The Moment France Surrendered to German Soldiers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 มิ.ย. 2017
- Hitler's merciless bombing of Warsaw, Poland, strikes fear into the hearts of citizens around the world. On June 16, 1940 a radio announcement conveys news of France's capitulation.
Narrated by Martin Sheen
#worldwar2 #france #apocalypse
From the Series: Apocalypse: The Second World War: Aggression
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Germany was the winner of the first Tour De France
@@hypedpanther6464 ...
Yeah my bf 109's are soo fast
@@hypedpanther6464 Germany was the winner of the 1940 tour de France. Happy?
@@milorules2729 I am not happy either. No Tour de France in 1940. And the Germans couldn't be the winners of the Tour in 1940 as they didn't make a whole tour of France. They stayed in the North and on the western coast. The tour wasn't complete
Geez this reply make me cringe, get some jokes and dont be so serious, its just a jokes.
100k dead, 1.85M prisoned all in a month. Wow
Mokka incredible you should see the Soviet Campaign the numbers there are staggering.
20th Century im glad those numbers r high
@@mardismardias2373 no
@User Name It would have costed about 1.6 Million GI's to take Japan in an Invasion
@@threadworm437 so are nazis.
What an absolute humiliation that was. Imagine being French ww1 veteran and seeing this unfold before your eyes.
how not to understand them when you see the number of deaths because of the first world war on the side of France, the Germans were revengeful and united but France divided politically there would have been a civil war in France if the war had lasted
France and the British Empire started two world wars they could not win.
@@4oiseau208 Yet they fought on for 6 weeks after the ENGLISH ran away, just as they did at Corunna in 1809, and lost more soldiers than they lost in the first 3 months of the Battle of the Somme.
Personally, I think the main reason that you ENGLISH resent France, is that they beat you, hands down, to win the Hundred Years War. You just can't get over it, can you?
@@Demun1649
Pourquoi ce ton ? Celui à qui tu réponds est probablement français vu son pseudo, et en tout cas, il ne se montre pas accusatif envers la France, bien au contraire.
I'm not sure humiliation is the right word. This is humiliating, yes but it's also the thought that you wasted a few years in the trenches, saw countless of comrades die, eventually ended disabled or crippled and in the end, 20 years later, the ennemi you fought came back and won a crushing victory to gain control of your country.
More than the humiliation, it's the feeling of a terrible waste, and a kind of treason.
"I defeated Austrians just by marching " ~Napoleon.
130 years later Austrian painter took that revenge.
😂
He was half Czech from Austria.
@@tongobong1he was still Austrian
@@diobrando6919 the other half was German. He was just born in Austria.
@@tongobong1 Austrians are Germans 💀💀💀
Just like Napoleon, you can win 1,000 battles, have 100 victorious treaties, but it only takes 1 defeat to make you lose the war
Are you saying that N-germany was like napoleons france? I'd beg to differ..
@@pekka1900 I mean Germany defeated france, denmark, netherlands, poland, etc etc.... but it only took one defeat to make them lose the war. Even though they won dozens of victories but that didnt make them win the war
@@jerolvilladolid Yes, both countries defeated weaker neighboring countries with fast and bold campaigns, but neither really lost because of one defeat. Maybe you mean one bad decision? The bad decision being that you fight in too many places at once.
@@pekka1900 france wasnt weaker, they had more men, better tanks and were considered a great power, england wasnt weaker either but refused to fight the germans until the russians and americans came who were also much more powerful than germany
@@PrvnCoke lol, most of UK professionals soldiers was deployed in France hence Dunkirk. They didn't just sit back and watch
I just know Napoleon was rolling in his grave seeing how badly France did during WW2
I wonder what would have happened if he were in charge at that time.
@@Laocoon283 he’d probably halt the German offensive. And maybe might gain some German grounds.
@@LostSpaceGuy He knew about blitzkrieg anyways
he was rolling since Napoleon the third lost Paris to Prussia in 6 months
@@noah95v99 hes sharp he would figure it out.
The Germans legitimately thought that France was going to put up a better fight than the USSR. They were shocked not only at their own success in beating France but in how few casualties they took in beating every single country they managed to defeat before July 1941
"how few casualties"
proceeds to lose about 60k soldiers, comparable to France
@@sigma_frenchie4075 France had better equipment and weapons than Germany at the time. The Battle of Hannut was the largest tank battle in history (before Barbarossa) in which the French managed to inflict great casualties against the Germans.
The French might have been able to single handedly beat Germany were it not for Germany's superior tactics.
France didn't lose because they were weak, France lost because they got outsmarted
@@sigma_frenchie4075 Germany lost 27k
@@lelouchvibritannia7809 France Lost because of some old general who didn't improve their strategy since the first World War . Youngest caporal understood before the second war how important was the communication, the tanks and mobility. But they were not listen
On every fight where this new ideology was planed by french militaries, french beats the Germans.
@@sigma_frenchie4075 cope
The look on the French soldiers faces is devastating
Kinda like German prisoners being marched thru Moscow in 1944.
They literally had no idea what hit them: german tanks fighting in full squadrons while french generals still believed using one tank in support of a few infantry squads was the proper way to fight. An effective german air force crushing all hope at the first sight of a french victory on the ground...
high ranking officers and leaders of the french army were out matched strategically and morally speaking, french troops at the front were like a headless chicken.
@@sigma_frenchie4075 Original poster said the look on the french soldier faces were devastating. The one you replied to said the look on the french soldier faces were similar to the look on the german soldier faces when paraded like cattle through Moscow.
deserving
Poor french baguette
Look how happy the Germans were
It was a huge deal. They fought France for 4 years in WW1 and lost.
@@kevinswift8654 BECAUSE OF USA ..not loser France
@@alitheonekhatarnak5163 WHO us
@@hugopelkonen3249 usa
@@alitheonekhatarnak5163 i'm sorry to tell you that USA had nothing to do with outcome of War. France and other European countries were allready winning, USA just came and give some material.
Blitzkrieg is no joke
Same with underestimating your enemy. Had the Ardennes been well defended, the flanking maneuver wouldn’t have succeeded.
@@thedesertrat_9514 France didn’t understand that modern warfare was different and they were poorly prepared and like you say, the underestimated the Germans.
@@avarmauk De Gaulle understood Modern Warfare, but unlike Guderian, no old officer listened to him.
Yeah until you hit mud in Russian spring and snow in Russian winter
@@salvagemonster3612 That actually wasn't the cause though for the stop of the German army in the Eastern campaign. Yes it did cause problems but the Germans dealt with that before as shown in WW1 when the Germans defeated the Russian army.
It's always fascinating to me how when a war end and a peace treaty is signed, the soldiers aren't treated that well and shamed, but the losing side's generals still get salutes from their opposing officers and are treated with respect
Sometimes, after being defeated in battle, the soldiers get the recognition they deserved:
At the French defense at the siege of Lille at the end of May 1940, ~40,000 French (w/ 50 tanks) faced ~160,000 Germans (w/ 800 Panzer tanks)). The French defense allowed to add 2 or 3 days for the Soldiers trying to leave Dunkirk - and save at least 100,000 more troops in Dunkirk (source: W. Shirer).
The German commander, General Alfred Wäger (general of the 27th Army Korps), allowed the French the honours of war. The garrison paraded through the Grand Place, as German troops stood to attention.
[Note that a part of these soldiers at Lille, were part of North African colonial units - but even in these units, some units of these troops were French settlers living in Algeria and native French as well; they were not only North African men]
@@krips22 he did, but the average german soldier would've still shamed their french counter parts, but the french generals would've been treated with salutes and utmost respect, like when when germany surrendered their generals were getting saluted
I guess it depends. Given the battle was short lived, I don't think anyone was treated with disrespect.
Officers are expected to treat other officers with respect no matter the side
Well, shouldn’t have treated us with Versailles if you don’t want to get shamed
The Germans did even better against the Soviet Union, but the Soviets could keep retreating until German supplies ran low. The French could not keep fighting from Spain. The Soviets had room to be unprepared.
Stalin didnt even do anything in 3 weeks when the ussr was being invaded
The French should have reteated into the Atlantic.
As a French, I have to say that they army should have fought from the colonies. At a certain point of time, England and France even thought about momentarily merging together to put up the fight… fortunately, French army put a huge resistance in Dunkirk to enable the Brit’s to leave, and the ffl did fight quite hard, saving a lot of lives for the Allies.
@@SemperMagnus The French army did keep fighting. The Free French forces numbered around 300,000 by 1944. They were mostly colonial troops.
@@pontifixmax 😅😅😅
The generals saluting eachother was cool
Please
Yeah, they are not the one's who are killing each other.
Wow time I saw while reading
Professional courtesy
French was a commonly spoken language among aristocrats uptill the French revolution, after that I am not sure
Why are the streets of Paris lined with trees?
Because Germans like marching in the shade.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh
That’s an old one 😬
but all the germans are dead
@Sanctus Paulus Oh sorry i meant nazis
@@ForeskinWillis no my grandpa still well and kicking it
Incredible footage. If the war happened just 40 years before we’d never have this
Just 40 years. Y’know, half a lifetime
@@mygills3050
40 years in terms of societal progress is a grain of sand.
@@MichaelJ44 (I think he meant life of person)
it depends
40 years like from 1910-1950 had really big impact on societal progress (changes)
40 years like 1350-1390 not such big
40 years isn't equal to 40 years
@@MichaelJ44you should’ve said 20 years. We literally didn’t have the IPhone/smartphone 20 years ago.
@@MichaelJ44 40 years can make a HUGE difference when it comes to human aspects like society and technology. The world of today has nothing to do with that of the 1980's: better in some aspects, worse in others, but different overall.
2:20 not a phone is sight, just people living in the moment.
there were no phones back then
@@ememmeme8722 u don't say
One of the biggest armies in the world at the time got smashed in weeks!
Embarrassing
Bruh
Oh yes, while Germany was at the height of their power, and had the strongest military in europe at the time. Not to mention the abysmal leadership France had. Seriously, do people actually not do research anymore?
@@hypedpanther6464 Germany wasn't at their height of power. Their height of power would be in 1942 before Stalingrad.
@@brrrrrtenjoyer That's what im referring too...
@@hypedpanther6464 no, Germany wasnt the strongest at that time and actually never has been. France has the stronger army that's why its so humiliating
Words of Stalin,"couldn't they put up any resistance" it was the biggest embarrassment of any country in Europe in morden times.
OK Stalinist
get a weapon and fight for Palestine
i think France is in the same situation again ! but this time we are just going to disappear! we are blind ! we don't want to see what is obvious! c'est l'idéologie des temps modernes adios!
@@TusharSharma-cy9xo Aren't there some Palestinian kids in wheelchairs you have to take "care" of?
Same could be said of the soviet army during the first few months of Barbarossa
From a leader who did nothing for 6 weeks while his country was invaded. Yeah that’s who I would quote
I'm so thankful that we were able to record the second world war so that we today can see it.
Weil it wasn‘t just France! Almost the whole british mainland army fought at their side. Lucky brits they are an island which got HUGE amount of supplies from the US.
Except at the time of Battle of Britain the US were neutral and didn't do a thing except sending a handful of planes through their border with Canada.
And add on top a partial blockade of the islands by Kriegsmarine U-boats.
The brits put up a pretty fine fight, same as the french soldiers, but the main difference was in policies.
While the french gave up too quickly, the brits held on until the germans simply gave up on the idea of daytime bomber raids or sending troops
@@MDzmitry USA was sending boatloads of arms and even pilots to help out during, and before the battle of Britain, get your facts right.
@@Doctor_ko "and even pilots". Yeah, a whole 9 people with american citizenship who volunteered to serve in the RAF.
Not to underestimate the folks' participation, they did what they could. The point still stands: the US out of neutrality did less than what they could, and every person without a severe case of the US bias gets it.
@@MDzmitry Europe was doomed without the Arms and Supplies from USA, I have zero clue were you get your data. USA started sending thousands of tons of supplies by 1940, same year as BOB
@@Doctor_ko would you kindly list your sources? Preferably books or at least articles by proper historians.
To compare, Poland lasted 35 days attacked from two sides, first by Germany at first of September and then by Russia 17th of September. 66 thousands soldiers killed, 133,700 wounded.
But most of Poland was reduced to rubble and countless civilians were slaughtered
@@StoneOcean595 That's becuse Poland never surrendered, fighting to the last man instead.
@@assgoblin-uh9zu the battle of France was lost when 70% of the army had been incirlced in dunkirk. France fought but you can't stop an entire army with like 30% of your with organisation issues. France also déclare paris open city to preserve it from destruction
So you despise the 100,000 French who gave their life fighting ?
Nobody knew how to counter Blitzkrieg by then, neither the Poles nor the French nor the British. Only the Russian succeeded.
@@gengis737 technicaly, the french were the one to invent a counter to the blitekrieg call "l'hérisson" who consist in letting the tank pass and then cut them from their supplies sources" the russian on the other hand were helped a lot by the winter and the very large front that germany cannot hold and ressuplied correctly
France invades algeria:
Germany invades france :
Also algeria: how the tables have turned
*KaRMAa*
What's supposed to be the relation with this?
This happened all the time in europe, they were at war with themselfes and against the colonies
@@makky6239 noop the war gainst colonies started after ww2
And Haiti, Senegal, Mali, Egypt, Cotê d'Ivory, etc
1:04 The look of sorrow and dread on the French commander's face as he looks into the eyes of his counterpart, whom they are now entirely at the mercy of, is palpable.
The German General Felt Like The Main Boss
yeah
Paris looked better in 1940 than today in 2023
Too much tourist
@@Deimosbasic That's not why.
@Peter Svensson oof gotta be careful man
@peterSV11went to paris once a few years back, that place is even worse than cities in china now geez
Certainly “looked” more French
France was using birds to communicate while Germans used radio soon as it was developed.
This should be a lesson for future wars
Birds xD. WW2 was no middle ages, you know. Both sides had radios (much more numerous on German side, that's true, but still) and they were using telegraph extensively.
The French absolutely did not use birds for communication.
French were using swords and shields while the Germans were using full automatics and tanks
French were swinging baguettes at them evil germains 🥖🤬
The real lesson we get from WW1 and WW2 is that WWs happend when we think they are impossible to start up, and lean on our security.
France was overrun in 6 weeks. Seems like it would take 6 weeks to overrun a country the size of France even if they lacked any army at all.
Most of theyr millitary had been cutt off at belgium and dunkirk
So, after that, it was minimal resistance all the way to Paris
Denmark surrendered in 5 hours
This was before the US got involved until the Pearl Harbor attack which prompted entry and turned the tide in Europe by a long shot.
@Daniel Aloysius Gumulyo The Americans only came in both world wars when they were sure to win.
They now dare to tell us we owe them something and even spit on the graves of our ancestors.
Let's remember that the Brits, who bravely fled without even warning the French and the Belgiums, used them to cover their retreat and had to be saved by the French who protected their rescue operation at Lille and Dunkirk.
Now their descendants spit on the grave of the French who saved their ancestors from being completely captured.
Must've felt exhilarating for some of the older officers who served in the First War and got to live to see the occupation of France.
The First World War had a lot to do with the performance of the French Army in 1940. That war had been so horrific and badly managed, Battle of the Frontiers, Verdun, Chemin des Dames etc., the army did not have the capability to fight another war.
France deserved it. The way they extorted Germany after the first world war (when germany didn't even start it) was unreasonable and punitive.
@@haydengalloway5177 To be fair, it's not hard to understand the attitude of the French, after all, they had been invaded by the Germans who had occupied a large part of Northern France and killed a great many Frenchmen. Had Germany won the war then doubtless their terms would have been equally as hard.
@@haydengalloway5177 and coerced the Brits into their entente ww1
@@rogueriderhood1862 Britain should have sided with the Kaiser
2:19 pay back for 1923 probably felt so good
How embarrassing that must have been. That still gnaws at the national pride of the French today. Every country in the world should learn from France's mistakes.
Its not a question of pride its history Germany take the entire Europe in 1940 like France do with Napoléon earlier in the past its not good or bad its history
That is why french people always hate on the british war 2
@@evelyn3693 on the what? The reason the french hate us is because we beat them so badly in wars
@@jamesharrison9336 they say is becus the british ran away
@@evelyn3693 “British ran away” no, the reason they left, is the entire army was going to be wiped out, for a lost cause
2:18 - the high point of the war all those boys. Exactly a year later ,most of those soldiers were streaming into Russia as part of 'Barbarossa' and within a couple of years after that, I'd wager most of them were either dead , disabled or POWs
Yeah, none of those soldiers were expecting the long and brutal conflict after all the quick victories in Europe from 39-41.
many of them may not have fought in russia but if in africa probably
And even the POWs probably died in gulags…
@@britishbavarian4592 no many of pow released after gulags.
live by the sword die by the sword
The Germans combined their modern equipment with modern tactics, and to devastating effect against the immense but strategically stagnant French firepower. I think Sun Tzu would have been proud of the invasion of France...
And as Michael Douglas quoted Sun Tzu in Wall Street, "Every battle is won before it's ever fought."
Sun Tzu was far too wise to be even close to proud of anything the Nazi's did.
@@combatwombatstl5598 wdym
@@combatwombatstl5598militarily i dont see a problem
French when 100k soldiers die : I surrender
USSR when 20 million people die : What a nice victory
Разница в том,что Россию б уничтожили полностью,если бы она поиграла
I guess the French valued human life more than the communists who sacrificed those 20 million so Stalin could stay in power.
@@silverletter4551
I guess the soviet valued their country more than French
@@geo-crystallized3853 the Soviet Union’s population in 1940 : 194,000,000
France population in 1939 : 40,000,000
@@blacktimjack6137 and 10% of 40M is 400k, what’s the point of letting 300k more men dies of France’s is already lost ?
France knew how it feel to be invaded
Very true facts without Britain and USA or Soviet union it was shiet
@@raulsaico9389 that's why Germany lost It had so many enemies but it din't have any allies
Frynox japan?
@@hoalongsabo6243
That's 1
Sentinal Entity italy?
The main picture appearing on your video is the Polish Royal Castle in Warsaw. It would be good to mention it in your introductory part of the video.
You mean the thumbnail
@@Qdavk Yeah
Guess they couldn't find any apocalyptic photo about German invasion of France
@@sudnoss Have a look at photos of Dunkirk in 1940. It's how France looked like in 1940.
@@phlm9038 Most of France was untouched by the war in 1940, the Allies did more damage and killed more French people when they invaded in 1944.
The war for France was lost in less than 6 days, the day the German special units moved around the Machaon line ,the war was lost and the regular army units did what they were trained for which was to guard and occupy with little fighting required. The war in the west won by Germany was carried out principley by special units tanks para gliders while the regular army units followed up in second dairy movements. sorry about the spelling
*Under a month... 100,000 french soldiers die?!?! Are you kidding me 😳*
92k
@@oksowhat 92,000.00
Nothing compared when the Germans invaded Russia by the time they got close to Moscow they killed an astonishing 3 million soldiers
@@solid786snake there was no Russia then, it was just Soviet Union and the winter killed most of the Nazis not the soviets.. when the Nazis were on the way they actually had a big chance of taking Moscow but the winter ruined it all..
search Battles of Rzhev where 2 million soviets died in 2 months
Here are a few words from the Général, after Pétain’s capitulation:
« Beaucoup de Français n'acceptent pas ni la capitulation ni la servitude, pour des raisons qui s'appellent : l'honneur, le bon sens et l'intérêt supérieur de la patrie. »
« A lot of french people do not accept neither capitulation nor slavery, because of reasons called: honour, common sense and the superior interest of the fatherland »
The resistance was launched a day after the capitulation. It wasn’t the best resistance, sure. But it deserves to be recognised.
@El Mauro based
The Resistance was absolutely nothing until late 1942, when the Germans began to deport Frenchmen to Germany for Force Labour. Before then, most didn't have the money nor weapons to fight back & just let things play out
@El Mauro you'll never be as based as Robespierre.
What was the resistance's main goals? Wouldn't Germany just go back home once the Allies sued for peace? The Germans would get war reparations from Paris as well as territories such as Poland and Estonia, amongst others. Maybe a bit of disputed territory lost after WWI from France, but there would probably be no long term occupation.
@easter worshipper deportations are the words many have used for what the Germans did in ww2. And no, they were sending the civilians to Germany to work the Factories
I liked the part at the end, I've seen it before but it always makes me smile, those soldiers cheering, they defeated their long time enemy in a few weeks they did what the Kaiser could not.
Invading and defeating five democracies and replacing them with military dictatorships is not a smiling matter imho…
@@TheCoolermaster24 depend of your Perspective..that guy perspective is just like someone who play historical strategic game..i also have perspective like that
What the Kaiser could not? You do realise that the Prussians (Germans) led by the Kaiser literally defeated Napoleon right?
@@maqilshimeer7006 Please don't mention Napoleon III military achievement in Franco-Prussian War, Napoleon Bonaparte would be rolling in his grave after seeing the Battle of Sedan.
@@TheCoolermaster24 its not a smiling matter its cause for celebration
Thankful we have historical videos like this
I gotta say I was not expecting to hear Martin Sheen
Germany army before: *ATACC ATACC ATACC*
Germany army now: *Make moni Make moni*
Germany now : benz, mercedes, audi, ford, bmw, porsche, and volkswagen go vroom vroom amd money go cha ching
Best economic country in europe like Germany always on top
@@theblackguy7865Yes, with every country in the world mocking their failures and demonizing their ancestors, what a great glory!!
@@theblackguy7865 many migrants lol
how does 1.85 million soldiers surrender jesus christ thats embarrassing
They didn't surrender all at the same time and all at the same place.
did made ww2 to know how you would act? ppl like you talking about real soldiers at war had already surrender at birth.
The same way the Russians did initially. You're being attacked so fast and brutally that your generals don't have time to think. The discombobulation falls down the ranks and before you know it you have an aggressive and organised army decending on you.
The soldiers look to their leaders, and the leaders to theirs and ask "what do I do?" and no one knows. Before you can retaliate or plan it's too late, you surrender or face slaughter.
@@thorpsy100 Exactly !
French 🇫🇷 ☕🍵
verry interesting thanks for this sir .
Just so sad seeing the french people weep and those French soliders fought with all their heart.Such a brutal time on earth so many dead
No they didn't. They surrendered almost immediately in terms of casualties. The French were infamously scared of conflict through out World War 2.
@@namethej9349 I don't think they were scared. They just got destroyed by Blitzkrieg and decided to surrender before the Germans attacked Paris
@@abdirahmanidris290 No, they were scared. There's many documented cases of the French soldiers just outright refusing to engage with the enemy. Most notably, they'd refuse orders to engage German's with artillery despite having the German's location because they were afraid that if they fired artillery, the Germans would fire artillery back... in a war... lol
@@namethej9349 That wasn't the whole army. Plenty fought the germans and wer injured and killed in action.
@@abdirahmanidris290 germans didnt attack paris. Paris was declared an open city and the germans took it with almost no fighting.
I didn't know The Illusive Man made documentaries about WW2
The narrator: The French put up a great fight they died like flies!
that's martin sheen. trying times
😂
6 weeks...how stunning and brave
A little big moment in history that needs to be remembered because things like this can happen to you!
When I heard the narrator, I was just like... Nah, it probably isn't. But I went to check and yes, this actually is Martin Sheen.
2:10 just look at him. he probably fought through the previous war, and now all is lost. France for the first time in its History is a great power no more. they dont know yet that the allies will prevail...
Well this one moment is a VERY BIG STAIN ON FRENCH MILITARY
Even though today its a nuclear power
Their History of winning was destroyed in SIX WEEKS
@@imperator791 destroyed by american propaganda, not by facts.
@@h4rck04 It's history of winning had a huge stain on it after surrendering to Germany. Is that better?
@@iranianintelligenceagency9337 No, because France ended in winner side of this war
@@h4rck04 A bunch of people beg to differ. If you haven't heard the backlash France has gotten for its surrender about 80 years ago, I don't know what to tell you.
0:17 I’m starting to get some BF1 flashbacks looking at that MP-18.
MP28*
I like how the clip is about French surrender in 1940, but the thumbnail for the video is the Royal Castle in Warsaw burning after being bombarded by German artillery in September 1939. Because that scene is nowhere in the video, so it wasn't auto-generated by TH-cam.
Paris was the open city nothing was burning So filmmakers stretched the truth a "little" bit and used picture material from Warsaw The destruction started with a bombardment on September 17, 1939, which the castle caught fire. In 1939-40, German forces drilled holes for explosives in the whole building. Under cover of night,
Shows how much research they did
no smartphone in sight... just people living in the moment
Guys, guys, you might want to change the miniature for this video. Its a photo from Polish 1939 campaign, not the french one
War is weird to watch, everyone knows what's happening and how serious it is while soldiers pretend like they hate each other until they surrender
well french and germans actually did hate each other at that time, not "pretend to"
You think those soldiers stopped hating the Nazi's and Japanese after the surrender? Most definitely not lol.
@@combatwombatstl5598 who would ever stop hating Nazis I mean 😂
@@combatwombatstl5598 exactly
How sweet victory is. My Opa was in Lyon during the invasion.
Horrible, but I'm glad that nowadays we work together with France as our closest ally. May there never be war between us again. I hope that at one point we can ensure that there's no war in europe and maybe in a distant future, no war on earth.
👍
@@phlm9038 daddt putin is comming and war in eu will never stop until western stop killing middle eastern its karma
Sike
germans conquer france again and then europe
As an European myself I'm telling you that today's Europe sucks and has learned nothing from the past.
This comment section is full of children
Look who says it
TH-cam
That's for sure
Wooow look who's talking
@@raibowsiege3605 ohh look! a kid lacking grey matter
We surrendered Afghanistan faster than that!!!
Umm no....twenty years is not 2 months
French atleast fought for themselves, didn't ran away like So called super power.
@@adnaniqbal8290
The democrat socialist party initiated that surrender…not the American service members and the real Americans.
@@adnaniqbal8290 Sweetie, they surrender in 6 weeks. That's a great deal less than two decades.
@@jazminelee5166 you'll never be better loool
what a humiliating defeat
Yeah , it’s annoying to see that France surrender so quickly even though their army was as powerful as Germany . Leadership was just a bunch of old cowards who thought it was still WW1
not impact on french history
Why on the miniature picture, there is king's castle in Warsaw, Poland?
As a keepsake for our "allies".
Paris was the open city nothing was burning So filmmakers stretched the truth a "little" bit and used picture material from Warsaw The destruction started with a bombardment on September 17, 1939, which the castle caught fire. In 1939-40, German forces drilled holes for explosives in the whole building. Under cover of night,
Funny how the Anglo version of history NEVER talks about the Dutch and. Belgians surrendering in days, the Brits fleeing pants down and hands up while the French kept the fight.
Too shameful for you guys to bear?
That is basically it yes, offourse being ruler of the world (and still are technically they just gave the throne over to america) they will dominate history.
Thing is they kept fighting and came back to liberate France.
@@kirklenagh3095 they did? or did they just let their american children and the soviets act as the meat grinder for them (like they did with the french in WW1) because they were to scared to break a nail.
@@delta2372 A walk through any Commonwealth War graves cemetery in Western Europe will attest to the sacrifice British and dominion troops made.
@@kirklenagh3095 I'm not questioning the sacrifice of the dominions, they had guts than their overlord that's for sure.
If you think this is bad, at least these guys put up more resistance than their grandchildren.
@Texas Man dude, half of Texas has been overrun by the Aztec Empire
@@davidprice5678 Pretty much every state now.
@@davidprice5678 at least they're culturally compatible
@@davidprice5678 if you are talking about mexicans, then you really don't have too much of a leg to stand on. Texas is a former Spanish colony
@@abdirahmanidris290 Spaniards ≠ Mexicans
I had no idea the illusive man was a narrator
The ignorance in the comment section is truly astounding
Even worse.....disgusting !
I agree, lots of uneducated comments.
imagine you thought that you are the best army and even was it by fighting strength and losing in the most humiliating way possible.
Can't believe this just happened 5 years ago!
are you making a joke?
My Polish grandfather told me that when he was exiled in France on his way to Britain, all the French people cheered when the Germans entered in the city, as "the war was over". The only man he saw discontent was an Algerian recruit, he was crying disconsolately.
You have to understand the french situation, bad economy, they lost 50% of the 25-50 years old generations in WW1, they simply couldn’t do it again.
France was about 37millions people while Germany had twice that
Such a lie.
@@TheMourot Hahaha, because you were there. He was talking about the scene he saw in Bayonne, he picked the last comercial ship that is known about. Why would he lie?
@@alaindubarry2350 I commented it because I thought it was related to the video. I don't mean anything, I just said it. I could have done an essay on my particular opinion about it based on my historical knowledge, but I didn't, I leave that up to the readers.
@@kayzenl7911 we don't give a F* if france lost 50% of it's generations, great britain suffered in the same way, and they fought bravely against germans.
germany took on like 9 different nations and did a 9v1 and still took a while to beat. Quite amazing actually.
Germany actually gathered an alliance from the countries that were robbed in WWI or had the same enemies. Austria, Italy, Japan, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Slovakia and even partially Ukraine at some point. Tens of thousands of volunteers each from Holland, Belgium, France, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, the Balkans. Still impressive because USA and the Soviets both had near limitless resources. Whether we like it or not it was a European civil war and all of Europe had lost it.
France did the same back then, with Napoléon
If you put all manpower together then Germany only had slightly less soldiers than the combined amies of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Luxembourg so it was rather even if we don't take into account superior German tactics
I wish Britain sided with the Kaiser. And I do admire Germany.
Germany was not alone.. they had Italy , Japan on their side, as well as Russia for a portion of the war.
This war is unbelievable.
The illusive man really saw everything in the galaxy
German Soldier after the war: "I didn't even know that we were at war I just walked right into Paris and no one stopped me"
That is not very respectful towards the 48 000 German soldiers who lost their life during the Battle of France. Only Paris was declared Open City but the Germans had to fight for other places.
@@phlm9038 disrespectful to the Nazis that invaded France? Good.
@@EthanL21800 Although I would say a lot of German soldiers weren't actually Nazis and were really forced into the war,that only started in Operation Barborossa,or so I think.The Germans simply needed to numbers and just poured everything they could muster onto the Soviets,even people who weren't actually Nazis.
@@EthanL21800 The SS were Nazis, most of the Wehrmacht weren't
@@gaminglichgamer4035 they knew what the regime stood for and they willingly supported it. They were Nazis
Why is there the Warsaw Royal Castle on the thumbnail???
I recommend this documentary.
It is "Apocalypse: The Second World War" for those interested.
Americans looking at Apocalypse... You are a dreamer ! Their television is made for 10 years kid's mental age !
I have a vintage French rifle from 1940 - it's never been fired and was only dropped once.
You know where you can put it ?
Oh, are you offended by France's cowardice and collaboration with the Germans? Maybe you and Justin Trudeau can go on a date.
In a museum?
@@ericv-kj3du Certainly not going to give it back to the French - they'd only give it to whoever invades their territory this time. French Military Drill: Run. Hide. Surrender. Collaborate.
Wow, that's a lot of antifrench US comments, mocking the French at war and calling them cowards and all that...
And yet, I can't remember the USA complaining about the French soldiers during (for instance) the Korean war (1950-53). The French had impressed by their efficiency and heroism more than once. Some example:
At the Battle of Wonju in January 1951, the fighting around the French Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment became particularly fierce. At one point, the French Battalion was forced to fend off several KPA (North Koreans) counterattacks with bayonet charges after running out of ammunition. The French Battalion's action at Wonju impressed US general Ridgway, who later encouraged all American units in Korea to utilize bayonets in battle.
The French Battalion of NATO (1,017 men) earned 3 US Presidential Unit Citation (and 2 Korean equivalent as well) and the USA didn't give these away like candies.
And one soldier of the French Battalion, sergeant Louis Misseri, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by the United States for his actions at the famous battle of Heartbreak ridge, in 1951.
It just proves that no many people know a lot about history but they still feel entitled to comment. To be honest, they make fools of themselves.
Copium
it's not a fun video but i still don't get it why people in comment section making fun of it and telling jokes.....
There is a simple explanation : these people are kids :)
@@phlm9038 people talking about france surrender meme but no one talking about france taking germany in 6 DAYS LOL and while germany took france 6 weeks with motorized and and french use their on foot on napoleonic wars
@@baseplate7566 Germany wasnt even a country during napoleonic wars
@@BiasN there was holy roman empire which was more expanded than germany even if germany united on that time they would have still lose
They are brave warriors, they know how to talk about honor, courage and strategy on a battlefield in Call of Duty.
The Original "World At War" & "WW2 in Colour" gives a more accurate presentation of Frances surrender & why many servicemen eventually refused to fight. Conflict History has to be researched objectively just like anything concerning more than one party.
that joke ww1 is a french victory but many dead .. ww2 french don't want fight and death troops again
the narrator sounds exactly like Martin sheen the guy from West Wing, is that actually him?
Germany would have destroy any country on land in 39. Gb and USA survived because of sea. Soviet because their land was 20 times bigger than France with rude winter and lost 23 millions ppl. Very funny ppl thinking they would have done a better job than France 😂 Where were they in 39, fact is everyone just left France and Poland.
Germanys didn't lost in Soviet territory because of space. Dont be dumb
Oh look at this French troll. Just accept that French government is a coward and too weak. Hence they fell. Lol they deserved it for the harsh treaty of Versailles which plundered Germany into economic crisis and thus the tyrant came to power.
@@zanotellitb5457 technically space was also factor for russian victory
@@carljohnson2194 if french leaders wouldn't have sign a peace act, german would have burn the whole country. What would you have done my big boy ?
@@Dimitrilomb burn the whole country? Lol they would simply have taken over Paris and killed the government. And besides I can say same for German government who surrendered to French, Americans, British and soviets
This is sad how france people faced ww2 respect to all brothers and sisters that gave their lifes to protect homeland respect from serbia 🇷🇸🇫🇷
@➳OP°᭄ GAMER࿐ I only fight behind a computer where I can stay safe : Quote of a random guy called OP GAMER
@Vandana Gupta 😆😆
@➳OP°᭄ GAMER࿐ "We are linked to an imperative mission which is to resist until death to save all possible personnel - English as French - of the bridgehead of Dunkirk. As long as this goal has not been reached, we will remain in place" _ "Real" Quote by a Random French Soldier.
"My General, since it is no longer possible to count on English cooperation, the mission which has been devolved upon it will be carried out by the French troops alone." _ Admiral Abrial after Lord Gort's decision to withdraw from France.
The Yugoslavs never get recognition for their resistance.
Saddest day in our history indeed, respect to Serbia!
Also about 340,000 British soldiers fled.
Who would later regroup and defeat the Germans. Why would they fight out of foreign soil?
If the Brits had gotten captured alongside the French the situation would have been even worse. Since they were able to get away, they were able to repel the Germans from Great Britain. Great Britain was an important launch point for the invasion of Western Europe. It might seem heartless, but it probably helped France in the long run, as the British were able to comeback later with more allies and better equipment to help push out the Germans. They lost the battle, but ultimately won the war.
Why on miniature of this video is a Kings Castle in Warsaw ???
So sad seeing the defeated French soldiers surrendering and marching as prisoners. Much love to France from Australia. Vive la France!
lol
@@miguelpacheco2129 Lol, the man who laughs at sincerity. Is that narcissism or low IQ.
Finaly an english speaker who don't jock about the death of thouthand of ours great great parents who died to defend our country
Finally an intelligent person.
@@eddy_malouempereur_du_cong6536 your country is in mess because of the roulette
Smithsonian, I hope you are aware of the fact that the thumbnail of this film depicts the burning Royal Castle in Warsaw after it's been bombed by Germans in September of 1939. Also, the description of the film has a little to do with its content.
Paris was the open city nothing was burning So filmmakers stretched the truth a "little" bit and used picture material from Warsaw The destruction started with a bombardment on September 17, 1939, which the castle caught fire. In 1939-40, German forces drilled holes for explosives in the whole building. Under cover of night,
That Quick...History repeats..
I can't imagine that speaking german is worse than the state of france nowdays.
very nice !
At the start of the video what was the SMG the German was carrying?
A Sten or something Czech?
30 years ago as a teen I would've known. lol.
MP-28
The Germans actually also had their own STEN gun which was a last ditch weapon
Though yeah what they were holding is something different an MP28
This comment section is one of the wildest I've ever seen. I mean who are these people ?
how? this is an extremely tame comment feed especially for youtube lol
Imagine having all the advantages to actually stoping the Germans but because of poor tactics ,leadership , supply chain , strategy and poor coordination with the British your army just Collapses .
Less than 5 years later, the Germans who were lucky enough to still be alive had no towns to go home to.
Thats cap only the major cities where destroyed
@@swagkachu3784 not even all of them justa few like mainz, berlin, vienna, copenhagen and Hannover
Cuz they Don't surrender like france
The voiceover sounds so presidential
The video being only two and a half minutes long is fitting 😂
That’s why you showed on video’s miniature The Royal Castle in Warszawa, Poland? Oh, yes, you wanted to give an example - Poland has never surrendered like France :)
It was deafeted technically, so the de jure surrender was not necessary
Remember when poland wasn't even a country anymore 🤣🤣
@@filipkopec525 well, the defeat doesn’t mean you give up fighting or surrender. There were a significant number of soldiers on the West, working government and the biggest European resistance army.
@@mateuszmatlak4844 i know but I am just stating that the Polish state no longer controlled any of its territory
@@filipkopec525 If someone holds you controling your body it doesn’t’ mean that you have to surrender :) it doesn’t mean you’re defeated.
France conquered a vast empire and brought many positive and negative things. Yet the French had their right to resist German conquest??????
resisting against foreign enemy is natural but what I think France didn't have right is to continue their colonial empire after ww2
Fighting after a ceasefire - what does that mean for the victorious enemy? Take up arms again and fight civilians now that civilians have joined the hostilities?
Why a photo form burning Warsaw, when the video is about France?!
Because germans did not burn anything in Paris but the content maker had to show some atrocities )
Wie heißt schnellster zug in Frankreich?
Rückzug!
Note that the Wehrmacht lost 40,000 men in this operation and the French collapsed due to a lack of leadership as well as a national will.
I don’t know about national will. The command structure itself collapsed, but the civilian populace continued the fight and what remained of the French army evacuated and would play a key role in some battles along with the Poles and Belgians
Dont bother, this comment section is full of Wehraboos. As we know, if it isn't German it shouldn't exist.
@@hypedpanther6464 facts
@@hypedpanther6464 Well said on that last part.
germany lost 60.000 men not 40.000 during campaign of france !
All that manpower, large navy, overseas colonies and they just surrendered in a month. 😂
But they continued to fight from England with escaped soldiers and fliers and took part in the D Day invasion.
Great history 👍