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@AliBABA-ru9vb

4 жыл бұрын

Im from Tripoli Libya and i knew about this but this added alot of knowledge

@alexispacheco7881

4 жыл бұрын

Already did dude

@GenghisVern

4 жыл бұрын

that's actually a good deal. thanks

@NobleKorhedron

4 жыл бұрын

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"...

@chrisliu6249

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Joker129

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, so true the italians are sooooo incompetent at everything.

@iamwarranted4502

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joker129 no

@fieldmarshalbaltimore1329

2 жыл бұрын

To fire your weapon, pull the trigger.

@Joker129

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Joker129

2 жыл бұрын

@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.

@stephenbrady5220

3 жыл бұрын

Romans were Italian

@iplayfoofee3547

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrady5220 Turkish people were Italian also. So was Egypt, Greece, France, Morroco, Libya, Spain, and UK. And soo many more. They are all Italians.

@markipoo2648

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenbrady5220 You know I'm just talking about modern Italians.

@stephenbrady5220

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

3 жыл бұрын

I love them both equally now don’t spread rumours

@zippyparakeet1074

2 жыл бұрын

@@generalrommel5666 weren't you caught in an anti hitler coup?

@generalrommel5666

2 жыл бұрын

@@zippyparakeet1074 true, but I wasn’t part of it!

@waltermartinez9110

2 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@echo2302

Жыл бұрын

Wilhelm not William

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

@aryanbparida5998

Жыл бұрын

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.

@Youtubechannel-po8cz

Жыл бұрын

A lovely story of ordinary men trying to retain their humanity in a time of war.

@drunkenmmamaster419

5 ай бұрын

Sick dude !!

@raphaelostrowski6336

3 ай бұрын

Amazing story sounded like a badass

A forty Minute video from The Armchair Historian? Count me in!

@suselek990

4 жыл бұрын

@Blazin609 I have ads

@jmadmaxx7295

3 жыл бұрын

dachicagoan no, it’s because advertisers are very cautious now. KZread 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. KZread doesn’t do it on purpose. It does it because it’s systems are Shite.

I will always be amazed by how effective inflatable armies were during WWII

@lukerowe6269

3 жыл бұрын

You would think there were spies involved in some part of it yknow

@joebomb1019

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@evanmoore3114

2 жыл бұрын

They fell for that so many times

@jaymeister4850

2 жыл бұрын

Plot Twist: The whole was was fought with inflatables

@schottgunjr

2 жыл бұрын

"Hanz i see one" "Well shoot him" *pop*

I’ll never understand how a doc like this is free to watch. Great work.

@brennab2697

11 ай бұрын

Sponsor and ads

@crazygamingyt7245

6 ай бұрын

If it was for money less people would watch it hence less money

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 🙏

@M4DNOM4D

8 ай бұрын

Wow A Malayali At North African Campaign , Damn

-"Ok, hear me out. What if we swapped the balloon tanks with *actual* tanks?" -"It's so crazy, it just might work"

@jaded3862

4 жыл бұрын

Simon Norris “son of a bitch I’m in”

@diggraver2929

4 жыл бұрын

*Spits out Tea* You sir are a mad man! Where do I sign up?

@imawsomeandyournot6108

4 жыл бұрын

The master of disguise. I hate but love that movie so much.

@definitelyjustcj4148

4 жыл бұрын

“WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN”

@SewerRatsarepeopletoo

3 жыл бұрын

By Jove the man might actually have actually got it!

"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...

@godlovesyou1995

4 жыл бұрын

More like the british shipped them there but yeah

@aidenbutcher8461

4 жыл бұрын

Once there was a dead funell web spider on my pool (one of the most venomous spiders in the world)

@godlovesyou1995

4 жыл бұрын

@@aidenbutcher8461 did u survive?

@aidenbutcher8461

4 жыл бұрын

@@godlovesyou1995 it was dead lol I just didn't think they lived in tropical north Queensland

@JoTheSnoop

4 жыл бұрын

I'm an Australian and had a bit of a giggle when I heard that.

My grandfather was a Rat of Tobruk. Proud to be Australian 🇦🇺

@HauptgefreiterB

3 жыл бұрын

Impressive that the descendent of a rodent learned to type and use a computer 😉

@bludeuce3855

2 жыл бұрын

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"

@loadeddiaper4216

10 ай бұрын

Hopefully a cat didnt eat him

@xx.._avx4

5 ай бұрын

Your English is so damn bad dude@@bludeuce3855

@xx.._avx4

5 ай бұрын

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

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

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. 🇬🇧🇭🇲🇺🇸🇨🇦🇫🇷

@darthjamula

3 жыл бұрын

My grandad was at El Alamein and told me the exact same thing 😂

@Plutonic_Blue

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a great way to get sick lol

@pennyd.5866

3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa was also in North Africa in the Army Air Corp. He used to say the same thing!

@DanielFuentes-mr3nn

3 жыл бұрын

You all have the same grandpa

@islamiyamuslimi1829

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@Bragosso

4 жыл бұрын

Because there was none. Kappa

@josephleocadio9228

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@aleksihakli1125

4 жыл бұрын

@@josephleocadio9228 I can't even begin to fathom, how many times i've binge played the campaign. My personal favorite in the CoD series.

@garretth8224

4 жыл бұрын

@TigerBloodMan if your making money from it, its a real job.

@Marauder623

4 жыл бұрын

@@aleksihakli1125 medal of honor breakthrough has italians in it.

Rommel even said: “This will be made into a KZread video one day.”

Everyone: lol italians cook pizza The italians remaining all alone and getting abandoned by the germans: *bruh*

@Euro.Patriot

3 жыл бұрын

- 2 3 - 2 0 0 2 - 3 3 2 2 3 - 5 -

@hamza-trabelsi

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@quentin8585

3 жыл бұрын

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

@hamza-trabelsi

3 жыл бұрын

@@quentin8585 that's why you lost the WAR because you are not puppets

@quentin8585

3 жыл бұрын

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

Auchinleck and O'Connor are two of the most underrated generals of WW2. Richard O'Connor even escaped a POW camp!

@jackmcwhitman1450

4 жыл бұрын

I'm quite sure there's a street named after auchinleck near where I live

@donfelipe7510

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@alexanderhutchins7988

4 жыл бұрын

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@elmamiihen2153

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderhutchins7988 Can you translate in english?

@milrevko

4 жыл бұрын

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!

basically a giant tennis match where every player gets tired after each hit

@lizardman1582

2 жыл бұрын

@Heinous Anus lol

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

"Desert a tacticians paradise but a quartermasters hell"

I bless the oil down in Africa

@ImStillWoody

4 жыл бұрын

Standard Oil would like to know the locations in Africa.

@VideosdeDomingo

4 жыл бұрын

Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

@UltimaSigmarAlonso

4 жыл бұрын

Rhodesian Security Forces wants to know your location

@someguy4512

4 жыл бұрын

here he is again !

@22steve5150

4 жыл бұрын

Gonna take some time to drill the oil we never had (ooh, ooh)

man rommel is so smart he figured out that the flak cannons are super good at being anti tank guns

@zzaronn

2 жыл бұрын

was it him ? I know it was during battle of france, they used it to shot down b1 and rommel was there

@crumpetcommandos779

2 жыл бұрын

@@zzaronn they also had to use them against matilda tanks

@unclelarry8842

2 жыл бұрын

More like overrated

@crumpetcommandos779

2 жыл бұрын

@@unclelarry8842 yup

@zylnexxd842

2 жыл бұрын

@@unclelarry8842 no

The Indians, Aussies and Kiwis don’t get enough credit for helping us - thank you all 🙏🏻

@GTAandApplechannel

3 жыл бұрын

Laser Kiwis

@callumsherratt5436

3 жыл бұрын

@mvubu1234 oh yeah

@callumsherratt5436

3 жыл бұрын

@@dalesen the Americans get plenty of credit - too much if anything because they didn’t do the most

@callumsherratt5436

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@callumsherratt5436

3 жыл бұрын

@@dalesen I never said they didn’t matter I said they get praised too much, actually read my comments you wanker

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.

@notabot2732

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

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

3 жыл бұрын

It's pretty stupid actually. It's a huge exaggeration about Australia.

@nihil_hd1598

3 жыл бұрын

@@dicksonbutts7412 bro...its a joke

@missnizny9278

3 жыл бұрын

@@dicksonbutts7412 It's a joke actually.

@ExHyperion

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@grizzlyaddams3606

3 жыл бұрын

Aussies are over rated.

O-Connor: gg ez *Rommel has entered the Game* Montgomery: zippity zap, check yo’ back!

@BenDover-tk3jj

4 жыл бұрын

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

@issamislam9596

4 жыл бұрын

bruh bm gang

@mikepowell5575

3 жыл бұрын

O-Connor: Ez lol *Rommel Has Joined The Game* O-Connor: Oh Crud

@shinchannohara2924

3 жыл бұрын

Patton: "I read your book".

Calling a 2 month supply wait a "Sitzkrieg" is incredibly funny lmao

4:57 love the Hugo Stiglitz reference.

Rommel: Give me a regiment of emu's and I will take the world..

@gentlemen.7621

3 жыл бұрын

No, he said “Give me an Australian division, and I will conquer the whole world”

@alexeyamosov664

3 жыл бұрын

@@gentlemen.7621 no, that man is right

@petezipardi4022

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't Rommel also say, " You fought like lions and were led like donkeys."

@JustAnotherAccount8

3 жыл бұрын

@@petezipardi4022 sounds more like gordan ramsay

@mandalortemaan7510

3 жыл бұрын

Imma take over the world (or at least Australia) with Emus

Italians: _get their ass kicked_ Italians: I’m telling Dad! UK: Haha! Go cry some spaghet- Germany: *Der British, mein junge?*

@jborreggine8759

4 жыл бұрын

El Alamein: *Exists* British: *PTSD intensifies*

@blubberwasser5105

3 жыл бұрын

Der Brite, mein Junge? Would be correct, but the brits were called "Tommies" in WW2 by the germans

@honkiboi5631

3 жыл бұрын

In the ensuing battle I can just see Italy smiling in the background

@harryharris4889

3 жыл бұрын

Tubrok: *Exists* Germans: *Screaming*

@DiddyBom

3 жыл бұрын

@@blubberwasser5105 😂😂

Anyone: Talks about History in an incredibly professional and unbiased manner. KZread: *And I took that personally.*

@stevejohnson6593

3 жыл бұрын

Yea, we must forget 'bad' history so that it can repeat itself some time

18:48 This…is PURE GOLD

I bet julius ceasar would be so mad that italic forces had to be carried by germanic forces against mixed celts + germans.

@leanderlopez7652

4 жыл бұрын

Just shows what 2000 years of history can do to continents.

@kskskdkdkdkdkdkd961

4 жыл бұрын

Why would he be mad ?

@turtlefunstudios2908

4 жыл бұрын

Kskskd Kdkdkdkdkd idk maybe because he fought those groups and was a proud roman

@LawrenceCaldwellAuthor

3 жыл бұрын

@@turtlefunstudios2908 I had two great uncles who died in North Africa. On the Italian side.

@FatGouf

3 жыл бұрын

Ceasar and most Roman emperors recognized Germanic prowess in the battlefield, thats why most of their cavalry were Germans who were given Roman citizenship.

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."

@jackschlein2308

3 жыл бұрын

Except speaking from experience Australia is already hell

@benlaskowski357

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackschlein2308 😋

@alexohagan8657

3 жыл бұрын

New Zealand is nice but Australia sucks

@alexohagan8657

3 жыл бұрын

@@sinsaydarylg.9165 how's that racist

@mwworldhistory23

3 жыл бұрын

Ben Laskowski You’re forgetting something. Gurkhas!

14:30 Rommel should have just gotten some Emu’s

@anormalperson1188

2 жыл бұрын

The good ol' Emu's were too good, the Germans had to make it "Fair".

33:45 the tank here is the infamous tiger 131, which is still held in a museum I believe

battlefield very historically accurate game. EA told me so

@cplpetergriffin1583

3 жыл бұрын

@Deenie Beenie Yeah Hitler default danced before he blew his brains out

@whatnotbutter7470

3 жыл бұрын

@@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

@Kimeraaidoru_gurifon_CH

3 жыл бұрын

EA: sssshhhhh--

@dapperfield595

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@buddergolem9463

3 жыл бұрын

yea name one time EA has lied!

Most history lessons are boring, so I like watching these. It keeps me more interested.

@FaxanaduJohn

4 жыл бұрын

JasonWittenFan You’ll remember like 0.54% of the info. But I agree it’s mad entertaining.

@myview5840

4 жыл бұрын

You had boring history teachers. Try watching Lindybeige for fun history too

@TheBlackfall234

4 жыл бұрын

because school history mostly focused on (at least where i live and in my opinion) redundant bullshit thats not really that important at all.

@majesticmisterm7903

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@TheBlackfall234

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

I love how you narrate the whole series of the wars, keep it up.

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.

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.

@uselance1741

4 жыл бұрын

@TigerBloodMan why are you talking to urself

@anon2427

4 жыл бұрын

Gazzara5 you forgot about the French

@PsilocybinCocktail

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@xirock1233

4 жыл бұрын

Gazzara5 have you watched the times Italy was good

@Licmebro

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

"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".

@MrBigCookieCrumble

4 жыл бұрын

dont forget the Magpies!

@horstnietzsche1923

4 жыл бұрын

Drop bears ... That sounds terrifying

@jimmy_stath1656

4 жыл бұрын

God Damn emu's stole my crop

@jakesmith-bw1yc

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget there where brits at tobruk aswell

@fazole

4 жыл бұрын

@Finnigan Merriman I always thought the name "Diggers" came from the miners turned soldiers who defended the Kokoda Trail.

Thank you so much for all this information this really helped me out on my school project. Also fan of your content.

23:09 *Ghost Division Intensifies*

@joemamaobama6863

3 жыл бұрын

they r da panzer elite

Griffin: plays cool maths games His FBI agent: I'm so proud

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

@bry117

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was

@kym393

4 жыл бұрын

Could've been Wurst!

@gunargundarson1626

4 жыл бұрын

@Caleb Hall so just gurgling sounds?

@shinchannohara2924

3 жыл бұрын

"Where Rommel is, there is the front!!"

@bangscutter

3 жыл бұрын

Rommel's popularity among the Wermacht meant that Hitler cannot afford to outright execute him publicly for treason. It would risk another coup.

Archibald after succesfully tackling the italian divisions: I think that enemy got The Point.

@faebees5793

2 жыл бұрын

Hey nice prozd reference!

You have a naturel gift youngfella. Keep up the good work. Thank you. Great doc.

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.

@drummer78

Жыл бұрын

Not to mention they fought pretty much the entirety of the Axis (Germany, Italy and Japan).

Imagine trying to post historical education on a site that claims to be “educational”

@demoiselle_chris9466

4 жыл бұрын

No fortnite seen during ww2, so youtube doesnt think it good enough

@theodorekiger3966

4 жыл бұрын

Chris Fresneau that may be so

@admiralthrawnbar4899

4 жыл бұрын

@@demoiselle_chris9466 Next video: Battle of Verdun told through fortnite

@jobRobbemond

4 жыл бұрын

@@admiralthrawnbar4899 My favorite part of the conflict was when France default danced on the Germans that captured their land.

@filipeamaral216

4 жыл бұрын

Pornhub?

I believe I have watched this about 7-8 times now. Gotta say puts me in a mood when playin hoi.

glad you gave Tobruk some spotlight, very important story in the aus defence force history

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

@HiHi-gn2dw

4 жыл бұрын

Slap Shot City My great uncle fought in the NZEF 1st Echelon during Crete, Op Crusader and the Italian campaign.

@nuke3069

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@HiHi-gn2dw

4 жыл бұрын

Slap Shot City That’s awesome!

@nic9511

4 жыл бұрын

What a bunch of legends

@litewind1793

4 жыл бұрын

My grandad fought in one of the British divisions who fought in Libya, Tobruk and Italy. Proud he survived and didnt died. 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦

I like that when you say "by the end of 1941" the timestamp when you said that is 19:41 coool

@KazualBopthKatze

3 жыл бұрын

Is Good Timing, Well, Good Editing

@davidagudelo9223

3 жыл бұрын

That's not a coincidence.

@left-2-write28

3 жыл бұрын

*x-files theme plays from unspecified source*

Great video. My grandfather and two granduncles were present in this theatre of war, fighting for the allies in New Zealand regiments. Our family recently received medals for two of them on their behalf. The medals my two granduncles were both awarded: The 1939 - 45 Star; The Africa Star; The War Medal, 1939-45; The NZ War Service Medal After seeing the Africa star medal I looked up a video and this was perfectly made and helped me visualize where my grandfather and granduncles would have been and what they lived through. More than fitting considering we have ANZAC day in a little over a week to remember fallen soldiers. Lest we forget.

@dovetonsturdee7033

3 жыл бұрын

If any of them were in Italy they should also have received the Italy Star.

@jstevinik3261

2 жыл бұрын

I want to thank them for their service. o7

I appreciate that "Desert Butcher" introduced like Hugo Stiglitz

This was a terrific documentary of an often overwhelmingly complicated series of campaigns. You were concientious to mention many of the involved allies too!

KZread's new tagline "All the history we want you to know"

@thegt3clickcrash329

4 жыл бұрын

Quite an observation Erich. Hhhhmmm ? The way Erich is spelled is the German way. What a coincidence.

@neilmackenzie8345

3 жыл бұрын

That is CNNs knew motto

@Nathan-ke3dn

3 жыл бұрын

@@neilmackenzie8345 and Fox News and OAN

so enjoy your history lessons , really helps clear the fog of war

18:57 that stick figure is beautiful

Rommel, a captain trapped in the body of a field marshal.

@generalrommel5666

3 жыл бұрын

I’d still prefer Fieldmarshal

@theluckyegg3613

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@generalrommel5666

3 жыл бұрын

@@theluckyegg3613 and who are you to teach me who I am and what I did?

@theluckyegg3613

3 жыл бұрын

@@generalrommel5666 I am I, The Lucky Egg!

@generalrommel5666

3 жыл бұрын

@@theluckyegg3613 My great grandson is a big fan of you

The lives of even the most brilliant and talented minds will ultimately be doomed by their corrupt, inept superior.

Rommel dipped out quick and slick to avoid capture. Then lied saying it was because he was sick 🤣🤣🤣

Great video with a lot of love for details, thank you.

That Inglorious Basterds reference tho.

@EloiFL

4 жыл бұрын

il butcherinno del desertinno. Also known as _Dominique de Coco_

@Musefan891

4 жыл бұрын

@@EloiFL *GAWR-LAWMI*

@kampfpiper3853

4 жыл бұрын

MARGARITIIII

@joyceblackmon1745

4 жыл бұрын

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 KZread videos lol.

@nihaalsandim9986

4 жыл бұрын

@@Musefan891 "arri va der chi*

Cool math games > Rainbow six

@allanjbucknol4414

4 жыл бұрын

Truly

@hoovyzepoot

4 жыл бұрын

It’s the true stress test for pcs

@locantora

4 жыл бұрын

Friv > cool math

@bondbond8260

4 жыл бұрын

Y8 > friv

@SuperJay23

4 жыл бұрын

i was thinking the same thing...which should i play....math games or own rainbow six noobs ?

Every time i have something stuck in my eye i just put this on and start crying

@jamesslater9098

3 жыл бұрын

Underated comment

What a coincidence, I'm currently reading about Tobruk in my book! Funny how time seems to work like that.

Rommel: Im about to seize North Africa for Germany ANZAC bois: Woppity Hoppity your supplies are now our property

@krunchykarim

4 жыл бұрын

See the Mexican gets it.

@ianfarr-wharton1000

4 жыл бұрын

Rommel: Give me a regiment of emu's and I will take the world..

@HiHi-gn2dw

4 жыл бұрын

Mexico ball That’s just Kiwis and Aussies for ya.

@clzm90

4 жыл бұрын

The Nazis and Rommel were actually fighting Mussolini's war. North Africa was not in the Nazis' plans at all.

@mrguy2k146

4 жыл бұрын

clzm90 wrong

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.

@arty5876

3 жыл бұрын

There is nothing wonderful. Italy had WW1 era untrained army without supplies

My great grandfather was a paratrooper in the 509th PIR in North Africa he made the two jumps at Tafaraoui and Youks-les-Bains, fought at the Faïd and Kasserine Pass, and the rest of the Tunisian Campaign. He later jumped with the 505th RCT, 82nd Airborne Division into Sicily. I’m not sure if he fought in the Italian Campaign. But later, sometime after his time serving in the 82nd, he was transferred to the 101st Airborne Division and jumped into Normandy and Holland. He also went to fight in Bastogne and maybe the Alsace region after the Battle of the Bulge was turned against the Nazis. He was also in the Invasion of Western Germany. He survived and lived a full life until his passing in 2006 just before I was born. He was 87 years old.

The Matilda tank fielded by the British forces was nigh on impervious to every Italian tank and gun - it's performance was the inspiration for the German heavy tanks that came later, ^oo^

33:47 Ahh the true “Last Tiger” tiger 131 (still works to this day and is in The Tank Museum, UK.)

@Trucksofwar

2 жыл бұрын

Not the last one anymore 😊 The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum nearly has theirs running

@kedarunzi9139

2 жыл бұрын

@@Trucksofwar How's it looking?

@Trucksofwar

2 жыл бұрын

@@kedarunzi9139 kzread.info/dash/bejne/mYmt1bBsfLu_j6Q.html Video of it being dragged in to static display while they finish other projects

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.

@sidneyadnopoz3427

Жыл бұрын

Eisenhower seems pretty good natured from what I've heard about him

@ChrisJensen-se9rj

4 ай бұрын

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.

@Dragonblaster1

4 ай бұрын

@@ChrisJensen-se9rj Yes, Horrocks was a good general.

Cool, man your so entertaining I can’t stop watching your videos!

This is so accurate! Please make more!

Shame on KZread for demonetizing this amazing history channel

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!

This was amazing! Subscribed! 😊

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 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!

@andrerutten225

4 жыл бұрын

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!

@steverobinson4199

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrerutten225 I was grounded in 6th grade for a month! Because I got a D in history on my report card!

@andrerutten225

4 жыл бұрын

@@steverobinson4199 I remember that me and a classmate of mine were once kicked from class because we didn't have our books XD

@steverobinson4199

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrerutten225 lol. Sounds like me.

6:00 "sitzkrieg" When it's funny, it's funny, ya know?

@moritzreinhard2504

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's funny.

@mort7987

3 жыл бұрын

It's double funny if you're german

Great video. Keep up the good work

your a grown man and you still play cool math games much respect

I'm surprised at how little ads there are. The Ironside sponsorship must be good.

I am so proud on that one Czechoslovak battalion which was defending Tobruk! 280 heroes! 17:15

@Droepram

3 жыл бұрын

Why are you proud to have helped the British empire? I am proud my German grandfather managed to defeat the allies at Tobruk.

@joemamaobama6863

3 жыл бұрын

@@Droepram w h a t t t t t

@janpristach3073

3 жыл бұрын

@@Droepram bc those soldiers were later on killed by our communist regime due to their service for our liberty in Africa under British empire.

@zaolzieisours6049

2 жыл бұрын

756 heroes

@monke8402

2 жыл бұрын

@@joemamaobama6863 don’t worry he’s just a troll

I appreciate all your labor of love producing such an obscure theater of WWII. Very easily understood once and for all how North Africa ebbed and flowed. Thanks

I watch these videos, and will continue to watch them, in no small part due to your pronunciation of, "Leftennant." Its refreshing.

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.

@mrpronounpurger

2 жыл бұрын

Ay its you

Many of Rommel’s troops were Italians... me: WHAT?!

@Commrade-DOGE

3 жыл бұрын

@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

@belladesa91

3 жыл бұрын

@@Commrade-DOGE Mab38 if u asked our SMG model. Our problem has always been leadership

@cuhgaming4943

3 жыл бұрын

Strong army, weak generals.

@martinlatour9311

3 жыл бұрын

strong army? lul

@Adrian-vz8ik

3 жыл бұрын

@@martinlatour9311 strong men

only just discovered you. Your videos are fantastic! love the WW2 stuff

Glad you're using sponsors, need this channel to keep online!

Beautiful animation and art quality. Your work really has improved over the years. Keep it up friend

''Took a wrong turn'' : Alexander II ''Took a wrong turn'' : WW1 ''Took a wrong turn'' : North Africa (12:38)

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

Wicked video, keep it up man! This channel is too dope to go down

Ahh, I can enjoy my Friday with a new video from the Armchair Historian. What a great day!

Excellent documentary. Thanks

That's a lot of hard work by you mate