Historian Breaks Down World War 2 - Oversimplified (Part 1)

[@jaysvideos9107]

Imagine being a student...then you see your teacher become the head of your country and your like.. "Wait...is that Mr. Mussolini!?"

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

lol !

[@2wodrqwoa]

"I always told you guys he'd do something like this."

[@Nebras]

@@2wodrqwoa underrated comment 😂😂😂

[@AllPileup]

"See, Luigi? That's why we told you not to play Truth or Dare with him."

[@paulbabcock2428]

Or imagine just after the shoot out with the Neo Nazis at their compond if you had really took chemistry from Walter White.

[@robertfitzgerald181]

Japan: I bombed some ships Germany: who did you bomb Japan: USA Germany: you did what

[@awesomeaiden5218]

Yes. Just Yes.

[@Norwagen]

@@ShuffleUpandDeal32 did i have a stroke reading that or did you have one writing it

[@razkable]

i mean to be fair germany messed up first by attacking russia before taking britain ...both side were stupid

[@primastanislaus9184]

@@razkable I can assure you all sides are stupid. How they shafted their WW1 allies especially Japan that at the time was really close to the UK, then shaft them again at League of Nations through US veto on equality despite, you know... Being the US and all men are equal and all that. Which hits the civilian government of Imperial Japan (Yes, they even have a commoner prime minister that wasn't even close to be militaristic) harder than any Militarist elements from inside Japan. So... Yeah, all side are stupid.

[@Mr.MidKnight]

Then Germany Declared war on the US, which he didn't need too, he would've won the war if he didn't invade Russia.

[@13jhow]

There's a historian who called the Treaty of Versailles "The treaty that started all wars." Virtually every conflict since then has its roots in that mess of a document, from WW2 to African border wars.

[@bentheadultsagafi2720]

wow i learned something today.

[@Kenneth-zk1nh]

A lot of things led to now in the 20th century like the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand leading to WW1, then to the treaty of Versailles, to Hitler and WW2, to the Cold War, etc. Some people say that you can go even further into the 19th century and still find that it leads to those events

[@kayzeaza]

@@bentheadultsagafi2720 that’s what history is though lol events influencing events. We could trace modern conflicts all the way back to the fall of western Roman Empire if we tried hard enough hahaha

[@jimboonie9885]

@@kayzeaza we could trace all events to that single cell that started all life

[@georgejanzen774]

This view is increasingly being revised among historians and for good reason.

[@zy420806143]

As a Chinese I cannot be more grateful that you mentioned the rape of Nanking (The Nanking Massacre), which is the absolute darkest day in WW2 for Chinese people.

[@11DNA11]

Even darker is the fact that a communist party got hold of the power in China.

[@jakestan1185]

People don’t talk about the atrocities that Japan did it’s just us and Germany and Russia The raping and killing babies and ect was messed up

[@GiordanDiodato]

@@jakestan1185 pretty much everyone did atrocities in the war.

[@landsea7332]

Here in the West , the atrocities that occurred in the 20th Century Asia are rarely , if ever , discussed . Its very strange . Its almost like its racist to discuss them . The exceptions may be North Korea , the Khmer Rouge and the Japanese military used sex slaves . Ask someone how many people died during the "Great Leap Forward " and they have no idea what that was How many Asians and POW's the Japanese used in forced labour camps during WW II , they have no idea it even happened. .

[@socire72]

@@landsea7332 Also, Japan completely still denies the war crimes in World War II. The Great Leap Forward is a harder topic to cover. It’s very hard to teach the Great Leap Forward without being biased against communism/socialism in any way, and reliable information is hard to get.

[@user-sb1vz9pv5y]

Oversimplified is great. This guy is great as well. Like how he may correct a few things but it's not in a accusing way. We all miss things at times. But most of the time he adds to the oversimplification without getting it too far back to over complicated. Both channels are awesome.

[@squidopedia_]

Nice limerick

[@ffuuu2018]

Ok michael jackson

[@jjarmstrong1997]

I did not see a part where my guy corrected oversimplified's mistake.

[@jjarmstrong1997]

tbh he just added more information and made it more entertaining

[@sundeeprandhawa6007]

@@jjarmstrong1997 one can say he unsimplified it

[@StultoTheProto]

“Our Japanese military is completely well equipped to handle the United States.” 5 years later “We bombed one harbor, they dropped the sun on us twice.”

[@meatloafisgood2374]

Technically I think atom bombs are the literal opposite of the sun

[@user-tv4ih2kq6r]

@@meatloafisgood2374 😂😂 that was too literal.

[@StarlightAurelia]

@@meatloafisgood2374 No the atom bombs are essentially mini uncontrolled stars.

[@arbythecool]

From land of the rising sun to falling sun real quick

[@DeathEatsCurry]

Japan never assumed to be well equipped to handle the US for longer than 6 months or so. Their whole plan was pretty much to blitz the pacific and hope the US would just cede it when public support for the war would drop..

[@meganoob12]

19:45 yes, he made the French sign their surrender in the same rail car that the armistice in 1918 was signed in. Later he gave the order to blow it up, so that the allies couldn't do the same to him xD

[@jassen1924]

1945

[@LoganRaymond]

@@jassen1924 lol

[@wkawengian]

19:45= 1945? Is that the joke guys?

[@jassen1924]

@@wkawengian yes

[@LoganRaymond]

@@wkawengian Yes

[@Berolll]

21:39 As a Pole, thanks for bringing it up as it is usually forgotten how much our pilots had done for Brits. In the matter of fact they haven’t even been invited to the post war victory March in London. If you want to learn a bit more about 303 there is a great moovie called “Hurricane : squadron 303” I highly recommend it.

[@mia778]

The story of the Battle of Britain should never be told without the efforts of the fantastic polish pilots. I went to Poland last year and was amazed how nice everyone was - some of the friendliest people you could ever meet. I'll always have the greatest respect to Poland

[@bigbad25]

post war politics there... Soviet Poland had been invited but turned down the offer. As for what Poland did for Britain... we don't forget... just like we they don't forget they whent to war for Poland... also gave Polish refugees a home.. money and support... also made sure to give the polish government a home also backed polish fighters in Poland. Oh and did not fucking surrender or sue for peace when Germany over ran Poland and looked like the UK had its back against the wall. So yeah... the UK don't forget what Polish fighters did for the war effort also don't forget what UK did... all ww 2 would have been 1939 to 1941 ending with German victory

[@boranates1320]

@@bigbad25 Not just Britain and Poland. Yes, without Britain the war would be over, but lets not forget the contributions of the USSR, America and China.

[@bigbad25]

@@boranates1320 totally on board with that... but at that point of the war... American was playing Mr I don't want to get involved... Russia had actually invaded Poland along with Germany.... and well China was fighting the Japanese.... hence at that point of ww2 it was the UK and its empire.... and there was a lot of pressure to agree to a peace deal with Germany... hence ww2 would have been 1939 to 1941 with a Germany victory.... thankfully some warmonger had enough political support to get made PM... and said no compromise / no peace deal....so as I said... ww2 1939 to 1941....

[@comusrules1244]

I am of Polish decent. It was great hearing about the 303. Never heard that before. Hello to all my fellow Poles! ❤️🇵🇱

[@eyalkin5225]

me thinking on every other sentence: "there's a Sabaton song about that".

[@marinecor23]

sabaton is just the early 2000's history channel except music.

[@oskarstaniucha7572]

Finally somebody knows who Sabaton is

[@oskarstaniucha7572]

@Wesley Maxfield wow alright, i just came across the video but defs gonna check the rest out now

[@reevvie2608]

We could make a religion out of this.

[@daviddombrowski3253]

True that

[@asheep4756]

My Grandfather was from Poland and he served in the RAF after serving in the Polish Air Force.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

That's an awesome legacy. Thankful for your grandfather's service.

[@fandemusique4693]

@@VloggingThroughHistory could you react to "between two wars" videos of indy neidell about italy ?

[@EPSGU]

I think it’s interesting tath my great grandfather (i mean “Urgroßvater“ mit sure how to write this in English) was a 109 pilot in the Luftwaffe (died in 1943 I think) So it’s possible tath at some point they „meet“ each other in the sky. And yes I know my English is not the best

[@jimreilly917]

Your grandfather was a hero.🇺🇲

[@risen3031]

@@EPSGU you’re English is better some people I know and yeah it’s totally possible for them to have met each other

[@urskinaattori203]

4:40 "People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made" -Franklin Roosevelt

[@PolarisSGL]

Lol Franklin himself

[@TheSkyGuy77]

Didn't he expand the executive powers himself?

[@mattdeluccia153]

He knew that better than anyone as he himself took advantage of an unemployment crisis to expand his powers

[@imperatormaximus8952]

I was looking for this quote, thank you.

[@MassimoVas]

@@PolarisSGL no

[@maxqkeenan]

My wife watched your video, and she really appreciated what you said about the atrocities in Nanking. Thanks for taking the time to make others aware.

[@alxbkers]

13:57 You may have already heard about this, after reading 'the rape of Nanking' by Iris Chang I did some further research on the Japanese, their camps, and even came across a unit that experimented on people, similar to the experiments the Nazi's did under the 'Angel of Death' Mengele. It's called Unit 731 and the things humans did to other humans there truly are horrific. I also spoke to my grandmother in law who is of Indonesian descent who told me about brutal torture methods in prison camps that involved bamboo (though I will spare you the details). The Japanese were indeed extremely well taught in the arts of torture...

[@beohel]

The event actually coloured Sino-Western nations relations up to this day. The Chinese never forgave the Japanese for what they did and they did not forgave the West for supporting Japan after WWII. It was understandable from the Western POV that they needed Japan as a bulwark against Communism during the Cold War. But to the Chinese, it was seen more like a betrayal from the West for supporting the nation for killing so many Chinese peoples, and a further confirmation that the West can never be truly trusted.

[@trayolphia5756]

If you got a stronger stomach...there was an episode of myth busters where they investigate the legitimacy in science of wether the bamboo thing was play or not...

[@liarwithagun]

@@beohel Unified China has never trusted anyone or considered anyone a trustworthy equal. This is more a 'confirmation' of their already existing bias of looking down on everyone else.

[@beohel]

@@liarwithagun True, there was a history of perceived superiority which in some cases were justified; their state became centralised way earlier than anyone else, allowing them to embark on significant engineering and scientific projects. As for today, it is more or less the same, a return to the previous status quo. In Chinese society, humility is supposed to be valued, but people are always damn arrogant the moment they feel that it is justified. In some ways today, one can say that they are arrogant because it is justified; their economy is rising, their military is stronger than ever, and other nations are becoming subdued by their hard and soft power. Only way this is going to change is if Chinese society gets a full transformation, or if there is another nation that rises to beat the Chinese at their own game.

[@memecliparchives2254]

@@liarwithagun Always has been. China in the ancient times considered themselves the "Middle Kingdom" and considered anyone outside their kingdom barbaric or inhumane. Look who's talking now.

[@serpent645]

The Treaty of Versailles is why Hans Morgenthau, in "Politics Among Nations" (1947) argued that in the aftermath of a conflict, the victorious party must be benevolent to the defeated party. I wrote a paper once (the literature review was a hassle) arguing that WWII started the day WWI ended. Good paper, though early in my Masters Program

[@P3ndragon025]

contrary to most people I miss going to class and your commentary sounds like a class lecture. I love it.

[@0870dawn]

I love Oversimplified. Love the history and the humor.

[@theonlyegg]

"Here's The Situation." 😂

[@friedrichdergroe593]

1:28 Why You Let Mussolini Punch Your Head?

[@theeternalsuperstar3773]

HAHAHA

[@heekim3202]

HAHAHA

[@heekim3202]

HAHAHA

[@crazgaming5236]

HAHAHA

[@V0liathon]

HAHAHA

[@felixbenkammerer9717]

The Meth you mentioned was in the army known as "Panzerschokolade" (translated from word to word: "Tank Chocolate"). It was also used (my Father told me this who got it told from his Father and so on) from pilotes, to keep them wake and alerted the hole time. Thought it might be fun to know

[@tigeriussvarne177]

Or "Pervitin". Soldiers even send letters home, asking to send them more Pervitin.

[@youngstrategistgaming]

The Germans were so powerful in the blitz because they never got tired since they were on fricking drugs

[@felixbenkammerer9717]

@@youngstrategistgaming Exactly

[@felixbenkammerer9717]

@Trade Bum Simmons really?! I didn't know that. Thanks for telling

[@josephharrington7129]

@20:25. I had a patient once who was a pilot for the RAF, he was involved in that raid on those French ships, he told me how weird it felt bombing the ships of an ally. It was awesome to hear his stories about it.

[@andrews8464]

Wish I had a teacher like you growing up, very passionate, knowledgeable, and charismatic, keep up the great work

[@lucascamarasa2081]

I freaking love these kinds of videos. Not only you get entertained but you also learned a lot from a 20 minute video than from a 2 hours lecture in class.

[@DerpSpY205]

This has been one of my favorite recaps of WW2. Oversimplified did a great job, but I love your sprinkling of additional details and explanations. Got a subscribe and like from me.

[@robertohorcajada2818]

First at all, thank you for the excellent video. However there is a minor mistake (well, huge mistake if you are Spanish). When you talked about the Spanish civil war, the facist did not fight the royal family, they were fighting the second republic. I am sure you knew that (you just made a mistake) and I am also sure that very few spotted that error (again, unless you are spanish) and for the content of the video is have very little impact.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Yes you are correct. Thank you for pointing that out!

[@jimreilly917]

Outside Spain the Spanish Civil War is really confusing to many.

[@michaelhibbard654]

@@jimreilly917 agreed, so many factions

[@North_wood]

@@jimreilly917 yeah I am still confused till today

[@NovaxxDjocovid]

Finally a reaction channel that adds to the video instead of just sitting there with a smile. Well done!

[@kruksog]

Never seen a "reaction" video add so much value. Earned my sub for sure.

[@tobypryce9984]

Noticed a lot of your oversimplified stuff is experiencing the wrath of youtube, hope it gets sorted, your expanded view of his stuff is amazing and some of your best content!

[@ClemensAlive]

Can we recognize for a moment, that te original Germany gives a thumbs up on the right? :D

[@loopmuhzoop]

That's not "original Germany", what do you even mean? I'd say that there's no such thing as an original form of any country, but if anything original Germany would be East Francia, and it does not have any thumb anywhere.

[@loopmuhzoop]

@@mscmrdx6826 I perfectly understand it's a joke, but it doesn't mean it's not wrong and that it does not cause misinformation and misconceptions. He didn't ask me for anything, but it doesn't undermine the fact that he made a pretty huge mistake which i decided to correct - not so much for his sake as for all the others reading his comment - since it is, as I believe, a professional historians channel, so I assumed people here would like to know something about history. Also I don't think my "bs" digression made anyone's life worse in any way. Being upset because of it would be like being upset after finding a pebble on your front stairs. Because firstly, it's really just so unimportant. And secondly, things aren't bad just because they aren't asked for. You can say it was useless, but then how different is your comment? They are both equally meaningless, singular messages in the Internet with no bearing on anyone's life. So maybe it would be best if we learned to let people say things as long as they aren't hurting anyone, especially if there is this slightest value there. I know, it's way too long, but well, I'm bored and you got me philosophical. Good night or have a nice day or whatever

[@BigAl2-u7e]

@@loopmuhzoop It is the original Germany. The second reich, German Empire, Kaiserreich, or however you want to call it is the first unified Germany and thus, the original Germany.

[@csharkop]

@@loopmuhzoop You way overreacted, pointing out a fun/amusing thing is not causing misinformation, misconceptions, nor is it a mistake, and neither is using the word 'original' to describe the first instance of germany shown in the video. They didn't make a mistake just because you took a comment out of context. Annoyance is definitely a bad feeling, and causing it is making people's lives worse, maybe not in a huge way, but still worse. "maybe it would be best if we learned to let people say things as long as they aren't hurting anyone, especially if there is this slightest value there." Maybe you should take your own advice, and leave people alone when your comments are neither needed nor wanted.

[@HC-kn2sq]

@@csharkop I was less annoyed by his comments than the use of the word "original" when applying it to a country

[@DonQuixoteFan]

I love the duality between you and oversimplified, he gives you the basic knowledge of everything then you go into deeper detail about the thing he says.

[@TheModeler99]

"Ohhh by the way German troops were taking Meth" lol caught me off guard

[@anna-px3ty]

They called it Panzerschokolade (tank chocolate) lol

[@BlackIjs]

Me too! Apparently both sides were using drugs to 'elevate morale,' reduce fatigue, etc. I didn't think that was common until later wars.

[@txrracxtta]

@@BlackIjs Wait, you should be in a war BEFORE you take drugs to "elevate morale"?! I've been doing it all wrong!

[@comusrules1244]

There’s a whole documentary about it called High Hitler (I think). The Nazi insane MDs did lots of experiments on their own soldiers with various drugs. They were also on a form of LSD.

[@thorvenalvarskjomisson95]

@@anna-px3ty Thats wrong. The Meth was called Pervitin and came in a cylindrical tube in tablets. What you are talking about is the chocolate named Scho-Ka-Kola. There are rumors of it if there was cocain in it or not. Officially not. But some soldiers said there was something in there.

[@luketaylor7291]

Hey I really appreciate your additions to oversimplifieds videos and your strong encouragement to check out the original content creator. I think you add a substantial amount of interesting information while using oversimplified as a basis of expanding on good information. Many of these historical events can be too complex to understand without some biases coming up. Building off of the content to further expand and understand some of the more complex ideas let’s everyone understand these events on a deeper level. Keep up the great work 🎉

[@Woyto15]

Thumbs up and respect from Poland for mentioning 303! ❤️🇵🇱

[@jacobslempel1279]

Thank you for telling me about the polish pilots defending Britain. I did not know that and I think it is a very important fact to point out and one I sadly have not heard before. :( I am danish, but I have a huge interest in WW2 and those polish pilots deserve their credit. :)

[@CosmicAeon]

Yes it's a very interesting fact. It must've been satisfying for them to be given a chance for revenge after the way their homeland was carved up without any realistic chance of fighting back.

[@1ramyus]

@@CosmicAeon It not entirely true. Polish fighter pilots fought over Warsaw defending the city day after day against German air raids. Then many of them moved to France, and when fight in France was over, they escaped to UK to fight Nazi alongside RAF.

[@dagotowka9191]

It just makes it even worse that polish troops where not invited to the marching ceremony after the war as England was scared of the Soviets

[@seanparker3386]

I choose to believe that Denmark doesn’t exist

[@madskristensen5691]

@@seanparker3386 Why so if i may ask :)

[@cadetkohr5508]

21:24 Fighter pilots in exile fly over foreign land Tell their story again, tell of 310 Men from Czechoslovakia in the battle of Britain Guarding the skies of the isle

[@WolfpackPodcastOfficial]

I have to say, reaction videos usualy doesn't add much to the original content, but you, good sir, you're diffrent. Truly a great commentary! Very intresting! Keep up the good work!

[@malcolmferguson4869]

22:00 - My grandmother was actually in one of those air-raid shelters. Hell, she could even be somewhere in that very photo, for all I know.

[@EnPotteplante]

17:58 One thing that's missing from the scene where the Blücher is sunk in "The King's Choice", is that the commanding officer, Birger Eriksen was allegedly asked by one of the gunners if they were going to use live ammunition, to which he replied "Visst fanden skal der skytes med skarpt!" (meaning something to the effect of: "Of-fucking-course we're going to fire live rounds!") Furthermore, the foreign warships had not been identified, meaning that Eriksen didn't know if it was the Germans or the British coming up the Oslo fjord. Eriksen's assumption that they were hostile was also a guess based on the fact that the ships hadn't identified themselves, but were sailing dark. When he finally decided to give the order to fire, he shall have said: "Enten blir jeg stilt for krigsrett, eller så blir jeg krigshelt. Fyr!" (eng: "I'll either be court-martialled or I'll be decorated. Fire!"). Bonus funfacts: While it was ultimately the hidden torpedo battery (that the Germans didn't know about) that delt the killing blows on the Blücher, there is some poetic irony in the knowledge that the two naval guns which softened up the ship were named after the Jewish prophets Moses and Aron. Even more ironic is that the guns were installed in 1892, and were of Imperial German make, while the torpedo battery was installed in 1901 and the torpedos were of Austro-Hungarian make.

[@NorthHaug]

Potteplanten med fakta

[@TheGamesanddeath]

if im correct, moses technically isnt jewish, but a hebrew/israelite.

[@Mo0ndr1ver]

Fun fact, the US received the French battleship Richelieu in February, 1943 for refit and completion. So at one point the allies had some French ships in their navy.

[@Crazael]

To be fair to the French and the Maginot line, it was supposed to be supported to be supported by Belgium. Who changed their minds about their part in the defensive line before the war started.

[@ChaS4m]

People forget about or don’t know about it very often

[@nightshadewinter6915]

Currently studying this in college. Oversimplified is an awesome resource to help understand the general overview of the events. Understanding that will help you to digest what else was happening.

[@randomguy8107]

As a French, I’ll point this out at 19:40 (god that is so on point) : the Treaty of Versailles was signed in the Chateau de Versailles as a revenge to the treaty that ended the war of 1870 against Bismarck and the incoming Germany. The french surrender of 1940 was signed on the same rail cart as the german surrender of 1918

[@joemoon4603]

Didn't realize you had another channel, long-time subscriber, and user of your guides on ultimate general games, and nice to see your videos are getting a lot of attention with the extra context you give as you did with the other channel.

[@mattsgrungy]

Speaking as an Englishman, I just want to make it clear that we had to sink the French navy. Partly to prevent it falling into German hands and partly because we would have absolutely kicked ourselves if we hadn't taken the opportunity when it arose. Do you have any idea how long we'd been trying to sink the French Navy? And it was RIGHT THERE! Anyway, no hard feelings, eh chaps?

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

With those ships, plus the Italian navy, the Brits would have had a rough time in the Mediterranean if they hadn't done it.

[@mattsgrungy]

@@VloggingThroughHistory Yeah I was being a bit light-hearted and silly. I'm aware that it was a strategic necessity.

[@PenhamedPelah]

A brit sinking a French ship for the purpose of a war is most likely the reason we kept our morale up throughout the war 😂

[@horationelson2440]

Quick thing, it was the armistice that was signed in the railcar. Minor correction, the armistice being the ending of hostilities, the treaty of versailles being the formal end to the conflict, can be easy to mix up.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

You're correct. I meant the armistice.

[@Rammsoldat]

My Grandad was a young boy during this war, he lived in Liverpool which was a juicy target for Nazi bombs. At one point he got so sick of running into the shelter at night that he just stayed in his bed and declared that if he was going to die he was going to die in comfort.

[@gianflores3961]

Did he die from bombing?

[@aloksingh1930]

​@@gianflores3961 Seems pretty clear, eh.

[@aloksingh1930]

​@@gianflores3961 No.

[@my936586]

Hey! Chinese here, love your thumbnail! Subed, and going thru all your videos. Love them!

[@shawnvestal7529]

I know this guy; he was a youth pastor at my church. Hi Chris! :)

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Hey Shawn! Hope you’re doing well.

[@dansmart3182]

Just watched the scene from the Kings choice. The sound design is so good.

[@thenecromancer9376]

Chamberlain: *A chill guy tying to create peace with Nazi Germany* Churchill: Man, it feels good to be a gangster.

[@martok_219]

🤌 mama Mia!

[@ogrcnz2361]

good video! At 14:10 I think it might just be because of what we are taught in school and it is up to creators like you and Oversimplyfied to tell us stuff about it.

[@kondziopolak4439]

Thanks for mentioning the Polish 303 "kościuszko" squadron because many people forget about it, and that comes from a Pole

[@wolfgamer8770]

Imagine if the allies didn't learn and punished Germany even harsher.

[@Olonne85]

It may have been better ironically. The French plan for WWI german treaty was to completly balkanize Germany, making it impossible to be a great power again. But US and UK found this plan too harsh.

[@richeybaumann1755]

The sinking of the Blucher at the battle of the Drøbak Sound is one of my favorite moments from WW2, because the commanding officer of the garrison, Birger Eriksen, was under orders not to fire an offensive shot. He gave the order to fire the main batteries at the as-of-yet unknown vessel which was refusing radio contact. When questioned, he replied: "Either I will be decorated or I will be court-martialled. Fire!"

[@richeybaumann1755]

@Spicyleaves considering that he's remembered as "the man who saved the king" and has a bunch of statues, I'd say they liked him a lot. He was cleared post-war and determined to have acted in valiant defense of Norway. His attack on Blucher gave the King and his family time to escape Norway; their capture was a major Axis goal during the invasion. He received the _Krigskrossen_ , the War Cross, for his actions in defense of Norway, and also later recieved the French Legion of Honor, officer class

[@kickinwithroy]

I’m Starting College Again In August & This Channel Was The Very First Thing That Is On My Feed With The Presidential Ranking Video. It’s a Coincidence That History is My Favorite Subject & I’m Majoring History At Lehman College For My Bachelors. That Alone Earned You A New Sub ‼️

[@iiMubarak]

Great Job man .. one of the best channels ever when it comes to Video reactions

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

Appreciate that!

[@Zaron_Gaming]

Wow! That cruiser sinking you mentioned is intense. If you reader having looked you must. So well done

[@luked7525]

The British attack on Mers-el-Kebir saw many ships of the Marine National sunk in harbor with a heavy loss of life. The FS Bertagne was sunk after shells from the HMS Hood ignited her magazines, causing a massive explosion and killing over 1000 French sailors. In an ironic twist of fate, the HMS Hood would be sunk in a similar fashion by the KMS Bismark.

[@chrisgames5201]

I knew you were gonna mention Blücher, I was at Oscarsborg (The fortress that sank Blücher) and they had a walk theater where you walked all along Oscarsborg during the night of 9. April 1940 It was such an emotional show and experience, walking where scared and determined soldiers had walked years before And yes, there are alot of great documentaries and shows about this, so thank you for talking about it Love from Norway

[@TheTimzorz]

Great reaction and perspective, and as always very nice video!

[@robertholmberg6485]

An irony about fascism in Europe is that Ioannis Metaxas, the virtual dictator of Greece, was considered a fascist and was a great admirer of Mussolini before the latter attacked Greece. In fact Metaxas was shocked that Mussolini had made the attack

[@WhoTheHeIlCares]

2:40 This is a very interesting and relevant point. There are a lot of people claiming they are anti-war or anti-violence, yet support these things when it serves their ideology

[@alex_harnar_618]

I gotta say, you are probably my have historian on KZbin. You have an interesting point of view and you've taught me a lot more than I knew.

[@rigf1997]

eat my subscription, i like your reaction and the constant adding of information.

[@VloggingThroughHistory]

I appreciate that!

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Easily my favourite KZbin channel

[@dyslexicfurry]

Whenever I think of atrocity in WWII I always think "Unit 731" "experiments" they really creep me out. And sadly justice never was severed for the people who suffered in China.

[@fabio8415]

I already saw the original videos but I am very grateful to have a real historian here to confirm and add information . Thank you a lot !

[@Treckow]

21:27 Never in the field of human conflict was so much been owed by so many to so few - Winston Churchill 1940

[@TanmaySankolli]

It's almost like he is slowly revealing the video to us.... So many moments in this video are like that.... You are a legend.

[@XxJay71xX]

Speaking of the Altmark Incident in Norway, there is a very good video online about that : World of Warships - Head Over Keels: The Navy's Here!

[@dannygunn854]

Love watching these videos I’m getting the best of both. The comedic overlook from oversimplified and also a little bit more insight into some really interesting points. Keep it up man 👍

[@thewhitelisted2450]

This guy is the best history reaction channel ever

[@thewhitelisted2450]

Bro that heart was fast af

[@theallknowingfox83]

Love your content man

[@tbayspotting]

Favourite video by oversimplified. Speaking of those pilots sabaton has a video about them the Czechs and the Canadians in the BOB. It’s aces in exile

[@aka_slendy]

i was very obsessed with the German side of WWII when i was a pre-teen. as i've grown older i've definitely come to realize that the Japanese side of WWII was just as horrific. i think it's the idea of an entire country being alright with genocide that makes the German side more talked about/well-known/more taught or looked into. i know when i first learned about WWII it was the first time i had ever heard of genocide. but i also recently have been trying to learn more about the Japanese side of the war. i bought and read a book called Hiroshima by John Hersey. it's first-hand accounts from survivors of the bomb-drops, as well as follow-ups four decade later. it was truly eye opening.

[@samuelgriffin1955]

I think it's great how you recommend other resources to look at related to the videos

[@broccolin]

I myself am a Norwegian, and when I saw the movie Kongens Nei (The Kings Choice), I was stunned to see how good it was.

[@curiousgiraffe9172]

You sound like Nick Valentine from Fallout 4. I like that. It's like Nicky is teaching me stuff

[@bentheadultsagafi2720]

lol

[@ekerilaz723]

He does

[@ArmyKiller1000]

13:00 - I think i read a book once in which it was described how terrified Hitler was when the allies actually declared war. He called his general staff and they urged Hitler to negotiate "We fought France and Britain for 4 years with a huge army and we lost." And then Manstein came along with his Blitzkrieg strategy.

[@mas9758]

Yeah no there was absolutely not way Hitler didn’t mean for the war to happen.

[@SRosenberg203]

In one of the best lessons I ever taught, I had my 10th graders at the time simulate the Paris Peace Conference; they had packets outlining the backgrounds and goals of Britain, France, the US, and Italy as the four major nations involved, and I broke them up into group of four where each group had to negotiate their own treaty based on the information and criteria (How small should Germany's army be reduced to, how much should they pay in war reparations, how much land should Italy get, etc.) and in one group the student representing Italy got really upset because they felt like the other 3 were ganging up on them, and kind of disrupted the group activity. But it was actually perfect, because I was able to calm the student down, and talk to the entire class about how that actually happened at the PPC, where the Italian representatives got so mad that they stormed out of the negotiations, *twice,* because they felt like the rest of the Allies were just kind of shunting them to the side, which was exactly what was happening. It ended up being a really good learning experience, both for the class and for me (I was student teaching at the time), and I think it helped make the information a lot more relatable to the students.

[@ashton4987]

That’s a really smart lesson idea.

[@SRosenberg203]

@@ashton4987 Thanks, I was really proud of that one :)

[@danimalthefricklord715]

You and oversimplified taught me the most about history

[@zzzkoszzz]

2:47 Late to this but. fyi. Mussolini volunteered to fight when Italy entered WWI...at first he was rejected for being such a known Socialist until he was called into service by obligation to the unit mentioned in this video. He took part in the second battle of Isonzo in September 1915. 1917 He was wounded by a mortar shell accident that left him with 40+/- bits of shrapnel in his body. He wrote a book 'Diario di guerra'(War Diary/Diary of War) in it he recounts his WW1 service. ~Its a very interesting tidbit of history that, at least for the European Axis, much of the national leadership had fought in WW1 and where no stranger to the realities of war.

[@louissmith9948]

What a channel! Keep it up man!

[@nachochips529]

Quick point about 9:05 in the video. The Spanish civil war wasn't fought between fascists and royalists, but "right wingers" and republicans, rather (Spain had turned into a republic some 6 years before the war broke out). The right wingers included fascists, but also monarchists, carlists (old school monarchists), and conservatives, such as religious people. The republicans were made up of many different branches too, there were the more classic republicans (as in democratic republicans), but there were lots of communists, and even anarchists (these broke out from the republican side at later stages of the war, probably causing the breakdown of the republican front). Franco (a general in the Nationalist/right wing/"fascist" side) managed to make sure most of the groups in the national side were happy to fight side by side, putting their differences aside by making concessions, that's one big reason why the eventual dictatorship in Spain was so different from more traditional models of fascism. Great videos, been loving them.

[@RondaleDinkerdoodle]

Man. I must say, I’m 24 years old and I NEVER thought I would be this into history. But your channel has really opened me up. I find most of my time is spend watching history and your videos and it’s so entertaining. I love history!

[@desmondpowell3205]

Great reaction🔥🔥!!! Why wasn’t history this entertaining when I was in school!!!!!!

[@MultiTrollNation]

Thank you for mentioning Division 303, they as well as their sister flight, Division 302, were completely forgotten in post-war England. They weren’t invited to the victory March, there was no thank you, no benefits. They were used and tossed aside. My great-grandfather flew as part Division 303, that man will always be one of my heroes.

[@Tekdruid]

5:10 "Your problems are all somebody else's fault, vote for me and I'll make them pay!" has always been (and still is) a winning move in politics, sadly.

[@neres5795]

"Polls and Czechs were best pilots" Slovakian pilots: SADGE

[@MatthiasDrinksH20]

The red baron: laughs menicingly I know he was ww1 btw so don't bother writhing a comment m8 It's a joke

[@neres5795]

@@MatthiasDrinksH20 yeah red baron is legend

[@lewistaylor2858]

all the top aces were Germans...

[@neres5795]

@@lewistaylor2858 well no.

[@BurakkuHishou]

The red baron was slovakian?! huh, i didn't know that, while im probably not related to him, my ancestry does go back to slovakia, so pretty cool thing to learn.

[@Landotp]

I love oversimplified and I love this channel so I used the 2 brain cells i have and i have watched all of your oversimplifed reaction videos and oversimplified is funny and accurate and you add more detail to it and do a great job on these videos so yeah they are good. ( kinda unrelated but i just subscribed about 2 minutes before watching this video

[@Gryphnn]

6:50 loves Germany but has a room full of Belgium flags

[@Gryphnn]

@@Crash5555 check again

[@DauragonC.Mikado]

Hahaha I noticed that right away and that made me chuckle since I'm from Belgium

[@bindyasuresh7093]

Amazing guy, doesn't talk too much when he pauses, and even if he does talk smartly and informative.

[@depontmaxo]

Great Video! It would be awesome if you did a reaction of Aces in Exile by Sabaton as it does talk about the battle of britain and of the foreigners who fought in it.

[@depontmaxo]

@@cmillivol98 fair enough

[@dakotamejia6537]

This channel is amazing

[@Erodent]

“Look into that” well I’ve been raised on a US public education so I never heard of it, so dangit ya got my curiosity up!

[@craigl458]

So you've been raised to believe America is the greatest country in the world despite it being a shit tip overall. Healthcare seen as business not human rights.

[@Erodent]

@@craigl458 are you trying to argue? Cuz like if you wanna we can but I already know these things. I have no power soooo

[@criosray]

Great series and even better with your comments! Great job sire!

[@adamduffy2829]

I think one of the biggest reasons we today learn more about German atrocities as opposed to the Japanese atrocities is due to our relationship with both countries after the war. With Germany, the country was torn apart and we were easily able to point to Hitler as the sole bad guy in the war, (to a lesser extent benny). However, with Japan, the US intentionally took a very involved role in recreating the country quickly so that it could stand as an ally against soon-to-be enemies the Soviet Union and China. To do this the United States government reinstated many orchestrators of these atrocities back into their positions of power and made agreements to not sweep many of their actions under the rug to gain that aforementioned support. I'm sure there are many other reasons and I could be missing something but just thought I'd chime in.

[@delondro6108]

@19:50 I think you misspoke, but they signed the Armistice for WW1 in the carriage, and they signed Treaty of Versailles at Versailles.

[@alexvonrom7942]

4:15 Italy had fought for his reunification against the austrian empire, and if they had a defensive pact was just for the circumstances, we didnt choose a side because of what they were gonna give us, but because we wanted to finally reunite definitely Italy

[@markfrancis3162]

this is just oversimplified with bonus cuts. I hate reaction videos but this was extremely insightful - even to get the original video validated by another historian!

[@bridgecross]

So you're telling me, when a leader 1) stands up and says "I and I alone can fix this" and 2) blames all the problems on a small, weak group of people. that's a sign of trouble ahead?

[@獨自思]

In addition, this leader would raise an enemy, telling the people that they are in danger and let people blame on those enemy

[@danielf8184]

Ahem... Trump

[@lmeekedl9729]

@@danielf8184 you saying Hispanics are a Weak small group of people? I am offended

[@danielf8184]

@@lmeekedl9729 did i mention Hispanics....

[@gerald1495]

@@danielf8184 trump isn't even president anymore, will you people ever shut up about him

[@gkb0572]

Oversimplified and vloging through history are going to be help me pass my history exams lol