If you have air superiorty this tactic is impossible to defend against. The americans used it succesfully in the conflict against Iraq, so it still works today.
This video is great, i actually learned a lot. Along with reading about other german tactics, i saw lots of different maneuvers being used combined with the spearhead. like encirclement. i hope we can execute this in Battleground Europe: WW2ol
@mwillis1000 Poland was not attacked by the USSR until the Germans had done the hard bit. The Germans never used blitzkrieg on Poland. It was only used once - against France.
Manstein didn't invent Blitzkrieg,he thought of the plan to outflank France which is not Blitzkrieg.Blitzkrieg was just the way that people describe the speed which Germany advanced because all that Germany did was a bunch of pincer movements(a tactic) and run amok after capturing the main army which is their style of warfare which is commonly called Blitzkrieg.The style which a army uses for combat is a doctrine and that is Blitzkrieg for the Germans.
@NearAbbeyRoad actually poland and france both were attacked by blitzkrieg , tell me how did poland fall in just 3weeks? another thing the blitzkrieg als owoirked in russia , the german army was near leningrad and kiev in about 2 months , and that is when the russian winter took hold , the promblem for blitzkrieg in russia was that winter and as russia was just too large , and the germans were very far away from their supply lines
@NearAbbeyRoad Wrong, they attacked at roughly the same time, but also remember that Poland was far less advanced than France yet still held out better. Blitzkrieg was used against Poland, France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Russia etc etc
Blitzkrieg is a doctrine not a tactic. The german way of made the war was center in a rapid movement and use the Panzerwaffe and pocket the ememy always advancing and denay the enemy the posibility of reaction. (And movement in the pockets)
@geezafrombrum France was a total victory for Germany, although unexpected by themselves. But the were fighting the UK & France combined and never defeated that combination, just winning battle. The offensive was not paused. It was stopped by the Brits. Rommel thought he was hit by a force 3 times the size.
@armenius25 Germany tried a gamble called the blitzkrieg. Only Manstein and Hitler approved of it. It paid off beyond their dreams. Blitzkreig was unrepeatable. They tried it against the USSR and failed spectacularly.
@NearAbbeyRoad Yes they did, Poland was attacked on two sides (France on one), Poland was HUGELY outnumbered by the Germans and Russians (While France wasnt by Germany), Poland held out for roughly the same amount of time and its smaller then France, France also had help while Poland had none, Poland did very well in WW2. France did shit.
the main new weapon at the time was COMMUNICATION!! incredible but while the french field commanders had still telegraph and telephone, the Germans were using the radios and the new "Enigma" machine!!
@mwillis1000 You are wrong on both points: 1. The USSR NEVER invaded Poland at the same time as Germany. POland was all done and they moved into the eastern third. 2. Blitzkrieg, a rolling conveyor belt, was used only TWICE and only once succeeded. Do not go on Hollywood history. Read Adam Tooze, that will put you right.
@NearAbbeyRoad yeah they were stopped infront of moscow when winter came and with a force 10times that of the germans (most of which were far east divisions). do you realized how many pockets can be made in a blitzkreig war , the attacker does need to pin the enemy infront of a wall , it can just bypass it on both sides and come down from all sides on them , in russia the blitzkrieg failed to win the war because of russian winter , because its armiy's size , because russia is just tooo large.
Soviets did not have superiority in numbers in front of the Moscow. Germans had more tanks and plaines and winter did not stop germans but russian guts. There were 2 german ofensives on Moscow and soviet counterofensive. Before overvhelming enemy Russians fought and were victorious. German pincers north and south of the Moscow were stopped by guts and fighting, not by winter.
@NearAbbeyRoad LOL, yes they invaded at the same time, but all the news reports from the times dont say so because the USSR were on good terms with Britain and America. And, your wrong again, it was used on many countries, every country Germany invaded it was used.
@SuperTigerNo1 Blitzkrieg was only used TWICE. ON France and the USSR. The first time it succeeded as the second was a spectacular failure. It was an unrepeatable one-shot operation. Blitzkrieg needs to pin the enemy to a wall (in France the Channel). In the USSR the enemy kept retreating and reforming. It failed in the USSR. Russian winter did not defeat the Germans. They were stopped by the Soviet counter-attack at Moscow - a battering ram. Read Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze
@NearAbbeyRoad How? The Russians fought hard against the Polish and it was a joint invasion if you like it or not, and how was it used only twice?? hts utter BS it was used on every country Germany invaded includin Poland.
Incorrect. The Allied armies were bigger and stronger than the Germans with more tanks. The Germans attacked in the centre in force (a decoy). The British and French went to meet this attack - far too many went. Then the Germans main thrust was at Sedan. The Germans were advancing towards the coast when the British and French were still going north. A total French and British screw up, not a wonderful German victory.
@mwillis1000 The USSR NEVER attacked Poland at the same time as Germany. Again...Blitzkrieg was only used TWICE - France & the Low Countries and the USSR. The first was a success the last a spectacular failure. Read what I advised.
Thank you for the video, it is really nice!
@NearAbbeyRoad yup they did
What a really well-put together and concise summation of the battle of France 1940.
If you have air superiorty this tactic is impossible to defend against. The americans used it succesfully in the conflict against Iraq, so it still works today.
German blitzkrieg prove to be the best tactics German warfare has ever created.
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This video is great, i actually learned a lot. Along with reading about other german tactics, i saw lots of different maneuvers being used combined with the spearhead. like encirclement. i hope we can execute this in Battleground Europe: WW2ol
@mwillis1000
Poland was not attacked by the USSR until the Germans had done the hard bit. The Germans never used blitzkrieg on Poland. It was only used once - against France.
Blitzkrieg is not a tactic its a doctrine
Manstein didn't invent Blitzkrieg,he thought of the plan to outflank France which is not Blitzkrieg.Blitzkrieg was just the way that people describe the speed which Germany advanced because all that Germany did was a bunch of pincer movements(a tactic) and run amok after capturing the main army which is their style of warfare which is commonly called Blitzkrieg.The style which a army uses for combat is a doctrine and that is Blitzkrieg for the Germans.
from which documentary is this? can you post the whole documentary?
The German Blitzkrieg stunning tactic is very effective, they were masters of war
@NearAbbeyRoad actually poland and france both were attacked by blitzkrieg , tell me how did poland fall in just 3weeks? another thing the blitzkrieg als owoirked in russia , the german army was near leningrad and kiev in about 2 months , and that is when the russian winter took hold , the promblem for blitzkrieg in russia was that winter and as russia was just too large , and the germans were very far away from their supply lines
@NearAbbeyRoad
Wrong, they attacked at roughly the same time, but also remember that Poland was far less advanced than France yet still held out better.
Blitzkrieg was used against Poland, France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Russia etc etc
Blitzkrieg is a doctrine not a tactic. The german way of made the war was center in a rapid movement and use the Panzerwaffe and pocket the ememy always advancing and denay the enemy the posibility of reaction. (And movement in the pockets)
What about Germany's summer of peace in 1940?
@geezafrombrum
France was a total victory for Germany, although unexpected by themselves. But the were fighting the UK & France combined and never defeated that combination, just winning battle.
The offensive was not paused. It was stopped by the Brits. Rommel thought he was hit by a force 3 times the size.
@armenius25
Germany tried a gamble called the blitzkrieg. Only Manstein and Hitler approved of it. It paid off beyond their dreams. Blitzkreig was unrepeatable. They tried it against the USSR and failed spectacularly.
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@NearAbbeyRoad
Yes they did, Poland was attacked on two sides (France on one), Poland was HUGELY outnumbered by the Germans and Russians (While France wasnt by Germany), Poland held out for roughly the same amount of time and its smaller then France, France also had help while Poland had none, Poland did very well in WW2. France did shit.
the main new weapon at the time was COMMUNICATION!! incredible but while the french field commanders had still telegraph and telephone, the Germans were using the radios and the new "Enigma" machine!!
@mwillis1000
You are wrong on both points:
1. The USSR NEVER invaded Poland at the same time as Germany. POland was all done and they moved into the eastern third.
2. Blitzkrieg, a rolling conveyor belt, was used only TWICE and only once succeeded.
Do not go on Hollywood history. Read Adam Tooze, that will put you right.
@NearAbbeyRoad yeah they were stopped infront of moscow when winter came and with a force 10times that of the germans (most of which were far east divisions). do you realized how many pockets can be made in a blitzkreig war , the attacker does need to pin the enemy infront of a wall , it can just bypass it on both sides and come down from all sides on them , in russia the blitzkrieg failed to win the war because of russian winter , because its armiy's size , because russia is just tooo large.
Soviets did not have superiority in numbers in front of the Moscow. Germans had more tanks and plaines and winter did not stop germans but russian guts. There were 2 german ofensives on Moscow and soviet counterofensive. Before overvhelming enemy Russians fought and were victorious. German pincers north and south of the Moscow were stopped by guts and fighting, not by winter.
@NearAbbeyRoad
LOL, yes they invaded at the same time, but all the news reports from the times dont say so because the USSR were on good terms with Britain and America.
And, your wrong again, it was used on many countries, every country Germany invaded it was used.
@SuperTigerNo1
Blitzkrieg was only used TWICE. ON France and the USSR. The first time it succeeded as the second was a spectacular failure. It was an unrepeatable one-shot operation.
Blitzkrieg needs to pin the enemy to a wall (in France the Channel). In the USSR the enemy kept retreating and reforming. It failed in the USSR.
Russian winter did not defeat the Germans. They were stopped by the Soviet counter-attack at Moscow - a battering ram.
Read Wages of Destruction by Adam Tooze
@NearAbbeyRoad
How? The Russians fought hard against the Polish and it was a joint invasion if you like it or not, and how was it used only twice?? hts utter BS it was used on every country Germany invaded includin Poland.
@mwillis1000 in case you did'nt know.80% guys from France was gay.=(
Incorrect. The Allied armies were bigger and stronger than the Germans with more tanks. The Germans attacked in the centre in force (a decoy). The British and French went to meet this attack - far too many went. Then the Germans main thrust was at Sedan. The Germans were advancing towards the coast when the British and French were still going north.
A total French and British screw up, not a wonderful German victory.
@FilmRomMusDrawingWar suuure comrade, whatever you say... lol
@mwillis1000
"France were useless, Poland did FAR, FAR better than the french"
By not much at all.
I am German and welcome to Blitzkrieg
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@mwillis1000
The USSR NEVER attacked Poland at the same time as Germany.
Again...Blitzkrieg was only used TWICE - France & the Low Countries and the USSR. The first was a success the last a spectacular failure. Read what I advised.