"Hear me out Hans, what if we knock out the Western allies in mainland Europe with a surprise attack through the Ardennes?" "That's the way we did it last time." "It worked, didn't it?"
And that shows how bad the german doctrine actually was. It was symple outdated. Men for short wars with pitched battles not endless fronts and continuiess offencives.
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 I mean the germans didnt really have a choice but adopt that strategy since they didnt have the resources for long wars
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 yeah, so outdated that they occupied all of Western Europe and most of Eastern Europe. Also ignoring the fact it was a necessary doctrine, suited for what the Germans could offer in regards to resources, manpower, technology.
the brother of my grandfather died there: 02:34, (2nd Armored French Division outside of the town of Argentan, he never made it but his friends were the first allied vehicles entering Paris)
Yeah I read long books and somehow these vids can convey a certain kind of information like 1,000 times more efficiently. I'm not sure if he should keep them short, or not--the actual speed of info conveyance is quite amazing, on its own. Like I'm reading those Prit Buyar books about the Eastern Front, and your brain glazes over, some places.
I disagree and here’s why: Technically it is known as Operation Anvil but to state that that’s it’s more known name is simply incorrect. Operation Anvil was only named as such for it was to be carried out alongside Operation Sledgehammer (now known as Operation Overlord) but due to a lack of available resources it was called off. Whens’t the allies saw that they didn’t have sufficient resources to supply the allies due to the ports in Normandy being clogged up they decided to reconsider on Anvil and then finally went through with it. Two Weeks prior to its execution they decided to rename it to Operation Dragoon as it really doesn’t make sense anymore as it no longer coincided with Sledgehammer. So not only was it not known as Anvil during its execution it also has been called Dragoon for much more time.
I think this helped me to understand why the allies thought that Market Garden would be a success, from this perspective it does look like the western front is completely broken and that it would have led to a significant shortening of the war.
To be fair, I think Market Garden did have a real possibility of success. It just happened to be that everything that could have possible gone wrong went wrong. It’s impressive how close they got to crossing the Rhine considering how many factors had been tipped in the German’s favour.
@@willkp50 ive heard it mentioned tho that allied planners ignored dutch partisans and geographic knowledge so there there was a great chance of the overall plan succeeding, just not as it happened
@@DeepCFisher Yes that is true. However, I think that despite that, the plan could have succeeded had it not been for the weather, the 82nd failing to take Nijmegen bridge and the SS at Arnhem (all of these combined). Furthermore, I think that you can explain Allied ignorance through political concerns. The British were growing (imo understandably) increasingly worried due to their lack of forces on the Western front and feared that despite fighting since the beginning of the war, the Americans would overshadow them in the peace conference (as they ultimately did). Furthermore, the British had essentially run out of manpower and so were desperate for a successful, British led operation which could shorten the war. While this doesn’t excuse the operational failings of the British high command, it does explain why everyone was so willing to back Market Garden
Which may point to one of the reasons why the British and French troops to hold out as long as they did in 1940. If the Allies avoided the region, it must have defensible terrain. Which then suggests there were valid reasons for the halt order in 1940 as well.
it's so cool having a personal connection to one of the bubbles on the map. My grandfather was in the 35th Infantry Division and was wounded in the Battle of Nancy. For the rest of his life he did not want any of his children or grandchildren joining the military and encouraged my older uncles to register as conscientious objectors to avoid the draft (which they did), though he was proud of my cousin who served in Iraq.
Almost everyone in the US has ancestors that fought in WW2. More than half of all males aged 18 to 30 served in uniform. There's nothing unusual about having a relative that served on the Western Front. There are tend of millions of americans that can lay claim to that today.
If TV so bad how would I learned that Hitler was guided by satan himself, huh? Broadcasters voice was very confident and tense, so there is no way it was fake.
Please do more individual stories from history like the very 1st one you ever did. For me that still one of your best videos as it let's your personality come out more and unleash your sense of humour. Even if you do 2 every few videos like you usually do I honestly think you'll get more viewers.
Another bulls'eye mate. There's something about the way you speak that is so engaging. Fucking love your videos dude. So much hard work went into this I'm sure. Cheers for that.
Will you do anymore Brilliant Plans episodes? Not to say your other content is bad, in fact all of it is high quality and very informative, just wanting to know whether that series is dead.
OK EVERYONE STAY CALM! EASTORY IS BACK! Love the Eastory's content even if we're adept in WWII history we manage to learn more about the battles/circumstances, etc. Keep doing you bud.
5:50 - Arnhem Bridge was captured and held for a week. It was the failure to capture Nijmegen that meant the surrounded paratroopers there were isolated and destroyed.
700 men mainly from 2nd Para Btn held the bridge for 4 days when it was supposed to be held by the entire division for 2 days. All while 9th SS Panzer pounded them with Tigers and SPs. The rest of the division was all blocked from reaching the bridge by 9th SS and roadblocks set by the ragtag German troops. 82nd Airborne prioritised taking the high group south of Nijmegen over the bridge. Their initial assault on the bridge was repulsed and could only take the bridge after XXX Corp arrived. Then, General Horrocks ordered a 12 hour halt. During that time, the Arnhem Bridge party was overwhelmed.
As Yat Sum Leung says, part of one bridge was held by a company for 4 days, but they were surrounded. The rest of the Division got holed up in Oosterbeek a few miles away from Arnhem.
@@johnpaulabocad6941 Second best WW2 Channel on TH-cam after Eastory! You should check it out. I recommend the video about oil or Fall Blau video, but most od them are good
My grandfather grew up in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands that were the only parts of Britain that was occupied by Nazi Germany. He once told me he used to go to bed and watch the coast of Normandy, only 14 miles away, glow in a fiery blaze on the horizon and go to sleep with the soft sound of artillery in the distance. Jersey and our sister island of Guernsey were occupied during the fall of France in 1940 and as you will able to see in this video, the Channel Islands will remain occupied in Nazi German hands until May 1945 whilst surrounded by Allies. This means that Jersey and Guernsey were one of the last places to be liberated from Nazi occupation.
@@woodlandnetwork8575 That's true, indeed Hitler used like 10% of the total Atlantic Wall budget to super fortify those islands, as they were the only British soil the German occupied. Was a huge waste, as the Allies simply skipped those and let them "rot" while they aimed for Berlin.
Free French units played a role in liberating Paris and also in the landings on France's Mediterranean coast. These were called the Anvil Landings in the larger Operation Dragoon.
You always do an incredible job! I feel that the Western European front following D-Day in WWII has been saturated with coverage over the years. However, you always give a fresh look to all content that you release! Great video!
I would like to see you do what you accomplished with WW2 with the units and battlefield day by day and do the Napoleonic Wars and the Second Punic War and even the American Civil War. I know that this would require a huge amount of time energy and effort but the results would be fascinating if you can duplicate the magic of the WW2 videos, I learned a lot about the Eastern Front especially. Keep up the great work.
That was the only way tho, putting less men would've made them vulnerable to counter offensives, and a strong force was needed to push hard and keep the Germans out of balance/disorganized, limiting the amount of casualties and speeding up the victory in the West
Dear Eastory, your maps and animations are incredibly detailed. One request remains - could you remake your videos and insert also attacker losses, not only defender losses? Thanks in advance.
Can we just appreciate how skilled the Allied maneuvers were in this campaign? They just blizkrieged and encircled the Germans with hardly any casualties
As always, incredible work Eastory! Still I'm amazed by how many people in the other videos about the eastern front say "OMG 1.1:1 SoViEt HoRdEs!" while on the western front the germans were constantly outnumbered, and especially during the invasion of Germany they were outnumbered 4:1 (a ratio that they never experienced on the eastern front) people don't even blink an eye ahahahahaha
@@stanleyyelnats9310 even when talking about Tsar and Imperial Russia? You are also one of those blind ones who can't even distinct between different leftist ideologies, or to justify the murdering of hundreds of thousands of eastern Europeans by the nazis simply because they are "commies"
@@yankeesix1335 The Soviets killed more people than the nazis because they were worse, stalin alone killed 40 million that's 2x more than the camps killed. Ask anyone who experienced communism and they will tell you they hate it.
@@stanleyyelnats9310 ahhhh yes, death tolls of *27 millions plus many other millions* within only *4 years and less of Nazi occupation* by putting innocent people to force labouring, starvation and mass-scale execution by the Nazis, or for Imperial Russia which majority of populations were peasants whose death would not even been calculated that eventually triggered revolutions to overthrow it, are *more appropriate* than the 40 million death toll (and do me a favour, provide source of this number) which took place in the *duration of around 20 years or so* with many of it composed of unintended starvation due to low efficiency of bureaucratic system and weathers conditions in 30s, that’s what you mean isn’t it? Rather than calling me a commie, who is more of a democratic socialist advocator, it seems that you do earn yourself a Nazi title, don’t you feel pround of yourself?
Due to the massive amounts of myth that surrounds the Battle of Caen and the breakout from Normandy its worth noting that whilst the British and Commonwealth were facing eight panzer divisions and several heavy tank battalions the Americans were facing barely a fraction of that with the units and tanks that were put in front of them usually being at half strength and rotated out of the Battle of Caen, they themselves replaced at Caen with fresh troops. Montgomery recognized this and kept the pressure on the Germans at Caen whilst ordering the Americans to break out in Operation Cobra against the weakened German defenses in the west. Of course after the war several American generals disgracefully obscured this fact and used their memoirs to paint the British and Commonwealth forces as incompetent at Caen as it would support their later assertions that their own mistakes were to blame on 'useless allies' than their own mistakes.
To be fair, it was relatively easy for the American’s to criticise Monty because of his own arrogance. Had he been honest with Ike and said that while he did initially aim to capture Caen in order to break out, he then adapted his plan in July to draw German forces away from the US frontline, a large amount of the criticism levelled towards him would have been ignored. It was the fact that Monty lied and said that drawing German forces away from Avranches had been part of his plan since June 6th which caused resentment among the Yanks and made historians critical of his actions in Normandy. That being said, in my opinion I think a lot of the criticisms against him regarding the Normandy campaign are very unfair and reek of Anglophobia; as the man who would’ve been held responsible had Normandy been a failure, he deserves to be held responsible for the success of the campaign. As for the American generals such as Bradley and especially Patton, I think they are given far too little accountability in regards to their own mistakes; I’d argue that Hurtgen Forest and Metz were significantly more incompetently planned and led offensives than Market Garden and Caen.
@@chaosXP3RT Market Garden failed in its ultimate objective but it wasn't a total failure like people paint it as as considerable gains were still made. Was D-Day a failure because it didn't achieve a total breakout and got bogged down in the hedgerows of Normandy for months? What point your trying to make with the night bombing of cities I don't know. Every side engaged in the practice which was why no Nazi leader was ever convicted for ariel bombing after the war.
Hollywood helped this, it seems most americans think their army just ploughed on, not realising that without the germans being more worried about the commonwealth and caen than the americans, they would not have broken out when they did
Is the Germans constantly trying to retreat and getting run down and surrounded a consequence of allied usage of trucks with good Western European roads while much of the German army was still using horses?
@@Lobcastcoke If all your divisions are motorized, and heavily outnumber enemy,then that combined should immensely help with outmaneuvering your poorly motorized.
@@Lobcastcoke Pretty sure Americans and British are only ones who had almost complete motorized force unlike German and Soviet armies of which only dedicated tank and mechanized divisions and Corps were actually such.
@@kaletovhangar Allied divisions were motorized so far as their logistics and artillery were motorized. Their infantry still largely walked from place to place. The did temporarily motorize some infantry divisions with surplus trucks when required.
This was an absolutey excellent video, and more specifically I appreciate a lot the emphasis you put on the harbours of Brittany and the Atlantic pockets which had a vital importance for continued german submarine warfare. You made a "flashback" to show the landing in Southern France... Maybe make another (few seconds-long) small flashback to show the bloody taking of the port of Brest in Brittany, which discouraged the US troops from taking Lorient which held as a submarine port until the end of the war? This way the videos would be truly complete (and it's also an interesting fact that some people don't know)... :)
D-day as operation was never intented against german. germans were defeated by then in mid 1944 ; but against russians, in other words - to occupy teritory they could before russians do it.
When the World needed him, Eastory came back.
gott verdammt, das habe ich nicht gebraucht
Is that a Tropic Thunder joke?
@@theoveranalyzingcinephile983 Its a meme but idk
he never left - he does the maps for this channel:
th-cam.com/channels/P1AejCL4DA7jYkZAELRhHQ.html
The 15 years caught me briefly off-guard
"Hear me out Hans, what if we knock out the Western allies in mainland Europe with a surprise attack through the Ardennes?"
"That's the way we did it last time."
"It worked, didn't it?"
The funny thing is if the Americans had not delayed the German attack so much, they would've made it much further than they did.
Dude, I think that's the definition of delay?
And that shows how bad the german doctrine actually was. It was symple outdated. Men for short wars with pitched battles not endless fronts and continuiess offencives.
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 I mean the germans didnt really have a choice but adopt that strategy since they didnt have the resources for long wars
@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 yeah, so outdated that they occupied all of Western Europe and most of Eastern Europe. Also ignoring the fact it was a necessary doctrine, suited for what the Germans could offer in regards to resources, manpower, technology.
"Most of the Allies landed with little difficulty"
Hollywood: I'mma pretend I didn't hear that.
Most Hollywood movies depict Omaha beach which historically was the one with the most resistance so they got that part right at least
@@hughg8995 I thought they usually did omaha
@@ritaDas-xl4kz yeah you're right I edited my comment
@@hughg8995 Aight but some were actually on utah so you are no wrong either ☺
@@ritaDas-xl4kz yeah I definitely confused them, Utah didn't have nearly as much resistance as Omaha though
the brother of my grandfather died there: 02:34, (2nd Armored French Division outside of the town of Argentan, he never made it but his friends were the first allied vehicles entering Paris)
MAD respect
Vive la France!
❤️❤️
That would be your granduncle, god bless him
God bless
Another absolute MASTERPIECE by Eastory
Yeah I read long books and somehow these vids can convey a certain kind of information like 1,000 times more efficiently. I'm not sure if he should keep them short, or not--the actual speed of info conveyance is quite amazing, on its own. Like I'm reading those Prit Buyar books about the Eastern Front, and your brain glazes over, some places.
Yes! The prodigal son returns!
yassss
At long last
The return of the King! 👑
Welcome back Sir 👍
Why 'prodigal'-do you know something about his spending habits?
Thanks for bringing up Operation Dragoon! It’s usually forgotten so it’s nice to see it for once!
I think it is better known by Operation Anvil.
I disagree and here’s why:
Technically it is known as Operation Anvil but to state that that’s it’s more known name is simply incorrect. Operation Anvil was only named as such for it was to be carried out alongside Operation Sledgehammer (now known as Operation Overlord) but due to a lack of available resources it was called off.
Whens’t the allies saw that they didn’t have sufficient resources to supply the allies due to the ports in Normandy being clogged up they decided to reconsider on Anvil and then finally went through with it. Two Weeks prior to its execution they decided to rename it to Operation Dragoon as it really doesn’t make sense anymore as it no longer coincided with Sledgehammer. So not only was it not known as Anvil during its execution it also has been called Dragoon for much more time.
maybe because in southern france, there's not much german annd less fighting.
That’s pretty reasonable
Well there wasn't really much going on in Southern France, mostly just chilling when the whole party just went all the way to German-Benelux border.
I think this helped me to understand why the allies thought that Market Garden would be a success, from this perspective it does look like the western front is completely broken and that it would have led to a significant shortening of the war.
To be fair, I think Market Garden did have a real possibility of success. It just happened to be that everything that could have possible gone wrong went wrong. It’s impressive how close they got to crossing the Rhine considering how many factors had been tipped in the German’s favour.
@@willkp50 ive heard it mentioned tho that allied planners ignored dutch partisans and geographic knowledge so there there was a great chance of the overall plan succeeding, just not as it happened
@@DeepCFisher Yes that is true. However, I think that despite that, the plan could have succeeded had it not been for the weather, the 82nd failing to take Nijmegen bridge and the SS at Arnhem (all of these combined). Furthermore, I think that you can explain Allied ignorance through political concerns. The British were growing (imo understandably) increasingly worried due to their lack of forces on the Western front and feared that despite fighting since the beginning of the war, the Americans would overshadow them in the peace conference (as they ultimately did). Furthermore, the British had essentially run out of manpower and so were desperate for a successful, British led operation which could shorten the war. While this doesn’t excuse the operational failings of the British high command, it does explain why everyone was so willing to back Market Garden
@@willkp50 living in the area, betting such a massive operation on good weather is quite audacious.
Feels much better with the commentary. Thanks a lot Eastory. Btw, sorry for the bad english
Hey man your english is pretty good. Btw, sorry for the bad english
Is there an inside joke I'm missing here? Btw, sorry for the bad english.
@@gamelandmaster3680 No. Btw, sorry for the bad english.
@@Snoem Thanks
I agree.
Btw, sorry for the bad English.
When I saw this upload, I CLICKED AS FAST AS I COULD
me instantly
thanks, no one cares
@@Dogggggggg thanks, he cares.
as fast you could huh... "aS fAsT As i cOuLd" How "fast" was it but clicking on a button?
I clicked moderately fast and it turned out to take the same amount of time...
You should do the same for Napoleonic wars and seven years war cause it would be great 😃😃
It will be fun see that
Idk if there is enough accurate information to be able to do thay
@@saltboi5411 Yet there is a lot the rest can be probably assumed
I think Epic History has some rather good videos on the Napoleonic Wars. th-cam.com/channels/vPXiKxH-eH9xq-80vpgmKQ.html
Deffo Check out epic history. They did an incredible job
The Germans being surrounded at Dunkirk is poetic justice to a T
A thought occurred to me when I rewatched Dunkirk and realized the German's version of Dunkirk was in Northern Tunisia.
I was thinking more of Tobruk just cause the Germans only stopped fighting at Dunkirk at the end of hostilities
What goes around comes around
Which may point to one of the reasons why the British and French troops to hold out as long as they did in 1940. If the Allies avoided the region, it must have defensible terrain. Which then suggests there were valid reasons for the halt order in 1940 as well.
Mark Felton has a video about Operation Blucher, a surprisingly successful offensive by the besieged Germans in Dunkirk, near the end of the war.
it's so cool having a personal connection to one of the bubbles on the map. My grandfather was in the 35th Infantry Division and was wounded in the Battle of Nancy. For the rest of his life he did not want any of his children or grandchildren joining the military and encouraged my older uncles to register as conscientious objectors to avoid the draft (which they did), though he was proud of my cousin who served in Iraq.
"War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach." - Pindar
Almost everyone in the US has ancestors that fought in WW2. More than half of all males aged 18 to 30 served in uniform. There's nothing unusual about having a relative that served on the Western Front. There are tend of millions of americans that can lay claim to that today.
Learnt more in 5 minutes than the History channels on TV taught us in 40 years!!!
If TV so bad how would I learned that Hitler was guided by satan himself, huh? Broadcasters voice was very confident and tense, so there is no way it was fake.
Sorry but this is all bullshit. Everyone knows the Allies pushed so far trough France because they had help from Aliens!
@@CrniWuk aliens nice
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@@koshaha1❤
6:45 shout out to the 2 Canadian divisions that fought for a whole month clearing the Antwerp approaches allowing supplies from sea.
4th Canadian armoured division being one of then
Brave people
So exited! I can really see the quality change form this video and a video form last year. Good work!
Western Front: Hmm yes i'll take 50,000 POWs.
Eastern Front: HoW aBoUt 500,000
The western front was no where near as huge and extreme as the eastern front
I mean the ruhr area will be much more bigger and the ussr biggest encirclement is on stalingrad which is around 417k
The allies biggest encirlement is probably around 300k+ not as much as stalingrad but yeah
Polish anime?
Is that your photo that Ive seen?
Just wait until Ruhr Pocket!
Been waiting for this masterpiece...... And it's worth it
Ye
Agreed
Well done, yet again. I can't even imagine the amount of work put into this.
You should look up the battle of hurtgen forest
I am so happy to see another of your new videos
I really like how these animated maps illustrate the operational level of warfare.
Never clicked so fast in my life
It was very detailed and well-made. Good job Eastory, keep up the good work!
Hell yeah I have been waiting for this! thank you for your efforts!!
The quality of your videos is getting better and better!
Hes back and better then ever
Welcome back buddy
It is a real pleasure to see a new video on this channel. Thank you
I don’t think people get how insanely difficult this is to make.
Yes! Another Eastory upload. I love you man ❣️
Best mapper on TH-cam honestly
Kraut and Eastory uploading at the same time, today is my lucky day.
The Legend is back!
Please do more individual stories from history like the very 1st one you ever did. For me that still one of your best videos as it let's your personality come out more and unleash your sense of humour. Even if you do 2 every few videos like you usually do I honestly think you'll get more viewers.
Thanks for the advice!
8:55 The Allies were pushing so hard forward that they accidentally conquered a small part of Switzerland :P
Switzerland are you here for vacation or business?
@@informationyes i'm here for both 😎
When you are a hammer everyone else looks like nails.
The master cartographer of the WW2 has returned with another piece of great work!
The good stuff take time, but they are worth the wait.
I’ve been waiting for this moment :D
Another bulls'eye mate. There's something about the way you speak that is so engaging. Fucking love your videos dude. So much hard work went into this I'm sure. Cheers for that.
Now you’re back on top form sir well done 🙌🙌
Will you do anymore Brilliant Plans episodes? Not to say your other content is bad, in fact all of it is high quality and very informative, just wanting to know whether that series is dead.
I guess, I should finish the series with the British plan. But it is not a priority. It seems that people are more interested in mapping.
@@Eastory Thanks for the answer, I'm happy with whatever is better for you
I was wondering what secret line it was and how they managed to keep it secret, before I realized it's Ziegfried. Great video as always
OK EVERYONE STAY CALM! EASTORY IS BACK! Love the Eastory's content even if we're adept in WWII history we manage to learn more about the battles/circumstances, etc. Keep doing you bud.
These videos are crazy informative! I can't imagine trying to find sources for troop placements/POWs during WW2, really awesome content!
yeah thats why hes reluctant to do anything older since its 10x harder to gather info
5:50 - Arnhem Bridge was captured and held for a week. It was the failure to capture Nijmegen that meant the surrounded paratroopers there were isolated and destroyed.
You watch the TIK documentary?
700 men mainly from 2nd Para Btn held the bridge for 4 days when it was supposed to be held by the entire division for 2 days. All while 9th SS Panzer pounded them with Tigers and SPs. The rest of the division was all blocked from reaching the bridge by 9th SS and roadblocks set by the ragtag German troops.
82nd Airborne prioritised taking the high group south of Nijmegen over the bridge. Their initial assault on the bridge was repulsed and could only take the bridge after XXX Corp arrived.
Then, General Horrocks ordered a 12 hour halt. During that time, the Arnhem Bridge party was overwhelmed.
As Yat Sum Leung says, part of one bridge was held by a company for 4 days, but they were surrounded. The rest of the Division got holed up in Oosterbeek a few miles away from Arnhem.
@@blackmesa232323 what's tik
@@johnpaulabocad6941 Second best WW2 Channel on TH-cam after Eastory! You should check it out. I recommend the video about oil or Fall Blau video, but most od them are good
This was more hyped than anything, and it's worth it!
Eastory's videos surpass some of the best WW2 documentaries in attention to detail and research.
Keep up the great work. Love this. :)
I've been waiting for this.
Yuuuuuus, my guy, I was getting worried. I just subscribed, and thought you had quit, love your content man.
Your channel is amazing Eastory.
I liked his English Channel animation as well.
But amazing?
...
...nevermind.
@@McRocket I don't get what you are trying to convey.
These videos are amazing. This is an aspect of history I never really understood, now I have a grasp of it. Thanks.
Eastory - I click! Excellent video as always man
These videos make everything so clear.
Worth the 3 month wait!!! Great job Eastory
Ah my favorite Estonian TH-camr.
These videos keep improving, awesome graphics and storytelling!
Being honest my guy, I love your videos i've watched every single video. I'm glad your channel is doing great.
Germans: “Time to make a strong defensive li-“
Allies: How about no
Brilliant. Been waiting for this one. Gonna watch it another 100 times like all the other ones.
YESSS! BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! OOHHRAAHHHH
whoooo baby that's what we been waiting fooooooooor
I'll keep an eye out for part two, well done. For my family, what are your sources? Love the content.
I use the maps that the generals used during the war. That is how I know the location of the units.
Really love your narration, together with superb animation, this is a masterpiece.
My grandfather grew up in Jersey, one of the Channel Islands that were the only parts of Britain that was occupied by Nazi Germany. He once told me he used to go to bed and watch the coast of Normandy, only 14 miles away, glow in a fiery blaze on the horizon and go to sleep with the soft sound of artillery in the distance. Jersey and our sister island of Guernsey were occupied during the fall of France in 1940 and as you will able to see in this video, the Channel Islands will remain occupied in Nazi German hands until May 1945 whilst surrounded by Allies. This means that Jersey and Guernsey were one of the last places to be liberated from Nazi occupation.
I actually didn't know that they resisted there for so long. Thanks for sharing your Grandfather's memories with us!
@@woodlandnetwork8575 That's true, indeed Hitler used like 10% of the total Atlantic Wall budget to super fortify those islands, as they were the only British soil the German occupied. Was a huge waste, as the Allies simply skipped those and let them "rot" while they aimed for Berlin.
@@Kontorotsui
Hess: cant we spend money more efficiently? I already made up a plan
@@paranoidandroid6095 You know, Hitler was often emotional than rational in his choices. He saw the propaganda value of occupation of British soil...
I love this kinda stuff man, keep making these videos! Thank you!
DAMN IM HYPED FOR THIS
Damn, your animations are getting better and better!
Looking forward to part 2!!
Free French units played a role in liberating Paris and also in the landings on France's Mediterranean coast. These were called the Anvil Landings in the larger Operation Dragoon.
You always do an incredible job! I feel that the Western European front following D-Day in WWII has been saturated with coverage over the years. However, you always give a fresh look to all content that you release! Great video!
I would like to see you do what you accomplished with WW2 with the units and battlefield day by day and do the Napoleonic Wars and the Second Punic War and even the American Civil War. I know that this would require a huge amount of time energy and effort but the results would be fascinating if you can duplicate the magic of the WW2 videos, I learned a lot about the Eastern Front especially. Keep up the great work.
Its always nice to see how they got REKT. Thank you Eastory for another fantastic upload!!!
Finally I can continue my hoi4 campaign with some background speeches
YES!
Amazing! was waiting for this
Damn, that's a bummer, I sure hope Germany makes a comeback in part 2!
If part 2 takes place 70 years later and you mean an economic comeback, then yes.
That was part 2
Steiner's attack will turn things around!
@@948320z My Fuhrer, Steiner.... Steiner couldn't mobilize enough men. He wasn't able to carry out his own assault
@@tunganhnguyen909 The following men will remain: Keitel, Jodl, Krebs, and Burgdorf.
The video we did not deserve, but so needed!
Keep it up man, and take care!
*Eastory uploaded a video*
_Well I will sleep later then..._
It's only six o'clock, what are you a baby?
No...sleep now.
Then you have something to get out of bed for AND you will enjoy it more - being rested.
@@25thturtle48 You ever heard of time zones?
@@McRocket Ah, genius!
@@25thturtle48 It's only a timezone, what are you a dummy?
Fantastic. Your narration really adds a lot.
So crazy how quickly the allies put 1 million men in France. Once their heels were in, they weren’t leaving.
That was the only way tho, putting less men would've made them vulnerable to counter offensives, and a strong force was needed to push hard and keep the Germans out of balance/disorganized, limiting the amount of casualties and speeding up the victory in the West
I have been waiting for this video for a long time.
I was here searching for part two not realizing this video came out today😐
Amazing, just amazing. Thank you for showing the cities. I really do not have anything else to say. Just wow...
HES UPLOADED, PRAISE THE MASHIAH!
they kat plays? arnt you in bokoen1 discord server? thats weird lol
Yaay Eastory upload!
Dear Eastory, your maps and animations are incredibly detailed. One request remains - could you remake your videos and insert also attacker losses, not only defender losses? Thanks in advance.
Love this video, this is awesome. You've just got yourself a new subscriber
ちょうどこの時ロンメル将軍は休暇を取っていたんだから、まさかこの日だったとは思いもしなかっただろうな…
PS Thank you upload！！
それは彼の妻の誕生日であり、おそらく彼が最後に見ることになるでしょう。 あなたの言うことはあまりよく読まれておらず、公平でもありません...;）
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@@Chtulhu_Mustermann huh
Wow an Eastory and Kraut upload on the same day the stars must’ve aligned
Can we just appreciate how skilled the Allied maneuvers were in this campaign? They just blizkrieged and encircled the Germans with hardly any casualties
Great summary of a complex series of events!
As always, incredible work Eastory!
Still I'm amazed by how many people in the other videos about the eastern front say "OMG 1.1:1 SoViEt HoRdEs!" while on the western front the germans were constantly outnumbered, and especially during the invasion of Germany they were outnumbered 4:1 (a ratio that they never experienced on the eastern front) people don't even blink an eye ahahahahaha
@Jovan Lozanac Hate should be the only feeling people should have when someone mentions communism
@@stanleyyelnats9310 even when talking about Tsar and Imperial Russia? You are also one of those blind ones who can't even distinct between different leftist ideologies, or to justify the murdering of hundreds of thousands of eastern Europeans by the nazis simply because they are "commies"
@@yankeesix1335 The Soviets killed more people than the nazis because they were worse, stalin alone killed 40 million that's 2x more than the camps killed. Ask anyone who experienced communism and they will tell you they hate it.
@@yankeesix1335 Don't comment to me and call me blind when you are just dumb, pick up a book commie.
@@stanleyyelnats9310 ahhhh yes, death tolls of *27 millions plus many other millions* within only *4 years and less of Nazi occupation* by putting innocent people to force labouring, starvation and mass-scale execution by the Nazis, or for Imperial Russia which majority of populations were peasants whose death would not even been calculated that eventually triggered revolutions to overthrow it, are *more appropriate* than the 40 million death toll (and do me a favour, provide source of this number) which took place in the *duration of around 20 years or so* with many of it composed of unintended starvation due to low efficiency of bureaucratic system and weathers conditions in 30s, that’s what you mean isn’t it? Rather than calling me a commie, who is more of a democratic socialist advocator, it seems that you do earn yourself a Nazi title, don’t you feel pround of yourself?
Great video as always!!!
Due to the massive amounts of myth that surrounds the Battle of Caen and the breakout from Normandy its worth noting that whilst the British and Commonwealth were facing eight panzer divisions and several heavy tank battalions the Americans were facing barely a fraction of that with the units and tanks that were put in front of them usually being at half strength and rotated out of the Battle of Caen, they themselves replaced at Caen with fresh troops. Montgomery recognized this and kept the pressure on the Germans at Caen whilst ordering the Americans to break out in Operation Cobra against the weakened German defenses in the west.
Of course after the war several American generals disgracefully obscured this fact and used their memoirs to paint the British and Commonwealth forces as incompetent at Caen as it would support their later assertions that their own mistakes were to blame on 'useless allies' than their own mistakes.
To be fair, it was relatively easy for the American’s to criticise Monty because of his own arrogance. Had he been honest with Ike and said that while he did initially aim to capture Caen in order to break out, he then adapted his plan in July to draw German forces away from the US frontline, a large amount of the criticism levelled towards him would have been ignored. It was the fact that Monty lied and said that drawing German forces away from Avranches had been part of his plan since June 6th which caused resentment among the Yanks and made historians critical of his actions in Normandy. That being said, in my opinion I think a lot of the criticisms against him regarding the Normandy campaign are very unfair and reek of Anglophobia; as the man who would’ve been held responsible had Normandy been a failure, he deserves to be held responsible for the success of the campaign. As for the American generals such as Bradley and especially Patton, I think they are given far too little accountability in regards to their own mistakes; I’d argue that Hurtgen Forest and Metz were significantly more incompetently planned and led offensives than Market Garden and Caen.
I'd be interested in your opinion on the Failure of Market Garden and the British night bombing of cities
@@chaosXP3RT Market Garden failed in its ultimate objective but it wasn't a total failure like people paint it as as considerable gains were still made. Was D-Day a failure because it didn't achieve a total breakout and got bogged down in the hedgerows of Normandy for months?
What point your trying to make with the night bombing of cities I don't know. Every side engaged in the practice which was why no Nazi leader was ever convicted for ariel bombing after the war.
Hollywood helped this, it seems most americans think their army just ploughed on, not realising that without the germans being more worried about the commonwealth and caen than the americans, they would not have broken out when they did
Would you do also northafrican front like this in the future?
I would like to.
Is the Germans constantly trying to retreat and getting run down and surrounded a consequence of allied usage of trucks with good Western European roads while much of the German army was still using horses?
Yes and no, probably a bigger reason was the greater manpower of the allies allowing them to be in more places at once’s
@@Lobcastcoke If all your divisions are motorized, and heavily outnumber enemy,then that combined should immensely help with outmaneuvering your poorly motorized.
@@kaletovhangar True but not all of the allies units were motorized
@@Lobcastcoke Pretty sure Americans and British are only ones who had almost complete motorized force unlike German and Soviet armies of which only dedicated tank and mechanized divisions and Corps were actually such.
@@kaletovhangar Allied divisions were motorized so far as their logistics and artillery were motorized. Their infantry still largely walked from place to place. The did temporarily motorize some infantry divisions with surplus trucks when required.
This was an absolutey excellent video, and more specifically I appreciate a lot the emphasis you put on the harbours of Brittany and the Atlantic pockets which had a vital importance for continued german submarine warfare.
You made a "flashback" to show the landing in Southern France... Maybe make another (few seconds-long) small flashback to show the bloody taking of the port of Brest in Brittany, which discouraged the US troops from taking Lorient which held as a submarine port until the end of the war? This way the videos would be truly complete (and it's also an interesting fact that some people don't know)... :)
Great work as always.
An incredible historiography showing the often overlooked aftermath of the Normandy invasion and the impressive drive to the East.
Imagine invading France, and after a few weeks of fighting, you get to chill in Rennes for the rest of the war.
Content like this should be on History tv channels. Well done and keep up with good work :)
D-day as operation was never intented against german. germans were defeated by then in mid 1944 ; but against russians, in other words - to occupy teritory they could before russians do it.
True
By late 1943 the Russians were on a unstoppable march to Berlin no matter what.
D-Day prevented France from being a future Warsaw Pact member.
Love the detail in your videos