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@DubloDuck

11 ай бұрын

semen

@Ihavpickle

11 ай бұрын

No feck that game

@sollitdude1

11 ай бұрын

vagina rifle regiment...wut...? OHHH, REGINA!!!!

@wederMaxim

11 ай бұрын

Finally is here kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZqaVz9alorypeto.html

@greatgrungustwo904

11 ай бұрын

congrats on 2 mil

As a very proud Canadian who had at least half a dozen relatives who served in the Second World War, it's such a huge breath of fresh air to see Canadian accomplishments finally getting the recognition they so richly deserve. Thanks Griffin, it means so much to so many of us

@Jarod-te2bi

11 ай бұрын

I agree with your statement, it’s ti Canadian military history get the recognition it deserves.

@RipzCritical

11 ай бұрын

Ditto. A majority of Canadians have family that served in WW2, at least the families that have been here for the last ~100 years. Edit: My grandfather on my Dads side actually piloted a landing craft on Juno.

@graceneilitz7661

11 ай бұрын

Well Canada does get lumped under British or British and Commonwealth forces. They were British and are still part of the commonwealth, sharing the same head of state.

@evanjoad2801

11 ай бұрын

@@graceneilitz7661 Fair point but even so, the amount of media made about America's war effort vs the rest of the allies is wildly disproportionate, I guess that more specifically is my point. Yes there is quite a bit of media covering the more minor nations involved but compared to the tidal wave of American media... More media about the rest of the combatants is never a bad thing

@denisemilio1342

11 ай бұрын

The world is forever greatful for The canadian army In The ww2. Greatings from Brazil

Its crazy how D-day is interpreted as so American, yet there was actually more British and commonwealth forces that landed.

@zorblock2762

11 ай бұрын

Its mainly because the Americans suffered the brunt of the German forces

@EnRandomSten

11 ай бұрын

Because hollywood is in the us lol

@benjoewri

11 ай бұрын

In Britain, it's more presented as British with American help. I suspect it's more where you came from. Hollywood being American probably doesn't help with the skew.

@albow4oops5

11 ай бұрын

The U.S. was far more involved in the pacific at the same time.

@orunenf5533

11 ай бұрын

It was because the American support through men, weaponry and supplies was the defining factor... without them the battle of Britain would've continued... so we get that W and discuss it as we see fit. We never had a Dunkirk but only a D-Day and a Bastogne.. so it makes us look like the best. We don't downplay our Canadian, French, or British allies... we just saw them as additional air fields and support rather than us supporting them. Much respect to the greatest generation of all nations

The two destroyers that kneaded as near as 800m to the beach were severely underrated. Their actions may be miniscule but that covering bombardment potentially has saved hundreds, if not thousands of young men from being slaughtered…

@boydsinclair7606

5 ай бұрын

Don't forget the psychological and morale effects for the allies and the axis troops: everybody notices when a destroyer comes to play; that's a big friend, or a scary enemy 😳

To those who say that Armchair historian has done too many videos on d-day, they have made 3 separate videos on the separate nations that stormed the beach, and this one is just all 3 put together. It takes time to make each episode, and I feel like I would prefer the 3 parts released over 3 weeks, than 1 massive one after 3 weeks of waiting. Bravo to the Armchair Historian team for the amazing videos!

@tiredturtle3538

11 ай бұрын

Yet to see such a comment

@Luke_Sandy_High_Ground

11 ай бұрын

@@tiredturtle3538 yes you have

It was also Rommel's wife's birthday, and Rommel was back in Germany for it. Always liked WW II history...sooo much going on in those years everywhere, it's still easy to learn something new every day.

@ukmediawarrior

11 ай бұрын

A lot of German generals were absent from their posts on the morning of June 6th. A war games had been arranged in Rheims for the same day and many officers had decided to leave for the games on June 5th to enjoy a night on the town in Rheims. The confusion caused by so many highly placed officers being absent certainly helped the Allies.

@KenD67

11 ай бұрын

@@ukmediawarrior Didn't know this but it makes sense...it's also what I mean by how easy it is to learn something new every day! Thanks!

@ukmediawarrior

11 ай бұрын

@@KenD67 My pleasure:) D-Day has been something of an obsession of mine since I took modern history at school, LOL.

@eloisehardy7205

Ай бұрын

@@ukmediawarrior The war games actually were in Rennes, to the west of Normandy, not in Reims, which is in the east of the country.

Not only did the bombers dropping their bombs late fail to destroy any beach defences, they also failed to give the landing troops bomb craters for cover on the approach up the beach. Something the planners had promised the soldiers would be there

Could you imagine having drone's eye view of the invasion in all sectors? What a chaotic sight we would see.

@marrqi7wini54

8 ай бұрын

If there are any time travelers around, get us some footage please.

@spannerpasser

2 ай бұрын

British X Craft mini subs were located off the beaches with lamps to act as guides for the ships. They got a view of the invasion fleet that the Germans had.

Congratulations on hitting 2 Million! Your animations get better and better! Please keep up the good work! One thing I want to say is that Germany was doomed in 1941 June 22nd because many German Generals Paulus and Wagner warned Halder about operation Barbarossa's failure. Yet Halder continued with the attack. He was the Chief of staff and responsible for operation Barbarossa

@Ihavpickle

11 ай бұрын

Thanks

@wederMaxim

11 ай бұрын

Finally is here !

This is how history is preserved. Thank you.

My grandfather's bomber squadron hit one of the radar stations that might have picked up the approaching fleet in the hours just after midnight. The belly gunner in their plane caught a glimpse of the invasion fleet steaming toward Normandy on their way back, and was teased about his ghost fleet nobody else could see. During the debriefing, the BBC made its announcement of the landing, which was broadcast on the base's PA system. Going by his memoirs, my grandfather was quite grumpy about all the celebrating because his crew was booked for another night mission the very next night and it was too loud to sleep well.

I am a simple man. I see a new Armchair Historian video I watch the video

@AmericanCockroach954

11 ай бұрын

I wish I could but I’m at work. Besides I literally watched this whole Birds Eye view series two days ago. I dont want to do it again:)

The Winnipeg Rifles got almost wiped out on Juno beach and still managed to take a German bunker under heavy fire. You can see it at Juno Beach Center in Courseuilles-sur-Mer. Totally worth the visit. 🍁

Your documentaries have always been great, now you have improved the quality of the graphics, along with the storyline immeasurably. Good job.

This is BY FAR the absolute best historical content on KZread.

10:25 Absolutely love that clapping. Amazing attention to details

Love the channel. Great filler for all the other war channels i watch but somehow you keep my retention more. Big congrats on the sub count. Thats huge. Stay sage brother

One of my favorite videos you have done so far. Keep up the great work 👍

this was a great start to my day ti turn this on while giving my doggo a bath! didn't expect you to make this video, but i am glad you did because it makes it a lot easier to learn about d-day!

My Grandmother was one of the Ack Ack Girls and my Grandfather drove an ammo truck for Canada. Thank you for including such a great part of our history with the rest.

this is absolutely incredible ! i love just how much detail you've put into this also ide love to see an isometric r.t.s. game using this style!

Awesome glad you're giving us another perspective on this. I'm also anticipation the live coverage of the operation by Time ghost.

As a Brit, I love that you focused on the importance of the British and Commonwealth efforts on D-Day. America gets a lot of attention thanks to Hollywood and I feel like the other nations involved sometimes get forgotten. Great work as usual 👍

@oliversherman2414

11 ай бұрын

@Curiosity We do. In fact British movies are comparable with those of Hollywood. 1917 was a great British-made war movie, for example

@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-

11 ай бұрын

@@oliversherman2414 We need a series like Band of Brothers on the British

@oliversherman2414

11 ай бұрын

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- Agreed. Or even one from the Canadian or German perspective

@ukmediawarrior

11 ай бұрын

Totally agree, the Canadians for example seem to get over looked a lot of the time, but they took terrible casualties on D-Day and did some of the hardest fighting of all Commonwealth forces. A familiar battle cry was supposedly 'Remember Dieppe', the disastrous Dieppe raid of course having cost them horrendous casualties in August 1942. This was them getting back at the Germans.

@oliversherman2414

11 ай бұрын

@@ukmediawarrior Yeah

When I thought there could be more, another D-day documentary pops up from you. I’m amazed on how many videos you can make on this without running out of new information

Thank you for making such quality content.

Your content are always brilliant Mr Grif! But above all I can't wait for you to whip a new game like Fire & Manuever!! Cheers sire!🎉🎉🎉

Didn’t hear about your channel until I started playing HOI4 and someone recommended you to me after I mentioned Simple History. Amazed to see you only have 2 million subs. So many more could learn from you.

@Ihavpickle

11 ай бұрын

Ok bro we didn't have to hear your life story

@stephenperkins2210

11 ай бұрын

@@Ihavpickle ok bro my bad for sharing my way of discovering them.

@Ihavpickle

11 ай бұрын

@@stephenperkins2210 It's ok bro, I forgive u

Love the animation of the famous mad Scottish commando playing his bag pipes great touch

As a player of Company of Heroes RTS game, I can fully appreciate this video. All the details are on point!

Your channel deserves more attention

D-Day + Anglosphere Forces 🇬🇧🇺🇲🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿 simply perfection

@hexdoublexx

11 ай бұрын

🇦🇺 🇳🇿 ruled the air

@chloeholmes4641

27 күн бұрын

​@@hexdoublexx "If I had American weapons, British officers and Canadian soldiers, I would rule the world!" - Churchill

@hexdoublexx

27 күн бұрын

@chloeholmes4641 "If I had to take hell, I would use the Australians to take it and the New Zealanders to hold it". - Erwin Rommel, a NAZI General

Top quality video and animation! Thank you!

Armchair Historian: *talks about D-Day* Metalheads: *start blasting Sabaton - Primo Victoria*

Amazing documentary. Still chuckled at “Pouppeville”

Amazing video as always!

8:54 "Braeburn:Sergeant Randall! The guns are gone! They're not here! Randall: WHAT?!!! Braeburn: THE - GUNS - AREN'T - HERE!!!! The Krauts must've moved 'em someplace else!!"

@chloeholmes4641

27 күн бұрын

10 months late but damn that's still a good piece of story telling from cod 2! 😂

At Omaha Beach, parts of the Mulberry harbour are still visible, and a few of the beach obstacles remain. A memorial to the U.S. National Guard sits at the location of a former German strongpoint. Pointe de Hoc is little changed from 1944, with the terrain covered with bomb craters and most of the concrete bunkers still in place. The Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial is nearby, in Colleville-sur-Mer. A museum about the Utah landings is located at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, and there is one dedicated to the activities of the U.S. airmen at Sainte-Mere-Eglise. Two German military cemeteries are located nearby.

@Hipp0campus_1

10 ай бұрын

One of my favourite locations is the battery of Longues-sur-Mer where some of the guns are still standing inside the bunkers.

Always exciting to learn from this channel. Ive always enjoyed history and you explain it so well!

@Ihavpickle

11 ай бұрын

Eh depends on what video

Another amazing video as usual

congrats on 2 million!!!

2 million subscribers is so awesome. Congratulations, guys!👍

This is so cool to see, my respect goes out to all the brave souls who have fought in D Day.

Your episodes are perfectly presented! Keep up the phenomenal work!

@Ihavpickle

11 ай бұрын

It's okay

Great video as always. Could you maybe talk about the swiss Sonderbundskrieg. I would really be happy. Keep up the good work.

I like these birds eye perspective videos. Thank you.

Thanks Armchair historian for recognizing my unit the 22nd regiment!!! I served with them during 05-06 Iraq war. So much history within that unit. I only wish I had a smart phone to record the pictures of the unit while I was there.

great video keep it coming 💯

a birds eye perspective of market garden would be a really good one for the next birds eye perspective vid

This was so well done.

Congratulations on 2 million subscribers!

Look forwards to your videos my guy

Fantastic work!

always a good day when this dude uploads

Very nice format!

God i would love a full game or movie about the D Day invadion from each divisons perspective at the different beaches. I always knew every beach landing was important, but being American i was usually exposed to Utah and Omaha (and in cases of media typically Omaha more so). This video, however, has made me fully invested and interested in the other parts of the invasion. It is simply fascinating the amount of planning and then effort/bravery required to make D-Day succeed, and despite the many setbacks that happened it was still a success. Amazing vid, thank you for it!

@goodshipkaraboudjan

7 ай бұрын

The Longest Day is an old movie but very good. Covers the invasion from all perspectives.

Congratulations griffin on 2 million subscribers!

Congrats on 2 million subs!

nice work, thanks

Thank you for a good section on Juno

1:52 "… and Poop-a-ville"

Finally some actually decent documentary which does not just focus on omaha beach and the 101st airborn like every other movie, doc ever.

Dang how are you guys making these animations this is amazing

Subscribed! Great vid... 10:25 seemed like an almost impossible task, but they did it...

Awesome job!

Leaving my comment here for the remembrance of the 79th anniversary of the D-Day landings. To all those who fought for our freedom, we thank you for your service.

Finally, knew you would do this someday :)

One of the best historians on KZread

Epic WW2 US Paratrooper Song: [Verse 1] He was just a rookie trooper and he surely shook with fright, He checked off his equipment and made sure his pack was tight; He had to sit and listen to those awful engines roar, You ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 2] "Is everybody happy?" cried the Sergeant looking up, Our hero feebly answered, "yes" and then they stood him up; He jumped into the icy blast, his static line unhooked, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 3] He counted long, he counted loud, he waited for the shock, He felt the wind, he felt the cold, he felt the awful drop, The silk from his reserves spilled out, and wrapped around his legs, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 4] The risers swung around his neck, connectors cracked his dome, Suspension lines were tied in knots around his skinny bones; The canopy became his shroud; he hurtled to the ground. And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 5] The days he'd lived and loved and laughed kept running through his mind, He thought about the girl back home, the one he'd left behind; He thought about the medic corps, and wondered what they'd find, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 6] The ambulance was on the spot, the jeeps were running wild, The medics jumped and screamed with glee, they rolled their sleeves and smiled, For it had been a week or more since last a 'chute had failed, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 7] He hit the ground, the sound was "SPLAT", his blood went spurting high; His comrades, they were heard to say "a hell of a way to die!" He lay there, rolling 'round in the welter of his gore, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more [Verse 8] There was blood upon the risers, there were brains upon the chute, Intestines were a-dangling from his paratroopers suit, He was a mess, they picked him up, and poured him from his boots, And he ain't gonna jump no more [Chorus] Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, Gory, gory, what a hell of a way to die, He ain't gonna jump no more.

This video gave me a lot of information for my D-Day scenario for 6th June.Thank you.

Well done! This must have taken hours of research.

New TAH video just dropped, let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello Armchair Historian I love your videos! I have a video suggestion! I was wondering if you could do the battle of Midway from the Japanese perspective!

@chadlongnecker630

10 ай бұрын

Awesome idea

Just wanted to say, love your videos! You all are so talented, thanks for the content.

great job

I've always wondered what being a bird on D-Day would be like!

Awesome and educational video, thank you for this lesson in history! God bless the greatest generation =)

have a test on this tomorrow thanks

Great video. Happy to have a video where we are not being solicited for money to fund the channel or other projects.

A Royal Air Force Mobile Radar Unit landed on Omaha among the early back up waves. They sustained 8 killed and 40 wounded. One of the senior NCOs was decorated for bravery after leading a mixed squad of British and Americans to knock out a MG post.

Fun little fact. Normandy is the Area Rollo and his men got from the King of France and William the Conqueror is a direct descendant of Rollo and the British royal family is descendant from William the conqueror. Alot of history in Normandy.

A video about Napoleon III could be interested. He's such an interesting character.

Holy hell, on top of the just perfect narration of everything going on, the history buff in me truly appreciates the attention to detail in the animations themselves. Challenger tanks displayed for British landings, Sherman’s for Americans. Different structure types get different art styles. Truly a work of art put together.

"Sgt. Randal the guns aren't here" when I heard pointe du Hoc.

History is the best subject, change my mind

Congratulations on getting 2 million subscribers

Thanks!

June 6th 1944 a day so important to human history that we're still learning about it 70 years later or still playing video games recreating that day

Can you please make a video on explaining military tactics such as Blitzkrieg or Deep Battle doctrine

Well done.

love the new intros

Alec Guiness, Richard Todd and David Niven were notable Brits involved on D Day. On the US side, they had Charles Durning, Henry Fonda, Bobby Jones and Yogi Berra. James Doohan served in the Canadian army

Some videos on Australians in the pacific theatre would be so amazing

please do more _____ from the birds eye perspective documentaries

Nice another D-Day episode

As a Canadian i must say, thank you for having a in depth rundown of our contribution. So many of these videos act like America and maybe the UK (even then if the british are mentioned it tends to be shorter, but they are mentioned consistantly at least) were the only ones on the beaches. Or they may acknowledge it but for a minute max "oh this country lost this many" is about all we get. So thank you for actually acting like we were there :)

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

11 күн бұрын

On D-Day the British and Canadians put 75,215 troops ashore, the Americans 57,500.

Very good documentary, always love to see the videos, cause of the details but at 4:10 its not called wiederstandsnesten, it's called wiederstandsnester 😅

You should do a video on Operation Dragoon and the Free French landings in southern France.

Do the Battle of Caen!

i read few d day memoirs from the german side and i think naval bombardments were really overlooked half of the book was covering under anything they could find,straying off the road to nearby bushes and eyes literally bleeding from the amount of bombing and bombardment and they all mentioned how you could see nothing other ships on the coast and how shocked they were to see not a single horse drawn transport

posted 32 seconds ago... nice!! I am early today