How did Germany defeat France in 1940? Part 1 (Historigraph 1)

To subscribe to future History Videos, please visit my new channel here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Historigraph Find other History Videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkLFkwY227qCqASA1SYygF8g_h--DVAuR --- How exactly did a smaller German Army, with in many cases inferior equipment, manage to embarrass two of the worlds most powerful nations in just six weeks? This video is the first in a new series which I am calling 'The History behind Hearts of Iron', exploring the history underpinning HoI4. It's been a couple of months in the works now, so I'm hoping that you guys enjoy this kind of content. If you do, please don't hesitate to let me know, so I can make more and more videos like this. --- Sources: Lloyd Clark, Blitzkrieg (London: Atlantic Books, 2016). Anthony Beevor, The Second World War. In addition I used a couple of website for basic factual information where I was satisfied with their own citations, and used the YouTube Channel 'Military History Visualised' for their approximations of how many troops were in German Infantry and Panzer Divisions, to give a rough approximation of the size of German Army Groups. --- Music: "Crypto" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ "Rynos Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ --- Picture Credits: Too numerous to list here, working on getting them available somehow. Let me know if you'd like to see them.