The Damn Belgians and Dutch lost the war in the west. Holland was neutral in WWI and had the Kaiser living there. They ABSOLUTLEY REFUSED the French and British offers for joint operations. France & the BEF had two choices. Sit back and be invaded else attack Belgium before the Germans did. At the LAST MINUTE, Gamlin decided to defend the Neatherlands which the Bosche predicted with disasterous results. In the Next War, France needs to abandon the Dutch to their own fates!!!
Wow my grandfather was in the US army. I so wish he had been in the SS, or even Werhmacht. I would have liked that much better. I bet he wishes he had fought for the Nazis now. The way history turned out totally blows.
@wulfsheImut You grandfather did good. Nazis are the ass of the world, like every racism. What can be so nice in Nazism??? They think, if you're not German, Aryen and white, you're a subman.
These are 1st army units I believe, the army that defeated its German opposite number at Gembloux. Yep it was only the collapse of the defences to the south that forced it to retreat.
Most of our uber alles junior keyboard warriors dont know anything about those 4 days.
C'est vrai qu'il faut dire que durant les deux guerres ùondiales,les francais ont été les premiers a venir défendre nos frontières avec notre petite armée royale...Merci frère francais!!!
@Dimi10b Certes, il y a sans doute eu un sentiment de "grande soeur protectrice" de la France envers la Belgique (surtout envers les Wallons) mais c'est surtout pour éviter d'avoir une guerre sur le sol Français et qui sait, peut-être rallier les Belges à la cause française et donc, rattacher la Wallonie à la France. Celà c'est d'ailleurs discuté entre grands vainqueurs en 1918. Mais l'Angleterre n'aurait sans doute pas apprécier, tout comme les Flamands
@grou28 don't talk about things you don't know. in the beginning of the war, the flemisch belgians didn't want the germans, its only when hitler introduced the "flamenzenpolitiek" (who gives more adventage to the flemisch then the walloon), that some flemisch groups were pro german. Even the Walloons had their own wermacht legion after occupation.
I actually don't think the course of the war would have changed much if the french had focussed on the ardennes. the germans still had better tactics and if the french best divisions were in the ardennes, noboy would have defended belgium.
the ideal thing for the allies would have been to attack germany in september 39. then you can be sure they'd reach berlin in a few weeks. At least if the germans wouls have brought back their troops to defend their country, poland would not have fallen.
@Perversus666 I agree on the attack in 1939, France alone at that time would've destroy the Wehrmacht in few months. Hitler himself said that he felt so lucky that France didn't invade Germany in September 39. But I think that if France and the Chasseurs Ardennais had focused on the Ardennes and on Luxembourg, German wouldn't have passed them and had turned into Flanders where Belgian and British troops could take them. Attack the Maginot line would have stopped the Germans immediatly
La France avait aussi du bon matériel, hélas mal utilisé. Ces pauvres soldats qui vont bientôt battre en retraite, souvent sans combattre , me font mal au coeur.
Je suis étonné que l'on voit plusieurs fois des fusils MAS 36 sur ces images alors que ce nouveau fusil français était encore rare à être en service.Mieux dirigée, l'Armée française aurait pû tout changer .Hélas elle fût balayée comme jamais.
Commentary at the end: "Since the morning of 10 May, starting in Luxembourg and Belgium, the painful exodus, fleeing the air bombing menace. All night long in Belgium and in France, all too frequently evacuees were set ablaze and massacred, even more tragedies cannot still be verified."
Last sequence shows a gend'arme checking a Luxemburg passport and pinpointing the bullet holes on the Luxemburgers' front wheelwell near the "LUX" licence plate.
Translation: Part of the poster: "BELGIANS! The French Army has come here to your rescue...is to protect you against an enemy...which has no respect for...and to save your...penetrate on your soil of...seriously observe....your Ardennes border section is not...PLISSEMANGE, LA CHAPELLE, MONT ST-MARTIN...you will be welcomed in FRANCE like brothers...measures will be taken so that...as much as possible so that you do not suffer from evacuation.
S.C.A. , Service Cinematographique de l'Armee francaise , Journal de geurre Numero 33 ?!! Where in bloody hell did you find this, Skoblin?! This is far and away the best newsreel I've ever seen and I have seen a lot, and as rare as the ant's wisdom teeth. Highlights definitely for me are the Belgians passing bottles and "clopes" (cigarettes) to the Poilus. Magnificent. You are simply the best.
A rarity perhaps, you are right. I have not seen these on Youtube anywhere else. I also have Nrs. 34, 35, 36 and 37. So they will also be on here. Merci beaucoup pour le translation, mon ami! :)
Saying I'm looking forward to them is an understatement! The bottles the Waloons are handing are probably beer and not wine judging from the metal fasteners. And he hagard Poilu cyclist's gesture of dropping the outstretched palm means politely but firmly, "Enough" ("Ca suffit" he mouths). The cocard sign "Douanes francaises" as you well know means French Customs and can be seen at the very end of the Spanish Civil War when Loyalist/Republicans cross into France in Catalonia and internment.
The Damn Belgians and Dutch lost the war in the west. Holland was neutral in WWI and had the Kaiser living there. They ABSOLUTLEY REFUSED the French and British offers for joint operations. France & the BEF had two choices. Sit back and be invaded else attack Belgium before the Germans did. At the LAST MINUTE, Gamlin decided to defend the Neatherlands which the Bosche predicted with disasterous results. In the Next War, France needs to abandon the Dutch to their own fates!!!
Armydicked 1 month ago
Wow my grandfather was in the US army. I so wish he had been in the SS, or even Werhmacht. I would have liked that much better. I bet he wishes he had fought for the Nazis now. The way history turned out totally blows.
wulfsheImut 1 year ago
@wulfsheImut You grandfather did good. Nazis are the ass of the world, like every racism. What can be so nice in Nazism??? They think, if you're not German, Aryen and white, you're a subman.
91OCB 9 months ago
wow my grandfather was a member fo the resistance ! =))
youaremypreciousone 1 year ago
S *boom C *boom* A *boom* :D
0jrhindo 1 year ago
contre Allemands pas trop fort.. est-e que tous les hommes etaient mobilisés?
orstho1 1 year ago
French 1940 newsreels!! excellent and rare.
These are 1st army units I believe, the army that defeated its German opposite number at Gembloux. Yep it was only the collapse of the defences to the south that forced it to retreat.
Most of our uber alles junior keyboard warriors dont know anything about those 4 days.
Vive La France!
5000433 1 year ago
C'est vrai qu'il faut dire que durant les deux guerres ùondiales,les francais ont été les premiers a venir défendre nos frontières avec notre petite armée royale...Merci frère francais!!!
Dimi10b 1 year ago 2
@Dimi10b Certes, il y a sans doute eu un sentiment de "grande soeur protectrice" de la France envers la Belgique (surtout envers les Wallons) mais c'est surtout pour éviter d'avoir une guerre sur le sol Français et qui sait, peut-être rallier les Belges à la cause française et donc, rattacher la Wallonie à la France. Celà c'est d'ailleurs discuté entre grands vainqueurs en 1918. Mais l'Angleterre n'aurait sans doute pas apprécier, tout comme les Flamands
91OCB 9 months ago
only the wallon(french) belgians where awaiting the french!
StaffanGoldschmidt 2 years ago
Of course! the "flamands" where awaiting the Germans!!!
grou28 1 year ago
@grou28 don't talk about things you don't know. in the beginning of the war, the flemisch belgians didn't want the germans, its only when hitler introduced the "flamenzenpolitiek" (who gives more adventage to the flemisch then the walloon), that some flemisch groups were pro german. Even the Walloons had their own wermacht legion after occupation.
Ellexhirion 1 year ago
@grou28
actually "the flamands" had half the collaborators as their frenchspeaking countrymen and alot more resistance fighters aswell
samgillispwnage 1 year ago
I actually don't think the course of the war would have changed much if the french had focussed on the ardennes. the germans still had better tactics and if the french best divisions were in the ardennes, noboy would have defended belgium.
the ideal thing for the allies would have been to attack germany in september 39. then you can be sure they'd reach berlin in a few weeks. At least if the germans wouls have brought back their troops to defend their country, poland would not have fallen.
Perversus666 2 years ago 2
@Perversus666 I agree on the attack in 1939, France alone at that time would've destroy the Wehrmacht in few months. Hitler himself said that he felt so lucky that France didn't invade Germany in September 39. But I think that if France and the Chasseurs Ardennais had focused on the Ardennes and on Luxembourg, German wouldn't have passed them and had turned into Flanders where Belgian and British troops could take them. Attack the Maginot line would have stopped the Germans immediatly
91OCB 9 months ago
Very facisnating. Love the Introduction with Big Gun and Bugle Call, Very French indeed. : D
hmasmelbourne 2 years ago
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ww2 france pice of ......!!!!
cristiandan06 2 years ago
La France avait aussi du bon matériel, hélas mal utilisé. Ces pauvres soldats qui vont bientôt battre en retraite, souvent sans combattre , me font mal au coeur.
Je suis étonné que l'on voit plusieurs fois des fusils MAS 36 sur ces images alors que ce nouveau fusil français était encore rare à être en service.Mieux dirigée, l'Armée française aurait pû tout changer .Hélas elle fût balayée comme jamais.
fm192429 3 years ago 2
Commentary at the end: "Since the morning of 10 May, starting in Luxembourg and Belgium, the painful exodus, fleeing the air bombing menace. All night long in Belgium and in France, all too frequently evacuees were set ablaze and massacred, even more tragedies cannot still be verified."
Last sequence shows a gend'arme checking a Luxemburg passport and pinpointing the bullet holes on the Luxemburgers' front wheelwell near the "LUX" licence plate.
olivenstein 3 years ago
Translation: Part of the poster: "BELGIANS! The French Army has come here to your rescue...is to protect you against an enemy...which has no respect for...and to save your...penetrate on your soil of...seriously observe....your Ardennes border section is not...PLISSEMANGE, LA CHAPELLE, MONT ST-MARTIN...you will be welcomed in FRANCE like brothers...measures will be taken so that...as much as possible so that you do not suffer from evacuation.
Commanding General of l'Armee (francaise)
olivenstein 3 years ago
S.C.A. , Service Cinematographique de l'Armee francaise , Journal de geurre Numero 33 ?!! Where in bloody hell did you find this, Skoblin?! This is far and away the best newsreel I've ever seen and I have seen a lot, and as rare as the ant's wisdom teeth. Highlights definitely for me are the Belgians passing bottles and "clopes" (cigarettes) to the Poilus. Magnificent. You are simply the best.
olivenstein 3 years ago
A rarity perhaps, you are right. I have not seen these on Youtube anywhere else. I also have Nrs. 34, 35, 36 and 37. So they will also be on here. Merci beaucoup pour le translation, mon ami! :)
skoblinI 3 years ago
Saying I'm looking forward to them is an understatement! The bottles the Waloons are handing are probably beer and not wine judging from the metal fasteners. And he hagard Poilu cyclist's gesture of dropping the outstretched palm means politely but firmly, "Enough" ("Ca suffit" he mouths). The cocard sign "Douanes francaises" as you well know means French Customs and can be seen at the very end of the Spanish Civil War when Loyalist/Republicans cross into France in Catalonia and internment.
olivenstein 3 years ago
5*****
DivisionCharlemagne0 3 years ago