Home Creators Posts Import Register Favorites Logout

Files

Week 260 - Hitler Has a Bad Day - WW2 - August 19 - 1944

This week the Allies invade Southern France, and do so very successfully. They're also successful in the north, closing the Falaise gap and trapping huge numbers of Germans. In the East, however, the Germans manage to stop the Soviet drive on Riga with a counter attack, and in Warsaw they continue to brutally put down the Warsaw Uprising. Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TimeGhostHistory Or join the TimeGhost Army directly at: https://timeghost.tv/signup/ Check out our TimeGhost History YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/timeghost Between 2 Wars: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG5J-K5AYAU1R-HeWSfY2D1jy_sEssNG Follow WW2 Day by Day on Instagram: @ww2_day_by_day Follow TimeGhost History on Instagram: @timeghosthistory Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimeGhostHistory/ Hosted by: Indy Neidell Director: Astrid Deinhard Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson Creative Producer: Marek Kamiński Community Management: Ian Sowden Written by: Indy Neidell Research by: Indy Neidell Map animations by: Daniel Weiss Map research by: Sietse Kenter Editeding and color grading by: Simon J. James Artwork by: Mikołaj Uchman Sound design by: Marek Kamiński Colorizations by: Mikołaj Uchman Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com Image sources: Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1973-023-19,_Frankreich,_Günther_v._Kluge,_Adolf_Hitler Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound: March Of The Brave 10 - Rannar Sillard Not Safe Yet - Gunnar Johnsen On the Edge of Change - Brightarm Orchestra Sailing for Gold - Howard Harper-Barnes Spellbound - Edward Karl Hanson Split Decision - Rannar Sillard Super Hero - Bonnie Grace The Beast - Dream Cave Watchman - Yi Nantiro We Were Encased in Ashes - Jon Sumner Additional sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.

Comments

Timeghost

Another great episode. I feel sorry for the Poles. They are hated by Hitler and Stalin.

Powell to the people

Quite ironic and speaks to Hitler's insanity plus the fervent loyalty of his underlings that he felt von Kluge would be disloyal to him. The thought scares me that somebody can be so blind as to ignore why bombing runs from Tripoli targeted Romanian oil fields and refineries. One quick glance would have told them that an attack on Romania was not only inevitable, but necessary. In addition, Romania initially joined, so they could expand land from the USSR and this seemed extremely unlikely. It's good that the Nazis lacked the resources to occupy Romania as well, to keep them in the war. For a dictator who rose to power on the premise of undoing Versailles, Hitler failed to anticipate Romania harboring similar sentiments and be all too eager to remove the man who failed to deliver. Though the Battle of the Bulge happened on the other side of Europe, losing the Romanian oil fields was a definitive and irrevocable blow.

Alex Amerling

Hitler has had a lot of bad days since the end of 1942.

Joshua Something

🎶Cuz ya had a bad dayyy You're taking one down You sing a sad song just to turn it around🎵

Leander Michels

I think its worth mentioning that one of the ways that Hitler used to keep those officers loyal is bribery. The corruption of the German officers should be mentioned, as several gifts were given to them. Kluge et al. were probably grateful with their boss "generosity". 💰🏰

Dimitri Litvin

I would love to learn about the Spanish soldiers fighting with the Free French in Normandy and Paris. Something for Out of the Foxholes, maybe.

Guillem N

Kluge's chief of staff in army group centre was among the chiefs of the 20th July plot. And Kluge knew it, but he has not joined them thanks to the bribery.

David A Strother

Thanks for another great episode Indy. I really like the pretend phone calls at the beginning of each episode. The content is always awesome. One little detail, that has nothing to do with the content, but just bugs me, is that the clocks on the wall behind you always show the same time. Maybe someoone could install batteries and set them.

SimpleSimon22

The battleship Nevada was sunk at Pearl Harbor but raised, repaired, updated, and returned to the war.

TimeGhost

We tell her story on December 7, 1941 in some detail in our Pearl Harbor minute by minute series. She was actually saved from sinking by the crew running her aground. Had she sunk, she would have gone down at a very hard to salvage position, blocking the harbor entrance, potentially making Pearl Harbor defunct for several months. It’s quite a heroic tale - well worth watching.

Young IL Seo

My guess is it’s for continuity in editing.

TimeGhost

They are the H-Hours of d-day - the set will change soon…

Brendan Purdy

I'm more than happy to support your 1000 new members recruitment drive!

Maria Kelly

It couldn't have happened to (sarcasm alert) a nicer guy.

Maria Kelly

I had no idea that Spaniards fought with the Free French.

Maria Kelly

Fun Fact: George Patton once gave the chaplin of his unit a Bronze Star for writing what turns out to be a successful prayer to improve the weather in the part of Normandy that his troops were stuck in.