WW2 (Part 2) | Oversimplified | History Teacher Reacts

[@Vaginshatain]

Never seen more appropriate World of Warships Add.

[@dualtronix4438]

Perfect timing

[@sampaper7718]

I appreciate that he allowed it in aswell considering most people just skip it, therefore supporting the channel

[@ironbloodxiii]

Padlocked Paper Wargaming is after the players’ pockets anyway, they’ve convinced me to spend over $350 on their games

[@alexalder1028]

The Infection: one warning for you, STAY AWAY FROM GAJIN!

[@ironbloodxiii]

@@alexalder1028 Gajin?

[@inshallah_hehehe_suii]

Stalin : Hitler listen to the joke Hitler : Yeah Stalin : Moscow Hitler : I don’t get it Stalin : Exactly

[@moBbvhjijbmmy2boysad]

Yes

[@clashroyalestuff7750]

This joke is old...not funny

[@dragonmaster613]

@@clashroyalestuff7750 Wet blanket alert!!!

[@valskiplayz3848]

Because Hitler said to Stalin about Moscow:I don’t get it. Because Hitler did not get moscow

[@galleryathzhaf7279]

Holy chicken

[@Chrisadeth]

"If you are supplying war goods to one side only, are you really neutral?" Jesus that's a good question. Your students have a good teacher

[@bbb7452]

So if you arent part of the conflict but trades with one of the sides, should you just stop the trade when war begins because its it looks unfair to people after the fact 70years later? Its alot more complicated than that im afraid. You are neutral because you dont condone the war but you continue to trade because you rely on it for your own population.

[@akxvcubaruv]

@@bbb7452 but if the justification for it is that you rely on it for your own population, then you would have no problem trading with all sides, not just one. Trading with one is definitely taking sides.

[@Chrisadeth]

@@bbb7452 it isn't really just common trade, it's weapons and supplies going to one side, so you are clearly supporting one side over the other. That's where this question comes into play. It's not just food and materials going to the populace of great Britain. It's weapons and ammunition, vehicles, things a nation needs to fight in a war. That's the way I see it anyway.

[@YuYuYuna_]

@B BB You're referring to general, non-militaristic trade. That is an entirely different trade topic. You can certainly argue that food and other supplies are just as important but they just simply are not. You can have all the food you like, if you are technologically and numerically out gunned then it does not matter how strong your food supply is, you simply won't win. That is the very frank reality of militaristic trade and is why the trading of military goods during war is highly controversial.

[@bbb7452]

@@Chrisadeth Sweden, a neutral country, supplied germany with Iron Ore. But nvm, didnt fully read the original comment. War goods are alittle more specified.

[@mattson4552]

God: whoever kills hitler gets to go to heaven hitler: im gonna do whats called a pro gamer move

[@hendrysuawa]

10/10

[@Qopa]

He probably knew he fucked up, and that he should've listened to his commanders, that's why he kill himself lol.

[@mattson4552]

@@James-le8gd I know I copied it from someone else. I just though more of the world deserved to see this joke

[@soniablanche5672]

Hitler is part of antifa, he killed a Nazi

[@whitefox8376]

@@mattson4552 u just thought that people will like you, it back fired..

[@lioncyr6172]

"If you take Moscow, it's kinda it." *Cries in Napoleon*

[@severinvogt2875]

*Laughs in Mongolian*

[@0xlamon]

@@severinvogt2875 Moscow wasn't a capital of Kievan Rus, nor a major city back at that time. If anything, Mongolian conquest is the reason that Moscow became stronger than Kiev and Novgorod.

[@xzkyv3710]

Mr Scapegrace shdhsgshsgsggxgbcb d dvdvshshbx

[@daniels1263]

Mr Scapegrace facts

[@steelbear2063]

@@severinvogt2875 *Laughs in Russian in the end*

[@almightyegglord4365]

Germany: winters over, Russia is ours Stalingrad: *YOU DARE OPPOSE ME MORTAL*

[@mitchtom1409]

@@CravenDrip creeper

[@jesucristo6302]

@@mitchtom1409 aw mannnn

[@mitchtom1409]

@@jesucristo6302 so we back in the mine

[@fluent4530]

It’s over hitler I HAVE THE SNOW GROUND Hitler You underestimate my power Stalin Don’t try it Hitler Haaaaaaaa Stalin wins Stalingrad You were like a brother hitler Hitler I HATE YOU

[@notme-ew9sv]

People act like russia was some unholy juggernaut. Russia lost 20 million soldiers against germanies six. Think about that.

[@arthur682]

Soviet Union : no we dead :( Winter : *_fam I got you_*

[@semiramisubw4864]

winter just wanted some more memes from gopniks doing retard stuff at winter tho

[@blankblank5409]

Winter is comrade

[@semiramisubw4864]

@@blankblank5409 winter did a shot. the decisive battles diddnt happen in winter.

[@blankblank5409]

Semîramis UBW r/woooosh

[@don_.9928]

Imagine finding your teacher’s KZbin and he has 250k subs

[@reruntal8106]

289k

[@pops4963]

290k

[@swarnimvajpai6373]

292k

[@camdenraul1187]

i know im asking randomly but does someone know of a trick to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my account password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!

[@xlidle7863]

297k

[@dreamwatcher1313]

I enjoyed watching a teachers reaction to these videos especially since you add to the information presented in the videos. The cold war videos are a good choice for your next reaction. The Oversimplified American revolution videos are excellent and the Adolf H. videos complement the WW2 videos very well.

[@MrTerry]

dreamwatcher1313 thank you for watching! I did recently did the Cold War and American revolution video too.

[@nathanbatty8602]

Mr Terry what about the Oversimplified French Revolution

[@MaxUgly]

This format is awesome. It is like a 1-2 punch that makes the information so interesting and easy to absorb. You guys complement each other and it is one of those situations where the sum of the two parts is somehow bigger than just adding them together!

[@AncientCultist]

@@MrTerry hey one question do you react only to history videos or do you also react to short history memes on youtube?

[@Pluveus]

History: "Nobody ever wins a land war in Russia" Genghis Kahn: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@lepszyodsiebie738]

Poland is the only nation ever to win over Russia and take over Moscow

[@Superbug-tf8zy]

@@lepszyodsiebie738 didn,t russia crush the polish Lithuanian commonwealth?

[@secugen1331]

Genghis khan

[@xTORREfiolx]

Well, Genghis Khan did start his conquest from ~Mongolia, not Europe. Also, technology level was quite lower, so sadly it's not really comparable...

[@Mara-qs3bh]

@@Superbug-tf8zy not, not Russia. Russia, Prussia and Austria crushed it. TOGETHER. More than 150 years after Poland's trip to Moscow

[@nb6806]

Fighting during the Russian winter? Germans: “Our campfires are frozen solid. The wood flames are literally encased in layers of ice.” Russians: “Is normal.”

[@thedaniel2147]

Ah yes cold fire

[@bn56would]

@@thedaniel2147 Hitler: *sees frozen fire* Hitler: ah ja zis is veri normal

[@noahgray543]

Who burns wood in Russia? They invented vodka for a reason!

[@castperthewolf3426]

Canada: Hello, I'm about to freeze both of you solid right now.

[@yoboichill0842]

In Germany Ice put out fire IN SOVIET RUSSIA FIRE PUT OUT ICE

[@aronblancia15]

10:10 Who Would Win? Millions Of German Troops vs A Season

[@thezeitos469]

You mean some hairless apes (humans) against the force of nature?

[@Kolya_Tyrant]

Actually a season and some drunk russians

[@CodeNameParis]

@@Kolya_Tyrant it was nikolai from bo1 lol

[@sasabajic4948]

Season and Russians

[@decideonanamedamnit4261]

Soldier: sir were getting destroyed by a literal season. Hitler: wait what it's friggin June shouldn't we be winning Soldier: no it's winter. Hitler: oh shi-

[@thefsrrussiaball2707]

"Basically all continents are getting involved" **Laughs in Antartican**

[@iyaadhmohamed9071]

What about South America?

[@braydenzoeller7843]

@@iyaadhmohamed9071 Guyanas

[@kkadam2636]

@@iyaadhmohamed9071 Argentina wants to know your location

[@bdulrahmanarzani27]

Is super funny looking at the world map and seeing the world burn in chaos, but then looking at Antarctica and the penguins watching in a distance😂

[@joshuanash6401]

Wait... who’s laughing in Antarctica

[@willow9489]

Mr. Terry "All continents are involved" South America: *Backs away sweating*

[@akxvcubaruv]

Doesn't South America count as part of the American continent as a whole?

[@daniel-oy1bd]

@@akxvcubaruv North America and South America are different continents

[@bigmac1516]

kathryn parker Antarctica: Breathes heavily

[@RatherEmpty]

Brazil did stuff. US almost declared war on them when they didn't want to help them iirc

[@willow9489]

@@RatherEmpty Whilst it's true they did stuff, Brazil only lost 0.0025% of their population in military activity, which doesn't really compare to any other country. Furthermore, even if it was comparable to some other country, there would likely be other countries on that continent which lost a far greater proportion of their people fighting in WW2.

[@soldiert0144]

"and then the naval bombardment came-" world of warships: "Im GoInG To StOp YoU RiGhT ThErE"

[@Daark_Karma]

WoWs: "Did someone say... naval bombardment?!!"

[@villagernumber9306]

Bruv

[@scareraven9669]

The naval bombardment was a coomer

[@raphaels33]

this is the real ''THE WINTER IS COMING'' from game of thrones

[@decideonanamedamnit4261]

Russia: Omae wa mou shinderu Germany: Nani?!? *SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@Bambi_Sapphic]

6:17 Aussie's doing what they do best, refusing to die.

[@r.o.boisterious2898]

Fuckin oath mate

[@onespicysauce6599]

God bless our ex convicts

[@MChief123]

100% sure plenty of cunts comments were given to the germans in that fight.

[@V-V1875-h]

@@MChief123 how exactly do you mean that

[@MChief123]

@@V-V1875-h Because they are Australians. Australians say cunt a lot.

[@jessewhite2374]

I disagree, I think even if Moscow fell the south was more important due to oil. If I'm being honest, Barbarossa didn't fail because of the winter, they lost because of a lack of supplies and oil. Stalin was never going to surrender to Hitler until all of the Soviet union was conquered.

[@nathanstanislawsky1766]

I agree, people seam to forget that the german losses during the first winter against the soviets is because germany did not supply its troops with the proper equipment sins they believed that they would win by the time winter came. This is false on the most part, the Russian infrastructure was centered around moscow and the major cities of the SSRs. This was problematic to the german because this led to supply troubles and logistical bottlenecks that slowed down the speed which winter equipment was supplied to the troops. With that, the lack of fuel was the reason why germany invaded the USSR at 1941, because they estimated that after that time they would not have enough fuel to conquer the USSR, this combined with the german estimations of when the german and soviet armies would be equal in strength led to when germany invaded. I also think that the USSR would not surrender after moscow, sins most of it's factories when transferred to the urals, but I think it would be easier on the germans to continue in the central front sins it would help with its supply problems. The soviets still had the available manpower left and the factories to make a new army or a few. In defense of the russians, the winter would still prove harsh to the germans. I say this because their mobility was cut and they armored and air support tended to be useless to non-existent when fuel froze. With that the russians did have more experience when it came to dealing with the russian winters. srry just had to get it off my chest.

[@taylorford1689]

But, while German's oil situtation was bad, gaining Moscow would mean that they would be able to deny Soviets what was basically their major transportation hub. The communication between different lines would've been way harder. The only problem with that is overextending and the chance of a Russian counter-attack after heavy losses, which would've turned badly for the Germans. As for the Caucaus, i do not think the Germans could've seized the region. You have to both defend against the troops from Stalingrad and make a push through a terrain where the defenders would have the advantage. Accomplishing both isn't an easy task and you have, again, a risk of a Soviet attack and even maybe a massive encirclement in the Caucaus if the Soviets manage to cut the frontline in half. This would've been a disaster.

[@maximaldinotrap]

@@taylorford1689 Russia would have pulled off a scorched earth move on Moscow first.

[@kevinnigins9488]

Just a Snowman quick question. Why do you keep typing since as sins?

[@jessewhite2374]

@@kevinnigins9488 ?

[@rofln00b]

"Fighting here in the winter is nothing to them, and there's no one in the world that are better acclimated to fight in the winter" Finland would like to have a word with you.

[@EastsideHilltops]

Fighting an officer purged poorly trained and unequiped army is bit easier than fighting the most effective military machine at the time. Its exaggerated 'victory'

[@barbariandude]

@@tewsgcdcfgechk908 Yup. Also Finland innovated a lot of tactics and techniques that would become the gold standard for guerrilla operations, and also invented a super-cheap super-effective hand-held anti-tank weapon: the molotov cocktail ("a drink to go with the food", as the Russians were calling their bombing operations on civilian centers "humanitarian food drops").

[@SadMarinersFan]

@@tewsgcdcfgechk908 emphasize the word had. They started with 32. They ended the war with a whole hell of a lot of russian tanks at their disposal.

[@yamiookami]

Brings to mind Count Dankula's video on Simo Hayha, aka "The White Death"

[@dova238]

K_A just no Siberia is way colder than the country

[@xvor_tex8577]

Can we talk about Switzerland and how they were chilin’ the whole time

[@captainpuff1238]

Gaming Doggo the South America of Europe

[@icythesnowflake3322]

@@SchizoidCajetanian ?

[@uwuowo7718]

Chillin’ with there gold

[@akealm9972]

I recomend the fallen of world war 2

[@MrTerry]

Åke Alm thanks for the recommendation. I just did a react video on it. Be sure to check it out and tell me what you think!

[@-ninetynine-2498]

Mr. Terry I don’t see ur

[@macedoniaball1719]

@@MrTerry Give us the link please

[@MK-rr7cg]

@@macedoniaball1719 kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4C0lIZpeq-Ff5I

[@eth1987]

@@macedoniaball1719 why the hell have you stopped uploading??.

[@idiotfitness7415]

21:38 “Early next morning the barrage came” plays ads of war ships

[@christojordanmanopo8348]

Hello Mr. Terry. I'm from Indonesia, and i really like ur reaction on these videos. I hope ur channel will grow bigger, since u seem to be a very genuine good person, and of course because history is very important as well. Please do more videos. U earned urself 1 new subscriber sir :)

[@MrTerry]

Christo Jordan Manopo thank you so much! That is very flattering. I hope to see more of you in the future.

[@mathmaniac3033]

You're a good man for letting the ads run for Oversimplified. Hats off to you. For the video, thanks for developing some of the events that were somewhat shortened. Loved the extra information and nuance that you brought with some of the events.

[@Fuerto203]

Hello Mr Terry! I'm a teaching student in history in Sweden and I want to throw in a small correction about Stalingrad. Taking Moscow would not necessarily have meant a German victory against the Soviets, that's a notion that was put forth by German generals after the war. By your own comparison, in Napoleons invasion of Russia he did in fact take Moscow and still lost the war. The push south towards Stalingrad was not just about a propaganda victory by taking Stalin's city but also to push past them and take the Baku oil fields. In fact during the planning of the invasion of the Soviet Union a key point from the start was that they needed to take Soviet oil since the German Wehrmacht was running out of gasoline which it needed to continue the war effort

[@callido592]

People however forget, that most of the Soviet population lived in Western Russia. And allthough the factories had been moved behind the Ural mountains, the people hadn't. A capture of Moscow (the last big stronghold of western Russia) would have not only been very demoralizing for the Soviets, but would have also stripped them of their huge manpower regenerating capability. If that would have been the case, the Red Army would have slowly worn out, as their huge number of casualties (which was usual for the Soviets in WW2) could not be made up for, because most possible recruits would have been locaated in the occupied part of the USSR.

[@callido592]

but we'll never know how it would have turned out...

[@Emperroroffire]

Do not forget that in 1812 Moscow wasn't a capital city. But it was in 1945. It doesn't change everything but it is a rather important thing.

[@mihairobescu934]

there's more things than that. The Baku oil fields could have been already captured, but they went to conquer mount Elbrus. Anyway the Baku oil fields could have been in fact taken without Stalingrad as it also says in the video, that there were 2 separate armies. Indeed, maybe Stalingrad was mostly ideologically and fueled the prides and so on, but it also meant that who controlled Stalingrad controlled Volga which was an important supply line for the Russians. I am also saying that it was mostly ideologically, as the Germans arrived at the Volga on the outskirts on Stalingrad and there was no need to fight that fierce battle. However, the most important part was that the attack on Moscow was postponed and maybe should have focused on just one of the cities well enough. Whereas Stalingrad was not of utter importance, the Volga was.

[@caferustwat]

Also the Japanese were more likely to join against the Soviets if Germany took a city on the Volga.

[@awesomegingertim1]

“if you take moscow thats it” Is it though? stalin was prepared to move the russian govt further east if the capital was taken. this is something he apparently thought a lot about. correct me if im wrong

[@turgturg4479]

“Pretty much all continents are involved “. Except for South America because if hearts of iron 4 has taught me any thing it’s that South America is boring.

[@tedmosby5808]

Drew Durnil?

[@chadgod583]

Dictatorships in south america are pretty interesting

[@sudthskap]

I don't know what you're talking about. South Africa is so fun in hoi4! You can look at trees then sometimes a troop is made. It's crazy

[@joshuamanjarrez6321]

@@sudthskap op said South America which tbh is kinda boring

[@sudthskap]

@@joshuamanjarrez6321 Oh shit I meant South America

[@thunder_wolf23]

On the atom bomb, the crew of the Enola Gay apparently couldn't believe what they were seeing when it went off. One of them reportedly asked "What have we done?" when the results were visible

[@Karen-pk3uv]

RE: Your question about selling weapons I think it is one of those situations where it is very easy to lie to yourself. It would be very easy to tell yourself that your neutral and staying out of it. Also, that business is business and it's not your responsibility what the buyer is doing with these supplies. It's a classic stick your head in the sand or just cover your ears and hum. Lol. But, in reality you are only supplying one side. So you picked a side, and became an attackable supply line. The only way to actually be neutral would be to sell to nobody or everybody. (Also off topic, your videos are great and I bet you are an awesome teacher)

[@Anderyeh]

Hitler: *invades russia not minding the incoming winter* Me:*Laughs in Napoleon*

[@yassinhafez1337]

Actually Hitler planned the invasion earlier but due to the incompetence of the Italians he can have probably won

[@redactedfractal3038]

You’re so thorough with your explanations and I love that you try to address history from all points, I’d love to have you as my history teacher. You, sir, have earned yourself a sub

[@MrTerry]

Redacted Fractal thank you for your compliment!

[@allanrichard6547]

Hello

[@frightenedgamer5081]

Hitler: oh we have winters here so we can fight in the winter time Stalin: hold my vodka...

[@shyprimates8079]

These vids are great! I recommend the Cold War, and Hitler series from Oversimplified as well.

[@MrTerry]

Shy Primates just did the Cold War videos. Thanks for the recs!

[@empireproductions1321]

I don't like reaction videos, but these are actually pretty good, feels like a lot has been added to the original video, so good job

[@flowlee3656]

Greetings from Finland! Both this and part 1 was enjoyable and very informative to watch! Kiitos.

[@reyk3524]

21:41 Good Timing 😂😂

[@StacyNotStacey]

Everyone DID underestimate Russia But Russia did loose most people in the war That’s sad I miss my grandpas, ( I’m Russian)

[@daniels1263]

Stacy Eremeeva rip

[@skreepyy]

I’m sorry about your grandpa, but no one really actually underestimated The Soviet Union. It was the one of the 3 major powers at the time, the U.S and Great Britain being the other two.

[@skreepyy]

LC Eagle if the us wasn’t a superpower, why did the us entry into the war drastically change the course of it, and after the end of the war, the Cold War started in which the US and Soviet Union were both expanding their influence. Only superpowers are able to expand the influence all over the world.

[@skreepyy]

LC Eagle The US got atom bombs during the course of the war

[@skreepyy]

LC Eagle Russia, Great Britain and other world powers couldn’t convince japan to open its country. The US did.

[@IcyPandaGirl]

My grandpa fought in both italy and france. He told me many stories about how he was stationed in his birthplace of calabria, seeing the houses he helped build decimated.

[@Tacobellkeys]

You know he’s a teacher because he leaves his mouse on the play button

[@Ibisko]

Copied from part 1

[@fursuits]

Early the next morning, the barrage came. As alli-*WHAT?? YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED WORLD OF WARSHIPS YET??*

[@spencerruzich778]

WhAt thE HEll aRe YOu doING

[@justsomerobloxvids1791]

*WhY tHe HeLl NoT?!?!?1/1*

[@ay0vee978]

21:41 The Naval Barrage literally came lmao.

[@RM97800]

13:48 Negotiations were happening, but condition under which america would remove embargo on oil was Japan withdrawing its troops from china. Japan was getting oil from other trade partners, but because world was at war majority of oil was reserved and supplied to European part of conflict. That means that only USA wanted to sell oil in amounts Japan needed.

[@david12278]

That warships ad had it out for the yamato

[@IronRAVENxvx]

Perfect timing haha

[@ETools.]

"there is no one better acclimated to fighting in winter than these soldiers" Simo Hayha does not agree

[@dejanf8168]

Camouflage and waging a war in wither conditions are two completely different things. Simo was a sniper those troops were from Siberia, do you even know the difference between a winter in Europe, a winter in Russia/Finland/Scandinavia and the winter in Siberia? There's like a 20-30 degrees Celsius difference minimum.

[@ETools.]

@@dejanf8168 calm down dude. Its a joke. Youre not meant to take these seriously.

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

The teacher's wrong because Russia's snow troops couldn't beat Finland's snow troops

[@jneumy566]

My grandfather served in WWII but was never deployed. He almost was though. He was a bomber pilot and normally trained other pilots, but his division was just about to be sent out for an invasion of Japan when everyone's orders got put on hold and no one could figure out why. And then the bombs were dropped on Japan.

[@robertsmith8714]

“Surrendering is just not part of their culture” Hm sounds like France could learn a thing or two from Japan

[@hmmm9658]

well france was already doomed after the ardenne was penetrated, not surrendering would have just prolonged the suffering and destruction of France and its people

[@basilharpham9372]

@Adam J. Harper supposedly their where some thinking of surrendering, even more after the fist bomb to the point it was enough but then the second bomb was drooped

[@darthsauron255]

@Adam J. Harper Yeah, thank god the scariest weapon of all time which can extinguish millions of lifes in an instant was invented. Praise god!

[@che3se1495]

@Adam J. Harper I'm not sure that's true.

[@_booth7992]

Black Riot Or maybe Japan should’ve learned something from France, seeing as their mentality lead to one of the most catastrophic events in human history which could have been avoided with the same end result anyway.

[@etamika]

Curse you for making me watch the ad! And I couldn't skip that part of the video because you were explaining something. I feel Rick Rolled. LMAO

[@Filiplego1]

6:02 That's kinda wrong, Yugoslavia never wanted to be invaded and they did signed it. But later UK started the war between Yugoslavia and Germany so they can get more supporters and to open another front in Europe. Which led to total catastrophe for Yugoslavia (Serbia in general).

[@DerpWretch]

Actually,it was a British lead coup that took over the yugoslav government after they signed the pact a few days after that caused the german invasion.

[@aidenbar511]

Well the channel is called OverSimplified

[@matthewmerriman5978]

epic history tv did a 5 part series on ww1 hard work but very well narrated and full of information almost documentry

[@MrTerry]

Thanks for the rec!

[@Zodiac1024]

Really love how this is less of a critique and more of an understanding of what that channel is trying to do and just adding some context to some areas. As a student of history it’s refreshing to see another channel not hate on a channel but more to add context to a video they’ve made.

[@alexg6464]

I want to point out that the World War 1 'Allies' were the Entente. Even though they mostly consist of the same countries the historical name matters.

[@AsIfItNeverWas]

I like how Switzerland pretty much chilled and did nothing throughout the entire war.

[@chaost4544]

Anyone else think this is low key one of the better youtube channels out there? As a historian, it's great to see someone who knows what the hell they're talking about.

[@Zardlon]

28 minutes into the video, and I'm just now noticing what I believe to be an entire bookcase filled with what looks like nes/snes cartridges. If that's what they really then you sir Mr.Terry are one of the coolest history teachers

[@coledevlin3984]

At ~7:45 in the video, Mr. Terry says that “Russia got out of WW1 pretty early on”. I would say that 1917 is definitely not “pretty early on” considering that it started in 1914 and ended in 1918.

[@caferustwat]

No, they got IN WW1 pretty early on.

[@KurukGearhart]

Good guy Terry: watches ads to make sure the people he's reacting to are supported. Love this guy

[@bigtay522]

It's incredible what young people were capable of enduring in times like these

[@thebighurt2495]

Fun fact: the average age for Allied troops in that War was 18. Second Fun Fact: The bulk of German troops on the Western Front were Volksgrenadiers (ages 50+ or 16-) or conscripts from occupied territory. Normandy's beaches were landed on by teenagers, who were shot at by teenagers. The few adults that were there didn't want to be. Side note: My grandfather was a Sergeant in WW2. He was 28. They called him an "Old Man Sergeant."

[@Tekdruid]

5:42 That "some guy" would be one Geoffrey Pyke, a journalist and inventor who was more than a little eccentric and came up with many awesome, though not at all practical, weapon concepts and warfare tactics.

[@reynaldoevidentejr1749]

Invasion of Russia in Winter is next to impossible. Ogedei Khan: Hold my airag.

[@sujandhar6613]

Sir Terry , I love how u show support for the channel by watching the ads , as a subscriber of Oversimplified it does put a smile on my face . THANKS

[@Dreadlock1227]

Man, I really wish I paid more attention and engaged more in history class in high school. Back then I couldn’t have given less of a shit and just went through the motions but now a few years later, I’d love to go back and retake all those classes and participate and ask questions etc

[@madringking1119]

15:18 If they had thought of attacking the repair yards and storage areas, I wouldn't be here right now as my grandfather was driving a truck picking up supplies. He lucked out that day. But he did go over to Germany or Japan to fight.

[@Fabian__.]

Oversimplified video actually thought me more then my actual history teacher

[@bebedor_de_cafe3272]

5:30 The idea was great, but it needed more steel to refrigerate the ice that it was scrapped, as every part of the military wanted a bigger aircraft carrier, they made a smaller version tough, and it lasted more than a year without melting.

[@Dingdongsx3]

Germany had bigger resource problem as Japan. They had no Oil since Britian blocked their trade route

[@ichigo2288]

They did have oil. They bought oil from the ussr because of the molotov - ribbentrop pact

[@Dingdongsx3]

​@@ichigo2288 That's true, but the oil from the ussr was by far not enough. One main reason of the 4th Panzer Army going south early was that they didn't even had enough oil left to get through the battle of Stalingrad. Even before the invasion of the ussr they barley had enough oil for the military. Because of that Warships were not fully tanked, they didn't rebuild the Luftwaffe completely after the Battle of London and they started to build fewer but bigger tanks. I'm not saying that Japan had no resource problems, but Germany was in a greater struggle for oil.

[@ichigo2288]

@@Dingdongsx3 In my opinion (and im not saying i'm mad that germany lost) germany should have focused more om africa. If they had won and took over east africa they could have taken the oil from iraq , the british oilfield in iran and take over a new born and weak saodi arabia.

[@Dingdongsx3]

@@ichigo2288 Well everything is better as an invasion of the ussr. You can always argue about better decisions, but hitler wanted to attack the ussr for several reasons. One was the nazi ideology itself (livingspace, communism, etc.). Looking at the entire situation they (luckly) never had a real chance of winning the war with their plan. The shortages in oil, the loss of air dominance and the bombing of germany made it completely hopeless.

[@F.R.E.D.D2986]

They didn't have a navel blockade It was simply using too much oil at a time

[@guska5523]

I love this, the little tidbits of additional info is really good. Thanks

[@davood7013]

“Hey Soviet Union look out-“ *AD before terry or oversimplified could say anything*

[@dimitri7857]

The best part about that ad is that the ad was right before "Allied ships fired huge numbers of shells at the fortifications."

[@Dalton1294]

The Mythbusters proved it is possible to make a boat out of pykrete, but ruled it impractical

[@captin3149]

Well the main reasons the Allies didn't do it wasn't because it was a dumb idea (Whether it actually was or not), but because the cost was HUUUGE, plus by the time they were in a position to start thinking about constructing it, they had already begun making advances in taking territory that made it redundant. Also the advances on the nuclear bomb projects were much more close to fruition by that point.

[@tenofprime]

@@captin3149 yea it falls under the heading of trying any crazy idea when at war and desperate for an answer. The cold war era has some pretty nutso examples as well.

[@Choptron27]

Thank you, I’ve loved their videos for quite some time, but I really appreciate your added input and info that wasn’t covered or that I never knew, really awesome

[@jetlynn]

Letting the ads run... What an angel

[@jackbajar]

Mr Terry! Thanks for providing additional commentary and supplemental details. I love history and i also love oversimplified and you made me appreciate it more

[@henrichvonruben9114]

You should watch Extra Credits videos on Otto Von Bismarck. There 5 or 6 vids and it's similar to Oversimplified but it's more informative

[@jacobmisiak5347]

Yo shout out to you man. You're serious about creator of the content and supporting people. Stay humble.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

quick comment - my grandfather fought at Stalingrad (german side) but the day before the big capture was shot in the shoulder and sent home, basicly evading death or decades if forced labour by 1 day.

[@heho7953]

Orkar Isber your grandfather is a good man, putting up with war. It’s a terrible thing

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

@@heho7953 was but thank you =) he did turn out to be a gread father bunsiness owner and rebuilt so much he later got the golden cross from the government for exceptionary service to the state

[@heho7953]

Orkar Isber oh shoot I’m sorry, I’m glad that a veteran got to live a life after war, a ton of course don’t get to have that wonderful chance.

[@OrkarIsberEstar]

@@heho7953 all good he lived to 91 i guess thats rather great and he had a good life after the war. He never stopped telling and showing us his bulletwound at the shoulder though XD saved his life. And yes, sadly most veterans....even these days...never recover from war

[@MartinoProd]

Love the videos, love your input, and I do appreciate that you let their ads run in the vid instead of skipping over them. I'm a big fan of Oversimplified too. Keep up the great work!

[@joshfrancis8786]

Extra credits channel has some great history series, a lot of things I was never taught in a UK state education. Would be some nice to see some reaction videos to their work.

[@CruelestChris]

Sadly a lot of it isn't very good history.

[@almightyboi6914]

I love how when they got an ad at 22:12, he still tries to explain it and comment on the video.

[@allancg1022]

Props to Finland, being green alone for the whole war

[@keshavshah488]

Not "alone" they were officially allied with germany though not a part of tripartite pact.

[@pinkpidgeon6926]

@@keshavshah488 ussr invaded finland because it was paranoid germany would invade through them so with winter war they took lots of finland's land. But later when germany attacked ussr finland joined the axis because they wanted to take back their land.

[@sheevhernandez3869]

Actually, the Mongols from the medieval era actually invaded Russia and somehow won while it snow in Russia. That is info i think not many people know

[@kiss2cry]

WW2 is a very fascinating part of history for me and i love Oversimplified and your videos with your input. Also THANK GOD Someone mentioned that Hitler was so confident, he thought the Russian Invasion would be over before Winter, he expected it to be over within 6 months. So he didn't bother to outfit his troops with any winter gear. And of course no one knows a Russian Winter like Russia. Also- awww look at Australia doing the stuff! im so proud!

[@advancedcombatlegion8382]

My great grandma’s first cousin was in the photo when they raised the flag on iwo jima, Sgt. Michael Strank of the 2nd Marine Battlion

[@chatnoir1224]

10:20 Soviets also learned winter warfare lessons from war with Finland.

[@peejay7697]

I’m 31 and just now caring about what they tried to teach me when I was in high school. Thanks for class mr. terry

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

It should be mentioned that German soldiers were, in fact, issued winter clothing and gear. Their real problem lied in several different factors: 1. A lack of supplies. Hitler had not expected the invasion of Russia to take as long as it did, and so the Wermacht was left under supplied by the time they reached Moscow. This is compounded by the fact that Germany is suffering an oil shortage, making it difficult to move vehicles through the miles of Siberian wilderness necessary to supply and reinforce troops on the ground. Hitler had planned to alleviate this by securing oil fields in the Caucuses, which ultimately he failed at. 2. The Russian winter that year was one of the coldest and harshest on record. The Germans weren't stupid (incompetent on a leadership level, perhaps, but not dumb), they knew from history that Russia's weather would make or break their invasion. They invested considerable resources into weather research. Ultimately, for a number of reasons, this ended up proving fruitless in the end. By the time winter hit, it was far too late for anything to be done to improve the Wermacht's situation. 3. As mentioned in the video, Russian troops were far more equiped for winter combat than the Germans ever could be, by the sheer virtue of experience. Now, I'm no expert, this is just based on what I know and understand to be the case. I'm sure there's points I've missed and/or misconstrued, and that I will be corrected in the comments. In any case, however the situation was much more nuanced and complicated than simply "hurr de durr, the Germans forgot to bring their coats, look how stupid that was!". Not to say anyone was arguing that in the video, but some historical perspective is often lost in translation. Complicated issues get boiled down to simple, yet inaccurate ones.

[@mcr2dcr348]

To be fair the channel he reacted to is oversimplified, they hit on all the broad details and leave out the test answers

[@the_real_Kurt_Yarish]

@@mcr2dcr348 I get that that's the point of the channel, and that's fine and all. But I think the nuances of history get so commonly lost that people start to develop an inaccurate vision of it. There was a good opportunity to change that in this video that was missed out on. History is so much more complex and interesting than the common education and social zeitgeist let on. None the less, I think both channels featured in this video did great with what they were trying to accomplish.

[@mcr2dcr348]

Kurt Yarish I can agree to that

[@theyetireport5511]

Thank you for doin reaction videos on the oversimplified videos. I love their subtle humor and that they are generally great at hitting key points but as a fan of wartime history, I prefer your reaction videos. They take more time to get through but you a great job diving in and opening up the discussion.

[@imperial_crest6809]

25:55 This is when the military leaders of Japan decided to send one of their remaining ships of the Imperial Navy on a dangerous suicide mission to Okinawa in hoping to stop the US from invading Okinawa. One of those ships is none other than the battleship called the Yamato. Japan's largest warship ever built in history. So Japan initiated a naval operation called Ten Go (meaning Heaven One) on 7th April 1945. This consists of ten warships, the battleship Yamato, a light cruiser and eight destroyer escorts. At the same time US Naval Fleet launched a wave of aircrafts to stop the Yamato. As the battle starts Yamato fought hard till the very end and after wave after wave of aircraft bombing the ship capsizes and exploded into two pieces and around over 2000 sailors' lives were lost during the Yamato's Final Voyage. This symbolizes the defeat of the Imperial Navy and representing the old Japan.

[@thaliabalia9871]

Thanks for reacting to this stuff, I like how you share your knowledge as the video goes on. It fills in some of the gaps I probably wouldn't have been aware of if you hadn't informed us. Keep it up. 👍👍😁

[@sethcohen5396]

You didn’t talk about Finland coming in :c

[@TheSpacecraftX]

The Pykrete guy was Lord Mountbatten. The Queen's Husband's Uncle.

[@Cozalx]

My history teacher: *teaches us about mythology* Mr. Terry: "Hold my beer..."

[@iexist1300]

I think even in future wars bad weather will still have the power to turn the tide of wars, like the winter in world war 2, or the tornadoes when the Mongols tried to invade Japan

[@matthewmerriman5978]

the fallen of world war 2 is worth a reaction

[@TheSuperDoctor]

yea, please watch that

[@MrTerry]

Just did it. Let me know what you think!

[@Feldon666]

You're de-simlifying oversimplified.. I love it!

[@juusotorsti9068]

10:15 Finland: Am i a joke to you

[@dylan80085]

I like how you add even more stuff to the video! It makes me learn more

[@МихаилЧерников-п2т]

Stalingrad was not the first battle Hitler lost. He lost battle of Moscow prior to that

[@tomsmith8006]

Михаил Черников And the Battle of Britain years before

[@Thundawich]

The 'avenge the titanic' line in the ad is great, just some random ship shooting an iceberg xD

[@tenarmurk]

Germany launched the whole eastern campaign for oil since it would run out in 3 months at the start of barbarossa Watch the real reason Germany lost WW2 by TIK for a excellent video on this

[@brentst.jacques8624]

15:00 an important thing to consider is that the attack on Pearl Harbor could've been much more effective had the US' aircraft carriers had been taken out. Their 3 Pacific fleet aircraft carriers were one of the primary targets of the attack but they were coincidentally not at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack. If they had been there and been decimated, a lot could've changed in the Pacific theatre.