WW2 - Western Front, 1944-1945. Part 1

In June of 1944 the Allies had gathered an overwhelming force in Britain and were preparing to begin the decisive campaign against Germany in Western Europe. They planned to land their forces in France and reach the German border by May of 1945. For Germany the only path to victory was pushing the Allied landings into the sea and destroying their forces.

00:00 - Introduction
00:29 - Operation Overlord
01:41 - Breakout form Normandy
02:14 - Falaise encirclement
02:46 - Retreat to the Seine
03:23 - New Allied objectives
04:22 - Pursuit to the Siegfried line
05:12 - Operation Market Garden
06:21 - Opening the Channel ports
07:13 - Battles of Aachen
07:33 - Battle of Nancy
08:03 - Operation Dragoon
09:18 - Outro and Patreon credits

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[bificommander]

"Hear me out Hans, what if we knock out the Western allies in mainland Europe with a surprise attack through the Ardennes?"
"That's the way we did it last time."
"It worked, didn't it?"

[adamlakeman]

"Most of the Allies landed with little difficulty"
Hollywood: I'mma pretend I didn't hear that.

[maharlikanandproudyearsa]

When the World needed him, Eastory came back.

[Tutel]

the brother of my grandfather died there: 02:34, (2nd Armored French Division outside of the town of Argentan, he never made it but his friends were the first allied vehicles entering Paris)

[kaleblanoue]

Another absolute MASTERPIECE by Eastory

[antisocialextrovert]

The Germans being surrounded at Dunkirk is poetic justice to a T

[anyasis]

Thanks for bringing up Operation Dragoon! It’s usually forgotten so it’s nice to see it for once!

[Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd]

I think this helped me to understand why the allies thought that Market Garden would be a success, from this perspective it does look like the western front is completely broken and that it would have led to a significant shortening of the war.

[stevej]

it's so cool having a personal connection to one of the bubbles on the map. My grandfather was in the 35th Infantry Division and was wounded in the Battle of Nancy. For the rest of his life he did not want any of his children or grandchildren joining the military and encouraged my older uncles to register as conscientious objectors to avoid the draft (which they did), though he was proud of my cousin who served in Iraq.

[coolleader]

When I saw this upload, I CLICKED AS FAST AS I COULD

[ritaDas-xlkz]

You should do the same for Napoleonic wars and seven years war cause it would be great 😃😃

[germanfan]

6:45 shout out to the 2 Canadian divisions that fought for a whole month clearing the Antwerp approaches allowing supplies from sea.

[memestar]

Feels much better with the commentary. Thanks a lot Eastory. Btw, sorry for the bad english

[FirstLast_Nba]

Learnt more in 5 minutes than the History channels on TV taught us in 40 years!!!

[PolskaPolskiMapping]

Western Front: Hmm yes i'll take 50, 000 POWs.
Eastern Front: HoW aBoUt 500, 000

[bombasbounce]

So exited! I can really see the quality change form this video and a video form last year. Good work!

[sweller]

Been waiting for this And it's worth it

[vilzupuupaa]

Well done, yet again. I can't even imagine the amount of work put into this.

[michaelemouse]

I really like how these animated maps illustrate the operational level of warfare.

[danielyilmaz]

I am so happy to see another of your new videos