Another of Hitler's blunders: the Blitz raised British morale and desire to fight, and eventually provided the rationale for extensive bombing of German cities. Don't get me started on the invasion of the USSR... that was Hitler's death wish.

@josephstalin9357

3 жыл бұрын

Britain was the first to hit German cities

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephstalin9357 Complete and utter bollocks. While Britain had done EVERYTHING to prevent the civilian terror bombing from the outset of war, from 1st Sept 1939 onwards Germany had terror bombed, Wieluń, Warsaw, Lublin, Rotterdam, and MANY British cities (with the exception of London). During the same period the British government had ordered that non-military targets (including population areas) in Germany could NOT be attacked, this incredibly included armaments factories which were desinated as private and NOT nazi state property, in fact Britiain knew that even daylight bombing was inaacurate and liable to kill civilians, and so for the first 3 months of the war, RAF bomber command were only allowed to target German warships off the coast of Germany, from 3 sept 1939 until 24 Aug 1940 the only things that were dropped on German cities were propaganda leaflets. The first RAF bombs to fall on a German city fell on Berlin on 24th Aug 1940. They were aimed at railway facilities, but poor accuracy led to a small number civilian deaths. This was in response to the Luftwaffe bombing of London the previous day. The first RAF raid specifically aimed at German civilians was the bombing of Mannheim on 16/17th Dec 1940. This raid was carried out as a reprisal for the nazi "operation moonlight sonata" (the bombing of Coventry) the previous month.

@jaywilliams9294

2 жыл бұрын

@King Royal That was in response to the Bombing and invasion of Poland

@MarkHarrison733

Жыл бұрын

The Blitz was in response to the RAF bombing cities and towns in Germany. Stalin had broken the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact in 1940 by invading Bukovina.

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

Mark Harrison No it wasn't. The Blitz was a result of the Luftwaffe trying everything and failing including trying to bomb the airfields. The Blitz was in frustration due to the failure of Operation Sealion. Germany invented bombing of civilians. First with the Zeppelins in WW1 then in the Spanish Civil War, then bombing Warsaw, Rotterdam etc.

Scary to think that at some point, my childhood house would have been bombed. When I was a kid, I lived right next to a shipyard on the Clyde in Greenock. Idk why but that’s kinda crazy to think

Being from coventry, I would regularly go to the ruins of the bombed cathedral which still (kinda) stands today...

@jakegraham731

2 жыл бұрын

Great place, i got pissed on red strip there and watched Mogwai

@nathanwilson2116

2 жыл бұрын

@@jakegraham731 sick

Good job to whoever did the bomb noise. I feel like it captured the terror of hiding somewhere, hoping one of those bombs don't hit you - which was an activity my grandmother engaged in, fun fact.

My great-grandmother survived this, she remembers seeing the destruction. A close friend of her became victim to the German bombing of London. She was born in Manchester on February 27th 1930, but moved outside of London mid 1938. Her name is Norma Boston. Her father served as a British soldier in WW2, never to be seen again. After WW2 the Boston family immigrated to the United Sates. 🇬🇧🇺🇸

This channel is gonna BLOW UP!!! Keep up the great work!!!

I’m from Plymouth and our biggest landmark is Charles Church, it sits on a roundabout next to the City Centre. It was hit during the Blitz and the roof was destroyed along with the windows and some minor damage to the block work, yet besides that it’s almost intact and it now sits their as a memory of one of our darkest and yet Triumphant moments 💚

very good explanation and animation. Thank you for sharing this video!

the animations are so awesome and informative love your videos ❤️ you deserve more views and subscribers

@historyonmaps

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@toplayaninstrument

2 жыл бұрын

the animations are from a different channel named oversimplified

@Bruh-ql8bo

Жыл бұрын

its not i have watched oversimplified but it is different

great video! I love the animation and the information is really good. Thanks!

@topbanana4013

Жыл бұрын

Never ask an American about British history. Loads misinformation here

You didn't mention that Sheffield was heavily bombed in the second phase ...on 12/13 December (355 tons of HE bombs,11 parachute mines & 16,000 incendiaries dropped on the city) & 15/16 December (80 tons of HE bombs,5 parachute mines & 20,000 incendiaries dropped on the city) Civilian losses in both raids on Sheffield 668 dead 1500 injured There was also fourteen smaller raids on the city between August 1940 and July 1942 but these were not on the scale (in terms of bombs dropped or civilian casualties) of the two raids in December 1940

I love the animations good video and thank you for downloading

Imagine having to sleep in in a train station on the floor with just a blanket

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

With 2000 strangers, and the tube train passing through every 10 minutes.... oh and just a bucket to "do you business in".

My child used this for a school project on WW2 and it helped so much! Thank you!😄😁😃😍

Ireland was at war with Germany from the King's declaration of war on 3 September 1939, as the 1937 constitution had not made clear whether Ireland was a republic.

what source did you use for this video, pls answer

A few mistakes, Ireland already was independent at the time of the second world war, the area in the video marked as London wasnt actually the greater London border untill 25 years later, what was considered London at the time was considerably smaller. and the germans incidentaly bombed London the first time because the navigation in those days wasnt the best. The RAF retaliated by bombing Berlin and thus starting the Blitz because Hitler was Furious that they bombed Berlin.

@seancampbell7871

2 жыл бұрын

Ireland has never achieved independency. Yet.

@bpdbhp1632

2 жыл бұрын

@King Royal o yeah my mistake then👍

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

That's a myth. Hitler didn't order the bombing of London until weeks after Berlin was bombed. In the meantime the RAF airfields were targeted. This was a complete failure so in frustration Hitler ordered London to be bombed. If Hitler was annoyed after Berlin was bombed then he would have retaliated immediately. He didn't. He ordered the RAF airfields to be attacked.

@bpdbhp1632

Жыл бұрын

@@lyndoncmp5751 no its not. Hitler was outraged that they dared to bomb berlin so he ordered to shift bombings from raf airfields to london and other major british cities. But that wasnt a smart move btw

@lyndoncmp5751

Жыл бұрын

@@bpdbhp1632 He did not. The bombing of the RAF airfields continued unabated for another two weeks after Berlin was bombed. However the Luftwaffe suffered such heavy losses in trying to destroy the airfields and failed to close down any RAF stations that they gave up and changed tactics, bombing London. They bombed London in frustration that they failed to wreck the airfields, losing more planes than they destroyed on every single day except one. London wasn't targeted until September 7th. Berlin was bombed 25th August. Its a myth Hitler ordered London bombed after Berlin was bombed.

I love Britian so much. So strong they are.

@garydixon6315

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and no

@garydixon6315

2 жыл бұрын

@Ronald Dreyer explain your point please ..

@conquestofhipsters3280

Жыл бұрын

@@Just_another_Euro_dude shush

@conquestofhipsters3280

Жыл бұрын

@@Just_another_Euro_dude shmuck

@TheDrogan111

Жыл бұрын

Like yoda you speak. Strong we where but overwhelmed and underrated we are. World we did save. Didn't I wish.

Excellent brother Keep it up

No.. "Blitz" is the german word for "lightning", whereas "Krieg" is the german word for "War", The term 'Blitzkrieg' was coined by an American Journalist to describe German War tactics which included Powerful Panzer Divisions and close air-to-ground support by the luftwaffe, this is based on my own knowledge; please feel free to clarify it or getit prooved

Hello Sir, i would like to say just a big thank u for this video because i have an english history test for my Baccalaureat tomorrow (im french), u save my life 😅

What’s the backround music?

It’s important for me to learn about this so it’s really good learning for me and tbh I’m proud of our country ❤🇬🇧

I couldn't imagine how much horror my grandfather felt that day

I come from coventry and every now and again people still unearth german bombs from gardens etc

@GrandTheftChris

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm from Dresden and it's the same here. I suggest we end this crap forever. :)

Crazy how low the casualty rates were throughout all of this.

@jako1234567890jako

9 ай бұрын

Almost immediately people began construction on air-raid shelters. Almost every house had one of some sort, it may have been in their garden, or a steel reinforced dining table or like was done in London, the underground was used extensively. Practically everywhere that was likely to get bombed had air raid sirens and AA guns. The casualty rate was so low because it more or less had to be direct hit on where you were hiding for it to hurt you. A much better statistic is the number of buildings destroyed.. where I live, the entire historical (800 year+) part of town was flattened and is now just a field

Since when did FW-190s take part in the blitz?

@deeznuts-kb3vt

3 жыл бұрын

It's an animation representing the Luftwafter it's not that deep

Thank you. For making a good video..

@mordecaiesther3591

3 жыл бұрын

I don’t believe all this bombing and killing went on like it says . Cause if it was true , then they would of negotiate a peace treaty or something .

@ZigSputnik

3 жыл бұрын

@@mordecaiesther3591 I might have guessed that there would be an illiterate conspiracy theorist on here somewhere. Try education.

@ilovesafa

3 жыл бұрын

@@mordecaiesther3591 Go to history and quit skipping. You'll like it

@6timesbabyyy996

3 жыл бұрын

@@mordecaiesther3591 Nah it's called being British. We do not surrender. There's a reason why we built the largest empire the world has ever seen all from a tiny island. This is in our blood. Surrender and negotiating was never an option in ww2

@ilovesafa

3 жыл бұрын

@@6timesbabyyy996 yup, well said fellow brit

That must’ve been a very chaotic time for Great Britain.

Why the Luftwaffe didn’t bomb Pudding-Ham palace? How many Win-sors when in danger during that evil “war”?

@TheFoggyjones

Жыл бұрын

They did. Several times. And the Win-sors remained in Buck Palace. To do anything else would have been supreme cowardace. So they didn't. Fuck off Ivan.

My town of Barrow-in-Furness was hit. James Ramsden brought the railway to barrow and built homes and factory's including one called BAE who made ammo ships submarines and guns for the British army and their navy and in 1936 the hindenbourg flew over. Taking pics of the shipyard. The people of Barrow-in-Furness know there would be a war and once again it flew the opposite way over to Germany. And the 3rd September 1840 there was bombing over barrow

@conner5434

2 жыл бұрын

I ment 1940

How many bombs were dropped altogether?????

@romano-ys2xz

2 жыл бұрын

over 100 tones of heavy explosives

@lightfootpathfinder8218

Жыл бұрын

It's estimated that about 50,000 tons of high explosives were dropped on the UK between September 1940 & may 1941. The number of incendiaries dropped would be over a million

So sad to see that so many houses have been damaged 😢😮

This is pretty much at the level of The Infographics Show, but only 4,801 views. I don't understand?

@michaelarrowood4315

3 жыл бұрын

Because it's crudely done, and oversimplifies history.

Hitler had a nephew named William Patrick Stuart-Houston. Who lived in Liverpool, toxteth. He had his house blown up in the blitz by the nazis and decided it was enough for him to join the American army.

@garydixon6315

2 жыл бұрын

Never knew that...Did he survive ? I will Google it ...!!

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

@@garydixon6315 There were a number of Hitler's blood relatives who live on after him..... strangely enough they never advertised the fact of their relationship to him though.

@garydixon6315

2 жыл бұрын

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 haha i wonder why ? 🤔🤔

@TheBaBaTV

Жыл бұрын

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 most changed their names also !

👍👍👍👍

Right I'm annoyed at myself for getting annoyed at the animation of this video so I'm open to attack I suppose. Now the commentary was fairly good but as a VERRY passionate historian of ww2... 1. At 0:52 that is neither the uniform or gun we used during ww2. 2. Why is there animation of FW190's bombing London when they entered service in August 1941 and the blitz ended in May 1941 3. We had Spitfires, Hurracain's , Bristol blenheim's and bourton Paul defiant's in service primarily for the RAF In the blitz not gloster gladiators or mustang's in the blitz As I said, I'm just an idiot with to much time so take my comment as constructive criticism and not criticism. Overall good video 👍

Europe and Japan were the Syria and Afghanistan of the 40s.

They still find bombs that never detonated every now and then.

Enjoy your videos, graphics are a bit off, Gloster Gladiators never were in combat in the Battle of Britain or The Blitz. Should have been Hurricanes and Spitfires!

Another place that got bombed was Romania remember the num

How did they manage to miss the politicians?

so sad...

No mention of the U.S. industrial might that kept Britain from being wiped out, weird.

@runhoghasseenyou5264

2 жыл бұрын

Nope

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

OR of the Soviet Union's productive power that kept Nazi Germany in Oil / Iron / Wheat. Then again as you were just profiteering while others fought for their lives, you don't desrve mentioning.

@user-km7rc4qc2j

2 жыл бұрын

Just remember, before you guys got attacked, your government were happy to stay neutral as Hitler conquered Europe. If Britain hadn’t held him back imagine the world we’d have now.

@valdismoseley6935

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-km7rc4qc2j All I know is that Europe was conquered by Hitler. A strait kept Britain hanging on by a thin thread. Then the U.S. got involved. The tide shifted from that point moving forward. And it was the American public that didn't want to get in a war. The U.S. government was looking for a reason to rescue Europe. You ever wonder why America's aircraft carriers were relocated just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor? It's kinda of hard to win a war without them. 😂

@youraveragescotsman7119

2 жыл бұрын

@@valdismoseley6935 US equipment weren't involved in the Blitz, as lend-lease didn't occur until 1941. By the time lend-lease started to come in, the only theatre that the UK was worried about was Africa, as an invasion of mainland UK was literally impossible in the face of the Royal Navy.

I live in Scottland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

How come we never managed to shoot them down over the water?

@Nards_1997

11 ай бұрын

There were 1000 of them at a time im sure that some were shot down

And then Britain bombed several German cities especially Hamburg and Dresden

@eoinobrien2379

3 жыл бұрын

And the brits killed 10 times as many German civilians too. Let's not mention that because we don't want to damage their rhetoric of being heroic victims

@lightfootpathfinder8218

3 жыл бұрын

@@eoinobrien2379 if the Germans can't take it they shouldn't dish it out lol

@caroll3309

3 жыл бұрын

@@eoinobrien2379 Then they should not have started it then should they

@heretic4405

3 жыл бұрын

@@lightfootpathfinder8218 barnesreview.org/who-started-the-bombing-of-civilians-in-wwii/

@duwang8499

2 жыл бұрын

@@caroll3309 But it was the British who started the bombings between them two.

Alexa play Aces High by Iron Maiden.

Help yourselves everybody there's no fighter escort

Calling it "the blitz" was a misnomer then and its a misnomer now!

I saw u in school so I subbed and am watching! And did u know America let the Allied forces win so if Germany didn't bomb America we would've lost:I and the blitz happened for 8months

@Kerm88

2 жыл бұрын

What the fuck are you saying?

Im from Coventry

Im From coventry pog

The map you’ve have been using is not accurate, besides the country borders being all messed up you made kaliningrad part of the baltic sea, made the caspian sea not a sea anymore and made kyrgyzstan and tajikistan part of china. You gotta watch out for the countries that did and did not exist back then, like serbia and croatia (part of yugoslavia), india and pakistan (part of the british raj), algeria and tunisia (part of france), ukraine and belarus (part of the ussr), etc. Please guys make more accurate maps and after that you will have fully potential to have a big channel, here’s how the map of the world was back in 1936 before the war started and the czechoslovakia and austria incorporation: www.deviantart.com/godofgold808/art/Hoi4-1936-World-Map-803985057 (don’t forget the micronations like andorra, monaco, danzig, etc)

@NW-sp1fj

3 жыл бұрын

shut up will you mate

@sugeknightiswatchingyou

3 жыл бұрын

@@NW-sp1fj wtf is your problem?

@NW-sp1fj

3 жыл бұрын

@@sugeknightiswatchingyou no one cares of somethungs a bit off

@ilovesafa

3 жыл бұрын

@@NW-sp1fj I do, stfu

You no involve here mr ten

💐💐💐💐💐🇮🇳🙏🙏

Anddddd i live in Swansea

Coventry become famous

@JamesRichards-mj9kw

Жыл бұрын

Coventry was a legitimate military target. The RAF had already bombed cities and towns in Germany for six months.

Wow I didn't know the ussr borders looked like that 😳

blitz does not man lightning cmon man

🇬🇧✌🏽💂🏻‍♂️💂🏻‍♂️💂🏻‍♂️💂🏻‍♂️💂🏻‍♂️

I love 💕 Germany 🇩🇪 From India 🇮🇳

@winstonchurchill1639

2 жыл бұрын

not really the time is it

@rajakumarapuneetha891

2 жыл бұрын

@@winstonchurchill1639 am glad you’re alive dude..!

@parmeshwaryadav8792

2 жыл бұрын

Till date I am too

@jelly4frog498

2 жыл бұрын

Not the greatest video to praise germany on

@jelly4frog498

2 жыл бұрын

@King Royal not true

Big mistake:Ireland was not a part of Britain

POV: your city got bombed 😐🙁☹️😠😡🤬

@muhammadnorakmal3385

Жыл бұрын

👎👎👎💩💩 london

Why show a by plane and not a spitfire lol also uk was bombed every single day for 9 months

You're pronunciation is well off mate haha

@Palmerageddon

3 жыл бұрын

Just out of interest, what did he pronounce wrong? (I'm British too)

@6timesbabyyy996

3 жыл бұрын

@@Palmerageddon estuary and Coventry

@ilovesafa

3 жыл бұрын

Your*

@6timesbabyyy996

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilovesafa Yeah I'm sure an American is better at pronouncing British places than a British person themself. What a stupid comment. Can tell your from asia or the middle east with a silly comment like that

BIG lIE

Ireland is not a part of britian.

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

Please be accurate. The republic of Ireland is an independent country. Northern Ireland IS part of the United Kingdom.

@frankzebzda86

2 жыл бұрын

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 you don't understand the history between ireland and england. And it shows Ps the uk is an english proclamation not a territory

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

PS Just realised I'm corresponding with a sad prick who upvotes his own comments......Jesus wept.

@frankzebzda86

2 жыл бұрын

@@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 and im smiling and your not 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

@@frankzebzda86 and I'm right, and you're not... That makes me happy. P.S You forgot to upvote your own comment.

hello

Ireland was not part of Great Britain at the time. It was an independent country. Get facts right

@MarkHarrison733

Жыл бұрын

Not until 1949.

1:07 The Germans did not deliberately target civilian targets. This was a Fnglish feature !

It’s called the Netherlands stop it

BMA Well I don't feel any sympathy for all the colonist oppressors died and wounded into pieces (M.A)....

@tyap7022

2 жыл бұрын

Those that died weren’t colonist they were innocent people their government and their ancestors were the colonizers by you’re logic the people who die in war America,Russia,China and India don’t deserve sympathy because of their ancestors and government

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

Guess what? They probably feel the same about you and your relatives, so don't sweat it.

@lightfootpathfinder8218

Жыл бұрын

Nobody cares what some Brit hating Indian thinks. Britain mobilised it's entire population to fight the forces of evil and suffered for it ....that's more than can be said for the Indians in the Bengal famine

German rule the air

@lightfootpathfinder8218

Жыл бұрын

Yes Until they fought the British lol

@frixux

Жыл бұрын

@@lightfootpathfinder8218 you lost again germany ,

@lightfootpathfinder8218

Жыл бұрын

@@frixux when lol

@frixux

Жыл бұрын

@@lightfootpathfinder8218 dunkirk hitler becomes saint patron of British soldiers nazis pardon 320k soldier at the shore of france , they could kill them easily

@lightfootpathfinder8218

Жыл бұрын

@@frixux you said "Germany ruled the air" ... When did Germany defeat the RAF ??

Ireland is not Great Britain

@lightfootpathfinder8218

Жыл бұрын

the map is all wrong lol but Northern Ireland is the UK thou

@MarkHarrison733

Жыл бұрын

Ireland was not a country until 1949.

@enzodjpig6448

Жыл бұрын

@@MarkHarrison733 Ireland gained independence in 1921 😂😂😂

@MarkHarrison733

Жыл бұрын

@@enzodjpig6448 The Irish Free State was a colony of the British Empire. Michael Collins was killed by the IRA in 1922 because he enforced Dominion status.

@enzodjpig6448

Жыл бұрын

@@MarkHarrison733 It was considered a dominion until 1948 but we were fully independent since 1922/23 and were not tied to Britain like the dominion of Canada and Australia. The Irish had full autonomy. I don’t know about the north but this is all true for the republic

Thank you Germany 🇩🇪 love from india

@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684

2 жыл бұрын

You people now DESERVE to live in poverty.

hello from coventry 👍

British won only because of strength of India & it's army