(1/10)Battlefield II The Campaign in the Balkans Episode 3 (GDH)

[trekk2011]

i'm so proud about greece....we gave to axis a good lesson of bravery!!!!!!

[Armydicked]

Fuck me!!! Did I or Did I N-O-T tell shit for brains not to fuck with the Balkins? Did I or did I N-O-T tell dickhead N-O-T to fuck with Greece? I'm just Der Fuhrer--why would anyone want to listen to me? Maybe I should just declare war on Italy and let them be Great Britian's Millstone, I mean Ally! I didn't ask Duce for help with France:he just showed up and started attacking. Wanna hear the punchline? The French were days from surrendering yet they still handed Italy their ass!!! AH

[ElenaGeorge1]

@Armydicked mind your language!

[calvingmail]

this is a forgotten war..Italy started it but almost got defeated by Greece until Hitler sent his troops to bail the Italian troops

[HMSBeagle200]

Thanks for Mussolini, the western civilization was saved

[augustocroppo]

I do not like documentaries which highlight too much the name "Hitler", as he was the only one to plan the offensive attacks. Coming from discovery channel, it is not a surprise. People have to learn that the world war II was planed and executed by many minds, not only one...

[Pfsif]

@augustocroppo Yes, and if one is to be honest, Churchill is probably responsible for widening a boarder dispute with Poland into a World War.

[gugagagagreprpr]

@Pfsif There was no fucking border dispute, its was a FUCKING occupation of Poland by Nazi-Germany. Its good he and France too affermative action against Germany.

[MARKO8885VTC]

DRUŽE TITO MI TI SE KUNEMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[NewPetar]

@MARKO8885VTC !!!DRAZO SRPSKI SINE!!!

[bbob765]

Excellent! Glad to catch 1/10 before it's banned. Keep up the good work!

[NikNovi]

Bulgaria also participated in the land grab in Macedonia, from where it also surrendered Jews to Nazis.

[paaaatrika]

You're doing great work. I haven't seen this anywhere else even as a *cough torrent*

Good job!

[Chansulus]

one or 2 countries can not take over earth hopefully china / Russia go all ww3 on us

[GrayFox436]

"Good German Diplomacy."

Yeah...

[DutchPetriot]

Why did the germans wanted to controll greece?

[Hellothasauras]

Should of finished Britain in 1941, Germans were not thinking straight. Britain became a disaster for the Germans, a floating aircraft carrier in range of Germany's production.

[martynrobin121]

@Hellothasauras Should of finish Britain 1941?? HOW?? In 1940 Hitlers planned the invasion of Britain and was ready to invade all he needed to do was gain Air-power but his Luftwaffe were defeated by the R.A.F in the battle of britain, Hitlers dreams of invading Britain were crushed he couldnt invade. The British had a secret weapon and a better Air-Force whitch could shoot the Luftwaffe down 3-1.

[Hellothasauras]

@martynrobin121 If more thought had been put into operation sea-lion and the luftwaffe had continued hitting the British RAF air bases Britain would of fallen I think. Supporting by submarines and aircraft, Britain could have been invaded. Also, the Germans had jet fighters on the way.

[martynrobin121]

@Hellothasauras Hitler put everything into the invasion of Britain he tried every trick in the book, Bombing Air-bases and then Cities and Resources and then trying to starve Britain into surrender when he couldnt invade. The British had Radar whitch was a secret weapon of mass destruction in 1940 it gave the R.A.F advantage to shoot the Luftwaffe down 3-1. Britain had many planes and many coming from America there only problem was good experianced pilots who were been shot down.

[martynrobin121]

@Hellothasauras Both Britain and the Axis were losing there best and experianced pilots 1940 whitch couldnt be replaced. But with the British having the advantage of Radar and shooting down Luftwaffe 3-1 it was the Axis who looked like they would lose there Air-Force if they kept it up....But so would the British. Both Britain and the Axis could make many planes but they needed good and experianced pilots operate them.

[tjhoenecke]

@Hellothasauras Germans were even convinced that the English were winning via occult means, lol, but it was actually radar. As for Operation Sea Lion, well, the major drawback there would still have been that Germany never really developed the kind of landing craft need for such an invasion. So in 1944 the English showed up, with some of their Canadian and American friends, to show them what such craft should look like. ;)

[Hellothasauras]

@tjhoenecke Thank god Britain was an island and not part of the mainland! Rule Britannia! lol

[JIMY45GR]

Killed (incl missing) Wounded

In the initial landings 2500 500

Flying and sea casualties 600 …

In the balance of the fighting (a more normal ratio) 900 2100 — —

Total 4000 2600

[JIMY45GR]

After the war the Australian Graves Commission counted 4000 German graves in the Maleme-Suda Bay area and another 1000 at Retimo and Heraklion. Admiral Cunningham had reported that there were 4000 troops on the intercepted flotillas. Mr Churchill (Vol. III, p. 268) estimates that the German losses must have been well over 15,000.

[JIMY45GR]

Although the German invasion of Greece was swift, their forces met fierce resistance on the island of Crete, where the elite Fallschirmjäger suffered almost 7,000 casualties

[JIMY45GR]

The initial attack came against the Greek positions of the "Metaxas Line" (19 forts in Eastern Macedonia between Mt. Beles and River Nestos and 2 more in Western Thrace). It was launched from Bulgarian territory and supported by artillery and bomber aircraft. The resistance of the forts was both courageous and determined, but eventually futile. The rapid collapse of Yugoslavia had allowed the 2nd Panzer Division (which had started from the Strumica Valley in Bulgaria,

[JIMY45GR]

The initial attack came against the Greek positions of the "Metaxas Line" (19 forts in Eastern Macedonia between Mt. Beles and River Nestos and 2 more in Western Thrace). It was launched from Bulgarian territory and supported by artillery and bomber aircraft. The resistance of the forts was both courageous and determined, but eventually futile. The rapid collapse of Yugoslavia had allowed the 2nd Panzer Division (which had started from the Strumica Valley in Bulgaria,

[prunch72]

Excellent introduction in your info

[pvisserandorra]

Now instead of using slave labor, we have other countries produce for us, at slave labor prices.

[topperheartramada]

@pvisserandorra do you like being kicked in the bollocks as well? you already seem to be on of the 'we hate the west' crowd. i'm just curious how far your self-loathing goes.

[pvisserandorra]

@topperheartramada Did you forget who you stole your wealth from?

[topperheartramada]

@pvisserandorra All of it, no less. I don't know. I'm Norwegian. We never stole anything. We do give countless millions in aid though. How about that kick in the bollocks, I'm still curious.

[pvisserandorra]

@topperheartramada OK, I'll kick you in the bollocks if that's what you want.

[pvisserandorra]

@topperheartramada Right. The vikings only went around to give out candy.

[topperheartramada]

@pvisserandorra Not to mention Neanderthals. Or the dinosaurs.

[PhilipDK5800]

@topperheartramada YOU FILTHY NORWEGIANS STOLE OUR OIIIIIIL :p

[topperheartramada]

@PhilipDK5800 YOUR oil?

[PhilipDK5800]

@topperheartramada Yes, our oil! :O

[topperheartramada]

@PhilipDK5800 do explain

[crashoveryu]

03:09 that guy looks like he just saw a ghost, lol

[MyEsguerra]

wtf

[NikiGalabov]

Well I like "Battlefield" a lot. I would like to make just one correction.

Hitler didn't want to attack the USSR because the were slavs or to ensalve the Russians. He wanted to attack them just because they were communists and wanted to depose Stalin and the jewish conspiracy running the USSR.

[Rohv]

Glad to see documentaries about little known or campaigns that are hardly given attention. Thanks HoustonGD! I've been trying to look for documentaries about the Soviet-Japanese Border Wars and the Soviet-Polish War. Any ideas?

[tovarmagare]

Nazis introduced racial laws and supremacy of one ethnic group,and I'm happy that they were crushed and that they lost at the end.They didn't deserved anything else than defeat and intervention from the whole world.On the other hand there's a former British,or English colonial empire that rooted out the whole nations and ethnic groups,from North America,Australia,New Zealand,Oceania,Asia to Africa.And of course Scotland,Ireland,Wales too,they lost there language because of English occupation.

[s88fifo]

05:27

someone somewhere must have decided that the southslavs shouldnt be

left alone, living in peace. took us 4 centuries to liberate us from the turks, one year later the austro-hungars atacked. 25 years later the germans.

50 years after that, nato bombs Serbia for 80 days

i mean WTF.

[bombarderoazul]

why was the italian army so aweful in world war two?

[Redbeardian]

@bombarderoazul Some say it was because of soldier morale. They were suddenly thrown into a situation where they had to battle /kill people who a fairly short time before (WWI, and a while after) were close allies. The population of Italy had little,or no, ill will toward Britain, France, Canada, US, etc, and that probably trickled into the military.

[Grummel1971]

@Redbeardian as far as i know it was poor infantry equipmant, lack of organizacion and bad leadership cause veterans told me besides that they fought bravely so morale cant be the problem maybe the fact that mussolini decided to throw them into a war and told the generals 2 days bevore caused problems there ^^

[YamiBarai21]

@bombarderoazul Mussolini is a dwarf compared to Hitler, Alexander or Augusts

[tiedupsmurf]

@17bluemoon1 you have indeed Thank you

[tiedupsmurf]

@17bluemoon1 so what are you say,,?that things are going to get worse??

[theyounghistorian77]

Glad someone managed to put the Battlefield series Up :) Subbed

[tiedupsmurf]

gosh how such a small country like germany,mass so many troops that needed many other nations to defeat them,i just do not get it

[illbetilbake]

I love how contemptuous the documentary is towards anybody but the British and the Germans. They are represented as mere ants about whom vague and generalised statemens can be made and whom we shouldn't care about at all. Bloody slavs, communists, and savages from the Balkans....

[fauxsham]

thankyou thankyou, I've watched all of this series of uploads so far, but the whole of the eastern front/barbarossa is, to me, one of the most interesting parts of WW2. Yes, there are a few errors here and there, but overall, interesting stuff, and whats more, better than anything that would be made now, which would doubtless have thumping music, sound effects, hysteria and nothing interesting to say :-)

[aviomaster]

Soon we will have new world conflict  ,,, Created by USA imperialism ...

[99gates]

another strategy of Churchill's is a failure, and he losses all the hard won territory in northern Africa

again to boot...what a goof...

[aviomaster]

- USA is on the road Germany took 1939 ...

[barbelotta]

Romania was supporting Germany with the Marshal Antonescu, and after that the king Carol II of Romania betrayed the Marshal Antonescu and he was sentenced to death, was executed by a communist firing squad.

Ion Victor Antonescu Chief of Staff and Minister of War of September 4, 1940 until August 23, 1944 was prime minister of Romania and "Leader State".

after some years the king Carol II of Romania was sent into exile by Comunists, he comes back to Romania in 1992.

Marshal Antonescu HERO!

[aviomaster]

Just watch this , and think about what you see from 1999 to 2010 ...

USA is doing the same thing , as GErmany from 1939 ...

USA is the root of all problems today in the world ...  USA must be stopped . GOD bless Russia and CHINA .

[askjiir]

Snore..

[chris2002Rocklin]

LOL!

[A2Kaid]

Great videos, very educational and fascinating, keep up the good work.

[askjiir]

What's happening in america today?

[Rico8458]

copy that. i apologize.

[HoustonGD]

More nonsense from Mein Kampf of course.

[choop3004]

You can always talk about religion crap anywhere you want, but not in GD's. Please stay on topic, which is the Balkans Campaign. :)

[HoustonGD]

Comments deleted thanks!

[Rico8458]

AH forgot about NP in Russia

[kantor789]

Houston's info is history in nutshell. Great job.

[HoustonGD]

Glad someone read it!

[LootsEr]

@HoustonGD Most of it is logic anyway..

[21156590]

Now get it back.

[stlouie24]

Should have been more land. To the victors go the spoils. The Romanian were much too eager to attack the USSR. So... I see this loss of land totally justified.

[FerralD3mur]

We were eager to get OUR land back.How much do you know about our history?Ever heard of Stefan the Great?Bogdan I?

[JerryKitich]

did you expect a medal instead? you took your chances and ended up on the losing side, that's war

[askjiir]

"Just" because you supported Germany!?

Sounds like a pretty big ass, good reason if you ask me!

[askjiir]

Btw. I hope not all Romanians are as stupid as barbelotta.

[davazno1]

Why do you say barbelotta is stupid , Antonescu IS a hero in Romania , he's death ment 50 years of hard , soviet style communism .

[askjiir]

@davazno1

He killed hundreds of thousands of jews. You would have lost against the Soviets, with or without Antonescu. He didn't matter in that regard.

[davazno1]

No he didn't .

[juanntubbs]

Marshall plan, Eisenhower....my thoughts

[SShaupsturmfuhrer]

i agree with kingtiger88, your introduction to every documentary is very cool, and educational, i wish you a good day

[WorldWar2Historian]

Minor error, operation Barbarossa began on June 22, not June 21.

[cuddyman2]

@WorldWar2Historian are u realy a war historian. if yes then ur cool. i real like world war 2

[kingtiger88]

My friend. I love your introduction to this doc. You educate in 1,000 words more than this doc. 5/5 stars