GERMAN REACTS TO WW2 by Oversimplified

[@Chrisb.reacts]

Hey sorry for the bit of censoring (its mostly only the first few minutes), but otherwise the video would get blocked from KZbin (not Germany, don’t know why people think that). Thanks for your understanding :)

[@xgcskiman]

It sucks, but I understand your position. Hello from Illinois, USA.

[@dinejoker99]

Arizona, USA here censoring sucks but its ur nations laws, so its out of ur hands. dont want u to lose ur channel, we really enjoy ur content. keep up the good work!

[@IndependentLogos]

< Free Speech

[@fluffiiesnutz]

I was wondering why it had ww2 on it 😆 😅. I came on to ask why but it was answered the moment I went to message. Thank you. From Pennswoods U.S.A

[@Aokreaper]

Why would they block you? Your the only reaction channel I’ve seen have to sensor the original video. It detours me to be honest. Is it because you have too large of a window of the original video? You do have the largest video window ive seen and i have heard your not allowed to do that. Im here to watch you. But i also want to see what you see. All the love!

[@meganclodfelter1560]

Hi from the USA! You are right about the US Flag -- at the time of WWII, the US had 48 states. Hawaii & Alaska became states in 1959.

[@scy1038]

We couldn't decide if we wanted to be cold or warm, so we got both. 😂

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Actually, while Hawaii was pretty much taken over by the US after Alaska, we _bought_ Alaska from Russia in 1867 as a 600,000 square mile territory for 7.2 million dollars! We made it a state in 1959 followed by Hawaii in 1960. Then we found gold and oil in Alaska. Sorry, Russia, no take-backs!

[@duke9555]

1959 and Hawaii 1960

[@IceManTX69]

@@ginnyjollykidd Good old Seward's Folley.

[@johnburns9634]

Canada also had a flag with a Union Jack on it. It didn't change until 1965.

[@johndunkelburg9495]

Bismarck once said that the only time the Italians ended a war on the same side they started it on, they switched sides twice.

[@harbl99]

Sounds like a smart fella this Bismarck. You'd have to be a real fool to have a guy that astute and observant as your Prime Minister and then sack him over a clash of egos (right Wilhelm?)

[@gregorgerzson1767]

Romania too...

[@Eve-Nicholson]

My Dad said when they had Italian prisoners they gave them a pair of running shoes and letthem go!

[@devermax]

Congratulations on the continuing success of your channel. As a 70+ year old woman in OH, USA, I enjoy watching your channel to learn (about Germany & the historical events you explore) and because your enthusiasm is delightful. I think you're a hoot.

[@worldchampion8888]

My Father was in WW2 against the Germans. He was in the Battle of the Bulge. He was born on Dec. 1st ,1915 and died on Nov. 26th, 2011. He liked the German people after the war was over. He never did like the Nazis. He said that the German people were smart and also very kind. He didn't think much of the Russians at all. My Father was part German. So I am part German also.

[@stevedavis5704]

My town in south central Nebraska had a POW camp with German soldiers in it. During the war the POW’s were used as paid farm hands and by and large they caused no problems and were a major help. At the end of the war all the soldiers had to be re-patriated to their home countries. However there were quite a few of the soldiers who went home and then came back, frequently under the sponsorship of the farmers they had worked for. They married into the families of the community and their grandchildren are still living there.

[@loislewis5229]

My maternal uncle died at the Battle of the Bulge . He was only a teenager and was forced into the German military. 😢

[@stevedavis5704]

@@loislewis5229 In a weird twist my maternal grandfather left Europe to avoid conscription into what he called the meat grinder of WWI in 1915 when he turned 17. He came to america under the sponsorship of his older brother. Then when it came up he joined the AEF and went back to europe. When the recruiter asked him why he was joining now Grampa told him, “ Sir you have a plan and want soldiers, Denmark wanted targets.” He went, served with honor and among his discharge papers is the certificate of citizenship that he received for honorable service and an honorable discharge. He also received a 300 dollar bonus for never being arrested or on report during his enlistment. While there he was wounded, left for dead on the battlefield twice and was gassed which gave him some lung issues his whole life.

[@rhov-anion]

FYI - By listing which battle your father was in, his DOB and DOD, and your own DOB, you've all but doxxed yourself. If you don't care, cool, but if internet security is something you worry about, consider editing the comment to remove the exact days you both were born. Besides that, very cool history. My grandpa was born in the same year and served in the Army. I don't know which battles, because he had severe PTSD and could go into blind rages if anything reminded him of the war. When my brother tried to grow a mustache in his teens, Grandpa thought it was Hitler and tried to stab him.

[@Anon54387]

My grandfather never really forgave the Germans for that. The last thing most of those guys wanted to be doing was being over there fighting, they wanted to continue their educations, start businesses or jobs and families. Four wasted years for those that survived and millions of lives cut short.

[@texasdustfart]

I've noticed that Germans are taught about WW2 while Japanese are oblivious to that time in their history and for that I respect the German people (also the Germans have great beer and food).

[@searchanddiscover]

ironic is them wanting remembrance for Hiroshima and Nagasaki yet try getting them to acknowledge Nanking. Although I guess I can't be too critical even we in the US are guilty of glossing over our own atrocities while condemning others for theirs throughout history. but they just seem to take it to an entirely different level is all i'm saying.

[@Jim87_36]

Yeah i can understand why Japan doesn’t talk about it… they scared the Germans… you fucking heard me. The Japanese Scared The Germans

[@kate2create738]

Both countries have very different approaches to pride that heavily contributed to how WWII is acknowledged. Keep in mind Germany wasn’t an island like Japan where it go into hermit mode, it’s a country surrounded by the nations it just invaded. Slowly over time, and constantly interacting with the other countries forced the Germans to be a little more perspective in acknowledging their actions in the war. I’m not a fan that it sometimes seems to have gotten out of control as too many Germans have too little pride in their ancestral roots because they have a hard time overcoming the guilt of what happened. Today, there has to be an acknowledgment that this is a different generation that shouldn’t have to feel embarrassed of who they are, or at least put themselves down so harshly. However I do think that this path of humility has helped the Germans greatly as they’ve become very diplomatic to their neighbors over the years. I also think having to deal with being the battle ground if the Cold War has shaped the country to understand why their nation was split for over 40 years. That is going to make any community try to understand how their country got to that point, and their actions just couldn’t be ignored. Now as for Japan, their situation is altogether different in that their pride is more of a part of the Asian culture of save face, to do ANYTHING to please society. Part of their culture up to that moment was to never admit defeat, so the US had to take baby steps to guide the Japanese to become a more peaceful nation. I think that now that the Japanese is starting to become more active with their military, now is probably the time to make sure they understand their past 100% if they wish to work closely with certain Asian countries. Some countries like the Philippines have learned to forgive the Japanese, even though the pain won’t be forgotten. The South Koreans is a different matter, and trust on both parts is going to be needed if the Japanese wish to have their region maintain safe. I think they are also at a point where it’s a different society that will have an easier time to reflect better, different generation, they still have a save face culture but it’s not to the point it’s going to self destruct their society.

[@JGldmn333]

Not taught the whole story. Only to hate National Socialism. But Communism caused just as much death and destruction. But little is said against that. Ie- it's ok to be a Red Socialist but against the law to even sell a little Nazi trinket in the flea market. Very very strange.

[@Alakablam]

You should hear what the russians teach their kids about WW2, like how it started with operation Barbarossa, and how all the eastern states begged them to stay after 1945

[@brianstacey2679]

Dr. Stephen Ambrose, the famed WWII historian responsible for Band of Brothers, said it best. "Germany and Japan declared war on the rest of the world. It never occurred to them that the rest of the world was bigger."

[@finsup7291]

Ambrose was one of my professors in college. Always had a fun but thought provoking class. Very interesting to hear his stories and thoughts.

[@GaryFalcon411]

It could have gone very differently. Pesky Germans.

[@Willy_Tepes]

It was actually the other way around but I guess that does not matter to some people.

[@momo-hm5ru]

@@finsup7291 that would have been cool to have him as a professor.

[@johnirby8847]

The only one big enough to fight the whole world is the US 😂

[@danielaramburo7648]

Italy: we are allied with the Germans. They lost a battle? We side with the UK instead. Germany won a battle? We side with the Germans again.

[@reginahernandez7810]

WHO IS THIS....WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT...HAVE YOU LEARNED YOUR HISTORY??? WE WERE NEVER ALLIES WITH ITALY OR GERMANY BACK THEN

[@danielaramburo7648]

@@reginahernandez7810 Italy was a member of the axis then later sided with the allies.

[@jasonlathrop2756]

That happened to me!! 😂😂

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Smart. Still, Mussolini was a bit of a douche.

[@Daguhl]

@@reginahernandez7810 are you stupid?

[@jodu626]

so good to see a german not hate themselves over something in the past. time for historical guilt to end

[@AU88]

Bullshit. Never.

[@jodu626]

@@AU88 i’d imagine you being an American perhaps a bit of historical forgiveness would ideal.

[@AU88]

@@jodu626 Americans didn’t freely elect a fascist who went on to butcher 6 million Jews. He had the complete support of the German people.

[@costakeith9048]

@@AU88 Never? LOL. Everything is just for an age, within half a century the world will have been destroyed by thermonuclear war and history will repeat once again. That is just the nature of things, nothing endures but war.

[@fantomas4935]

​@@AU88endlessly guilt tripping someone will make them resent you sooner or later. Guilt has its limits. They can't be blamed for their ancestors' mistakes forever, that's unreasonable.

[@OkiePeg411]

My grandfather nearly died in WWI in Argonne Forest. Mothers lost over 100,000 young soldiers (not counting the wounded ones). My grandfather was disabled the rest of his life.

[@JayEvans1911A1]

My grandfather was in the US 28th Infantry Division and fought in Europe against the Germans during WWII. He never spoke of the war, so after he passed, I did a lot of research on his war service and time as a prisoner of war in Germany. I was blessed to have been able to speak with a number of veterans while researching my grandfather. That was many years ago, and I suspect that most of those men have long since passed. A number of them spoke about what excellent soldiers that the Germans were, and what a formidable enemy that they had been. I think that the Austrian painter would have done better had he listened to his generals. They obviously knew better than he did, but he was such an egomaniac that he wouldn't listen to the much more qualified people around him. Things might have turned out differently if he had. Anyway, looking forward to part two.

[@Gabo_Koopa]

rest in peace to him..

[@JayEvans1911A1]

@@Gabo_Koopa Thanks, I appreciate that.

[@tomcioraj1464]

The time of World War II was a time of genocide on the Polish nation. Poland, which was attacked by three attackers (Germany, Slovakia, the Soviet Union), defended against them for a month (September 1, 1939 - October 6, 1939). During World War II, 12 million Polish citizens (35% of the population of the Polish republic) died or disappear, [including 3 million Jews living in Poland]. (The time of World War II was the time of the Russian-German occupation of Poland in 1939-1941 / then (later) of the German occupation of Poland in 1941-1945). On June 14, 1940, Germans transported 728 people of Polish nationality from the Polish city of Tarnów to the Auschwitz concentration camp. In addition to the small group of German criminal prisoners who served as Kapos, Poles were the first prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Forced to hard, exhausting work, they often died after a few weeks. Over the next two years, more people of Polish nationality (men, women and children, including Maximilian Kolbe and Czesław Kwoka) were transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Moreover, since the beginning of World War II, mass shootings of Poles by German soldiers were carried out to exterminate people of Polish origin. During the massacre in Wola (a district of the Polish capital Warsaw) German soldiers murdered from 30,000 to 65,000 Poles (Polish nationality - men, women and children) within three days (August 5-7, 1944). The murders took place at the beginning of the Warsaw Uprising (August 1, 1944 - October 2, 1944). [The Warsaw Uprising was not a Warsaw ghetto uprising]. Mass robberies (plunders) of Polish state and private property was also carried out. Up till now, many valuable collections of books, sculptures and paintings have not returned to Poland. (As a result of plundering Polish cultural resources during World War II, the National Museum in Warsaw lost a large part of its collections, including: 99% numismatic items, 100% clocks, 80% gold articles and jewelry (Jublier's products), 63% fabrics, 60% furniture, 70% books and royal bookplate (royal ex-librīs). Less than three years after the start of World War II (January 20, 1942), the Germans decided on the genocide the Jewish population at the Wannsee conference in Germany.

[@iamthem.a.n.middleagednerd1053]

17:38 something the video forgot to mention is that in 1940, the Brits had invented radar, so while the Germans outnumbered them, they could see the German planes coming from miles away and could better direct their Air Force to intercept.

[@PhilipDarragh]

A vy important fact 2 keep in mind is tt Goering was incompetent, as was Ribbentrop.

[@sjogre7789]

I'm happy you are willing to do this. A lot of people get so sensitive about their countries history. Like any government doesn't have blood on their hands. ✌🏻❤️🙏🏻

[@TheEggmaniac]

Im going to be a little bit serious here. The Treaty of Versailles was probably too hard on Germany. It was mostly down to France, who insisted on severe reparations from Germany because they wanted to punish them. So its often quoted as being a reason why Germany, including Hitler in the years following, felt they had been given a unfair deal and wanted to retaliate against the Allies. But infact, when the Germany agreed to the conditional surrender, 1918, they were at the point of collapse, as a state. In late October 1918, sailors in Kiel refused to follow orders from the German government. Strikes spread throughout Germany as people became frustrated with food shortages. Germany and their allies realised it was no longer possible to win the war. The German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm, abdicated. The country was on verge disintegration. A conditional surrender, must have seen the best option. The Allies were also sick of the war, but were in a much better state to continue. Especially after the US joined in 1917. It has often been stated that if the Allies hadnt accepted the conditional surrender, and continued the war, they would probably have swept deep into Germany, and possibly to Berlin. When the armistice was signed in 1918, by the German leadership, and after the war, a lot German soldiers ( including Hitler ) and civilians, didnt realise or want to accept that their nation was on the verge of collapse. They couldnt understand why their leaders had given in to the Allies. It has been postulated that if Germany had been invaded then, and completely defeated, then the second world war might have been avoided.

[@madogthefirst]

The invasion agreement was made in secret so when Germany invaded and took over most, USSR came in to "stabilize" the region since Polish government was no more. The Poles were so shocked that at first they thought the Soviets were coming to lend aid against the German advance.

[@LaurenLBurr]

The Poles won't make that mistake again

[@madogthefirst]

@@LaurenLBurr it is like a small European Texas. XD

[@kate2create738]

@@madogthefirstThat explains a WHOLE lot! Very valid on both cases.

[@megaduck7965]

@@madogthefirstwith their history who can blame them haha

[@silikon2]

Also I think UK and France didn't declare war on Russia because they finally woke up when Germany invaded Poland, realizing he'll never stop. They weren't doing this due to deep love for the Polish. Declaring war on Russia would make a new enemy that they couldn't attack much anyway because Russia is so honking big and Germany is in the way anyway. It's likely they assumed Russia was in cahoots with Germany but there was little they could do about it.

[@Ardsgaine]

The reason that Britain and France declared war on Germany and not Russia: 1) Russia didn't invade immediately; 2) when Russia did invade, they claimed they were doing it to protect the people of Poland; and 3) it was easier to pretend to believe that than it would have been to fight both countries.

[@andrewstoll4548]

Going to war with the US in the 1940's was pretty much insane with the manufacturing capacity we had was incredible. The Ford Willow Run plant was producing (1) B-24 bomber per hour/ 24 hours a day. The ship building companies were amazing. One builder built a liberty ship hull in A DAY!!!

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

But, we hadn't started to tap that ability, until we decided to get involved beyond the mainly financial help that we had been providing toward foreign wars.

[@paulprovenzano3755]

our industry was far beyond their military’s reach. That was more true for us than for any other combatant. As the war progressed, and the Soviet unions own industry started kicking into gear, they were able to trade land for time. Every time the Germans would hit their factories, they would just build more factories, 100 miles further in.

[@martynnotman3467]

All three of Soviet Union, Britain and US were outproducing Germany by themselves on almost every metric by 1942.

[@michealdrake3421]

We were measuring vehicle production in trucks per minute coming off the assembly lines. There's a pretty good series of documentaries on here about it called War Factories

[@jimreilly917]

Not until 1943. It took until almost 1945 for US military production to peak. Many Germans who’d seen the US knew this capacity. Admiral Yamamoto certainly did and mentioned it in planning the attack against the USA. He said Japan had a year to accomplish their military objectives….beyond that, numerical and industrial capacity would make a Japanese victory nearly impossible.

[@GenX1964]

5:30 Good catch on the flag. I beleive you are the first person to notice that as a reactor.

[@yvonneguzman668]

Congratulations on the 50k + Hello from Bandera Texas 😊

[@anangrytexan2244]

Howdy Neighbor! 210 here :)

[@yvonneguzman668]

@@anangrytexan2244Howdy! Hope you survived the heat today, it was brutal.

[@charlessaint7926]

My Grandmother was Japanese. She served in the War as a nurse with the Japanese Red Cross, and was attached with the Imperial Army. She witnessed the Doolittle Raid. Went to Singapore in 1943 and spent the rest of the war there. When Singapore surrendered to the Brits in 1945, she became a prisoner-of-war, and held in Malaya. Throughout this entire time Grandma still serving as a nurse, and described the Brits, "They were always gentlemen. They would hold the door open for me, and say, "Good morning, Ms. Mogami." The sentries would salute her, as nurses were considered officers, even though she was technically a civilian. Returning home in 1946, her country was devestated. On the ride home Grandma went through Hiroshima, and said, "All I see is rubble and two dead trees." Her hometown, Saijo, was attacked at least once by Allied aircraft, because it had a small harbor and factories. According to Grandma, her mother and sisters were working in a rice paddy near such a factory. They were buzzed by an Allied aircraft and threw themselves into the mud. When they lifted their heads, one of the factory smoke stacks was missing. They didn't see or hear and explosion. It was just gone. Her family also was involved in the war. They witnessed Hiroshima, from a distance. Grandma's eldest brother was conscripted and sent to China. He survived and came home. When he returned home, he was so infested with lice and fleas they stripped him at the doorstep, scrubbed him raw in the tub, and burned his uniform. According to my father, there was another brother who was also conscripted,sent to one of the Pacific islands, and disappeared. Yet, despite everything that happened, to herself, her family and her country, Grandma never was angry about the war. In fact, she married an American soldier during the Occupation. They spent the rest of their lives together. When asked how she felt, Grandma would just say, "It was war. Let's go shopping."

[@nigelw7626]

Brilliant story! That generation will never be seen again, my Grandmother and her sisters lived in London during the Blitz and my Grandfathers ought overseas, one in India and one in France. One of them cheated and conscripted at 17 yrs old, They were both modest, and funny, and wouldn't say anything bad about the War or who they fought, true gentlemen and heroes to me.

[@cerisambrook7692]

Fascinating insight, thank you

[@dbsagacious]

11:28 Uh, is he giving Hitler tips on how to take over Europe? 😂😂😂

[@snowangelnc]

To be honest, when I learned about this in history class that same idea occurred to me.

[@stacyk123]

Step one. Don't hog up your rail system murdering innocent civilians.

[@clairebell7404]

Thanks 🎉 We usually come over to Defqon 1 every June. I’m glad to see these great videos and the cool stuff Uk and German people have accomplished

[@CountryFenderBass]

My Opa was in the 8th Panzer Division as a Panzerjager. He was with them from 39 to 45. Towards the end of his tour he earned the nickname. “The Old Hare” They would tell the young kids that if they want to stay alive do what “The Old Hare” tells you to do. I asked him about the nickname name and he said in Germany hares never grew old because they were hunted. Only the wise hares grew old and lived. So I asked him why he thought the lost the war and he said. “Our leaders forgot how to do simple math” Itwas mathematically impossible for us to win, math never lies”

[@liaml.e.5964]

To be fair, Germany has a notorious history of picking its allies poorly. Germany wouldn't have been so overextended if the rest of the Axis hadn't been falling miserably (Italy)and having to be bailed, or declaring war against titans expecting a good outcome (Japan).

[@nunyalastname-ej8vl]

Great warriors poor conquering rulers .

[@CountryFenderBass]

@@liaml.e.5964 yes Opa often said the Finnish failed the Army Group North. The German Commanders were telling the troops that when the Fins show up we can turn the tide. The Fins never appeared. He blamed Finnish Field Marshal Mannerheim for the failure that left the Wehrmacht in the bad spot

[@jaredcarrick3468]

@@liaml.e.5964Hitler wanted nothing more than an alliance with the western empires. He made every attempt to avoid war with them and instead form an alliance with them so they could defeat communism in Europe. The west had aligned themselves with communism though many years before the war officially began and were actively involved in starting the fight. The death of Józef Piłsudski was actually a huge deal that is rarely ever talked about in terms of the impact it had on guaranteeing the war. Hitler was extremely close with Piłsudski and had a non aggression pact with Poland thanks to him. As soon as he died though, Edward Rydz-Śmigły ended that pact and instead formed a pact with Britain and France guaranteeing they would declare war on Germany if Germany invaded Poland. Once that pact was formed, the plan was set to have the communist partisans in Poland begin committing some of the worst atrocities ever against the displaced and isolated (thanks to the Versailles Treaty) ethnic Germans in Danzig and East Prussia, as well as commit countless border incursions in Germany in the weeks before the war officially started and were committing serious crimes against Germans in German territory. This was meant to provoke Hitler into taking the bait and invading Poland to put a stop to it, which finally gave Britain and France the excuse they had been waiting for to declare war against Germany. A war that Hitler had done everything in his power to avoid (like the Munich Peace Conference and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact to deter Britain and France from declaring war on them once they saved the Ethnic Germans in Poland) and had made countless, documented verified attempts to form an alliance with the western empires. Meanwhile, the Soviets were amassing troops in historical record numbers for an offensive into Germany/Western Europe in preparation for Operation Groza (Operation Thunder). Their plan was to wait until Western Europe was weakened enough by the war between Germany Britain and France and then invade, forcing the Germans to once more fight a multi front war. Hitler was well aware of this though, which is why after having occupied France and the Low Countries, he turned his attention to the east despite still technically being at war with the west. He knew what the Soviets were up to, and it has since been proven that the Germans launched Operation Barbarossa with just weeks to spare before the Soviets were going to invade.

[@jaredcarrick3468]

@@liaml.e.5964to further elaborate on Hitler’s attempts to make peace with the west before the war: May 17 1933 - Hitler delivered a speech declaring that Germany was willing to disarm if the neighboring countries would reciprocate. This offer was rejected. Instead, the other countries continued to fill their arsenals with weapons and increased their numbers of troops. The League of Nations forced Germany through a period of “probation” before it would be possible to discuss the disarmament of other countries. Thus, on October 14 1933, Hitler broke away from the League of Nations December 18 1933 - Hitler submitted a six point proposal for the improvement of international relations. January 26 1934 - Hitler completed a non-aggression pact with Poland. Following this, Hitler made a proposal of increasing the German army to 300,000 men for a limited increase of armaments for his own country in order to protect her threatened territory against potential attacks. The answer was a plain “NO”. This “NO” was followed by even more increases in the armed forces of France, Britain, and the Soviet Union. The danger to the Reich was now so great that Hitler reintroduced conscription on March 16 1935 March 1 1935 - Hitler assured France on every possible occasion of his desire to live at peace with her. He repeatedly denounced in plain terms any claim to Alsace-Lorraine. Hitler speaking about this: “It is our hope that through this act of just compensation, in which we see a return to natural reason, relations between Germany and France have permanently improved. Therefore, as we desire peace, we must hope that our great neighbor is ready and willing to seek peace with us. It must be possible for two great people to join together and collaborate in opposing the difficulties which threaten to overwhelm Europe (communism)” June 18 1935 - Hitler negotiated a naval agreement with Great Britain in which it was stated that Germany was to have a naval strength limited to 35% of that of the British navy. “I appeal to reason in international affairs. I want to show that the idea of eternal enmity is wrong. We are not hereditary enemies.” - Adolf Hitler, 1936 “We will force this war upon Hitler, whether he wants it or not.” - Winston Churchill in a 1936 radio broadcast

[@watchvidjedi]

looking forward to your reaction to part 2! That is a great reaction video! I'm sorry the electronic overlords prevented you from sharing the full reaction. We are 21 years away from the END of that war being 100 years old!!! Dear YT we need digital Lebensraum to have a laugh!

[@rbohYSL]

Germany got humbled for a second time. Each time they thought they could smash through countries, they did until the Germans were destroyed. They then had to go on an offensive of horrific torture and mass murder, which they tried to cover up. I love watching your reaction to this as a German... but you honestly can't ever be happy, or even proud, about the German history during those times. It's was a disgusting moment in human history, and the Germans were struggling so just did whatever they could... they knew what they were doing was wrong, but were so brainwashed it never meant nothing.

[@PhantomSavage]

Yes, more of this! It would be fun to see you react to all of Oversimplified videos. I've watched them a hundred times and I always love watching people experiencing them for the first time, especially from their unique perspective =D

[@Viconius]

I had an uncle in the Wehrmacht who fought at Poznan just before he turned 15. He was captured by the Soviets. Months later he eventually escaped with 3 others of his unit. They snuck back to Munich and hid in the sewers because the Americans had already occupied it. Their Leadership Guidance Officer had told them how all the American black soldiers were cannibals. The first time he came out of the sewers to surrender, there was a black cook with a bloody smock facing him... he said he pissed himself and dropped back into the sewer. Life finds a way.

[@sochaoracza1506]

Can you imagine what could happen if that cook showed Him teeth?

[@catlady1171]

Hi from Nashville TN- Love your videos! Always interesting and entertaining! And you are enthusiastic and fun, as well as entertaining.

[@tommc4916]

One of my good friends in University was a first-generation American; his parents immigrated from West Germany. His grandfather was in the SS during the war and looked very much like the 'ideal Aryan man.'

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

As a proud Brit (you probably guessed from my profile pic😂) I can honestly say I'm really glad I found your channel, it's good to see you can make fun of yourself and not take everything so seriously(definitely going against the German stereotype!) I'm looking forward to more of your content. Keep up the good work. 👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@knitterscheidt]

When I watch film clips of the Nazi period in Germany it seems so alien and strange. Modern Germany is so completely different. My German grandparents came to the U.S. as children before WW2. Meine Oma and Opa were so sweet, hard working and good to us. They're long departed now. Manchmal Ich spreche die Deutsche Sprache die meine Grosseltern mich gelehrt hatten.

[@stacyk123]

8:37 You actually had me there for a second. I've been wanting to ask if anyone in you family had connections to lebensborn but, 1) felt it would be too personal and 2) figured you'd probably never see my comment. By the way, I freaking LOVE your laugh dude.

[@gailseatonhumbert]

When I studied WWII a major cause was the size of the reparations forced onto Germany from WWI. Realizing that didn't work the United States changed its WWII post war strategy with both Germany and Japan helping to rebuild the countries instead of seeking reparations again. Things were also complicated because of Stalin's ambitions. WWII is why the American military always plans for fighting 2 wars at once.

[@scottbivins4758]

Yeah the reparations that were paid after world war I was not America's fault. It was really the French and the British fault. Woodrow Wilson actually did not want to be too hard on Germany what he should have done was just make a separate deal with Germany and then leave the rest of that Mess to the UK an french. I feel like a lot of people blame world war II On Us for going along with the peace treaty for world war I. Which I get that but dealing with imperialist is very difficult. I put the blame for world war II on the French and the British 4 wanting to be harsh on Germany instead of actually worrying about peace. But I guess foreign diplomacy is different.

[@CyberNut930]

Yeah, I’ve always been fascinated by how world war 1 ended up setting the stage for conflicts over the next 80 years. Pretty much every major conflict from then to the collapse of the Soviet Union seem to have ties back to world war 1. No world war 1 means no Russian revolution, no world war 2 and no Cold War. That means no arms race, no Korean War, no Vietnam War, a much more insignificant communist influence and no destabilizing entire regions in pursuit of what seemed to be a never ending dick measuring contest between the Communist USSR and the Capitalist US.

[@scottbivins4758]

@@CyberNut930 probably no world war II but America would have probably still had a war with Japan. Because remember the Japanese had goals of becoming a imperialist nation. So unfortunately I still see them attacking America.

[@chaost4544]

The US Occupation of Japan is an extremely interesting subject to look into. It's amazing how that society went from an extremely loyal society where the Emperor is the god head to a modern, industrialized democracy in just a short period of time. The US occupation set a lot of positive and forward-thinking policy in Japan that wasn't even implemented back in the United States.

[@kate2create738]

@@chaost4544It certainly is a very insightful relationship to study. Both countries have very contrasting cultures, but somehow balance an interest in each other while being able to celebrate their country’s charms. The funny commonality these countries have is both ironically dragged each country out of isolationism for better or for worse. As much as propaganda might say otherwise, I can say the Americans really wanted a better outcome for everyone, including the country they were fighting against no matter how much they were hated from the Japanese. It was a learning curve on both ends, the Americans had to delicately convince the Japanese it was okay to admit defeat to a nation where defeat was seen as a taboo in the save face culture, and the Americans had to learn to be lenient in allowing the Japanese to continue to have their monarchy even though the emperor was a tool used as a reason to act imperialistic. Thankfully, thank God, both countries learned to trust in each other against and their unity brought prosperity as a result. In the end, both nations are enamored with each other, the people and the government enjoy their company even if it’s so different from their normal social settings. Very glad to be friends and allies either the Japanese to this day, feels like they are the few we can trust, hope they feel the same to the US.

[@georgegreen711]

While the Treaty of Trianon was the most immediately harsh of the WW1 treaties, what people forget about the psychological effect it had on Germany was, that up until 1917, it seemed to the public, through the newspapers, even with rationing and starvation etc., that Germany had already won in the East and had vast European agricultural colonies to pull resources from to feed the nation and the war effort, and if the Army could just take Paris like they had failed to in 1914, then a full victory could be secured. So, once American aid came in and there was mass starvation, Ludendorf and the other nobility decided to surrender so the country wouldn't be shattered into numerous French puppets if they fought to the last man. The German nation then, faced with the terms and conditions of a treaty that was completely unfair and unreasonable in comparison to the fault and contrubtion of Germany to the war, were quite naturally enraged by the Treaty of Versailles, the second worst WW1 treaty after Trianon, tied with the Treaty of St. Germain (the Austrian treaty). Naturally then, when you feel like you have had great victories and are on the cusp of final victory, then the war just stops and the government agrees to a humiliating treaty, one can definitely feel stabbed in the back, at the very least from the nobility, if not their financiers. Then, you start to notice that a lot of leading Socialist and Bolsheviks are Jews and they are trying to do to Germany what they did in Russia, and between war profiteers and Communists in the Jewish community, as well as many Jewish landlords gouging prices in excess of what the market could bear during the hyperinflation, as well as many Jews being behind many degenerate art styles and entertainments, it's not hard to see why even moderate people in Germany during the interwar period would come to see all Jews as a foreign nuisance at least, or vile, disgusting racial enemies of the nation and state at war with Germany at most. Then here comes Uncle Adolf and his friends with promises of freedom, dignity, restoration of lost territory and international prestige, bread, and peace. Then we know happened when that idiot traitor came to power. I hope both he and Gavrilo Princip are burning in Hell.

[@ericlanglois3782]

The reason Britain and France only declared war on Germany when both Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland is because the treaty Britain and France had with Poland only protected them from German invasion, so declaring war on the Soviet Union would have been considered unprovoked, as dumb as that sounds. That and they really didn't want to poke the bear. Also I'd recommend watching the video "The MAIN Reason Why Germany Lost WW2 - OIL" by the channel TIKhistory, it explains in pretty good detail a lot of the reasons why Germany did what they did when they did it.

[@Anon54387]

Same thing with Japan. Once Japan lost the Dutch East Indies (like Germany not having Ploesti) the war was over for them, just a matter of time. Even with the Dutch East Indies the Japanese supply lines were vulnerable, it was like having their flank exposed. Similarly, the UK was vulnerable which was why the first fighting by American troops alongside UK troops was in North Africa. They had to stop the Axis powers from controlling the Suez Canal or the UK would've been starved out.

[@suepall5425]

As a person whose family members went through great trauma during WWII and with Jewish family members, there was a great deal more laughing and giggling in this reaction than I was comfortable with.

[@phakeacount2228]

I haven't watched the video yet, but just responding to the question in the still shot title, Germany lost WW2 because of insufficient resources and poor management. First, even before 1942, It wasn't just the German Reich versus Britain in the west. It was Germany versus the British Empire, which included Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Malta, Egypt, and a lot of islands, plus the largest navy and merchant marine in the world. And in the east, Germany faced the USSR, which included Russia, Ukraine, Bylorussia, Georgia, Siberia, Kazykstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and any others I'm forgetting. Plus, even after being invaded, there was active resistance in France, Belgium, Poland, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Yugoslavia, and Greece. And to match that, Germany had Austria, some Czech resources, some Romanian oil, and a dead weight called Italy. What assets Germany had, like early technical advantages, the Nazis badly mis-managed. Authoritarian governments are always clown shows. (That includes the USSR, but they had so many more people and resources than Germany did that Stalin's mismanagement wasn't fatal.) Hitler did not expect the British and French to declare war when they did. He did not expect Soviet resistance to be as stiff as it was. And Hitler waited too long to invade Russia, getting caught in the the winter just like Napoleon did. Once the British and the Soviets got their acts together, it was just a matter of time before Germany ran out of men, oil, food, and steel. After December 1941, the USA, with its limitless supplies of men and industrial power became directly involved, the end came sooner, and western Europe was freed from a Soviet invasion.

[@POWERtothePEOPLE-GP78]

As a british person, it's really interesting to see a young German person react to this. I've read a few books about the second and first world wars that were written by german participants and authors but I've never really found out how today's German people feel about it. Looking forward to the next one! Thanks!

[@Sir_Scrumpalicious]

Bring on part 2!

[@mrallen1971]

Love your reactions and we, absolutely NEED, to see you do Part 2.

[@AnthonyMartin-k8m]

The scariest thing for me was the advancement of German scientists and German weapons development. They already had the assault rifle, jet propulsion, ICBMs by the end of the war. They also were extremely close to developing the atomic bomb. I shudder to think what the world would look like today if Hitler had weapons of mass destruction.

[@leafiiloran]

German ingenuity was incredible in WWII. That's probably why the US govt let Nazi scientists into the US after the war to aid us in developing rockets and space craft. Werner von Braun was a Nazi scientist who worked at NASA and at Disney after the war

[@anangrytexan2244]

The other side of that coin of insanity is this: Thank whatever deity you believe in that the bulk of the ex-Evil German Scientists fled to America, Britain, and countries with allied ties/leanings. Could you imagine if those scientists that helped us perfect rocketry and helped advance small arms fire and other various fields of study had been taken by the Soviets instead? The cold war would have been A LOT warmer for us. The info we got from them put us ahead by a solid decade.

[@Ffourteen]

Germany had a program to develop an atomic weapon, they did not have the resources to complete it because of all the money they were throwing at their moronic wonder weapon projects. They did not have intercontinental ballistic missiles, the V2 rockets barely crossed the English Channel. And the program to develop the V2 cost about as much as the United States spent developing atomic weapons, so not sure they backed the right horse on that one. They also were not the only ones with jet propulsion. Both the United States and the Soviet Union had developed jet fighters, but chose not to put them into production because they understood the engineering hadn't caught up with the technology. Let's not forget the German jet fighters were more likely to kill their own pilots than an American air crew. And yes they did put together the first assault rifle, but they entered the war with bolt action rifles. If they'd actually developed a self-loading rifle for mass manufacture in the nineteen thirties like the United States did, it would have made a far greater difference.

[@AnthonyMartin-k8m]

@@Ffourteen My point is still the same: they were well ahead of everybody with weapons development. That's all I'm saying. Yes, the V2 wasn't an actual icbm, I was ahead of myself there. But it was a prototype that could reach space, and if the war had continued, would have been quickly augmented into icbm performance. Yeah the allies had jets but none came anywhere near the performance of the Germans'. I don't think they were MORE LIKELY to kill the pilot than the enemy, especially the Me262. It was a very stable platform for the 1940s. And the Germans entering the war behind the Allies in rifle technology is moot. My point is the StG44 was so good that the Soviets did what communists do best and did a direct rip off of it for the AK47

[@xviper2k]

@ChuckStegall777 They were highly advanced in certain areas. Clearly lacking in others.

[@theeternalsuperstar3773]

Fun Fact: Blitzkrieg was never called "Blitzkrieg" in Germany. That was a British propaganda word. The real name of the tactic was "Bewegungskrieg" or "War of Movement".

[@kcgunesq]

Hitler couldn't wait to invade the Soviet Union and he had to invade the Soviet Union. Both Hitler and Stalin knew that Hitler would invade. Stalin simply miscalculated how much time he had to build his army.

[@kate2create738]

That’s the thing about Hitler, he was so unpredictable and later unstable that it shot both Hitler and Stalin in the foot. I think that largely is why there’s this obsession to study Hitler and what pushed him to make so many aggressive decisions that later turned into an error of judgment in the long duration. The German culture is a very orderly society, strict and firm, not afraid to chide when things are out of place. So to have a period when they had a leader who was controlling to the point that mistakes were gradually taking over, it makes a lot of people around the world reflect how a civilized region in the German culture we from point A to point B. Some can contribute it to enabling the wrong people to direct a country to this state, some of it is misguidance, power was likely a part of it, and I think hurt pride was another factor. Either way, the worst possible person got their hands on Germany, it unleashed a lot of harm to so many, just makes people wonder why they trusted him to keep his word time and time again. Even have to question Stalin’s belief in allowing such an untrustworthy alliance to happen. (Stalin is his own little category of studying too, with all of his own faults he wasn’t unstable, brutal and foolish in some cases, but never unstable.)

[@stevemattfis]

At tthe 8 minute 35 seconds point where you pointed and broad smiled I laughed fully out loud. I think my neighbor heard me. Thanks for that moment!

[@liaml.e.5964]

I once came across a meme that, if lemory serves me right, went somewhere along these lines: -teacher, speaking about the american dream to a culturally diverse class: so, tell me children, do any of your countries have something like the american dream? -German Kid: well, we had one, but nobody liked it...

[@jareddemarzo8196]

I don't see how those two things are at all similar.

[@johncentamore1052]

A TOTAL misrepresentation/understanding of The American Dream

[@Jim87_36]

Very incorrect. Not even funnily so.

[@Jim87_36]

@@johncentamore1052I’d argue “deliberate ignorance”

[@edmann1820]

@@jareddemarzo8196 More like manifest destiny than American dream. Although the pledge of allegiance is fascist AF.

[@montrelouisebohon-harris7023]

These videos are so funny and they add a humorous take on to a deadly deadly War..

[@RylanBland-n6k]

Your awesome.i wish I could go to Germany

[@theradgegadgie6352]

"Are they mental?" Nice to see not all European English speakers are totally influenced by the Americans. ;)

[@idkman3463]

PART TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@BeA_Penguin]

Very enthusiastic about this huh😂

[@MaximillionK]

YOU DID IT!!! You LISTENED TO MY EMAIL 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ THANK YOU SO MUCH 😊

[@Lesaucissondujour]

You sweet summer child! A person can be arrested without being guilty of criminal activity. 😊

[@Dragonite43]

The reason why UK and France didn't declare war on the Soviet Union, is because their defensive pact with Poland explicitly defended them only from Germany invading them.

[@geoffreyblack3817]

I went to the Holocaust Museum where the colosseum was attempted to be built. The reverence of history the country of Germany has devoted to never let a holocaust happen again is humbling. This take is great!! Thanks

[@LordOfSweden]

Blah blah blah. The fate of Europe now ius much worse than anything we could have imagine. The wrong side won. We can clearly see it now.

[@Jim87_36]

@@LordOfSwedenyeah no. It’s a good thing Germany Japan and Italy lost. Much like communism, their government and logistics were incredibly unstable and killing/letting the leader die pretty much undid everything. It’s why there’s not many monarchies anymore. You’re a very ignorant fool if you think the wrong side won.

[@MusicalGirl2311]

My step-family is British. My step-grandfather was one of those young children who were sent out into the country for safety. He remembered that time well; he could still picture looking outside at night and watching London being bombed. Every time, he worried about his parents, who remained there. Thankfully, they survived the war.

[@Britton_Thompson]

The reason Hitler was in such a hurry and not satisfied with just Austria, Czechoslovakia, and half of Poland is two fold: *•* He was a hypochondriac from a genetic lineage in which everyone in his family died young. Hitler was convinced he wouldn't live to be an old man, and he wanted to secure Germany's destiny before his (presumed) early death *•* Germany needed agricultural gains, and Hitler could only get it in one place- Russia. Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland didn't have any farm land either. Hitler knew he had to strike the Soviet Union now, in these years following Stalin's purges of the Red Army, while the USSR was still militarily incompetent, and before Stalin could fully industrialize the Soviet economy to re-arm the military. Everyone in Europe- not just Hitler, but the Western Allies too -were all concerned with the military and economic juggernaut the Soviet Union was set to grow into in the coming years. If Hitler wanted his lebensraum, he needed to reach for it now before the Red Army became too powerful and modernized for a post-Versailles Germany to defeat

[@pierreolsson588]

12:08 Exactly…. Thats the part of history that most people dont know, and the key to understand the whole ww2 history!

[@JPMadden]

For World War One, the treaty of alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary obligated Italy to come to their aid only if those countries were attacked. Since they were perceived to be the aggressors, Italy did not fight on their side. But, you are correct that Italy switched sides in both wars. Half of my ancestry is Italian, but that did not stop us from telling jokes about what little success Italian armies had in WW2. Such as: "Did you hear about the new Italian tank? It has one gear for going forward and five for reverse!" When OverSimplified quoted Mussolini and Hitler saying, "I can fix everything," he was criticizing the last American President.

[@TexioATX]

Thanks for clarifying that. Although a member of the Triple Alliance, Italy did not join the Central Powers - Germany and Austria-Hungary - when the war started with Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia on 28 July 1914. In fact, the two Central Powers had taken the offensive while the Triple Alliance was supposed to be a defensive alliance. Moreover the Triple Alliance recognized that both Italy and Austria-Hungary were interested in the Balkans and required both to consult each other before changing the status quo and to provide compensation for whatever advantage in that area: Austria-Hungary did consult Germany but not Italy before issuing the ultimatum to Serbia, and refused any compensation before the end of the war. It is true that they were negotiating with both sides during the first year of WW1, but in the end the desire to re-acquire the parts of northeastern Italy (Trento and Trieste) from Austria that Italian leaders saw as "rightfully" theirs, won over and Italy sided with the Allies.

[@redfive5856]

Chris: (About Italians) Are you mental? Germany: Pre-WW II Germany: Hold our stein.

[@alaina5958]

Hello from Michigan! Hoping you are well!

[@jonathanmurphy3141]

Your comment of the Belgian flag in Adolf's room - the same mistake was made a few years ago, in my native south Ohio, Cincinnati, which had a lot of German immigrants, and strong tradition of Beer, and meat-into-suasage,....their Oktoberfest was once adorned with Belgian flags! My university in Ohio has its overseas campus in Luxembourg (Miami University -named for the Native People, who lived in this region, when Ohio became a State in 1803,....the whole Florida name of Miami, was a business/land buy in the 1920's, by an Ohio business man.) History does get complex and weird. The Miami Tribe are now mostly in Oklahoma. I have traveled widely, and I've learned a great amount of History. I've visited a number of battlefields, and military cemeteries. I studied German for a few yers (1/3rd family, with Irish and Scots), and some French (and some Letzeburgish!) This is a fun video -yet it makes a number of fine points! Many American's can't even find their own State on a map. I've been a Teacher, public school, for years, and I am amazed by the ignorance of most youth in America -they have been amazed that I can teach History, or other subjects without reading from the textbook. I'm 55 years, I know things. When the 2016 election in America was "determined", I texted several friends and family "Mussolini, has taken over the US" as that candidate promised all that "Only he could solve" our problems, as he was a "very smart person"....bizarre, disturbing, moron, tried to keep power, praised dictators,....and he's trying to do it again. "if one forgets History, you can repeat History" as the phrase warns.

[@JJJRRRJJJ]

It always boggles my mind how it is conventional wisdom that the treaty of Versailles failed because it was too cruel and humiliating to Germany… In WWI, the German homeland was almost entirely untouched by the physical devastation of the war, and they did not face the _actual_ humiliation of long-term occupation and administration by the victors of war. Compare the treaty of Versailles in WWI to the fall of Berlin in 1945… and then the subsequent decades of full-scale occupation by their former opponents! Which of those is _actually_ humiliating?? The treaty of Versailles failed because it was toothless- there was no sustained allied presence within Germany itself to steer the direction of government and monitor political narratives. Compounding this weakness was the fact that the allies continually backed away from enforcing the provisions of the treaty in the first place. Had they actually chosen to do so, the nazi threat would’ve been snuffed out long before it could’ve become so powerful.

[@binaway]

in 1918 the German civilian population was facing starvation and there was rioting in the city streets. In September 1918 the Germany Navy in Kiel mutinied. In the last German advance against the British the German troops where astonished by the amount of food the British army had compare to their own much smaller rations.

[@JJJRRRJJJ]

@@binaway I know… they were in a famine. But their cities weren’t blown to bits, and enemy soldiers weren’t marauding through the streets and raping their women. And their country wasn’t being run by allied generals. You’re missing the point.

[@Nama-Montana]

Hi from canada. You have been very brave to look into an alternative past. ❤❤❤

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

8:10 Many Americans and the American government hated the Treaty of Versaille too. It was basically just the French trying to destroy and punish Germany.

[@egosumhomovespertilionem]

Well, from the French perspective, the reparations imposed on Germany after World War I were payback for the humiliation the newly united German Empire imposed on France after the Franco-Prussian War of 1871. I might also add that the economic damage that Germany caused in northeast France was enormous and the casualties the French suffered were second only to the Russians. World War I in the west was essentially fought on French soil, and that land is often still chemically poisoned and littered with the bone fragments of young French soldiers even now, 106 years later. It's easy to blame Clemenceau and the French for the "vindictive" peace treaty conditions imposed on Germany after the war, but too often we fail to understand the French worldview in 1919-20. And let's not forget that, ultimately, the British, Italians and even the Americans went along with the reparations scheme imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. it was, of course, a huge miscalculation. Germany was an economic basket case in 1919-20, and the reparations payments kept it in that condition for most of another decade, enabling the rise of Hitler and the Nazis.

[@scottbivins4758]

Not only the French but the British as well.

[@Jim87_36]

And Woodrow’s dumbass only made things a thousand times worse pretty much lighting the match that’s fucking us up now

[@martynnotman3467]

​@@scottbivins4758absolutely not true. The British tried to reign in the French economic demands but the US overruled them. Largely as Wilson had domestic issues and wanted the whole thing done.

[@scottbivins4758]

@@martynnotman3467 no Woodrow Wilson wanted to be lenient but he wanted to be harsh but he wanted to be graceful. As well. Woodrow Wilson grew up in a destroyed South. Woodrow Wilson was a child when the civil war happened okay I'm not saying he didn't do some wrong things when he got diplomatically involved in the treaty of Versailles. But I definitely do not think he was the one who wanted to be super harsh on the Germans. And why would America want to be harsh on Germany when we got into the war it was basically over yeah we still had to fight on the front lines but we had no reason to be tough on Germany in the form of reparations. Now the Land part I will concede to you on that because I'm pretty sure we did play a huge role in knocking the German empire down a couple of pegs and the reasoning for that was probably for the Zimmerman telegram. But I think the one thing we agree on is the imperialist attitude of some European nations did not help to avoid another world war. Do we agree on that much?

[@MayhemVarg]

My dad fought for the Allies in World War 2 and he was actually wounded in 1945 in a small town called Hof, Germany. His mother, my grandmother, was an immigrant from Germany so he always said that it felt wrong to have to battle your own people.

[@oneandy2]

He really down-played the pact between Hitler and Stalin. Stalin had Molotov trying to negotiate for Soviet entry into the Axis right up until a few months before Operation Barbarossa.

[@regulator9268]

Love your videos man! Keep up the good work. Shout out from Wisconsin.

[@marymorris6897]

Alaska was our 49th state, Hawaii our 50th. The way France behaved during the recent Olympics made me wish my grandpa had stayed home in the first world war.

[@TantilisField1]

Been waiting for this video!

[@FallacyBites]

A buddy of mine is a german guy who moved here to the usa when he was about 12yo. His story from his grand-dad who was drafted into the german army: If you were going to be captured, you wanted to be captured by the americans. The russians would just kill you, the french would beat the hell out of you, the british would put the boot in, but the americans would just capture you and send you to a POW camp in the states. Grand-dad got captured by the americans and was sent to pick cotton at a POW camp in the american south. They were on a train and an american soldier was being sent around to give all the POWs glasses of iced water. Germany hadn't had ice for YEARS. At tha point, he knew there was no way germany was going to win the war. I am wondering if they were given ice because the geneva conventions say you're not supposed to torture people. The american south is HORRIFIC in the summer. 90 degree F weather with 90%+ humidity. You will DIE with no ice---especially in the 1940s before air conditioning existed.

[@searchanddiscover]

what is so sad is german POWs in the US were treated way better than black soldiers. just really highlights how much common ground both of those sides ultimately had and scary how easily things could have been if they had fought on the same side.

[@Metal-Nine11]

Grew here in the US loving history and especially WW2 as much as a common person can really know. As an older man, it's a odd feeling of joy to sit and think how here in 2024, that time has done it's thing and old evils are remembered but not held over their heads. It's a joy that the Germans came back and through stronger than ever. Pride intact. Honor of the people intact. It's proof of the true strength of the German people. I have German blood in me and I guess I feel that. Wonderful channel.

[@donny1960]

Excuse me? The German people "came" back because of the Marshal Plan. Germany became a "version" of the USA. Great economy and hardworking people. An economic power of the first order. But Germany has not played much of a role in World Politics. They were not allowed to. And for good reason.

[@maeve3528]

"We defeated the wrong enemy" General George S. Patton

[@ahoyforsenchou7288]

Absolutely based Patton. He knew. And we're seeing the consequences today.

[@readberserk4625]

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[@RadRat1138]

America is a Constitutional Republic; we are not down with Fascist or Communist dictators. Patton was referring to the Soviets... because he destroyed Hitters army *with prejudice*

[@readberserk4625]

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[@davidmclen3834]

Italy was with the Allies in WWI. In WWII, under Mussolini, Italy joined the Axis with Germany and Japan. In the later years of the war, they switched to the Allies. This was because they had a successful coup and took Mussolini down. This enabled the people to take control of their government and make the change.

[@Half_an_orphan]

Fun fact; America never ratified the Treaty of Versailles(The peace treaty of WWI) because they believed it to be too harsh on Germany.

[@mschwage]

LOL great commentary and very informative video.

[@joshuayantis1763]

Hey, from the U.S.A. I love your videos. My wife and my family's ancestors hailed from Germany. My mother's maiden name is Wagner. My father's and mine are Yantis. My wife's is Guinther. Yes, Americans make jokes about Germany and your history. On the other hand, my family has a lot of respect for how you teach history. You have left certain structures standing so people can't deny their history and choose to never do that again. Only in the states would we tear down statues about history and try to rewrite history instead of learning from it so it doesn't happen again. Keep being you. Love your content.

[@BlokHeadAnim]

The idea of scores of Englishmen prowling around Berlin to this day "Most Dangerous Game" style searching for Germans to spank and getting away with it due to a ninety year old legal loophole from WW1 wounds like a Monty Python skit and I love it

[@kylehamill4725]

I was in the US Army in Nurnberg. Our barracks were a old SS facility a couple of blocks from the Zeppelin field. I loved the city, but the people you met when you got out in the country were the greatest. They were very kind and made our time in the field a lot more tolerable. Coming to Munchen in a few weeks for Oktoberfest, FC Bayern #1!

[@jamesd9900]

Excellent vid Chris, I was laughing my @ss off :D As always, I really enjoy your content. Vielen Dank : )

[@michaelshigetani433]

try to remember; this was all pre-internet. the people inn charge of the school had no way of knowing that Mussolini had been arrested twice.

[@jrtspace7945]

The defense pact for Poland explicitly stated it was defending against German(not Soviet/Russian) aggression

[@decibellone696]

one thing to remember - in these days information was slow. the computer and internet wasn't a thing.

[@remley8877]

To quote a famous Jewish American comedian "Germany went to war with the World twice and actually almost won, you gotta respect the.".

[@grumblesa10]

Many centuries ago, when I was the Air Force, we had some German exchange WSOs. I had always been a big war gamer since high school, and several of us in the squadron would play occasionally. A favorite was Avalon Hill's " Third Reich." It is a game where each player takes a major combatant in WW2 Europe. An analog version of HOI4. We would roll a die to see who got what, and when he got Italy, his views were identical. " How am I supposed to win with these idiots?". He did okay by...remaining neutral as long as possible.

[@sirtwiz]

5:19 that's exactly why at the end of the second world war, the US was like, yeah we can't do that again. Still divided the country but it was not as dastardly as the Treaty of Versailles

[@Senbonzakura776]

Very cool vid.

[@dictatorofthecheese]

I’d definitely be up to see you do all parts of WWII, and other oversimplified videos. His videos are hilariously educational 🤣.

[@nichhodge8503]

When I was at school we had a very brief go over of WW2 and for my exams I took history but that focused on the agricultural revolution and the industrial revolution in England. My mum’s father would always tell me about fighting the Japanese (my mum’s side of the family are Americans and my parents have had a 2nd house in West Palm Beach Florida so I spent most school holidays in America as my father worked for a Saudi oil company and he would spend 4 months away doing deals, mainly selling Saudi oil to America in the 80’s so many a Christmas my dad was away working so she would go see her parents, brother and his kids in America) where as my dad’s dad fought in North Africa and never talked about it. So I’ve seen so much stuff about the war an prewar. Yesterday I recorded several programs about it starting after WW1 and each 2hr show did blocks of 5yrs average to talk about talking about the economic state of Germany who had to take out lots of short term loans from America because Germany had to pay for “starting WW1” (which technically they didn’t, all the Slavic countries were fighting each other in the 1870’s up to WW1 the the Austro-Hungarian Empire got involved which lead up to Franz Ferdinand getting assassinated Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war and Germany got involved as they were their Allie. And since the A-H Empire didn’t exist after WW1 all the blame was put on Germany in the Treaty Of Versailles). Then October 1929 the Wall Street Crash happened and all of the west were propped up on US money but Germany fell fastest and furthest leading up 6 million Germans were out of work so Germany printed higher and higher notes (example the 18 billion Mark note) which was stupid as the more money there is the less it’s worth. It got to the point people when they got paid spent all their money because tomorrow they money would only be worth half (today you had 100 billion marks but tomorrow that 100b Marks would be worth 50b Marks) they had this guy from University Of Stuttgart who was a professor of economics explain in great detail (I did wonder why put a show where 2 German professors talk in German with no subtitles on English TV it was ok my brother and I speak German but not everyone does and in most schools in England they teach French, my brother and I went to a private school and were taught German and French and I lived in Germany for 3 years) but if it wasn’t for the Treaty Of Versailles and the Wall Street crash WW2 wouldn’t of happened. Anyway I rabbiting on

[@Mels925]

As a teenager growing up in the 1980s/1990s in the Deep South of the USA I was so intrigued by these countries: England, Germany, and France. Also, though, as a geography buff, I love gaining knowledge about every country and region on this planet.

[@mnfowler1]

In his long autobiographical novel, "Orphans in Gethsemane," the American writer Vardis Fisher wrote about his sojourn in Germany in the 1920s where he experienced, first hand, the anger of Germans about the way the Allies treated them at Versailles. His protagonist claims to be a German-American. He says in German, "By the grace of God, my grandfather was born in [a German state, I forget which one]," and he is thus able to get a room for the night at a rural inn.

[@jaewok5G]

note; all of the locations, battles, names, leaders, operations, units, armies, and some machines have been made into major motion pictures other than the most famous recent ones ie, before cgi. i highly recommend "The Longest Day" "Patton" "Kelly's Heroes" "The Great Escape" … there's also "Stalag 13" "Bridge [at|too|over|on] _____ " (fill in the blank but at least "Bridge on the River Kwai"), "Enemy at the Gates" "Dirty Dozen" "Tobruk" "Guns of Navarone" … and post-war honorable mentions "Judgment at Nuremberg" [very emotional] and a great farcical comedy "One, Two, Three" and lastly, the t.v show, "Hogan's Heroes"

[@Anon54387]

Stalag 13 was much less unrealistic compared to The Great Escape. The Great Escape was too upbeat considering the bleakness of their situation. This isn't a knock against the excellent book by Paul Brickhill on which the movie is based. The movie acted like everyone was buddy-buddy, but Brickhill mentions in the book that one of the allied POWs was an alcoholic and was spilling the beans on their escape plans in exchange for booze. They had to drown him in a latrine to prevent that from happening again. In Stalag 13, that one guy was snitching to the Germans and they tied the pots and pans to him and threw him out of the barracks so the tower guard would shoot him, it much more communicated the despair and bleakness of it than Great Escape.

[@jaewok5G]

@@Anon54387 but, TGE was real. even if they left stuff out.

[@Ardsgaine]

"The UK were now all alone..." Canada, Australia, South Africa, India, etc: "Say what!?"

[@commonsence1129]

Great video man. I can't wait to see you react to part 2.

[@garryt4443]

What a great summary of the war Love it

[@kennethmctucker3501]

Part 2 is very much hoped for since I know what it will probably have in the oversimplified video. This video is great since the average American won't see a German perspective ever except now since there's a youtube.

[@chaost4544]

It's always interesting to see a German perspective on this conflict.

[@debrabensinger1331]

I am so glad that you are a disgusting this topic. Growing up we were not allowed to discuss this in the home or we would go flying.

[@jasonnelms4556]

Did you know that the Blitzkrieg was not actually originally a German concept like everyone thinks? It was a British engineer by the name of Percy Hobart. Nobody really took him seriously within the British military, but the Germans did. Rommel kept copies of Hobarts manuscripts with him the whole time. He also came up with what they called "Hobarts Funnies." Swimming, road laying, bridge laying and minesweeping tanks were all his ideas that really got introduced around D-Day.

[@Zelousfear]

Ok thumbs for the 'that happened to me, every time I'm in Berlin"

[@Blend-24]

Within a few short mos after December 7th, 1941 the US was in total war footing. A fully integrated steel mill was built and put into action providing steel for “liberty ships” auto manufacturing was switched to military hardware. Even civilians rationed gasoline, food, rubber etc., many cars were melted and remade into military vehicles and so on.

[@catbutte4770]

Chris, I can't wait for you to react to Part 2 of Oversimplified video of WW2.