BRILLIANT Danish WAR Movie: Reaction to APRIL 9th

Amateur Historian reacts and analyses the battle of Haderslev (1940) as depicted in the Danish War film called "April 9th". I highly recommend you this movie.
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[historylegends]

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[IanS]

The reason the Danish troops didnt enter the houses was becuase they didnt want to risk any civilian lives
If you are wondering how i know this, my friend has a great great grandfather who served in haderslev in world war two and they where orderd not to enter any houses

[superliga]

The germans officially attacked at 0420, the danish king and government surrendered between 0600-0630, but combat continued until around 0800. A Danish colonel decided to not surrender and took a ferry to Sweden, since he thought they had also been attacked. They hadn't, so around 1030 some 30 danish soldiers kinda invaded sweden and was arrested

[ArcticWolfAlpha]

The reason the German attack seemed odd was because according to the Film, the Danish Government had already surrendered. This group of Danish soldiers was cut off from all communication, by the time they were captured the German soldiers were confused as to why they were fighting, they took needless casualties, The Six hour war was already over. The Germans entering the city were possibly a small patrol just rooting out any other squads or runaways.

[padraigpearse]

One of the things I love about this movie is the lack of music. It makes it so much more intense imo

[christofferholmstedt]

I like your take on this, and i agree this is a very good movie.
It brings back a lot of memories to see these scenes again, as i played one of the German soldiers in the final battle scene!
That scene with the 222 took a long time to shoot, as it had mechanical problems and it kept dying all the time haha!

[dreitor]

The sergeant seen in the beginning of the movie, is in real life a sergeant major at the Royal Life Guard Regiment, most of the soldiers seen in this movie were conscripts from the Royal Life Guards, so they had a real understanding of discipline, tactics and weapons training.

[CEngelbrecht]

7:00
Love that exchange:
*"Lassen, scoot back."*
*"I have a perfect line of fire here.*
*"Do as you're told, soldier."*
Never argue an order, just issue the correct command and expect your man to follow it without question.
Sure, if you have a perfect line of fire, then the enemy has a perfect line of fire to you, too.

And I love the script, where that throughout the full movie, the 2nd Lt. initially addresses his conscripts by their soldier's number (e.g. "212"), which was correct Danish military procedure back then, but by the final battle, the relationships within the fire team has evolved to him using their actual last names (e.g. "Justesen") when shouting commands.

[MRtapio]

I cant wait for your reaction on "The uknown Soldier".

[humphreygokart]

Yes, a really well-made movie. Not a lot of psychological drama, more like a docu-drama, but that's what it is meant to be. All the same, a lot of the psychological stuff is spot on too. This includes the different personalities of the men, and also the relationship between the ranks is astonishingly well portrayed. I did National Service in the Danish Army in 1977 (infantry), and there is a "Danishness" to this film that is nothing short of incredible. Since I am also a history teacher and the author of several historical books, I can vouch for not only the factual details but even more so the overall mood and atmosphere here. My only objection is that the main character, though otherwise a fine actor indeed, is muttering instead of speaking his native language properly, something that an officer in 1940 would never have got away with, but that has unfortunately been the case with Danish actors in general for some years now. Luckily, that one little drawback will not annoy non-Danish viewers.

[thefifthtetrarch]

I remember incidently watching this movie online, only to find out it is one of the greatest war films ever. You can truly feel the anxiety of the troops in the hours before and during the first skirmish. And I totally respect the material concern in a war fought by rifle and gun, not plot armor.

[samblackwolf]

I served in the SLFR which is in Haderslev and meet the last survivor from that Bofors 37 mm Anti-Tank gun crew and some of the other men who fought in Haderslev during the battle, they where part of telling the regimental history back in 96, i remember him telling about how one of the German Tank drove up on the Bofors while he was still laying under it wounded and how it saved his life, and he told us the responsibility we Had as SLFR's to honor those who served before us, Vaagen og Tro

[Pyrusia]

It's amazing to finally see someone appreciate the story behind the Six Hour war, instead of poking fun at it and saying "denmark surrendered in 6 hours boooo", it's a really nice change of pace. The movie does also do a really good job at showing the stories of the people involved, how they handled it, and what lead up to the fights. HistoryLegends began a bit further into the movie, because there was just to much to talk about.

[CE.]

I’m amazed how good this movie is

Felt very real, acting is superb. I don’t believe there’s such a thing as war movies trying to glorify war just doing a bad job at it is all, this is not one of those

[madsgjerding]

Det var dejligt at du kunne lide filmen jeg er selv fra Danmark så det var en dejlig oplevelse at se dig regere til filmen❤

[mortenrl]

The Kar98's and MP40's are most likely relic guns. There is little production of these firearms in Europe, but a good amount remains in national collections. For this specific movie, the museum ”Mellem Slesvigs Grænser" lent most of the props. The guns are listed as "dummies, " but that usually refers to actual firearms with the firing pin filed down, that sort of thing.

[atadbitnefarious]

My only complaint is how they hold their rifles. Low ready, muzzle pointed down, with straight trigger finger above the trigger guard, is an anachronism. It's mostly a modern convention. Back then, most people ran or carried their rifles at port arms (at an angle with muzzle pointed up, parallel to the chest) or at the hip with the muzzle pointed the threat (so it can be quickly raised and fired).

[Andreas]

Being Danish, it's nice to hear that a small film (in comparison to the big Hollywood ones) is more realistic and grounded. I'd say I know somethings in the movie felt closer to heart when it depicts what happened in your own country and it's ik your mothertounge instead of English (I even live near the border and Haderslev and know one of the actors a bit).

[wyndellwind]

German attack was also weak according to the area being a Pseudo-German area, it has a lot of germans in this region of denmark. I am one of them, and my family actually fought on the german side.

[mcstaal]

4:30. You made a mistake. The ammunition for the Danish M89 is 8X58 mm Remington, so not to inferior to the 8mm Mauser. The ammo was a part of the payment for the US Virgin Islands.