Patterrz Reacts to "WW2 - OverSimplified"

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[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

I really appreciate that Patterrz pauses the video in order to talk so that he doesn't miss any information, but also doesn't have to just sit in the corner of the screen nodding along like a bobblehead.

[@nameredacted6221]

Yeah, it is really up to preference though. Some don’t like the added 20 minutes of talking, but to that I say… just go watch the OG video 💀

[@BackyardDuelist]

​@nameredacted6221 lol duuuude I so agree. How are you going to complain when you going to complain when you can go watch the Original Video. I came here for Pat's reaction, and that's what I'm getting.

[@nameredacted6221]

@@BackyardDuelist exactly lol

[@TheAstralFencer]

Hasan/xQc type stream, glad he’s not like that

[@mikeymike1374]

Yeah but he's pretty fucking annoying

[@JesseLin-nf4hc]

“Who was that one sniper guy?” That one sniper from Finland was Simo. He had and still has the most kills in one war.

[@a_guy_and_dude4447]

False, he has the most sniper kills in any war

[@egregastandindus1193]

@@a_guy_and_dude4447not necessarily false, but underselling his accomplishments.

[@a_guy_and_dude4447]

@@egregastandindus1193 not really, he killed over 500 enemy combatants using a mosin-nagant, he is extremely skilled and is to this day the deadliest sniper ever. I'm simply pointing out that he did not infact kill the most people in a war

[@egregastandindus1193]

@@a_guy_and_dude4447 Ah. It took me until now to realize the import distinction between the claims. That being total kills versus sniper kills. My mistake.

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

@@egregastandindus1193I love how both y’all had an entire arc on phrasing and stuff and still kept it civil, respect

[@cpMetis]

My maternal grandpa was a tank driver under Patton, while my paternal granduncle was on a destroyer in the Pacific. My grandpa would never want to discuss the war. He had a small wooden box filled with newspapers and such, but only of it ending. We weren't allowed in it without him until he passed. Turned out below that stuff he had an unloaded pistol and a bunch of seemingly never used armbands, with a picture of him and some of his crew with the box amongst other loot. I guess it was originally a box of armbands that never got used. He also had a few half-finished letters home talking about how he felt wrong for hiding his ability to speak German - as our whole family did prior to his generation - and telling my great grandma he was scared the soviets wouldn't stop.

[@McBehrer]

27:30 Pykrete actually rules. You can make it (or something similar) by just mixing water with sawdust and freezing it, and it stays frozen for like EVER. It does melt EVENTUALLY, but like you can let it sit out in the summer sun for weeks before it fully melts

[@iKvetch558]

Exactly...that is definitely one of the many things Oversimplified gets wrong...the stuff is amazing. It just took them longer to get the whole idea working than they thought it would, and by then there was not really a need for it anymore. 👍

[@EurypteridFossil]

What would happen if i consumed it

[@iKvetch558]

@@EurypteridFossil What would happen if you were to eat Pykrete? Is that what you are asking?

[@Veradun99]

Finland had the sniper guy and the meth guy. completely unbeatable.

[@rsilver17]

iirc Funny mustache man was actually held at gunpoint by a British soldier in WW1, but didn’t shoot him because he was unarmed. Could you imagine where the world would be if things turned out differently and he was shot.

[@tobyonatabe2601]

I personally believe that someone else from the national socialist party of germany would've stepped up to create a similar dictatorship, one of Hitler's highest officers for example. A scary thought I just had is that Hitler might be one of the weakest German dictators in a potential WW2 multiverse...

[@Gohka]

@@tobyonatabe2601 Wasn't the party pretty much brought in to existence for him though? I mean the party was founded in 1920 and Hitler was the leader of it by 1921, and the guy who created the party was Anton Drexler who apparently was Hitler's mentor. I've always wondered how history would be changed if that art school Hitler applied to accepted him lol.

[@rubiepie]

​@@tobyonatabe2601Yeah. There's even plot for assassinating hitler by the british. But they fear that, If Hitler died a competent leader might replace him. And also in the furherreich. (Is a what if Germany wins ww1 that is an What if Germany loses ww1) A more dangerous person replace Germany

[@henrysurev6908]

@@Gohkayeah, the on,y reason it was popular was because of Hitler. But maybe some other extremist party would have taken control.

[@AdvancedGamer-]

@@Gohkawell germsng would be socialist then that’s just the truth

[@knoix5480]

30:05 to be fair, Hitler was always hellbent on committing genocide against the Slavs so them not invading the Soviets would never happen. The plan was also always to push Germans into Poland and Russia and mass populate the areas with ethnic germans to pump out german babies at high rates. More land = more families and food = more babies. Oil was really just a secondary thing to this, that of course was important, but the aforementioned things were the main motivators. Edit: For those who want to know more about this, just google Lebensraum, it was a very popular idea/policy that first showed up in the 1890s by Germans. The Nazis would take it to the extreme and put it into motion with Generalplan Ost once they declared war and were in control of the land.

[@Amrod97]

Hitler's hatred of the Slavs is a myth, according to Nazi racial bullshit they were Aryan derivative which put them above the Italians. He simply hated communists, and that made the USSR his main enemy. His main goal was to gain "living space" in the European part of the USSR. Poland was not part of Lebensraum. He originally saw Poland as an ally who also hated the USSR and would help him develop these territories, and everything changed in April 1939 when Poland signed pacts with the UK. This has been written about by Rolf-Dieter Müller, Brendan Simms and several Polish historians whose books are untranslated into English Krzysztof Rak, Pawellł Wieczorkiewicz, Piotr Górski.

[@drpepper4761]

@@Amrod97"Hitler didn't hate Slavs" *procceds to slaughter 20 million civilian slavs*

[@thegreatteaman]

@@Amrod97”Hitler’s hatred of Slavs is a myth.” It really was not. Even if we completely ignore Nazi policies like Generalplan Ost, in works like Mein Kampf and Zweites Buch, Hitler believed Slavs were incapable of forming a working government, and were swayed by “Judeo-Bolshevism”. Also, as for Poland, Hitler believed that Slavs like the Polish did not deserve education because of his racist ideas. Finally, as for the Nazi’s racial hierarchy bullshit, they were very inconsistent about what and who counted as “inferior”, and contradicted themselves constantly in order to meet the needs of the moment. (Because it was all bullshit and stupid) However, it is undeniable that he did have a hatred for most, if not all Slavic groups, as shown in his writings, speeches, and policies. It was especially so as the war went on. And if you don’t believe me, take it from the mustache man himself; “The Slavs are a mass of born slaves, who feel the need of a master.” -Adolf Hitler

[@AdvancedGamer-]

@@thegreatteamanmost Slavic groups except the Czech

[@MrBalzJohnson]

The Soviets were also planning to attack Germany sometime in 1942/43 anyway, so the longer they waited, the more cooked they’d be

[@chequesaurus]

I recently was at Hiroshima, and the museum they have there is intense, it really helps put into perspective how horrible the War was, even though the focus is on just how the bomb affected this city. You really do feel the tension in the air of just how much everything changed due to the War and how nothing was ever the same.

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

its even worse, as the atom bombs did not end the war, the japense government at that time did not repond to them, they responded with surrended when the soviet invaded the northen islands, meaning the victims of the bombs died meaninglesly

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

at 20:43: "I don't think Germany could have successfully invaded Britain...." I believe, along with others too, that had German troops gotten to Britain, they would have won, just as if Napoleon's Troops had gotten to Britain, they would've won. On the ground, German and Napoleonic Troops were almost certainly better than British. However, the same problem occurred for both of them too: They just couldn't get past the British navy.

[@iKvetch558]

They could not even get past the RAF, let alone the Royal Navy. And the idea that Germany was going to successfully invade England with a few river barges and their logistics really does not jibe with how much effort the Allies had to put into their landings in 1944.

[@NeoWish]

Not really, Britain still has an army in British isles and I doubt Germany can send 1 million troops with Royal Navy superiority.

[@AdvancedGamer-]

@@NeoWishtbh Germany if they landed like 200k soldiers they’d just get pushed out again

[@franekzema8053]

Its kind of funny that in the west they only talk about the French resistance while the Polish, Yugoslav and Greek resistance was probably more intresting and inpactfull

[@GamingContentStuff]

7:18 - Even less people talk about Korea (also technically we were independent, but not fully, like Canada is still technically a part of the British monarch)

[@egregastandindus1193]

Around 12:08, yes Marco Polo was an Italian who adventured across the world and allegedly personally met and become friends with one of the mongol emperors (the name escapes me right now). However, that happened long before WW2 as it is implied by chat. If I remember right he started his journey in the 1200s. The bridge was later on named after him I believe because the people in the area liked him. It’s relevant to remember that when Marco Polo allegedly met with the Mongol emperor, the Mongolian Empire encompassed China, so he was likely in the region. EDIT: I double checked and Marco Polo wasn’t technically Italian. He was from Venice which was a separate nation from Italy at the time.

[@deanprowell7947]

The Mongol Emperor that Polo was friends with was Kublai Khan

[@sinenomis]

Italy tecnically didn't exist until 1861 let apart 9 years during napoleonic domination, 1805-1814, (it existed, but not autonomous)

[@clashof6d]

Patterz should react to sabaton! They do songs about history with historical lyrics and amazing music. They also dont claim copyright, they love it when people react to their songs.❤

[@rubiepie]

Fun fact about Italy and Mussolini. During the great depression Italy is the only few countries that not only suffer the least but also recovered quickly. And also Mussolini never thought Germany will go to war in 1939. They thought is 1945. Also if Mussolini never reinstated Socialist italy. He will be pardon by the king. Since during that time where Communist is feared. The king gave power to Mussolini to take control and fix everything. Which he kinda did. Even if Mussolini did something bad the king will pardon him and let him go.

[@PotatoflipingCouch]

only Patterrz can make a reaction to two 14 minute videos 50 minutes

[@henrysurev6908]

Which is great, since he adds his own content instead of just nodding along

[@spidersmining20]

Shows how much he adds lol

[@rubiepie]

Well atleast it's not 8 minutes video turn 1 hour... *Ehem* asmol-

[@Strieo]

I still can’t believe that they made a sequel to the first world war

[@kavangallagher30]

SAME

[@Gohka]

I'm still betting they're gonna make it a trilogy soon.

[@Strieo]

@@Gohka I’m waiting for it

[@-ZM_Gaming-]

​@@GohkaI will predict that it will happen in 2030-2035

[@darcys842]

Funny thing is, hitler was almost killed numerous times throught ww1, including being hassed and surviving artillery that was fired pretty much right on his positon

[@col8488]

The world war was so epic they made world war 2

[@Gohka]

Though it's been an extremely long wait, I think it may end up being a trilogy soon.

[@notburntfries6566]

@@GohkaI heard Germany recently sold the rights to the Vatican.

[@Veroxin-u7j]

Fun fact the sum of money Germany owed to the allies from the treaty of Versailles was only payed recently in 2010, a whole 92 years later

[@RobsidianX]

I found out two years ago that my great-grandfather was a Private First Class Marine in WW2 and died during the Battle of Iwo Jima, and it had to be hectic out there, because his body wasn't returned to Virginia until about 6 months after his death. Crazy how things happened back in those days.

[@Shrekskild]

I love death. And painting.

[@webzentertainment]

13:13 yes that’s Kaliningrad. Which is also the same piece of Germany (east prussia) that’s here in ww2. After the war east prussia was split between Poland and the USSR with the capital Konigsberg becoming Kaliningrad and repopulated with Russians

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

At 40:30, you start talking about Admiral Yamamoto. An interesting fact about him, he spent time in the USA before the war. And at one point, while the bombing of Pearl Harbor was being planned, he was asked how long Japan could maintain naval superiority if they did knock out the US navy at Pearl Harbor. His answer was literally: "My ships will run rampant for 6 months, maybe a year. After that, I have no guarantees, but we will most likely lose due to their far superior industrial capacity." Other Japanese intelligence records from the time indicated that other agents believed much the same. So Japan literally knew they would lose the war if it went on long enough, and still proceeded to bomb Pearl Harbor.

[@iKvetch558]

He was pretty much just about exactly right on the low end...the first time the Japanese were strategically "stopped" was at Coral Sea 6 months after Pearl Harbor. 👍

[@mindwarp42]

Yamamoto knew the odds were against Japan, but had to do his job. If he had only included making sure the declaration of war reached DC before attacking Peal Harbor (yes, one was sent and was supposed to arrive before the attack, but delivery was held up in the US), making the attack not be officially a surprise attack, then the US wouldn't have lost their minds as much when going for revenge. Granted, not including damaging the areas needed to repair the USN ships quicker when you know America had a clear advantage there overall was also a major mistake. (Fun fact: we can blame the Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron at Tsushima for not knowing that they could have knocked him out of the IJN then if they had blown off just one more finger - he lost a couple of fingers during the battle, and would have been invalided out of service if he had lost one more finger there.)

[@randomgamingness7953]

Japan knew that winning the war against the United States was near impossible. Their plan was to destroy the US pacific fleet and then entrench themselves into their occupied territory, making it incredibly difficult to liberate any land. They didn't plan to win, but rather just to wait the Americans out until they decided to negotiate with the Japanese.

[@-ZM_Gaming-]

​@@mindwarp42its just crazy how things could have gotten way more differently if they were killed/decommissioned

[@alexbhistory]

he fell to the marco polo troll xD

[@calebschultz9935]

As an American I must say the attack on pearl harbor was by far the worst foreign assault on American soil next to 9/11! very catastrophic and completely unexpected! And that's why Japan got creamed at the end of the war. Now we're about even and to any English speaking Japanese my condolences to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[@dansmart3182]

The entire point of the maginot line was to funnel the Germans through Belgium. They and the Belgians were supposed to hold and grind down the Germans along the major rivers. The Ardennes and cooling relationship with yhe Belgians were the major failure.

[@darkness_hound1375]

23:59 Spain was too busy fighting itself xd We had gone through a civil war from 1936 to 1939 and our land was *destroyed*, so we didn't join. There were volunteers, though, that went to fight on the war...on the german's side😅 29:57 The thing is that Russia was their main objective since the beginning, so I guess they really wanted to get started with it. In the Third Reich they hated communism and jews, and in Russia most of them were communist and jews

[@CaptainB1994]

Mussolini had no choice but to get involved in WWII becuase of the Pact of Steel he signed with Germany.

[@henrysurev6908]

Yeah, but it wasn’t like he was really against the war.

[@CaptainB1994]

@@henrysurev6908 As true as that may have been, I was simply saying that he had no choice but to enter, if he hadn't signed the pact he could have stayed out for a good while.

[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

@nB1994 isn't that why they were largely ineffectual during the war, Germany blew the whole thing open way sooner than they anticipated?

[@CaptainB1994]

@@TotallyCluelessGamer I believe so, if Germany hadn't gone in as soon as they did Italy may have been way more effective, keyword there being may. The one thing I love about history more than anything is the 'What could have been.' elements, you know, what would have happened if X had happened instead of Y.

[@rubiepie]

If Mussolini never reinstated the Socialist Italy during ww2. He will be pardon by the king? Or not.

[@bananaBread16]

6:00 fun fact: that 1 guy thing almost happened, he was staring down a British soldier, and the soldier said he couldn't just shoot him down, he looked so defeated, so if that soldier had fired his gun, ww2 may have never happened. 16:16 also the winter war lasted the entire winter, and the sniper was Simo Hayha, the white death

[@OfficialDoggyYT]

29:48 it was indeed stupid, the thing is had he attacked the USSR in March of 1942 and NOT June 1941, he would’ve had much more prep time and much much more time before winter came by the point he probably would’ve reached the Ural Mountains before winter settled in

[@Lakshya_Plays_Minecraft]

Damn he is really reacting to every oversimplified video

[@brandoncantu270]

One of the few times i hear someone actually mention Gaza and the heavy bombardment campaign

[@ethan2060]

The fact that there are Italian Nonnas today who were taught elementary school by Mussolini is insane

[@cinnabarmanx4214]

Loved the reaction, if you want more information about Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union I would highly recommend reacting to Germany Could Not Win WW2 Parts 1 and 2 by Potential History. It basically dispels myths about ways Germany might have been able to win WW2, but it also talks about why Germany’s invasion of the Soviets was basically a necessity that just couldn’t not happen.

[@iKvetch558]

Oh yes...pretty much everybody who has not seen that series should 100 percent watch it. 👍💯

[@pyronuke4768]

39:50 Tamon Yamaguchi was the admiral who went down with the carrier. Isoroku Yamamoto would survive for almost a year longer before his transport plane was shot down during Operation Vengeance. Their names are pretty similar so I see how they can get mixed up.

[@DarrylCallowayJr]

I like this side of patterz. Didn't know he was an Oversimplified history buff

[@evanirvana500]

My grandfather was at Pearl Harbor, survived to join the Pacific theater. He finally got injured seriously enough to be sent home at midway. Then on my mom's side, my uncle was in the army and somehow managed to survive omaha beach and many battles to make it to the end and liberated a concentration camp. Neither man ever spoke of their memories. My uncle agreed to answer a few questions for my history paper which shocked my aunt silly because she said he never spoke of it even to her, never once. I believe I have a cousin that was in northern campaign.

[@envisioner007]

the beach landing too was funny as the guy in charge of that area went home for a booty call and failed on rushing back.

[@Guacamoleeeeee]

Bro thought marco polo was still alive in WW2 💀

[@loveitftw]

Sweden was the backbone of the Finish war. "Finland's cause is ours!"

[@Acaigoeschrip]

Wasnt expecting to hear goodnight mr tom

[@lawden210]

Regarding Germany's disconnected piece of land (Konigsberg), Patterz should look up a list of exclaves and enclaves!

[@christopherjohnson6863]

I think the first ever technical anime was made in like 1901 in japan, so they kinda did have it then, just not good enought to avoid war yet.

[@dapperduck4250]

Some of first (if not *the* first) Americans to see combat in WW2 was before the United States even entered the war. A group (I believe it was a squadron) of American fighter pilots served in China to help resist the Japanese invasion. This group of pilots is known as the Flying Tigers and they're fricking fracking badass

[@tromedlovdrolmai]

Also, at 33:43, you start mentioning America joining against Germany as happening eventually, and while Roosevelt himself wanted that to help relieve some pressure from Britain, Congress, who holds the power to declare war, and most average citizens, after Pearl Harbor had a "Deal with Japan First" Attitude. people wanted vengeance for Pearl Harbor, and Congress only declared war on Germany because Germany declared war on the USA first. That's why Oversimplified said they didn't have to.

[@iKvetch558]

You are not accounting for some important facts....the US was already technically at war with Germany in the Atlantic Ocean a few months before Pearl Harbor. First US merchant ship confirmed sunk was in May of 1941 in the Caribbean, and US Marines moved to Iceland to allow Commonwealth forces there to be withdrawn and sent elsewhere...first US warship sunk by U-Boat was USS Reuben James on Halloween of 1941...which gave FDR a legal cassis belli. By November of 1941 war between US and Germany was inevitable, and would have come within 2 or 3 months at most...US public opinion on war had shifted sharply by then, and 68 percent believed it was "more important that Germany be defeated than for America to stay out of the war." Really, once US ships were carrying Lend Lease aid all the way to Britain and the Soviet Union, Germany had no choice but to try and sink those ships, and war between the US and Germany was effectively inevitable

[@MrTommygunz0482]

The surrounded Soldiers at Bastone were from the 101st, and to this day we don't believe we needed to be rescued.

[@darijoe1]

Quite refreshing to see a knowledgable reaction to this video series. I hope you will be able to do a reaction to Oversimplified's videos on The Cold War.

[@crimsonknight7011]

Something to remember was that we almost didn’t have Paris anymore. When Germany pulled out of cities and villages they would torch or artillery strike them to demoralize the US/British liberators and destroy potential resources. Hitler had demanded that Paris be burned to the ground and even called asking if Paris was on fire yet. The officer in charge of Paris however refused the order stating that God would never forgive him if he burned such a beautiful city, and thus Paris survived.

[@nickx5635]

If you want to, Italian unification is also pretty interesting

[@JuggernautJay86]

I would recommend some fat electrician videos, particularly on Vietnam where you'll learn that U.S. political corruption basically wanted the military to lose, seriously not allowed to bomb anti aircraft weaponry, forced flying right through where the heaviest anti air was. Our government was an embarrassing shitshow during Vietnam war. Alot of unnecessary deaths. Also Hobarts funnies, the granddaddy of tank warfare and the original creator of the Blitzkrieg, and it was the lack of his specialized tanks at Omaha beach that made it so bloody.

[@joeylumbley]

5:57 That’s what the Saga of Tanya the evil is for

[@crimsonknight7011]

Nanny McPhee Returns also had the city kids having to go stay with their cousins in the country to avoid bombing raids

[@DionyYT]

My great grandma fought in ww2 he said the sky and ground turned blue and red out of nowhere sometimes it seemed crazy

[@thestrikernetwork125]

13:06 Yes, Kaliningrad (or Königsberg if you’re German)

[@ZanathKariashi]

they did. Germany had calculated that they would run out of fuel if they didn't get access to either the middle east or russia's oil fields, and due to all the allied forces in the middle east, they figured a surprise blitzkrieg against Russia would at least allow them to seize Russia's oil fields, even if they couldn't knock them out them fully, and then starve them out from there. That's why they made a lot of gambles involving the Russian front, since they're dwindling in fuel resources and it was basically now or never.

[@rangerhalt5211]

Yeah, the fact that people aren't that fazed by the Holocaust nowadays is terrible. I got to check out the Holocaust museum in DC last year, and there were kids just fooling around as they walked through, not really caring at all. The thing that hit me the hardest was the shoe exhibit, showing just a fraction of how many people were killed.

[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

As someone from America the "You would be speaking German is not for us" crowd is weird, many people in the US have this obsession with living in the past, and treat events that are decades if not centuries old as if they are personally involved.

[@cobaltsable1800]

And conveniently forget that they were coming fresh off of many grueling years for the rest of the world

[@Wolfbroa]

It just people in general. There is always that crowd that takes shit of the far far past and act like it’s personal. Hell don’t even wanna get into political shithole of some middle eastern and Balkan nations. But it also comes just from people doing complete opposite Like I have seen people unironically believe the USA did absolutely nothing in ww1 and 2 like there isn’t any difference or importance whatsoever. That of course is gonna bring people to push back just as hard in opposite direction. This whole topic of “this side did everything” instead of obvious “the work together made such super power house that not only did we all defeat the axis but so superior it wasn’t likely they would ever win even if almost everything went right”. Just bunch of morons acting like they know history or taking past action to abuse for modern day political/ideological or social feel good moments

[@Gohka]

A lot of people all over the world do shit like this. I'm from the UK and you'd be amazed how many people in their 40s-50s hold some kind of hatred of Germans even though the war ended 25-35 years before they were even born and they've never met a German in their life. In fact when I was 16 I did this sort of exchange thing in school, this German kid came and lived with us for a week then I went and lived over there for a week. While he was here in my school I remember walking down a hall with him and some prat from one of my classes starts singing "two world wars and one world cup, oo aa, oo aa". I mean really, what do any of these (at the time) 16 year olds know about a war that ended over 40 years before they were born, hell even that world cup win happened over 20 years before we were born.

[@johnprime1147]

So Hitler nearly won the war. He just made too many mistakes that finally caught up to him. His first mistake? Letting the insignificant British air raid have him focus all fire on London. Shot himself in the foot. But he still could win the War. Declared war on the U.S. shot himself in the foot but could STILL recover from this. It was still possible. But then he made his 3rd mistake. Technically it isn't said to be a mistake but in all accounts it was Hitlers BIGGEST Failure. He attacked Russia in the Summer. Doesn't sound bad until you realize these attacks take TIME. And Russia likely wasn't going to surrender so easily. Hitler underestimated Russia and he laid the price for it. Maybe he could recover from these mistakes? No! There was no way he could. The Uk was with America and Canada, Italy has fallen, the attack in Russia failed, and Japan the country Hitler said he'd go to war with against America was losing. And they lost the second Learl Harbor happened. Soooo. In reality. Hitler was fucked the second he attacked Russia

[@FLLax11]

I wrote a dissertation on how Canada and Australia did not get enough credit in both world wars Also, don't invade Russia in the winter

[@-ZM_Gaming-]

And dont invade Finland in the winter

[@Lobster_Gaming]

Canada, Australia and he forgot my country NZ…. Dammit

[@Lobster_Gaming]

And India, South Africa the list goes on

[@Loki_Trickster]

Let's be honest NZ sometimes gets forgotten from maps, and half the world doesn't even remember what hemisphere its on. NZ gets no respect. But i think NZ missed the chanced to be recognized better by not renaming itself to Kiwiland.

[@sizzle5775]

Btw saying this cause I saw stream chat arguing about this: Muss man and Austrian Boy were NOT socialist. Bald Man was ex-socialist but very quickly desinvowed those beliefs, while moustache man did have 'socialist' in his party name; it was more about nationalising the Germany industry and economy by putting in the hands of German people while ousting non Germans. In that sense, while yes, nationalisng industry does somewhat come under socialist ideaology, it's also not really socialist at all to kick people out of the country to take control of it.

[@GoodfellaZeta4873]

14:07 There's the reason why Poland is buying so many different weapons and defenses from us Americans nowadays. They're hellbent on making sure THIS never happens again.

[@grip3939]

From the Philippines here, yeah we were sold by Spain, after 300 years) to USA

[@constructking8850]

3:04 It was done intentionally. The german empire of WW1 was originally the kingdom of Prussia. The Prussian state was famously militaristic, and led it to become the German empire. After WW1, the entente wanted to break this, so they separated it to try and break that militaristic spirit.

[@mindwarp42]

... if you have not listened to Sabaton yet, how have you not done so? They collab with Time Ghost, the folks originally behind The Great War channel and currently behind the World War Two YT channel, on Sabaton History, talking about the historical events Sabaton sings about. Indy Neidell has even starred in two Sabaton music videos, playing both Lawrence of Arabia in Seven Pillars of Wisdom and one of the greatest mad lads of all time Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart in The Unkillable Soldier.

[@Ender-bg2hx]

You should watch Mitsi Studios as well, especially their art style which makes it hilarious with the occasional brutality.

[@tsuaririndoku]

Actually, Anime exist way before WWII. They are not in the main stream until way after the war.

[@Oscar92839]

24:43 yeahhh australia

[@steventomasi5557]

Interesting fact about my family, my great grand parents got married in London on the first day of the bombings by the German Air Force and the church they got married in was hit only thirty minutes after their wedding

[@VexTheViolator]

Am so early I can see the kids with the terrible spelling

[@Kaesekuchen700K]

😂

[@Banana-on-banana]

With the

[@marvelrizky]

Haven't watch this yet, i hope there is my favorite antagonist

[@JacksonVoet]

The thing we can take solace in, is that the Allies didn’t make the same mistake as they did with the Treaty of Versailles. We helped Germany after their collapse instead of draining them dry and ruining them further, and they became one of our greatest allies, and while I am horrified by the atomic bomb, the unconditional surrender of Japan allowed them to become another great ally, and also anime and manga was created, so at the very least, some good came out of that terrible, terrible war.

[@Phoenixgemgaming]

I don’t know if anyone has commented about this but the French actually had got air reconnaissance that told them about a German force and supply line heading towards the Ardennes and they thought it may have been a faint or a decoy but well as we know now the Germans bashed through it and it was on part because they had thought the ardenne to be unsuitable for mass invasion or tanks they also got more reports but didn’t quite believe that Germany was actually going to Also there’s the fact of Germanys air superiority kept the French from flying recon during most of the day and most French recon flights happened at night so while it was one part French leaders ingnorace and preconceived notions there were also other factors that led to it nothing is black and white tho they did leave it basically empty so there’s not much that they could have done anyway

[@themoonisfalling9078]

Just as a slight explanation as to why aneticans use "we". It's an incredibly patriotic country, also its more of a general term. I would never say that "i" did anything, but I would say that WE helped because its more of a general attribution toward the country as a whole

[@AFIoridaman]

I think pearl harbor was the most important event in ww2 for two reasons one it got the us into the war faster than we would have otherwise as so long as we werent attacked we couldn't care less what was happening over in Eurasia so long as amricans weren't hurt by the war. Two that attack is what leaf to the Manhattan project being formed.

[@jontastic]

The UK and the USSR may well have fallen to the axis if not for the USA. We supplied food, weapons, steel, explosives, etc to the Allies. I think it may have been Stalin who said we couldn’t have built our tanks and aircraft without the USA.

[@haillordpopo9469]

5:57 actually, fun fact, Hitler didn’t create the Nazi party so that well placed bomb likely wouldn’t have stopped too much as the Nazis still advertised socialism and likely would have still gained power during the Great Depression, which would either result in a different Hitler or the same fate as all socialist countries, communism

[@Railbrony]

As an American I can agree with that “we” hot take. Too many sensitive marshmellows now.

[@deltatubedx1101]

Gooood

[@Amrod97]

29:25 /// This was not a mistake. In fact, the Germans didn't have much of a choice, if they hadn't attacked the USSR then the USSR would have attacked them in a few years, and then they would have crushed them with brute force. Stalin counted on Germany being stuck in France like in WWI, and planned to install communism throughout Europe when it got tired of the war. No one expected France to fall in a month. In 1941, the Germans caught the Red Army at its worst, after Stalin's purges in the army, the RA was in terrible shape. Operation Barbarossa had a much better chance of success than defeat, and if it weren't for the Germans' stupid mistakes they would have won it by the end of 1942. That was the only time for it.

[@Amrod97]

33:50 /// This was perfect from a propaganda point of view. Since war with the U.S. was inevitable anyway, it was better that we declare war on them than they on us.

[@wranglerbarnett7869]

My grandmother was in world war 2

[@easternwoyer3876]

You should watch extra history, more specifically it path to pearl harbor series

[@luxaeterna100]

Would not been suprised if the Rock would be grand son of Benito Mussolini. Look the same!

[@dmwalker24]

An attempt to invade the British Isles would not have gone well. Did he really expect to conquer the Scottish in the absence of nuclear weapons? It's not all that different from the fact that if you find yourself invading Finland, you've made a mistake somewhere.

[@evanhuntley]

Crazy to think how much lives and resources are wasted on war

[@preknife]

In fairness to Mussolini he was basically tircked into joining ww2 when he did. 3:20 ish

[@91Caesar]

29:34 no they 100% needed to do this. Firstly, their entire plan for the advancement of Germany hindged on annexing lands to the East. The invasion of the USSR was the plan and ultimate goal from day 1. Hittler anticipated war with the allies, but didnt exactly desire it (beyond for the sake of revenge). The motivations behind declaring war on the USSR are so ingrained in what made the Nazis the Nazis that if they didnt go ahead with it, they may as well not be Nazis, which would essentially have stopped WW2 (as we know it) from happening in the first place. Secondly, at this point in time Germany is not in an economically sustainable position. They lack access to the resources they need to support not only themselves, but the occupied states under them. They may control Europe, but between the Commonwealth and their less then steller relations with the US, the Axis basically dont have access to international trade to support themselves. That is, except for the Soviets. Between the fall of France and opperation Barbarossa, Germany was dependent on importing resources from the Soviets. This is a very very dangerous position to be in, because of the third key reason why the invasion of the USSR was neccesarily. The USSR and Nazi Germany may have made a few mutually benificial agreements, but both made no secret of the fact that they fundamentally hated one another to the very core, and shared a mutual ambition for the complete destriction of the opposing state. As much as Nazi Germany wanted the Soviets wiped out, the Soviets wanted Nazi Germany wiped out. So that means that Germany at that time was dependent on importing resources from a government that made no secret of the fact that they believed conflict between the two was inevitable. It should be imediatly obviois why that is an unsustainable arrangement. The Soviets would almost certainly have invaded Germany eventually. Stalin was caught off guard by Barbarossa, but not because he didnt believe the Germans would have attacked him. Rather because he didnt think they would do it so soon. For Germany though the equation was pretty simple. The longer they waited, the stronger the Soviets would get. The Soviets were in the process of industrialising. Plus while their administration had suffered significantly due to Stalin's purges, it was slowly recovering. If Germany waited too long, the Soviets would become to strong for them to defeat. The ideal scenario for Germany is that UK surrended after the fall of Paris and would have actually helped them in the war with the Soviets, if not directly, indirectly through allowing free trade with the rest of the globe. The reality though is that by the time of Barbarossa it was blatently apparent that Germany could not force the Uk to surrender. At that stage, they're pretty much out of time. They cant afford to delay Barbarossa indefinitely, and they have no realistic timeline on ending the war with the UK. They've essentially dug their hole before even declaring war on the Soviets. They'd arguably be in an even worse position long term if they dont go in when they did.

[@LETMEHSLEEP601]

I think if England was failing they open the Scottish floodgates

[@91Caesar]

33:22 nah see the Japanese goal was to make defending the pacific a bigger pain in the ass then the USA was willing to deal with. Japan was fully aware that it could not defeat the USA in a total war scenario. Even if the attack on Pearl Harbour did the maximum damage, a commited USA was always going to be able to recover and overwhelm them. Their industrial advantage is just that stagering. So the hope was that the USA would take a look at the situation and the lengths Japan was willing to go to, and decide, "yeah, nah, this isnt worth the hassle, you guys can have this one". That may sound silly on the surface, but there are examples of this strategy working all throughout history. The American Revolution itself is a prime example. If the Brittish Empire had been determined to hold the American colonies at any cost, there is simply no scenario where the revolutionist win. Brittain has them so comprehensivly outgunned, outskilled, outsupplied etc. In reality, at the time Brittain is also dealing with the Napaoleonic wars, having to manage both hot and cold conflicts with much more dangerous opponents then the American rebels. Not only that, but the 13 colonies aren't even all that important to them in the first place. So, when these revolutionist prove a bigger pain to deal with then initially anticipated, they decide "bugger this, not worth our time, you can have this one. Just stay out of Canada". Basically, Japan banked on the USA not being motivated enough to care about a few islands in the pacific or the fates of Asian nations on the opposite side of the planet. And that wasnt an unreasonable assumption given how isolationist the USA was being at the time (this is the same country where the public is highly resistant to getting involved in the war in Europe after all). Unfortunatly for the Japanese, and fortunatly for us, turns out the Americans did care, they cared a lot. They 100% cared enough to go all in.

[@silentAli668]

*Dutch East indies* Nah, we chill, we had a bunch of friends to prevent the worst part of "what's going on". Me just minding my business here, make the cheap local horse work more for us, "Japan" eh? Easy peasy. *Japan arrive* Oh! We doomed... *After war* It's time to my...WTF?!

[@EurypteridFossil]

47:15 as an american i 100% agree, the UK deserves to be commended for holding out for so long. And i think if anyone deserves the credit for carrying the war it was the USSR- crazy turnaround they had there. US joining is really just a mere cherry on top by the end. the US definitely should have joined sooner, we already knew isolationism wasnt working for us by then…

[@catcontent_1233]

Nazi Germany declare war on Soviet union Soviets:so you have chosen death

[@J-bn1ls]

I like it when he stops talking

[@ElysiaWhitemoonOmega]

i can see this is an american video, as it completly ignored the soviet invasion of japan, the atom bombs did not end the war, the japanese government did not react to it, the started to surrended after the soviet started invading the northern islands

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

37:41 in 1942 jerman only 14 km from asia.

[@adamskeans2515]

you should react to The Fat Electrician

[@AchillesRightNow]

i think its funny how the US stayed out of the war and everything was going so horribly wrong, but because japan bombed them, they decided to get involved and changed the tide of the entire war

[@jesamineali4901]

Good night mister tom I read it

[@JermaineCole2014]

As an American, you’re welcome

[@gabz2803]

epic history has more Indepth information if you like and breaks down the everything else that oversimplified skipped, great video tho keep up the good work