How Hitler Destroyed Europe So Easily

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[@dowpman1]

i think we can all agree that, especially for an educational video, the censoring just needs to stop. Period...

[@libertycowboy2495]

AMEN!

[@glidershower]

It ain't gonna stop for anything that threathens the greasing of the wheels of global commerce. _Can't have humanity freely thinking for itself as a collective consciousness via the Internet, can we now?_

[@markzuckergecko621]

Conservatives have been trying to tell everyone for years, censorship never remains as only censoring ideas you don't like.

[@nickevershedmusic8927]

You mean the swearing censoring?

[@dowpman1]

@@nickevershedmusic8927 all of it. Including blurring out part of the swastika. We all know what it looks like… if it really triggers you that much don’t watch the video

[@adrianfrr310]

Worth noting that Ukraine is fighting a defensive battle with a great amount of financial and indirect military support from much of the developed world, which is vastly different than the defensive capabilities of Poland and the surrounding nations at the start of WWII

[@robertmills3830]

Russia is still incredibly bad at war. The generals are corrupt and there is no sense of nationalism there! Everyone is looking out for themselves.

[@JaceKeller]

It’s direct* military support. They share intelligence, ressources and are being given the best material on earth.

[@scottfoster3445]

Indeed

[@its_dey_mate]

Also important to mention that Ukraine and Russia have been at war since 2014, just not to this extent of destruction. So the Ukrainians were mentally prepared for the possibility of a war and also considering how absolutely ginormous the country is, with how many people its no wonder that the poorly coordinated Russians have barely made a dent. Guerilla tactics are very useful especially so when every squadron of bloody 4 people has an anti tank US, German, UK, Polish or wherever else's armament

[@bezpansky]

Also, let's not forget, that Poland was attacked by Soviet Union on 17th of September, so there was literally no way in or out of Poland, beside small border with Romania, so the opportunity for support was very limited. And the support from the allies also lacked. West of Germany wasn't manned that well and Britain and France could've opened the second front right away and probably gain advantage. Also one thing that wasn't mentioned in the video - French plan for defence was to just fortify the living hell out of their birder with Germany. It was unbreakable. So Germans did what they did in the first war and attacked through Belgium, routing almost all of French army, that was concentrated on the border and quickly running for Paris. So the additional reason why Nazi Germany was able to make such fast progress, was lousy response from the west allies. I mean, the war was inevitable, when Germany annexed parts of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and then just invaded it.

[@chillzwinter]

You forgot to mention how in 1938 Adolf Hitler was awarded “Man of the Year” by Time Magazine for being a generally nice guy.

[@DETSRC313]

He went to war on that clout from the cover of Time 😂

[@julio85019]

@@aSSGoblin1488L

[@TheGrowlingAraknid]

@@julio85019 what do you have against Indians, Native Americans, and the Germanic people?

[@beezergutler5488]

No he won it for being an asshole. Lots of people have won Time man of the year for being assholes.

[@DysNuts]

It was a condemnation. Some titles aren’t so dubiously conspicuous as your nomination for comedian of the week.

[@civetmink9060]

Imagine being a store clerk and having to count out 4.2 trillion marks and having to figure out the change

[@zacharyjackson7584]

Your change good sir! 17 billion, 427 million, 387 thousand, and 24 marks.

[@Sava.S]

Catastrophe, should have used bitcoin, idiots

[@tomasjenco5609]

And when you're mid counting they hit you with the "actually I got a million coin right here!"

[@notalokivariant]

@@zacharyjackson7584 It's fine keep the change

[@khaledhm9284]

They weighed them and did not count them

[@felixzeh5066]

Just a quick remark: In your animation at 7:15 you show Austria and Germany as one, while talking about the power seizing of Hitler in 1933. However, Austria did not become a part of Germany until 1938.

[@niklas848x]

Also East Prussia is missing on every map

[@xo2081]

There is alot of disinformation in this video, if you guys want to know the truth about ww2, check out "Europa The Last Battle" on odysee.com or goyimtv .tv

[@Thawhid]

Oh

[@nahx6205]

And Germany didn't come into control of the Sudetenland until late 1938

[@dannygjk]

Irrelevant when it comes to reasons why Germany overwhelmed other countries so quickly.

[@BuzzBuzzVr130]

This dude taught me more history than the entire time I have been in school

[@rmehu]

my school don’t teach hostory

[@stanbeyani5089]

Sounds like you were a lazy student..

[@marblox9300]

That is how useless grades 1-12 are. Over priced baby sitters.

[@thebreadic5488]

There are a Lot of inacurassies in this vid, so you might wanna Take everything in His vids with a grain of salt

[@thebreadic5488]

@@marblox9300 it's really Not, although you learn a Lot of Things that you'll forget, it teaches you how to Solve/Analyse different Things!

[@neilbowman573]

The Germans, both world wars, were able to mobilize troops in a way nobody would've predicted. They're a very efficient group of people.

[@supermaximglitchy1]

Appearantly German word for German translates to an old germanic word for ‘people’ Old Germans saw themselves as simply people, one folk.

[@neilbowman573]

@@supermaximglitchy1 Volk

[@VitaInDC]

Wow! I really like how you put this together! The story, the film clips and photos, the editing, the subtle background music, you really made the history interesting and I learned a few things. Thank you.

[@atzuras]

Fun fact: dive bombers did not target the strongest defensive points, they attacked the weakest. Although common depicted by media as softening the enemy forces, they usually targeted fixed positions and did very little when the combat was raging on. It s changed during 1943 and 44, when the luftwaffe was almost depleted.

[@BasementEngineer]

Hmmm, there is a book describing how a single German Stuka dive bomber pilot destroyed 500 USSR tanks. Were they all weak and standing still?

[@jankjaws9815]

@@BasementEngineer tanks of the time were slow and had no anti air craft gun. Armor was generally weak too. Plus you have a Stuka that’s moving at 200mph. Besides large bombers were primarily used to take out more fortified targets considering they would just fly high let it rain hell fire.

[@walterfechter8080]

It's common knowledge that long-range fighters, with drop tanks, escorting heavy bombers helped out. Aircraft such as the P51 Mustang, the P38 Lightning and the P47 Thunderbolt certainly helped to change the course of the war, both, in the air and on the ground. Of course, the deciding factor was that Germany was running low on aviation fuel, aircraft and capable pilots.

[@tk9780]

Luftwaffe was almost depleted 43-45, which is just wrong. even with the Luftwaffe'sever growing lack of quality pilots and a desperate shortage of fuel the Allied still weren't able to obtain Air superiority over the whole of Europe until January 1945. Saying that Luftwaffe was a depleted force 43-45 is a dishonor to the 10s of thousands of Allied Aircrew who were killed over Europe between 1943-45. Also, there is no fun fact about WW2 when 40-50 Million people died.

[@softibjorn]

@@BasementEngineer And who made that book, may i ask?

[@eddie4854]

love when actual footage is used, The immersion is really there.

[@Fraek]

@@odenoki9571 ur right

[@ClarenceCreekwater]

T2, You said ( approx 17:00) " ... if I had sum it all up in a video so long, you wouldn't watch ..." reveals exactly why Hitler was able to do what he did. We humans seem to have incredibly short attention spans.

[@kensurrency2564]

To a certain extent, Europe didn’t want another war after 1918. Too much reliance on the League of Nations and a general pacifism gave Hitler a lot of room to operate. There are myriad factors that led toward the war, and he was smart enough to take advantage of every one.

[@qy-exotic7717]

ahahhaha

[@nothink8479]

you saying this like yo ahh is an alien

[@rampart6925]

"This rapid shitstorm on the ground..." I still laugh everytime. 😂

[@geoffreyturner8473]

The crazy thing is, I was reading this comment literally while he was saying it.😂😂😂

[@rampart6925]

@@geoffreyturner8473 LOL!! 🤣🤣

[@geoffreyturner8473]

@@rampart6925 😂😂😂

[@otto1449]

When you describe Germany in 1930, the map shows that Austria was supposedly already part of Germany, although they were only incorporated into the Reich eight years later via the Anschluss. The Sudetenland also seems to have been wrongly incorporated into your version of the ("Weimar-") German-Republic. In contrast, East Prussia is not shown in dark red on your graphic for whatever reason, although this was part of the Weilmar Republic in contrast to the other areas mentioned. The information you give is generally correct and the graphic optics are very pretty, but the geographical borders and classification in the timeline are far from reality.

[@TeK9KBC]

Yeah I noticed that too! I had to double check old maps and sure enough there are mistakes on the drawing of the borders.

[@chrisg3030]

Your point reminds me of something which puzzles me a bit. Reparations were demanded from Germany but what about Austria-Hungary, as far as I know their allies and who declared war before Germany did? Was it because the Austria-Hungary empire was dismembered by then?

[@danielgomessilva8966]

thought the same

[@chrisg3030]

@@danielgomessilva8966 I went to Wikipedia. "Following the ratification of article 231 of the Treaty of Versailles at the conclusion of World War I, the Central Powers were compelled to give war reparations to the Allied Powers. Each of the defeated powers was required to make payments in either cash or kind. Because of the financial situation in Austria, Hungary, and Turkey after the war, few to no reparations were paid and the requirements for reparations were cancelled." This still leaves open the question as to why reparations continued to be required from Germany given their "financial situation" seems to have been pretty bad too. Any ideas? "

[@danielgomessilva8966]

@@chrisg3030 can you explain why in the video, Austria is depicted as Germany and East Prussia not? Because the subject of the comment is this point, not at all why one has to pay and other don't. But i can give you an idea: Germany at it's birth was perceived as a nation with steroids. The other countries were not a treat

[@tomm1413]

Awesome video as always! Here's a story you might find interesting. A British ace in WW2 flew without legs! Yes you read that right. He lost his legs in a plane crash before the war, but still wanted to fly with the RAF and he was amazing. He shot down many German planes until he was shot down himself above Europe and captured by the Germans. He then tried to escape the hospital and the pow camp he was in multiple times until he finally got rescued from his prison. After the war, he made great efforts for people with disabilities and was even knighted for hos work for people with disabilities. This amazing story is the true story of Douglas Bader. And I think Arran would be able to make an amazing video about him!

[@tomz5704]

I'm not surprised he got caught having no legs and all but how in the hell did he escape?

[@tomz5704]

@@Divinity_vA I wonder at what point in the war he got rescued and how

[@wwiiinplastic4712]

There are already a number of videos on Bader on the military channels, so I don't know if he'd want to have to compete with that rather than cover a new topic .

[@asambrook76]

Here's the movie version from 1956 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYTQpIh3psd5pLM

[@shereesmazik5030]

Yes , please cover this hero .

[@VitaInDC]

Oh, one more thing to add. I asked my father in the early '70s about WW2 since he had been a soldier (but it ended before he was deployed anywhere). He had the oddest answer. He said, "Because they didn't fight WW1 the right way and had to fight it all over again". I was only a 10th grader and had no idea what questions to ask next, like what do you mean. Wish he was alive to ask now, but he'd be over 100.

[@B8sean]

Seems to me like a lighthearted joke

[@LuvLeyVlogs]

Thank you for the tutorial ❤️

[@peoplecallmetweety]

Imagine thinking millions of years of evolution and random chance you're born in a random place makes you superior because... the melanin in you produces less pigment. How embarrassing.

[@LuvLeyVlogs]

@@peoplecallmetweety im being sarcastic💀

[@jackbuff_I]

If you use this as a tutorial of actual facts, you're in trouble.

[@omiau4434]

wait...

[@JmKrokY]

💀

[@Scroffy]

i love how he does so much research about stuff im intrested in and makes a 20 minute video that has all the info i want and is entertaining too

[@justincraig398]

He’s watching you , and tracking your online search history. Change your passwords dude.

[@tmr4342]

@@justincraig398 😂

[@sanjablazina2879]

@@justincraig398 ... or get Dash for all your passwords😃 😂😂

[@Scroffy]

@@justincraig398 haha

[@thebreadic5488]

He got a Lot of stuff wrong though

[@WildcardASMR]

Thoughty2 is so entertaining, I oftentimes literally sit here and watch through videos which discuss things I already know to death.

[@theguyof360]

well, he is wrong on many things

[@anthonykaplan4229]

@@theguyof360 I'm not saying you're wrong but kinda crazy to say such things without any kind of example.

[@theguyof360]

@@anthonykaplan4229 you're*

[@anthonykaplan4229]

@@theguyof360 fixed , seems instead of correcting Petty grammar mistakes, you could have actually left any kind of an example.

[@theguyof360]

@@anthonykaplan4229 LOL

[@paulhickman5210]

When I'm not particularly interested in the subject of your videos. I still find myself fully engaged from the start to finish. Keep up the great content 😊

[@aycoded7840]

I've really loved the evolution of editing on your channel over the years, not that the old style dented the quality.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

That first map was a bit painful. Not because of the army's destruction, but how inaccurate it is: 1. East Prussia isn't colored in, and because of that, the Polish Corridor is also missing at 1:14. 2. Germany didn't invade Yugoslavia and Greece until 1941. And when they helped Italy with Greece, Italy took most of it and it wasn't until 1943 when they took the Italian occupation zone. 3. Germany only occupied northern and the western coast of France until 1944, the rest of it until then was the collaborationist Vichy France 4. Germany occupied Denmark in 1940 5. The Nazis didn't occupy Finland. You might be confusing it with the German Empire who tried to create a pro-German Finnish monarchy but that attempt failed. Though the Germans helped Finns against the Soviets in the Continuation War, the Soviets won and ordered the Finns to kick the Germans off their soil to then German-occupied Norway. 6. Slovak Republic was a client state rather than German-occupied 7. Germans didn't invade Italy until 1943, and it was the only the northern half 8. Kingdom of Hungary was an ally 9. Tsardom of Bulgaria was also an ally On top of that, Austria and the Sudetenland didn't become a part of Germany until 1938. And the Autobahn existed before Hitler, he just expanded it.

[@steves1015]

Doesn't surprise me. He has done other videos where he was wrong about significant details.

[@jynvomnorden82]

I guess the intention of the 1:20 map was to show the max extent of Axis-dominated territory in the War. But yeah, we can agree that the mapping is poorly represented. For instance, the map of Germany shown is the territory change after the annexation of Austria in 1938.

[@johnromans2509]

Yeah, very poorly informed "educational" video. At least the guy got millions of views and KZbin ad revenue I guess...

[@00FireFlyer00]

thats how kids want their info nowadays. a 10-20min poor summary with some flashy pictures emotes etc. and some marvel reference so in other words more like a short movie for the feeling rather than education

[@sarahshaw7315]

I think it was just an axis map rather then direct German control perhaps? The other mistakes are annoying but… what can ya do?

[@finchontwitch7587]

the fact this guy isn't on 10 mill subs is crazy to me, no matter the video i watch they are always the most intellectual yet funny and enjoyable things to watch

[@hitechinc.7875]

Slowly bro

[@harnageaa]

Well it's pretty simple, I am a long time subscriber and what I noticed is that his videos are hit and miss, he sometimes make a video that it would make you say: wow this dude deserve 20 mil, or 10 mil. And other times you wonder, did I subscribed to some 100k random channel that post facts from random newsletters? I don't say negative things because I realize that "interesting topics" are not infinite for the finite knowledge of audience, you can talk about math or whatever and interesting stuff but if the audience can't really understand it then it won't make views. So what I noticed is that he need money to pay his team for helping with animation and research. And From time to time a banger video comes out. if he somewhat managed to only keep posting 'banger' videos, his views would've remain in the 'millions' per video which youtube would've promoted him more and get 10 mil quicker, but bcs he sometimes post irrelevant topics that are mostly clickbaity, it get 'less views'. That makes his average performance poor and youtube recommends less.

[@zairmorningstarmusic]

4 million is a lot for this kinda content he’s doing perfect rn

[@mikeog2617]

Well a lot of bs channels with irrelevant content are making millions of subs like no tomorrow as long they entertain lol

[@sullya6967]

Well he's close to 5 million, so halfway there

[@nathanbirchall933]

Always followed your channel over the years. You are great at what you do 😇

[@trishcouncell2342]

I was very impressed. This was a clear and succinct presentation in such a short time. Thanks❤️

[@titter3648]

Blitzkrig was about committing the max amount of your forces to every battle, and not holding back to keep some in case you lost the battle. And this strategy in most cases statistically make sure you loose the least amount of personell and equipment compared to if you where holding back and committing a smaller force. And that is probably also why Russia is loosing so much now, because they where holding back and initially just committing a small force to a "special operation" in stead of just mobilize right away and send all of their force for a blitzkrig style attack.

[@AndrewVasirov]

True, they cannot manage every frontline with ~200k soldiers and that's why they retreated from Kharkov region (and are still being pushed back lmao) and why Russia did those referendums and started mobilizing. They thought Ukraine would just sign peace once they reached Kiev and they'd get along in the end. What a foolish mistake. Imagine talking how the Ukrainian government is employing Nazis while at the same time you still wanna make deals with them. Or how they treated real Nazis as casual POWs and even exchanged some of them, now those Nazis exaggerate their experience in the prison or start posting war crimes again. If the Russian government really wants to treat enemy POWs who support far right ideologies better than it treats its soldiers, it shall not dare to expect a win unless it becomes more ruthless. TL;DR Russia was foolish and lame and it takes too long to adapt its strategy accordingly.

[@dragatus]

The problem with blitzkrieg as a strategy is that you are essentially betting on everything going mostly according to plan, because you have no reserves to deal with the unexpected. So statistically it will work great most of the time, but when it fails it'll fail spectacularly. Germany actually got invaded by France during the attack on Poland in 1939 and was saved only by the French command losing their nerve and deciding to retreat without a fight.

[@christiantaylor1495]

@@AndrewVasirov More like Russia over estimated Europe's intelligence. We are being morons by helping Ukraine and refusing to buy Russian gas and oil. Russia did nothing wrong to us, and we treat them like rubbish just for justly responding to Ukrainian anti-Russian Nazification and peace treaty-violating militarization (Minsk Agreement). In this video, Aaron mocks how Europe believed Hitler built German military just "for defence" yet you sucker s believe Ukraine did just the same thing

[@roblouw3038]

shame Titter - you actually believe that there is a war going on between Russia and UKraine - you are easily deceived and lack critical thinking and critical thinking processes - obviously you haven't heard of Nesara and Gesara - let me ask you this - do you think viruses exist? Do you think the earth is round and spinning through so called space at unbelievable speeds? I guess you probably do which is EXACTLY why you think Russia invaded UKraine....sleep well Titter but not for too long it could be 'deadly"....

[@user-im7km8tq7j]

Don't forget that unlike European countries at the start of WW2 that were not prepared for invasion, Ukraine was. That war has started not on 24.02.2022, it started in February of 2014 right after Maidan revolution success. And after that it was certain that we had to prepare for war and we did. And russians just did not expect us to be so well prepared.

[@dabajabaza111]

I'd actually like to see a part 2 of this. You did a fantastic job explaining everything leading up to their dominance, it'd be nice to have a sequel highlighting their height and fall.

[@bondgabebond4907]

Want more on Hitler and the Nazis? Read books by Joseph P. Farrell. He will open an entirely new world of craziness. Ever hear of the Nazi Bell?

[@FibonacciSnow]

@@bondgabebond4907 👽

[@ristonthepro8750]

this video was really well made, the animations and graphics just made it better, props to you mate

[@SuperMrBentley]

really love your channel Thoughty, you explan things in an easy and concise way and of course unbiased

[@sudilos1172]

unveiled my ass this video is pure propaganda

[@rswow]

Extreme bias actually is evident if you've studied sensibly the other side of the story.

[@rodrigo.gibson]

haters gonna hate

[@malte553]

Great video, but the incorrect maps throughout it make me very angry ;( - Austria wasn't incooperated into the German Reich until March of 1938 - Same thing for the so called 'Sudetenland' which was added into the Reich in October of 1938 - And you completely forgot East Prussia which was a part of the Weimar Republic and later Nazi Germany, but was seperated from it because of the Danzig area which was given to Poland after World War One. The retaking of this strategic position in order to connect East Prussia back to the rest of Germany also was a major motivator for Hitler to declare war on Poland in September 1939. Other than that it's a great video! Keep up the good work :)

[@alextinlin4347]

Also he forgot about Czechoslovakia 🤔

[@wiltedrosie2681]

he clearly was not going through every single step in the war

[@MiyashiruX]

The point of the video was explaining how Hitler managed to gain so much power in a short span of time. It was never about how the war played out after he started it~ The relevant part of this video ended at 11:00, anything after that is just a loose tidbit of what came after~

[@marlondavidson6540]

The video is 17 mins lol u expect him to go thru every thing 🤷🏾🥴🥴🥴🥴🤡🤡😂🥴🤡🥴

[@originalsusser]

@@marlondavidson6540 yes.. I always expect accuracy & his inaccurate maps could belie other inaccuracies in his narrative no matter how long his presentation is, think about it don't just emoji it like a child

[@MrRez808]

I really do love your content. It's factual and fun at the same time :)

[@MrRez808]

@tou siuey agreed

[@LocalLibertarian]

It doesn’t take an economics major to figure out what printing money to make up for debt is bad for. 80 years later Biden “money printer go brrrr”

[@jeremyjones453]

It might be fun, but his statements and illustrations are pretty factually wrong.

[@rswow]

@@jeremyjones453 And slanderous. Shocking in the internet age when he can survey the other side of the story easily.

[@delltawnnorthri7459]

Watch Europa the last battle

[@salt-clips]

as a german who got told by my grantparents more details there are missing some important things. you didnt mention fe that no one, not even in germany wanted war up until the end

[@UndyingZombie]

I have probably one of the most unique family tree to exist.. As my family has people on both sides of WW1 and WW2... Japanese, German, American, and Britain ( Irish specifically ) .. That and my family basically hit other members of their family with nuclear bombs.. Once again.. Very unique and strange family tree. ( Yes, some of my family tree was wiped out by other members of the family tree who dropped the two nuclear bombs on Japan.. Thankfully for me not all of my section of the family tree was in those areas of Japan lol. ) I knew about almost all you mentioned here with the exception of the USA giving money to try and help Germany pre-ww2. Its interesting to think that, the USA very much both directly and indirectly influenced things both for the German side, and the Japanese side of WW2... Without really realizing how much they really would end up influencing it.

[@UndyingZombie]

@Yummy Spaghetti Noodles and I would have no problems defending myself against a moron who does not realize that nazis are long dead. Hell Even the neo nazi group is practically all dead now too. More so since most of said morons today are 90 pound weaklings with dyed hair.

[@themostdiabolicalhater5986]

Cool life story, I didn’t ask though. Nobody did

[@UndyingZombie]

@@themostdiabolicalhater5986 I always find comments like yours to be funny. Pretend they do not care yet they where the one that decided to spend the time to make said "No one cares" comment.

[@themostdiabolicalhater5986]

@@UndyingZombie you get comments like mine a lot huh? I say those things because I don’t appreciate having my time wasted with your uninteresting life story that probably didn’t even happen. We tell you we don’t care so you don’t waste other people’s time with your nonsense. Be more considerate

[@UndyingZombie]

@@themostdiabolicalhater5986 Its rare that I see comments like yours. Though those who do make them all seem just as unintelligent. Please keep on going and keep proving my statements.

[@sjg531]

Great explanation! I knew some of these things, but the way you put it all together makes it all cohesive and understandable. I love your videos

[@Kyptka89]

Absolutely, but he should have mentioned the fiscal side more. It's amazing what a nation can do when they remove a parasitic class of "bankers". Once the parasites are gone, a nation can flourish. You remove the parasites and use an energy-based-currency instead of a debt-based-currency... it's like magic. Right now about 30 to 40 percent of the GDP of most nations is siphoned away by that international clique of parasites.

[@Joe-ns4ek]

I always appreciate when he uploads. No matter what it is I end the video learning something interesting. Great video as always :)

[@user-hx5xq6tl9f]

I love these uploads,! So interesting and engaging, minus the cussing you’d make a brilliant teacher…. you even look like one 😂

[@foquslab8843]

nah teachers should swear

[@user-hx5xq6tl9f]

@@foquslab8843 I would', funking loads if u wouldn't get the sack ;)

[@Jason-px1qz]

Agreed 👍💯 especially when he's wearing those nifty ol suspenders... Looks like a half drunk professor in a cheap community college 👌😃👍

[@JmKrokY]

True

[@decker528]

Without condoning their actions, you have to be impressed with the way Germany managed to become a powerhouse overnight....twice

[@Jetghostwolf]

Careful any kind words towards then Germany or maybe even disagreement with some narratives will get you accused of being a nazi.

[@fingusa]

11:00 Fun fact, Czechoslovakia was essentially invaded by the Nazies before Poland after the Munich Betrayal where our "Sudety" border area was essentially sold to them by the Allies without our consent. Later on the rest of the country was invaded completely, with Slovakian part of the country becoming a Nazi sat state cause their government was fairly ultra-right leaning.

[@bavarian_ttv2010]

how are you calling this a fun fact man

[@cyphercracker]

So nothing has changed really.

[@sam08g16]

Borovicka

[@jamesmoriarty3877]

You misspelled left. They were socialists who believed in eugenics. The only thing that even remotely ties them to the "right" is nationalism, which also happens to exist in Communism. They were just slightly right of Communists. That's it. Know your history.

[@glennllewellyn7369]

Good!

[@Quickshot0]

I had kind of expected you'd also highlight how the annexations of Austria and part of Czechoslovakia really helped in adding war materials and industries to the Germany army, helping to vastly accelerate the buildup beyond what would otherwise be possible. Also by taking their financial resources, the Nazi could delay just another year or two that their economy would implode from their unsustainable spending. Thus basically the looting had already started beforehand due to that, and was part of what led to the even larger army to deal with. It also led to an army that had gotten some practice in coordinating moving in to another country and annexing it. Get a live practice twice obviously will help a bit. In that light, as is typically thought these days, the surrendering of those countries was a vast mistake. Something which probably in part has led to Europe being less willing to let Russia annex Ukraine if they can do something about it. Which creates an interesting modern historical connection to this all.

[@FJcruisemissile]

Your mustache and accent give me chill bumps 😂 great content sir 🎉

[@michaelcasalta7679]

Very informative!!! Well Done!!!

[@GardomBeatz]

The fact that you made this vidéo shows you know exactly whats coming thoughty 2. Love your vids!

[@jonaskup1]

I have to point out a graphical mistake. Germany didn't look on the map like that until the Munich Agreement in 1938 which took Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. Othervise great vidieo!

[@thebreadic5488]

He did get a lot of Basic facts wrong too

[@thisisSpeck]

@@thebreadic5488 really which ones

[@thebreadic5488]

@@thisisSpeck I wrote a longer comment, but Stalingrad is Missing from Germany, During the Times of the Weimar Republik, Germany hadnt yet invaded Austria , france was invaded thruogh the Ardennes Not the maggionot Line, etc

[@mbhvnnbbbkarglich4184]

Little mistake: France alone had a stronger army by soldiers also then germany in 1939. (France 5.000.000; Germany 4.522.000 (1939) - to find on de.statista) Germany had not the strongest army but the most explosive force for the first days/weeks of the war and also the surprise effect, with (like you mentioned) the Blitz Krieg tactics. Thats the reason why they got few kilometers before Moskau in 1941 ,and occupied the BeNeLux Countries and France inside 2-3 months in 1939. They had problems with supplies (shown at the war against the Soviets) but at the first few weeks they were pretty strong because of the Luftwaffe and the Panzerdivisions. Important: Germany was at war against a few countries at the beginning of the war, not 50. Countries like: France, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Poland and a few more. But NOT against the Soviet Union and the USA. The US didnt want to go to war, shown on surveys in the US at that time (because of WW1). After Pearl Habor they joined. So at the beginning, Germanys standing in the war was not quite as bad as it seems in 1939. But when the US joined and Germany attacked the Soviets, Germany lost controll over the battle in 1941.

[@robertrosano1964]

Germany had pervitin plan and simple.

[@catchcan221]

@10:00 you completely missed the point. Europe looked the other way regarding Germany’s rearmament because Hitler proclaimed that his army was a buffer against the Soviet Union. He claimed to stop communism from spreading into Western Europe.

[@USSOBRIEN]

The funny thing is, is that we are all on the edge of a cataclysmic earth-changing war. Countries around the world contain mindboggling dangerous weapons of mass destruction already. Which is why we should avoid wars at all cost. People talk about wanting to go to war, but as a veteran, TRUST ME, war is not something one wishes for. Enjoy life & make everyday count. 👍

[@popaandrei4521]

Not sure who would want to go to war. Not sure why people my age are such warmongers

[@that_garden_gnome]

wait...who's talking about wanting to go to war?

[@jlara7238]

​@@that_garden_gnomeWAR WAR WAR

[@odysseusrex5908]

No, we should not avoid wars at all cost. That would mean instant surrender at the first sign of aggression. Life is not so dear, peace is not so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery. There are things of great value which must be defended when threatened, or they will surely be lost.

[@USSOBRIEN]

@@odysseusrex5908 Understand before you condemn. Instant surrender is not the same as avoiding a war. Quite apparently if you have to then you have to, but let that be the last resort. That's all I'm saying. But when someone says last resort, then that means there will be no recourse but war. A head of state should not just float that idea so loosely. You got to think before you act.

[@nothinglearnt3831]

dude, I love watching your videos, you are hilarious, and I even sometimes learn a thing or two.

[@grrinc]

Britain should never have started ww2.

[@sainteangelo4662]

You probably won’t see this but I fondly remember my brothers and I watching you, danger dolan, and dark 5 many years ago. I Haven’t seen your vids in years, so I’m glad you’re still posting.

[@Jonathan_Strange]

What an incredible video! As someone else here mentioned they're probably learned more about WWII in 18 minutes than a whole term of History class (or something like that). Well presented, well thought out, great delivery.

[@BigZoe99]

Just say you slept through class dude. This 18min video doesn't teach you shit. Gives a few anecdotes that you didn't know but overall you know about this ww2 subject cz it was taught in school ad nauseum

[@Janiik]

bro that video has so many mistakes and plainly wrong facts, austria is part of the republic but eastern prussia not? no offense the video is mostly true but theres so much missing even if the video tries to only concentrate on certain parts mistakes like these are just unacceptable

[@nullifiedpntr]

​@@Janiik agreed

[@xcxjcxfjff5656]

W pfp

[@jackmclaughlin9911]

@@Janiik the American school system is crap. people who have graduated college have said Poland and Germany were Allies and America gained independence from South Korea 💀💀

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[@breezytango3472]

Got mine in four minutes

[@soccerladde]

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[@andriennehart-collings6587]

Got mine 5 minutes thanks man

[@truecrimeray]

🎫

[@zagaa1891]

Ok

[@Minosofficiel3836]

he took the sentance "everybody love a comeback story" to the next level

[@MariaMolina-gw8qw]

Tutorials crazy. Cant wait to try it out

[@hungrymusicwolf]

14:24 I like this little detail of the radio shouting "LIES" over and over again.

[@alancranford3398]

During Germany's depression there were stories of people burning money instead of expensive coal and when people were robbed, the money was dumped on the ground and baskets and wheelbarrows were stolen instead.

[@TheVanderfulLife]

Gonna be the UK soon with the £ crashing against the $ and energy prices going up. Burning my plastic notes to keep warm be cheaper

[@shorty400400400]

The winners write history.

[@aintijustthecutest3863]

Nazi Germany looked like a grizzly demon wolf/dragon in the middle of Europe. Quite intimidating.

[@demorbe-official]

Am a motion graphics editor. But whoever does your graphics is a great at his work. Loved everything. Adopting something from your channel and applying it to mine.

[@yeetywet5490]

Bro. Stop. I doubt this guy’s statement has any meaning behind it to suggest a girl couldn’t have done it.

[@amasterofsome]

Same, also in motion design! Really enjoy some of the effort these channels put into their videos. :)

[@AFacemarkedbyFea]

Theres a german joke: how do you recognize a french tank? By the rear view mirror

[@aaftiyoDkcdicurak]

I believe the saying goes, the French copy no one and no one copy's the French 😆

[@anonygent]

LOL. Love a good French joke. This is one I hadn't heard before.

[@BladeValant546]

At the start of the war the French actually had the best tanks. They just assumed they were support so they didn't build a bunch. French also lost so many in WWI so they didn't have a fully equipped military.

[@SweetSniper5197]

@@BladeValant546 wait what. The Panzer ii was much better than the R.35s or whatever they had?

[@hallofr]

thanks this has helped me in my endeavors

[@victorkax]

Sou brasileiro, e que vídeo bem produzido. Teve uma ótima trilha sonora, uma explicação muito boa, e edições perfeitas. Amassou, parabéns.

[@coffeeisgood102]

In my possession I am fortunate enough to have a two volume history of WWl written in the 1920’s which is BEFORE the start of WWll. Of course, the book is not titled “WWl”, as the second war had not broke out yet. It was called “The Great War”. The book covers the political and cultural of attitudes for over twenty years leading up to the beginning of that war. It continues to the very end and including the Versailles treaty and everyone involved in great detail. Most of the people, including the judges and accused have been long forgotten and their names would not be recognized today, except for very serious historians. I am fortunate to have that book and see the perspective which is not clouded by the events of the Second World War.

[@Gemini540]

A Thoughty2 video will NEVER receive a "Too long, didn't watch" from me. I wish they were longer!

[@jensphiliphohmann1876]

Though, the vid being as short as scarcely a third of an our enabled me to watch it at once while waiting for a delayed train.

[@Lgnds_CBZ]

This comment needs more likes and attention

[@kitsunedotexe3587]

i naturally saluted the end of the video as you said "thanks for watching" and it gave me chills xD

[@delltawnnorthri7459]

Good old Roman Salute.

[@cinnamonflower6449]

16:43 what is that text supported to mean ? "I did Nazi that/the (?) comes" would be the translation ? xD Anyways, you did a better job on teaching me my own countries history then my teacher :D

[@brandonmous8369]

it's a word play on "I did not see that coming"

[@lavenderpants8695]

Thank you for your content! You are basically the only "learning channel" my family will watch at this point lol. No History channel for us, just the Thoughty channel.

[@Curt_Randall]

you and your family do not get out much, do you?

[@thetruthisonlyperspective4872]

@@Curt_Randall lmfao

[@danielread8549]

You may like the channel Joe Scott if you like this 🙂

[@LisaBowers]

Yes, I second Joe Scott!

[@2horses4U]

SUPER good episode! As always, bravo!

[@Kyptka89]

Absolutely, but he should have mentioned the fiscal side more. It's amazing what a nation can do when they remove a parasitic class of "bankers". Once the parasites are gone, a nation can flourish. You remove the parasites and use an energy-based-currency instead of a debt-based-currency... it's like magic. Right now about 30 to 40 percent of the GDP of most nations is siphoned away by that international clique of parasites.

[@PoopSagots]

That wink at the end made me act up and awaken something in me

[@grimmsoul3096]

10:12 which is better for defense? a plane or a anti plane turret? a tank or a anti tank gun? a army ready to move out at a moments notice or a couple bunkers with machine guns? seriously the political powers should follow the treaty to the letter

[@renzocheesman6844]

Ill never get bored of this channel

[@Wheeljack678]

I love the format these videos are presented and narrated in. They're so interesting, even if they cover a topic I already know a lot about.

[@Kyptka89]

It's amazing what a nation can do when they remove a parasitic class of "bankers". Once the parasites are gone, a nation can flourish. I think that should have been emphasized a little bit more. Fix the money, fix the nation.

[@michaelgirouard]

Don’t forget that the strongest ally of Germany prior to the beginning of WWII was Russia and Russia really paved the way for Germany’s success in Poland and Eastern Europe. Had Germany not attacked Russia and thereby making an enemy of their strongest ally the war could have turned out very differently.

[@Mozam237]

No, not really. The USSR had already thought of the possibility of Hitler invading and planned to heavily militarised in case of a German invasion. Henceforth *if* Hitler had not invaded so early the soviets would’ve been ready and since he expected to win before winter(which as you know didn’t go as planned) he decided to invade early

[@neilwilliams929]

Very true Michael " Or strangely enough hitler declaring war on the u.s .Hitler was a strange little man ....NO logic NO common sense .LUNATICS running the asylum Difference is Not everyone in Germany were MAD .and that was the sad thing

[@dod4769]

@@Mozam237 ? i heard that stalin didn't care about it. Yeah the generals did, But "Stalin" was in charge

[@Mozam237]

@@dod4769 well, you get my point. Thanks for the correction tho

[@Mozam237]

@noturbusiness123 how so

[@prokemongaming5149]

What background music do you use, its so good

[@mcserj7980]

Great content.. We crave more of this!!!

[@xeotri]

12:35 bro just got done playing a video game

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

0:54 Thoughty2 can make a *rhyme anytime..* 3:36 I mean, of course he *can, he's the mustache man.*

[@leocarmopereira]

As always, great work.

[@emag1169]

Ahhhh thankyou Thoughty2 I'm just about to climb into bed, perfect timing for an awesome video, 🙏🏼

[@randomthing9712]

1:03 is the best question of 2022 right now

[@Abel0528]

10:10 "The man with the tiny mustache" 😂😂😂😂

[@exco_preacher]

Beautiful video, well done!

[@jye2785]

I gotta say Thoughty, your alliteration on your new videos is going off the charts!

[@patrickcarino989]

So good needed a part 2 !

[@MrSurvivalgecoLP]

Another thing is that when they had to reduce the size of their army, they pretty much exclusively kept their officers and most experienced NCOs, really transforming those 100,000 they were allowed to keep into the most disciplined and competent military leaders in the world. Once they stopped playing ball with the rest of the world, adding the common soldiers took much less time.

[@joeandseancooking]

Very good video but checking through the comments is also very informative so I have learned

[@mtalke2]

Great video again. Would have loved to see coming back to current situation as started in the video. Also minor flaw, Austria was annexed only in 1938 and East Prussia missing, slightly off maps.

[@weremus8639]

He also included Sudetenland...

[@fbx17]

Posting this on the same day as England vs Germany is the height of irony

[@bendover4773]

not really

[@firstnamelastname9215]

You should’ve been at Auschwitz’s in 1943

[@nyzrh]

Meh...not rlly

[@bendover4773]

@@nyzrh no hard feelings mate x

[@pistolgrip772]

still letting simple games distract you from the real problems?

[@thyler44]

well done mate P.S- you forgot to mention another Ace in the Hitler's sleeve- his "multivitamin" that his army was massively sprinkled with :D including Adolfo himself

[@dudebro3250]

The best documentary on Hitler is still Europa the last battle. I have seen lots and that has the most facts

[@gregbors8364]

@@dudebro3250 White supremacists such as yourself always crawl out of the woodwork and into the comment sections of Hitler / WW2 videos

[@dudebro3250]

@@gregbors8364 oh hey bot. How are you?

[@gregbors8364]

@@dudebro3250 I’m doing well! How’s the Jew-hating going, Ye?

[@linda10989]

Meth. Also known as Pervitin. I don't know if AH took it but he did take coke.

[@NelsonDiscovery]

Your daily reminder that one person cannot tell millions of people what to do unless they want to do it anyway. All evil in the world is caused by normal people.

[@johncox2865]

15:01 The original stated purpose of tanks in WW I was infantry support. They were never envisioned as fighting other tanks. Indeed, when the British first introduced tanks in WW I, Germany had no tanks at all.

[@jlyngdoh5608]

Actually the Germans weren't that far off in terms of AFVs in WWI. The A7V came out shortly after the first couple of models of British Tanks

[@DaveSohan]

Absolutely well done video! So glad I clicked on it.

[@Romo130295]

@Thoughty2 What is the score? I loved it

[@derphael_4337]

16:40 As a German, that poorly translated pun gave me a bit of a chuckle :)

[@leviathantoobz]

My late grandma who lived through both world wars always claimed that both wars were a continuous war with a 20 year intermission in the middle… Blitzkrieg was crazy. Edit: typos (lived was accidentally loved)

[@DaMichl1]

TRUE

[@Krissdafish]

How did she know there was a war going on if she made love all the way through both?

[@pauliusiv6169]

i have to agree with your late grandma ww1 and ww2 weren't seperate conflicts, they were a two-parter in a second thirty years war

[@markbaker5599]

@@Krissdafish she had some crazy stamina

[@WokerThanThou]

... and it all started 108 years ago in Sarajevo because of a Bosnian Serb assassinating the next king of the AustriaHungary empire next to Ukraine.

[@cyprezz]

1:20 That Swastika is missing a leg.

[@dab6923]

Hakenkreuz not Swastika.

[@24hrninja]

Hitler was missing a bollock.

[@JuanDeTwig]

I noticed that too. Probably to avoid demonitization

[@Bi_penguin]

The fact this is coming up on a year is insane

[@kristianthorlacius6791]

A little correction to the map of Germanys conquests during the war Denmark was also occupied from April 9th. 1940 to May 5th 1945

[@robinmuller6392]

The efficiency and a bit of surprise

[@benkyle76]

And a lot of Meth

[@robinmuller6392]

@@benkyle76 oh yeah good old tank chocolate 😅

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I think there's something about the whole Russia/Ukraine thing that we're not getting. For some reason I don't think Russia has gone "all out" a single time since it began. You can talk about how much help they're getting, how high the morale of the defending troops are and how low the morale of the attacker's, but that's not going to make up for the massive gap between the two.

[@syNM94]

I think it is simple. If Russia went all out, other nations would not take it lightly even if they wished to. So, going all-in for Russia would mean being prepared for Military repercussions across the globe.

[@nigget-tv-videos4135]

ukraine have the money, weapons, intelligence and support of the might of nato, add the banning of russian goods to, really russia are prob doing as best as any nation could v's nato- sadly even telling the truth about those above facts is seen as pro putin, we live in a time when truth comes 2nd place to propaganda

[@DimaZeru]

That's basically it. Russia is fighting a proxy war with NATO that would have sooner or later "come to bring PEACE" just without the russians on the face of the earth, so if a fight is hard to avoid - you strike first. It's stupid to say Russia didn't want to solve this peacefully - applied to NATO membership, had the Minsk agreements in place, waited for 8 years for France and Germany to convince the clown to ent the so called "Anti Terrorist Operation" in Donbass.

[@DETSRC313]

Right away I can guess that they conquered most land so fast was the difference of communication compared way way way different then today. Now people get mad about not having real-time info but back then there is things in museums that shine a light on the amazing work they did then to communicate.

[@willaddison3281]

You did a great job in this video.