World War II, Western Front 1940, Every Hour

World War II on the Western Front 1940 hour by hour. Enjoy the video.

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Time to create a video: 2 months
Not every day (of course :-D)

Details:

The first phase of the German invasion (May 10 - June 4) is relatively high quality and credible. There is only a small number of interpolations. Until the conquest of Paris on June 14, hourly gains can still be considered good. After that, there was a lack of resources and since June 15, interpolations have been around 50%. After June 19, more than 80%. The last days of the invasion must therefore be taken with some reserve. The days should be right.

Due to a lack of good information, I ended hourly gains when the French government signed an armistice. The Germans continued to advance until June 27, when they reached the Spanish border. The last fortified sectors and forts surrendered on July 3.

The Italian invasion is then from very high quality sources and can be considered credible.


Sources:

YouTube videos:
Special thanks to "Jake Mapping" and his Invasion of Luxembourg - Every Hour video (   • Invasion of Luxembourg -  Every Hour  )

and "Lyria Mapping" and his The invasion of the Netherlands 1940, every hour video (   • The invasion of the Netherlands 1940,...  )

Channels:
Jake Mapping    / @jakemapping2868  
Lyria Mapping    / @lyriamapping  

Main sources:
English, French, Dutch, German, Italian, Polish, Czech, Slovak Wikipedia

Invasion of Holland:
http://www.waroverholland.nl/

Invasion of Belgium
https://18daagseveldtocht.be/grote-ee...

Battles in France
https://www.picardie-1939-1945.org/
https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/U...

German main source
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/i...

Books:
Armored Bears Volume One: The German 3rd Panzer Division in World War II - Veterans of the 3rd Panzer Division
Battle for the Escaut, 1940: The France and Flanders Campaign - Jerry Murland
The Battle for the Maginot Line, 1940 - Clayton Donnell
Guderian, vzpomínky generála - Heinz Guderian
Case Red: The Collapse of France - Robert Forczyk

Other sources:
Endless number of different articles on the Internet.


Music:

Music: Audionautix - Over Time, subject to license Creative Commons (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/....
Artist: https://audionautix.com/