GERMAN reacts to WW2 Part 2 by Oversimplified

[@TimTakesNotes]

Totally get it. We know you are not a Nazi supporter. Lots of other things to be proud of as a German. Much love

[@stevedavis5704]

Way too many people don’t realize the difference between a german soldier and a Nazi supporter. The german soldiers fought for their country just like the majority of the United States soldiers fought because their country called on them to. I don’t know about the german soldiers, or how they felt about it but the WWII vets I was around growing up didn’t fight for a political ideal, they fought because their country called them up and sent them to war.

[@BobPantsSpongeSquare97]

​@stevedavis5704 the regular German army though did commit most of the atrocities. After the war army soldiers tried to pin all of the war crimes on the SS but they themselves also partook in them and many if not most believed Germany was morally in the right.

[@stevedavis5704]

@@BobPantsSpongeSquare97 There is a line from the movie The Longest Day where two of the german high command are looking at how things are turning against them and one says to the other “Sometimes I wonder whose side God is on.” Terrible things have been done by people feeling that they are in the right and there have been terrible things done by soldiers who then hide behind “I was just following orders.” Neither of these absolve a person from guilt but it does kinda explain why they did it. Atrocities committed in any country against any people are never ok but they do happen. The test is what are we going to do about it.

[@johnl5316]

you're

[@MelanieAF]

Who committed the Malmedy massacre?

[@calook1334]

Completely fine lol. Being a German and Nazi are two completely different things and being proud to be German is totally OK. Love your videos, keep it up!

[@Robespierre-lI]

Germans tend to be suspicious of "national pride" and have excellent historical reasons for that sentiment. Perhaps instead of telling him it is "okay to be proud to be German" you could learn from Germans that this kind of national pride is something that we ought to question. What good does it actually do? Americans are probably the chief example of a culture which needs to reevaluate their relationship to "national pride" these days. In the past twenty years, it has allowed the American people to be pulled into a kind of blind support of a number of questionable wars - or, at minimum, questionable war strategies. But there are other countries who should also do the same. Britain seems to have this problem lately. So does Hungary. Chris has a healthy relationship with national identity. Germany learned its lesson. It is time for Germany's best friends to learn from their example.

[@pendorran]

"For Sale: One used Italian Army rifle. Never fired. Dropped twice." Old joke.

[@tokemeout]

We said the same thing about Iraqi rifles,that and that you only need 2 McDonalds hamburgers

[@stevenwoodward5923]

Another old joke. "Why is the Champs-Élysées tree lined"? "So the Germans have shade when they march"

[@roberttruhn5067]

@@tokemeout And the French.

[@Metal-Nine11]

@@pendorran .... haha! Ouch. That's funny.

[@Metal-Nine11]

Why we are and always will be on Britain's side is, they are us. Our brothers and sisters. That was a great question. I love your openness and honesty. Truly. Great question. Honest answer is they are our siblings. Respect runs deep and it's almost an instinct. We gripe constantly with them, pick on each other, etc. But I love them like brothers and sisters.

[@sarahpagett9191]

And we love Americans like cousins more then siblings

[@Metal-Nine11]

@sarahpagett9191 ... Well said. I think that's what I was looking for. Whatever it is, it's in us. As an American, I'm relatively quiet online. I don't argue. But the last person I had choice words for thought it funny to use the Queens Guard as a prop until he had to show he was no prop. Idiot thought it was funny. I took great offense to it as most here would. That's that thing in us. We still deep down just have that respect for where we as a nation came from. Brothers, sisters, cousins... Mom Britain. Whatever you choose, I'm good with it.

[@Big.Stepper.]

Yes. Cousins, for sure.

[@martinj.hammersmith8512]

There are probably as many Americans of German descent as there are English. German immigrants were a huge part of the nations initial surge, Irish as well.

[@Metal-Nine11]

@martinj.hammersmith8512 Absolutely! Their contributions cannot be understated. Growing up in Chicago, you do know who built the city, lol. Irish, Polish, Italian, German.. everyone. It was the collective of so many different people that made us great. And some luck. But Britain is where we as a nation came from, obviously. Hard to explain unless you are British or American, and also have that inherent respect or feeling, almost patriotic in its feel. Not all feel that way, I'm sure. But I do. Most of the people I know do, too. They are us. Just more polite and reasonable.

[@barryfletcher7136]

The USA and the UK have been allies since the 1880s. The last time we were actually enemies was the War of 1812, which was mostly a draw.

[@camannwordsmith]

Sort of. There was a lot of tension during the Civil War too. It stopped after that, but that wasn't a great 50 years.

[@prussia4428]

⁠@@dallasburgess5329invaded Canada and failed? Yeah, but invading Canada was the reason we started the war. Britian was funding the Indians, “impressed” American sailors(I must admit there probably were a few escaped British sailers but still). In the end what did we get? Impressment stopped(granted it ended before the war started but the word was in america), Britain stopped funding the Indians, Britain was halted in Baltimore and was forced to fall back out of Washington due to an hurricane I think(extreme weather for sure). The fact that the word about peace not reaching all of American was in place during the battle of New Orleans so that was a legitimate British effort to capture New Orleans that was halted by Jackson. The treaty had been sign but not ratified meaning the British could co back to the table and ask for more had they’d won. Also we took back fort Detroit 2 years before the end of the war and it improved patriotism in america consider we just fought the UK and in our eyes won. I believe it was more of a draw towards the side of america

[@maxfax1012]

@@dallasburgess5329 technically, impressment also had an effect, and it did end after the war, but for different reasons. It was a draw because both sides decided that it wasn't worth it and ended.

[@R33D713]

@@dallasburgess5329 Sounds very selective in the actual history of it. British were already seizing American ships and crews pressing them into service as well as blockading the entire east coast before the invasion of Canada. Also casualties were about the same on both sides as well as no land really captured by either side. Ship losses were actually very close to the same as well. It was definitely a draw, and it’s why most historians say it was a draw as well.

[@ianrogers7074]

I was told that in WWI Japan was an ally of the British. The British broke that alliance as America offered to protect British "possessions" in the Pacific only if they did so. The British must have felt confident in protection to sail battleships from Australia to the Atlantic. A big part of Japan's surrender was not wanting to be invaded by the Chinese and Russians.

[@andyonions7864]

The US shares a massive cultural heritage with the UK. It has a similar legal system and we share many values. We are natural allies. We weren't fighting Germans per se, we were fighting an evil ideology.

[@SS0895]

That’s the PG rated explanation. Fact is that Jews were already amongst UK and US elite. The implications of that are obvious

[@Metal-Nine11]

@@andyonions7864 I like that. Well said. We were not fighting the common German people but something that crept in and took over a great nation. Very well said.

[@perdidoatlantic]

My history professor said that Russia’s most powerful weapon is “General Winter”.

[@Lynn-kh5rs]

Good point.

[@perdidoatlantic]

@@Tijuanabill He was speaking historically. Napoleon for example.

[@perdidoatlantic]

@@Tijuanabill Tell me you’re a kamala voter without telling me you’re a kamala voter. 🤣🤣🤣

[@allenporter6586]

@@perdidoatlantic General Mud is another powerful weapon in Russia's arsenal. Moscow was saved by the "Rasputista" which crippled the Wehrmacht's logistics before the winter in 1941. And I'm a Kamala voter, please leave politics out of reaction videos or shall we revisit Tuesday's debate?

[@perdidoatlantic]

@@allenporter6586 I don’t talk to kooks. 👋

[@johnirby8847]

Declaring war on the US right after they were attacked and angry was a genius move by Hitler. 😂

[@legatomodi3522]

At that point, we were already in the war by supplying Britain. Hitler just moved things along and meant to cement an alliance with his Japanese allies. He thought the US couldn't fight two different wars so far apart, even though Germany did pretty good at itself. It's was a bad miscalculation to say the least

[@scottbivins4758]

​@@legatomodi3522yeah we were economically involved there's nothing wrong with that America is a capitalist Nation money talks and bullshit walks you may not agree with it but its facts.

[@jayt9608]

​@legatomodi3522 Interestingly, the United States and Soviets were able to trade goods back and forth across the Pacific, strengthening both, because Japan was technically allied with the Soviet Union.

[@cellamuert]

i remember an old television documentary that i've never seen again or heard anyone else say similar - germany did everything it feasibly could to keep america out of the war. and it worked for a long, long time. dissuasion/appeasement/whatever kept america across the ocean and likely would have for the entirety of the war. the worst thing that could've happened to germany was its ally bombing america. it absolutely was not germany's idea or intent nor did they permit it or want it. any way you can cut it, germany TRIED to keep america at bay. once pearl harbor happened there really wasn't anything they could do.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@jayt9608 Japan would have left the US alone, if we didn't join the oil embargo against them.

[@JamesBondsLittleFinger]

US: don’t touch our boats!!!!

[@BuzryHaproMandalorianHunter]

Launch Operation Praying Mantis.

[@Oklahoma_is_me]

@@BuzryHaproMandalorianHunter part 2 ;)

[@scottbivins4758]

Dropping the sun part 2 🤣🤣🤣

[@Oklahoma_is_me]

@@scottbivins4758 😭😭😭

[@scottbivins4758]

@@Oklahoma_is_me to savage for you?🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸

[@danielmarek4609]

From the USA here. We also hear about the likelihood that Hitler was taking many drugs at the end. As a German who had nothing to do with WW2 I am sure it's not comfortable for you to think about that part of your country's history. What's important is you can't change the past but make sure that in the future it's never allowed to happen again. Sins of the father aren't the sins of the son.

[@Tijuanabill]

Yes but the sins of the public ARE the sins of the dictator, when they go along and support everything he stood for. Hitler did NOT act alone.

[@mattellemorgan2710]

Yes US & Britain have many of their own "sins" that have to be acknowledged & then openly discussed & learned from. True dialog beginning to take place, now with the internet.

[@Hypex141]

@@Tijuanabill but the grman people had reasons to follow his ideology

[@CandelaZ]

If only communist supporters got as much flack as people simply being German.

[@FinnMcRiangabra]

Hitler was not the one who personally forced people into execution chambers. That was just regular Germans. Regular Germans were complicit in the murder of millions of people. That is not a condemnation of Germans too young to have participated or born after that. There is no morality in assigning blame to people who had no agencency in crimes. But just blaming Hitler does not work. He was the motivator, but other people did the dirty work. And those other people are 100% responsible for the dirty work they did.

[@neiledwards5391]

If you view Britain as our parent then it makes more sense. When we were kids (colonial days), we were under their rule etc. Then we hit our teenage/early 20s years and of course we had huge tension with our parent and we ended up moving out. After we got a little bit older, we are back to being close to our parent again.

[@ryantannar5301]

America and Britain are interesting. They are our very first enemy but have become far and away our closest friend. We've worked through the tension over the past couple centuries and what's left is the fact that while we are different, the UK and US have very similar values and cultures. This might not seem true on the surface but we are so similar that the small differences REALLY stand out.

[@bigmediafan]

I think psychologically, former colonies are viewed a little differently than foreign powers. Even though Britain fought to keep the colonies, the effort to do so was considered by many to be a vanity project for the Royal family. Maintaining the colonies had proven expensive and dangerous. I think it's likely that as many weren't really on board in the first place, there wasn't much animosity about it after the fact.

[@ryantannar5301]

@@bigmediafan Parliament pushed harder to keep the American colonies than the king did from what I recall

[@bigmediafan]

@ryantannar5301 interesting I read the opposite but I could be mistaken. Or the source was.

[@ryantannar5301]

@@bigmediafan There's a lot of confusion for a few reasons. Anti monarchy bias in the US (Im American) is a big one and the other is that King George quite literally went insane later in life. These things combined can make it extremely hard to get a clear picture, but I lean towards it not being as much on King George. I haven't done the research in ages though so take that with a grain of salt.

[@dead-claudia]

part of it also just came from the passage of time after britain stopped trying to fight us. that certainly helped that wound heal. and outside what's the continental us, we've never been big on waging wars over anything other than securing trade and defending our own territory. the cold war was a brief apparent exception but even that was still ultimately through a (distorted) lens of self-defense.

[@brandonflorida1092]

"I don't understand why America is always on Britain's side." Sometimes your mother makes you really mad, and sometimes her decisions aren't fair, but she's still your mother.

[@queencerseilannister3519]

Exactly. She is our mother country. ❤

[@brongulus2617]

Correct, but I'd also add that the power balance has shifted. If Britain were still in a position to dominate us the moment we screwed up, we might not be so friendly.

[@RobS8769]

And sometimes she gets so mad she burns your capital city to the ground.

[@brandonflorida1092]

@@RobS8769 War of 1812.

[@RobS8769]

@@brandonflorida1092 👍

[@JohnnyReykitty]

Chris. You never have to apologize for Germany's past. You are a good guy. Be proud of your country. The excellence and quality of German products is admired worldwide. My brother was born in Germany.

[@nagillim7915]

Hitler had planned on invading Russia in spring but the failure of the Battle of Britain and the Italians needing German support in North Africa delayed the invasion until summer. As for what he wanted in the USSR, mostly Ukraine's farmlands and Russia's oil and gas.

[@johnburns9634]

The Italians also needed support after the debacle in Greece.

[@DennisTea]

He was also VERY anti communist. Both sides knew that the ceasefire was temporary, if Germany hadn't invaded the USSR, the USSR would have invaded Germany soon after.

[@jongordon7914]

@@moldetaco2281 No, it was about oil and gas. Hitler couldn't have continued fighting on any front if he didn't procure an oil source.

[@RadRat1138]

“The unbelievably strong resistance of the Greeks delayed by at least two or more vital months the German attack against Russia; if we did not have this long delay the outcome of the war would have been different" --Field Marshall Keitel (German Chief of Staff)

[@ymeynot0405]

@@jongordon7914 It was both. He hated the people and needed the resources. Plus he knew that Russia would eventually come after him for how he was treating the Slavic people, so Germany was attempting a first strike (just like what happened in WW1).

[@themightybuzzard3088]

A lot of us Americans feel the same about Vietnam and Iraq. We hated that we were over there but we also hated that our leaders' blind stupidity made us look like idiots. Don't sweat it.

[@cellamuert]

i genuinely hate you for comparing either of those wars to what nazi germany did. what the hell is wrong with you and anyone liking what you said

[@Tijuanabill]

Sure but our biggest regret is that we spelled Iran wrong, and blamed the wrong nation.

[@dead-claudia]

@@Tijuanabillyeah i don't think any outside country who meddled in the middle east in the last 150 years fully pinned that down until the us did about 5-10 years ago. all instability in that region seems to have iran backing it in some capacity. and it's nearly drug us into a war with iran directly countless times already.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@dead-claudia Uh....we have known this literally all along, that Iran funds these terror groups. We didn't fight Iraq over terrorism; we fought them because the British convinced us they had a nuclear weapons program. It turned out Saddam was just a troll, acting like he had a weapons program. But he hung for his trolling, so I do not recommend.

[@710am9]

Being a US citizen, I sill understand how awkward it must be for you and probably many German peoples. Try not to think too harshly of it. Your videos are great. Keep it up!

[@unitedstatian]

It shouldn't be awkward for anyone, we didn't do it. Besides, the US literally fire bombed entire villages burning men, women, and children alive by the hundreds of thousands with that being the actual intention. Everyone did horrible stuff to each other back then but very few of those people are still around.

[@aredub1847]

yeah we got some slavery and stuff. course, look up what europe did in africa. belgium not so harmless. and over in asia, eesh. they raped and murdered and raped each other every 100 years or so. and then there is OG kahn.

[@LIsForLexi.]

​@unitedstatian ya I never understood that. It was going on before out parents were alive. We had nothing to do with it, shouldn't be awkward for anyone, and that goes for all past events before we were an idea..

[@beasley1232]

​@@unitedstatianCanada used poison Gas in WW2 against Germany.

[@robertfetrow4612]

@@unitedstatian Youre correct. Had the USA lost the war we would have had many leaders in the USA stand trial for war crimes. We fire bombed Dresden because it was a wood city. We fire bombed another city, decimated it, and came back the next evening and bombed it again. War is ruthless

[@thebug410]

britain doesn't bother us about anything anymore so we generally get along now. we get along about like brothers. we talk about each other but then stand together.

[@jamesalexander5623]

I'm an American and I don't even consider British People "Foreigners" same as Canadians!

[@rebelamanda]

@@jamesalexander5623 I'm American and I support this message. We think of Canada and the UK like cousins really. Australians are cousins we just don't see very often but we love nonetheless

[@bluesrocker91]

@@jamesalexander5623 As a Brit, I've never really thought about it before, but it's true. I've never looked at America as a "foreign" country. Same goes for Ireland, Canada, Australia or New Zealand. They just seem like different territories of one people. Obviously the shared language and history is a huge part of that, but also we exchange so much culturally... We've always watched each other's movies and TV shows, listened to each other's bands and laughed at each other's comedians.

[@catlady1171]

I appreciate how Germany has evolved and become probably the most innovative and democratic country in Europe. In the last few years I've learned more about my ancestors who came from Germany to the US in the 1600s. They were so enterprising- imported a grinding stone from Germany and getting it to North Georgia. All the farmers would bring their grain harvest to them to grind. It ran 24 hrs a day during high harvest times, so they built an Inn to house them overnight. They also had bread from the extra grounded grain as well as producing spirits from the grain distillery they started. On my other side the German ancestors were gunmakers and helped furnish the Revolutionary soldiers with guns. Love your channel; I hope you get some university credits for your creative channel!!

[@QdotZdot]

So I get why you would wonder why the hell the US would side with the UK due to being a former colony (why side with your oppressors?), but we were a different kind of colony from most others (exceptions being Canada and Australia). The easiest (and thus most over-simplified) reason is this: we're the descendants of the colonizers, not the colonized. We weren't oppressed by colonization; we were the ones doing the oppressing. Obviously I'm glossing over a lot of intricacies of US history, but that's the bare bones of it.

[@thomaskalbfus2005]

The United States and United Kingdom shared a language, also the American Revolution was a long time ago.

[@_MaxHeadroom_]

Yeah, they were (and still are) the most American-like country in Europe

[@cherryjuice9946]

Also, if the question is "why did the US side with England", it's a no brainer for obvious reasons. If the choice is between Hitler's aggression, or for the one country in Europe that was standing up to Hitler's aggression, the choice is clear. Even if we consider English food to be terrible, and can't understand the men when they're drunk and mumbling, England is still the country we must support. It is never a good choice to side with dictators such as Stalin or Hitler.

[@Lana._I_am_me]

I'm not American, but I thought that Americans thought they were examples of democracy and were fighting for that idea and retaliation for being attacked rather than choosing their favourite country.

[@scottbivins4758]

I don't think the majority of Americans wanted to get involved on the behalf of Britain so much as we did the French. Remember we never paid the French back for helping us with our revolution sure we may have paid them back economically but when they needed us for their revolution we didn't help. That is probably one of the biggest reasons why we were on the allied side. The American public has always been indebted to the French people since the revolutionary war literally so many Americans after the revolution wanted to help the French people when they had their revolution but that didn't happen.

[@scottbivins4758]

​@@cherryjuice9946who did we Ally with to beat Hitler? Stalin. We should have just went to go beat Hitler Stalin an Japan. Stalin was no better than Hitler. And if you want to be real technically while yes Germany was being the aggressor so was the Soviet Union people like to say Germany started the war but it was actually Germany and the Soviet Union that started the war what was that packed where they had agreed to split up Poland

[@K9-Crazy]

Hittler would not listen to his generals. He felt he understood war tactics better than them and the generals who knew war were afraid to argue.

[@GodelFishbreath]

There was a reason: H thought that WWi was the generals giving up too soon. So he orders them not to retreat even when that is an advantage. Much of his commands are from that attitude.

[@K9-Crazy]

@@GodelFishbreath i agree

[@lynnrobinson4435]

Was your grandfather in the German Army under Hitler?

[@reliantncc1864]

It's not that he thought he understood strategy better, it's that he was dismissive of strategy. He thought German racial superiority and Prussian military tradition would guarantee victory.

[@hannabertrand4460]

He was extremely high on amphetamines for most of the war. He probably felt invincible and he kept getting less and less rational and more violent.

[@lieu7enan755]

We call "boat sinking" the game "Battleships" btw

[@hasicazulatv2078]

Love that game

[@CamoJan]

"You sank my battleship!!" 😀

[@coolenaam]

in Dutch we call it Zeeslag which means sea battle

[@AdamNisbett]

I love that as always the Germans use very literal and direct language to name it: boat sinking game.

[@kingjellybean9795]

Ever see the horrible rianah movie?

[@TheJasonBorn]

America was on the side of Britain, because from the start Americans were largely British citizens whose dispute with Britain was not based on a dislike of other British people, but with the British government. The civil war which we now in the U.S. call the Revolutionary War was over the fact that British people in the U.S. were not being treated as British citizens, but as if they were the citizen of some colonial holding. British citizens were due representation in the British parliament, but were receiving none. So yeah, naturally after we kicked out the British government, people here still largely wanted to return to being friendly and doing business with their friends and family across the British commonwealth.

[@raelelectric]

Germany has a rich history of nearly 2000 years with human ancestors living there for 600,000 years, the contributions of Germany to classical music, science and literature have changed the world. We should not define Germany by a small part of that timeline.

[@tonyburzio4107]

Sure we should. I'm half German, and there is something wrong with the DNA of the Germans.

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

Mentioning science, continental Europe had a very severe brain drain during this time. Werner Heisenberg was one of the few great physicists left in Germany during the war. His mentor Niels Bohr was a Danish Jew who just barely made it to Sweden then Britain ahead of his capture. Germany did have brains in rocket engineering, though, which the US later used to its advantage.

[@33frag]

wrong

[@mjhoeber]

There is not a nation on earth that does not have a dark time in its past-- or present.

[@Tijuanabill]

We don't judge Germany for WWII; we judge the German people for it. Hitler didn't act alone. He had the full support of the public in his crimes. They bought in to all of this stuff. They thought, and likely still do think, they are better than other people. They are mistaken.

[@perdidoatlantic]

My history professor said “The most important fact of the 20th century is that the US is an English speaking country”.

[@K9-Crazy]

Gotta agree on that.

[@RobertHolck-dw6pr]

To me it's an irrelevant fact. Europe is embarrassing 😂😂😂

[@aaronclay4665]

​@@RobertHolck-dw6pr what he means by that is the us is friendly with English speaking counties , say if it was the other way around( Japanese, German, Italian speaking) the us might have joined the axis powers rather than British faction ...

[@lindaross783]

Dont be ridiculous

[@ExPraetorianGuard-dl1pz]

Yeah it was a quote from Bismarck

[@JML6988]

The young man's contradictory feelings regarding his patriotism toward his fatherland is very understandable. Thinking Americans face the same thing when considering our own history. Be proud, young man, of Germany. She's done more good than bad in her history.

[@robertkenney6752]

The invasion of Russia was for pride and raw resources. Germany desperately needed oil. Russia has vast oil fields. Also up to that point Germany had no real defeat. They all thought they were invincible...

[@RobS8769]

So glad you mentioned the oil resources of Western Russia. They were desperately needed by the Nazis to continue the war. Also, the Nazis really hated the Slavs(slavic ethnicity). And they really hated communism.

[@richardpickett3882]

The point is that y’all smartened up and became friends, now you have our full support. All we, the straight thinkers at least, want is peace and the right to go where we want and do what we want as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone. American here, been to Europe 3 times and all over it, y’all have an amazing culture and diversity.

[@thomasnelson6161]

"Maybe crush Britain" is cold af. What would we do without the Great British Bake-off.

[@selmahare]

Lol I was listening to him say that as I ran into this comment, read it exactly at the same time that he said it 😄

[@thomasnelson6161]

@@selmahare feels like the same has happened to me, plenty. It's the algorithm wizard, if you ask me.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

And the Westminster Woofies! (famous dog show)

[@davewildermuth7519]

The game is called "Battleship" in English, but I'm sure the German word for "boat sinking" is way cooler.

[@Ameslan1]

Chris, you need to react to The Fallen of World War II! It is an excellent video that is profound and sad but it is not graphic or shows the war dead. It just shows how many people died. That video is about 20 minutes long and very well made.

[@sharonbell2368]

Before I knew about WWII, I learned about Beethoven. I love the music of Germany (and Austria). Your country has a beautiful history and has contributed so much to this world!

[@nickshaffer9961]

Thank you for your honest perspective Chris. It’s interesting to get a German point of view on these events. Every country has dark parts of their history. For the US it’s slavery and our treatment of Native Americans. It’s parts of history we don’t have to agree with what happened, but acknowledging that it did happen

[@antichoice1]

A lot of countries had slaves back then, it has nothing to do with the US. Might want to blame Africa for selling them .

[@nickshaffer9961]

@@antichoice1 just because a lot of people did it doesn’t mean it was right. I was merely saying every country has dark parts of their history and for the US, and many other countries…..,slavery was a dark part of our history. Jesus

[@antichoice1]

@@nickshaffer9961 I know I'm a little salty, just so sick of it constantly being brought up. In Germany, they don't bring up the Holocaust all the time. You don't have Jews rioting in the streets. It's just a pet peeve of mine after the whole BLM thing for like 6 straight years. People need to really get over it, like get a hobby or a job or a gf or something.

[@nickshaffer9961]

@@antichoice1 no problem I get it. I don’t bring it up every day with the person walking down the street. He was making a point about his countries history and I just wanted to tell him, everyone’s country has dark spots in their past and giving the example I did

[@clinthowe7629]

Over simplified doesn’t tell everyone about the huge numbers of trucks, aircraft tanks and other weaponry the US sent to Stalin, which included over 400,000 vehicles, 14,000 aircraft, 13,000 tanks, 8,000 tractors, 4.5 million tons of food, 2.7 million tons of petroleum products, as well as millions of blankets, boots, uniforms, and 107,000 tons of cotton. obviously that lend lease aid had to contribute substantially to assisting the Russians in their campaign, this is not to diminish in any way the bravery and resourcefulness of the Russian army and people, Bravo!

[@nancyjanzen5676]

There is a Russian movie called Soldier Boy in English. In the movie the commanders jeep stalls when he offers 2 nurses a ride. The driver goes opens the hood comes back and says American.

[@allycat0136]

I think it is really important how you highlighted how important the Polish were to cracking the enigma code. As Americans we have a tendency to believe that we are always the “good guys”. That Europe was on its last legs until the “great Americans” swooped in and saved them. It was the Polish, despite living under TWO!! occupations. Admittedly, it didn’t help that they started their letters with the weather and ended them with HH.

[@ironside210]

Yes, Mate! Tobruk, Australians. Look it up. The first time Blitzkrieg by the Wehrmacht was stopped, and Rommel REALLY wanted that deep-water port.

[@brianblack8631]

One thing that a lot of people forget is that not all German soldiers were Nazis. The general Wehrmacht soldier was just defending his country and doing what he was told. They had no choice. The SS on the other hand was to be shot on site. There’s no reason not to be proud of your country or of being a German. I’m very proud of my country as an American. But I can also recognize it hasn’t all been roses and sunshine and that there are things from our past that we need to remember so as not to repeat it.

[@Tijuanabill]

So the cheering crowds for Hitler were just faking it? Come on man....

[@Trifler500]

Americans sometimes theorize whether Germany would have had something like the French resistance if they'd had civilian guns, but we'll never know for sure. We do know thousands of German soldiers defected. There was civilian resistance, but it wasn't organized like the French, and what they could do was limited due to the lack of guns.

[@jamiedavies9038]

I like how honest this guy is about his experiences of talking about his German identity.

[@barryfletcher7136]

True about Poland helping to break the German codes. -

[@alexf7377]

Helping yes. But don't overplay it. Bletchley Park and Alan Turing was key.

[@beckysimeone4882]

My fathers forebears were all from Germany and every one of age (men and women) served America in WWI & WWII. I grew up being told "Thank goodness there were enough Germans in America to stop Hitler." I still laugh at that idea. Relatives in the homeland either refused to join the Nazi's, and once taken by the Gestapo were never heard from again, or joined the party so they could work, and I'm sure some became active Nazi's (because after the war migrated to South America). It's hard to hate a German here, when so many of us carry German DNA. Plus, except for Hawaii, we had no bombs dropped on us.

[@siouxempirecoyote8174]

My grandfather was in the army during WWII and fought in several countries but the most memorable story he told me was his buddy wanted him to go with him to another camp and my grandfather was a messenger rider on a motorcycle. He called them murdercycles because of how many people died on them during the war. He was supposed to ride out on one of his runs but managed to get a swap with another guy so he could ride with his friend. He and his buddy got lost at night ( they were in Germany I believe) anyway it took hours for them to finally get back from their trip. They then learned that they had been lost pretty far behind enemy lines all night but by some miracle not ran into anyone. My grandfather also learned that the guy who had taken over his delivery run on the motorcycle had been killed on duty. Two close calls in one day. Both of my great uncles were in the Navy fighting the Japanese during the war. My great uncle Gene was the gunners mate on the USS Brown and was highly decorated for his ability to shoot down the kamikaze planes before they could do damage to the rest of the fleet. He was in many of the major battles in the Pacific. My family members joined because you don’t touch American boats. Pearl Harbor had people signing up to fight. My grandfather had to try twice to join. He first tried the Air Force but he was underweight so they rejected him so he signed up for the Army instead. I asked him what he remembered the most about being there and he said the natural beauty of the land. He volunteered to stay and help with the aftermath of the war so he didn’t return home for a while and got to travel around a lot. He painted landscapes.

[@catbutte4770]

@siouxempirecoyote8174 Thank you for sharing a few stories of your grandfather and your other relatives!

[@mrsiborg]

7:00 "What do you want there?" Hitler wanted Stalin's vast resources. Same reason for Japans expansion.

[@RevPeterTrabaris]

We can all be proud of our countries when they do go and condemn them when they go wrong. I spent a month in Germany fifty years ago and lived with a wonderful family. I developed many good friends. I know dealing with issues around the Second World War is difficult. As an American, I know that we are friends and allies. So we all live in friendship and mutual support. Thank you for covering the videos in this series. I actually appreciated hearing your reactions. It helped me to understand more fully. Best wishes, Chris.

[@nielgregory108]

The fire bombings killed MANY MANY more people than did "the bomb". The "bomb" was used as an alternative as it DID NOT kill as many people but the show was more awesome if you will. That is always left out of the explanation as to "why".

[@cammyrubin2512]

I understand how complicated it is for you to feel and speak about it as a German, but now you are in a democratic Germany, and that is a good thing that as a German you can absolutely be very proud of. The important thing is to never forget history so we do not make those same mistakes in the future. 🇩🇪

[@TaleOfTwoIdiots]

I can't speak for my fellow Americans, but to me Britain (more specifically England) feels like our cultural "ancestor" -- many, many, many years ago when I was high school, we had English classes in which we learned about the evolution of the English language and about English literature, Shakespeare, etc. Because of that, I think, even Americans like me whose ancestors were mostly German rather than English still feel like the British/English are close kinsmen..which is could possibly be one of the reasons we're close allies.

[@CIRILLABRUCE]

As an american. I hope you see a day where you can whole heartedly be proud in Germany

[@awaf12]

Definitely not today, since they still support zios

[@jimreilly917]

As an American, why can’t they now? Germans ended communism in Europe with help from us and bravery from Polish Solidarity. More recently, German soldiers have fought side by side with US soldiers in the War on Terror.🇺🇸🦅🇩🇪🍻

[@mails5054]

@@jimreilly917 their politics suck ass, theyre like ultra liberals over there, they dont have the same rights as americans

[@Hypex141]

@@jimreilly917 you mean US🍔DE🍻

[@mrrichardson1990]

I’m a German, currently living in Texas. I was born and raised there and am very proud. Unfortunately even now, German pride is often times heavily associated with nazis

[@baraxor]

On learning of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and that America was now at war with Japan, Winston Churchill was very worried that the US would not join in the fight in Europe at least until after Japan was defeated. When news came that Hitler had declared war on the United States, Churchill that night slept the sleep of the just.

[@INTPMann1957]

I am a U.S. southerner, an both of my parents had ancestors who were enslavers. I'm glad the South lost in the Civil War, and I regard my ancestors as not only enslavers, but traitors to the United States. That is very much not a popular opinion in the southern U.S. Anyway, any pride I have in being a southerner, being as rich as the South is culturally and culinarily, is tempered by that knowledge. So I can relate, at least on some level, to the conflicted feelings Germans have today about their past.

[@monicawilliams4394]

I’m from Alabama. My ancestors fought for the Confederacy. I feel about the same as you.

[@scottbivins4758]

Still ain't going to stop me from having the flag of Dixie. Yankee by birth Southern by the grace of God.

[@scottbivins4758]

And you consider your ancestors traders because of a political political ideology? Okay so if the northern states would have succeeded would you still hold that same energy of calling them traitors? I highly doubt that. So if you're just calling your ancestors and people who fought for the Confederacy traitors because of a political ideology all because they chose to secede from the union legally they chose to succeed which northern states also held the same belief they could leave the union whenever they wanted to. So would you consider the northern states if they were to succeed from the union traitors? If you would consider them traitors then I'm not going to say anything but if you wouldn't consider the northern states traitors because they succeeded from the Union then you my friend are a hypocrite at its finest. So if the northern states would have left the Union what would that make them in your eyes?

[@bluegobbie]

@@scottbivins4758 that’s a lot of ifs that didn’t happen, so that giant paragraph of garbage is a moot point.

[@tay-dor7147]

My heritage exemplifies how the Civil War tore families apart. I have one ancestor who was a slave owner. On the same side of my family tree, I have an ancestor that was one of the Union's Brigadier Generals under General Grant at the Battle of Vicksburg.

[@egmccann]

Pretty sure Rammstein did a song specifically about the whole "I love Germany, but we did some horrible things" dichotomy, actually. And yes, it's true of most every country - WWII is just more recent, it was *bigger* and with the technologies available (or developed) during that time, there are things that were just horror on an industrial scale. Modern wars? Larger populations, worse weapons that can do more to more people - and let's not forget people being able to photograph and report this stuff more easily.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Hitler's decision to invade Russia was not as stupid as you may think. Remember, Russia's record militarily was not all that good: The Red Army barely defeated the Finns, lost to the Poles (Back in the 1920's), and lost to the Japanese in 1904, and to Germany in World War One. Also, remember, that initially, the Germans came very close to victory in 1941. Only the troops from Siberia saved the day at the last minute. Why would Germany invade the Soviet Union? "Living space." There is a huge amount of land to occupy, and vast natural resources and agriculture Germany lacked. Even today, the war in Ukraine affects the world's food supplies, especially grains. There was good reason to invade the Soviet Union. One final note: Victory in Russia in 1941, would have undoubtedly finished World War Two in Nazi Germany's favor. I do agree with you that Adolf Hitler's decision to declare war on the United States was just stupid. It occurred just as things were going badly on the Eastern Front, and worse, Japan did not reciprocate by an attack on the Soviet Union. Germany was left holding "both balls in the air" as it were. You are right that Stalingrad was horrific for the German Sixth Army. About 250,000 soldiers fought their way into Stalingrad. Only around 95,000 were left to surrender some months later. Of these, only about five thousand would even live to return home again. What, ironically, made Stalingrad so terrible was that both sides were obsessed with the name of the city, and spent tens of thousands of lives over it. Anyway, nice reaction. Peace.

[@johnburns9634]

There was a spy in Japan who told Stalin about the imminent invasion from the NAZI’s. Stalin ignored this. Later, in September of 1941, he reported that the Japanese weren’t looking to attack Russia. This led to Stalin moving troops to Moscow to defend against the Nazi’s.

[@Ejzkzvzkhe]

Holy yap

[@Tijuanabill]

It wasn't stupid for Hitler to declare war on the US. You have accepted a flawed premise, that the US was neutral in the war. Nothing could be further from the truth. We were openly supplying the war, as much as we openly support the Ukraine war.

[@Aethelhald]

Came here to say the same thing. Germany defeated Russia in WW1, then Poland defeated them after WW1, then they tried to invade Finland (a tiny country with an army of like 3 guys and an old armored car) and got massacred - only being able to win by throwing sheer weight of numbers. If you're Germany in 1941, without the hindsight that we have today, then invading Russia looks like a guaranteed victory.

[@Nav858albz]

He invaded the USSR before they invaded him. They (the soviets) were already massing at the border. That is why the Germans were able to capture so many at the border. Lebenstraum was about incorporating Ethnic Germans living out of Germany into Germany. It was never Reich policy to get rid of the Slavs. That is a myth.

[@Stepperg1]

Chris, watching you have a fit is like sitting around the table with my family. We're all yelling at one another over NOTHING but our own "important" point. I think we were the loudest house on the block. My mother used to say, "Just because you're all German, doesn't mean you have to scream at one another".

[@shy404usernotfound]

For one, the US & Britain have gone to war against each other...... twice. We (the USA) didn't get involved in WW2 physically UNTIL Japan attacked us and Germany declared war on us days later.

[@mrszee-g9f]

Perfect timing! I just finished Part 1! I find this interesting bc I took a WW1-WW2 history class while studying in Germany and noting the differences between how Germany teaches it vs. how I was taught in the US!

[@mjhoeber]

That description of "Europe's soft underbelly" was from Winston Churchill. Nothing soft about Mediterranean types, as the Allies found out. The Partisans of the Mediterranean countries did a great job in fighting the Nazi regime.

[@richardotier6820]

Another bizzare event was that in 1939 the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a pact that divided northern and eastern Europe between them and swore to take no military action against each other for 10 years. Stalin trusted Hitler? What could go wrong?

[@flashycat1]

Germany accepted its role in WW2 and taught its people its true history. I see no reason not to state that a war strategy brilliantly works, no matter who created it. (looking at what was gained by studying Zulu pincer or bull horns, flanking used in the Civil War, the Phalanx from Egypt and Greece, Trench Warfare from WW1 and 2...) All countries study tactics from many different wars from all over the world and then use them to improve their own military strategies. We would be idiots not to learn what works and what does not work, especially with glaring examples from history. You have nothing to feel bad about when you mention a German strategy that works. Germans today and nazis should not be put together with the nazi cause that is like comparing pears to cherries. Your videos are informative and fun... and I for one love your personal insights into the things you show and invite conversation about them. Please keep going. Ignore negative people and do what you do.

[@kharisibenakir4189]

There is an American movie that was released in 1962 with an all-star cast of actors, called "The Longest Day". I strongly recommend it. 100%

[@vinnycochrane5139]

Regarding the US, it’s easy to forget that until the two Wars it was still a fledgling project. Despite its large size, it was very much a “frontier” entity which had only (relatively) recently gambled on leaving the Empire. North America probably viewed its transatlantic relationship through that lens, hence their reluctance to involve themselves in European conflagrations.

[@PaulGAckerman]

We fight with everyone, including ourselves. But we try to reconcile afterwards. By history's standards, we're young, but we act like everyone's older brother. And when we're done pummeling everyone else, we shake and have a beer at the pub with you.

[@anangrytexan2244]

your frustration at military tactics is understandable. Some people don't have the ability to compartmentalize the war and look at individual aspects of it in a vacuum. You're always going to get people that say you're a sympathizer just because you're questioning military tactics. You're spot on man, opening the eastern front was the dumbest thing he could have done. That and not investing more research into Aircraft Carriers.

[@johnl5316]

UK colonies ADVANCED as colonies and ended up way ahead of areas that had not been colonies

[@AaronPLehmann]

No worries about having pride when your country kicks butt. Even when it shouldn't be kicking.

[@promontorium]

The only healthy way to move forward is to acknowledge the past and learn from it, but not take it as any kind of permanent mark on the present. It is the past. You should feel neither perpetual shame nor pride from it. What matters to you and us is what we do now.

[@AaronAngelo]

War was lost as soon as Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The best part is the US was able to refloat many of the Battleships and use them against Japan.

[@blindblow]

as far as the USA was concerned we were wanting to live in peace and be left out of European politics (we hardly had any military).... hell that is why so many people left Europe to come to the USA. Germany had been planning and building for war for a decade (secretly knowing that they would invade others). Germany had a 10 year head start. If the USA had done the same Germany nor Japan would never even come close to their expanse. Remember in the end the USA fought 2 enemies 4000 miles to the east and 4000 miles to the west. No other country could do that........ not even close and be victorious.

[@TheMan21892]

I agree American was virtually alone in the Pacific theater, but not so in Europe.

[@Grimm-UGA]

​@@TheMan21892we definitely weren't alone. The aussies and filipinos were with us almost every step of the way and when japan got desperate with kamikaze near their homeland it was British ships that led the charge on their mainland because kamikaze attacks just bounced off their ships like nothing. The brits even took a few islands all on their own

[@oldtop4682]

The US quietly built up the Army prior to entering the war (starting in '38). Equipment started flowing, training cadre was developed, and even some divisions were stood up in both the active and Reserve components. We were still a small force compared to the other large powers that eventually went to war, but we got the processes in place just in case. The Army in '41 had about as many soldiers (active) as it does today. My father enlisted in the local Reserve unit well before we entered the war. His whole unit was retained on active duty. We had not entered the war yet either. The reason we could take on both fronts is because we had both the raw materials and the industrial base to crank out weapons. We also started with a fairly large Navy and some decent planes and plane designs. The Russians also fought the Japanese in the northern parts of China. Another commenter pointed out the others involved in the Pacific besides the US, but we were the largest force there once we got going. Germany entered the war with the best equipment, and arguably the best military leadership. The Allies quickly caught up on the equipment side of things, but the leadership, especially American, lagged behind the Brits and Germans - some could argue until the very end of the war. I DO agree that the sentiment in the US was that this was a European problem and we should stay out. That sentiment was even more profound during WWI and President Wilson ran on not getting involved.....then he got us involved. That sentiment still runs pretty deep in the US, but it's more wishful thinking at this point.

[@ralphraffles1394]

The British fought a very large part of the Japanese army in Burma. With the help of India China and the Us.

[@dead-claudia]

@@TheMan21892no, japan also had a serious threat from the soviet union. the surrender wasn't just from the us nuking cities in the south and burning tokyo to the ground, but also from the soviet union pushing them from the north and somewhat west. japan was basically encircled at the end.

[@steveaustin2686]

At 15:28, the Oversimplified video glossed over the harbors built after D-Day. The Allies needed a port to bring in supplies and the ports were heavily defended. So the US and UK built the Mulberry harbors where they sank ships and concrete boxes off the D-Day beaches to make a breakwater. Then they built long floating piers so that ships could dock. They supplied the troops long enough to take Cherbourg and break out of the hedgerows.

[@StevenDietrich-k2w]

8:53 Chris reacts to Hitler picking a fight with the last country that you want to pick a fight with. Kudos to the Brits for hanging in there until Japan and Germany crossed the line.

[@MelanieAF]

I have always loved the story of General McAuliffe’s reply to the demand for surrender-“Nuts!”

[@helenmckeetaylor9409]

Aussie woman 63yrs here - I get it & I think it's totally fair to voice the duality of your feelings. My dad was captured with Aussie troops in the "Fall of Singapore", as a Japanese POW he experienced the infamous "Changi Prison", the brutal death marches through Thailand & forced labour on the "Burma Railway". I know duality of feelings ✌🏼🤝

[@TED1980]

The Yanks and the British are cut from the same cloth. Many of the colonialists that fought the British during the war of independence are descendants of the British. Britain is kinda like the estranged father of America. As time goes bye wounds of the past heal and they realise have a lot in common. And of course they both speak English.

[@lanamarie6-2020]

I don't know why, but I've always been most fascinated learning about WW2; probably because both my grandfathers served then- my mother's father was a medic that was dropped in Normandy, and my father's father was an MP stationed in Okinawa. My mother's father had his camera and took a whole bunch of photos during his time served, very interesting.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

WWII is a colorful, complicated war worth studying. My grandpa who was in the US army in WWII had my watch these 2 war movies, _To Hell and Back,_ and _Midway,_ which showed the Battle of Midway, the battle that was the beginning of the end for Japan. In another documentary I saw, it showed how the US fleet in the small Japanese islands in the South were too close for Japan's fleet to maneuver while our US fleet were super maneuverable and could trap Japanese ships.

[@rickvath]

“OMG I want Italy on my team?” Me: American with German ties My best friend: American, Still has family in Italy. Too true.

[@kenle2]

Churchill supposedly said: "Its only fair (that Italy is on Germany's side 'helping' them)." "We had them last time."

[@jamesd9900]

Great video Chris, thanks again for some good laughs. :D My father fought as a rifleman in the ETO and another uncle as a rifleman in the 1st Marine Division in the PTO. I remember my dad telling me how much respect he had for the German people and especially the quality of their soldiers and equipment. The Germans simply bit off more than they could chew invading Russia as you noted in your video, otherwise they would have been very hard to beat. It's all history now and thank God, we're all friends now and even better, I get to visit that BEAUTIFUL country of yours. My wife and I have been there three times in the past 2 years. Why? Let's see.. great culture, food, beer, endless beautiful towns, amazing roads and rail travel, historical sites and beer again, it deserves a second shout out :D

[@nancyjanzen5676]

Same with my uncles. One fought in the 101st in Europe and one with a communications company in the Pacific ending up on Okinawa. NB prior to being sent to the Pacific that company was setting up weather stations in northern Ontario that were instrumental in giving Ike the weather forecast he needed for 6-6-44.

[@andrewkline5611]

Thanks for recognizing the Poles who helped crack the enigma code! Also proud of 303 squadron in the Battle of Britain, and Wojtek the bear.

[@stevenbeseler2538]

A few months ago the National World War One museum hosted Dr. Scott Stephenson for a lecture about the Munich Beer Hall Putsch. I asked the question at the end " what in your research of this event did you learn of the German character of that time, something surprising or something that just stood out to you when you came across it?" The host and Dr. Stephenson were really, well, flabbergasted at the question and the Dr. essentially said that "Germans are social, and in a way that unfortunately in the past has made them very good soldiers." Look up the lecture as it is fascinating and I hope you, Chris, take a look at it as I greatly appreciate your videos! Tchus und Hallo auf Dem Amerikaner Midwest. Mein Deutsch ist etwas eingerostet.

[@tehclefty5317]

He watches how Hxtler performed like he's watching game film from the night before..😂 "You didn't have to do that ughhh!!"🤣

[@panzerwolf494]

To be fair, hitler had seen how poorly the soviets had done against finland and thought he'd be able to steamroll them, and in the beginning, he did. By far declaring war on the US when he didn't have to was the dumbest move he made Also to be fair to Napoleon, his tactics worked, he had Moscow. It wasn't so much winter that screwed him as it was Russia's ability to scorched earth itself so Napoleon had nothing to forage or supply his army with for the winter.

[@beasley1232]

Declaring war on an already angry USA was braindead thinking for real 😂

[@Nav858albz]

@@beasley1232 The U.S was already sinking German ships and siding with the allies. FDR didnt have the guts to declare war. He got us involved in a foreign war we didnt want to be in.

[@66Bunn]

"We had really bad teammates". 😂😂😂😂 I feel for you, young man. I get what you're saying about being German and studying WW2. You can love your country, but not it's politics. The mistake Germany made was putting Hitler into a position of power and thinking they could "control" him.

[@ryanhampson673]

The ANZAC (Australian and New Zealand Army corps) was very well respected and often overlooked at least from the US perspective. German Army General Erwin Rommel is quoted as saying about those units “If I had to invade hell I’d use the Australian’s to attack it and the New Zealanders to hold it.”

[@Mr.Bradybunch]

this was really interesting to hear a germans view. it’s not something that i’ve ever felt comfortable bringing up, as i have only known some germans briefly and did not develop a true friendship with them. also, it’s okay to be anti nazi and impressed with their military strategies…at least towards the beginning lol. those aren’t mutually exclusive to one another

[@watchvidjedi]

I love your frustration at 5 minutes ish, "I don't understand, ... maybe crush Britain..." You sir are fukcing hilarious!

[@SmaruluSs]

No usa britain 🤡.

[@tylerscudder9358]

His inner German was coming out there 😂

[@13terapyn]

No explanation required. We know. Appreciate you, amigo

[@chrisvibz4753]

boat sinking game is called “Battleship” in america

[@skxlter5747]

Many white americans are german, british, irish and scottish ancestry so ofc they would help england

[@timmooney7528]

A carrier made from Pykrete was actually under construction. The structure would have supercooled salt water pushed through pipes to keep it frozen. I read there were lakes in Minnesota which were used to build the prototypes, and they were submerged during the summer to keep them intact.

[@ginnyjollykidd]

America was like a teenager in their parents' house: rebellious, but still love Mom and Dad. Once we broke away from Britain-out from under Britain's thumb- we were fine with them. Like it says in the liner notes on the Beatles album _Yellow Submarine_ "Ruffled feathers on both sides have since been smoothed."

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Oh, and the legislation that we drafted to give Britain weapons and supplies was the Lend-Lease Act, the same act that we are supplying Ukraine through for their war. For the lend part, that means we "lend" them weapons, supplies, and vehicles and stuff and we get it back after the war. Unless it was used up, destroyed, captured or otherwise unavailable after the war. * wink wink *

[@katarinad1309]

The reason America is always on Britain’s side is that we started there. We only separated under a crazy greedy king. But after that we had good trade relations. Then there was WW1 but after that we were tired of war so we wanted to stay out of Europes wars. We gave them weapons and food because we were in an economical depression and supplying supplies helped the economy. The one thing that brought us into the war was the attack on Pearl Harbor. Now that was a monumentally stupid move by Japan. Edit to add you have to remember having started as an English colony we had family members there it’s hard to continue to hate your family.

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

George 111 was not a tyrant or excessively greedy - there was a government making decisions. Taxes were imposed, but taxes were imposed everywhere, the government wasn't singling out the American colonies I do understand that the USA may have been exhausted after WW!, entering half way through 1917 (WW! 1914 - 1918) The States, wisely, just wanted to stay out of both wars. But were more than happy to trade with both sides

[@katarinad1309]

@@lorrainemoynehan6791 we never traded with both sides. And The British government was greedy. Forcing American colonists to buy their goods exclusively while putting a tax on top of it that’s greed. The king could was insane and the government greedy. The Stamp act was excessive. Not to mention they didn’t even allow us to have any representation in that government or plead our case. If you can’t have a voice then you are nothing in the eyes of the government. Face it Britain is still pissed they lost the Revolution because they over reached and thought they could control a population that was over 3000 miles away with force. In a time where it took at minimum a month to cover the distance. I’m glad we are friends with Britain now but they deserved what they got in 1776.

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

@@katarinad1309 American companies that had dealings with Nazi Germany included Ford Motor Company,[2][3] Coca-Cola,[4][5] and IBM.[6][7][8] Ford Werke and Ford SAF (Ford's subsidiaries in Germany and France, respectively) produced military vehicles and other equipment for Nazi Germany's war effort. Some of Ford's operations in Germany at the time were run using forced labor. When the U.S. Army liberated the Ford plants in Cologne and Berlin, they found "destitute foreign workers confined behind barbed wire. Oil was also sold to Germany throughout the war but shipped via South America and tank parts were supplied

[@katarinad1309]

@@lorrainemoynehan6791 so your evidence is to companies that were never controlled by the US government traded with Nazi’s. Okay maybe but I was speaking of US Government supplying supplies to Allied states. Next there are tons of examples of high level British Government Officials including but not limited to the Prime Minister siding with Hitler. It’s the reason Churchill ended up taking over the government. Finally if the manufacturing plant was controlled by the Nazis it wasn’t controlled by ford anymore now was it. P.S. there are literally hundreds of thousands of companies in the US expecting our Government to check every single invoice is idiotic. You can try to make us the villain all you want but we saved Allied Forces ass. We aren’t perfect never claimed to be but it’s funny how to this day Europe looks to us for help when bad things happen.

[@lorrainemoynehan6791]

@@katarinad1309 I'm not British

[@yvonnewakefield7748]

Chris, as you feel about Germany during that era, I as an American find it difficult to laude the USA's use of nuclear bombs...

[@westonkingwell314]

The UK did more to abolish slavery than anyone else. They don’t get enough credit for that

[@changaming1275]

i love listening to your voice i like hearing the different accents of the world and hearing german is sometimes calming (Don't ask me why) and watching these when i'm having a bad day helps me a lot. thank you for what you do

[@antichoice1]

12:45 It's called Battleship in the US. I destroyed my pathetic sister's navy so many times.

[@SpiritmanProductions]

12:42 The game is called Battleship in the UK, and probably also in other English-speaking places.

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@4:00 The Poles have very smart mathematicians . I learned "Reverse Polish Notation" . That type of notation to solve equations made mathematics and trigonometry much more understandable for me. Reverse Polish Notation is not of much use anymore with computers doing so much for us.

[@russb24]

That Copernicus guy wasn't too bad either.

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@@russb24 Yes!! 👍🏻

[@HeywoodJahblowme]

Very Polarizing 😂❤😂

[@jamesbulldogmiller]

@@HeywoodJahblowme 😀😃😄😆

[@kellysowhat88]

Chris, I love your videos! I was wondering if you’d ever considered doing reactions to any WWII films or other things? Hearing your perspective, as well as, what you know about your countries general feelings towards these things are very interesting. Not to mention the details of what you know about German people and how things were then, after, and now. Also, on your last point, while the holocaust is forever going to be horrifying, we should also acknowledge what Stalin did to his people. Far more in number and in Russia today he is still beloved by many. I would also say, that I understand how strange emotions about this war would be. Although, I don’t think any apologies or shame is owed.

[@charlessaint7926]

"Nuts! the General's word echoes clear, *Nuts!* the Nazis shall hear!"

[@xgcskiman]

Crack of the lightning splitting the ground

[@charlessaint7926]

Thunder is sounding, Artillery pounding!

[@steveaustin2686]

I've always thought the American General's words at Bastogne were more R rated, but history cleaned it up to "Nuts!" :)

[@jakedging]

There is only 1 group of people who refuse to drop the "you owe me" victim mentality.