What's this? A video about the French? Well I'm sure the comments section below won't be a huge festering mess of surrender jokes. In fact I'm so sure, that I'd bet my historic dropped rifle collection on it. We'd also like to thank our sponsor, Infinite Galaxy for letting us do a ridiculously long and complex advert for them. Check out the game here: bit.ly/3vE5NzZ and use the gift code: VDuhQ6 Also, below are a list of people that helped with the creation of this 16 minute monster, so be sure to give them some thanks, and visit their respective channels / websites. The Operations Room - ua-cam.com/users/TheOperationsRoom Maximus - ua-cam.com/channels/dywHiwAjxI9nlJ2UzYxk3A.html The Mighty Jingles - ua-cam.com/users/BohemianEagle Digby - www.twitch.tv/digbytathamwarter LazerPig - ua-cam.com/users/LazerPig Napalmratte - ua-cam.com/users/Napalmratte The Intrepid VA - intrepidanimations.artstation.com Toshiro VA - ua-cam.com/channels/1s_wkCB4q4LL-Qq1JIyo-g.html Nicht Milonoto - ua-cam.com/channels/OTFGfIw78KaxxfFKaVFHAA.html Pyrus - ua-cam.com/users/PyrusDub SquidFromSpace Rorentin Bellanger Salty French Boi Le Patcab
On a relatively seriously note Squire, I enjoy how you go out of your way to make all the characters speak their own languages in your video. Really adds to it for me
Thanks mate, appreciate that. All of the guys are super talented, and It gives some opportunity for some "in" jokes that only language speakers will get.
Now we need a "If Fury was a Soviet Film". I already see a scene where the German suddenly receives reinforcements from their Hungarian and Romanian allies, but as soon as they arrive they start shooting each other instead of helping the Germans.
@@k.v.7115 During Operation Barbarossa the Germans would make sure to always have German divisions between Hungarian and Romanian divisions to avoid "Friendly fire" incidents. Also both had soldiers from each others ethnicity who would try to desert to the other army when they had the chance.
@Long Hei Linus KWAN The entire Axis alliance was less of an "alliance" and more of a mix of opportunists being courted and threatened by Germany to ally with them. The only thing that held them together was their mutual hate for the Communists/Soviets.
Hungary: Never thought I'd die side by side with a Romanian. Romania: What about side by side with a commie hater? Hungary: ...Aye. I could do that. MAYBE!
This is your best yet. The line, “Stuka, where? All I hear is a perfectly normal plane in a dive” is gold. And it was fun suddenly hearing Lazerpig from one of the Brit tanks.
Average lazerpig enthuist: damn light piggy was hilarious! Me a average Jingles enjoyer: obviously this was entirely a friendly fire incident. The Germans don't have tanks!
I actually recognised Lazerpig's voice as the Scottish tanker. It's unlikely to be actually him but he also is literally the only person in the world who speaks like that
@@ussenterprisecv6805 HE wasn't produced for the 2 pounder until 1942, by which time the Littlejohn adapter was being introduced to try to keep up with advances in tank armor, and the Littlejohn prevented the use of HE.
References: Battle of the Bulge (das Panzerlied), Methamphetamine (Panzer Schockolade, Pervitin), Star Trek TOS (complete with William Shattner delivery), More speed references (shooting irratically on Pervitin), UK ammo shortcommings (only had AP in 1940), Fall Rot (through the Ardennes), Panzer 38.t (Germany employing Czech tanks to supplement their ranks), Arras (large UK counterattack), More speed on the German side (Pervitin), Luftwaffe ground attack (Stuka dive bombers), Rough Glaswegian accent (normal critical scottish speech with the English), Operation Barbarossa (Germans save their ammo for the invasion of the Soviet Union), Matilda Tanks being heavily armoured (get us behind that thing), 88mm Anti-Air being employed as anti tank from the German side, America funding BOTH sides of the war (highly profitable conflict), failure in french/allied tank design (hydraulics failing, switching to manual), lack of radios on the allied side (flag signals), Italy being half-hearted allies to the Germans (the italians have joined us), Dunkirk movie (landing Spitfires piloted by Tom Hardy landing on the beach). Thanks Squire!
How did the US supplied Germany? Nazis were thinking America is only made of: cowboys, natives (Indians) cows, vast prairies and buffalo. + maybe some railroads. Ps. Pz II was not moving while it should - in "Fury" the Tiger was not shooting from the range but driving forward for no reason.
"It's not like our entire history of successful military campaigns is going to be wiped out by a single strategic failure." Well, I mean, he has a point, haha
The French army has the most impressive victory record of any European army ... right up until the second world war. ... and let's not mention Vietnam!
I'm not going to lie, as soon as I saw the title I braced myself for some cringeworthy British jingoistic French bashing, but congrats to you on avoiding the memes and tropes! This was thoroughly enjoyable, and I loved how all the characters spoke in their own language. I liked how you were able to incorporate all the positives and negatives of early war French armoured design as well - that one man turret must have been a right pain.
The flag thing cracked me up. French tanks weren't quite good for the time, but their overall tactic was terrible (no or few radio depending on the tank batallion, flags, and no massive armored group...).
As a 'Murican and retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer, I laughed like hell through this entire video. Wonderful -- and I hope it's profitable to you guys, too! 👍
If you don't mind me asking, as I know Squire's videos are full of easter eggs, did you slip any inside jokes into your dialogue that don't fully translate in the subtitles?
Oddly, provided you can circle above them tight enough, that is probably a reasonably tactic.... sorta... Many AA maxed out before 90 degs. I mean there are BETTER tactics :P
“It would be a shame if we were to get shot down, and our entire country with its fast industrial mind to enter this catastrophically large but profitable global conflict”
Please never ever stop using Intrepid as a VA in these videos, he's just way too perfect for the American role. Every single line he delivers in every single video you make just has me basically struggling to hold my boldily fluids back. Love you Squire.
As an italian I feel insulted by the fact that we didn't have a line of dialogue. I mean, not even a tarantella to accompany our arrival! I volunteer for you, my good sir, but I'm no actor.
I'd just like to give a compliment on all the bits of historical accuracy here (eg the Char B1 needing the commander to load, aim, and fire), well done gents..
There could be but one English man left on earth, dying in a pool of his own blood. Yet still would he find the strength to cough up “Why do French tanks have 18 gears?” before he died. This is the English people’s greatest strength and weakness.
This was frigging hilarious as always! Well done chaps! And you really nailed the fine line between French surrender jokes and pointing out that France ws historically quite a successful military power :-) And as a native German speaker, I absolutely loved the opening scene, particularly that you included a Bavarian and a reference to Panzerschokolade ;-P Oh, and as a fluent Italian speaker, I volunteer to voice any Italian crews in future videos, if you need any :) Keep up the amazing work, really enjoy it!
If I may bother you with a question, can you identify the different German accents in the video, and possibly explain their significance? I'm an ignorant American and don't have an ear for it, unfortunately. Thank you.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher No problem, happy to answer the question :-) There are many German dialects throughout the German speaking part of Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, parts of Italy, parts of France, parts of Romania), some of which are indeed almost unintelligble to speakers of "high German". I myself hail from a region of Italy where people speak a rather archaic dialect with a very strong Italian influence, and most Germans understand maybe 20-50% of what I say. So there are big differences, depending on where you live. Broadly speaking, there is the "northern group" consisting of the northern half of Germany, and the "southern group" consisting of the southern half of Germany and all the other regions (Austria, Switzerland etc.). The northern group of dialects shares some minor similarities with Dutch and English and is (broadly speaking) much closer to "high German", while the southern group retains some very weird archaic characteristics. The Bavarian dialect is the most prominent and well-known of the southern dialects and is well-known for its use of a distinctive "r" sound (a trill, much like in Italian or Spanish) which most other German dialects don't have. The guy at 0:14 is speaking high German with a very strong Bavarian accent - most Germans would instantly recognise this. To Germans, this is quite entertaining, since the various regions of Germany have several stereotypes attached to them, and the Bavarians more so than others: the Bavarians are the ultimate beer-drinkers, the guys wearing lederhosen and eating sausages; they're staunch catholics, conservative and have an extremely high opinion of themselves bordering on arrogance, and yet are also very boorish (the hillbillies of Germany, if you will - please note that all of these are stereotypes, not necessarily reality!). The rest of Germany kinda laughs at them because of their haughty manner and funny dialect. Think of them as an American would of a Texan :-P In the video, pretty much all the Germans are speaking high German (perhaps with the odd tinge of a dialect here and there, though I couldn't tell which) aside from the one Bavarian at 0:14 and 0:26 (here you can really hear the distinctive "r" sound). Other dialects which are often the butt of jokes in Germany are Swiss German, Swabian German (from Southwestern Germany, closely related to Swiss), Austrian German (very close to Bavarian), and, most of all, Saxon (East Germany). In recent years the Saxon dialect which, like the Bavarian one, has long been associated with boorishness / hillbillies, has attained a more sinister reputation in Germany. The far-right (borderline Nazi) AfD party has its strongest support in the East German region of Saxony, so whenever someone uses the Saxon dialect in other parts of Germany, other people will sometimes feel instinctively uneasy. This is, of course, unfair to Saxons, who are by no means all far-right nutjobs! Since you are from the US: think of German dialects as you would of what people in the English-speaking world call "accents". Within the US, someone from Vermont may speak something quite close to Canadian English, while someone from California may speak English with a strong Spanish accent and influence. People from the midwest and the south speak a variety of drawls long associated with backwardness and boorishness (though this is, of course, also unfair!). Many US English accents are so distinct that even many Germans here in Europe can distinguish them and understand the stereotypes attached to them. Here's a sample to demonstrate the variety: Sample sentence (English): "I bake a loaf of bread." High German: "Ich backe einen Leib Brot." South Tyrolean (my own dialect, from a German speaking region of Italy): "I pock an Loab Brout." Bavarian: "I bock an Leib Brot." Austrian (Vienna variety): "Ich back an Lääb Brot." (You can see that the words used are very close to English, which is also a Germanic language and closely related to Dutch and German. Nonetheless, there are distinctive differences in pronunciation between the various dialects.) Hope I was able to help and give you a short introduction into the dialects. If I may ask, do you use a specific English accent? If so, which?
@@Alopex1 That was way more information than I was expecting. Thank you, I'll try to develop my ears for the subtle differences in German going forward. My base accent is a cross between New Yorker and New Englander, but I've lived outside of my old stomping grounds for half my life, so I've developed some bad habits, inspired by my residence in the mid and deep south. So I'll drop my R's when I'm angry, and in the same sentence say "y'all." If you want more than that, I'll be glad to try to analyze it further, but that'll require more introspection in my speech patterns than I'm used to.
There is Girls und Panzer... which has drifting and other over the top stunts with the vehicles, school girls instead of grown up men as the cast, and obviously it's an anime... so, is there any way it could be more Japanese?
...although I guess the plot could bear more resemblance to the original Fury, but you know, can't have everything.
There really was a French Fury on May 15-17 1940 , Battle of Stonne. At the French village of Stonne, which had already changed hands numerous times between French and German forces, A single French char B-1 commanded by Capt. Pierre Billotte attacked thirteen German tanks, destroying two Panzer IVs and eleven Panzer IIIs, the French tank survived despite taking a direct hit no less than 140 times. French tanks in 1940 were nothing to laugh at. In fact the Germans were reluctant to face one head on. In his memoir, Heinz Guderian recalled attempting “in vain" to destroy a Char B with a captured 47 mm anti-tank gun; "all the shells I fired at it simply bounced harmlessly off its thick armor. Our 37 mm and 20 mm guns were equally ineffective against this adversary. As a result, we inevitably suffered sadly heavy casualties".
Good to see at least someone has a deeper historical knowledge than the dull surface level and irritating "trivia" that your average high school dipshit throws at you on a daily basis
Pretty sure that happened in real life, except it made sense, because the Soviets were in a KV-2 and were dug in- in a swamp, and the Germans couldn't get around them. Then of course there is the good old: Comrades, we are tank! If the enemy takes out our tracks, we become a gun emplacement! If they take out our cannon, we become pilbox! If they take out our machinegun, we become bunker! And if they take us out, we become heroes!
@@GrubnarThere Was Eltzin's time movie "Tank Klim Voroshilov" here the "big gun KV" had stuck on river crossing and they decided to stay and defend it, which somewhat was based on a wreckage arrangement once found.
@@EllAntares The one I am thinking of was not by a river. The Germans had dozens of tanks, but they were all Skoda's or Panzer II's or III's, so the biggest gun they had was a 50 mm ... that just went PLINK! against the thick armour of the KV-2. I remember reading how, after the battle, the Soviet crew counted the scratches and dent to see how often they had been hit, and they gave up when they got to 100 and were not even close to being done! I think it may have been south of Leningrad, or Saint Petersburg, as it is named now. This may have been an extreme example, but there were many such cases, and that was why the Germans were so quick to add high velocity 75 mm guns on their tanks, and started building larger tanks to fit the huge 88 mm gun! Edit: Corrected 500 mm to 50 mm. Thanks Tom!
Yo squire, later on this month I'm thinking of making a video similar called "if Fury was set in the pacific campaign", if you have any thoughts on it feel free. Btw bravo on this
Seeing lazerpig getting the attention (and consequent recognition) he deserves is very rewarding. I also love your fully voiced videos, keep it up man!
Oh my the germans talling threw me out of my chair laughing it's absolutely beautiful. A true masterpiece. Gotta go watch the german one again after this one
as a french i enjoy that you didnt went witth the whooole "we are french and coward and we surrznder" trope but instead usd really clever historical facts
*Dude. that AD for Infinite Galaxy* was More enjoyable & Effective than ALL the Poop-adverts I've seen from Them in the last 5 years; Combined. it's MUCH better than those ****-wad 'Executives' can do. Seriously. You *NEED* To DO Great things. My Attention was caught, I thought we just changed channels for a moment, lol! far more creative than virtually ALL ads I see..
Alright, I admit it. “Pierre, kill the engine”. “Don’t worry sir, it’s more than capable of doing that to itself.” Had me laughing far more than it should’ve.
S35s, B1s, and D2s had radios. Only the small infantry support R35 didn't have these because thry were meant to be close to the infantry commanders they recieved their orders from.
In addition to most tanks not having them installed, those radios could only transmit in Morse code, so good luck trying to use them in middle of combat
Bravo 👏🏻 Bravo 👏🏻 kind sir 👏🏻 Whenever I hear about meth in WW2, I think about Aimo Koivunen tripping for 2 weeks, skiing through the Finnish wilderness evading the Soviets and surviving on pine cones all because he OD'd on Pervitin.
So, I think, had we the Wehrmacht Sixth Army sitting on our (U.S.) border in 1940, "Man spricht Deutsch hier." "The French are, after us, the best soldiers in Europe." Adolf Hitler "In the desert war in North Africa we never encountered more heroic fighters than the French." Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin. "The French troops have fought like lions." Field Marshall Walter von Reichenau "Despite our crushing numerical and materiel superiority the French counter attacked in several places (reference Dunkerque). How these soldiers fighting sometimes 20 their number can make an assault...it's just stunning." Field Marshal Georg von Kuechler First World War “That men will let themselves be killed where they stand, that is a well-known thing and counted on in every plan of battle. But that men who have retreated for ten days, sleeping on the ground and half-dead with fatigue, should be able to take up their rifles and attack when the bugle sounds, is a thing upon which we never counted. It is a possibility not studied in our war academy.” Thus said General Helmuth von Moltke (executor of the famous von Schlieffen Plan)
What's this? A video about the French? Well I'm sure the comments section below won't be a huge festering mess of surrender jokes. In fact I'm so sure, that I'd bet my historic dropped rifle collection on it. We'd also like to thank our sponsor, Infinite Galaxy for letting us do a ridiculously long and complex advert for them. Check out the game here: bit.ly/3vE5NzZ and use the gift code: VDuhQ6 Also, below are a list of people that helped with the creation of this 16 minute monster, so be sure to give them some thanks, and visit their respective channels / websites.
The Operations Room - ua-cam.com/users/TheOperationsRoom
Maximus - ua-cam.com/channels/dywHiwAjxI9nlJ2UzYxk3A.html
The Mighty Jingles - ua-cam.com/users/BohemianEagle
Digby - www.twitch.tv/digbytathamwarter
LazerPig - ua-cam.com/users/LazerPig
Napalmratte - ua-cam.com/users/Napalmratte
The Intrepid VA - intrepidanimations.artstation.com
Toshiro VA - ua-cam.com/channels/1s_wkCB4q4LL-Qq1JIyo-g.html
Nicht Milonoto - ua-cam.com/channels/OTFGfIw78KaxxfFKaVFHAA.html
Pyrus - ua-cam.com/users/PyrusDub
SquidFromSpace
Rorentin Bellanger
Salty French Boi
Le Patcab
This might be a bad idea, but im sure it will still be a good video
I read this in the squire voice lol
I must ask now that you’ve got LazerPig will you have the original tank memer Potential History himself as a VA?
Let me guess... Your gonna do a Japanese version of this, aren't you?
Also squire great timing, we're coming to the day WWII ended.
On a relatively seriously note Squire, I enjoy how you go out of your way to make all the characters speak their own languages in your video. Really adds to it for me
Thanks mate, appreciate that. All of the guys are super talented, and It gives some opportunity for some "in" jokes that only language speakers will get.
Even the Americans speak fluid 'merican!
... and are hilarious.
agreed
:P
It is remarkably refreshing to hear the actual language spoken by a native speaker instead of the standard 'American doing a bad accent'.
@@SquireComedy yeah i live in france and some stuff i heard them say got me laughing for 1 and a half minute
Now we need a "If Fury was a Soviet Film".
I already see a scene where the German suddenly receives reinforcements from their Hungarian and Romanian allies, but as soon as they arrive they start shooting each other instead of helping the Germans.
XD don't tell me that's really happened
@@k.v.7115 During Operation Barbarossa the Germans would make sure to always have German divisions between Hungarian and Romanian divisions to avoid "Friendly fire" incidents.
Also both had soldiers from each others ethnicity who would try to desert to the other army when they had the chance.
@@boomerix That was unexpected...
@Long Hei Linus KWAN The entire Axis alliance was less of an "alliance" and more of a mix of opportunists being courted and threatened by Germany to ally with them. The only thing that held them together was their mutual hate for the Communists/Soviets.
Hungary: Never thought I'd die side by side with a Romanian.
Romania: What about side by side with a commie hater?
Hungary: ...Aye. I could do that. MAYBE!
Allies: “How can the Germans chase us for two months without sleep?”
Germans: D R U G S
Allies used just as much meth to run from the Germans for 2 months without sleep.
High on that fascism
@@j-aaxch9658 lmao
They are high on………………………….P A N Z E R M E T H
Le droghe non sono buone per me im italiano
This is your best yet. The line, “Stuka, where? All I hear is a perfectly normal plane in a dive” is gold. And it was fun suddenly hearing Lazerpig from one of the Brit tanks.
*English tank, as was pointed out by the commander.
the stuka model they used is actually missing the sirens
This Panzerschokolade really did hit me good
Love that remix of Erika haha 😂 TANK RAVE!
It's supposed to be like that
They got a hit out of it as well..
Pervitin and Shoka Kola.
@Xenia © Holy shitt!11! No way!!!1!1!!! Bruh what?1!!?1! Fr?1!!1!1?
The American plane might have been the best representation of us I've ever seen
Even when this plane slammed into the ground in an overseas country, it hit pretty close to home base, I suppose.
"haha you better watch your fire" 😂
Average lazerpig enthuist: damn light piggy was hilarious!
Me a average Jingles enjoyer: obviously this was entirely a friendly fire incident. The Germans don't have tanks!
LazerPig was the best!
I though I recognized that voice! As if misidentifying tanks wasn't a hint enough.
I actually recognised Lazerpig's voice as the Scottish tanker. It's unlikely to be actually him but he also is literally the only person in the world who speaks like that
It is him, says so in the credits.
@@johnandrews8293 yes I saw
you'd be surprised how many actually speak like that, myself included ;o)
"Everybody Load AP"
"What do you mean? That's all I got!?"
Spoken like a true British tanker XD
Why do see you everywhere?!
That's right, Matilda III and A13 only had armor-piercing shells.
@@Turgineer are you sure didn't they just have really bad he shells that they didn't bother using since they didn't have enough high explosive filler
Literally early 1940s all over again
@@ussenterprisecv6805 HE wasn't produced for the 2 pounder until 1942, by which time the Littlejohn adapter was being introduced to try to keep up with advances in tank armor, and the Littlejohn prevented the use of HE.
References: Battle of the Bulge (das Panzerlied), Methamphetamine (Panzer Schockolade, Pervitin), Star Trek TOS (complete with William Shattner delivery), More speed references (shooting irratically on Pervitin), UK ammo shortcommings (only had AP in 1940), Fall Rot (through the Ardennes), Panzer 38.t (Germany employing Czech tanks to supplement their ranks), Arras (large UK counterattack), More speed on the German side (Pervitin), Luftwaffe ground attack (Stuka dive bombers), Rough Glaswegian accent (normal critical scottish speech with the English), Operation Barbarossa (Germans save their ammo for the invasion of the Soviet Union), Matilda Tanks being heavily armoured (get us behind that thing), 88mm Anti-Air being employed as anti tank from the German side, America funding BOTH sides of the war (highly profitable conflict), failure in french/allied tank design (hydraulics failing, switching to manual), lack of radios on the allied side (flag signals), Italy being half-hearted allies to the Germans (the italians have joined us), Dunkirk movie (landing Spitfires piloted by Tom Hardy landing on the beach).
Thanks Squire!
How did the US supplied Germany? Nazis were thinking America is only made of: cowboys, natives (Indians) cows, vast prairies and buffalo.
+ maybe some railroads.
Ps. Pz II was not moving while it should - in "Fury" the Tiger was not shooting from the range but driving forward for no reason.
missed the joke about the convenient local petrol stations in every village making up the complete lack of logistics support on your list.
@@HanSolo__
The American automobile company, General Motors, owned Opel which made trucks for Germany.
"It's not like our entire history of successful military campaigns is going to be wiped out by a single strategic failure."
Well, I mean, he has a point, haha
The French army has the most impressive victory record of any European army ... right up until the second world war.
... and let's not mention Vietnam!
@@Grubnar Hahaha "Vietnam" second L after the first one. Second time in a row holy!
@@fanwtn5124 Algeria and Suez were merde💩 as well.
Ahem, Algeria, a conflict that went so bad the government fell.
@@Jackh1 Algeria was a military victory but a political defeat
I'm not going to lie, as soon as I saw the title I braced myself for some cringeworthy British jingoistic French bashing, but congrats to you on avoiding the memes and tropes! This was thoroughly enjoyable, and I loved how all the characters spoke in their own language. I liked how you were able to incorporate all the positives and negatives of early war French armoured design as well - that one man turret must have been a right pain.
Cheers mate, glad to hear that!
The flag thing cracked me up. French tanks weren't quite good for the time, but their overall tactic was terrible (no or few radio depending on the tank batallion, flags, and no massive armored group...).
"it's not like our entire history of successful military campaigns is going to be wiped out by a single strategic failure"
**sigh in french**
Fr like we literally have won The most wars ever and were known as retreating even when we did retreat it was because we ran out of supplies
that one hit home I'll admit ^^
When you know one b1bis fought alone against 14 panzers and won...
The Mighty Jingles and Operations Room cameos though. But in all seriousness I absolutely love this. Great job lad.
As a 'Murican and retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer, I laughed like hell through this entire video. Wonderful -- and I hope it's profitable to you guys, too! 👍
what did that have to do with anything
@@jmurags21 You seem upset, was there something wrong?
It was pretty good chief. But, as an AD I had to appreciate the bird and the "highly profitable war" line 😅
@@stevenblackwell4903 I could literally feel the excitement of Military Industry everytime that plane dived in front of a tank :D
@@timokohler6631 That Lusitania comment at the end...
“Whos air space is this?”
Was the answer “France’s” or “Francis’” 😉
Love the Cameo
I love the way LazerPig was in it yelling his head off like he normally does
You took the words right out of my mouth
I was shocked when I heard his voice
Lmao this is great. “We cant get through its armour!” *missing every shot*
This wasn’t nearly surrealist enough to be a French film, must have been a joint affair. A Franco British Union of 1940 one might say.
Yup. If its a French movie it got to be FCUKED!
We say exactly the same from british films, that they are full french bashing movies with unaccurate historical facts like in " The King"
@@thepatriot1569 the king is 100% historicaly accuarate
I expected way more Lois De Funes.
@@elmascapo6588 😂
Omg didn't even click it was Operations Room and that's one voice which is instantly recognizable. Great video
The angry scotsmen should appear more frequently if you ask me...
Lookup Lazerpig. He does videos on misconceptions of the T-34 and A-10.
Lazerpig is definitely worth a watch if you enjoy funny historic videos.
Verý muchè
instantly recognized him and made the video even better!
Yes, to balance the huge number of Welsh accents in war movies.
4:55 Yep!
That's me. I bet you're wondering how I ended up in this situation.
A big thank for having me Squire, I had a blast.
If you don't mind me asking, as I know Squire's videos are full of easter eggs, did you slip any inside jokes into your dialogue that don't fully translate in the subtitles?
I think this video exists because Squire was shot by chief inspector clouseau in Verdun - great video by the way, everyone should check it out.
Haha, that's an oldie!
@@SquireComedy Verdun is definitely a game you need to revisit on this channel
If you want something newer there's the holdfast WW1 update
"Who put this goddamn siren here? I can't here a thing!" Spoken like a true stuka pilot.
“Goalie, I just saw an anti-aircraft gun…go right above him.” 😂😂
Oddly, provided you can circle above them tight enough, that is probably a reasonably tactic.... sorta... Many AA maxed out before 90 degs.
I mean there are BETTER tactics :P
That's the neat part 😂😂
Props to the 88 Commander. He really sounded like someone in a warzone.
I love how they make the Stuka pilots sound like goblins 😂
Fits perfectly to the average pilot of this type of planes.
I spilled my tea laughing at lazerpig..damn that was entertaining.
Every future movie without an angry ranting ex-teaboo pointing out how stupid this all is will be worse off for it.
I love Scotsmen! They're so cool!
Unfortunately it's all in the harbor
@@Midwesti484 this means war!
@@sjonnieplayfull5859 we all know how that went back in our revolution
Very nice reference to the bombardment of the french navy by the royal navy in the finale!
Fury: *exists*
Squire: "I can milk you."
On a serious note, these are really good and hilarious.
Also...
*PANZERSCHOKOLADE*
AAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
@@yesyess5168 Well, it wasn't *that* funny in order to make you laugh that way, but ok.
@@humanitysenterprise im referencing 1:55 Hans lmao
@@yesyess5168 Yes, I know.
OLE OLE UND SCHALALA
2:06 I want a 1 hour remix of this Erika version with that crazy panzer
“It would be a shame if we were to get shot down, and our entire country with its fast industrial mind to enter this catastrophically large but profitable global conflict”
Hey I just saw an anti aircraft gun!........... Go right above it.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand America is in YOU GUYS ARE FU-
pretty sure it was "vast industrial might", but otherwise, spot on^^.
Aaaaaaaaaaannd we're in
Please never ever stop using Intrepid as a VA in these videos, he's just way too perfect for the American role. Every single line he delivers in every single video you make just has me basically struggling to hold my boldily fluids back. Love you Squire.
The real question is whether the commander got his iron cross before Göring spoiled the entire invasion for Germany
Good to hear 'The Operations Room' in the Hampden. Both great channels :)
Indeed it is! Such a lovely chap.
"Look, a high velocity anti-aircraft gun!"
"Loader, fire High-Explo- oh wait we don't have that yet."
1:15 fucing Operations room that caught me offguard
As an italian I feel insulted by the fact that we didn't have a line of dialogue. I mean, not even a tarantella to accompany our arrival!
I volunteer for you, my good sir, but I'm no actor.
Hey maybe, just maybe, Squire will eventually (due to public demand) do a "if Fury was an italian film"?
@@enpakeksi765 would that be 4 Italian tanks getting pinned down by a 50. Cal?
@@enpakeksi765 could do an ambush of german and italian tanks in africa by british and free french tanks
@@emillildballe4543 XD
I'd just like to give a compliment on all the bits of historical accuracy here (eg the Char B1 needing the commander to load, aim, and fire), well done gents..
Just in time for tea time.
Thanks Squire, have a great day.
Thanks for watching, old chap
Holy fuck the flakbus' voice actor had amazing intensity. Props to Toshiro
He was amazing, 100% going to get him in more stuff If I can :)
There could be but one English man left on earth, dying in a pool of his own blood. Yet still would he find the strength to cough up “Why do French tanks have 18 gears?” before he died. This is the English people’s greatest strength and weakness.
Don't worry, there'll be an American happy to carry that burden for another 50 years at least!
18 gears? Because they love to make things overly complicated.
@@Briselance Nope, it's because they have 6 gears for forward, and 12 for reverse
@@SuperiorBrick I was thinking 17 reverse 1 forward but close enough
Its the americans that started the whole french retreat meme
1:13 the navigator/ observer in the Hampden is the guy from the Operations Room :)
This was frigging hilarious as always! Well done chaps! And you really nailed the fine line between French surrender jokes and pointing out that France ws historically quite a successful military power :-) And as a native German speaker, I absolutely loved the opening scene, particularly that you included a Bavarian and a reference to Panzerschokolade ;-P
Oh, and as a fluent Italian speaker, I volunteer to voice any Italian crews in future videos, if you need any :)
Keep up the amazing work, really enjoy it!
If I may bother you with a question, can you identify the different German accents in the video, and possibly explain their significance? I'm an ignorant American and don't have an ear for it, unfortunately. Thank you.
@@eldorados_lost_searcher No problem, happy to answer the question :-) There are many German dialects throughout the German speaking part of Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, parts of Italy, parts of France, parts of Romania), some of which are indeed almost unintelligble to speakers of "high German". I myself hail from a region of Italy where people speak a rather archaic dialect with a very strong Italian influence, and most Germans understand maybe 20-50% of what I say. So there are big differences, depending on where you live.
Broadly speaking, there is the "northern group" consisting of the northern half of Germany, and the "southern group" consisting of the southern half of Germany and all the other regions (Austria, Switzerland etc.). The northern group of dialects shares some minor similarities with Dutch and English and is (broadly speaking) much closer to "high German", while the southern group retains some very weird archaic characteristics. The Bavarian dialect is the most prominent and well-known of the southern dialects and is well-known for its use of a distinctive "r" sound (a trill, much like in Italian or Spanish) which most other German dialects don't have. The guy at 0:14 is speaking high German with a very strong Bavarian accent - most Germans would instantly recognise this. To Germans, this is quite entertaining, since the various regions of Germany have several stereotypes attached to them, and the Bavarians more so than others: the Bavarians are the ultimate beer-drinkers, the guys wearing lederhosen and eating sausages; they're staunch catholics, conservative and have an extremely high opinion of themselves bordering on arrogance, and yet are also very boorish (the hillbillies of Germany, if you will - please note that all of these are stereotypes, not necessarily reality!). The rest of Germany kinda laughs at them because of their haughty manner and funny dialect. Think of them as an American would of a Texan :-P
In the video, pretty much all the Germans are speaking high German (perhaps with the odd tinge of a dialect here and there, though I couldn't tell which) aside from the one Bavarian at 0:14 and 0:26 (here you can really hear the distinctive "r" sound).
Other dialects which are often the butt of jokes in Germany are Swiss German, Swabian German (from Southwestern Germany, closely related to Swiss), Austrian German (very close to Bavarian), and, most of all, Saxon (East Germany). In recent years the Saxon dialect which, like the Bavarian one, has long been associated with boorishness / hillbillies, has attained a more sinister reputation in Germany. The far-right (borderline Nazi) AfD party has its strongest support in the East German region of Saxony, so whenever someone uses the Saxon dialect in other parts of Germany, other people will sometimes feel instinctively uneasy. This is, of course, unfair to Saxons, who are by no means all far-right nutjobs!
Since you are from the US: think of German dialects as you would of what people in the English-speaking world call "accents". Within the US, someone from Vermont may speak something quite close to Canadian English, while someone from California may speak English with a strong Spanish accent and influence. People from the midwest and the south speak a variety of drawls long associated with backwardness and boorishness (though this is, of course, also unfair!). Many US English accents are so distinct that even many Germans here in Europe can distinguish them and understand the stereotypes attached to them.
Here's a sample to demonstrate the variety:
Sample sentence (English): "I bake a loaf of bread."
High German: "Ich backe einen Leib Brot."
South Tyrolean (my own dialect, from a German speaking region of Italy): "I pock an Loab Brout."
Bavarian: "I bock an Leib Brot."
Austrian (Vienna variety): "Ich back an Lääb Brot."
(You can see that the words used are very close to English, which is also a Germanic language and closely related to Dutch and German. Nonetheless, there are distinctive differences in pronunciation between the various dialects.)
Hope I was able to help and give you a short introduction into the dialects. If I may ask, do you use a specific English accent? If so, which?
@@Alopex1
That was way more information than I was expecting. Thank you, I'll try to develop my ears for the subtle differences in German going forward.
My base accent is a cross between New Yorker and New Englander, but I've lived outside of my old stomping grounds for half my life, so I've developed some bad habits, inspired by my residence in the mid and deep south. So I'll drop my R's when I'm angry, and in the same sentence say "y'all."
If you want more than that, I'll be glad to try to analyze it further, but that'll require more introspection in my speech patterns than I'm used to.
By the way, the French surrender jokes were democratized by the americans, only the France refused to participate to the 2nd Gulf War
@@Alopex1 as a Texan, Bavarians sound a lot like Texans....with their own German southern drawl
the relationship between that Pz. II commander and Klaus is a story by itself and i want more of it
The whole thing was a treat, as always 😌
But this time I found the American's part unbelievably hilarious 😂👍
Every time I saw the plane in the background I was laughing so hard
Y’all fucked now
Not sure I've ever seen a game that has a B-18 Bolo in it before. Looks better in 3D than in photos for sure.
I don’t know why but my favourite parts are always the American joke parts
I will sign up not for the liberation of Europe but that PANZERSCHOKOLADE!!!
Nothing matters more!
They never miss
Not since “A Bridge Too Far” has such an All Star cast been assembled!
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the voiceovers they are getting better and better with every video.
14:36 "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand america's in. You guys are FU-"
Think he said "in" but it's ok
Thx for the correction, i just noticed it.
@@albertsitompul471 but I will agree , they where FUC-
1 french tank VS 1 panzer division
Perfectly balance
Well, not exactly a fair fight... for the panzers 😈
As a german i can say the voicing is fcking great!❤
obviously the Germans voices are made by German people...
Now I can't wait for If Fury was a Japanese film.
We would see a lot of kamikaze tanks like in that one japanese ww2 movie (I forgot it's name)
There is Girls und Panzer... which has drifting and other over the top stunts with the vehicles, school girls instead of grown up men as the cast, and obviously it's an anime... so, is there any way it could be more Japanese?
...although I guess the plot could bear more resemblance to the original Fury, but you know, can't have everything.
Yay! Tankettes!
So everyone just charges
Godzirra!
There really was a French Fury on May 15-17 1940 , Battle of Stonne. At the French village of Stonne, which had already changed hands numerous times between French and German forces, A single French char B-1 commanded by Capt. Pierre Billotte attacked thirteen German tanks, destroying two Panzer IVs and eleven Panzer IIIs, the French tank survived despite taking a direct hit no less than 140 times. French tanks in 1940 were nothing to laugh at. In fact the Germans were reluctant to face one head on. In his memoir, Heinz Guderian recalled attempting “in vain" to destroy a Char B with a captured 47 mm anti-tank gun; "all the shells I fired at it simply bounced harmlessly off its thick armor. Our 37 mm and 20 mm guns were equally ineffective against this adversary. As a result, we inevitably suffered sadly heavy casualties".
Oh
@@baconsoldier3876 yeah "oh" is right.
Good to see at least someone has a deeper historical knowledge than the dull surface level and irritating "trivia" that your average high school dipshit throws at you on a daily basis
Vive la Republique et vive la France! That was a seriously successful French feat of arms!
Has Hell frozen over? Are pigs flying? A Squire video about the French?
Also: goddammit, Digby!
The "diabolical laughter" from the "methed-up trigger happy German Tanker" hit me like an atom bomb!
you never cease to amaze me with how much i can enjoy a youtube video
The voice of LazerPig was unmistakable.
"Goldie!! You promised to get me to the Primary" -- Maj. Kong, USAF, Command Pilot
I never expected Ollie to pretend to be Captain Kirk and mr Spock
We need "if fury was a soviet film"
Pretty sure that happened in real life, except it made sense, because the Soviets were in a KV-2 and were dug in- in a swamp, and the Germans couldn't get around them.
Then of course there is the good old:
Comrades, we are tank!
If the enemy takes out our tracks, we become a gun emplacement!
If they take out our cannon, we become pilbox!
If they take out our machinegun, we become bunker!
And if they take us out, we become heroes!
I was thinking, the stand-by tank is still Germany, and the tank who's marching toward him is an endless line of T-34
@@GrubnarThere Was Eltzin's time movie "Tank Klim Voroshilov" here the "big gun KV" had stuck on river crossing and they decided to stay and defend it, which somewhat was based on a wreckage arrangement once found.
@@EllAntares The one I am thinking of was not by a river. The Germans had dozens of tanks, but they were all Skoda's or Panzer II's or III's, so the biggest gun they had was a 50 mm ... that just went PLINK! against the thick armour of the KV-2.
I remember reading how, after the battle, the Soviet crew counted the scratches and dent to see how often they had been hit, and they gave up when they got to 100 and were not even close to being done!
I think it may have been south of Leningrad, or Saint Petersburg, as it is named now.
This may have been an extreme example, but there were many such cases, and that was why the Germans were so quick to add high velocity 75 mm guns on their tanks, and started building larger tanks to fit the huge 88 mm gun!
Edit: Corrected 500 mm to 50 mm. Thanks Tom!
@@tom170670 LOL! Yes, thank you ... that is a silly typo. 500 mm would be a Railway gun.
The American sure was calm while his plane was crashing and burning!
Yo squire, later on this month I'm thinking of making a video similar called "if Fury was set in the pacific campaign", if you have any thoughts on it feel free. Btw bravo on this
The shermins are going to be like Tigers to the Japanese tanks until the Chi Nu shows ip with it's own 75mm gun.
@@Highice007 actually planning on using the Chi Ri II
Kinda resembles the only heavy looking tank in japan's tech tree
Technically they have a tigor the heavy tank number 6
@@princessapplestrach6327 yeah but none of us are rich enough to afford it sadly
As a french and german, speaking english, this was actually very easy to understand :)
The best episode of Star Trek, ever. Yes.
Most bizzare and enjoyable ad time I have seen.
Watching the French tanks migrate Westward:
“They do move in herds.”
I love lazerpigs yelling at how the British guns weren't totally useless
man.. i randomly searched your name at this speciffic time.. and i am surprised this was uploaded a minute ago XD
Spooky.
Seeing lazerpig getting the attention (and consequent recognition) he deserves is very rewarding. I also love your fully voiced videos, keep it up man!
That was incredible. Thanks Squire!
Our pleasure, thanks for watching :)
Oh my the germans talling threw me out of my chair laughing it's absolutely beautiful. A true masterpiece. Gotta go watch the german one again after this one
Thank you so much for using the version of Panzerlied that I sent you! 🙂
Shame that it's with a Swedish accent rather than a German one. Oh well. 😏
the most ambitious crossover ever. Squire team, Jingles, Drachinifel, lazerpig, etc.
that was great!
The Frenchie hitting the plane after that whole time omg😂 nice to see lazerpig as well.
I love how they went insane after eating panzer chocolate
9:00 That was a very good reaction, loved it
as a french i enjoy that you didnt went witth the whooole
"we are french and coward and we surrznder" trope
but instead usd really clever historical facts
9:20 my man lazer pigs is here to … letsssssssss goooooooo yes!!!!!
*Dude. that AD for Infinite Galaxy* was More enjoyable & Effective than ALL the Poop-adverts I've seen from Them in the last 5 years; Combined. it's MUCH better than those ****-wad 'Executives' can do. Seriously. You *NEED* To DO Great things. My Attention was caught, I thought we just changed channels for a moment, lol! far more creative than virtually ALL ads I see..
Well great video and thanks for giving the French the credit they deserve, and in a funny way too!
8:42 a very accurate description of how German pilots felt about the siren on the Stukas in the beginning of the war.
Alright, I admit it. “Pierre, kill the engine”. “Don’t worry sir, it’s more than capable of doing that to itself.” Had me laughing far more than it should’ve.
If Fury were a French film . . . at the Battle of Stonne, one French Char B bis tank knocked out 13 German tanks in half a day.
awesome video.. how about "If Fury was actually a good film"
I've watched one too many squire videos, I am now screaming get some when ever I am American and shooting
S35s, B1s, and D2s had radios. Only the small infantry support R35 didn't have these because thry were meant to be close to the infantry commanders they recieved their orders from.
Had mounts for radios*
Less than 10% installed
@@ronaldthompson4989 and they were bad😂
In addition to most tanks not having them installed, those radios could only transmit in Morse code, so good luck trying to use them in middle of combat
@@mikkojk83 that's for D2s, S35 and B1s had voice radios
This was so damn hilarious and an absolute masterpiece! Thanks to everyone involved in this video's production.
I chuckled and I chuckled up to 13:17 when *_"HELP! in french"_* made me LOL.
Here from Operations Room. Great stuff Squire!
Welcome aboard!
Bravo 👏🏻 Bravo 👏🏻 kind sir 👏🏻
Whenever I hear about meth in WW2, I think about Aimo Koivunen tripping for 2 weeks, skiing through the Finnish wilderness evading the Soviets and surviving on pine cones all because he OD'd on Pervitin.
OOOOoooookay share that wiki link 😂
Nevermind, and also HOLY SHIT
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimo_Koivunen
as a french man i am damned happy you gott voices for it
Love when Jingles pops up in other vids!
So, I think, had we the Wehrmacht Sixth Army sitting on our (U.S.) border in 1940, "Man spricht Deutsch hier."
"The French are, after us, the best soldiers in Europe." Adolf Hitler
"In the desert war in North Africa we never encountered more heroic fighters than the French." Generalmajor Friedrich von Mellenthin.
"The French troops have fought like lions." Field Marshall Walter von Reichenau
"Despite our crushing numerical and materiel superiority the French counter attacked in several places (reference Dunkerque). How these soldiers fighting sometimes 20 their number can make an assault...it's just stunning." Field Marshal Georg von Kuechler
First World War
“That men will let themselves be killed where they stand, that is a well-known thing and counted on in every plan of battle. But that men who have retreated for ten days, sleeping on the ground and half-dead with fatigue, should be able to take up their rifles and attack when the bugle sounds, is a thing upon which we never counted. It is a possibility not studied in our war academy.”
Thus said General Helmuth von Moltke (executor of the famous von Schlieffen Plan)
Yessss finaly some Franch And German MEMES and i like how every one joines the battle
Tbh i saw the video was 16 mins and thought no way I'll watch all that, but having just done it i must say this was a very good vid
i heard the lazer pig around 9:30
Pierre kill the engine
Pierre:don't worry it's more than capable than doing itself😂😂