German Invasion of Denmark: Every Minute (NEW)

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  • @wojciechgorczynski172
    @wojciechgorczynski172 3 роки тому +5850

    funfact: watch it 60 times slower and you have real time invasion

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 3 роки тому +123

      😱

    • @gawronyt3194
      @gawronyt3194 3 роки тому +239

      No because one minute in film is not one second in real

    • @just_pleb8977
      @just_pleb8977 3 роки тому +400

      @@gawronyt3194 you know it was a joke right?

    • @morbidsearch
      @morbidsearch 3 роки тому +103

      @@just_pleb8977 Still technically the truth

    • @Elaine..yfghh-628
      @Elaine..yfghh-628 3 роки тому +24

      @@gawronyt3194 he said SLOWER

  • @newstartyt3700
    @newstartyt3700 3 роки тому +4683

    Someone sleeps:Is a part of denmark
    Right after they wake up:Is part of germany

    • @pini1076
      @pini1076 3 роки тому +667

      It was actually true. Many Danes at the time went to sleep and woke up to later find out that they were suddenly being occupied lol

    • @50shekels
      @50shekels 3 роки тому +11

      Stolen comment from an idiot

    • @jamesfish2177
      @jamesfish2177 3 роки тому +326

      @@50shekels you do realise people can sleep during the day right

    • @50shekels
      @50shekels 3 роки тому +12

      @@jamesfish2177 I bet you do. We don’t

    • @user-ns3cy9zg4n
      @user-ns3cy9zg4n 3 роки тому +286

      @@50shekels 3:30a.m. is daytime to you?

  • @withsupreme2767
    @withsupreme2767 3 роки тому +951

    German soldier: Before the war, I will take a good rest so I can be strong!
    German soldier: sleeps and wakes up*
    German soldier: We won?

    • @drunkenhighlord3198
      @drunkenhighlord3198 3 роки тому +28

      German soldier be like this world war is going to be easy 5 years later

    • @someguyfromfinlandtj125
      @someguyfromfinlandtj125 3 роки тому +1

      @Evidential Or to north africa instead of russia

    • @ClipsWithLuke
      @ClipsWithLuke 2 роки тому

      @Wehrmacht nazi deutschland Du bist ein Nazi?

    • @insanity4955
      @insanity4955 2 роки тому +2

      @@ClipsWithLuke Probably a world conquest player (wahrscheinlich spielen welteroberung
      )

    • @Shenalan888
      @Shenalan888 Рік тому

      noice

  • @nex865
    @nex865 3 роки тому +1848

    2:42 UK to iceland: You are being rescued. Please do not resist.

    • @jokuvaan5175
      @jokuvaan5175 3 роки тому +150

      Iceland: *sigh* very well then *doesn't fire a shot and surrenders*

    • @ebonaparte3853
      @ebonaparte3853 2 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂

    • @BjornHeiden
      @BjornHeiden Рік тому

      The British unlawfully occupied the island and changed the way the law worked in 1944, making some things illegal that shouldn’t be.

    • @anonymuz796
      @anonymuz796 Рік тому +1

      Iceland:Resists 1 week

    • @shaddaboop7998
      @shaddaboop7998 Рік тому +61

      Many years ago I visited Iceland and went to their national museum. It was really interesting just how much emphasis they put on hating the British for the occupation, I was kind of shocked. What they didn't mention was the way they treated women who fell in love with Allied servicemen stationed in Iceland - many were stripped of their assets and effectively institutionalised as shameful rape victims. A deeply insular country paranoid of foreigners and ignorant of what German occupation would've entailed, which was the alternative.

  • @xano2921
    @xano2921 3 роки тому +1093

    2:42 British to the Icelanders: "We're gonna invade you to protect you from yourselves"

    • @No.no_body
      @No.no_body 3 роки тому +92

      Iceland: I am leaving NATO

    • @alex20776a
      @alex20776a 3 роки тому +196

      "Please do not panic, you are being rescued"

    • @AshGamer007
      @AshGamer007 3 роки тому +181

      You are being liberated please do not resist

    • @BamberdittoPingpong
      @BamberdittoPingpong 3 роки тому +109

      "Congratulations! You are being rescued!"
      "Please do not resist."

    • @ItzBIULD
      @ItzBIULD 3 роки тому +19

      Iceland: okay! *Legit makes way for the british to get off their ships in the ports*

  • @WTFCDFoxy
    @WTFCDFoxy 3 роки тому +4452

    This video is epic. A meme that has come a true. Imagine a 6-hour long video that shows every second in realistic time.
    Great job, deserves more viewers!

  • @FatheredPuma81
    @FatheredPuma81 3 роки тому +3722

    Danish Patriot: "I'm going to join the army and fight!"
    Wife: "No please don't I don't want to lose you!"
    Danish Patriot: "Sorry, but I have to protect my country."
    *Couple hours later*
    Danish Patriot: "I didn't get to the recruitment office before I heard we surrendered over the radio..."

    • @giulio_0062
      @giulio_0062 2 роки тому +86

      Lmao

    • @joaopk6263
      @joaopk6263 2 роки тому +165

      Just enough for the wife to forget

    • @figtree_video_archive
      @figtree_video_archive 2 роки тому +255

      Danish Patriot: And that's how I never joined the army, my grandkids.

    • @rabbaniazzahra1784
      @rabbaniazzahra1784 Рік тому +18

      i like how denmark capitulated even tho germany havent taken much land

    • @Unknown___-
      @Unknown___- Рік тому +66

      @@rabbaniazzahra1784 dude we had a small army and if we fought back it would just be sending our army to death for no reason so we only had one option we were too weak to fight back but at least we saved 90% of the Jewish living in Denmark

  • @franklinclinton4539
    @franklinclinton4539 Рік тому +118

    Ironic how the masterful destruction of Danish communication lines by the Germans likely cost them around 150 men, as the Danish order of surrender didn't reach the front.

  • @samilzeynalov2448
    @samilzeynalov2448 3 роки тому +50

    2:43 Greenland took its name

  • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
    @SpaceMonkeyBoi Рік тому +193

    Danish kid: "Hi mom! I'm back from school!"
    Danish mom: "Hallo mein Sohn. Ich habe Abendessen gemacht. Wie war es in der Schule?"
    Danish kid: "mom?"

    • @frederikbrandt424
      @frederikbrandt424 Рік тому +17

      I’m pretty sure they don’t speak English in Denmark as their native language..

    • @s-ts-4348
      @s-ts-4348 Рік тому +11

      @@frederikbrandt424 no shit

    • @toddharig8142
      @toddharig8142 Рік тому +8

      @@s-ts-4348 Danish kid:
      German mom:
      German kid:
      ***

    • @s-ts-4348
      @s-ts-4348 Рік тому +2

      @@toddharig8142 is that a joke? Sry i dont get it

    • @toddharig8142
      @toddharig8142 Рік тому +1

      @@s-ts-4348 Didn't mean to @ you. Missclick.

  • @RobertoLee09
    @RobertoLee09 3 роки тому +377

    German Invasion of Norway: Every day
    German Invasion of Denmark: Every Minute

    • @karlosdaniel6537
      @karlosdaniel6537 3 роки тому +22

      German invasion of Luxembourg: every second.

    • @Spoon80085
      @Spoon80085 3 роки тому +15

      Norway lasted longer against the Germans than every other nation besides the Soviets, meanwhile Denmark can’t even survive half a day

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 3 роки тому +33

      @@Spoon80085 ah yes I’m sure the body of water separating dident mean anything. I’m also sure the mountains played no part either

    • @Spoon80085
      @Spoon80085 3 роки тому +2

      @@chozer1 I’m saying it’s impressive that the Danish Government speed ran the war, I didn’t think it was possible to capitulate in 6 hours

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 3 роки тому +8

      @@Spoon80085 it’s possible mainly because the king called the army off the border with Germany so it was pretty much flghtless

  • @justabingbong
    @justabingbong 3 роки тому +1380

    Up next:
    *The German invasion of Luxembourg: every second*

    • @christian9125abd
      @christian9125abd 3 роки тому +118

      germany has passed them faster than they were able to capitulate

    • @nizesnoah
      @nizesnoah 3 роки тому +95

      hey at least we held out longer than denmark

    • @RubyPiec
      @RubyPiec 3 роки тому +14

      Every zeptosecond*

    • @halrd2651
      @halrd2651 3 роки тому +2

      @かたわれ時 its already been done

    • @PicanteAtlas
      @PicanteAtlas 3 роки тому +42

      They actually lasted longer than denmark

  • @arsha1434
    @arsha1434 3 роки тому +757

    This mapping video has the smallest time interval I've ever seen, it's fantastic! Seeing Danish counties and cities added extra depth to map, making it look better overall.

    • @rares_ic
      @rares_ic 3 роки тому +2

      We meet again

    • @total3117
      @total3117 3 роки тому

      Remind me in 5 years

    • @trollkenobi6727
      @trollkenobi6727 2 роки тому

      @The Nigerian Was going to say yours were to but realized you had none

    • @josiptito9412
      @josiptito9412 Рік тому +4

      you should see the british invasion of zanzibar, i believe it lasted for only ~40 minutes

    • @Ge0_Man
      @Ge0_Man Рік тому

      @@total3117 what about a year?

  • @APD9
    @APD9 3 роки тому +226

    bro imagine sleeping then waking up and your country is gone

    • @racesta8502
      @racesta8502 3 роки тому +30

      İts sad and funny at same time

    • @fabi74
      @fabi74 3 роки тому +8

      bro imagine being on mir as soviet citizen then coming back and as russian citizen ))

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 Рік тому +7

      Denmark was occupied and was treated actually nicely by the Germans.

    • @JstZelda
      @JstZelda Рік тому

      It wasnt gone , denmark existed as a puppet state reichcomisariat

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 Рік тому

      @@JstZelda denmark did not become a reichskommisariat. they maintained their initial government until 1943, when they became a protecterate. spanish fool.

  • @PM1871
    @PM1871 3 роки тому +646

    Nice job, especially on bringing the detail down to the level of minutes!

    • @danishkfd
      @danishkfd 3 роки тому +7

      Because Denmark surrendered in 3 hours

    • @ManOfTheWeek596
      @ManOfTheWeek596 3 роки тому +24

      Well if you put it in Hours it would be 6 frames and done

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 роки тому +1

      @Nigeria Bat Mapping no map is correct

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 роки тому +1

      @Nigeria Bat Mapping tell me how long was denmark invaded

    • @Killerbee4712
      @Killerbee4712 3 роки тому +2

      @Nigeria Bat Mapping No im pretty sure the general consensus is 4-6 hours, what are your sources?

  • @Superlegend56
    @Superlegend56 3 роки тому +121

    From 2:14 they go pretty damn fast
    Just imagining the whole army just sprinting to make up time lol

    • @Sprottel_SFM
      @Sprottel_SFM 3 роки тому +54

      They wanted to be done before lunch

    • @superpuggus8594
      @superpuggus8594 3 роки тому +18

      @@Sprottel_SFM well they succeded

    • @jabee4733
      @jabee4733 Рік тому

      the germans were kind of drugged up on meth so yeah, not that far off

    • @noobster4779
      @noobster4779 Рік тому +5

      They were on a very short time table because what is called the invasion of denmark was basically just "driving from germany to northern denmarks and embarking for norway".
      The land army went straight for the most northern danish airport and harbour to move on Norway, the actual goal.
      Denmark was the Belgium of scandinavia for the germans

  • @yasirnazirbutt8240
    @yasirnazirbutt8240 11 місяців тому +57

    Fun fact:At this time,the German Army had more soldiers than the entire population of Denmark.

    • @TheGilliams
      @TheGilliams  11 місяців тому +5

      No wonder they only lasted 6 hours

    • @CarmanDrex
      @CarmanDrex 10 місяців тому +3

      ​@@TheGilliamsthey capitulated because they didn't have any tanks

    • @TheDaneOfficial
      @TheDaneOfficial 8 місяців тому +4

      "Surrendered not Capitulate. It was a smart move to surrender so early since Denmark did not have the Manpower or the Technology to Beat germany so they surrendered as fast as they could in order to Save as many Danish lives as they could. So dont go arround saying "nO wOnDeR tHeY OnLy lAsTed 6 hOUrS" They could have survived for much longer pal. And another reason to Denmark being one of the fastest nations in all of ww2 was because of it being ONE OF THE ONLY COUNTRIES WITH NO ALLIED HELP, Poland, Norway, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium and many more all got help from the allies bruh. @@TheGilliams

    • @newhoi4guy
      @newhoi4guy 8 місяців тому +1

      ​​@@TheDaneOfficialWhere did you get your facts? The reason why NO ALLIED HELP was because it was before broadcast and the impossibility for the British to arrive in time AND with the German Navy already there; The British intervention of the Faroe Islands and Iceland was because it wanted to KEEP the Germans away to control more territory. They also had irregular radio communications, so what makes you think that? The Germans had already deployed the Kriegmarines in the naval bases of Norway. You might forget about the German air bombing Copenhagen and many other cities. The Royal Danish Army was warned of the attack, but it was denied to prepare defensive places as the Danish government didn't want to give the Germans any provocation for their actions. Also, stop thinking that Poland was more special. The German Navy blocked the path and Britain only had 6 regular army divisions at the start of the war, and by the time they EVEN could be transported to Poland, the Polish would be lost anyway by the intervention of the airforce and the Russians. It was their own fault to believe that the Allies would not declare war if they had set up a riverline further away so that Gdańsk could be taken freely. Even if the Norwegians got help, it was barely enough to hold the Germans out. *Read my paragraph slowly, and get real sources before saying all that.*

    • @noobhabs5884
      @noobhabs5884 6 місяців тому +2

      Poland didn't get shit from the alies, and also got attacked from the east by the Ussr, so it shouldn't be on this list

  • @Drizzle52693
    @Drizzle52693 Рік тому +32

    Can you imagine waking up and finding out an entire war happened while you were sleeping

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Рік тому +6

      There's a movie about the one small battle for a town that happened during the invasion.
      As the Danish soldiers are setting up road blocks to stall the approaching Germans, people come out of their doors to go to work and are told to get back inside because the fighting is going to start in a few minutes.

  • @firstoffproductions1462
    @firstoffproductions1462 3 роки тому +1678

    Fun fact: he had to do minutes because Denmark surrendered after 6 hours
    Edit: Minus those who actually contributed to the fact on this comment along with a few other good repliers, what the ****** is wrong with the people replying along the lines of "Yes, I know this, wtf is your point?" and similar things! Seriously, how many sticks are up your bum and what is the extent of your ego to even begin CONTEMPLATING acting like this in response to a simple guy wanting to say a simple FACT! I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HAVING TO WRITE THIS EDIT, but OH BOY, clearly either your parents failed you or humanity has been downgraded to the point this is an acceptable response, eitherway, my faith in this species has taken a huge hit, take the hint and change yourself before crapping on others.
    Rant Over

    • @scvboy1
      @scvboy1 3 роки тому +105

      @MarcussV True, nobody expected better lol.

    • @greathistorymapper
      @greathistorymapper 3 роки тому +8

      6hour😀

    • @excelvalentino6972
      @excelvalentino6972 3 роки тому +3

      true

    • @greathistorymapper
      @greathistorymapper 3 роки тому +4

      @Chleba s maslem its better than 6days war every day

    • @nickalit4563
      @nickalit4563 3 роки тому +23

      Honestly they fought well but how do you expect Denmark to stand up to a far more superior enemy

  • @burger7499
    @burger7499 3 роки тому +362

    Just imagine being a Danish kid in 1940 and you're just in the middle of a lesson, bored, looking out the window, and suddenly you see a German division just marching past your school. That must've been cool for the kids, but terrifying for the teachers.

    • @stargaming601
      @stargaming601 Рік тому +37

      my grandma experienced this

    • @thething9617
      @thething9617 Рік тому +94

      The kids knew what was goining on. I can 100 % guarantee that no kid in Denmark (aside from the German minority) would have thought it cool.

    • @Max-me9ol
      @Max-me9ol Рік тому

      @@thething9617 doubt even the german kids living there think it was cool, i mean they lived in denmark where they werent being brainwashed by the nazis.

    • @Dr.Leymen
      @Dr.Leymen Рік тому +19

      @@thething9617 I don't think that the local Germans would have liked it that much either

    • @timpeterjensen2364
      @timpeterjensen2364 Рік тому +26

      my great grandmothers parents were german, and she lived in the southern part of Denmark (Jutland) that had been german since the war of 1864 and became Danish again after the first world war, she was danish minded, but had alot of german minded friends. She was looked down upon after the war, for keeping up her german friendships and having them visiting. It was a weird period for alot of Danes in that region, bring up alot of wounds. I lost an ancestor in WW1, because he was recruited for the russian front, he was Danish minded, and hated going, but did not have a choice.

  • @ThatBasedGuy
    @ThatBasedGuy 3 роки тому +82

    Imagine surrendering so fast that the animators in the future make your time lapse in minutes 😂

    • @christian9125abd
      @christian9125abd 3 роки тому +3

      imagine that there is a film on the invasion wich takes 2 hours. and where it is mostly about the day before

    • @Gorg-oe1hu
      @Gorg-oe1hu 3 роки тому +24

      I mean, they had zero chance of winning. Like there is no possible way they couldve held off a German invasion. Better to prevent your people from being butchered then to resist when its completely pointless.

    • @ThatBasedGuy
      @ThatBasedGuy 3 роки тому +1

      @@Gorg-oe1hu true but still funny

    • @andreasaa2000
      @andreasaa2000 Рік тому

      @@ThatBasedGuy Imagnie saving 90+% of your jewish population, danes dont have to imagine cause they did it.

    • @ThatBasedGuy
      @ThatBasedGuy Рік тому

      @@andreasaa2000 respect.

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687
    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 3 роки тому +131

    when you sleep as a Danish and waking up as a German

    • @Sebbir
      @Sebbir Рік тому +6

      For the people at the danish german border that was nothing new. That border had been moving up and down like crazy

    • @youtuberobbedmeofmyname
      @youtuberobbedmeofmyname Рік тому +1

      Why did you say German twice?

    • @Norup928
      @Norup928 Рік тому

      @@youtuberobbedmeofmyname the Germans came from the danish lands so Germans are more danish than Danes are German

    • @Fummy007
      @Fummy007 Рік тому

      They were occupied but not annexed.

  • @johnearle1
    @johnearle1 Рік тому +8

    All the Luftwaffe had to do was fly over Copenhagen. The implicit warning was: Do you want your fairy tale city to look like Warsaw?

  • @travakek5579
    @travakek5579 3 роки тому +32

    every other video:count in days, weeks, months, years
    german invasion of denmark: m i n u t e s

    • @Lordofcookiejars
      @Lordofcookiejars 3 місяці тому

      Every other country counting Jews they failed to save from the Holocaust: hundreds, thousands, millions
      Denmark: f i f t y (of 7500+)

    • @VietnameseBoii
      @VietnameseBoii Місяць тому

      Hours in -Sokur- Futbol War?

  • @General-HD
    @General-HD 3 роки тому +71

    I personally have been around that military star island (top right), and I also remember seeing a ww2 soldier statue memorial there. Interesting!

  • @yournan-dm1hq
    @yournan-dm1hq Рік тому +18

    fun fact, the German soldiers literally had to wake up the Danish troops and kinda just had to tell them "Oi your getting invaded" and they basically replied with "ok"

  • @Scenariania
    @Scenariania 3 роки тому +16

    Excellent work! It's unbelievable that you were able to get research every minute of the German invasion.
    My respect goes out to Lolland who held up till the surrender.

  • @pini1076
    @pini1076 3 роки тому +6

    Damn, that’s the best mapped video of the Invasion of Denmark I’ve ever seen. Great job!!

  • @HurricaneHunter03
    @HurricaneHunter03 3 роки тому +20

    Looks really amazing and stunning, great job!

  • @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687
    @youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan6687 3 роки тому +43

    everytime i look at Denmark's map. i'm seeing a batman like human shape

  • @caos1925
    @caos1925 3 роки тому +68

    was just reading a bit more about this too, apparently king christian X would still ride around the capitol without his guards almost to say to the nazis 'I'm still here' and the people loved him for it.

    • @alexg4711
      @alexg4711 3 роки тому +20

      Well they had a agreemnt that denmark can keep their government with little germa interference so sure, why should the king not be there.

    • @chozer1
      @chozer1 3 роки тому +4

      @@alexg4711 without guards can be dangerous

    • @ankat6756
      @ankat6756 3 роки тому +8

      @@chozer1 Why kill a king who signed capitulation?

    • @randomdude2026
      @randomdude2026 3 роки тому +16

      @@chozer1 Germans had nothing against the Danish and the Danish were willing to cooperate quite well, so there was no need at all to murder the king.

    • @TheS1ickness
      @TheS1ickness 3 роки тому +1

      @@ankat6756 meh, some people don’t like the fact that they are technically under people even if they get to keep much of the power they had before, some grow resentful and attempt to rebel or sabotage their conquers, plus even if they themselves don’t they can still be a figurehead head for rebelling people and can give them hope of having the same government they had before, so instead of dealing with that stuff some conquers just bonk the ruler for safe keeps.

  • @chalkboardhistory
    @chalkboardhistory 3 роки тому +63

    Really enjoyed this video and I loved the detail.
    The invasion of Denmark was far more significant than most people think, Germany securing control of the Skagerrak Strait (and airfields near Aalborg) meant that the Royal Navy was completely denied access to the Baltic Sea. The airfields at Aalborg would also prove instrumental in launching paradrops into Norway in the main attack.
    Another thing I'd mention about Operation Weserubung is that it had more strategic importance than just securing iron ore, it was also about beating the Allies to the punch in terms of securing Norway, but in a broader context it is definitely about iron ore.
    Great video 😀

    • @Jorn41
      @Jorn41 Рік тому

      Nonsense - the British navy conducted raids deep in to Kattegat, to acquire Ballbearings in Sweden. And besides this, the British navy had mined startegic areas in the North Sea - please just use 3 minutes to check up on the history, before making such absurd claims. Your welcome! (and yes, I am a Danish WW2 historian)

  • @randomnessamethyst8438
    @randomnessamethyst8438 3 роки тому +2

    This is the best video featuring the invasion of Denmark I've ever seen, bravo.

  • @Caroleonus
    @Caroleonus 3 роки тому +42

    Britain: "Let's invade Iceland, they're not occupied, but one can never be sure"

    • @aarengraves9962
      @aarengraves9962 2 роки тому +2

      they feared Germany will attack Iceland in order to bomb and open a front in Scotland.
      So they just took it over because Iceland refused to be occupied for the war only

    • @mappingshaman5280
      @mappingshaman5280 Рік тому +8

      @@aarengraves9962 No that's not the reason at all.
      German planes could not really reach scotland from iceland as the distance is too great, with the exception of the Heinkel He 177, but this was a bomber, and whilst you could fly that over, it would have no protection from enemy fighters.
      The reason the British invaded Iceland was naval. If Germany took over Iceland, then they could use it as a naval base to conduct repairs and refuelling in the atlantic. Furthermore the UK-Iceland-Greenland gap in the atlantic provides a brilliant chokepoint with which to sink any ships coming from or going to Germany, and if Iceland fell, this gap would be far more difficult to exploit.

    • @shaddaboop7998
      @shaddaboop7998 Рік тому +2

      @@mappingshaman5280 I went to Iceland many years ago (2013, I think) and they really, really didn't like the British being there. Quite a lot of their national museum was set aside for talking about how evil we were for occupying them. Strangely lacking the context of what the occupation actually was - they were allowed to retain all their political autonomy except foreign affairs, temporarily, until Germany was defeated. No mention at all of how Icelandic women who fell in love with Allied servicemen stationed there were treated. Many were assumed to be either insane or to have been raped and were institutionalised (no, I'm not joking). In some ways that insularity seems to have changed little, even in Reykjavik, met some nice people but many were extremely cold and in some cases downright rude despite me being completely polite and friendly, and I wonder if it was because I'm British (Scottish, but all the same to them I assume). I've travelled to a lot of countries and some have definitely had a cooler atmosphere than others from the locals, but Iceland was on another level, of downright hostility from some people.

    • @shaddaboop7998
      @shaddaboop7998 Рік тому +5

      @@L333gok They didn't support the British, at all. The local authorities were extremely unhappy about the occupation and viewed it as being dragged into a devastating, far away war they had no reason to be in. Iceland had no military (not even any stationed Danish units at the time) and the local police force of Reykjavik wasn't exactly going to put up a fight against a landing party of Royal Marines supported by four Royal Navy warships.

    • @mikered1974
      @mikered1974 Рік тому

      ​@@shaddaboop7998 Who Cares about Locals feelings just ask Norwegians Locals when they are invaded by Germans when they Country is Literally Neutral and not sure which sides will invade them ( Norway is Confused who will invade them First Brits or the Germans ) your argument is Foolish Germany literally Occupy 5 Neutral Populous Country and your more Mad to the British invading a Backward Danish Territory in the middle of Atlantic you are in a Indeed Nazi Sympatizer and also Iceland has to Choose there Sides This War is almost in there Doorsteps and there Mother Country Denmark was just been invaded FYI: i know Iceland and Denmark at that time share a Personal union of Monarch but separate country in Governance except in Foreign Affairs and Defence so technically there Neutrality is With Denmark so when Danish surrender to the Germans Iceland & Greenland is now in Axis side so theres no way Brits will leave it alone and im 100% sure the Americans will take them if not the Brits later on.

  • @dontreadmyprofilepicture9164
    @dontreadmyprofilepicture9164 3 роки тому

    This is the best video of this Invasion I have seen so far
    Great video

  • @mmee123456789
    @mmee123456789 Рік тому +8

    When someone makes an invasion video about your country and it is presented in "every minute," you already know how it ended.

  • @shinystarmiestudios4179
    @shinystarmiestudios4179 3 роки тому +30

    You should do a "German Invasion of Denmark: Every Second.

  • @mikewheeler4745
    @mikewheeler4745 3 роки тому +15

    The fact that the research and effort to make this video took longer than the invasion it’s a pretty interesting fact...

  • @arturrosinski1501
    @arturrosinski1501 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, amazing detail, congratulation!

  • @worldmapper6065
    @worldmapper6065 3 роки тому +6

    One of the most detailed mapping videos

  • @Elongated_Muskrat
    @Elongated_Muskrat 10 місяців тому +3

    The story of one German driving to Copenhagen to tell the Danes they lost.

  • @originalhistory4446
    @originalhistory4446 3 роки тому

    I really like that you included the provinces!

  • @velozio
    @velozio 3 роки тому +1

    Great video. Great job, Gilliams!

  • @lgjosad
    @lgjosad Рік тому +3

    geez those german tanks and troops moved faster than the speed of sound, very accurate video 10\10

    • @Chinawanka
      @Chinawanka Рік тому

      Yeah cos counties surrendered

  • @iitipii4645
    @iitipii4645 3 роки тому +48

    Ok but now we need a Cold War: every minute

    • @TheoKregaard
      @TheoKregaard 3 роки тому +4

      That would take too long

    • @awtizme
      @awtizme 3 роки тому +2

      My back-of-the-envelope calculation says such a video would be 70 DAYS long

    • @bigmart932
      @bigmart932 Рік тому

      Cold War (Europe only): every minute.
      it'd just be a still image of a map of Europe for 70 days.
      with a continually scrolling sidebar of political grievances, uprisings and maybe some stuff on Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan.
      Worth a watch.

  • @marcusthelegend
    @marcusthelegend 11 місяців тому +1

    I love how Bornholm is just chilling in the bottom right corner

  • @GermanTopGameTV
    @GermanTopGameTV Рік тому +2

    Imagine you are a german navy officer meticulously planning the naval landings at Harboore and Thyboron only to find out the country has capitulated before your landing craft reach the beaches

  • @boratunastopmotion2024
    @boratunastopmotion2024 Рік тому +13

    When you take a trip to Germany and return to Germany...

  • @dietcoke6492
    @dietcoke6492 Рік тому +6

    Just imagine how surreal it must've been for some people to fall asleep in Denmark and wake up in Germany.

    • @The_Daily_Tomato
      @The_Daily_Tomato Рік тому +1

      I remember my grandma commenting on this when i was younger.
      One day we were just going to work then all of a sudden we hear the king surrendered and the next we know we got Brits walking up to us and saying hello to us in broken Danish.

  • @Veriox22
    @Veriox22 3 роки тому +2

    This video gives you the feeling its ages, while its less than 4 hours.

  • @englishtea3191
    @englishtea3191 3 роки тому

    I like how the minute frame matches with the music tempo.

  • @MyUsersDark
    @MyUsersDark 3 роки тому +113

    This truly makes you realize how small denmark is, the germans could march across the land in minutes, and one of the cities got captured in a minute

    • @davidbock6276
      @davidbock6276 3 роки тому +36

      Shows why the german idea of a fast war failed in russia. And how they lost it all by turning their economy too late into full war economy. Russia was too big for that kind of operation.

    • @jabee4733
      @jabee4733 Рік тому +5

      ahem *luxembourg*

    • @Yora21
      @Yora21 Рік тому +19

      Once Denmark gives the order to surrender, the German troops basically move at the speed of cars on main roads. They are just cruising through to the military facilities that they are ordered to occupy.

    • @Max-me9ol
      @Max-me9ol Рік тому

      @@davidbock6276 couldve maybe worked if they didnt invade them during winter.

    • @davidbock6276
      @davidbock6276 Рік тому +12

      @@Max-me9ol The syinvaded them during mid summer. But summer and autumn were not enough and hence russia survived till the first winter.

  • @bofoenss8393
    @bofoenss8393 Рік тому +8

    Very well made video.
    My grandfather was serving in Southern Jutland that morning. He was part of a motorised company that was supposed to travel down from Central Jutland to reinforce the border units. They had not been allowed to practice this move. They had not been allowed - not even the officers - to survey the positions they were supposed to defend let alone prepare them. The government was that much set on "not provoking" the Germans.
    When it finally happened and they got the call to go immediately after the border crossing, they drove. But since the company commander was not locally known and apparently got lost, he stopped the column to ask for directions. The troops were told to dismount for smokes, leaving their weapons in the trucks as they wandered to the other side of the road to strike up a chat with a farmer's daughter (from what I was told).
    As they all stood there, the German van of motorbikes with machine gun equipped sidecars drove into sight and just halted, pointing the guns at the Danish company. If just one had played Rambo and run towards the trucks for a weapon, the casualty list would be radically different.
    My grandfather was briefly interned in a POW camp but released and would soon after join the Danish resistance and rise in the ranks in the department of Western Jutland.
    Thank you for making this video.

  • @LechuZcechu
    @LechuZcechu 3 роки тому

    This is top tier maping work.

  • @richardsullivan3240
    @richardsullivan3240 3 роки тому +2

    Imagine being in denmark, going to sleep for 8 hours, and then you see all of this.

  • @elyisusking3603
    @elyisusking3603 2 роки тому +7

    Denmark Invasion in HOI4: last weeks
    Denmark in real time: not even a day and is already taken
    Reality is often disappointing

  • @crkcrk702
    @crkcrk702 3 роки тому +9

    Oh I remember this war ! But I was taking a nap...

  • @AussieBall_Animations
    @AussieBall_Animations Рік тому +1

    I love how it’s so fast it every minute

  • @luxirium2065
    @luxirium2065 3 роки тому +1

    Nice video!!!

  • @Uebeltank
    @Uebeltank 3 роки тому +4

    I like that the counties are labelled, but Thisted and Sønderborg have been forgotten. Also København County is for some reason labelled as "Havn".

  • @bosnianmapper403
    @bosnianmapper403 3 роки тому +14

    How did u even found information for every minute? Still dope asf

    • @TheGilliams
      @TheGilliams  3 роки тому +17

      Sources are listed at the end of the video.

    • @shadysam7161
      @shadysam7161 3 роки тому

      @Nigeria Mapping proof?

  • @ThamesMapping
    @ThamesMapping 3 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @romaniaeuro2024
    @romaniaeuro2024 Рік тому +12

    Denmark's strategic importance for Germany was limited. The invasion's primary purpose was to use Denmark as a staging ground for operations against Norway, and to secure supply lines to the forces about to be deployed there. An extensive network of radar systems was built in Denmark to detect British bombers bound for Germany.
    The attack on Denmark was a breach of the non-aggression pact Denmark had signed with Germany less than a year earlier. The initial plan was to push Denmark to accept that German land, naval and air forces could use Danish bases, but Adolf Hitler subsequently demanded that both Norway and Denmark be invaded.
    Denmark's military forces were inferior in numbers and equipment, and after a short battle were forced to surrender. After less than two hours of struggle, Danish Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning ended the opposition to the German attack, for fear that the Germans would bomb Copenhagen, as they had done with Warsaw during the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Due to communication difficulties, some Danish forces continued to fight, but after a further two hours, all opposition had stopped.
    Lasting approximately six hours, the German ground campaign against Denmark was one of the shortest military operations of the Second World War.[8]

  • @mryesahem
    @mryesahem 2 роки тому +5

    i like how they travel several miles every minute

  • @emanuelefilibertodisavoia1569
    @emanuelefilibertodisavoia1569 3 роки тому

    Wow, great work

  • @madmartin573
    @madmartin573 3 роки тому +2

    I recommend you to wacth 9 april, it a danish movie who follows a little squad of danish soldiers during the invasion of denmark, it is really really good

  • @Gia1911Logous
    @Gia1911Logous 3 роки тому +63

    NEXT I WANT EVERY SECOND
    1 SECOND = 1 SECOND
    I'D WATCH THAT
    I'D LEGIT WATCH THAT

    • @samuele9735
      @samuele9735 3 роки тому +10

      This would be awesome!
      *Invasion of Denmark in real time*

  • @jakobmax3299
    @jakobmax3299 Рік тому +2

    When you count an invasion in minutes. Even better would be the zanzibar vs great britain war, every 10 seconds.

  • @user-cw1ym1zt2y
    @user-cw1ym1zt2y Рік тому +1

    Good work! I want to see luxemburg's now.

  • @vincentbj84
    @vincentbj84 3 роки тому

    Great job, Every minutes gg

  • @elocriativa
    @elocriativa 3 роки тому +7

    That's why Danes never take part in doing unfunny France surrender jokes.

  • @normalnyczowiek8020
    @normalnyczowiek8020 3 роки тому +10

    Invasion on Denmark: Every second

  • @Stuff-With-Maus
    @Stuff-With-Maus Рік тому

    When theres a minute long video, showing every minute of a way, you know that war was a meme.

  • @fireschoolbus
    @fireschoolbus Рік тому +1

    I like how the invasion started at spooky time

  • @zoran9914
    @zoran9914 3 роки тому +3

    Everyone:Memes are only memes,they never come true.
    Me:

  • @Gunnut3497
    @Gunnut3497 3 роки тому +3

    People: Germany y ain’t u stated another war yet?
    Germany: we know a thing or 2 beacuse we have seen a thing or 2

  • @dadgraygaming3143
    @dadgraygaming3143 Рік тому

    i love the fact that it had to be minuites to make it not go by in two second

  • @QWE2623
    @QWE2623 3 роки тому +1

    Wow that is impressive, from the video to the real life conflict lmao

  • @SchultzHISTnPOL
    @SchultzHISTnPOL 3 роки тому +4

    Its kinda faulty the Great belt bridge is on the map tho, it was first built decades later, and opened up in the late 90s

  • @mapperofalthistory03
    @mapperofalthistory03 2 роки тому

    What’s gonna next german invasion of denmark in milliseconds? Joking bro great work

  • @susuj8651
    @susuj8651 Рік тому +1

    Danish person at 1 am: I should go to sleep so I can be refreshed in the morning.
    At 9 am: Oh yeah. Norway stuff

  • @Matth_M
    @Matth_M 3 роки тому +29

    Danish soldier : We are invaded by the Germans ! I need to go and fight for my country, sorry darling...
    Wife : Oh no, I can't loose you !
    **2 hours later**
    Danish soldier : Guess who's back for lunch ?

  • @fredlandry6170
    @fredlandry6170 Рік тому +3

    Imagine how it felt for the Danes, they were hopelessly outmatched. The Germans walked up to their military headquarters and just took over. That would be like an enemy force walking up to the Pentagon and they surrendered immediately.

  • @notpete3250
    @notpete3250 Рік тому

    really says something that you can make a every minute video from just how short the conflcit was

  • @panwadim6820
    @panwadim6820 Рік тому

    someone from denmark in 2am : better i go sleep
    *after 7 hours of sleep: he wake up
    *now its not denmark*

  • @samualele2891
    @samualele2891 3 роки тому +5

    hey, the zanzabaris only lasted 45 minutes

  • @panglin2017
    @panglin2017 3 роки тому +4

    German Invasion of Luxembourg: Every second

  • @jachymsebes
    @jachymsebes Рік тому

    Imagine learning the whole previous weeks about a theme our capital and that day you are supposed to write test on it

  • @QuizmasterLaw
    @QuizmasterLaw 3 роки тому

    I think the best scene is where the Landser walks in on breakfast sits down with the Danes' he's invading and by lunch it's all over but the dishes

  • @tangjian234
    @tangjian234 3 роки тому +5

    Every minute, that is savage 😂😂😂

  • @crkcrk702
    @crkcrk702 3 роки тому +6

    Why everybody talks about the 1 month and a half french surrender when there is a 6 hours surrender of Danemark ?

    • @Frimpa-MJEB
      @Frimpa-MJEB 3 роки тому +5

      Why everybody forget the time when France took Berlin in one week?

    • @crkcrk702
      @crkcrk702 3 роки тому

      @@Frimpa-MJEB héhé it was the good old times 😏

    • @noahlaiandersen75
      @noahlaiandersen75 3 роки тому +3

      Because France was considered one of the strongest nations in the world. While Denmark was a tiny country competing against a large military might.

  • @Your_averageRocketNe
    @Your_averageRocketNe 10 місяців тому

    Bro ive been wanting this

  • @trencito3700
    @trencito3700 3 роки тому

    Imagine waking up having missed an entire war since your government already surrendered. What a weird feeling.

  • @eldelostacos9980
    @eldelostacos9980 3 роки тому +3

    Random Danish at 2 AM: Ahhh it was a long day. I better get a good night's sleep. Well deserved
    *Wakes up at 9 AM and sees German soldiers everywhere*
    Random Danish: What the fuck is going on here? Am I still dreaming?

  • @littleantukins4415
    @littleantukins4415 Рік тому +6

    Imagine sleeping in Denmark only to wake up in Germany

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 Рік тому +10

      Denmark was not annexed so you would be waking up in occupied Denmark, not Germany.

    • @bighillraft
      @bighillraft Рік тому

      accurate pfp for Danes

    • @fiznov9568
      @fiznov9568 Рік тому

      @@bighillraft its a logo i made. wdym?

    • @bighillraft
      @bighillraft Рік тому

      @@fiznov9568 I meant OP, crying wojak

  • @onecertainesquire486
    @onecertainesquire486 3 роки тому +1

    A 6 hour one would of been beautiful

  • @eh8706
    @eh8706 Рік тому

    Danes didnt want to be bothered at lunch, so they just gave up just before noon

  • @SteffenBagger
    @SteffenBagger 3 роки тому +17

    I am sorry to tell you this, because this video is otherwise really well made, but you have made a slight mistake. The county of “Orø” is actually called Sorø. Orø is a small island near the city of Holbæk.
    Anyways great work. (-:

    • @olynmus100
      @olynmus100 Рік тому +2

      Yeah and drawing Lillebælts- og Storebæltsbroen

    • @IAmMrGreat
      @IAmMrGreat Рік тому

      @@olynmus100 Storebælt wasn't built. It started construction in 1988 and wasn't finished/opened till 1998.

  • @SiriusVF
    @SiriusVF 3 роки тому +3

    Next video: German Invasion of Denmark: Every Second

  • @ALBANIA-NUMBER-1
    @ALBANIA-NUMBER-1 10 місяців тому

    the fact that the title says “every minute” is just so funny, like, ONLY 6 HOURS?! DAYUM