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One small objection, @The Armchair Historian; General Von Arnim's full name is actually Hans-Jurgen; he legally had a double-barrelled name, in traditional German fashion, and was "Hans-Jurgen" Von Arnim, instead of just "Jurgen", or "Hans"...
@@iamwarranted4502 trust me, I went to italian school, everyone hates italian🤣, and the teachers there. Imagine what it would be if we get this to a much grander scale like war.
@@stephenbrady5220 Turkish people were Italian also. So was Egypt, Greece, France, Morroco, Libya, Spain, and UK. And soo many more. They are all Italians.
@@stephenbrady5220 All he said was that the Italian commanders weren't as experienced nor had enough skill to command properly. It is in no way related to Romans being Italians.
@@Taiyama2 “Modern Italians” you are talking about this event that happened 80 years ago right? Every call of duty fan knows the difference between modern and ww2.
My grand grandfather Walter V. fought in Egypt as part of the italian army. In 1941 he was captured by the English during an enemy attack, he and a group of italian soldiers took shelter in the crater created by english bombs and shot all their bullets but soon ran out of ammoes and surrendered. They were sent to a prison camp alongside other prisoners, but were later freed by advacing italian divisions. After regaining his freedom, he briefly went back to italy and then redeployed to N. Africa. He fought in the battle of El Alamein and then in Tunisia, where he was captured again in May 1943, when all Axis forces surrendered. This time he was sent to Australia, where he did some manual labor, and came back only in 1947. He said that during the war his unit captured some english soldiers, they were very friendly, shared cigarettes and food and said that at that time he understood there was no such thing as enemies, but only people who were forced to fight. Shortly before his surrender in 1943, he took one of the bullets loaded in his rifle, and decided to carry it with him as his lucky charm. He somehow managed to keep it and i still have it today stored in my library after 80 years
Amazing story!!🥺❤️ War is when young people who don't know each other and don't hate each other, fight with each other and kill each other BECAUSE OF Old people who know each other and hate each other but don't fight with each other and don't kill each other.
Your grandfather was a very brave man. The Italians fought with incredible espris de corp during the war. He was right that none of us are enemies. We are made to fight each other by the 'ruling class'.
Aerial recon cameras weren't as advanced then, so inflatable tanks and support vehicles would have been difficult to identify. Also, pilot would have had to been busy managing the camera and not being shot down so they wouldn't have had a lot of time to examine the tanks themselves.
I’m glad that your illustrator depicts Rommel wearing the Pour le Mérite (Blue Max), something that is overlooked in the film “Patton”. This was awarded to him by Emperor William II for his heroism as a young officer on the Italian front in WWI. Rommel was far more proud of this than his Knights Cross of the Iron Cross awarded by Hitler.
@@generalrommel5666 Although I understand why you would choose the safety of your family over your crumbling country. What made you think this choice is the best?
dachicagoan no, it’s because advertisers are very cautious now. TH-cam relies on advertisers for money, so it designs systems to phase out non advertiser friendly videos. This is an ineffective and badly designed system that creates a ton of collateral. TH-cam doesn’t do it on purpose. It does it because it’s systems are Shite.
"The australians had no problem standing their ground..." I mean... That's not surprising, considering their country is completely unsuitable for human habitation, and they made it work anyways...
My grandpa who was part of the British Indian army served in the Long Range Desert group (LRDG). Throughout out the campaign initially he was in Army supply unit, upon his driving skills , English speaking skill and was a boxer as well. One British officer Captain. Morrison picked him as part of the newly formed LRDG unit. He never shared his wartime experience. Whenever I insist he just talk hours about the African culture and the habitants not any combat stories 😀. Post wwii he was invited by his senior officials to Britain. But he chosed remained in his hometown @ Kerala (India). In his later years he moved to neighbouring state of Tamilnadu . But he was a quiet person and never interested anything. He was affectionate towards me but never close to his own children. Almost 10 years he never worked anywhere. I don't what he have gone through WWII. At his 88th year he passed away in his sleep. Out of all the grand children i only know about his military experience. My respect and salute to all the veterans who served and still serving for their respective country 🙏
My grandad fought in North Africa and Italy for the British army and survived the siege of Tobruk. He said it was so hot up there that the men used to fry eggs on the jeeps. 🇬🇧🇭🇲🇺🇸🇨🇦🇫🇷
Mine too and he was in the German army he joined the Deutsche-Arabische Legion and was speaking Arabic, French and German... he also went in Germany in 1943 and fought against the communists. Sadly the Germans lost 😞
I loved Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. Operation: Torch is in there but even though there are no Italians showed there, there's the Vichy French. Operation: Husky is also featured with a lot of Italian soldiers and weapons.
Indeed he did and later was given command of XVIII corps in North West Europe covering the right flank of XXX corps drive up the highway during the Arnhem campaign.
Yesyesyes did I mention yes! O ‘ Connor stud man supreme’o He went to Africa to chew bubblegum and kick ass, he quickly ran out of bubblegum.......sooo he just kick a lot of ass!
ik Australians are impossible to kill ik a guy whos Australian decent and his grandfather was a pacific war veteran and told him the same thing he said a a recruit " were Australians were impossible to kill"
I'll correct some mistakes in your Comment. I know Australians are impossible to kill. I know a guy who's Australian decent and his Grandfather was a Veteran in the Pacific War, His Grandfather told him the same Sentence that he was told as a recruit, "We're Australians, we're impossible to be killed"@@bludeuce3855
16:54 “the Australians had no problem holding them off presumably because everything back home tries to kill you anyway” appears to be an underrated moment in this nice long video
@@dicksonbutts7412 nah dude everyone knows that Australia is nearly inhabitable anyways with how everything tries to kill you because that's TOTALLY not a joke
Ceasar and most Roman emperors recognized Germanic prowess in the battlefield, thats why most of their cavalry were Germans who were given Roman citizenship.
Nope, just as the eastern front we had to cover their retreat sacrificing our men. And anyway we don't have to follow their plans but our plans, we are not a puppet
Germany surely didn't lose the war because of us, they would be already fucked up without Italy. We lost the war due to low materials in Italy (for example, Germany had the Ruhr while our soil doesn't contain any iron or cobber), divided HC and not complete control by the fascist party. Surely we didn't lack of bravery or strategy
@@dalesen how childish are you? I couldn’t care if I got a thumbs down or a thumbs up - I’m aware that every soldier who fought deserves credit but when people say that some soldiers fought harder and did more than others then it’s just unfair and disrespectful to the other soldiers
Graziani was well aware of the weaknesses his Army had and that is why he was reluctant in his invasion of Egypt. He pointed this out to Mussolini who threatened to replace him. He was acutely aware that his army had no weapons to stop the British Matilda II tanks and wrote about his concerns of a Flesh against Steel struggle that could eventuate. As it turned out he was correct. Hardly a bumbling fool.
@Gazzara5 Apart from the Italian gunners, who would die at their guns rather than retreat or surrender. Oh, and the Ariete, who died fighting at El Amein after the brave Germans stole all their transport, to run away with. Not to mention Italian anti-tank gun crews, who manned 45mm a/t guns without a gun shield, because - well, either gigantic balls of solid steel, or Mussolini was cutting corners.
@TigerBloodMan go get a real job? So teaching history isn't a real job...god damn then why are my taxes paying for shity teachers at schools that only give you a fraction of information.
@@Ormagoden94 i for one think Battlefield V in it's final state is awesome. and all the bad parises are nitpicks. second most immersive game, can't beat BF1
I remember my grandpa telling me that they had a regiment full of transgender disabled atheist women that were equipped with eye patches and capes because respect wamen.
"The Aussies had no problems standing their ground, presumably because everything back in home in Australia tries to kill you anyways." - Snakes - Spiders - Jellyfish - Regular Fish - Dropbears - Bad drivers - The weather (heat/bushfires/floods/doughts) - Regular ingestion of Vegemite Yeah, no kidding. Special note: During the Siege of Tobruk, Lord Haw Haw (a Nazi propaganda broadcaster), nicknamed the defenders the "Rats of Tobruk" as they "scurried about in their holes". In typical Australian fashion, the troops took the name as their own, going so far as to create an unofficial campaign medal from the hull of a German bomber that included the likeness of a rat. See also "Digger" and "Scrap Iron Flotilla".
@@TheBlackfall234 Not just history. Most crap you learn in school is useless. I'm still waiting to find use for all the useless math, physics and chemistry formulas I had to learn in school.
@@majesticmisterm7903 yeah but math is literally the whole existence. Calling math useless just means youre to stupid for it. Doesnt mean its usefull in normal day live tho.
Comm ___ *Tobruk had been selected as map* *Desert Fox Rommel has entered the game* Rommel: Too ez these nubs are about to eat some German dust *xX_Anzac_Boys_Xx has entered the Game* Rommel: Scheisse
Rommel's choice of death was a wise one for his family. His son became the Mayor of Stuttgart (home of US EUR Cmd, Porsche, Mercedes) for over 20 years
My Grandfather was with the North Irish Horse that moved through North Africa and Italy. Went through literally the Valley of Death just short of Monte Cassino. 14 out of the 26 tanks knocked out. Different times
My Grandfather was at the Siege of tobruk, AUS 9th Div 2/24th Battalion. lasted and survived toburk and the war His name was Signalmen Alfred Lukin BENNETTS
My great grandfather served in the 8th army in North africa, and luckily made it out alive. Weird to know a direct relative served in a famous division against rommel in el alamein, but unfortunately his brother who was in the Royal engineers was killed in the battle of monte cassino. The two brothers left home, but only one came back.
Fun fact some Australian divisions including the 6th fought during the defense of Greece, Crete then in the North African campaign. After that they were transferred to the pacific fighting the Japanese for the remainder of the war. Some of these men spent the most days fighting out of any allied division.
I grew up in that region as a military brat in the 60's.... we played in all the abandoned battlefields with tons of surplus equipment still around then.... it was fun to see this review of the campaign... thx
@@generalrommel5666 Rommel was a good tactician, no doubt about that. But he run his men into the ground! The OKW knew that they had not the resources and the logistic capabilities to run two wars far away from Germany. Rommel wnated to proof that a Blitzkrieg in Northafrica was possible, it was not.
This was a terrific documentary of an often overwhelmingly complicated series of campaigns. You were concientious to mention many of the involved allies too!
TigerBloodMan you obviously care deeply for this channel, you sure are putting. In alot of effort in copy and pasting this stupid ass comment. And u obviously like the content tht you probably dont even have the money to make if u wanted to (which probably makes you jealous hints the reason for your comment) tht animation isnt cheap and he benefits monetarily from views and comments also so thank you for your contributions they are well deserved dumbass 🙊 lol. Maybe you should be the one getting a "real job" you have way to much time on your hands and its all spent being petty af thinking ur some kinda hardass & tht ppl really care what u said. The like/dislike ratio is proof your wasting your time in your sad pathetic existence of trying to be "edgy"on TH-cam videos lol.
@King Graveth Wow, and to think that the Italians had one of the better sub machine guns to, while having a semi- out dated rifle (tho a variant that was more modern was made but wasn’t wide spread) and their LMG used clips
Among the great misconceptions of modern times is the assumption that Benito Mussolini was Hitler's junior partner, who made no significant contributions to the Second World War. That conclusion originated with Allied propagandists determined to boost Anglo-American morale, while undermining Axis cooperation. The Duce's failings, real or imagined, were inflated and ridiculed; his successes pointedly demeaned or ignored. Italy's bungling navy, ineffectual army - as cowardly as it was ill-equipped - and air force of antiquated biplanes were handily dealt with by the Western Allies. So effective was this disinformation campaign that it became post-war history, and is still generally taken for granted even by otherwise well-informed scholars and students of World War Two. But a closer examination of recently disclosed, and often neglected, original source materials presents an entirely different picture. They shine new light, for example, on Italy's submarine service, the world's greatest in terms of tonnage, its boats sinking nearly three-quarters of a million tons of Allied shipping in three years' time. During a single operation, Italian 'human torpedoes' sank the battleships HMS Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, plus an eight-thousand-ton tanker, at their home anchorage in Alexandria, Egypt. By mid-1942, Mussolini's navy had fought its way back from crushing defeats to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea. Contrary to popular belief, his Fiat biplanes gave as good as they got in the Battle of Britain, and their monoplane replacements, such as the Macchi Greyhound, were state-of-the-art interceptors superior to the American Mustang. Savoia-Marchetti Sparrowhawk bombers accounted for seventy-two Allied warships and one hundred-ninety-six freighters before the Bagdolio armistice in 1943. On 7 June 1942, infantry of the Italian X Corps saved Rommel's XV Brigade near Gazala, in North Africa, from otherwise certain annihilation, while horse-soldiers of the Third Cavalry Division Amedeo Duca d'Aosta defeated Soviet forces on the Don River before Stalingrad the following August in history's last cavalry charge.
As influential as these operations were on the course of World War Two, more potentially decisive was Mussolini's planned aggression against the United States' mainland. Postponed only at the last moment when its conventional explosives were slated for substitution by a nuclear device, New York City escaped an atomic attack by margins more narrow than previously understood. It is now known that Italian scientists led the world in nuclear research in 1939, and a four-engine Piaggio heavy bomber was modified to carry an atomic bomb five years later. These and numerous other disclosures combine to debunk lingering propaganda stereotypes of inept, ineffectual Italian armed forces. That dated portrayal is rendered obsolete by a true-to-life account of the men and weapons of Mussolini's War. Frank Joseph, Mussolini’s War, Fascists Italy’s Military Struggles from Africa and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and Soviet Union 1935 - 1945.
'By mid-1942, Mussolini's navy had fought its way back from crushing defeats to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea.' Really? Your evidence for this being?
They never sunk the QE or Valiant. They *disabled* them, but didn't sink either at all, since they were both recovered and sent for repairs immediately after the attack.
@@dovetonsturdee7033 the evidence is the number of tons sank by italian and the fact tha after the alexandria raid italian navi in the Mediterranean was bigger than the british
@TigerBloodMan stop being an ass, at least he doesn't look like the Pillsbury doughboy with brain damage. no one cares that you hate his videos. stop making an ass of your self and how about you go do something productive with your life.
It's always great to hear about how O'Connor defeated a force significantly larger than his with tactics rather then just stating it as raw statistical facts, as a lot of documentaries tend to do.
Montgomery gets stick for apparent timidity in pursuing Rommel through Tunisia, but the Luftwaffe had total air superiority there. When Rommel was in El Alamein, Rommel's forces had greatly extended supply lines, and the RAF had a field day strafing them. But once Rommel's troops withdrew to Tunisia, he knew the Afrika Korps had lost in North Africa, even though he drove Free French soldiers out. He needed a controlled retreat (something Hitler could never tolerate, seeing it as tantamount to surrender), but he did have the protection of the French-built Mareth Line. But Montgomery did have a notable success in Operation Supercharge II, where British forces effectively drove the German forces out of the Mareth Line, and therefore effectively out of North Africa. Rommel was a popular general, but so was Monty with his troops. Neither man relished the prospect of a bloodbath, and Monty never ate dinner until his men had. Rommel is bigged up because he was not a Nazi, but Monty didn't have such an opportunity to be a victim. So modern historical revisionists paint him as a "meh" nobody, talentless and without charisma. But when he took over 8th Army in August 1942, he completely turned around a very disorganised and demoralised army. Auchinleck had held the Germans at El Alamein, but it was Monty who drove them out. Was Monty a nice man? No, but do you really want your countries' generals to be nice men or winners? In the annals of WW2, I cannot think of a nice, winning general, although Rommel may be an exception to that. Patton and Zhukov certainly weren't, and General MacArthur was sacked during the Korean Was for demanding the right to nuke North Korea, which could conceivably kicked off WW3. I think Monty was about as good as most of his contemporaries.
Credit for levering out Rommel from his strong Mareth Line position should rightly go to Montgomery's principal Corps level commander Brian Horrocks. Horrocks gave good service for the entire war, and his machinations at the Mareth Line shortened the Desert fighting by many months.
Leaving this comment in support of the channel, because I feel between the animations, script, characters and presentation... the amount of work that goes into each video is commendable. Thanks!
I hated history in school growing up. But as I aged, I started loving it. And its channels like this that make me love it even more. I watch some of your making of and creating the animation. I know its alot of hard work. Great job. Looking forward to the next installment of Armchair Historian!
Don't know if will ever read this, but a very important and almost unknown fact is that Rommel was so successful because the italian secret service had stolen from the US embassy in Rome the english code for communications. However at some point the english found on a destroyed tank a copy of their communications and understood that the axis had the cipher and thus changed it. From that moment Rommel could not win any battle.
Montgommery had all the wealth, allies and territory of the British empire on his side. Rommel in contrast did not have much to work with. Rommel was also screwed by factors completely beyond his control. When the enigma code was broken, British submarines sank all the ships that were supposed to take fuel to Rommel. WIthout Fuel, Rommel could not manuevre and all he could do was to sit tight and try to defend against the massive British attack. Rommel could not outflank and trick his enemy like he usually did, because he had no fuel. Only enough reserves to retreat.
@Fhjthnl Lol Iuyo What are you talking about? You can pick your race in the game. I doubt there are any WW2 veterans offended that there are black people in a videogame.
@@emperorpalpememe4114 Well Afaik there are no ww2 veterans that are still alive. Specifically the "story" is purposely misleading in areas to fit their sjw agenda.
I see Allies and Axis in the same light. As an Indian, Britain was an oppressor whereas Germany gave us an opportunity to fight. The biggest irony is Britain saw India as cash cows but was afraid of Germany when Germany started seeing them as cash cows. The idea of Britain rallying up as heroes of democracy is nauseating. Although I don't hold grudge against millennials and Gen-Zs of Britain but I feel horrible when they are celebrated as heroes. So far what I understand is: 1. Germany lost world war 1 2. Germany was left to starve and the treaty of Versailles looted Germany from their industries. 3. People were literally starving in Germany and yet they paid reparations. 4. The kind of help given was so pitiful that the funds dried almost instantly in the 1929 depression. 5. Radicalism rose (which should not be surprising at all). 6. People were so desperate for the basic necessity that they supported Hitler and joined the Army. I think without World War 2, Germany would not have come out of the great depression. It took 5 years of war for the world to understand that a starving neighbour is more dangerous than a revolver with one bullet ( Russian roulette). PS: Instead of arguing about Jews being killed in Germany (which is sad and wrong), millions of Bengalis were killed by the British when they stockpiled the supplies for themselves as a reserve (meaning they put extra just in case they needed it).
@@suityboi2126 Keep in mind, preventable neglect caused the Bengal famine, which is more than enough proof that the British were not benevolent overlords. Personally, I prefer the Ho Chi Minh route of opposing any colonizer instead of the Chandra Bose method of "joining the enemy of my enemy".
You left out some very important details. After the stunning success of the British against the Italians, you forgot to mention that after the arrival of Rommel, Hitlers favourite commander, his subsequent success were greatly helped by the anti British American attaché in Egypt. Named Bonner Fellows, who was know sarcastically as 'little Fellows' by Rommel. Fellow sent detailed broadcasts of British positions and strengths which were leaked to Rommel which greatly inflated his subsequent successes. After this was discovered and Fellows returned to America, Rommels successes also greatly reduced until he was driven from North Africa completely. This was the biggest defeat of Nazi forces and not equalled untill Stalingrad.
I know this is late. But I just noticed the 131 marking on the tiger 1 in Tunis. This tank is still alive and lives in the bovington tank museum today.
Excellent presentation! My family has a long military history. My grandfather was in the Polish Army. He survived the German invasion and ended up as part of General Alexander's staff.
Good video. However the “annihilation” of Ritchie’s reserve units at Gazala needs more light shed on it. Particularly that of the action of the Free French at Bir Hakeim which arguably saved the 8th Army.
OK but what about the time when Subhash Chandra Bose LED a Nationalist Army against British Raj so we can say India was kind of both an advantage and disadvantage to the allies
24:07 "riding the high of his incredible successes.. " not just that high. " ... Erwin Rommel's Panzer division were particularly heavy Pervetin users. The Second World War General Erwin Rommel, the so-called “Desert Fox” is said to have consumed Pervitin as if it was his “daily bread”. "Ranke took a trip to the front. He was right there in France, and make extensive notes in his diary. He wrote about meeting with Rommel’s highest medical officer and of traveling with Guderian. He also noted how many pills he gave to each division. He comments for instance that he gave Rommel’s division a batch of 40,000 pills and that they were extremely happy, because they were running out. It’s all very well documented."
My Great Uncle was Royal Artillery 47th Fd Regt. Fought the 2nd Battle of Alamein. WIA, taken back to Palestine for treatment, nearly lost his left foot. Redeployed, fought in Mareth Line. 30,000 rounds fired by the regiment in that action. They broke through and won it for the 8th Army (the NZ division broke the back he said). Short furlough back in Anglia, then off the Sicily. Drove the Nazis back to Messina, firing from the slopes of Mt Etna. Then firing across the Messina Pass before landing at the foot of Italy. Regt redeployed to UK on RMS ship, hunted by subs through the Gibraltar Strait. 5 month furlough, then back at it it: Normandy, Caen (bitter fighting according to his diaries), and Falaise. Then the great chase through Arras, Amiens onwards to Belgium. Then into Nijmegen, Arnhem and Dortmund till the end. For his sins, attached to a unit to go and sort out Belsen. God Bless the Royal Artillery, the 50th Northumberland Div. God Save The Queen.
In Poland, a long time ago I read this anecdote: during the siege of Tobruk, the Germans published an article in a propaganda newspaper in Warsaw about the siege of the city, along with a few photos that were supposed to show how bad the situation of the allied forces was and how much the city was destroyed. Apparently, the Germans themselves were surprised how quickly the circulation of the newspaper spread. As it turned out later, in one of the photos there was a ruined well with an inscription in Polish "Woda zdatna do picia" which means "drinking water". I do not know how true this story is, but participation in defense of Tobruk was an important element of Polish historical memory even in the times of communism
for the people who want to know something really cool about the North Africa campaign, the map that Rommel drew his plans on for the Africa corp can be seen at the imperial war museum in London.
Man, it only seems like yesterday my grandfather was telling me how his tank in Egypt broke down and caught on fire, before getting run over by a British tank. Luckily, he made it back to the Italian lines and retreated to Tripoli. Once there, he saw many buy the barn on the operating table...
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Im from Tripoli Libya and i knew about this but this added alot of knowledge
Already did dude
that's actually a good deal. thanks
One small objection, @The Armchair Historian; General Von Arnim's full name is actually Hans-Jurgen; he legally had a double-barrelled name, in traditional German fashion, and was "Hans-Jurgen" Von Arnim, instead of just "Jurgen", or "Hans"...
The rtx cards are Turing not Pascal and having Cool Math Games on Steam was genius.
"Attack the British in front of you" sounds like a loading screen hint.
Lmao, so true the italians are sooooo incompetent at everything.
@@Joker129 no
To fire your weapon, pull the trigger.
@@iamwarranted4502 trust me, I went to italian school, everyone hates italian🤣, and the teachers there. Imagine what it would be if we get this to a much grander scale like war.
@KING GAMING that is entirely true. I agree with you, they were patriots, Who fought like lions but were Led by donkeys.
Kind of funny how Italians fight their best under non-Italian command.
Romans were Italian
@@stephenbrady5220 Turkish people were Italian also. So was Egypt, Greece, France, Morroco, Libya, Spain, and UK. And soo many more. They are all Italians.
@@stephenbrady5220 All he said was that the Italian commanders weren't as experienced nor had enough skill to command properly. It is in no way related to Romans being Italians.
@@stephenbrady5220 You know I'm just talking about modern Italians.
@@Taiyama2 “Modern Italians” you are talking about this event that happened 80 years ago right? Every call of duty fan knows the difference between modern and ww2.
My grand grandfather Walter V. fought in Egypt as part of the italian army. In 1941 he was captured by the English during an enemy attack, he and a group of italian soldiers took shelter in the crater created by english bombs and shot all their bullets but soon ran out of ammoes and surrendered. They were sent to a prison camp alongside other prisoners, but were later freed by advacing italian divisions. After regaining his freedom, he briefly went back to italy and then redeployed to N. Africa. He fought in the battle of El Alamein and then in Tunisia, where he was captured again in May 1943, when all Axis forces surrendered. This time he was sent to Australia, where he did some manual labor, and came back only in 1947. He said that during the war his unit captured some english soldiers, they were very friendly, shared cigarettes and food and said that at that time he understood there was no such thing as enemies, but only people who were forced to fight. Shortly before his surrender in 1943, he took one of the bullets loaded in his rifle, and decided to carry it with him as his lucky charm. He somehow managed to keep it and i still have it today stored in my library after 80 years
Amazing story!!🥺❤️
War is when young people who don't know each other and don't hate each other, fight with each other and kill each other BECAUSE OF Old people who know each other and hate each other but don't fight with each other and don't kill each other.
A lovely story of ordinary men trying to retain their humanity in a time of war.
Sick dude !!
Amazing story sounded like a badass
Your grandfather was a very brave man. The Italians fought with incredible espris de corp during the war. He was right that none of us are enemies. We are made to fight each other by the 'ruling class'.
I will always be amazed by how effective inflatable armies were during WWII
You would think there were spies involved in some part of it yknow
Aerial recon cameras weren't as advanced then, so inflatable tanks and support vehicles would have been difficult to identify. Also, pilot would have had to been busy managing the camera and not being shot down so they wouldn't have had a lot of time to examine the tanks themselves.
They fell for that so many times
Plot Twist: The whole was was fought with inflatables
"Hanz i see one"
"Well shoot him"
*pop*
-"Ok, hear me out. What if we swapped the balloon tanks with *actual* tanks?"
-"It's so crazy, it just might work"
Simon Norris “son of a bitch I’m in”
*Spits out Tea* You sir are a mad man! Where do I sign up?
The master of disguise. I hate but love that movie so much.
“WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN”
By Jove the man might actually have actually got it!
I’m glad that your illustrator depicts Rommel wearing the Pour le Mérite (Blue Max), something that is overlooked in the film “Patton”. This was awarded to him by Emperor William II for his heroism as a young officer on the Italian front in WWI. Rommel was far more proud of this than his Knights Cross of the Iron Cross awarded by Hitler.
I love them both equally now don’t spread rumours
@@generalrommel5666 weren't you caught in an anti hitler coup?
@@zippyparakeet1074 true, but I wasn’t part of it!
@@generalrommel5666 Although I understand why you would choose the safety of your family over your crumbling country. What made you think this choice is the best?
Wilhelm not William
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dachicagoan no, it’s because advertisers are very cautious now. TH-cam relies on advertisers for money, so it designs systems to phase out non advertiser friendly videos. This is an ineffective and badly designed system that creates a ton of collateral. TH-cam doesn’t do it on purpose. It does it because it’s systems are Shite.
"The australians had no problem standing their ground..."
I mean... That's not surprising, considering their country is completely unsuitable for human habitation, and they made it work anyways...
More like the british shipped them there but yeah
Once there was a dead funell web spider on my pool (one of the most venomous spiders in the world)
@@aidenbutcher8461 did u survive?
@@godlovesyou1995 it was dead lol I just didn't think they lived in tropical north Queensland
I'm an Australian and had a bit of a giggle when I heard that.
My grandpa who was part of the British Indian army served in the Long Range Desert group (LRDG). Throughout out the campaign initially he was in Army supply unit, upon his driving skills , English speaking skill and was a boxer as well. One British officer Captain. Morrison picked him as part of the newly formed LRDG unit. He never shared his wartime experience. Whenever I insist he just talk hours about the African culture and the habitants not any combat stories 😀. Post wwii he was invited by his senior officials to Britain. But he chosed remained in his hometown @ Kerala (India). In his later years he moved to neighbouring state of Tamilnadu .
But he was a quiet person and never interested anything. He was affectionate towards me but never close to his own children. Almost 10 years he never worked anywhere. I don't what he have gone through WWII. At his 88th year he passed away in his sleep. Out of all the grand children i only know about his military experience.
My respect and salute to all the veterans who served and still serving for their respective country 🙏
Wow A Malayali At North African Campaign , Damn
My grandad fought in North Africa and Italy for the British army and survived the siege of Tobruk. He said it was so hot up there that the men used to fry eggs on the jeeps. 🇬🇧🇭🇲🇺🇸🇨🇦🇫🇷
My grandad was at El Alamein and told me the exact same thing 😂
Sounds like a great way to get sick lol
My grandpa was also in North Africa in the Army Air Corp. He used to say the same thing!
You all have the same grandpa
Mine too and he was in the German army he joined the Deutsche-Arabische Legion and was speaking Arabic, French and German... he also went in Germany in 1943 and fought against the communists. Sadly the Germans lost 😞
It's a shame that most games which deal with the African campaign ignore Italian participation.
Because there was none.
Kappa
I loved Call of Duty 2: Big Red One. Operation: Torch is in there but even though there are no Italians showed there, there's the Vichy French. Operation: Husky is also featured with a lot of Italian soldiers and weapons.
@@josephleocadio9228 I can't even begin to fathom, how many times i've binge played the campaign. My personal favorite in the CoD series.
@TigerBloodMan if your making money from it, its a real job.
@@aleksihakli1125 medal of honor breakthrough has italians in it.
I’ll never understand how a doc like this is free to watch. Great work.
Sponsor and ads
If it was for money less people would watch it hence less money
Auchinleck and O'Connor are two of the most underrated generals of WW2.
Richard O'Connor even escaped a POW camp!
I'm quite sure there's a street named after auchinleck near where I live
Indeed he did and later was given command of XVIII corps in North West Europe covering the right flank of XXX corps drive up the highway during the Arnhem campaign.
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@@alexanderhutchins7988 Can you translate in english?
Yesyesyes did I mention yes! O ‘ Connor stud man supreme’o
He went to Africa to chew bubblegum and kick ass, he quickly ran out of bubblegum.......sooo he just kick a lot of ass!
I bless the oil down in Africa
Standard Oil would like to know the locations in Africa.
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
Rhodesian Security Forces wants to know your location
here he is again !
Gonna take some time to drill the oil we never had (ooh, ooh)
My grandfather was a Rat of Tobruk. Proud to be Australian 🇦🇺
Impressive that the descendent of a rodent learned to type and use a computer 😉
ik Australians are impossible to kill ik a guy whos Australian decent and his grandfather was a pacific war veteran and told him the same thing he said a a recruit " were Australians were impossible to kill"
Hopefully a cat didnt eat him
Your English is so damn bad dude@@bludeuce3855
I'll correct some mistakes in your Comment. I know Australians are impossible to kill. I know a guy who's Australian decent and his Grandfather was a Veteran in the Pacific War, His Grandfather told him the same Sentence that he was told as a recruit, "We're Australians, we're impossible to be killed"@@bludeuce3855
16:54 “the Australians had no problem holding them off presumably because everything back home tries to kill you anyway” appears to be an underrated moment in this nice long video
It's pretty stupid actually. It's a huge exaggeration about Australia.
@@dicksonbutts7412 bro...its a joke
@@dicksonbutts7412 It's a joke actually.
@@dicksonbutts7412 nah dude everyone knows that Australia is nearly inhabitable anyways with how everything tries to kill you because that's TOTALLY not a joke
Aussies are over rated.
I bet julius ceasar would be so mad that italic forces had to be carried by germanic forces against mixed celts + germans.
Just shows what 2000 years of history can do to continents.
Why would he be mad ?
Kskskd Kdkdkdkdkd idk maybe because he fought those groups and was a proud roman
@@turtlefunstudios2908 I had two great uncles who died in North Africa. On the Italian side.
Ceasar and most Roman emperors recognized Germanic prowess in the battlefield, thats why most of their cavalry were Germans who were given Roman citizenship.
Everyone: lol italians cook pizza
The italians remaining all alone and getting abandoned by the germans: *bruh*
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Italians weren't abandoned by Germany , but they actually did what wasn't planned by Hitler and caused huge troubles for themselves and Hitler planes.
Nope, just as the eastern front we had to cover their retreat sacrificing our men. And anyway we don't have to follow their plans but our plans, we are not a puppet
@@quentin8585 that's why you lost the WAR because you are not puppets
Germany surely didn't lose the war because of us, they would be already fucked up without Italy. We lost the war due to low materials in Italy (for example, Germany had the Ruhr while our soil doesn't contain any iron or cobber), divided HC and not complete control by the fascist party. Surely we didn't lack of bravery or strategy
basically a giant tennis match where every player gets tired after each hit
@Heinous Anus lol
man rommel is so smart he figured out that the flak cannons are super good at being anti tank guns
was it him ? I know it was during battle of france, they used it to shot down b1 and rommel was there
@@zzaronn they also had to use them against matilda tanks
More like overrated
@@unclelarry8842 yup
@@unclelarry8842 no
The Indians, Aussies and Kiwis don’t get enough credit for helping us - thank you all 🙏🏻
Laser Kiwis
@mvubu1234 oh yeah
@@dalesen the Americans get plenty of credit - too much if anything because they didn’t do the most
@@dalesen how childish are you? I couldn’t care if I got a thumbs down or a thumbs up - I’m aware that every soldier who fought deserves credit but when people say that some soldiers fought harder and did more than others then it’s just unfair and disrespectful to the other soldiers
@@dalesen I never said they didn’t matter I said they get praised too much, actually read my comments you wanker
Rommel: Give me a regiment of emu's and I will take the world..
No, he said “Give me an Australian division, and I will conquer the whole world”
@@gentlemen.7621 no, that man is right
Didn't Rommel also say,
" You fought like lions and were led like donkeys."
@@petezipardi4022 sounds more like gordan ramsay
Imma take over the world (or at least Australia) with Emus
Graziani was well aware of the weaknesses his Army had and that is why he was reluctant in his invasion of Egypt. He pointed this out to Mussolini who threatened to replace him. He was acutely aware that his army had no weapons to stop the British Matilda II tanks and wrote about his concerns of a Flesh against Steel struggle that could eventuate. As it turned out he was correct. Hardly a bumbling fool.
@TigerBloodMan why are you talking to urself
Gazzara5 you forgot about the French
@Gazzara5 Apart from the Italian gunners, who would die at their guns rather than retreat or surrender. Oh, and the Ariete, who died fighting at El Amein after the brave Germans stole all their transport, to run away with. Not to mention Italian anti-tank gun crews, who manned 45mm a/t guns without a gun shield, because - well, either gigantic balls of solid steel, or Mussolini was cutting corners.
Gazzara5 have you watched the times Italy was good
@TigerBloodMan go get a real job? So teaching history isn't a real job...god damn then why are my taxes paying for shity teachers at schools that only give you a fraction of information.
Rommel even said: “This will be made into a TH-cam video one day.”
battlefield very historically accurate game. EA told me so
@Deenie Beenie Yeah Hitler default danced before he blew his brains out
@@Ormagoden94 i for one think Battlefield V in it's final state is awesome. and all the bad parises are nitpicks. second most immersive game, can't beat BF1
EA: sssshhhhh--
I remember my grandpa telling me that they had a regiment full of transgender disabled atheist women that were equipped with eye patches and capes because respect wamen.
yea name one time EA has lied!
"The Aussies had no problems standing their ground, presumably because everything back in home in Australia tries to kill you anyways."
- Snakes
- Spiders
- Jellyfish
- Regular Fish
- Dropbears
- Bad drivers
- The weather (heat/bushfires/floods/doughts)
- Regular ingestion of Vegemite
Yeah, no kidding.
Special note: During the Siege of Tobruk, Lord Haw Haw (a Nazi propaganda broadcaster), nicknamed the defenders the "Rats of Tobruk" as they "scurried about in their holes". In typical Australian fashion, the troops took the name as their own, going so far as to create an unofficial campaign medal from the hull of a German bomber that included the likeness of a rat. See also "Digger" and "Scrap Iron Flotilla".
dont forget the Magpies!
Drop bears ... That sounds terrifying
God Damn emu's stole my crop
Don't forget there where brits at tobruk aswell
@Finnigan Merriman
I always thought the name "Diggers" came from the miners turned soldiers who defended the Kokoda Trail.
"Desert a tacticians paradise but a quartermasters hell"
Italians: _get their ass kicked_
Italians: I’m telling Dad!
UK: Haha! Go cry some spaghet-
Germany: *Der British, mein junge?*
El Alamein: *Exists*
British: *PTSD intensifies*
Der Brite, mein Junge? Would be correct, but the brits were called "Tommies" in WW2 by the germans
In the ensuing battle I can just see Italy smiling in the background
Tubrok: *Exists*
Germans: *Screaming*
@@blubberwasser5105 😂😂
Most history lessons are boring, so I like watching these. It keeps me more interested.
JasonWittenFan You’ll remember like 0.54% of the info. But I agree it’s mad entertaining.
You had boring history teachers. Try watching Lindybeige for fun history too
because school history mostly focused on (at least where i live and in my opinion) redundant bullshit thats not really that important at all.
@@TheBlackfall234 Not just history. Most crap you learn in school is useless. I'm still waiting to find use for all the useless math, physics and chemistry formulas I had to learn in school.
@@majesticmisterm7903 yeah but math is literally the whole existence. Calling math useless just means youre to stupid for it. Doesnt mean its usefull in normal day live tho.
Calling a 2 month supply wait a "Sitzkrieg" is incredibly funny lmao
O-Connor: gg ez
*Rommel has entered the Game*
Montgomery: zippity zap, check yo’ back!
Comm ___ *Tobruk had been selected as map*
*Desert Fox Rommel has entered the game*
Rommel: Too ez these nubs are about to eat some German dust
*xX_Anzac_Boys_Xx has entered the Game*
Rommel: Scheisse
bruh bm gang
O-Connor: Ez lol
*Rommel Has Joined The Game*
O-Connor: Oh Crud
Patton: "I read your book".
Rommel's choice of death was a wise one for his family. His son became the Mayor of Stuttgart (home of US EUR Cmd, Porsche, Mercedes) for over 20 years
Yeah it was
Could've been Wurst!
@Caleb Hall so just gurgling sounds?
"Where Rommel is, there is the front!!"
Rommel's popularity among the Wermacht meant that Hitler cannot afford to outright execute him publicly for treason. It would risk another coup.
My Grandfather was with the North Irish Horse that moved through North Africa and Italy.
Went through literally the Valley of Death just short of Monte Cassino.
14 out of the 26 tanks knocked out.
Different times
Imagine trying to post historical education on a site that claims to be “educational”
No fortnite seen during ww2, so youtube doesnt think it good enough
Chris Fresneau that may be so
@@demoiselle_chris9466 Next video: Battle of Verdun told through fortnite
@@admiralthrawnbar4899 My favorite part of the conflict was when France default danced on the Germans that captured their land.
Pornhub?
My Grandfather was at the Siege of tobruk, AUS 9th Div 2/24th Battalion. lasted and survived toburk and the war
His name was Signalmen Alfred Lukin BENNETTS
Slap Shot City My great uncle fought in the NZEF 1st Echelon during Crete, Op Crusader and the Italian campaign.
@@HiHi-gn2dw My Great Uncle was at Crete and was evacuated to North Africa he met up with my Grandfather, He was 2/1st AUS Anti Tank Div
Slap Shot City That’s awesome!
What a bunch of legends
My grandad fought in one of the British divisions who fought in Libya, Tobruk and Italy. Proud he survived and didnt died. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
My great grandfather served in the 8th army in North africa, and luckily made it out alive. Weird to know a direct relative served in a famous division against rommel in el alamein, but unfortunately his brother who was in the Royal engineers was killed in the battle of monte cassino. The two brothers left home, but only one came back.
Hell yeah
Fun fact some Australian divisions including the 6th fought during the defense of Greece, Crete then in the North African campaign. After that they were transferred to the pacific fighting the Japanese for the remainder of the war. Some of these men spent the most days fighting out of any allied division.
Not to mention they fought pretty much the entirety of the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan).
Cool math games > Rainbow six
Truly
It’s the true stress test for pcs
Friv > cool math
Y8 > friv
i was thinking the same thing...which should i play....math games or own rainbow six noobs ?
I grew up in that region as a military brat in the 60's.... we played in all the abandoned battlefields with tons of surplus equipment still around then.... it was fun to see this review of the campaign... thx
Griffin: plays cool maths games
His FBI agent: I'm so proud
Rommel, a captain trapped in the body of a field marshal.
I’d still prefer Fieldmarshal
@@generalrommel5666 Rommel was a good tactician, no doubt about that. But he run his men into the ground! The OKW knew that they had not the resources and the logistic capabilities to run two wars far away from Germany. Rommel wnated to proof that a Blitzkrieg in Northafrica was possible, it was not.
@@theluckyegg3613 and who are you to teach me who I am and what I did?
@@generalrommel5666 I am I, The Lucky Egg!
@@theluckyegg3613 My great grandson is a big fan of you
14:30 Rommel should have just gotten some Emu’s
The good ol' Emu's were too good, the Germans had to make it "Fair".
Rommel had this to say of Commonwealth troops: "If I were to attack Hell, I would have Australians take it and New Zealanders hold it."
Except speaking from experience Australia is already hell
@@jackschlein2308 😋
New Zealand is nice but Australia sucks
@@sinsaydarylg.9165 how's that racist
Ben Laskowski You’re forgetting something. Gurkhas!
I like that when you say "by the end of 1941" the timestamp when you said that is 19:41 coool
Is Good Timing, Well, Good Editing
That's not a coincidence.
*x-files theme plays from unspecified source*
4:57 love the Hugo Stiglitz reference.
This was a terrific documentary of an often overwhelmingly complicated series of campaigns. You were concientious to mention many of the involved allies too!
Rommel: Im about to seize North Africa for Germany
ANZAC bois: Woppity Hoppity your supplies are now our property
See the Mexican gets it.
Rommel: Give me a regiment of emu's and I will take the world..
Mexico ball That’s just Kiwis and Aussies for ya.
The Nazis and Rommel were actually fighting Mussolini's war. North Africa was not in the Nazis' plans at all.
clzm90 wrong
Anyone: Talks about History in an incredibly professional and unbiased manner.
TH-cam: *And I took that personally.*
Yea, we must forget 'bad' history so that it can repeat itself some time
The lives of even the most brilliant and talented minds will ultimately be doomed by their corrupt, inept superior.
TH-cam's new tagline "All the history we want you to know"
Quite an observation Erich. Hhhhmmm ? The way Erich is spelled is the German way. What a coincidence.
That is CNNs knew motto
@@neilmackenzie8345 and Fox News and OAN
those men who needed too blow up a tank sized balloon must have lungs of steel
That Inglorious Basterds reference tho.
il butcherinno del desertinno. Also known as _Dominique de Coco_
@@EloiFL *GAWR-LAWMI*
MARGARITIIII
TigerBloodMan you obviously care deeply for this channel, you sure are putting. In alot of effort in copy and pasting this stupid ass comment. And u obviously like the content tht you probably dont even have the money to make if u wanted to (which probably makes you jealous hints the reason for your comment) tht animation isnt cheap and he benefits monetarily from views and comments also so thank you for your contributions they are well deserved dumbass 🙊 lol. Maybe you should be the one getting a "real job" you have way to much time on your hands and its all spent being petty af thinking ur some kinda hardass & tht ppl really care what u said. The like/dislike ratio is proof your wasting your time in your sad pathetic existence of trying to be "edgy"on TH-cam videos lol.
@@Musefan891 "arri va der chi*
Many of Rommel’s troops were Italians...
me: WHAT?!
@King Graveth
Wow, and to think that the Italians had one of the better sub machine guns to, while having a semi- out dated rifle (tho a variant that was more modern was made but wasn’t wide spread) and their LMG used clips
@@Commrade-DOGE Mab38 if u asked our SMG model. Our problem has always been leadership
Strong army, weak generals.
strong army? lul
@@martinlatour9311 strong men
Among the great misconceptions of modern times is the assumption that Benito Mussolini was Hitler's junior partner, who made no significant contributions to the Second World War. That conclusion originated with Allied propagandists determined to boost Anglo-American morale, while undermining Axis cooperation. The Duce's failings, real or imagined, were inflated and ridiculed; his successes pointedly demeaned or ignored. Italy's bungling navy, ineffectual army - as cowardly as it was ill-equipped - and air force of antiquated biplanes were handily dealt with by the Western Allies. So effective was this disinformation campaign that it became post-war history, and is still generally taken for granted even by otherwise well-informed scholars and students of World War Two. But a closer examination of recently disclosed, and often neglected, original source materials presents an entirely different picture.
They shine new light, for example, on Italy's submarine service, the world's greatest in terms of tonnage, its boats sinking nearly three-quarters of a million tons of Allied shipping in three years' time. During a single operation, Italian 'human torpedoes' sank the battleships HMS Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, plus an eight-thousand-ton tanker, at their home anchorage in Alexandria, Egypt. By mid-1942, Mussolini's navy had fought its way back from crushing defeats to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea.
Contrary to popular belief, his Fiat biplanes gave as good as they got in the Battle of Britain, and their monoplane replacements, such as the Macchi Greyhound, were state-of-the-art interceptors superior to the American Mustang. Savoia-Marchetti Sparrowhawk bombers accounted for seventy-two Allied warships and one hundred-ninety-six freighters before the Bagdolio armistice in 1943.
On 7 June 1942, infantry of the Italian X Corps saved Rommel's XV Brigade near Gazala, in North Africa, from otherwise certain annihilation, while horse-soldiers of the Third Cavalry Division Amedeo Duca d'Aosta defeated Soviet forces on the Don River before Stalingrad the following August in history's last cavalry charge.
As influential as these operations were on the course of World War Two, more potentially decisive was Mussolini's planned aggression against the United States' mainland. Postponed only at the last moment when its conventional explosives were slated for substitution by a nuclear device, New York City escaped an atomic attack by margins more narrow than previously understood. It is now known that Italian scientists led the world in nuclear research in 1939, and a four-engine Piaggio heavy bomber was modified to carry an atomic bomb five years later.
These and numerous other disclosures combine to debunk lingering propaganda stereotypes of inept, ineffectual Italian armed forces. That dated portrayal is rendered obsolete by a true-to-life account of the men and weapons of Mussolini's War.
Frank Joseph, Mussolini’s War, Fascists Italy’s Military Struggles from Africa and Western Europe to the Mediterranean and Soviet Union 1935 - 1945.
'By mid-1942, Mussolini's navy had fought its way back from crushing defeats to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea.' Really? Your evidence for this being?
He absolutely made the most contribution, just backwards
They never sunk the QE or Valiant.
They *disabled* them, but didn't sink either at all, since they were both recovered and sent for repairs immediately after the attack.
@@dovetonsturdee7033 the evidence is the number of tons sank by italian and the fact tha after the alexandria raid italian navi in the Mediterranean was bigger than the british
if the British got money for everytime they used inflatable tanks they would have enough to buy a real tank
Why use real tanks as a distraction when you can use inflatable ones
You’ll never beat the british 🏴🏴
Best fighting men in the world 1800-present 🇬🇧🏴🏴🇬🇧
@TigerBloodMan stop being an ass, at least he doesn't look like the Pillsbury doughboy with brain damage. no one cares that you hate his videos. stop making an ass of your self and how about you go do something productive with your life.
@TigerBloodMan Stop copying and pasting this retarded hate comment.
It's always great to hear about how O'Connor defeated a force significantly larger than his with tactics rather then just stating it as raw statistical facts, as a lot of documentaries tend to do.
There is nothing wonderful. Italy had WW1 era untrained army without supplies
18:48
This…is PURE GOLD
Montgomery gets stick for apparent timidity in pursuing Rommel through Tunisia, but the Luftwaffe had total air superiority there. When Rommel was in El Alamein, Rommel's forces had greatly extended supply lines, and the RAF had a field day strafing them. But once Rommel's troops withdrew to Tunisia, he knew the Afrika Korps had lost in North Africa, even though he drove Free French soldiers out. He needed a controlled retreat (something Hitler could never tolerate, seeing it as tantamount to surrender), but he did have the protection of the French-built Mareth Line.
But Montgomery did have a notable success in Operation Supercharge II, where British forces effectively drove the German forces out of the Mareth Line, and therefore effectively out of North Africa.
Rommel was a popular general, but so was Monty with his troops. Neither man relished the prospect of a bloodbath, and Monty never ate dinner until his men had. Rommel is bigged up because he was not a Nazi, but Monty didn't have such an opportunity to be a victim. So modern historical revisionists paint him as a "meh" nobody, talentless and without charisma. But when he took over 8th Army in August 1942, he completely turned around a very disorganised and demoralised army. Auchinleck had held the Germans at El Alamein, but it was Monty who drove them out.
Was Monty a nice man? No, but do you really want your countries' generals to be nice men or winners? In the annals of WW2, I cannot think of a nice, winning general, although Rommel may be an exception to that. Patton and Zhukov certainly weren't, and General MacArthur was sacked during the Korean Was for demanding the right to nuke North Korea, which could conceivably kicked off WW3.
I think Monty was about as good as most of his contemporaries.
Eisenhower seems pretty good natured from what I've heard about him
Credit for levering out Rommel from his strong Mareth Line position should rightly go to Montgomery's principal Corps level commander Brian Horrocks.
Horrocks gave good service for the entire war, and his machinations at the Mareth Line shortened the Desert fighting by many months.
@@ChrisJensen-se9rj Yes, Horrocks was a good general.
Leaving this comment in support of the channel, because I feel between the animations, script, characters and presentation... the amount of work that goes into each video is commendable. Thanks!
Archibald after succesfully tackling the italian divisions: I think that enemy got The Point.
Hey nice prozd reference!
I hated history in school growing up. But as I aged, I started loving it. And its channels like this that make me love it even more. I watch some of your making of and creating the animation. I know its alot of hard work. Great job. Looking forward to the next installment of Armchair Historian!
I can relate so much, I used to hate history back in 6th grade because I just sucked at it, now I really love it and want to become a history teacher!
@@andrerutten225 I was grounded in 6th grade for a month! Because I got a D in history on my report card!
@@steverobinson4199 I remember that me and a classmate of mine were once kicked from class because we didn't have our books XD
@@andrerutten225 lol. Sounds like me.
Shame on TH-cam for demonetizing this amazing history channel
Don't know if will ever read this, but a very important and almost unknown fact is that Rommel was so successful because the italian secret service had stolen from the US embassy in Rome the english code for communications. However at some point the english found on a destroyed tank a copy of their communications and understood that the axis had the cipher and thus changed it. From that moment Rommel could not win any battle.
Erwin Rommels : *gets pushed back*
Montgomery : "Right Back At ya backroo"
@TigerBloodMan what? that's some random toxicity right there.
I sense Kirby’s presence...
@TigerBloodMan You must feel so good about yourself right now.
Montgommery had all the wealth, allies and territory of the British empire on his side. Rommel in contrast did not have much to work with. Rommel was also screwed by factors completely beyond his control. When the enigma code was broken, British submarines sank all the ships that were supposed to take fuel to Rommel. WIthout Fuel, Rommel could not manuevre and all he could do was to sit tight and try to defend against the massive British attack. Rommel could not outflank and trick his enemy like he usually did, because he had no fuel. Only enough reserves to retreat.
33:47 Ahh the true “Last Tiger” tiger 131 (still works to this day and is in The Tank Museum, UK.)
Not the last one anymore 😊
The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum nearly has theirs running
@@Trucksofwar How's it looking?
@@kedarunzi9139 th-cam.com/video/gUysN3LXY_A/w-d-xo.html
Video of it being dragged in to static display while they finish other projects
Everyone's gangsta until Rommel uses his binoculars
I am so proud on that one Czechoslovak battalion which was defending Tobruk! 280 heroes! 17:15
Why are you proud to have helped the British empire? I am proud my German grandfather managed to defeat the allies at Tobruk.
@@Droepram w h a t t t t t
@@Droepram bc those soldiers were later on killed by our communist regime due to their service for our liberty in Africa under British empire.
756 heroes
@@joemamaobama6863 don’t worry he’s just a troll
Those 88's were the best multi use weapon of the war.
Laughs in 90/53 Mod 39
25pdr....
@@gleggett3817 my suggestion is bigger than yours
''Took a wrong turn'' : Alexander II
''Took a wrong turn'' : WW1
''Took a wrong turn'' : North Africa (12:38)
I'm surprised at how little ads there are. The Ironside sponsorship must be good.
*Italians outnumber Brits 7 to 1*
Archibald: Well lads hold my monocle while I do some magic tricks.
What is harder: seven meatballs or one ball of steel?
@@30Ravenger or Two balls from Folgore?
23:09 *Ghost Division Intensifies*
they r da panzer elite
TH-cam algorithms is so sad
Bad that armchair historian have to put EDUCATIONAL in the title
Ahh, I can enjoy my Friday with a new video from the Armchair Historian. What a great day!
Monty had no business being in command.
Battlefield also told me that there were french female snipers fighting along side the British 😂
@Fhjthnl Lol Iuyo It's a videogame man.
@Fhjthnl Lol Iuyo What are you talking about? You can pick your race in the game. I doubt there are any WW2 veterans offended that there are black people in a videogame.
@@emperorpalpememe4114 Well Afaik there are no ww2 veterans that are still alive. Specifically the "story" is purposely misleading in areas to fit their sjw agenda.
@@CrazyJewIIISLKS You people do this thing where every word you say is wrong and/or stupid.
@@emperorpalpememe4114 Damn, I forgot I was in a TH-cam comment section. Nothing productive will come from this so have a good day.
Ironside... *ISP has left the chat*
Do north Korea has oil
@@nsms1297 DID YOU JUST SAID OIL ????!!!!!!!
@@herbet3011 a new reserve of oil is just discovered recently
I LOVE USA
U:I
S:WANT
A:OIL
I see Allies and Axis in the same light. As an Indian, Britain was an oppressor whereas Germany gave us an opportunity to fight. The biggest irony is Britain saw India as cash cows but was afraid of Germany when Germany started seeing them as cash cows. The idea of Britain rallying up as heroes of democracy is nauseating. Although I don't hold grudge against millennials and Gen-Zs of Britain but I feel horrible when they are celebrated as heroes.
So far what I understand is:
1. Germany lost world war 1
2. Germany was left to starve and the treaty of Versailles looted Germany from their industries.
3. People were literally starving in Germany and yet they paid reparations.
4. The kind of help given was so pitiful that the funds dried almost instantly in the 1929 depression.
5. Radicalism rose (which should not be surprising at all).
6. People were so desperate for the basic necessity that they supported Hitler and joined the Army.
I think without World War 2, Germany would not have come out of the great depression. It took 5 years of war for the world to understand that a starving neighbour is more dangerous than a revolver with one bullet (
Russian roulette).
PS: Instead of arguing about Jews being killed in Germany (which is sad and wrong), millions of Bengalis were killed by the British when they stockpiled the supplies for themselves as a reserve (meaning they put extra just in case they needed it).
Hmmm Yes, I wonder why food would be put towards the troops stopping India from falling to japan.
@@suityboi2126 Keep in mind, preventable neglect caused the Bengal famine, which is more than enough proof that the British were not benevolent overlords. Personally, I prefer the Ho Chi Minh route of opposing any colonizer instead of the Chandra Bose method of "joining the enemy of my enemy".
I love reading books and finding more information about north africa, out of all of WWII events, this is probably my favourite to learn about.
Wicked video, keep it up man! This channel is too dope to go down
You left out some very important details.
After the stunning success of the British against the Italians, you forgot to mention that after the arrival of Rommel, Hitlers favourite commander, his subsequent success were greatly helped by the anti British American attaché in Egypt. Named Bonner Fellows, who was know sarcastically as 'little Fellows' by Rommel. Fellow sent detailed broadcasts of British positions and strengths which were leaked to Rommel which greatly inflated his subsequent successes. After this was discovered and Fellows returned to America, Rommels successes also greatly reduced until he was driven from North Africa completely. This was the biggest defeat of Nazi forces and not equalled untill Stalingrad.
6:00 "sitzkrieg"
When it's funny, it's funny, ya know?
I think it's funny.
It's double funny if you're german
I know this is late. But I just noticed the 131 marking on the tiger 1 in Tunis. This tank is still alive and lives in the bovington tank museum today.
i am pretty sure its an easter egg planted by The Armchair History and team. Since the tank was captured in Africa.
Excellent presentation! My family has a long military history. My grandfather was in the Polish Army. He survived the German invasion and ended up as part of General Alexander's staff.
Good video. However the “annihilation” of Ritchie’s reserve units at Gazala needs more light shed on it. Particularly that of the action of the Free French at Bir Hakeim which arguably saved the 8th Army.
Ay its you
Great video. And as a Brit, I cannot thank India or the ANZAC boys enough 🇮🇳🇦🇺🇳🇿🇬🇧
Imperialist! Fascist! Xenophobe! Racist! Homophobe! Transphobe!
@@mariodatguy4988 what
@@mariodatguy4988 Disabled!
OK but what about the time when Subhash Chandra Bose LED a Nationalist Army against British Raj so we can say India was kind of both an advantage and disadvantage to the allies
@@Jayden-uf3ps Bose was fighting in Burma not North Africa
24:07 "riding the high of his incredible successes.. " not just that high.
" ... Erwin Rommel's Panzer division were particularly heavy Pervetin users. The Second World War General Erwin Rommel, the so-called “Desert Fox” is said to have consumed Pervitin as if it was his “daily bread”.
"Ranke took a trip to the front. He was right there in France,
and make extensive notes in his diary. He wrote about meeting with Rommel’s highest medical officer and of traveling with Guderian.
He also noted how many pills he gave to each division. He comments for instance that he gave Rommel’s division a batch of 40,000 pills and
that they were extremely happy, because they were running out. It’s all very well documented."
Beautiful animation and art quality. Your work really has improved over the years. Keep it up friend
Rommel dipped out quick and slick to avoid capture. Then lied saying it was because he was sick 🤣🤣🤣
Awesome videos! Keep up the good work!
My Great Uncle was Royal Artillery 47th Fd Regt. Fought the 2nd Battle of Alamein. WIA, taken back to Palestine for treatment, nearly lost his left foot. Redeployed, fought in Mareth Line. 30,000 rounds fired by the regiment in that action. They broke through and won it for the 8th Army (the NZ division broke the back he said). Short furlough back in Anglia, then off the Sicily. Drove the Nazis back to Messina, firing from the slopes of Mt Etna. Then firing across the Messina Pass before landing at the foot of Italy.
Regt redeployed to UK on RMS ship, hunted by subs through the Gibraltar Strait. 5 month furlough, then back at it it: Normandy, Caen (bitter fighting according to his diaries), and Falaise. Then the great chase through Arras, Amiens onwards to Belgium. Then into Nijmegen, Arnhem and Dortmund till the end. For his sins, attached to a unit to go and sort out Belsen. God Bless the Royal Artillery, the 50th Northumberland Div. God Save The Queen.
In Poland, a long time ago I read this anecdote: during the siege of Tobruk, the Germans published an article in a propaganda newspaper in Warsaw about the siege of the city, along with a few photos that were supposed to show how bad the situation of the allied forces was and how much the city was destroyed. Apparently, the Germans themselves were surprised how quickly the circulation of the newspaper spread. As it turned out later, in one of the photos there was a ruined well with an inscription in Polish "Woda zdatna do picia" which means "drinking water". I do not know how true this story is, but participation in defense of Tobruk was an important element of Polish historical memory even in the times of communism
for the people who want to know something really cool about the North Africa campaign, the map that Rommel drew his plans on for the Africa corp can be seen at the imperial war museum in London.
What a sad end to Rommel I just kinda assumed he lived
18:57 that stick figure is beautiful
North Africa campaign videos all in one yessss!
In Britain this campaign is definitely not forgotten, it's often the focal point of the war for a lot of people's veteran relatives I've noticed.
"Eliminate the enemy" Mussolini, master tactician
Man, it only seems like yesterday my grandfather was telling me how his tank in Egypt broke down and caught on fire, before getting run over by a British tank. Luckily, he made it back to the Italian lines and retreated to Tripoli. Once there, he saw many buy the barn on the operating table...