okay! *Legit makes way for the british to get off their ships in the ports*

  • @FatheredPuma81
    @FatheredPuma81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3713

    Danish Patriot: "I'm going to join the army and fight!"
    Wife: "No please don't I don't want to lose you!"
    Danish Patriot: "Sorry, but I have to protect my country."
    *Couple hours later*
    Danish Patriot: "I didn't get to the recruitment office before I heard we surrendered over the radio..."

    • @giulio_0062
      @giulio_0062 2 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Lmao

    • @joaopk6263
      @joaopk6263 2 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      Just enough for the wife to forget

    • @figtree_video_archive
      @figtree_video_archive 2 ปีที่แล้ว +254

      Danish Patriot: And that's how I never joined the army, my grandkids.

    • @rabbaniazzahra1784
      @rabbaniazzahra1784 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      i like how denmark capitulated even tho germany havent taken much land

    • @Unknown___-
      @Unknown___- ปีที่แล้ว +66

      @@rabbaniazzahra1784 dude we had a small army and if we fought back it would just be sending our army to death for no reason so we only had one option we were too weak to fight back but at least we saved 90% of the Jewish living in Denmark

  • @WTFCDFoxy
    @WTFCDFoxy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4450

    This video is epic. A meme that has come a true. Imagine a 6-hour long video that shows every second in realistic time.
    Great job, deserves more viewers!

    • @giulio_0062
      @giulio_0062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      It's feasible

    • @hughmungus4744
      @hughmungus4744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @Nigeria Mapping *@Nigeria Mapping*

    • @abotz5396
      @abotz5396 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @Nigeria Mapping Nazi

    • @misskonaxia
      @misskonaxia 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abotz5396 how cute

    • @edgaralvizo5664
      @edgaralvizo5664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Nigeria Mapping wut

  • @franklinclinton4539
    @franklinclinton4539 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Ironic how the masterful destruction of Danish communication lines by the Germans likely cost them around 150 men, as the Danish order of surrender didn't reach the front.

  • @samilzeynalov2448
    @samilzeynalov2448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    2:43 Greenland took its name

  • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
    @SpaceMonkeyBoi ปีที่แล้ว +193

    Danish kid: "Hi mom! I'm back from school!"
    Danish mom: "Hallo mein Sohn. Ich habe Abendessen gemacht. Wie war es in der Schule?"
    Danish kid: "mom?"

    • @frederikbrandt424
      @frederikbrandt424 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I’m pretty sure they don’t speak English in Denmark as their native language..

    • @s-ts-4348
      @s-ts-4348 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@frederikbrandt424 no shit

    • @toddharig8142
      @toddharig8142 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@s-ts-4348 Danish kid:
      German mom:
      German kid:
      ***

    • @s-ts-4348
      @s-ts-4348 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@toddharig8142 is that a joke? Sry i dont get it

    • @toddharig8142
      @toddharig8142 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@s-ts-4348 Didn't mean to @ you. Missclick.

  • @RobertoLee09
    @RobertoLee09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    German Invasion of Norway: Every day
    German Invasion of Denmark: Every Minute

    • @karlosdaniel6537
      @karlosdaniel6537 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      German invasion of Luxembourg: every second.

    • @Spoon80085
      @Spoon80085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Norway lasted longer against the Germans than every other nation besides the Soviets, meanwhile Denmark can’t even survive half a day

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@Spoon80085 ah yes I’m sure the body of water separating dident mean anything. I’m also sure the mountains played no part either

    • @Spoon80085
      @Spoon80085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@chozer1 I’m saying it’s impressive that the Danish Government speed ran the war, I didn’t think it was possible to capitulate in 6 hours

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Spoon80085 it’s possible mainly because the king called the army off the border with Germany so it was pretty much flghtless

  • @yasirnazirbutt8240
    @yasirnazirbutt8240 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    Fun fact:At this time,the German Army had more soldiers than the entire population of Denmark.

    • @TheGilliams
      @TheGilliams  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      No wonder they only lasted 6 hours

    • @CarmanDrex
      @CarmanDrex 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      ​@@TheGilliamsthey capitulated because they didn't have any tanks

    • @TheDaneOfficial
      @TheDaneOfficial 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      "Surrendered not Capitulate. It was a smart move to surrender so early since Denmark did not have the Manpower or the Technology to Beat germany so they surrendered as fast as they could in order to Save as many Danish lives as they could. So dont go arround saying "nO wOnDeR tHeY OnLy lAsTed 6 hOUrS" They could have survived for much longer pal. And another reason to Denmark being one of the fastest nations in all of ww2 was because of it being ONE OF THE ONLY COUNTRIES WITH NO ALLIED HELP, Poland, Norway, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium and many more all got help from the allies bruh. @@TheGilliams

    • @newhoi4guy
      @newhoi4guy 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​​@@TheDaneOfficialWhere did you get your facts? The reason why NO ALLIED HELP was because it was before broadcast and the impossibility for the British to arrive in time AND with the German Navy already there; The British intervention of the Faroe Islands and Iceland was because it wanted to KEEP the Germans away to control more territory. They also had irregular radio communications, so what makes you think that? The Germans had already deployed the Kriegmarines in the naval bases of Norway. You might forget about the German air bombing Copenhagen and many other cities. The Royal Danish Army was warned of the attack, but it was denied to prepare defensive places as the Danish government didn't want to give the Germans any provocation for their actions. Also, stop thinking that Poland was more special. The German Navy blocked the path and Britain only had 6 regular army divisions at the start of the war, and by the time they EVEN could be transported to Poland, the Polish would be lost anyway by the intervention of the airforce and the Russians. It was their own fault to believe that the Allies would not declare war if they had set up a riverline further away so that Gdańsk could be taken freely. Even if the Norwegians got help, it was barely enough to hold the Germans out. *Read my paragraph slowly, and get real sources before saying all that.*

    • @noobhabs5884
      @noobhabs5884 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Poland didn't get shit from the alies, and also got attacked from the east by the Ussr, so it shouldn't be on this list

  • @justabingbong
    @justabingbong 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1379

    Up next:
    *The German invasion of Luxembourg: every second*

    • @christian9125abd
      @christian9125abd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      germany has passed them faster than they were able to capitulate

    • @nizesnoah
      @nizesnoah 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      hey at least we held out longer than denmark

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Every zeptosecond*

    • @halrd2651
      @halrd2651 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @かたわれ時 its already been done

    • @PicanteAtlas
      @PicanteAtlas 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      They actually lasted longer than denmark

  • @APD9
    @APD9 3 ปีที่แล้ว +223

    bro imagine sleeping then waking up and your country is gone

    • @racesta8502
      @racesta8502 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      İts sad and funny at same time

    • @fabi74
      @fabi74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      bro imagine being on mir as soviet citizen then coming back and as russian citizen ))

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Denmark was occupied and was treated actually nicely by the Germans.

    • @JstZelda
      @JstZelda ปีที่แล้ว

      It wasnt gone , denmark existed as a puppet state reichcomisariat

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JstZelda denmark did not become a reichskommisariat. they maintained their initial government until 1943, when they became a protecterate. spanish fool.

  • @thehetmanmapping1434
    @thehetmanmapping1434 3 ปีที่แล้ว +754

    This mapping video has the smallest time interval I've ever seen, it's fantastic! Seeing Danish counties and cities added extra depth to map, making it look better overall.

    • @rares_ic
      @rares_ic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We meet again

    • @total3117
      @total3117 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Remind me in 5 years

    • @trollkenobi6727
      @trollkenobi6727 ปีที่แล้ว

      @The Nigerian Was going to say yours were to but realized you had none

    • @josiptito9412
      @josiptito9412 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      you should see the british invasion of zanzibar, i believe it lasted for only ~40 minutes

    • @Ge0_Man
      @Ge0_Man ปีที่แล้ว

      @@total3117 what about a year?

  • @firstoffproductions1462
    @firstoffproductions1462 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1677

    Fun fact: he had to do minutes because Denmark surrendered after 6 hours
    Edit: Minus those who actually contributed to the fact on this comment along with a few other good repliers, what the ****** is wrong with the people replying along the lines of "Yes, I know this, wtf is your point?" and similar things! Seriously, how many sticks are up your bum and what is the extent of your ego to even begin CONTEMPLATING acting like this in response to a simple guy wanting to say a simple FACT! I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING TO WRITE THIS EDIT, but OH BOY, clearly either your parents failed you or humanity has been downgraded to the point this is an acceptable response, eitherway, my faith in this species has taken a huge hit, take the hint and change yourself before crapping on others.
    Rant Over

    • @scvboy1
      @scvboy1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

      @MarcussV True, nobody expected better lol.

    • @Neugeuza
      @Neugeuza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      6hour😀

    • @excelvalentino6972
      @excelvalentino6972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      true

    • @Neugeuza
      @Neugeuza 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @Chleba s maslem its better than 6days war every day

    • @nickalit4563
      @nickalit4563 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Honestly they fought well but how do you expect Denmark to stand up to a far more superior enemy

  • @PM1871
    @PM1871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +646

    Nice job, especially on bringing the detail down to the level of minutes!

    • @danishkfd
      @danishkfd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Because Denmark surrendered in 3 hours

    • @ManOfTheWeek596
      @ManOfTheWeek596 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Well if you put it in Hours it would be 6 frames and done

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Nigeria Bat Mapping no map is correct

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Nigeria Bat Mapping tell me how long was denmark invaded

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Nigeria Bat Mapping No im pretty sure the general consensus is 4-6 hours, what are your sources?

  • @Superlegend56
    @Superlegend56 3 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    From 2:14 they go pretty damn fast
    Just imagining the whole army just sprinting to make up time lol

    • @Sprottel_SFM
      @Sprottel_SFM 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      They wanted to be done before lunch

    • @superpuggus8594
      @superpuggus8594 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Sprottel_SFM well they succeded

    • @jabee4733
      @jabee4733 ปีที่แล้ว

      the germans were kind of drugged up on meth so yeah, not that far off

    • @noobster4779
      @noobster4779 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      They were on a very short time table because what is called the invasion of denmark was basically just "driving from germany to northern denmarks and embarking for norway".
      The land army went straight for the most northern danish airport and harbour to move on Norway, the actual goal.
      Denmark was the Belgium of scandinavia for the germans

  • @Drizzle52693
    @Drizzle52693 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Can you imagine waking up and finding out an entire war happened while you were sleeping

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      There's a movie about the one small battle for a town that happened during the invasion.
      As the Danish soldiers are setting up road blocks to stall the approaching Germans, people come out of their doors to go to work and are told to get back inside because the fighting is going to start in a few minutes.

  • @ThatBasedGuy
    @ThatBasedGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Imagine surrendering so fast that the animators in the future make your time lapse in minutes 😂

    • @christian9125abd
      @christian9125abd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      imagine that there is a film on the invasion wich takes 2 hours. and where it is mostly about the day before

    • @Gorg-oe1hu
      @Gorg-oe1hu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I mean, they had zero chance of winning. Like there is no possible way they couldve held off a German invasion. Better to prevent your people from being butchered then to resist when its completely pointless.

    • @ThatBasedGuy
      @ThatBasedGuy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Gorg-oe1hu true but still funny

    • @andreasaa2000
      @andreasaa2000 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThatBasedGuy Imagnie saving 90+% of your jewish population, danes dont have to imagine cause they did it.

    • @ThatBasedGuy
      @ThatBasedGuy ปีที่แล้ว

      @@andreasaa2000 respect.

  • @travakek5579
    @travakek5579 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    every other video:count in days, weeks, months, years
    german invasion of denmark: m i n u t e s

    • @Lordofcookiejars
      @Lordofcookiejars 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Every other country counting Jews they failed to save from the Holocaust: hundreds, thousands, millions
      Denmark: f i f t y (of 7500+)

    • @NationalistVietnamese
      @NationalistVietnamese 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hours in -Sokur- Futbol War?

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687
    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    when you sleep as a Danish and waking up as a German

    • @Sebbir
      @Sebbir ปีที่แล้ว +6

      For the people at the danish german border that was nothing new. That border had been moving up and down like crazy

    • @youtuberobbedmeofmyname
      @youtuberobbedmeofmyname ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why did you say German twice?

    • @Norup928
      @Norup928 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@youtuberobbedmeofmyname the Germans came from the danish lands so Germans are more danish than Danes are German

    • @Fummy007
      @Fummy007 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were occupied but not annexed.

  • @General-HD
    @General-HD 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    I personally have been around that military star island (top right), and I also remember seeing a ww2 soldier statue memorial there. Interesting!

  • @burger7499
    @burger7499 3 ปีที่แล้ว +358

    Just imagine being a Danish kid in 1940 and you're just in the middle of a lesson, bored, looking out the window, and suddenly you see a German division just marching past your school. That must've been cool for the kids, but terrifying for the teachers.

    • @stargaming601
      @stargaming601 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      my grandma experienced this

    • @thething9617
      @thething9617 ปีที่แล้ว +93

      The kids knew what was goining on. I can 100 % guarantee that no kid in Denmark (aside from the German minority) would have thought it cool.

    • @Max-me9ol
      @Max-me9ol ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thething9617 doubt even the german kids living there think it was cool, i mean they lived in denmark where they werent being brainwashed by the nazis.

    • @Dr.Leymen
      @Dr.Leymen ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@thething9617 I don't think that the local Germans would have liked it that much either

    • @timpeterjensen2364
      @timpeterjensen2364 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      my great grandmothers parents were german, and she lived in the southern part of Denmark (Jutland) that had been german since the war of 1864 and became Danish again after the first world war, she was danish minded, but had alot of german minded friends. She was looked down upon after the war, for keeping up her german friendships and having them visiting. It was a weird period for alot of Danes in that region, bring up alot of wounds. I lost an ancestor in WW1, because he was recruited for the russian front, he was Danish minded, and hated going, but did not have a choice.

  • @HurricaneHunter03
    @HurricaneHunter03 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Looks really amazing and stunning, great job!

  • @Scenariania
    @Scenariania 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Excellent work! It's unbelievable that you were able to get research every minute of the German invasion.
    My respect goes out to Lolland who held up till the surrender.

  • @johnearle1
    @johnearle1 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    All the Luftwaffe had to do was fly over Copenhagen. The implicit warning was: Do you want your fairy tale city to look like Warsaw?

  • @pini1076
    @pini1076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Damn, that’s the best mapped video of the Invasion of Denmark I’ve ever seen. Great job!!

  • @caos1925
    @caos1925 3 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    was just reading a bit more about this too, apparently king christian X would still ride around the capitol without his guards almost to say to the nazis 'I'm still here' and the people loved him for it.

    • @alexg4711
      @alexg4711 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Well they had a agreemnt that denmark can keep their government with little germa interference so sure, why should the king not be there.

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alexg4711 without guards can be dangerous

    • @ankat6756
      @ankat6756 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@chozer1 Why kill a king who signed capitulation?

    • @randomdude2026
      @randomdude2026 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@chozer1 Germans had nothing against the Danish and the Danish were willing to cooperate quite well, so there was no need at all to murder the king.

    • @TheS1ickness
      @TheS1ickness 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ankat6756 meh, some people don’t like the fact that they are technically under people even if they get to keep much of the power they had before, some grow resentful and attempt to rebel or sabotage their conquers, plus even if they themselves don’t they can still be a figurehead head for rebelling people and can give them hope of having the same government they had before, so instead of dealing with that stuff some conquers just bonk the ruler for safe keeps.

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687
    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    everytime i look at Denmark's map. i'm seeing a batman like human shape

    • @theincrediblehulk2865
      @theincrediblehulk2865 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too.

    • @abloodorange5233
      @abloodorange5233 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You have just opened my eyes

    • @L333gok
      @L333gok ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s like he’s shooting a fireball out of his crotch

  • @yournan-dm1hq
    @yournan-dm1hq ปีที่แล้ว +18

    fun fact, the German soldiers literally had to wake up the Danish troops and kinda just had to tell them "Oi your getting invaded" and they basically replied with "ok"

  • @Caroleonus
    @Caroleonus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Britain: "Let's invade Iceland, they're not occupied, but one can never be sure"

    • @aarengraves9962
      @aarengraves9962 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      they feared Germany will attack Iceland in order to bomb and open a front in Scotland.
      So they just took it over because Iceland refused to be occupied for the war only

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@aarengraves9962 No that's not the reason at all.
      German planes could not really reach scotland from iceland as the distance is too great, with the exception of the Heinkel He 177, but this was a bomber, and whilst you could fly that over, it would have no protection from enemy fighters.
      The reason the British invaded Iceland was naval. If Germany took over Iceland, then they could use it as a naval base to conduct repairs and refuelling in the atlantic. Furthermore the UK-Iceland-Greenland gap in the atlantic provides a brilliant chokepoint with which to sink any ships coming from or going to Germany, and if Iceland fell, this gap would be far more difficult to exploit.

    • @shaddaboop7998
      @shaddaboop7998 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mappingshaman5280 I went to Iceland many years ago (2013, I think) and they really, really didn't like the British being there. Quite a lot of their national museum was set aside for talking about how evil we were for occupying them. Strangely lacking the context of what the occupation actually was - they were allowed to retain all their political autonomy except foreign affairs, temporarily, until Germany was defeated. No mention at all of how Icelandic women who fell in love with Allied servicemen stationed there were treated. Many were assumed to be either insane or to have been raped and were institutionalised (no, I'm not joking). In some ways that insularity seems to have changed little, even in Reykjavik, met some nice people but many were extremely cold and in some cases downright rude despite me being completely polite and friendly, and I wonder if it was because I'm British (Scottish, but all the same to them I assume). I've travelled to a lot of countries and some have definitely had a cooler atmosphere than others from the locals, but Iceland was on another level, of downright hostility from some people.

    • @shaddaboop7998
      @shaddaboop7998 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@L333gok They didn't support the British, at all. The local authorities were extremely unhappy about the occupation and viewed it as being dragged into a devastating, far away war they had no reason to be in. Iceland had no military (not even any stationed Danish units at the time) and the local police force of Reykjavik wasn't exactly going to put up a fight against a landing party of Royal Marines supported by four Royal Navy warships.

    • @mikered1974
      @mikered1974 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@shaddaboop7998 Who Cares about Locals feelings just ask Norwegians Locals when they are invaded by Germans when they Country is Literally Neutral and not sure which sides will invade them ( Norway is Confused who will invade them First Brits or the Germans ) your argument is Foolish Germany literally Occupy 5 Neutral Populous Country and your more Mad to the British invading a Backward Danish Territory in the middle of Atlantic you are in a Indeed Nazi Sympatizer and also Iceland has to Choose there Sides This War is almost in there Doorsteps and there Mother Country Denmark was just been invaded FYI: i know Iceland and Denmark at that time share a Personal union of Monarch but separate country in Governance except in Foreign Affairs and Defence so technically there Neutrality is With Denmark so when Danish surrender to the Germans Iceland & Greenland is now in Axis side so theres no way Brits will leave it alone and im 100% sure the Americans will take them if not the Brits later on.

  • @randomnessamethyst8438
    @randomnessamethyst8438 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best video featuring the invasion of Denmark I've ever seen, bravo.

  • @chalkboardhistory
    @chalkboardhistory 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    Really enjoyed this video and I loved the detail.
    The invasion of Denmark was far more significant than most people think, Germany securing control of the Skagerrak Strait (and airfields near Aalborg) meant that the Royal Navy was completely denied access to the Baltic Sea. The airfields at Aalborg would also prove instrumental in launching paradrops into Norway in the main attack.
    Another thing I'd mention about Operation Weserubung is that it had more strategic importance than just securing iron ore, it was also about beating the Allies to the punch in terms of securing Norway, but in a broader context it is definitely about iron ore.
    Great video 😀

    • @Jorn41
      @Jorn41 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nonsense - the British navy conducted raids deep in to Kattegat, to acquire Ballbearings in Sweden. And besides this, the British navy had mined startegic areas in the North Sea - please just use 3 minutes to check up on the history, before making such absurd claims. Your welcome! (and yes, I am a Danish WW2 historian)

  • @arturrosinski1501
    @arturrosinski1501 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, amazing detail, congratulation!

  • @dontreadmyprofilepicture9164
    @dontreadmyprofilepicture9164 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the best video of this Invasion I have seen so far
    Great video

  • @worldmapper6065
    @worldmapper6065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the most detailed mapping videos

  • @shinystarmiestudios4179
    @shinystarmiestudios4179 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    You should do a "German Invasion of Denmark: Every Second.

  • @originalhistory4446
    @originalhistory4446 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like that you included the provinces!

  • @velozio
    @velozio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video. Great job, Gilliams!

  • @iitipii4645
    @iitipii4645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Ok but now we need a Cold War: every minute

    • @TheoKregaard
      @TheoKregaard 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That would take too long

    • @awtizme
      @awtizme 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My back-of-the-envelope calculation says such a video would be 70 DAYS long

    • @bigmart932
      @bigmart932 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cold War (Europe only): every minute.
      it'd just be a still image of a map of Europe for 70 days.
      with a continually scrolling sidebar of political grievances, uprisings and maybe some stuff on Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
      Worth a watch.

  • @Elongated_Muskrat
    @Elongated_Muskrat 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The story of one German driving to Copenhagen to tell the Danes they lost.

  • @mikewheeler4745
    @mikewheeler4745 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The fact that the research and effort to make this video took longer than the invasion it’s a pretty interesting fact...

  • @MyUsersDark
    @MyUsersDark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    This truly makes you realize how small denmark is, the germans could march across the land in minutes, and one of the cities got captured in a minute

    • @davidbock6276
      @davidbock6276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Shows why the german idea of a fast war failed in russia. And how they lost it all by turning their economy too late into full war economy. Russia was too big for that kind of operation.

    • @jabee4733
      @jabee4733 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ahem *luxembourg*

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Once Denmark gives the order to surrender, the German troops basically move at the speed of cars on main roads. They are just cruising through to the military facilities that they are ordered to occupy.

    • @Max-me9ol
      @Max-me9ol ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidbock6276 couldve maybe worked if they didnt invade them during winter.

    • @davidbock6276
      @davidbock6276 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Max-me9ol The syinvaded them during mid summer. But summer and autumn were not enough and hence russia survived till the first winter.

  • @mmee123456789
    @mmee123456789 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    When someone makes an invasion video about your country and it is presented in "every minute," you already know how it ended.

  • @LechuZcechu
    @LechuZcechu 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is top tier maping work.

  • @Gia1911Logous
    @Gia1911Logous 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

    NEXT I WANT EVERY SECOND
    1 SECOND = 1 SECOND
    I'D WATCH THAT
    I'D LEGIT WATCH THAT

    • @samuele9735
      @samuele9735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      This would be awesome!
      *Invasion of Denmark in real time*

  • @bofoenss8393
    @bofoenss8393 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very well made video.
    My grandfather was serving in Southern Jutland that morning. He was part of a motorised company that was supposed to travel down from Central Jutland to reinforce the border units. They had not been allowed to practice this move. They had not been allowed - not even the officers - to survey the positions they were supposed to defend let alone prepare them. The government was that much set on "not provoking" the Germans.
    When it finally happened and they got the call to go immediately after the border crossing, they drove. But since the company commander was not locally known and apparently got lost, he stopped the column to ask for directions. The troops were told to dismount for smokes, leaving their weapons in the trucks as they wandered to the other side of the road to strike up a chat with a farmer's daughter (from what I was told).
    As they all stood there, the German van of motorbikes with machine gun equipped sidecars drove into sight and just halted, pointing the guns at the Danish company. If just one had played Rambo and run towards the trucks for a weapon, the casualty list would be radically different.
    My grandfather was briefly interned in a POW camp but released and would soon after join the Danish resistance and rise in the ranks in the department of Western Jutland.
    Thank you for making this video.

  • @lgjosad
    @lgjosad ปีที่แล้ว +3

    geez those german tanks and troops moved faster than the speed of sound, very accurate video 10\10

    • @Chinawanka
      @Chinawanka ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah cos counties surrendered

  • @marcusthelegend
    @marcusthelegend 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how Bornholm is just chilling in the bottom right corner

  • @boratunastopmotion2024
    @boratunastopmotion2024 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    When you take a trip to Germany and return to Germany...

  • @dietcoke6492
    @dietcoke6492 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Just imagine how surreal it must've been for some people to fall asleep in Denmark and wake up in Germany.

    • @The_Daily_Tomato
      @The_Daily_Tomato ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember my grandma commenting on this when i was younger.
      One day we were just going to work then all of a sudden we hear the king surrendered and the next we know we got Brits walking up to us and saying hello to us in broken Danish.

  • @Uebeltank
    @Uebeltank 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I like that the counties are labelled, but Thisted and Sønderborg have been forgotten. Also København County is for some reason labelled as "Havn".

  • @Veriox22
    @Veriox22 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video gives you the feeling its ages, while its less than 4 hours.

  • @luxirium2065
    @luxirium2065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice video!!!

  • @elyisusking3603
    @elyisusking3603 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Denmark Invasion in HOI4: last weeks
    Denmark in real time: not even a day and is already taken
    Reality is often disappointing

  • @tryxx_edits
    @tryxx_edits ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Denmark's strategic importance for Germany was limited. The invasion's primary purpose was to use Denmark as a staging ground for operations against Norway, and to secure supply lines to the forces about to be deployed there. An extensive network of radar systems was built in Denmark to detect British bombers bound for Germany.
    The attack on Denmark was a breach of the non-aggression pact Denmark had signed with Germany less than a year earlier. The initial plan was to push Denmark to accept that German land, naval and air forces could use Danish bases, but Adolf Hitler subsequently demanded that both Norway and Denmark be invaded.
    Denmark's military forces were inferior in numbers and equipment, and after a short battle were forced to surrender. After less than two hours of struggle, Danish Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning ended the opposition to the German attack, for fear that the Germans would bomb Copenhagen, as they had done with Warsaw during the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Due to communication difficulties, some Danish forces continued to fight, but after a further two hours, all opposition had stopped.
    Lasting approximately six hours, the German ground campaign against Denmark was one of the shortest military operations of the Second World War.[8]

  • @ThamesMapping
    @ThamesMapping 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @bosnianmapper403
    @bosnianmapper403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    How did u even found information for every minute? Still dope asf

    • @TheGilliams
      @TheGilliams  3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Sources are listed at the end of the video.

    • @shadysam7161
      @shadysam7161 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Nigeria Mapping proof?

  • @crkcrk702
    @crkcrk702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Oh I remember this war ! But I was taking a nap...

  • @englishtea3191
    @englishtea3191 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I like how the minute frame matches with the music tempo.

  • @GermanTopGameTV
    @GermanTopGameTV ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine you are a german navy officer meticulously planning the naval landings at Harboore and Thyboron only to find out the country has capitulated before your landing craft reach the beaches

  • @crkcrk702
    @crkcrk702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Why everybody talks about the 1 month and a half french surrender when there is a 6 hours surrender of Danemark ?

    • @Frimpa-MJEB
      @Frimpa-MJEB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Why everybody forget the time when France took Berlin in one week?

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Frimpa-MJEB héhé it was the good old times 😏

    • @noahlaiandersen75
      @noahlaiandersen75 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Because France was considered one of the strongest nations in the world. While Denmark was a tiny country competing against a large military might.

  • @elocriativa
    @elocriativa 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That's why Danes never take part in doing unfunny France surrender jokes.

    • @LuckyShotEU
      @LuckyShotEU 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do

    • @alexxiii6380
      @alexxiii6380 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@LuckyShotEU 6 hours

    • @BreadWinner330
      @BreadWinner330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well Denmark didn't have the 2nd greatest empire in the world

  • @user-cw1ym1zt2y
    @user-cw1ym1zt2y ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good work! I want to see luxemburg's now.

  • @AussieBall_Animations
    @AussieBall_Animations ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how it’s so fast it every minute

  • @mryesahem
    @mryesahem 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i like how they travel several miles every minute

  • @Matth_M
    @Matth_M 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Danish soldier : We are invaded by the Germans ! I need to go and fight for my country, sorry darling...
    Wife : Oh no, I can't loose you !
    **2 hours later**
    Danish soldier : Guess who's back for lunch ?

  • @madmartin573
    @madmartin573 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I recommend you to wacth 9 april, it a danish movie who follows a little squad of danish soldiers during the invasion of denmark, it is really really good

  • @vincentbj84
    @vincentbj84 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great job, Every minutes gg

  • @SchultzHISTnPOL
    @SchultzHISTnPOL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Its kinda faulty the Great belt bridge is on the map tho, it was first built decades later, and opened up in the late 90s

  • @jakobmax3299
    @jakobmax3299 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    When you count an invasion in minutes. Even better would be the zanzibar vs great britain war, every 10 seconds.

  • @emanuelefilibertodisavoia1569
    @emanuelefilibertodisavoia1569 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, great work

  • @richardsullivan3240
    @richardsullivan3240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Imagine being in denmark, going to sleep for 8 hours, and then you see all of this.

  • @normalnyczowiek8020
    @normalnyczowiek8020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Invasion on Denmark: Every second

  • @samualele2891
    @samualele2891 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    hey, the zanzabaris only lasted 45 minutes

  • @nottherealpaulsmith
    @nottherealpaulsmith 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i'm impressed that you could find minute-by-minute sources, did every danish civilian note down the time when they saw german soldiers marching by?

  • @QWE2623
    @QWE2623 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow that is impressive, from the video to the real life conflict lmao

  • @zoran9914
    @zoran9914 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Everyone:Memes are only memes,they never come true.
    Me:

  • @Gunnut3497
    @Gunnut3497 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    People: Germany y ain’t u stated another war yet?
    Germany: we know a thing or 2 beacuse we have seen a thing or 2

  • @fireschoolbus
    @fireschoolbus ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like how the invasion started at spooky time

  • @mapperofalthistory03
    @mapperofalthistory03 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What’s gonna next german invasion of denmark in milliseconds? Joking bro great work

  • @fredlandry6170
    @fredlandry6170 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Imagine how it felt for the Danes, they were hopelessly outmatched. The Germans walked up to their military headquarters and just took over. That would be like an enemy force walking up to the Pentagon and they surrendered immediately.

  • @jachymsebes
    @jachymsebes ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine learning the whole previous weeks about a theme our capital and that day you are supposed to write test on it

  • @Stuff-With-Maus
    @Stuff-With-Maus ปีที่แล้ว

    When theres a minute long video, showing every minute of a way, you know that war was a meme.

  • @littleantukins4415
    @littleantukins4415 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Imagine sleeping in Denmark only to wake up in Germany

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Denmark was not annexed so you would be waking up in occupied Denmark, not Germany.

    • @bighillraft
      @bighillraft ปีที่แล้ว

      accurate pfp for Danes

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bighillraft its a logo i made. wdym?

    • @bighillraft
      @bighillraft ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fiznov9568 I meant OP, crying wojak

  • @diegoroberto1347
    @diegoroberto1347 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amigo, uno no siente que Alemania va rápido hasta que recapacita y se da cuenta que son MINUTOS no días u horas

  • @notpete3250
    @notpete3250 ปีที่แล้ว

    really says something that you can make a every minute video from just how short the conflcit was

  • @onecertainesquire486
    @onecertainesquire486 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A 6 hour one would of been beautiful

  • @panglin2017
    @panglin2017 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    German Invasion of Luxembourg: Every second

  • @SiriusVF
    @SiriusVF 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Next video: German Invasion of Denmark: Every Second

  • @QuizmasterLaw
    @QuizmasterLaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think the best scene is where the Landser walks in on breakfast sits down with the Danes' he's invading and by lunch it's all over but the dishes

  • @biharek7595
    @biharek7595 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: The music is called "Achtung Panzer"

  • @tangjian234
    @tangjian234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Every minute, that is savage 😂😂😂

  • @SteffenBagger
    @SteffenBagger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I am sorry to tell you this, because this video is otherwise really well made, but you have made a slight mistake. The county of “Orø” is actually called Sorø. Orø is a small island near the city of Holbæk.
    Anyways great work. (-:

    • @olynmus100
      @olynmus100 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah and drawing Lillebælts- og Storebæltsbroen

    • @IAmMrGreat
      @IAmMrGreat ปีที่แล้ว

      @@olynmus100 Storebælt wasn't built. It started construction in 1988 and wasn't finished/opened till 1998.

  • @Your_averageRocketNe
    @Your_averageRocketNe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bro ive been wanting this

  • @dadgraygaming3143
    @dadgraygaming3143 ปีที่แล้ว

    i love the fact that it had to be minuites to make it not go by in two second

  • @Mimas2115
    @Mimas2115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    The fact that he did every MINUTE is just the best burn

    • @Thor.Jorgensen
      @Thor.Jorgensen ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Not when you consider that the country was completely disarmed "Not to provoke Germany"
      The only defense we had left was a few garrisons in southern Jutland, the royal guard in the capital city, and 52 royal marines to man the royal ship, which features no weapons and is just a leisure/residence ship, 78 meters in length.

    • @rosie8059
      @rosie8059 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not exactly a burn. Surrendering was the correct move, since it allowed Denmark to keep the government and police force, who then looked the other way when the Danish resistance smuggled almost the entire Jewish population of Denmark to Sweden. If not for the surrender, thousands of Danish Jews would have been murdered in the Holocaust.

    • @Thor.Jorgensen
      @Thor.Jorgensen ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rosie8059 No, the Social Democratic government was in all practicality stripped of power. It was the Reichsbevollmächtigter who controlled Denmark from the beginning until the SS general Werner Best took over. Germany demanded a one-party state in Denmark and elections were halted permanently. They were forced by the Germans to institute state censorship in violation of the constitution. Honestly, I could keep going on for several pages. This would be a very long comment.

  • @dingus7792
    @dingus7792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Denmark :the son of viking conquering england and stuff
    Also denmark :surrender to germany after just 6 hours

    • @Tutel9528
      @Tutel9528 ปีที่แล้ว

      They were astronomically outnumbered and outgunned by Germans with their tiny military and population,poor Denmark simple didn’t stand a chance.

  • @nonrumor
    @nonrumor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "secure the iron ore"
    >Doesn't put why