World History... basically

[@Attaxalotl]

Teddy Roosevelt and all of his direct relatives were absolute madlads of the highest degree. His son was the oldest and highest ranking person to land on D-Day, and his Grandson was one of the first ashore.

[@ivanivanovic5586]

And let's not forget how old Teddy broke up the monopoly of the big 3 in his day(jp morgan, carnegie and rockefeller). Funnily enough, they tried to stop him from being elected as president the first time(he became vp until someone shot the president). We need teddy take 2, there are more monopolies to break up.

[@varsovianspy2992]

In Slavic mythology everything can be demonic, stillborn children can turn into demons, drowned people can turn into demons, If you die right before your marriage you will become a demon, you can just straight up born as a demon, and so on. So yeah it's fun, 10/10 would recommend.

[@AryanBanyal-g3j]

And you can see all of it in poland's own witcher 3.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

was just about say that

[@melonmusk8924]

​@@AryanBanyal-g3jor, you know...the books?

[@TheRifild]

And the funniest thing for me is that you can befriend most of them

[@Xxfuuuuu]

Baba jaga just wants his dog back

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

"Hippopotamus" means "river horse" in greek too, so in any language using that name. Hippo = horse, potamos = river, also in MesoPOTAMia ("in the middle of rivers").

[@HorseloverFat1984]

Interestingly while the classic German word for the hipo is river horse, too modern day Germans decided to agree on calling them Nile horses.

[@theunholyburger9338]

I somehow see you in so many comment sections

[@anttisaarilampi]

In Finnish too: "virtahepo" = "river (or stream) horse"

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

@@anttisaarilampi I wonder in how many languages we can find calques for this animal's name.

[@Wertzuio]

in german its name could be literally translated into english as nhile horse lol

[@Irelandball-om4yi]

Did you know? In the cat comparison, drew mentioned that the Soviet Union would be a Siberian tiger but it has been recently renamed the Amur tiger because they live more in the Amur region

[@Sloppster8763]

As a Kazakh person, I'm proud of our history, and of that flag too.

[@SuperCatacata]

I'm proud of Borat

[@dermeister0001]

you should.... you should

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The blue is amazing!

[@CTGReviews]

hello fellow OSC member

[@Sloppster8763]

@@CTGReviews hello

[@Neeqh_]

The basques and the mi'kmaq had a pidgin (a pre-creole) because basques were fishing cod and whales in modern day Quebec and New Brunswick before the frenchs and the brits. We still have relics of furnaces built by the basques to make oil from the whales in Quebec. Some Mi'kmaq words comes from the basques language today.

[@ComradeArthur]

11:35 "... Petrov will live on in *infamy* " TIL that Drew doesn't know what infamy is.

[@ricardozetino6907]

I think Drew just through infamy meant being famous for whatever reason given Drew does talk positivity about Petrov after saying that.

[@TurtleMarcus]

He lives on in famy.

[@JoshuaShaoMutao]

I like watching Drew with his Argentinian grandpa

[@xenzis2431]

the dutch anthem is: william of nassau i am of german blood, in loyalty to the fatherland i will stay untill my death. a prince of orange i am free and unharmed, i used to honor the king of spain.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

something something habsburgs

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

Another day of asking Drew to put up the Guernsey flag

[@trphoenix_.]

Theres *fire* all over here ( Çanakkale, Turkey ). Started in back of our school. its getting fine but it was like *Oppenheimer 5 mins ago* lol. Good luck to all people near there.

[@InquisitorXarius]

Vasily Arkhipov stopped WW3 during the Cuban Missile Crisis, TWICE!! Stanislav Petrov didn’t stop WW3 he simply made a relatively easy estimation based on the fact the Ruskies and Yankees both used the MAD doctrine which dictates a mass deployment of a nuclear arsenal not the tactical firing of 5 icbms.

[@elRandomTk]

Premise: 1983 war a particularly tense period in the cold war, US had been doing psychological operations for a couple of years, reinstalling hundreds of ballistic missiles in West Europe, doing secretive naval operations in all seas close to russia, as well as flights by American bombers, occasionally several times per week, directly toward Soviet airspace turning away at the last moment. This was specifically made to get to the Russians nerves about unpredictability of the US in a nuclear attack (they will stop after the incident funnily and significantly enough). Not even a month before the incident, the Soviet military shot down a South Korean passenger jet because it trespassed the airspace, killing 269 people. Point: There is nothing easy in taking the decision in a couple minutes in the middle of the night, to not tell to your commander the reading of a system (with 30 levels of verifications before you) specifically made as an alert of existential threat; in fact, he didn't take it just because of the number, he analized the calculating time of the system, he doublechecked with surface radars etc. Still, the very concept of an army is to make automatic the response to obey orders and never exceed your autority, more so in soviet army I would guess. In fact, I imagine many of his collegues would have reported without thinking. Epilogue: his commander complimented his decision, we know the fact because he wrote it in his (the superior's) memoires. Petrov was heavily interrogated, and in the end he was moved to a less sensitive job, demonstrating to me, the army prefers automatic reaction. We will never know what type of decision would have taken command. Post scriptum: in my eyes it's not like we all have so many heroes, we may aswell degrade some - I can get your (deserved) passion for Arkhipov but I would say both get my respect and gratitude.

[@InquisitorXarius]

@@elRandomTk Arkhipov deserves more gratitude given he had deal with Human factors that Petrov did not have to deal with.

[@elRandomTk]

@@InquisitorXarius that's fair, I just don't get why use the negative tone, you could have frased that better, more so if talking about good examples. Arkhipov is to me a total badass BTW, and saved the world harder I agree :D

[@joedollarbiden9823]

Regardless we still owe him even if it was an easy estimation.

[@InquisitorXarius]

The reason I use negative language for Petrov is because people often excessively praise and cite him as the “Man Who Saved The World” all the while neglecting Arkhipov’s own struggles if not his own existence.

[@HowieDewitt535]

4:33 He forgot the part about his time as NY governor, cowboy, NY police chief, his six diplomas, his 11,000 kill three month hunting trip to Africa.

[@mehallica666]

Hunting for 'sport' is nothing to be proud of!

[@NotChicoAndPico]

@@mehallica666 Sport or not, 11k kill count in three months is impressive. We ain't debating morals here, but skills.

[@candy.connor]

The actual reason why the Spanish anthem doesn't have lyrics it's because it would cause chaos having the anthem in Spanish due to the fact most regions have their own language so they would be pretty pissed if the anthem wouldn't include their language in it

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

pick one: - make castille happy - make the rest of spain happy

[@AntiFurry927]

@@HappyBeezerStudiosCastile. I’m Spanish American and I feel more Castilian than my heritage part of Spain (Galicia)

[@-._A2._-]

so how does France work?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@-._A2._- the same as usual, being angry at the king and proclaiming new republics as hobby

[@tlgamin867]

​@-._A2._- thats the neat part, it doesn't

[@Cp.Chaos707]

8:20 3 years ago, in german chemestry class i actually used equipment with "made in western germany" on it. maybe not as rare as chechoslowakia but man does the school need new equipment

[@BandidoInocente44]

1:00 - a minute of silence for our doggo hero who is now being a good dog in another plane of existence... 1st time watching his meme since his passing Who s a good boy? who s a good boy? you are a good boy!

[@StevenFox80]

3:55 for a second I was really hoping Drew screams "BABA YAGA!" in Alex Terrible style

[@spassocane3821]

Everyone just forgot that the Italians have beaten the french in 1945 when they tried to invade northern italy

[@Boretheory]

Exactly

[@TheImperialGermanNavy1912]

Cheems is still with us in the memes... 😭😭😭😭

[@janach1305]

The ancient Greeks did their philosophy at drinking parties. I thought you knew that, Drew. Look up where the word “symposium” comes from.

[@2dhistory197]

great video as always

[@deimosthebighead7057]

They all discovered America, just the first discoverer for their nation

[@Zooollieg]

HE FINALLY SAID THE WORD BASQUE

[@gabbagabo7860]

lol true didnt even realize

[@GORULLA]

Can we just all appreciate how drew is devolving info a Monke for our own entertainment 🦍

[@cool_neptune]

Nah. He's getting smarter.

[@DrBrightstein]

*evolving The process is slow, but he’s becoming smarter

[@PolskaAeromexico]

yes sirr

[@thesolardude]

wow.

[@Greater_Romania_oficial]

We in romania have the same thing but its spelled baba oarba and there is also a traditional game named after it

[@Af-Ar-Ak]

The was actually people in the Americas before they crossed from Siberia, there is man made objects in America that dates before the strait was frozen over

[@cirthador1453]

Drew seeing the Aksumite empire, famously located in Ethiopia--- But where's Ethiopia???

[@Falling5tar.]

Did the icelanders just forget about the law or something?

[@PavelVeselinov-g9n]

I am slavik and the baba yaga is kinda scary. When I was a child if I didn't eat my vegetables my dad would tell me that she is under my bed (¦ꒉ[▓▓].

[@ivanivanovic5586]

I think she's called a bit differently in south slav lands (babaroga).

[@PavelVeselinov-g9n]

Yeah, but I am from the north.

[@ivanivanovic5586]

@@PavelVeselinov-g9n yaga does sound more intimidating, tbh. We slavs do have some quite unique mythical creatures(south has drekavac, prikaza, karakondzula(there was a craft brewery with beers named after them). Come to think of it, slavs were always sorted into south, west and east, never north(weirdly enough).

[@PavelVeselinov-g9n]

Wow because I am from Bulgaria and that is in the North (kinda)

[@ivanivanovic5586]

@@PavelVeselinov-g9n Now you remind me of student days, when we were given medieval bosnian documents to read/transcript, it and modern bulgarian sound surprisingly similar(never knew some "substitute" cyrrilic letters that they shared).

[@ReXebl]

3:54 As a german with a ukranian parent, I can say that I had to experience both german and slavic horrific children stories.

[@ricardozetino6907]

Were you terrified of those German and slavic folktales as a child ?

[@ReXebl]

​@@ricardozetino6907 A bit, but not really. When you grow up with such tales, you are used to such type of tales. Books like "Struwwelpeter" were for a bit too much, because that book is straight up disturbing, but things like baba yaga were for me entertaining folktales. edit: sorry for my bad englisch, I'm too dumb to make some good sentences in general

[@KR4FTW3RK]

@@ReXebl Aw yeah thx for bringing this memory back. What better way to teach kids some values than with dismemberment? I'm sure I can find the book containing Struwwelpeter at my parents house.

[@ricardozetino6907]

@@ReXebl oh ok, thank you for answering my questions.

[@nathangamble125]

"Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines." ~Enzo Ferrari, founder of Ferrari.

[@AGamerthatregretsalot]

As a cat lover I can confirm my cat is Italy for switching backyards

[@that1countryperson]

‘Not if I have something to say about it’ is something I do not doubt

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

Italy was still pretty powerful in both ww1 and ww2

[@cck4863]

Technically speaking, Italy is the only Axis power to "win" WW2.

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

@cck4863 yeah, also the Soviet Union

[@biniyamashenafi9160]

Tnx for your acnowledgement of Ethiopian history

[@sebastiankorner5604]

When a german child was unfriendly, german parents promise to tell them slavic folkstorys. Because of this, german children are Kinder.

[@FedericoPicano]

Italy in the 12 13 14 15 16 century was the gratest superpower of europe

[@jakubsz.3118]

by the time we bring back Czechoslovakia, the Americans would have finally learned about Czechia and Slovakia being separate nations

[@TrollogyExpert]

Czechoslovakia had a peaceful "divorse" they are just friends now.

[@ad_astra468]

The funny thing is that the domestic cat is a better predator than all the other felines, to the point that it is considered a global threat for biodiversity and Australia has been waging war on feral cats to stop them from destroying their wildlife (btw it looks like it is losing since there are more cats now than from the start of the “war” in 2015)

[@gengarzilla1685]

Australia just can't seem to win those wars, huh? First the emus and now the cats.

[@stormerkromy988]

6:32 I think they aren't called that because fighting didn't occur from every continent. Napoleonic and 7 years and others were really just Europe with a sliver of Asia and Africa sometimes. WW1 and 2 had every continent involved, making it a worldwide event

[@nathangamble125]

Apart from Antarctica.

[@stormerkromy988]

Yeah

[@Matei9708]

A lot of history explained here

[@Friendlyplushyadventures]

Hi drew great video keep up the great work😁😁

[@maozedongcat2198]

Day 4 of asking Drew to react to Alternate History’s “What if WWII was re-enacted in the modern day.”

[@nathangamble125]

The war in Ukraine is basically the opposite of that Civil War meme. The US sending its equipment over to see how well it works against the Russian army.

[@SuperGamer-xo1fk]

6:11 wasn’t there seven of the napoleonic war so that would mean that we are on ww10 waiting for 11 if you included all of those and the seven years war

[@_Txny_]

8:29 As a Czech I totally want Czechoslovakia back

[@wuhamster7882]

My mom read me tales about baba yaga when I was like 4 or 5... Ah, what a colourful childhood!

[@Federalrepublicofsprout7263]

You've probably seen me say this before, but I'm saying it again. The Seven Years War, WWI, WWII, the Napoleonic Wars and the Cold War were all world wars, or global conflicts if you may. WWI, WWII and the Seven Years were total world wars, while the other two were periods of wars.

[@jakenvideot]

Drew should make the Ulm history video

[@MobPenguinstudios]

4:46 And Montenegro helped Serbia as well.

[@xixux9087]

usa, japan, uk, germany: 🦁 italy:🐈 poland: (i hope someone gets the joke)

[@cool_neptune]

I get it

[@Boretheory]

Ye but it’s not fair the Germans quite litterally fucked us and the soft underbelly was a bloodbath for the allies

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Another amazing video and play countryball at wars

[@AnneHenderson-h8z]

YOU FORGOT COLD WAR

[@איליגוטמן-צפון]

the start of the video was insane

[@Sigma-00001]

3:30 they also lay eggs and are poisinous they are the only animal that makes a complete breakfast egg meat and milk

[@ClingyParasite]

Platypus naturally glow when exposed to UV-lights

[@pet_ph]

RIP to that doge.

[@ItalianCountryball11]

Drew, I recommend listening to 55 Days At Peking, it’s AMAZING.

[@WhlteWolf9]

the dutch are absolutely discombobulated

[@jeremym4451]

Actually if I'm not wrong humanity boated to the America's first

[@frajerproductions7837]

Petition for Drew to go outside and ask people geography questions

[@villagernumber7882]

Day 4 of petitioning Drew to hang the flag of the glorious "United Republics of Jämtland-Herjeådalen and Ravund," in the background.

[@a_mooses_son7705]

I only know Baba Yaga from the Scooby Doo Episode

[@Murpedits420]

6:11 well the Napoleonic wars was only in europe

[@giulianococco887]

I was born in a world where the Czech Republic and Slovakia are two different countries

[@nepsaho]

Am I having a Mandela effect? Hasn't Drew talked about or at least mentioned Baba Yaga before?

[@MergeMechanic7395]

As a person with asthma, I can confirm I turned into a president by overcoming it

[@Liggliluff]

Drew: We should all use metric Also Drew: 2:20

[@esraazahow8148]

What till you hear what we call seals in Egypt 😂 (dog of the sea)

[@Sohcahtoa14]

3:30 how dare drew not make a phineas and ferb joke

[@anotherrandomguy6012]

Petition for Drew to make a series covering Ace Combat and its multiple universes: [Day 211] Strike Fighter Squadron 211 (VFA-211), nicknamed the "Fighting Checkmates", is an aviation unit of the United States Navy established in 1945. The squadron is based at Naval Air Station Oceana and is equipped with the Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet.

[@Ghostmaxi1337]

6:30 Yeah, but WW1 was also called "The great War", to end all wars, so they started anew with the counting.

[@laszlosipeki3462]

8:28 Drew what about thicc Hungary? I would rather want that

[@BotchuLeeSim]

Our boy T. Roosevelt had Plot armor

[@AfterMath-e9e]

The basques were whaling, as they were the first commercial whalers, and they stole some food from the icelandic people during the winter. the icelanders did not like that. Also, fun fact, rapunzel actually comes from the old neapolitan tale, whose name I forgot but it translates to "parsely". actually, the brothers grimm stole from that book a lot.

[@CobraBullitt429]

Hippo, full version hippopotamus, literally means horse of the river as well.

[@malta_ball701]

Petition for drew to get a malta flag (Day 8)

[@alecsander1775]

There is a law in Denmark where if the sea freezes between Sweden and Denmark, a Dane can legally hit a Swedish person with a stick if they walk to Denmark over the ice

[@hansenhenry5438]

Drew is evolving, he said unaliving instead of oofing

[@Canderbin]

Aksum was Ethiopia at the time and they were why Ethiopia is orthodox Christian since Aksum had close ties with Byzantine

[@Kaspa969]

10:20 Aksum was Ethiopia

[@seanchadwick9036]

No the empire of Aksum was in modern day Ethiopia, but yes empires such as the Nubian, Kush, and Great Zimbabwe were not included in the video.

[@lukasrentz3238]

Is it a Philosophy still held today that the other Side of the Rhine sucks? Yes, we still hate Wiesbaden. Greetings from Mainz :P

[@Boretheory]

BASED

[@fighterphoenix5789]

Notice how Germany is a black panther, which is a rare phenotype of the panther.

[@Cat-mk1gc]

The lady who ate kids is a folklore called the babayaga

[@DuckiesLeDuck]

Petition for Drew to learn the longest anthem he can find. Day 1

[@Ethann310]

My Memere (Grandmother) still thinks Czechoslovakia is a country, so yeah we should definitely bring it back.

[@吳明-x2q]

Here in Asia, most elders in my family still called Russia as Soviet Union

[@Ethann310]

@@吳明-x2q Wow! I’m surprised although it does make sense.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

And the reason why he didn't report the nukes because he was sure the US would send more than five

[@gengarzilla1685]

Reminds me of when Japan thought the US only had one nuke and thus didn't surrender after Nagasaki.

[@Xxfuuuuu]

Baba yaga just wants his dog back

[@Cil-lan]

Day one of asking Drew to make a romanian plushie

[@stefanomartello3786]

Well hippo too stands for hippopotamus which means horse of the river in greek. Hippo stands for horse and potamus stands for river (as in mesopotamia where meso is "in between" so it is "(the land) in between rivers")

[@henryfaneuf1754]

It was the land bridge in between Siberia in Alaska. Bunch of people, just water all on over it, and then get Native Americans with Eriksen was the first European to discover America.

[@oolaihiang6599]

Hey, not sure if you’ve done this, but please make a Singapore Pyramid

[@shauncrome7100]

11:07 shouldve done USSR as a litter of cats

[@ionutrebenciuc3593]

If Napoleonic wars and 7 year war counted as World Wars that means that the next world war will include a coalition not a country witch wants to take over the world after it lost a world war. 1 7 year war-coalitions war 2 Napoleonics wars taking over the world 3.WW 1 coalition 4 WW2 taking over the world

[@ManoEddoGames]

As an Egyptian I can confirm that we call hippos sir cream

[@TheDiamondO]

Hey drew, when I’ll you have new country balls? I wanna start collecting them

[@Soviet_Man56]

Also, Baba Yaga eats rude and angry children... And slavic parents still use baba yaga to discipline their kids. 10/10 mythology.

[@NationalistHillbilly]

There were Preclovis from the east haplogroup x