German forces had pushed the allies to the beaches of Dunkirk, but then stopped their advance, giving allied forces a chance to evacuate. In today’s epic new video we’re looking at how close Nazi Germany actually was to winning World War 2 and how it was that Britain was able to pull off one of the most miraculous military retreats in history.
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yeaaaaah.. sure, I really thing we in the west really like to underestimate and ""undertalk""" about the USSR's major impact in the war… after Stalingrad they stomped Germany all the way back to Berlin. like Reznov said: "now it's their land, their blood, their people"
To the brave men holding back Germany ( living or dead) Thank you.
WRONG, STALINGRAD WAS!!!!
It would’ve been the end of western Europe but at the very least Germany would’ve been pushed back to Central Europe by the soviets
World history was really changed though, communism and fascism would’ve do,inmates after this
In a way the British and French prevented communism more than anyone else
At the start when you talk about the invasion of poland they did not have heavily armoured tanks most of the german tanks were panzer 1 and 2s with little more than 20 milimitres of armour and armed with machine guns and even as far as the invasion of russia more than 60% of the german tanks were light tanks with little to no armour
19:08 There was not 40 000 french and 40 000 English pows but 40 000 pows in all, about 35 000 being french troops who had covered the evacuation until the last bullet.
It was Swedish iron ore, not coal from Norway.
The idea of the british civil ships coming to the rescue is mostly a myth, the ships who took part in the dunkirk evacuation were mainly military ships of various origins, british but also french, belgian or dutch.
Peace cannot be kept by force, it can only be achieved by understanding….. Albert Einstein
Great video
why? it turned the world in the wrong direction
I used to work at Dover Castle where Churchill and Ramsay planned out the Dunkirk evacuations from the secret tunnels there. We'd always meet people who served/volunteered, and it was always a pleasure to hear their stories. This is certainly one of the biggest turning points in the war and not many people understand why, so thanks a lot for covering it!
More likely to be Stalingrad, El Alamein, Normandy or Midway battles
We want more of this type of topics
And what did this this "turning point" turn? People throw that term around when talking about ww2 without a clue what it means. When it comes to battles and progress of the war, Stalingrad was the turning point. USSR ended the german advance there and began retaking land.
The Germans had to halt because their troops had been high on methamphetamine for too many days.
Pearl Harbor was the biggest turning point. Britain, Germany, Japan and USSR were all about evenly matched. Eventually there's a stalemate if the US doesn't enter. The US entering swung things massively in the favor of the allies. The US had the most natural resources, produced the most weapons, developed nukes, and by wars end raised an army 12 million strong.
The French rear guard deserve so much credit for the success of the whole operation. Their valiant defence against the Germans were pivotal in allowing the troops to be evacuated.
It is not
This seems a bit fishy. Downplaying, the real turning point, Stalingrad, for political reasons?
November 24th will be the bloodiest war the world has ever seen…
My grandfather was evacuated from dunkirk. He said that the jetty they had built to get out into the sea a bit further was obliterated by a bomb when he was around 100 yards out
The German Army needed to refit and pause, as well naturally 2 weeks of constant on the march wears out machines.
well no it wasnt the turning point of the war the turning point of the war was the battle of kursk bigest armor battle in history
WW2 turning point was in Kursk and Stalingrad. It was the front with the most men and machinery
Germany got Swedish iron ore through Norway in the winter months whennthe Baltucvwas frozen over not coal.
Whilst the Dunkirk evacuations were going on the British we landing troops in noth-western France. These troops had to be withdrawn after the French surrender, last official withdrawals were after the Battle of Britain started.
I saw the movie "Dunkirk"… It was… Interesting
What's with the King Tiger and T-34/85's in the Battle of France? Lol.
“And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb and by their testimony. And they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.”
Revelation 12:11
Probably should mention the amphetamines the germans were supplied with to allow them to advance faster than any other army in history
I went to Dover last month as of writing this, and I saw a memorial for those who died in the Battle of Dunkirk at Dover Castle. I saw AA after AA, more AAs, a conrol station and an underground hospital. Pretty interesting place.
I would like to imagine a Dday where the germans made peace with the russians at stalingrad and they can refocus on the west
How would the war have changed?
Could the dday be pulled off?
The bit you skip, probably because the powers-that-be (the English) avoid all mention of it, is the bit that we will never forget. It shows the true nature of the Union and, in part, explains why we are where we are now politically. The British command were desperate to save as many English troops as possible and ordered the (Scottish) Highland Division to remain behind and cover the English retreat. The 51st Highland Division was attached to the French 10th Army as they made a final stand at St Valerey-en-Caux. Huge numbers of Highlanders were killed, maimed or captured. This betrayal/disgusting episode is never mentioned when Dunkirk is discussed in British documentary programming. I doubt if many of the 'British' population are aware of this, but we, north of the Highland Line, are well aware of what happened.
But CoD 3 said the Nazis entered Paris on June 4th! D:
The directors of Band of Brothers and The Pacific should make a movie about those heroes defending the entire evacuation, I think to their death in most cases. Would make a great movie
Such a historic achievement, running away…