Please, like the video, that is the only way daddy KZread validates me.

@invalidnoun4746

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@Bonservisjohnny

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo

@denniscleary7580

3 жыл бұрын

👍

@emperor_ra

3 жыл бұрын

Y e s daddy

@them4601

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes my favorite kink, monetization

Adolf : how's the Greek campaign going ? Benito : We're pushing just backwards

@adams6809

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not losing... I'm just merely failing to win

@miniatureben3558

3 жыл бұрын

Oversimplified at it's best

@adams6809

3 жыл бұрын

@@miniatureben3558 Haha yeah 😂

@LuvBorderCollies

3 жыл бұрын

We are advancing in a different direction.

@Bambabah

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mirokuofnite lmao

As a Greek I have to give much respect to the Aussies and to the people of New Zealand. There will always be a special place on the island of Crete for you. Your forefathers didn't die in vain.

@sunofpeter2

3 жыл бұрын

i bet they appreciate that.

@SorryIJustAteYourDog

3 жыл бұрын

Chur bru, I'll come stay sometime.

@nickpapadopoulos1353

3 жыл бұрын

Malista...!!!! Then paethanan athika...!!!! Nicholas John Papadopoulos Auckland ,New Zealand.

@willkp50

3 жыл бұрын

What about the British? We were there too...

@ludbrook_geoffrey7812

3 жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was their defending the home of Democracy, then Crete...ANZAC. Boy did the Greeks suffer under the Jackboot 25% dead of population ...then civil war

"Forts don't surrender, they are occupied" - a Greek Major's answer to Nazi demands for surrendering Roupel

@elasolezito

3 жыл бұрын

He was from my island. We have a statue of him here :)

@KiNGGAMESgr

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxnetirtimon4121 ruppel was never campture , after that answer the germans attacked once again only to be pushed back with casualties . The next day the greek command ordered ruppel to surrender . Supposedly the first cousin of my grand father fought there ( literally found out about this this summer ) , he later on joinned the resistance . I have soooo many war stories from my family . By the way one does simply captures Greece without being defeated later on by a resistance movement , turks paid the price same with germans the italians and bulgarians ( this includes the collaborators )

@Nestoras_Zogopoulos

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxnetirtimon4121 thats the point being made, they knew they'd lose eventually and chose to give their lifes.

@halilserbest8545

3 жыл бұрын

@@KiNGGAMESgr for 2500 years greece had been invaded 6 times entirely. For 2500 years, greece governed by freigners for 900 years; if east rome counted: 2100 years.

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

@@maxnetirtimon4121 5 Greeks under Dimitrios Itsios in Roupel, killed 250 and injured 2500 Germans. It's not something to be proud

Adolf Hitler:Can you stop losing?I got a Russia to Conquer Musonlini:Nope

@thetreatment498

3 жыл бұрын

That nope got me 🤣

@atsstaaatsssatss4501

3 жыл бұрын

Not russia, ussr*

@garrytherat4793

3 жыл бұрын

@@loveofmangos001 yeah because the plan was to conquer african british and french territories while Germany would take care of Europe... but it didn't go well for italian troops on both fronts

@tropicblue3457

3 жыл бұрын

@Plo Koon indeed in NA Italian troops were numerous but the British had 10 times better equipment (with American aircrafts and tanks too) and were supplied constantly (thanks to their colonies). Italian troops were starving and didn't have even the nafta for the few transport trucks they had.

@aroutledge9565

3 жыл бұрын

@@tropicblue3457 they didn't have the mental or physical capacity to kill outnumbered starving British in north Africa too much circle jerking

The Australians and New Zealanders holding Thermopylae, one of the things you never thought you would hear in history class.

@rogueariadni

3 жыл бұрын

I hope these guys were good students in history lessons, because man... thats a real honor!

@dimitrispaliogiannis7953

3 жыл бұрын

Don't for the Greeks

@swolag

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@swolag

3 жыл бұрын

@Tombstone Station kraut..?

@giannisreal8775

3 жыл бұрын

strength and honor for those mens..I would be proud to die there

"I can take Greece" - Someone who cant take Greece

@ziggytheassassin5835

3 жыл бұрын

"I will actually take greece" - Someone who us fed up with their ally that cant take greece

@erickbehari6740

3 жыл бұрын

@Plamen Stoev 15 Albanian soldiers were enough to keep Italian navy at bay for 5 hours killed more than 20 italians and wounding at least 100 of them

@chris7372

3 жыл бұрын

@Plamen Stoev Well they could only support so many divisions in that area, the logistics of bringing in all the things an army needs into the critically underdeveloped Albanian mountains was a nightmare.

@gilgamesh8334

3 жыл бұрын

Erick Behari Albanian military was pathetic.

@erickbehari6740

3 жыл бұрын

@@gilgamesh8334 I didn't said was good and i just said some Albanian soldiers with minimal support stopped Italians for 4 hours

Damn, Kings and Generals' video graphics improvement probably had more progess than Italian's Greece campaign.

@pavellyfish5

3 жыл бұрын

Rare insult is rare

@juliuscaesar8925

3 жыл бұрын

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

@ritz1598

3 жыл бұрын

r/RareInsults

@hamzaasif911

3 жыл бұрын

Probably even more than the Germans.

" Greeks don't fight like heroes; Heroes fight like Greeks " Well said, Winston Churchill

@sez_k

3 жыл бұрын

That's wrong Greeks fought like heroes

@arcotroll8530

3 жыл бұрын

As a Greek, I can assure you he never actually said that. But he did admire the defense of Greece, since at that point, Greece was England's only remaining ally!

@keshhify

3 жыл бұрын

Turks: Ok.

@styleslv8800

3 жыл бұрын

Churchill is a racist and caused millions of deaths in British colonies , he is more evil then Hitler

@giorgosx5838

3 жыл бұрын

@@styleslv8800 Nope. Plus only Stalin and a Chinese whatever he was are the 2 people who killed more than hitler did

Mad respect for the Greeks from Bulgaria! Cheers!

@alexalex-si4hl

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks neighbour.

@jhmichaels8303

3 жыл бұрын

All Balkan states need to develop much, much closer ties. They all have diminishing populations and need to rectify this ASAP, lest none of them exist in 100 years. The Craiova Group is a start. Let's hope they build on it. No more hostility in the Balkans.

@user-tt2ft5bl4z

3 жыл бұрын

@@jhmichaels8303 The Hungarian model is perfect for solving the demographic problem as well.

@jhmichaels8303

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-tt2ft5bl4z What's the model?

@aleksk4151

3 жыл бұрын

i mostly respect peaceful Greeks who want relationship with their neighbours and don't seek revenge or war

Even though Greece lost, you have to hand it to them for holding out as long as they did. I honestly suspect them holding out that long delayed Germany enough that it led to Germany getting bogged down in the winter in Russia.

@JimmyTheGreek2000

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, by the time the Germans (Nazis) got back to Russia, rains had turned the fields into mud (No roads at that time !). The Red Army commenced a counter attack all the way to Berlin. Therefore, The Italians saved the world by joining the Axis.

@3John-Bishop

3 жыл бұрын

What if nazis attack russia a year later in march? A totally different outcome?

@crazyviking24

3 жыл бұрын

@@3John-Bishop I think it would depend on fuel reserves. But I also don't think Hitler wanted to wait too long for fear that Britain would recover.

@harzemsahtekin4441

3 жыл бұрын

1922 Greece pride🏊‍♂️

@damnyourpasswords

2 жыл бұрын

Stalin stated clearly what you do suspect!

Dimitris Itsios stayed back with his men and killed 230+ germans on fort roupel when he ran out of ammo and got surrounded the german officer pointed at the bodies of the dead germans and Itsios said ''i did my duty'' and the german officer replied ''Now i have to do mine'' and executed him, ending his life on April 6 1941. A true hero

@basilismaster

3 жыл бұрын

it wasnt in roupel it was in a gun position near it but it wasnt part of the fort

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

+ 2000 wounded

@wolfgangpagel6989

3 жыл бұрын

Also the German who executed him eliminated a great risk. I wonder who told that story.

@nikosalexakis3494

3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfgangpagel6989 The germans who stand next to his body and took photos for suvenirs....

@wolfgangpagel6989

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikosalexakis3494 You may be overinformed. Nowadays it is difficult to divide facts and propaganda myths. For sure at this time it was seldom to carry a selfie stick.

Kind reminder to the people commenting how the Metaxas Line was similar to the Maginot Line: The Metaxas Line was originally built to thwart a potential Bulgarian invasion after the Thessaloniki Accord in 1938 (that led to the re-armament of Bulgaria after WW1). It wasn't built to withstand a potential Nazi German attack or anything of that sort.

@basilismaster

3 жыл бұрын

and it was underarmed 12 division needed it had only 4

@outerspace7391

2 жыл бұрын

@@basilismaster yet still worked better than the maginot

Italians : *attacks Greece* Greeks : *repels it* Germans : Fine I'll do it myself.

@aek1928

3 жыл бұрын

Had the Greek army not split into two fronts that of the Albanian Front the Greeks would have pushed back the Germans as well.

@abdelghanimeralet9423

3 жыл бұрын

@@aek1928 dude... no

@rhdsa8554

3 жыл бұрын

Some officer: Sir, germans took over the whole country. President of Greece: Gentlemen, there's a solution here you're not seeing.

@alexathanatos3014

3 жыл бұрын

In the end, Germany lost the war heavily, with Greece being among the winners. The time they won fighting against both Italy and Germany was crucial to the final destruction of the Axis.

@homosapiensgraecus

3 жыл бұрын

@@rhdsa8554 did u see that solution coming to you?

That feeling, when "Coat of arms" music playes in your mind.

@pestilenceplague4765

3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this comment!

@seleukos-5700

3 жыл бұрын

Call to arms banner fly in the wind!!

@glitchtastic759

3 жыл бұрын

AT DAWN ENVOY ARRIVES MORNING OF OCTOBER 28TH

@pestilenceplague4765

3 жыл бұрын

@@seleukos-5700 For the glory of Hellas!

@Speedster___

3 жыл бұрын

Sabaton=greates

As a kiwi , im proud we fought our best alongside our Aussie mates with our Greek friends .Can't wait for the battle of Crete .

@motocount

3 жыл бұрын

And we thank you so much!!!

@panstantzos3013

3 жыл бұрын

dont call us friends , call us brothers , we love you so much , and i thiink greek goverment had to give an open invitation for the kiwis and aussies to visit greece with a good discount on their expence of thei visit

@proksenospapias9327

3 жыл бұрын

Not only you fought valiantly but you were the ONLY modern country that ever fought alongside us, without fucking us over later on, or even asking for anything in return.

@denissaliaj9459

2 жыл бұрын

🇬🇷 ❤ 🥝

One mistake, I noticed. That is not the flag of Kingdom of Yugoslavia, but later Tito's SFRJ

@BillKermanKSP

3 жыл бұрын

Where in the video?

@darkorodic638

3 жыл бұрын

@@BillKermanKSP When they show retreat of Yugoslav units in Macedonia and position of units around Albania. Flags under soldier figurine representation of units.

@Comred1

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasmuntzer1004 You should be a know it all when it comes to history.

@marinusvonzilio9628

3 жыл бұрын

Actually, it is not the flag of SFRJ. It is the flag of the Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, which was a transitional state that came about as a compromise between the royal government in exile and Tito. Peter II was still formally the king, while Tito was appointed as the Prime Minister. Easy way to distinguish this flag from the later SFRJ's one is by the size of the red star. DFJ used a smaller red star that only covered the middle of the white field on the flag, while SFRJ used a bigger star that expanded into the red and blue fields as well. It is still the wrong flag to use in this instance, they should have used the royal flag.

Greeks could have been using Hoplites and the Italians would have still lost.

@alexvlaxos6620

3 жыл бұрын

ESPECIALLY with hoplites!

@AndromedaPrima

3 жыл бұрын

Even 300 of them was more than enough

@spirosleotis3433

3 жыл бұрын

Haha haha nicee

@turboplazz

3 жыл бұрын

Truth is Italians and Greeks are cousins, if not brothers, Mussolini may have wanted to invade Greece but the Italian army had no stomach for attacking Greece. The soldiers identified with the enemy. Respect to my Italian friends and shame on Hittlers Germany and the Nazi scum. My comment does not degrade the heroic fighting of the Greeks in WW11 but shows empathy to the Italians sent to Greece.

@lazaros1312

3 жыл бұрын

fun fact greek soldiers and some officers are called hoplites

Dimitrios Itsios went through thousands of rounds of ammunition before he ran out and was captured! He was saluted by the German soldiers for displaying valor of not leaving his post. The German commander then order his execution by shooting him dead. Marinos Mitralexis graduated as a Second Lieutenant from the Hellenic Air Force Academy in summer 1940. On November 2, a squadron of 15 Italian CANT Z.1007 bombers, with Fiat CR.42 fighter escorts, headed towards Thessaloniki. Soon they were spotted and intercepted by Greek PZL P.24 fighters of the 22nd Squadron. During the dogfights, three of the bombers were shot down, while the rest reached their targets, and then started to return to their base in Albania. Mitralexis, who had already shot down one bomber, was now out of ammunition, so he aimed the nose of his PZL P. 24 right into an enemy bomber's tail, smashing the rudder and sending the bomber out of control. He then had to make an emergency landing near the crashed bomber. Having landed, Mitralexis captured the four surviving crew members of the enemy aircraft using his pistol. For this extraordinary feat, Mitralexis was promoted and awarded a number of medals, including Greece's highest award for bravery, the Gold Cross of Valour.

@user-Prometheus

Жыл бұрын

Good lad. His story is now known.

Lesson of the video is " do it yourself Hitler do not count on Mosilini" Shout out to those Greeks who fought fiercely

@suryaprakash2126

3 жыл бұрын

Greek was never Germany's target.

@mr.fantastic5057

3 жыл бұрын

Australia and new Zealand also fought fiercely

@greekswaglord-dathistoryla201

3 жыл бұрын

Like my great grandfather who was a trumpeter :))

@bountybane3714

3 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather fought in Albania against the Italians. He died of starvation after he returned home cause the Nazis took all the food

@bountybane3714

3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.fantastic5057 I'm an Australian Greek so I've grown up in Australia being told by my grandparents who lived during this time how kind the Australian and New Zealand soldiers were to them

My great grandfather fought in this war, he was a farmer from Macedonia, but he joined the army, he kept fighting until the Greek Army surrendered, then he went home and lived through the occupation. He was killed during the Greek Civil War.

@brm5844

3 жыл бұрын

my grandfather was stripped of his land, property and friends so your grandfather can escape the turks in asia and he also fought against the nazis yet your grandfather somehow was a bigger hero then mine

@nickntounis6780

3 жыл бұрын

@@brm5844 there were no Nazis in ww1. Only Germans. In ww2 Bulgaria was on the side of the Nazis

@brm5844

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickntounis6780 first of all, this comment is about ww2 and the nazis and second of all partizans exist

@nickntounis6780

3 жыл бұрын

@@brm5844 oh ok, you got me there,if you're talking about the partizans

@aokiaoki4238

3 жыл бұрын

@@brm5844 We don't make heroes the Soviet tools, ask from the Russians.

Well Germany isn't a war machine... it's a janitor for the mess that Italy made.

“Hence, we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks.” - Winston Churchill

@desertfox2540

3 жыл бұрын

@@donq2957 The Holocaust

@real_orestis_georgiou

3 жыл бұрын

@@donq2957 The Allies also commited crimes(like bombing Greek civilians in Pireaus killing about 150 and just 4 Germans without any military installations being there!). But it is not the same; the Germans showed unbelievable brutality and not only the Nazi regime, but the Germans as a people. The Italians also occupied Greece but were much more humane and I am not aware of a single incident of war crime.

@georgechristodoulidis7301

3 жыл бұрын

@@donq2957 there where almost 70k Greek-Jews killed in Aschwitz

@georgechristodoulidis7301

3 жыл бұрын

@@donq2957 search it on google+ i have been to Auschwitz and got a book with information and death lists

@georgechristodoulidis7301

3 жыл бұрын

@@donq2957 also during German occupation 500k Greeks died from famine and many were forced to leave the country as immigrants

It's fun to see the names of certain cities and think "Oh, thats what this city from the classical era that I know from Imperator and Total War turned into!" Like Patrai to Patras, Thessalonika to Salonika, etc. Great vid as always.

@KingsandGenerals

3 жыл бұрын

I am currently struggling with that problem for another script :-)

@aristoteleios530

3 жыл бұрын

@@klausbrinck2137 ...meaning Victory over the Thessalians (people from Thessaly + niki = victory). Solun or Selanik has no meaning, it is just a "translation" to go with the phoenetics of other languages.

@aristoteleios530

3 жыл бұрын

@@klausbrinck2137 I believe the problem lies in the way history is being taught in the Balkans. I don't know about the rest of Europe, but here, history textbooks are fairly inaccurate, fitting the nationalistic narrative of each country. Greek textbooks are fairly accurate, but not entirely perfect. Also, the way history is being taught, not only in school, but also from parents and grandparents. How everyone else hates our beloved [insert country name] and took stuff from us. And how we're going to take everything back and become Great [insert country name].

The Greek army didn't even have a SINGLE tank by their side. But the brave people who fought to protect their homeland, were the tanks...

@PrimordialNyx

3 жыл бұрын

We captured some Italian tanks tho later. One of these tanks was renamed "Elli's avenger" as tribute to the ship "Elli" cuz the Italian submarine Delfino sank her during peacetime on 15 August 1940.

@harzemsahtekin4441

3 жыл бұрын

Everbody is gangsta until Nureddin Pasha and Topal Osman came...

@gfkl1672

2 жыл бұрын

Glory to communists that saved us

@kreb7

Жыл бұрын

@@gfkl1672 not only didn't save in Greece but actualy were saying why we fought and cause an armed inserection . Plus they collaborate with Nazis militarily

@hellenicstrategist7561

Жыл бұрын

@@gfkl1672 and later started a Civil War

Fun fact:After the greek army surrendered in Albania, the german forces took their arms and let them return to their homes. Due to respect for beating Italy.

@spirosleotis3433

3 жыл бұрын

gbarberis really? How do uouknow that?

@thodorosxanthopoulos

3 жыл бұрын

fun fact, this was literally mentioned in the video twice

@aleksk4151

3 жыл бұрын

wait, i thought Heroes fight like Greeks Greeks surrendered? xd

@alpaslan4881

3 жыл бұрын

Carrying the sidearms were one of the terms for surrendering.

@Euan_Miller43

3 жыл бұрын

Aleks K to fight any longer would have been stupid and led to unneeded Greek death, many of those troops became partisans later

A salute to all those Australian, New Zealand and British soldiers who bled and died on our soil.

@willkp50

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much mate! Nice to see someone appreciates the British in this comments section. Much respect from England to the Greeks, Kiwis and Aussies!

@aleksk4151

2 жыл бұрын

i am Bulgarian and i got goosbumps from those Kiwis and Aussies defending the Thermopylae pass. Respect

Shoutout to the brave Australians and New Zealanders who fought till the end!

@jhmichaels8303

3 жыл бұрын

Long live Greco-ANZAC brotherhood.

@aleksk4151

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed those heroes

@OLYMPIANgreek

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleksk4151 FYROM is Bulgarian

@RWFGHNSRH

3 жыл бұрын

in greece we nosdier them legends. you will find memorials around the country with the New Zealand and Australian flag hanging

@aleksk4151

3 жыл бұрын

@@RWFGHNSRH thats' very good of you

It’s amazing to see these ancient locations mentioned in a conflict less than a century old.

@nicoles756

2 жыл бұрын

almost every location mentioned (greek cities) are still existing today with the exact same names and locations and you can actually see the history from the war in every small city or village

If Hitler was not there for Mussolini. Italy would be humiliated

@CloneWars501232

3 жыл бұрын

I mean they already are

@glitchtastic759

3 жыл бұрын

It was in fact.

@angelic3276

3 жыл бұрын

they already were

@lordpfeiffer8490

3 жыл бұрын

the sad part no the greeks where almost out of ammo on all sides. they would have been defeated but killed so many Italians the italians would still be humiliated. Italian troops where good but NCos and commanders where deployed based on loyality to musslion and not how good they where at their job

@f.c.laukhard3623

3 жыл бұрын

@@lordpfeiffer8490 The irony was that Hitler did not even want Mussolini to attack Greece. A neutral Greece would have been far better for the German plans to invade the Soviet Union. Mussolini fucked it up (but considering the perverse nature of Nazi ideology, I am kind of glad he fucked up although the Soviets were murderous bastard as well).

Adolf: "So, how's the fighting going with Greece?" Benito:"Brilliantly, it will take a few months until we surrender"

My grandpa fought on the roupel fort

@Z10895

3 жыл бұрын

Wow,I salute him.

@nikosathanasopoulos8881

3 жыл бұрын

@@Z10895 ihope god protect him fro heaven

@jhmichaels8303

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikosathanasopoulos8881 One of mine fought on the Albanian front.

@nikosathanasopoulos8881

3 жыл бұрын

@@jhmichaels8303 ο αδερφος του παππου μου ηταν στο αλβανικο μετωπο κοντεψε να χασει τα ποδια του απο κρυοπαγηματα

@jhmichaels8303

3 жыл бұрын

@@nikosathanasopoulos8881 Ki o pappous mou traumatistike.

Julius Caesar was probably rolling in his grave during WWII 😂😂

@RexGalilae

3 жыл бұрын

Titus Flaminius and General Paullus too. These "Italians" bring shame to the Roman name smh

@garrytherat4793

3 жыл бұрын

@@nightrunner3701 italy did a very good ww1 actually, they fought off a much stronger Austrian army

@defendkebab797

3 жыл бұрын

Why? He was Roman, not Italian.

@vincegalila7211

3 жыл бұрын

@Marcus Licinius Crassus Consul Italy yeah but still WW2. The War in which Italy was a Paper Tiger.

@imswanronson3558

3 жыл бұрын

@@garrytherat4793 Italy did terrible in WWI though, they even used the same tactics they used in this campaign 20 years later

Love the Greek War series.

Invasion of Greece is incomplete without Thermopylae

Australia and New Zealand, brothers of Greece forever.

As a Greek I feel to commemorate all those foreigner soldiers who fought along with our glorious army during the battle of Greece .Their contribution is something that we Greeks,will never forget . Your memory are in all of our hearts and souls,brave men from New Zealand and Australia ...eternal glory to you huraaa,huraaaa,huraaa!!!!

Next episode: BATTLE OF CRETE!

@rantaplan3446

3 жыл бұрын

@Boris Erdogan me too bro, excellent series.

@mikekar5490

3 жыл бұрын

yeahhh .....i am cretan ...and i look forward to seeing it!!!!!

@atkfp

3 жыл бұрын

τσουγκρανα στον κωλο

Global Dictionary: run away Meanwhile in UK : Evacuation

Greece in WW2 is sort of like Serbia in WW1. In WW1 Austro-Hungaria was unable to defeat Serbia 1v1 so they had asked for their allies, Germany and Bulgaria to attack Serbia from north and east in 3v1 and then of course they succeeded in occupying it.

@juliuscaesar8925

3 жыл бұрын

Through many unnecessary deaths

@skamazbg5675

3 жыл бұрын

The germans could have beaten Serbia by itself,same goes for Bulgaria.

@skamazbg5675

3 жыл бұрын

@Kostas the shark in 1914-1915 it was Serbia.

@skamazbg5675

3 жыл бұрын

@Kostas the shark no problem.

@VersusARCH

3 жыл бұрын

Parallels don't end there. In both cases the attacking power did not commit sufficient forces to owerpower the smaller country. In WW1 the Austro-Hungarian forces committed to the 1914. attempts to conquer Serbia were by pre-war plans actually intended for DEFENSE against Serbia, given that A-H also had to fight Russia - it was numerically inferior to the defending Serbian army. In WW2 Italy, in spite of all the commitments in Africa against the UK, likewise invaded Greece with an army numerically inferior to the defending Greeks. In both cases the invaders had more equipment, but not enough to offset the numerical deficiency. For all the skill and courage of both defending armies this should not be overlooked.

The british are spécialiste in evacuations lol

@Nestoras_Zogopoulos

3 жыл бұрын

well yeah , they inhabit an island.

@fatbadboy329

3 жыл бұрын

Same as the rest of all Europe are specialist in surrender

@julianshepherd2038

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisakeitel3957 er, it's been Great Britain for 300 years. Indyref2 please

@weltvonalex

3 жыл бұрын

Bro you spelled Germans wrong, it's not spelled British it is spelled Germans. I mean they are the kings of loosing first in ww1 and then like little scared girls against the Russians and in the west against the UK and US. Bit I fixed it for you.

@veinvisionary4892

3 жыл бұрын

in battle most army cant retreat properly only professionals can do it AND im not British.They evacuated their troops from Gallipolli when we were fighting against them in ww1.

As a Greek, I actually enjoy these episodes and I have to admit that I feel proud about the achievements of my ancestors. I must point out that some of the details mentioned in this video are omitted in many of the greek history books.A great thanks to the Kings and Generals channel for enhancing our history knowledge by uploading all of these videos!!!

@StergiosMekras

3 жыл бұрын

"some of the details mentioned in this video are omitted in many of the greek history books" ...a recent development, I take it? something along the lines of Smyrna's harbor getting "crowded"? cause I remember we were told about all that when I was in school.

@harriskantounis5212

3 жыл бұрын

@@StergiosMekras Well yes actually. I wrote it mainly because rarely will you find in the greek history books references about the battle of Kleidi between the Germans and the Greek-Australian troops or even for the 3-days-long battle of Thermopylae,which really contributed to the successful evacuation of the Commonwealth forces from Greece.

@scpsputnik9730

2 жыл бұрын

@@harriskantounis5212 Same here originally from the Aegean islands

@antoniskyriakou327

2 жыл бұрын

ΚΟΙΤΑ ΤΑ ΧΑΛΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΣΗΜΕΡΙΝΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΠΕΣ ΜΟΥ ΠΩΣ ΝΟΜΙΖΕΙΣ ΘΑ ΜΑΣ ΒΛΕΠΟΥΝ ΟΙ ΑΝΣΕΤΟΡΣ ΑΠΟ ΨΗΛΑ. ΜΕ ΠΟΛΥ ΣΙΧΑΜΑΡΑ

The battle of Greece was a tactical victory for Italy and Germany, but a strategic loss. It contributed to its eventual downfall losing precious time due to the Greek struggle vs both Italy and Germany and also by tying down so many of their forces in Greece. In the end, even though occupied for a time Greece was among the winners.

@stevencooper4422

3 жыл бұрын

It was strategically necessary. The reason Germany lost was simply due to the fact that 80 percent of Russian men born in 1923 would not live to see the end of World War 2

@alexathanatos3014

3 жыл бұрын

Greece was part of the allies and the allies won the war. So Greece was among the winners. Germany among the losers. Thats clear. Germany lost the war because the odds were overwhelming after the USA also joined the front. Germany had no chance in the long run. Thats why Blitzkrieg was the main hope, but not enough.

@alexathanatos3014

3 жыл бұрын

@@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155 I was one of the allies who won the won, therefore i won. Very simple

@alexathanatos3014

3 жыл бұрын

Medal ? You think the 20 million dead and the unbelievable crimes of Germany during WWII was a game ? Disgusting. What nobody wants is this war to never happen again. But no matter what, Greece will fight honorably as always.

@insideoutsideupsidedown2218

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevencooper4422 that is a common myth that Russia had droves if men to throw at the Germans. As the ride started to turn, it was becoming more apparent that they just out soldiered them. Add to that Gemany had horrible logistics and suffered continuously from lack of fuel/ oil, it was only a matter if time.

I’m Albanian but I grew up in Greece and in the second grade in primary school we learned a song which was about making fun of Mussolini and fascist Italy, we sang it on octomber 28(1940)every year in the school in front of our parents and we also did many representations from the war scenes this happens until nowadays

@tonivoul1971

2 жыл бұрын

My school did that so good that the local newspaper took our pictures and write words about our actions there

As a Greek myself, thank all of you for your sacrifice

Why is it that the ANZAC was defending Greece whilst the British army fled for evacuation?

@Nestoras_Zogopoulos

3 жыл бұрын

ANZAC always seem to get the shorter end of the stick, it has become the law by this time.

@MrAizatazmi

3 жыл бұрын

Similar thing happen in malaya and singapore too bro

@Mavo936

3 жыл бұрын

Force of habit, I guess

@wattlebough

3 жыл бұрын

The British habit of splitting up the Australian forces, a single division in Greece, a single division in Tobruk, a single division in Lebanon and a single division in Singapore, and expecting them to form the backbone of Commonwealth forces. I mean sure they were good, but they didn’t have red capes and wear red underpants on the outside of their tights. If British command had concentrated 3 or 4 Aussie divisions in one or two places where they were really needed instead of spreading them all over the place they might have had more success in Greece or Malaya and Singapore.

@aek1928

3 жыл бұрын

Typical gutless british forces - fled Singapore, fled Greece. The Jerrys are just for the pub rounds.

“Historical justice obliges me to state that of the enemies who took up positions against us, the Greek soldier particularly fought with the highest courage. He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless." - Adolf Hitler in his address to the Reichstag on 11 December 1941. See even Hitler saw for himself that fighting us wasn’t an easy task and that his army and the Italians were fighting tough lions. Special mention for the Australians and New Zealanders as well for their assistance!!!

@juliuscaesar8925

3 жыл бұрын

ANZAC provided aid to Greece

@qus.9617

3 жыл бұрын

"... He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless." Ironic.

@mustukuluru4516

3 жыл бұрын

“Fighting us”. Did you personally fight any nazis or Italians? For all that matters modern day Greeks voted nazis into their parliament, so enough bragging about grandpa’s deeds.

@skamazbg5675

3 жыл бұрын

As much as I want to agree. The greeks were definitely not the bravest. Sorry to ruin your nationalistic spirit,but that is the truth.

@mustukuluru4516

3 жыл бұрын

@@apmoy70 If only they could also resurrect the immigrants and political activists murdered by nazis drawing validation and getting armed by said parliamentary status. You see, things don't work that simple irl.

"If I had to attack hell, I would choose the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it." - Erwin Rommel

@Killzoneguy117

3 жыл бұрын

And I would choose Doom Guy to wreck it

@TechnoGuys99

2 жыл бұрын

He never said that

I laughed when he said "key Klidi pass". Klidi literally means key.

@scottybassman

3 жыл бұрын

I had a little moment then like "isn't that... did they... was that on purpose?"

@aflyonthewall8177

3 жыл бұрын

@@scottybassman the key Key pass

@DoctorXProducer

3 жыл бұрын

@Boris Erdogan As long as he remembers his PIN number after drinking chai tea in the Sahara desert 🤣

@LordAini

3 жыл бұрын

@Boris Erdogan it is Greece we are talking about, so Pitta bread would be more fitting

@aristoteleios530

3 жыл бұрын

@@LordAini pitta bread doesn't exactly mean bread bread, or pitta pitta.

When the mountain passes speak Greek.

@waynechen852

3 жыл бұрын

The mountain passes learned to speak German real quick

@GeoBBB123

3 жыл бұрын

@@waynechen852 Not really ... After the Germans occupied their strategic positions in occupied Greece the mountain passes very definitely continued to speak Greek and to haunt the shit out of all occupiers ...

@juliuscaesar8925

3 жыл бұрын

@B Whit Maori were the native polynesian settlers of New Zealand

@jhmichaels8303

3 жыл бұрын

This would apply more to the Ottomans and Italians. The Germans made a pretty good showing in Greece.

18:40 Bypassing the hot gates? Ephialtes has betrayed us... AGAIN.

Kings and Generals, Brilliant job as always and your modern battles are filled with important Historical points and lessons that make the battles make sense to a person with no military background. Thanks Fellas!

Days of resistance Greece 219 Norway 61 France 43 Poland 30 Belgium 18 Holland 4 Yugoslavia 3 Denmark 0

@Hypernefelos

3 жыл бұрын

I've been seeing this being bandied around for years, and I'm not a fan of the mental gymnastics involved. If we're gonna count Greek resistance from the day Mussolini declared war, it's only fair to count French resistance from the day they declared war on Germany. Otherwise, if we're gonna count French resistance from the day the Germans actually invaded them, we should count Greek resistance the same way - and Crete doesn't count, because then we'd have to count all the French islands and colonies that never fell to the Germans.

@nirfz

3 жыл бұрын

@@Hypernefelos Very true, it also says nothing about the number of troops (compared to number of own troops), the terrain or the weather they were facing. I would think that germany sent more troops towards France than towards Greece. The terrain in france for the most part might have been easier for attacking than in greece, Norway on the other hand was still in winter conditions, the norwegian army wasn't fully mobilized, and the allies evacuated earlier while the german numbers there were quite low...)

@VersusARCH

3 жыл бұрын

Yugoslavia resisted for 12 days actually. But it was against the full might of the German Wehrmacht in its prime from the onset. And not counting the subsequent 4 years of guerrilla warfare of course... France resisted for 9 months actually.

@atakan2108

3 жыл бұрын

Bullshit, thats not true. The German army needed only two weeks to conquer Greece. The war began 6. April and ended 21.April with the greece capitulation.

Everywhere the Axis met the ANZACs, the ANZAC would continue to be a real pain-in-the-ass. The ANZACs are badass! Australia and New Zealand should be very proud of their ancestors!

@jhmichaels8303

3 жыл бұрын

Australians and New Zealanders are still remembered as heroes by the Greeks of that generation. Truly courageous soldiers.

@louisbeerreviews8964

3 жыл бұрын

@@jhmichaels8303 👍

*This is an OUTSTANDING video! The detail given is as close to perfect as time allows. Kudos!*

Thais channel has a TV-documentary quality. Even better than History Channel, whose focus on emotional scenes rather than the content in fact. Continue with your work. I cant even remember when I started to watch your videos. Keep that way, and you will go even further! I am not a english native speaker. Forgive me for possible mistakes

Really have been enjoying these videos kings 👍

salute to the greek army...by all mean they were far left behind in war equipment but the spirit to protect their lands make them resist so hard. if only they have adequate equipment, the history might tell different.

@skamazbg5675

3 жыл бұрын

Nope they would have still been conquered.

@skamazbg5675

3 жыл бұрын

@@neymarjr_. exept the reds.....

@NasakosS

3 жыл бұрын

@@skamazbg5675 USA is silently laughing in the corner.

@skamazbg5675

3 жыл бұрын

@@NasakosS 😂😂😂😂. The US and Britain had to fight year and a half on the western front having 4:1 advantage and facing off against badly equipped teenagers.

@NasakosS

3 жыл бұрын

@@skamazbg5675 still... US proved in the ww2 that is the worlds Strongest country. And continue proving it with cold war and its massive impact. Actually reds never have a chance in the cold war.

Love the full details, and the very good maps. Keep up the great work!

Amazing video K&G, keep up the fantastic work.

Italy in WWII: 1) All right, let's conquer new lands for new Roman Empire. 2) The fights are a bit tougher than we expected. 3) Germany? Help!

@doktorcool3740

3 жыл бұрын

4) Thanks - we love our new territories 5) Oops, Germany is losing? Quick, let's switch sides! 6) Look! We won the war!

@Nestoras_Zogopoulos

3 жыл бұрын

4) Holy roman empire is established instead

@f.c.laukhard3623

3 жыл бұрын

@@doktorcool3740 Exactly. Funny thing is that the Italians in WW1 betrayed the Central Powers because they were promised territorial gains by the Entente. They did never receive what was promised which was one puzzle piece in the rise of the fascists who then gained territories albeit only for a short time thanks to the help of the Germans. Many of the commanding officers were probably old enough to have fought in WW1 and it must have been humiliating for Italians to see that the very men they betrayed decades prior were now saving their asses and even gaining them territories. I wonder how many at the time felt that they were betting on the wrong horse in WW1...

@Z10895

3 жыл бұрын

@@f.c.laukhard3623 Thank god SOMEONE knows why.

@juliuscaesar8925

3 жыл бұрын

@@f.c.laukhard3623 Thanks for the info!

Any soldier that works the rearline in any army is the greatest unsung hero. It's terrifying the prospects that If you don't do your job your fellow comrades that are retreating and hurt will be caught on the absolute backfoot and killed completely. You are the last line of defense in your army and it's up to you to give as much time as possible for them to retreat. I have massive respect for those that truely put it all on the line like that, and I feel you did an excellent job visualizing what that looked like.

Great digital work smoothly synchronized with the narration. Bravo!

Finally, I’ve been waiting in suspense for the next video

How the Greeks manage to write history even when they lose, this is a phenomenon.

@user-bg7xm8du7b

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that is true we greeks we lost the revelution against ottomans also but we exist !!!! This happenings because we have usa and btitish with us snd they helpjng us at the end.....

@harzemsahtekin4441

3 жыл бұрын

We saw how you manage to write history in 1919-1922

@StarStone.A

3 жыл бұрын

@@harzemsahtekin4441 What do you mean exactly;; The Greeks did not lose from the Turkish army. The Greeks in time of war with Turks made civil war. This is because the "great powers" (England, USA, France and oder countrys) stopped giving weapons to the Greeks. They disagreed on whether the Greeks should reach Ankara or whether they should stop in the cities near the sea, where there was a Greek population. This was the reason why there was a great disagreement in Greece about where the Greek campaign would end!! Ataturk was sent by the Germans with a lot of money! A part of the Ottoman Empire had to be kept because it was in the interest of the West. The Greek army began to have no weapons and then the Greek soldiers began to leave their positions. The Turkish army led by Ataturk and with the help of Germany and Russia managed the impossible. Ataturk ordered the massacre of the Greek unarmed population. This order was a series of many war crimes, which were later called Genocide !! The Turks slaughtered women, children and other unarmed civilians. Turkey is not a nation. Ataturk kept what existed from the Ottoman Empire and rebuilt Turkey. With fanatical education and Islam he made everyone believe that they are Turks! There are no Turks! Your DNA belongs to others! I challenge you to test your DNA !!

@harzemsahtekin4441

3 жыл бұрын

@@StarStone.A Nice story👌

@user-bg7xm8du7b

3 жыл бұрын

@@StarStone.A χάσαμε άσε το παραμύθι..

12:00 "Key Klidi Pass", hehe nice one

@Mitthradata

3 жыл бұрын

in farsi its also klidi so same feeling bro :)

@drgeorgek

3 жыл бұрын

amir kamy actually many words are very similar in Greek and Farsi, for obvious historical reasons. Some KZread videos on this.

@arsenvarelis2676

3 жыл бұрын

Key key pass

@sakisgiannakoudis3637

3 жыл бұрын

@@arsenvarelis2676 Ρε φίλε το σκέφτηκες πολύ πριν βάλεις αυτό το όνομα

@Mitthradata

3 жыл бұрын

@@drgeorgek well i study etymology in tehran university so i know most of them, with the most famous adopted world (not from the same indo european root) being kanonas, which is also adopted in arabic as ghanoon.thanks for the offer anyway

King and Generals saved me with my assignment I had to do. I always recommend my Teacher to use this video. Thanks King and Generals

Amazing graphics help explain the military operations. Bravo!

We love the videos about Greece great work , after the heroic fall of Crete you should continue with the Greek resistance.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🤩🤩

Excellent historical and geographical documentation! Excellent! As a Greek myself who my birthplace is in the mountains of West Macedonia (Kozani), I can confirm that all the names of the area are correct, and all the battle events are perfectly historically accurate. You have made a great job, gentlemen!

Who knew you COULD get better; Kudos! Great video.

Extremely well made, mate!

Loving this series, I must say I never learned much about Italy's actions during the war it was never focused on except for excellent channels like this exploring it.

@juliuscaesar8925

3 жыл бұрын

Abynissia is Italy's only victory

@rokkazzon3172

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliuscaesar8925 not true. Russia we won battles as well as France

The germans literally did the same maneuver on the metaxas line than on the maginot line

This is channel is one of the reason youtube has been very helpful to me.

Im so happy for you general, I first started watching your channel when you had 300k subs, now it's 1.4mil I hope you shift towards WW1 or WW2 more, Cheers!!

Kings and Generals is one of the best KZread Channels ever.

As usual, "British" heroism was mainly due to letting its colonies fight its wars, and then leaving them behind while retreating their own guys. :-P

@megadwarf4714

3 жыл бұрын

"mainly" is a bit harsh :-P

@dannywaring4417

3 жыл бұрын

And who was the 1st Brigade made up of Martians?

@thetreatment498

3 жыл бұрын

@@megadwarf4714 True, i for instance, don't know like 70-80% of their battles, but for this instance he is not wrong at all.

@doktorcool3740

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannywaring4417 Looking at the video, the heavy lifting was all Australians and NZs. I don't doubt that there also were UK soldiers (certainly they provided the commanders :-P) , but it looks like they beelined for the boats while A+NZ covered the retreat.

@mitjed

3 жыл бұрын

@@doktorcool3740 Thats why Au and NZ demanded their autonomy from the empire as they lost so many men during the british wars. Battles fought far away from home.

Hi! Great video as always!

This is an excellent play by play video explaining in detail.

Crete is a different story, Freyberg was not a good commander. Indy who talks about WW2 on his channel explained it better than I could.

@jonbaxter2254

3 жыл бұрын

Who could have guessed paratroops with no heavy arms or armour would fare so bad?

@professornikos4905

3 жыл бұрын

@B Whit No offense toward the ANZAC core in Crete, but what really devastated the Fallshirmjaeger, was the Cretan civilian militias. They would ambush them in strategic points or wait them as they fall to pitchfork them dead. At least one third of the German casualties in Crete was caused by this war of attrition the civilian population staged.

@juliuscaesar8925

3 жыл бұрын

Added to watch later

That’s what I’ve been waiting for

A great video as always.

As always, another fascinating video.

@9:54 "The Wermacht would allow all captured Greek OFFICERS to keep their sidearms, and pledged that none of them would be sent to a concentration camp." Enlisted Soldiers: *"Hold Up...."*

@noobster4779

3 жыл бұрын

prisoners werent send to concentration camps to begin with. They were sent to POW camps. Only exception might be some soviet prisoners,but even then in general they went to POW camps. Though in the case for soviet soldiers it was better in a concentration camps than in a german pow camp. The death rate was comparable to later extermination camps there, far higher then the usual concentration camps.

@AndreLuis-gw5ox

3 жыл бұрын

If I recall correctly, soldiers too were not held up as POWs, just surrendered their arms and sent home.

@Erevosss

3 жыл бұрын

the wermacht and even the ss where so amazed by the greeks winning the italians and fighting fiercely german troops with little supplies, that where the few times they respect the enemies by just let them go proudly back to their houses..... greeks were of the few nations praised for their fight and after for the resistance from both allies and axis

@user-ts1zz1sm2d

3 жыл бұрын

all soldiers were free to go home.

@pan-demics8015

3 жыл бұрын

@@apmoy70 Και ο δικός μου προπάππους γύρισε με τα πόδια από το Καλπάκι πίσω στο Άργος, και σε μια κασέτα περιγράφει ακριβώς την ίδια κατάσταση

Stop saying funny things about musolini. I am tired putting a "Like" on each of these comments

@Dogboy1092

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that... But he just made it too easy!!!

This was intense! Loved this video. Cant wait for next part

Great video like always thumbs up . I'm curious was Greece liberated with battles or was it abandoned by the axis powers later on

There are many words to describe the Greeks, but "cowardly" is not one of them.

It was this 2 month delay that costed hitler the war because of the harsh winter in Russia

@muhaibamin304

3 жыл бұрын

Who said russia defeated germans it was italy who defeated germans that is bitter truth

Very nice job guys for the video ... its very detailed!!!!!!👏👏👏

Entertaining, informative and well-made video! It is just killing me how the narrator pronounces strumica. Looking forward to the next one!

In Roupel Germans had 300+ dead but also 2000+ wounded

The retelling of these battles always break my heart, like the Fall of France in 1940. You watch them and somehow expect that this time it will end differently. Next I have the debacle in Crete to look forward to...

the epic battle of Crete, can't wait! Great video K&G's

AAA- Awesome As Always ! Nicely Done ! Thanks !

Last time i was this early, mussolini still tought he can easily take greece

@mitjed

3 жыл бұрын

Hes a lombard wanna be roman.

Or "How Greece stopped worrying about Italy"

great work and great video!!! please make a video about the battles of Greek independence of 1821 it will be great !!!

Awesome vid. Bravo!