World War I: Battle Of Verdun 4/4

The Battle of Verdun through June 1916, with a brief look at the civilian life in France at the time.

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[Makori4506]

I have one thing to hopefully shut up all other American idiots and actually listen to our European brothers. I do heartily believe that we went in and saved Europe...in WW2. WW1 barely saw our involvement at all. So stop it, guys.

Besides, how could we save them if they hadn't held out as long as they did? The French are the real heroes for keeping the Germans off balance for us. We just came in and pushed.

Vous remercier mes amis, from an American.

[unambitious]

As a US military member, I would like to apologize for any American statements made without thought or experience. Like the French aristocrats in Paris of old, people are sadly detached from the events all our brothers in arms have suffered. Please don't hold a grievance against our country, but against the idiots we all must tolerate lest we become belligerent and short-sighted too.

[Eyepice]

Why the hell are you discussing ww2 events on a ww1 video hmm.

[cheddyrod]

@Makori4506 USSR defeated the Axis powers.

[PosthumousAddress]

@Mistermax30 Wrong, wrong, wrong.

There is absolutely no way the Germans could have succeeded in a landing opposed by the Royal Navy Home Fleet.

The only way they *might* have succeeded was by knocking out the RAF, and even then the ability of the Wehrmacht to defeat the Royal Navy is doubtful.

You are confused regarding dates. I suggest you simply take a look at the dates of the Battle of Britain, and the start of Barbarossa. Quite simply, stop talking out your arse.

[madaobro]

war such 

[DenverYellowStone]

@Makori4506 I don´t think the Germans would have stayed in France for long IF they had won in the first world war. Just like in 1871 they would have requested reparations etc. For world war 2 I think economically the US contributed a lot to defeat the germans however on the battlefield (in my opinion) the Russians were the main reason for the german defeat. Long live the Franco-German friendship! Also respect to the Americans. Greetings from Germany

[TRUExSIGHTS]

@Mistermax30 The Soviet Union was invaded on 22 June 1941. The Battle of Britain had finished long before then, by the end of September 1940. There is NO justification in saying that Operation Barbarossa saved the RAF. The Germans had already switched from daylight bombing to night bombing on nearly every raid. The RAF was strong in the skies by then over Britain and the pace of combat dropped dramatically on the day to day basis. I don't know where you got your idea from.

[TRUExSIGHTS]

@Mistermax30 Actually from what i remember it did include airborne landings. Yes of course its biased slightly, nearly impossible not to be, but it was as unbiased as it could be, drawing on statistics and data from the time and recreating it as accurately as possible. It is no assumption, it is from the facts. The German navy was mostly reliant on submarines, even at this time, as their surface fleet was woefully small. I'll continue in the next post.

[Mistermax30]

@TRUExSIGHTS I doubt that simulation wasn't a tad biased. I also doubt that it included the prospect of mass air drops into England, which would have most certainly taken place...

[Mistermax30]

@TRUExSIGHTS The royal navy would have to contend with the luftwaffe, along with the German navy, which was no pushover I believe. Your assumption that an invasion fleet would by default encounter disaster is a tad presumptuous. And yes, raf casualties had reached critical levels by that point, and yes, the invasion of the Soviet Union did put the luftwaffe's priorities elsewhere.