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June 8, 2025

Day Two – Panzers Stuck in Europe‘s Biggest Traffic Jam! – Ten Days in Sedan

Filed under: France, Germany, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

World War Two
Published 7 Jun 2025

May 11, 1940: Our WW2 documentary continues as the Battle of France rages and German Panzers rumble through the Ardennes. The Battle of Sedan is on the horizon and Heinz Guderian has one objective: break the French defences! But all is not well for the Germans as Europe’s largest-ever traffic jam threatens to stall the Blitzkrieg.

00:00 Intro
00:51 The Ardennes Advance
08:55 The Air War
15:05 Conclusion

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Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters – https://www.screenocean.com

Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson
Written by: James Newman, Tom Aldis
Research by: James Newman, Tom Aldis
Special thanks to Richard Tucker
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Edited by: Karolina Dołęga
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Image sources:
Bundesarchiv
National Archives NARA
Imperial War Museums: HU 112440, HU 112441

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:

“Break Free” – Fabien Tell
“Dark Beginning” – Johan Hynynen
“Force Matrix” – Jon Bjork
“It’s Not a Game” – Philip Ayers
“Last Man Standing 3” – Johannes Bornlöf
“March Of The Brave 10” – Rannar Sillard
“Rememberance” – Fabien Tell
“The End Of The World 2” – Håkan Eriksson
“The Inspector 4” – Johannes Bornlöf
“Weapon of Choice” – Fabien Tell

A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.

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