why all this hate to oversimplified videos? It's just a great channel. Obviously he simplifies things a lot, but that's ok and together with his irony his videos are great
Personally I think that is actually starting to be used more correctly now a days. Rather then just a term for something that feel authoritarian. But then again the people I hang out with mainly used it to describe Neo Fascist and Neo Nazis. And here locally we have had a upswing of there numbers. (We also has a upswing of them during the 90's so is not something new.)
Quixotes I shall wait for the proof, as no facts can stand without proof. From my point of view as an actual Gen Z, our generation seemed to generally be headed towards progressivism and generally the centre-left to left-wing. You can tell just by the overwhelming hate for Trump and the considerable support for Sanders, as well as our views on other social issues, such as LGBT Rights, concerns for climate change, complaints of the American healthcare system and the praise for universal healthcare, condemnation of the second amendment in the United States, welfare, et cetera. The few kids you see chanting neo-fascist or neo-nazi slogans and displaying such symbolisms are dumb kids trying to be edgy (being on the edge between the socially acceptable and unacceptable) and doesn’t reflect on our generation. Much like how the occasional Southerner who is an *actual* confederate-flag waving anti-Semitic neo-Nazi doesn’t reflect on the entire Gen X, or how Trump doesn’t reflect on the entire generation of Baby Boomers.
Prolly because they have a lot more freedom to teach the lessons differently than most other subjects. Fuck that sounded nerdy but you should get what I mean
@@ethan6368 I completely agree with you with your comment furthermore I'd like to conclude that I believe when student come into high school a sudden sense or perhaps pretensious behaviour of being mature develops in them and communicate with the teachers properly. To express their ideas, believes
i just brought back trotsky and have red alert 3 music and audio mods so far im surpised how strong the romanians were against most of my army so im training alot of devisions soon
I wonder what would happen if it were Poland who provoked Germany by commiting mass genocide on the ethnic germans in the surrounding areas of Danzig before the war broke out.
Teachers like this are the best They’re passionate on what their doing and listen and interact with student like their normal people My civics teachers rn is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had We even made a football bet where I got chick fil bc I won He always has a good lesson and teaches it very well
Can I just say, at the ending where you recommend your viewers to go like the actual video rather than your own is the sweetest and most appreciative act, especially on RUclips. You seem like a wonderful teacher.
Dude, Austrailia is filled with things ready to kill them at any moment. Even the trees have it out for them. You're describing what happens to then every day
Tbh, all the people that make fun of Australia because of the wild life is wrong. I’m Australian and not everything wants to kill you. No animal wants to kill you unless you annoy you. You mess with an animal it attacks you simple. Yes, there are more stuff that can kill you but remember watch out in Australia and you’ll be fine. The Emu war, nobody technically won. We technically lost no soldiers except the ones that actually had crashed and so on. Australia has been called many things. Also, I still respect. And yes, everything WANTS to kill you, But really it can’t or won’t if you don’t provoke it. Australians love nature. But it hates us. ;)
and you always learn something new. I never knew that Russia also invaded Poland when Hitler did, never knew that they had made that pact always thought.. Germany invaded Poland..
@@ChangelingKingdom Well, it's in the name 😂 He does make it incredibly easy to understand though, which is great for people who have little to no previous knowledge of subjects
Unlike other react channels that stares at the screen for the rest of the video, you’re so much more deserving of subs for actual explanations, you’ve earned a sub ;)
@@jakeneylon1853 99% of all reactors: "Hahahaha". This man: "This is something interesting, this is what happened in this moment, let me elaborate that, etc.". Yes, clearly this man is the worst or all and didn't put any effort into this video.
He did it in secret... That's why the Panzerkampfwagen I and II were officially developed as agricultural tractors. And with these tractors they rolled to Poland....
Hitler prepped in secret. Even the famous enigma. It was a private group which got bought put the moment germans wanted it and all the enigma encryption machinrs they could find were being bought from their owners.
A fun fact, the Germans rarely used the term "Blitzkrieg". It was just the modern interpretation of the Prussian doctrine of a quick war. They could not sustain a long, attritional war so their wars were always in a mindset of, "Mobilize, fight and win quickly, demobilize." This is also the mindset of the OKW in WW2 as if the war turns out longer than expected, they do not have the men nor material to continue a prolonged fight with the Western Powers with their access to many, many resources such as rubber, oil and rare alloys.
@Mohammad Ayman Bewegungskrieg means more Like moving war or movement war (Bewegung=movement, Krieg=war) Blitzkrieg means lightning [Blitz] war [Krieg] (word to Word Translation at least). As fast as lightning, a really quick battle basically. I'm a German so you can believe me on that one at least haha It's rarely called a Bewegungskrieg here (in school at least). It's true that the word Stellungskrieg (stationary war basically, because the fronts were barely moving at times) is used a Lot. But it's for WW1 only in the end. Here the quick Battles are usually referred to as Blitzkrieg or Just simple short offences/Fights/battles. Idk how it is for people who are actually doing History Things because i only have my knowledge from school lol The germans needed a way to quickly gain controll of certain areas because the German forces are usually outnumbered on longer Terms or when the foe is prepared. Also they would've needed many more ressources on the Battle Front which might have become a Problem in a Long Run. Supplies were Low in russia already but that's mainly because they weren't prepared for such a Winter.
That's a misconception.. After ww1 the miltary of all sides evaluated, developed and adopted certain doctrines (more or less when you look at france). As an example the tank doctrine.. First credit for the british, not even did they invented the tank, the basic understanding also was developed in Great Britain, that later became what we call "combined Forces"... But..was ignored. The germans (especially Guderian who was highly regarded) took that idea and shaped a new doctrine, based on the outcome of trench warfare and to avoid static long time fronts, so a moving war was in favor. That was not done because of the high amount of recourses needed especially for germany, it based on the idea that every long time trench war would soak up to much resources, no matter if you could occupy areas and resources or not, or what country you are. The so called "Blitzkrieg" is the product of (and it's just as simple as that) superior doctrine and choosing the right path of a combined forces warfare, on relation to the contenders and /or straight up inferior economy of them. The best example is mentioned in the video: France (false evaluation) and Poland (inferior economy to hold it's ground against german and russian forces) or Belgium (even if quality was the same/ nearly as the same, they lagged quantity). The effects of this new "Art of war", are seen and also teached worlwide (in case of Rommels understanding of war) today. In case of the actual technology, I will not take a quote on that, because it becomes a mess at some point. What I would like to highlight is that german high command, always took the possibility of a new Allied force against them into the equation and stated it severlal times, that if germany would face a newly reforged Allied enemy, would loose because of economical quantities. Hitler instead ignored this "little" fact and as he also commanded the attack on russia, several high command officers of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine secretely detested these Plan. Those incidents lead as an example Stauffenberg to the conclusion, that there is something wrong and even Rommel was way more than concerned (and we all know who gave the execution order, and who he directly criticised before). When you want to show what I mean with "blitzkrieg" misconceptions I have a little experiment for you. Sit down with a couple of friends, or for teachers in class with his/her pupils and give them a sheet of paper. Tell them they have 5 minutes to draw a chair and tell them to start. What you see now is, that some pupils will draw a pretty nice detailed chair, with screws and a nice seat and they will take a while... But.. Some efficient guys will just simply draw 3 lines, 2 vertical (one longer than the other) and a third one, horizontal, that begins at the top of the short line and ends in the middle of the long one. The outcome is the same, legs, a seat and a back rest and they will drew this in mere seconds. The idea of the chair is like the idea of combined forces and moving warfare, the real product is not. The detailed one is a sort of moving warfare in combined forces, the simple and stripped tobthe bones one is "Blitzkrieg". It just happend to be "Blitzkrieg" because it was the more efficient way, faster accomplished as expected.
One time when I took a beginner level Japanese language course, the professor (who's a Japanese lady) told us a story about an experience she had when she was in college. One of her classes had Chinese and Korean students in it and she felt uncomfortable NOT because of prejudice but because she was a Japanese person in a room full of Chinese and Korean students. This was also a Japanese history course which made the atmosphere all the more distressing. She herself knew about the Rape of Nanking and "comfort women" beforehand. My professor simply got up, went to the front of the class, and apologized for what Japan did. Now, this was upsetting because she felt it was her duty to apologize for something she had nothing to do with. She wasn't even born yet at the time it all happened. The actions of the Japanese military and the approval of it from people who thought it justified had made it that the following generations would feel compelled to take responsibility in order to work with others, especially when those they want to work with are people no one can blame for feeling apprehensive.
To this day it's still extremely controversial to discuss Nanking in Japan. If I remember correctly in 1995 the Japanese Prime Minister wrote a scroll that expressed remorse for Nanking, but the Senate/House of Deputies tried to force a motion to change the wording to make it vage enough so that it could be interpreted as simply a deep reflection of Japanese military decisions during the war, instead of an outright apology for the war crimes that Japan committed during the war but especially during the Rape of Nanking
Yeah, i think all the "i LeArN MoRe FrOm ThIs ThAn ScHoOl" People need to learn this. You dont learn more you just remember what you have already learnt
@@everforward5561 Ye, he mostly repeated after the vid and what he had to add was superficial at best, misleading at worst. The best part of this video was oversimplified episode in it.
Imagine your elementary school teacher becoming the fascist dictator of your country. Also, dr. Seuss made a political comic on The London Blitz. Look it up
Mr. Terry: "WW2 is probably the most famous war" Americans such as myself. Intellectuals: "History started in 1776, everything before that was a mistake!"
CalveeThe FluffyEevee People like you really piss me off. It doesn’t matter if you’re joking, nobody fucking thinks that. You’re what makes us look like asses. Fuck off.
France had plans to expand Maginot Line by building it in Belgium / through Belgium, but reason it didn't happen is relations between France and Belgium worsened and Belgium pursued being perceived as neutral nation. This ended up badly
Thank you for this comment. I've been waiting for someone who actually knows about this a little. As far as I can remember the Maginot line was designed to go through Belgium, but as a mobilizable form of defense. It was not designed like the French-German part, like a hard border.
@@leonweise3765 But that means that someone screwed up big anyway. Relations worsened because of something i bet. And so the line was a mistake. A great project that doesnt reach a finish line is as great as no project.
The Belgians actually had some very strong fortifications of their own on their border with Germany. With those in place and the Ardennes seemingly impassable, the Maginot lines' left flank on paper did not look that exposed. Of course history shows that those forts could actually be captured (in spectacular fashion) and that large formations could traverse the Ardennes.
Hi! I would also like to mention, that Munich Deal is for us Czechs known as "Betrayal from west". We still feel sad about that event. Another thing is, that adding Czechoslovakia to Germany was huge profit for Germans. Czechslovakia had advanced military, industry and skills - which surely helped Hitler with war - he used a lot of our modern tanks etc. We were also ready for fight, we had great defence lines with border of Germany..... but we were sold and than everyone payed the price. Have a nice day, Richard from Czech Rep!
And now you’ve been given a shoutout by the main RUclips historian himself. Bravo Mr. Terry. You truly are an inspiration to many. You have come so far. And it’ll only grow from here. Thank you Mr. Terry. You are the teacher of all of us.
Regardless of who won the battle of Britain Hitler would still not have the capabilities to successfully sea loin Britain the decision to pull the German Air force back to protect the mainland was a smart one in the long run even if he didn't win
@@helloj1680 Yeah it easy to claim that if Hitler just had knocked out the RAF that they would have won the war. But reality is not that clear cut. To actually stage a invasion of UK would be a huge undertaking. And the German Navy was not really up to the task. UK and USA by far had the biggest navies in the world at the time. Even if Japan, the world 3rd largest navy at the time, would aid Germany it would not have been enough vs UK alone. And is not really like Japan even could afford to send a large fleet to the English channel help Germany.
@@wholesome1844crucifier That is true. In fact they did not expect to knock out even France that easily. The question is if knocking out the RAF would really have meant that UK where willing to sue for peace. I am doubtful. I think that the targeting of civilians actually was a more sound idea even if that did not work out ether. But it is tricky to try to win by making the populous want to give up. In general, if you committed to a fight you tend to be commit for the long run. All sides during WWII has to suffer a lot and it took a heck of a lot for the Axis to give up even when it was clear they had no chance of winning.
@@jakeneylon1853 In 2019, a teacher that is able to admit he is always learning new things is something wise to me. Most teachers nowadays are persuaded they hold the absolute truth.
@@jakeneylon1853 You're a very negative person, based on the replies from you I've read so far. Always being the opponent to whatever someone comments. Why?
@@JTtheMid I try not to be but this mans success is entirely unearned. Take a few minutes and think about all he actually said. maybe 9 sentences. Most of the appeal of this video is entirely ripped from Oversimplified. Not just that but he brought nothing to the table. It's very frustrating when ppl get paid to just breathe essentially. I know that seems harsh but this particular RUclipsr pisses me off. If he gave some insights or unique commentary I wouldn't be making these comments. Also about TriEdgedPrisms' comment. The idea that a historian admitting that he doesn't know everything would appear wise is very disheartening. As a Uni student I personally have heard FAR more intelligent, wise and inspiring quotes this year. e.g. From Chris Titus in Neverloutionary "We all wanted to be rebels, so we all bought the same T-shirt from Harley Davidson" NOW THERE IS SOME ACTUAL WISDOM. I don't hate the ppl in this comment section but FFS these comments piss me off. thanks if you took the time to read. I have too much time to spare. JN
I remember watching an episode of "Doc Martin" and as part of a test to determine the mental state of an elderly patient, he asked her "when did WW2 start?". Her answer was brilliant - "1919". When he confronted her about the inaccuracy of that answer, she said, "WW2 was guaranteed the moment the Treaty of Versailles was signed because the burdens were too onerous" (I'm paraphrasing the episode, it's been years since I've seen it).
It's interesting to hear that perspective on Chamberlain, he is certainly judged by history through the perspective of hindsight... As a Brit I would point out that Chamberlain's failures continue to have an impact on Prime Ministers of the UK to this day... Thatcher famously said on more than one occasion "I'm not in the buisness of appeasement" and followed that mantra throughout much of her administration (particularly the Falklands). Tony Blair certainly played on those 'anti-appeasement' ideals during the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan (and destroyed his reputation in the process)… Theresa May had been accused many times by her enemies of being an 'appeaser' during Brexit negotiations... For a British PM, being called an appeaser is the ultimate insult.
狐 Britain: Hey son, let's play a game America: Sure dad, what are we playing? Britain: It's called "invade the neighbor's house" America:... Britain:.... America: Do you remember what happened when Germany tried that?
never heard that , we had our own set of defences around the german border but the main stronghold was taken within hours by german paratroopers , belgian command didnt think of placing any AA battery on the fort nor did they think that a paratrooper assault could be a thing
There was a group called Fasci Siciliani in the late 1880s to 1890s, so Mussolini didn't pick the name of his political organization out of thin air as the video suggests.
GoodStop I was not referring to oversimplified. I was referring to this content stealer “actual historian”. He has a long list of cool facts he could bring up about certain events and times but just doesn’t. Instead he just lets the video play and doesn’t do anything. That’s why I was more than annoyed by this video
@@jakeneylon1853 Content stealer? Lol, he comments on a lot of things in this video whenever he thinks he has something deeper to add and usually provides some great inside. He is a history teacher, so obviously he knows his stuff.
Marxists differentiate between anti-militarism and anti-violence. Very few Marxists are anti-violent but the overwhelming majority are anti-militarist. Anti-militarism refers to opposition to wars under capitalist systems which are seen as inherently imperialist and only in the bourgeois favour. While violence is seen as a legitimate tool in the arsenal available to us in fighting capitalism. Hope this helps!
@@comradeotaku Isn't it ironic how you differentiate between types of violence but usually after communist revolutions, the most ruthless and power hungry types win like Stalin, Mao, Kim Ir Sen, etc. You're against bourgeois but those dictators weren't all that different from what you seem to hate.
@@wlink639 That is often the case. Though part of this also has to do with the amount of pressure these countries where under during and after the revolutions. It is hard to get nice leaders in a climate where if you are not the most ruthless bastard of all the bastards you will be replaced. Though I do not think using violence to overthrow the system helps in this regard. Since that prime you leaders for using ruthless methods.
Yes but that was likely due to his own agenda to put himself in power. Once he had that power he likely saw that he could keep going up the chain so to speak. I mean he wanted to overthrow the monarchy because he genuinely believed that he was the only one who could lead his nation back to greatness. Once he held that position he likely realised that he was always taking orders from someone. So he tried to establish power so that he could make his own destiny for his people without being held back by other powers. Thus expanding his civil conflict out into the world at large. It’s a genuinely relatable experience for many an angst fueled teen. But that does not excuse the lengths he went to keep and expand his power.
I'm really glad you did this in a way that wasn't stealing content like other reaction channels do. You actually went and gave us more background information and talked about stuff that the video didn't instead of sitting through the whole video and doing nothing. legendary teacher
These 2 videos (this and the original) are so great and educational because they explain one of the most complicated and important events in history in plain language. Having learned about ww2 all throughout school, I had a lot of this info ingrained into my head, but it’s so easy to get lost in the political talk and many different names and locations. Documentaries and history books can be so dense in their vocabulary, so it’s just refreshing to learn about history and keep my attention for once! Good stuff, man.
mike weidenbener your life flashes before your eyes before your death kinda like a time lapse of the important events in your life and while he seen it he was so disappointed that his sacrifice had done nothing to keep peace
This vid didnt mention one important moment. In the begining of war Japan tried to invade Mongolia which was suppported by Soviet Union. Didn't end well and that experience was one of the reason for them to not open the eastern front for Germany later with their invasion of Soviet Union which allowed Stalin to move more troops from the eastern part of the country to the west.
Hello Mr. Terry. I just wanted to say that these videos are really good. Having analysis of these events from someone who knows what they're talking about is really refreshing. I like how they're almost an informatory podcast in the sense that I can leave them on in the background and just listen to what you're saying. Keep the videos up man .
If I was in his class, I'd probably get 100 - 99.% on every test or assignment. I love history and Oversimplified I watched every video start to finish.
@@paxis7517 because he's adding to it by stating his opinion as a history teacher. He also credits the creator as well. It is perfectly fine in that aspect. If he was stealing the content then the video would be about the same length as the original.
@@crazymannxl Well fair point but he could just not show it if he had good intentions (which I'm presuming) then it's a good move to only show some clips of it instead of the whole thing. If people already watched the video there then they wouldn't watch the original video or clip.
Your videos are amazing and I absolutely love them! Just one side-note (obviously from a Pole ahahah). Poland existed before being incorporated into the three powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia on 1772, 1793 and 1795, the Three Partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, after which we disappear from the map for 123 years.) Poland's 'official' beginning is marked by the year 966, the christianization of Poland by our first Duke, and first ruler of Poland.
My history teacher in secondary school was the greatest influence on my academic life. Fostered a real love of learning, critical thinking and a willingness to delve into a differing perspective to this day. Weird to think that Mr Terry is my age, and gives me the same view, from 4000 miles away. A pleasure though. Odd side comment; I never forgot the moment my old teacher (Mr Kew, who I had the pleasure of buying a pint for recently) brought a piece of the Berlin Wall out from his desk. Stunned moment in the class - the man was there, welding a sledgehammer.
Hey, I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your channel. I discovered it with the epic rap battle reaction videos and have been hooked since. I love that you give an extra bit of information on top of the already great over-simplified series. You clearly have a passion for History, your students are very lucky to have you as their teacher!
The reason Poland didn't exist prior to WWI is that Germany Russian and Austria invaded and split the Polish commonwealth between them. And in 1934 Poland was invaded by soviets(Russa), but they stopped and pushed back the Russian winning the war. A good not is the allies which Polish fought alongside with during WWI. Decided not to help out, so in the end Poland pushed back the Soviets and singed a Peace treaty. Also, Polish leadership earned the allies to attack Hitler before he was ready for war.... they didnt listen. As they were the 4th major power in WWII, the reward for fighting with the allies, the Polish people were betrayed and literally sold out to be occupied by the Soviets after the war. And as a fun fact, the Polish resistance dwarfed any other during WWII, and the last of the soldiers that resisted the soviet occupation died in 1973.
The maginot line was not extended all the way to the coast because where it ends it was supposed to line up with belgian fortifications which was planned but at that time not made
German Guy here. I found your channel with the oversimplified videos and it shocked me how much details my history teacher skipped from WW1 to the cold War. Thanks for explaining many things that weren't in the video :)
how about what war can do to technology. WW2 started with propeller driven Bi-planes and ended with Jet-planes in a span of 5 years. that's friggin insane, that would be the equivalent of having the first computer ever put into service and 5 years later have the first octa-core.
Great addition to the video! Extremely positively surprised for a 'reaction' video! Sidenote: a hat! A teacher with a hat! I thought you were archenemies
Awesome video and awesome idea of having a History teacher reviewing these videos. I had already seen this video and it really helped me to understand better this topics the teacher comments/insights. I hope that Mr. Terry keeps doing this type of videos. Kudos!
It's true that Mussolini had "more military support" than Hitler, but the problem in the '22 march over Rome was that the King of Italy refused to deploy the army. Mussolini had 30k mens out of Rome but they weren't trained soldiers, and his was a fairly minoritary party in the parlament (37/535 seats in the earlier '19 elections). The King proceeded to appoint him as prime minister because they feared the communist revolution, the socialist party had 123 seats and was the major party at that point. Don't forget the Italy almost had a red coup d'etat and the Russia's Zar got overthrown just a couple years earlier. Since many lliberal governs resigned they could either go with socialists or fascist, so the King made his choice.
Poland was already existing before eleventh century as an independent country. Due to its weak government it has fallen to Prussia, Russia and Austria in the eighteenth century. It regained its independence in 1918.
@asaeampan Poland only sized to exist in the matter of a state. All the people, and Polish society, as well as polish various military organizations still existed on the previously polish territory or abroad. You have to also remember that different "versions" of polish state existed throughout the 19th century, like Duchy of Warsaw, (Russian) Kingdom of Poland or even Duchy of Poznan, tho they were largely dependent, some of them, notably Duchy of Warsaw, retained a lot of freedom.
@Sally Vee Well it depends how do you look at things. Polish ruling party is completely crazy, but US ruling party is not any better. Economically Poland is pretty strong. Military is well trained, and well equipped. Only social matters and "civil equality for all" sucks.
@Sally Vee don't you think that developing country from basically zero in 30 years is really something? We had some great politisians but some of them had some weird accidents and died... ;) I think the biggest problem of Poland right now is that we have two really big political parties fighting with each other - one is too conservative and just dumb, the other one is ruled by people with fishy connections (for me they are part of some big, european mafia) and both of them don't want to make Poland great again, they just want to grab as much money they can before next election... smaller parties are just too weak and don't have powerfoul people to fight bigger ones.
@Sally Vee not exactly. Problem is in law. There is no way we (people) can enforce electoral promises from the government. People are dumb, yes, but they are dumb everywhere. Problem in Poland is that parties can say whatever they want before election and they are not obligated to fulfill those promises. People are voting on promises and because they are dumb they will vote even if party will say that they will give you $1000 every month. People don't understand that goverment don't have any money. Those money are our. So they say ridiculous things, they win, they don't do these things, they blame opposition (and because of high polarisation people like it), they say more ridiculous things, people vote on them again...
@Sally Vee How is the competence of the Polish government in any way related to the topic at hand? It's like you're not even trying to hide the fact that you're moving the goalpost
Apples and oranges. Hitler and Mussolini were saying that they would fix everything through invasion, not through demilitirization in foreign countries to spend more at home calm the fuck down
I would like to point out the Maginot line's weaknesses were not without cause. first, France assumed Belgium and the Netherlands would stand up to german aggression and have their own defenses the french army could assist with. this meant spending extra money extending the line was unneeded. second, where the line ended was the Arden Forest, and going off WW1 knowledge, it was nearly impassible, a natural defensive line. When Belgium decided not to defend itself as france expected, france did a rush expansion that wasnt quite completed before WW2. Additionally, german tanks (the one thing the french did not expect) rushed straight through the Arden (right where france had believed impassible terrain to exist). all in all, the blunders france committed in preparing for the next war as far as the prebuilt defenses go, are forgivable when you look at their ideas and politics at the time.
Fun fact: Us brits during ww2 didn’t care at al especially during blitzkreig I think there’s an example of this where you have people working in blown up offices And milkmen still delivering door to door Also hitler thought that by destroying our trade route for food we’d submit but the power of potato’s and toast is too strong and also another fact during WW2 children thought that bananas were myths but after ww2 was finished large shipments of bananas were shipped to all British ports and all the children got a free banana however as parents of the children hadn’t had a banana in so long the parents often took the banana off the child and ate it themselves
The point about the Maginot line. it was intened to reach the coast, but the Low Countries objected as they felt it was being abandoned by France. There was another defensive line built in that section, but far less extensive nor sophisticated On Norway.... the entire campaign was planned by Churchill.
Few inaccuracies in both the video and the commentary; reason is that most of older history book especially those used in schools are outdated. Maginot line did extend to the coast; northern part was a combination of smaller fortifications and a movable line in the form of high concentration of non-mechanized troops and big heavy modern tank units meant to move into Belgium or south depending where the invasion will occur. Areas around the Ardenne where fortified as part of the Maginot Line; problem is the very high tech French fortresses was supposed to be used together with conventional army units to be stoppable force and not act as single solution defense force as popular believed. Building was behind schedule but there were still lots of heavy fortresses that took Germans weeks to neutralise a single fortress complex; the only one to fall during the Battle of France. Also they together with supporting troops were suppose to delay any attack for 30 days and not be impregnable as popularly believed. So when the main units were drawn into Belgium and the weaker units made up largely of senior part time reserves that was not well trained was left north of Sedan to stop the fully mechanized German units (troops and tanks together moving fast as a unit) could push through after the Luftwaffe bomb the crap out of them since Allies air forces where all deployed to Belgium. Even together with all against them the French units held of the German Panzer 1 and 2 divisions for couple of days causing heavy losses against for Panzer 1. Also French did advance technologically wise, problem was military doctrine was still stuck in WW1 mode so infantry was not mechanised and heavy tank units had non infantry and slow. But where they faced the Germans head on they were the superior force. The Manstein plan could have easily stopped by the French on various occasions; by diverting air forces to Sedan or by moving in reinforcements when the Germans were held back at the Muze or by moving the larger units from the south up north instead keeping them stationed to protect the roads south. Basically the fall of France can be blamed on the poor French command structure, and lack of central command and specifically on General Huntzinger who made poor decision on poor decision and lied about the situation at Sedan to not make himself look bad.
I was writing a similar comment yesterday. Fortunately I will not have to. But as a little tag for those who would blame the fall of France on the intransitance (a real word?) of the Belgians is that every cynical fear of the Belgians was basically correct: 1. The Belgians did not expect the Allies to defend Belgium wholesale. The Allies, for their part, planned to forfeit about half of Belgium (including all of Liege and Antwerp) so they could mount a stalemate hold within Belgium. 2 .The Belgians expected the Allies to allow the Belgian military arms to sacrifice themselves to buy the Allies time. The Allies did and planned to do just this. 3. Inviting the Allies in would invite the Axis in and vice versa. Any way you slice it, Belgium would be effectively fully occupied. TLDR: The entire grand strategy of the defense of France was "Lets try our best to have the war entirely in Belgium at the expense of the Belgians." The Belgians expected this, and were therefore not exactly champing at the bit to volunteer to be acceptable losses.
@Mr.TerryHistory It's so nice to see people who actually react to the videos and not just sit there and do nothing and just stay silent like it's not even worth it then. But you commentate and you actually say some interesting stuff while reacting good job man. Keep up the good work
A few years ago I went to a book sale and was combing through the History selection when I picked up a book called "The trail of the Fox". I was always fascinated with "The Desert Fox", Erwin Rommel and took this book home. I BLASTED through that book in 4 days ( and I'm not a fast reader) and was ABSOLUTELY amazed at how much infinitesimal detail this book had in it. I never heard of the author before reading this book, but I HUNTED down anything else I could get of his. He's a British Historian by the name of David Irving who wrote a tremendous number of books that I highly recommend EVERYONE read. His research style is second to none and he gets to the truth on a topic better than any other author I've ever read. Try out one of David Irving's books Mr Terry to "learn something more". He won't disappoint. Thank you
This is my first video ever. Please be kind!
Of course 👍
Roger
Also why are you awake
Love how he comes back as here is about to react to himself in like a day or so
nicely done, nicely done
“So whatever happened to your elementary school teacher?”
“Not much, just became the fascist leader of Italy.”
@cringelord_69_420 haha funny
Woosh!
I would hate to have been that graduating class.
vynat draco he literally was contuning the joke
@@dragonmaster613 r/woosh
Wow my painting buddy become the fascist leader of Germany, they should meet each other.
You can tell he's an actual teacher because he leaves the mouse on the pause button
True
Lucas Schelstraete ooof
¿
Bruuuh, that's a thing all teachers do? I thought it was just a thing in my school.
Capelett
Apparently it is
"Even as a history teacher, I'm learning new things."
F. Yes. That's how a teacher should be!!!
Jeff Sorensen yes
Nah man that deserves an A an F is big stinky.
Elisa Crawford Nyet make us
@@fiorane but F is for Facism
@@fluff5
Press F for respect
My history teacher used oversimplified...of course I was absent that day
Not Myles F
Just get an IQ over double digits
Even your profile pic shows your reaction
why all this hate to oversimplified videos? It's just a great channel. Obviously he simplifies things a lot, but that's ok and together with his irony his videos are great
@@xDanilor Didnt you get it? He meant that he was dissapointed that he was absent.
“The term ‘Fascism’ gets thrown around so much these days and it’s hard to define now.”
You’re absolutely correct.
Personally I think that is actually starting to be used more correctly now a days. Rather then just a term for something that feel authoritarian. But then again the people I hang out with mainly used it to describe Neo Fascist and Neo Nazis. And here locally we have had a upswing of there numbers. (We also has a upswing of them during the 90's so is not something new.)
@@Cythil Fuck off, everybody not left of Lenin who is even slightly authoritarian is getting called a fascist these days. How the hell is that normal?
We just talked about that like 2 weeks ago in our IB History class
Love how racist peop these day love to bitch about how they're not fascist too.
Quixotes I shall wait for the proof, as no facts can stand without proof. From my point of view as an actual Gen Z, our generation seemed to generally be headed towards progressivism and generally the centre-left to left-wing. You can tell just by the overwhelming hate for Trump and the considerable support for Sanders, as well as our views on other social issues, such as LGBT Rights, concerns for climate change, complaints of the American healthcare system and the praise for universal healthcare, condemnation of the second amendment in the United States, welfare, et cetera. The few kids you see chanting neo-fascist or neo-nazi slogans and displaying such symbolisms are dumb kids trying to be edgy (being on the edge between the socially acceptable and unacceptable) and doesn’t reflect on our generation. Much like how the occasional Southerner who is an *actual* confederate-flag waving anti-Semitic neo-Nazi doesn’t reflect on the entire Gen X, or how Trump doesn’t reflect on the entire generation of Baby Boomers.
Unpopular opinion: almost every history teacher is cool af
Bhavyakant Sundriyal true most my teachers through high school were cool
not unpopular
Not popular, but true af
Prolly because they have a lot more freedom to teach the lessons differently than most other subjects. Fuck that sounded nerdy but you should get what I mean
@@ethan6368 I completely agree with you with your comment furthermore I'd like to conclude that I believe when student come into high school a sudden sense or perhaps pretensious behaviour of being mature develops in them and communicate with the teachers properly. To express their ideas, believes
This felt like showing someone a meme and then getting a 1 hour lecture about it.
yes but it is a very interesting lecture
WW2 is a meme now? 😅
Antifaschist Mit Humor he said it’s like that
@@robertofuentes4373 so ww2 is LIKE a meme now?...
@@leonm4273 no you idiot, he said it's like getting a 1 hour lecture for a meme
Random guy: reacts
Oversimplified: it's just normal people
History teacher: reacts
Oversimplified: *_PROFUSE SWEATING_*
Wilson Lim yes
Yep
R/woooosh to me, but I think Oversimplified is pretty accurate, so they don’t have to worry!
@@theparadigm8149 dude uncool
@@theparadigm8149 r/ihavereddit
I can't even imagine being Switzerland during all that shit.
Inocentz I can tell you: „best years ever, gimme all your money“
they were just vibin
Nah, things were pretty tense in there
*Your game mode has been updated to spectator mode*
Current objective: *Survive*
*and try to stay away from the war*
"I can invade Greece"
-Someone who cannot invade Greece
Persia: "First time?"
*Brudda?*
Benito Mussolini
@@victorfaustino1136 really? Wow
@@Gia1911Logous i know its obvious im just telling Just a common egg
*See's Winston Churchill*
My brain: Pass me a cigar and large glass of Brandy.
I'm the prime minister fresh in a hat and dinner jacket
You look like a mix of EpicLLOYD, and a pringles packet!
EPIC RAP BATTLE OF HISTORY
Now that the "chain" is already broken, I'm going to say a fact
*Churchill got DESTROYED by Theodore Roosevelt*
@@blitzkrieg7353 I don't think so
*BLAME IT ON THE **-GERMANS!-** **_AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARCHDUKE’S CAR DRIVER!_*
Something Physical was the driver German too? 😮
No blame the sandwich
abdo abdo Oh yeah my teacher told us about that story! 😂
The driver was a Austrian
ww1 wasn't avoidable the spark for it would have come at some point and probably from some other stupid thing at the balkans...
USA: Sir, you've been in a coma for 7 years.
Switzerland: What'd I miss?
USA: World War 2.
Switzerland: I MISSED ANOTHER WORLD WAR :(
*WWII happens*
Switzerland: I sleep.
WWlll: Begins
Switzerland: I sleep
WWIIII: Starts
Switzerland: I sleep.
World War V: Begins
Switzerland: I sleep
@@thekiller7994 World War VI
Switzerland: I dleep.
Dude I wish I had this teacher
Same
Same my g
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Yeah
Mr. Terry:You know, if you take Paris, France will done.
HOI 4 players: *Paratroopers intensify*
*Paratroopers *intensify
Until they were nerfed alot
HOI4 in a nutshell
What’s HOI 4
i want to know too just commenting so i get notifications for this
I wonder what would happen if Germany invaded the allies before invading Poland?
*discovers HOI4*
Interesting
AJ WYLMS in Hoi4 forming the Berlin Moscow axis is so fun
i just brought back trotsky and have red alert 3 music and audio mods so far im surpised how strong the romanians were against most of my army so im training alot of devisions soon
The war would pretty much go the same, France would just fall first before Poland.
I wonder what would happen if it were Poland who provoked Germany by commiting mass genocide on the ethnic germans in the surrounding areas of Danzig before the war broke out.
@@barryb4407 Are You on acid or something?
Teachers like this are the best
They’re passionate on what their doing and listen and interact with student like their normal people
My civics teachers rn is one of the best teachers I’ve ever had
We even made a football bet where I got chick fil bc I won
He always has a good lesson and teaches it very well
What they’re doing....like they’re normal people
They are normal
Can I just say, at the ending where you recommend your viewers to go like the actual video rather than your own is the sweetest and most appreciative act, especially on RUclips.
You seem like a wonderful teacher.
damn straight:D
The world at war
Meanwhile Australia is struggling with mother nature
Nahh I am giving this one to the Emus
Pierce: *WHISPERS* at least I got a feather hat
Them : What?
Pierce: what ?
Dude, Austrailia is filled with things ready to kill them at any moment. Even the trees have it out for them.
You're describing what happens to then every day
Tbh, all the people that make fun of Australia because of the wild life is wrong. I’m Australian and not everything wants to kill you. No animal wants to kill you unless you annoy you. You mess with an animal it attacks you simple. Yes, there are more stuff that can kill you but remember watch out in Australia and you’ll be fine. The Emu war, nobody technically won. We technically lost no soldiers except the ones that actually had crashed and so on. Australia has been called many things.
Also, I still respect. And yes, everything WANTS to kill you,
But really it can’t or won’t if you don’t provoke it.
Australians love nature. But it hates us. ;)
lol Australia fought hardly vs Japan
Yeah, but Australia is very..... biodiverse... to say the least. But also no they actually fought well against Japanese
Why are all history teachers cool af... like every history teacher I’ve ever had was chill
I've had one that was mean.
Mine was angry all the time. He was cool but also too grumpy
Mine were cool too !
Yeah most of mine were pretty cool or the coach teaching history
You’re a history teacher, I didn’t even need to see the vid for you to get my subscription
Honorable Chairman Meow Thank you for your support! I hope to see more of you around!
I like oversimplified because he does not go crazy with the details and replaces them with funny and educational videos
and you always learn something new. I never knew that Russia also invaded Poland when Hitler did, never knew that they had made that pact always thought.. Germany invaded Poland..
@@ChangelingKingdom Well, it's in the name 😂 He does make it incredibly easy to understand though, which is great for people who have little to no previous knowledge of subjects
@@MrTerry subbed!!!
Unlike other react channels that stares at the screen for the rest of the video, you’re so much more deserving of subs for actual explanations, you’ve earned a sub ;)
KキN but worst but how tho. He did borderline fuck all. His content is someone else’s content
@@gamingtime3514 that was overly aggressive
@@jakeneylon1853 yes, totally, nothing at all, not like he was providing explanations or anything, nahhh
@@jakeneylon1853 99% of all reactors: "Hahahaha".
This man: "This is something interesting, this is what happened in this moment, let me elaborate that, etc.".
Yes, clearly this man is the worst or all and didn't put any effort into this video.
@@jakeneylon1853 But the difference is that he provided his own content too
History teacher: Watches Oversimplified videos
Oversimplified: There's a tax for that.
Oh so you commented theres a tax for that
@@EthEmmPz Oh, you liked the video? There's a tax for that.
@@welkingunther5417 Oh so you replied to my comment theres? a tax for that.
@@EthEmmPz Oh, so you replied to my comment that replied to yours? There's a tax for that.
@@welkingunther5417 Oh so you replied to my reply replying to you replying to my reply?Theres a tax for that
He did it in secret...
That's why the Panzerkampfwagen I and II were officially developed as agricultural tractors. And with these tractors they rolled to Poland....
Also why the He-111 and Fw-200 were airliners before they were bombers.
Hitler prepped in secret. Even the famous enigma. It was a private group which got bought put the moment germans wanted it and all the enigma encryption machinrs they could find were being bought from their owners.
So It was so secret that Uboats were Underwater tour ship until it started to sink ships
A fun fact, the Germans rarely used the term "Blitzkrieg". It was just the modern interpretation of the Prussian doctrine of a quick war. They could not sustain a long, attritional war so their wars were always in a mindset of, "Mobilize, fight and win quickly, demobilize." This is also the mindset of the OKW in WW2 as if the war turns out longer than expected, they do not have the men nor material to continue a prolonged fight with the Western Powers with their access to many, many resources such as rubber, oil and rare alloys.
Or in the case of the eastern front humans.
@Mohammad Ayman They did, but Blitzkrieg was a western idea
@Mohammad Ayman Bewegungskrieg means more Like moving war or movement war (Bewegung=movement, Krieg=war)
Blitzkrieg means lightning [Blitz] war [Krieg] (word to Word Translation at least). As fast as lightning, a really quick battle basically. I'm a German so you can believe me on that one at least haha
It's rarely called a Bewegungskrieg here (in school at least). It's true that the word Stellungskrieg (stationary war basically, because the fronts were barely moving at times) is used a Lot. But it's for WW1 only in the end. Here the quick Battles are usually referred to as Blitzkrieg or Just simple short offences/Fights/battles. Idk how it is for people who are actually doing History Things because i only have my knowledge from school lol
The germans needed a way to quickly gain controll of certain areas because the German forces are usually outnumbered on longer Terms or when the foe is prepared. Also they would've needed many more ressources on the Battle Front which might have become a Problem in a Long Run. Supplies were Low in russia already but that's mainly because they weren't prepared for such a Winter.
@Mohammad Ayman you're Welcome. Just Hope that Made Sense though. It's almost 1am and i'm too tired to speak properly 🙌
That's a misconception..
After ww1 the miltary of all sides evaluated, developed and adopted certain doctrines (more or less when you look at france).
As an example the tank doctrine.. First credit for the british, not even did they invented the tank, the basic understanding also was developed in Great Britain, that later became what we call "combined Forces"... But..was ignored.
The germans (especially Guderian who was highly regarded) took that idea and shaped a new doctrine, based on the outcome of trench warfare and to avoid static long time fronts, so a moving war was in favor. That was not done because of the high amount of recourses needed especially for germany, it based on the idea that every long time trench war would soak up to much resources, no matter if you could occupy areas and resources or not, or what country you are.
The so called "Blitzkrieg" is the product of (and it's just as simple as that) superior doctrine and choosing the right path of a combined forces warfare, on relation to the contenders and /or straight up inferior economy of them.
The best example is mentioned in the video: France (false evaluation) and Poland (inferior economy to hold it's ground against german and russian forces) or Belgium (even if quality was the same/ nearly as the same, they lagged quantity).
The effects of this new "Art of war", are seen and also teached worlwide (in case of Rommels understanding of war) today. In case of the actual technology, I will not take a quote on that, because it becomes a mess at some point.
What I would like to highlight is that german high command, always took the possibility of a new Allied force against them into the equation and stated it severlal times, that if germany would face a newly reforged Allied enemy, would loose because of economical quantities.
Hitler instead ignored this "little" fact and as he also commanded the attack on russia, several high command officers of the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine secretely detested these Plan.
Those incidents lead as an example Stauffenberg to the conclusion, that there is something wrong and even Rommel was way more than concerned (and we all know who gave the execution order, and who he directly criticised before).
When you want to show what I mean with "blitzkrieg" misconceptions I have a little experiment for you.
Sit down with a couple of friends, or for teachers in class with his/her pupils and give them a sheet of paper.
Tell them they have 5 minutes to draw a chair and tell them to start.
What you see now is, that some pupils will draw a pretty nice detailed chair, with screws and a nice seat and they will take a while...
But.. Some efficient guys will just simply draw 3 lines, 2 vertical (one longer than the other) and a third one, horizontal, that begins at the top of the short line and ends in the middle of the long one.
The outcome is the same, legs, a seat and a back rest and they will drew this in mere seconds.
The idea of the chair is like the idea of combined forces and moving warfare, the real product is not. The detailed one is a sort of moving warfare in combined forces, the simple and stripped tobthe bones one is "Blitzkrieg".
It just happend to be "Blitzkrieg" because it was the more efficient way, faster accomplished as expected.
One time when I took a beginner level Japanese language course, the professor (who's a Japanese lady) told us a story about an experience she had when she was in college. One of her classes had Chinese and Korean students in it and she felt uncomfortable NOT because of prejudice but because she was a Japanese person in a room full of Chinese and Korean students. This was also a Japanese history course which made the atmosphere all the more distressing. She herself knew about the Rape of Nanking and "comfort women" beforehand. My professor simply got up, went to the front of the class, and apologized for what Japan did. Now, this was upsetting because she felt it was her duty to apologize for something she had nothing to do with. She wasn't even born yet at the time it all happened.
The actions of the Japanese military and the approval of it from people who thought it justified had made it that the following generations would feel compelled to take responsibility in order to work with others, especially when those they want to work with are people no one can blame for feeling apprehensive.
Not exactly everyone is like your Japanese teacher. You won’t believe what arguments I had to go through.
@@user-fz7xs2xl8s same
To this day it's still extremely controversial to discuss Nanking in Japan. If I remember correctly in 1995 the Japanese Prime Minister wrote a scroll that expressed remorse for Nanking, but the Senate/House of Deputies tried to force a motion to change the wording to make it vage enough so that it could be interpreted as simply a deep reflection of Japanese military decisions during the war, instead of an outright apology for the war crimes that Japan committed during the war but especially during the Rape of Nanking
@@user-fz7xs2xl8s Ikr same
Also u Chinese?
@@detleffleischer9418 W 1995 Japanese PM
Teachers deserve a lot more love and respect
Andrew Mc2 thank you! I appreciate that.
Mr. Terry you’re welcome
I cannot upvote this enough. Great teachers do more than just present materials and give tests-they teach us how to think and how to live.
Jake pual teacher diss track is retarted
No
My History teacher is a really good and interesting man but I wish that I had a teacher like Mr. Terry :D
Generic Wehraboo same
DJ Salad ditto
Whoa liking Mr Terry more than your own history teacher?.......to the guillotine!
Thing is if teachers were paid decent they would be enthusiastic about their job cause I feel like teachers are underpaid to take their jobs seriously
I love your avatar
I think these oversimplified videos are best as a mind refresher for people who forget the history, and not a form of replacement to history education
Yeah, i think all the "i LeArN MoRe FrOm ThIs ThAn ScHoOl" People need to learn this.
You dont learn more you just remember what you have already learnt
@@coming_up_roses Or maybe its just a joke?
REAL QUESTION IS: would you use this video in a class? Kids might enjoy learning with visuals more.
Yeah but you gotta actually teach the kids rather than just showing them the video
@@ashc4h488 Why did you leave?
Lil'Fucker I love this username
@@ashc4h488 thank you for picking me up from practice
@@ashc4h488 dad
Always nice to see the take from someone who can expound on the Oversimplified's points in greater detail.
Mike Salucci but he didn’t
Back in my day, trolls put effort in.
@@everforward5561 Ye, he mostly repeated after the vid and what he had to add was superficial at best, misleading at worst. The best part of this video was oversimplified episode in it.
Misleading in what way?
It's a typicall American teacher, many small Details false or incomplete
Imagine your elementary school teacher becoming the fascist dictator of your country. Also, dr. Seuss made a political comic on The London Blitz. Look it up
Also, I’m pretty sure The Butter Battle Book is an allegory to the nuclear arms race during the Cold War.
@@MrCubFan415 exactly. And i think Horton hears a who is about God.
-poland didnt exist before ww1-
Mieszko the first: say sike right now
*Jan III Sobieski intensifies*
@@Thomas-jc3bv Sobieski was a terrible king
Itun fortunately did not exist for quiet a while...
@@Cythil I was like, how come Poland didn't exist, even tho we had united our countries pretty much way before ww1.
Filip Ziętek except for the whole preventing an ottoman dominated Europe
i love how he's emphasizing the oversimplified content. so we can get full informations.
Mr. Terry: "WW2 is probably the most famous war"
Americans such as myself. Intellectuals: "History started in 1776, everything before that was a mistake!"
U.K.: History has a start?
@@johnwilletts3984 America: "Shut up DAD! You're not affiliated with me anymore. I'm *independent!*
CalveeThe FluffyEevee america killed my aunt
CalveeThe FluffyEevee
People like you really piss me off. It doesn’t matter if you’re joking, nobody fucking thinks that. You’re what makes us look like asses. Fuck off.
@@fatemonkey if you're talking about the original comment it's a quote from somewhere can't remember but it's a quote.
France had plans to expand Maginot Line by building it in Belgium / through Belgium, but reason it didn't happen is relations between France and Belgium worsened and Belgium pursued being perceived as neutral nation. This ended up badly
Thank you for this comment. I've been waiting for someone who actually knows about this a little. As far as I can remember the Maginot line was designed to go through Belgium, but as a mobilizable form of defense. It was not designed like the French-German part, like a hard border.
@@leonweise3765 But that means that someone screwed up big anyway. Relations worsened because of something i bet. And so the line was a mistake. A great project that doesnt reach a finish line is as great as no project.
The Belgians actually had some very strong fortifications of their own on their border with Germany. With those in place and the Ardennes seemingly impassable, the Maginot lines' left flank on paper did not look that exposed. Of course history shows that those forts could actually be captured (in spectacular fashion) and that large formations could traverse the Ardennes.
Hi!
I would also like to mention, that Munich Deal is for us Czechs known as "Betrayal from west". We still feel sad about that event.
Another thing is, that adding Czechoslovakia to Germany was huge profit for Germans. Czechslovakia had advanced military, industry and skills - which surely helped Hitler with war - he used a lot of our modern tanks etc. We were also ready for fight, we had great defence lines with border of Germany..... but we were sold and than everyone payed the price.
Have a nice day,
Richard from Czech Rep!
Yeah that was really sad.
And now you’ve been given a shoutout by the main RUclips historian himself. Bravo Mr. Terry. You truly are an inspiration to many. You have come so far. And it’ll only grow from here. Thank you Mr. Terry. You are the teacher of all of us.
What Hitler never knew, is how close the RAF was to collapse. IF Hitler had continued, he would have succeeded, but he relented to not waste time.
Regardless of who won the battle of Britain Hitler would still not have the capabilities to successfully sea loin Britain the decision to pull the German Air force back to protect the mainland was a smart one in the long run even if he didn't win
@@helloj1680 Yeah it easy to claim that if Hitler just had knocked out the RAF that they would have won the war. But reality is not that clear cut. To actually stage a invasion of UK would be a huge undertaking. And the German Navy was not really up to the task. UK and USA by far had the biggest navies in the world at the time. Even if Japan, the world 3rd largest navy at the time, would aid Germany it would not have been enough vs UK alone. And is not really like Japan even could afford to send a large fleet to the English channel help Germany.
@@Cythil Hitler's plan was never to invade the UK, but to get them to pull out of the war
@@wholesome1844crucifier That is true. In fact they did not expect to knock out even France that easily.
The question is if knocking out the RAF would really have meant that UK where willing to sue for peace. I am doubtful. I think that the targeting of civilians actually was a more sound idea even if that did not work out ether. But it is tricky to try to win by making the populous want to give up. In general, if you committed to a fight you tend to be commit for the long run. All sides during WWII has to suffer a lot and it took a heck of a lot for the Axis to give up even when it was clear they had no chance of winning.
Glisern if he had kept bombing for maybe a week or two, the RAF would’ve been destroyed.
Man, 0:19 is the wisest thing i've heard in 2019 so far. You have *ALL* my respect.
TriEdgedPrism widen your horizons man
@@jakeneylon1853 In 2019, a teacher that is able to admit he is always learning new things is something wise to me. Most teachers nowadays are persuaded they hold the absolute truth.
@@jakeneylon1853 You're a very negative person, based on the replies from you I've read so far. Always being the opponent to whatever someone comments. Why?
@@JTtheMid I try not to be but this mans success is entirely unearned. Take a few minutes and think about all he actually said. maybe 9 sentences. Most of the appeal of this video is entirely ripped from Oversimplified. Not just that but he brought nothing to the table. It's very frustrating when ppl get paid to just breathe essentially.
I know that seems harsh but this particular RUclipsr pisses me off. If he gave some insights or unique commentary I wouldn't be making these comments.
Also about TriEdgedPrisms' comment. The idea that a historian admitting that he doesn't know everything would appear wise is very disheartening. As a Uni student I personally have heard FAR more intelligent, wise and inspiring quotes this year.
e.g. From Chris Titus in Neverloutionary
"We all wanted to be rebels, so we all bought the same T-shirt from Harley Davidson"
NOW THERE IS SOME ACTUAL WISDOM.
I don't hate the ppl in this comment section but FFS these comments piss me off.
thanks if you took the time to read. I have too much time to spare. JN
Jake Neylon what’ve you got against this guy? Complaining on half the comments Jesus! Grow the fuck up and shut the fuck up.
“You lied to me…”
“What do you expect? I’m Hitler!”
🤣🤣🤣
I remember watching an episode of "Doc Martin" and as part of a test to determine the mental state of an elderly patient, he asked her "when did WW2 start?". Her answer was brilliant - "1919". When he confronted her about the inaccuracy of that answer, she said, "WW2 was guaranteed the moment the Treaty of Versailles was signed because the burdens were too onerous" (I'm paraphrasing the episode, it's been years since I've seen it).
It's interesting to hear that perspective on Chamberlain, he is certainly judged by history through the perspective of hindsight... As a Brit I would point out that Chamberlain's failures continue to have an impact on Prime Ministers of the UK to this day... Thatcher famously said on more than one occasion "I'm not in the buisness of appeasement" and followed that mantra throughout much of her administration (particularly the Falklands). Tony Blair certainly played on those 'anti-appeasement' ideals during the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan (and destroyed his reputation in the process)… Theresa May had been accused many times by her enemies of being an 'appeaser' during Brexit negotiations... For a British PM, being called an appeaser is the ultimate insult.
Plot Twist: He is oversimplified.
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Europe’s favourite pastime, called Invade A Neighbour.
That's been Europe for basically the whole History until ww2 ended. That's when they stopped invading each other. At least big Invasions stopped
@@ErsinGaga *Soviet union uneasliy shrugs away
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Britain: Hey son, let's play a game
America: Sure dad, what are we playing?
Britain: It's called "invade the neighbor's house"
America:...
Britain:....
America: Do you remember what happened when Germany tried that?
It’s like the book “if you give a mouse a cookie” and Germany is the mouse during the phony war.
I understood this reference
@@waterywingz plot twist: you saw this comment then read the book so you understood the reference.
The Maginot line wasn't extended because Belgium refused to let France extend it into Belgium which was where building had originally been intended
I heard Belguim was going to build defenses that linked up, but then budget cuts..
never heard that , we had our own set of defences around the german border but the main stronghold was taken within hours by german paratroopers , belgian command didnt think of placing any AA battery on the fort nor did they think that a paratrooper assault could be a thing
@@athomicritics Diplomat bois effed up. So french bois build a piece of fence. So german bois effed everyone up.
There was a group called Fasci Siciliani in the late 1880s to 1890s, so Mussolini didn't pick the name of his political organization out of thin air as the video suggests.
The more you know. Shame the literal historian didn’t bring it up tho
@@jakeneylon1853 because it a useless piece of info in ww2?
@@jakeneylon1853 oversimplified didnt include all the information because it would destroy the smoothness and interesting style of explanation
GoodStop I was not referring to oversimplified. I was referring to this content stealer “actual historian”. He has a long list of cool facts he could bring up about certain events and times but just doesn’t. Instead he just lets the video play and doesn’t do anything. That’s why I was more than annoyed by this video
@@jakeneylon1853 Content stealer? Lol, he comments on a lot of things in this video whenever he thinks he has something deeper to add and usually provides some great inside. He is a history teacher, so obviously he knows his stuff.
These types of reaction videos r actually good cause it’s realy wholesome and he actually adds stuff so your learning whilst learning
I wouldn't call Mussolini anti-war befor the war, he was anti-foreign war, but he was pro civil war (see violent overthrow of monarchies calls)
Marxists differentiate between anti-militarism and anti-violence. Very few Marxists are anti-violent but the overwhelming majority are anti-militarist. Anti-militarism refers to opposition to wars under capitalist systems which are seen as inherently imperialist and only in the bourgeois favour. While violence is seen as a legitimate tool in the arsenal available to us in fighting capitalism. Hope this helps!
@@comradeotaku Isn't it ironic how you differentiate between types of violence but usually after communist revolutions, the most ruthless and power hungry types win like Stalin, Mao, Kim Ir Sen, etc. You're against bourgeois but those dictators weren't all that different from what you seem to hate.
@@wlink639 That is often the case. Though part of this also has to do with the amount of pressure these countries where under during and after the revolutions. It is hard to get nice leaders in a climate where if you are not the most ruthless bastard of all the bastards you will be replaced.
Though I do not think using violence to overthrow the system helps in this regard. Since that prime you leaders for using ruthless methods.
@@wlink639 They were not extremely power hungry as bourgeoisie media wants to portray them as in an effort to protagonise themselves.
Yes but that was likely due to his own agenda to put himself in power. Once he had that power he likely saw that he could keep going up the chain so to speak.
I mean he wanted to overthrow the monarchy because he genuinely believed that he was the only one who could lead his nation back to greatness. Once he held that position he likely realised that he was always taking orders from someone. So he tried to establish power so that he could make his own destiny for his people without being held back by other powers. Thus expanding his civil conflict out into the world at large.
It’s a genuinely relatable experience for many an angst fueled teen. But that does not excuse the lengths he went to keep and expand his power.
I'm really glad you did this in a way that wasn't stealing content like other reaction channels do. You actually went and gave us more background information and talked about stuff that the video didn't instead of sitting through the whole video and doing nothing. legendary teacher
These 2 videos (this and the original) are so great and educational because they explain one of the most complicated and important events in history in plain language. Having learned about ww2 all throughout school, I had a lot of this info ingrained into my head, but it’s so easy to get lost in the political talk and many different names and locations. Documentaries and history books can be so dense in their vocabulary, so it’s just refreshing to learn about history and keep my attention for once! Good stuff, man.
"Mussolini fought and died and felt like it was all for nothing"
Umm from my understanding you cannot be disappointed after death
faught and failed would be more appropriate.
Unless you are a ghost
When you go near his grave you can still hear him cussing
mike weidenbener your life flashes before your eyes before your death kinda like a time lapse of the important events in your life and while he seen it he was so disappointed that his sacrifice had done nothing to keep peace
Tell that to Jesus 😂
This vid didnt mention one important moment. In the begining of war Japan tried to invade Mongolia which was suppported by Soviet Union. Didn't end well and that experience was one of the reason for them to not open the eastern front for Germany later with their invasion of Soviet Union which allowed Stalin to move more troops from the eastern part of the country to the west.
I didn't notice how Oversimplified was so oversimplified until I watch this getting a lecture every minute
Okay, so I already loved Oversimplified, but your added commentary is beyond cool. It’s awesome seeing a teacher doing something like this.
Hello Mr. Terry. I just wanted to say that these videos are really good. Having analysis of these events from someone who knows what they're talking about is really refreshing. I like how they're almost an informatory podcast in the sense that I can leave them on in the background and just listen to what you're saying. Keep the videos up man .
If I was in his class, I'd probably get 100 - 99.% on every test or assignment. I love history and Oversimplified I watched every video start to finish.
Good reaction not like some people
It's basically the same but some exceptions it would be better if he didn't show the entirety of the videos he reacts to.
@@paxis7517 how would that make it better
@@crazymannxl He's showing someone's hard made content in its entirety so tell me how you can't see why it wouldn't.
@@paxis7517 because he's adding to it by stating his opinion as a history teacher. He also credits the creator as well. It is perfectly fine in that aspect. If he was stealing the content then the video would be about the same length as the original.
@@crazymannxl Well fair point but he could just not show it if he had good intentions (which I'm presuming) then it's a good move to only show some clips of it instead of the whole thing. If people already watched the video there then they wouldn't watch the original video or clip.
Mussolini was a bald teacher who was into history. It reminds me of someone...
Hmmmm
Johnny Sins?
Seriously tho who?
@@moustachio05 this guy. Don't woosh I I thought that you genuinely didn't know
Your videos are amazing and I absolutely love them! Just one side-note (obviously from a Pole ahahah). Poland existed before being incorporated into the three powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia on 1772, 1793 and 1795, the Three Partitions of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, after which we disappear from the map for 123 years.) Poland's 'official' beginning is marked by the year 966, the christianization of Poland by our first Duke, and first ruler of Poland.
there's gonna be another video called "teacher of history teacher reacts about the teacher he taught reacts to Oversimplifed"
Oh god no
3:23
Germany got rekked by the treaty of Versailles
‘Virus detected’
Why do I hear the death march?
My history teacher in secondary school was the greatest influence on my academic life. Fostered a real love of learning, critical thinking and a willingness to delve into a differing perspective to this day.
Weird to think that Mr Terry is my age, and gives me the same view, from 4000 miles away. A pleasure though.
Odd side comment; I never forgot the moment my old teacher (Mr Kew, who I had the pleasure of buying a pint for recently) brought a piece of the Berlin Wall out from his desk.
Stunned moment in the class - the man was there, welding a sledgehammer.
I discovered you about an hour ago, and you are awesome! You just earned yourself a subscriber!
Hey, I just wanted to say that I absolutely love your channel. I discovered it with the epic rap battle reaction videos and have been hooked since. I love that you give an extra bit of information on top of the already great over-simplified series. You clearly have a passion for History, your students are very lucky to have you as their teacher!
History teachers are without exception epic and cool people
The reason Poland didn't exist prior to WWI is that Germany Russian and Austria invaded and split the Polish commonwealth between them.
And in 1934 Poland was invaded by soviets(Russa), but they stopped and pushed back the Russian winning the war. A good not is the allies which Polish fought alongside with during WWI. Decided not to help out, so in the end Poland pushed back the Soviets and singed a Peace treaty.
Also, Polish leadership earned the allies to attack Hitler before he was ready for war.... they didnt listen.
As they were the 4th major power in WWII, the reward for fighting with the allies, the Polish people were betrayed and literally sold out to be occupied by the Soviets after the war.
And as a fun fact, the Polish resistance dwarfed any other during WWII, and the last of the soldiers that resisted the soviet occupation died in 1973.
Um, the 4th major power was probably china... (in terms of allies)
@@Killerbee4712 No no it wasn't.
In about an hour, I have learned 1000X more from Oversimplified videos that I ever learned in schooling :)
Im just here to see how accurate they are.
The maginot line was not extended all the way to the coast because where it ends it was supposed to line up with belgian fortifications which was planned but at that time not made
WWII is like this:
Hitler: TIME FOR WAR
**Sabaton Music begins**
Hitler: OH NO! ITZ ZE ZABATON MUZIC!
Hitler: *Listens closer* Oh jes, it's the ghost divizion zong!
German Guy here. I found your channel with the oversimplified videos and it shocked me how much details my history teacher skipped from WW1 to the cold War. Thanks for explaining many things that weren't in the video :)
In 5th grade when we would do history, my teacher always showed us Oversimplified and we liked watching Oversimplified cuz he was funny
Lucky
I wish there was like a French dub or smth cuz then my teachers woulda prolly used these videos
how about what war can do to technology. WW2 started with propeller driven Bi-planes and ended with Jet-planes in a span of 5 years. that's friggin insane, that would be the equivalent of having the first computer ever put into service and 5 years later have the first octa-core.
*rocket*
3:25 is the ultimate prove he is a real teacher!
Great addition to the video! Extremely positively surprised for a 'reaction' video! Sidenote: a hat! A teacher with a hat! I thought you were archenemies
If Chamberlin day was released i would celebrate that and my birthday lol
Awesome video and awesome idea of having a History teacher reviewing these videos. I had already seen this video and it really helped me to understand better this topics the teacher comments/insights. I hope that Mr. Terry keeps doing this type of videos. Kudos!
It's true that Mussolini had "more military support" than Hitler, but the problem in the '22 march over Rome was that the King of Italy refused to deploy the army.
Mussolini had 30k mens out of Rome but they weren't trained soldiers, and his was a fairly minoritary party in the parlament (37/535 seats in the earlier '19 elections).
The King proceeded to appoint him as prime minister because they feared the communist revolution, the socialist party had 123 seats and was the major party at that point. Don't forget the Italy almost had a red coup d'etat and the Russia's Zar got overthrown just a couple years earlier.
Since many lliberal governs resigned they could either go with socialists or fascist, so the King made his choice.
Poland was already existing before eleventh century as an independent country. Due to its weak government it has fallen to Prussia, Russia and Austria in the eighteenth century. It regained its independence in 1918.
@asaeampan Poland only sized to exist in the matter of a state. All the people, and Polish society, as well as polish various military organizations still existed on the previously polish territory or abroad. You have to also remember that different "versions" of polish state existed throughout the 19th century, like Duchy of Warsaw, (Russian) Kingdom of Poland or even Duchy of Poznan, tho they were largely dependent, some of them, notably Duchy of Warsaw, retained a lot of freedom.
@Sally Vee Well it depends how do you look at things. Polish ruling party is completely crazy, but US ruling party is not any better. Economically Poland is pretty strong. Military is well trained, and well equipped. Only social matters and "civil equality for all" sucks.
@Sally Vee don't you think that developing country from basically zero in 30 years is really something? We had some great politisians but some of them had some weird accidents and died... ;) I think the biggest problem of Poland right now is that we have two really big political parties fighting with each other - one is too conservative and just dumb, the other one is ruled by people with fishy connections (for me they are part of some big, european mafia) and both of them don't want to make Poland great again, they just want to grab as much money they can before next election... smaller parties are just too weak and don't have powerfoul people to fight bigger ones.
@Sally Vee not exactly. Problem is in law. There is no way we (people) can enforce electoral promises from the government. People are dumb, yes, but they are dumb everywhere. Problem in Poland is that parties can say whatever they want before election and they are not obligated to fulfill those promises. People are voting on promises and because they are dumb they will vote even if party will say that they will give you $1000 every month. People don't understand that goverment don't have any money. Those money are our.
So they say ridiculous things, they win, they don't do these things, they blame opposition (and because of high polarisation people like it), they say more ridiculous things, people vote on them again...
@Sally Vee How is the competence of the Polish government in any way related to the topic at hand? It's like you're not even trying to hide the fact that you're moving the goalpost
"I can fix everything!" No w where have I heard that in modern times......
*uh oh*
Well shi-
Every single us president ever lol correlation doesn’t equal causation
Hold up-
Apples and oranges. Hitler and Mussolini were saying that they would fix everything through invasion, not through demilitirization in foreign countries to spend more at home calm the fuck down
I would like to point out the Maginot line's weaknesses were not without cause. first, France assumed Belgium and the Netherlands would stand up to german aggression and have their own defenses the french army could assist with. this meant spending extra money extending the line was unneeded. second, where the line ended was the Arden Forest, and going off WW1 knowledge, it was nearly impassible, a natural defensive line.
When Belgium decided not to defend itself as france expected, france did a rush expansion that wasnt quite completed before WW2.
Additionally, german tanks (the one thing the french did not expect) rushed straight through the Arden (right where france had believed impassible terrain to exist).
all in all, the blunders france committed in preparing for the next war as far as the prebuilt defenses go, are forgivable when you look at their ideas and politics at the time.
"you cant negotiate with a tiger when your head is in its mouth"
Fun fact: Us brits during ww2 didn’t care at al especially during blitzkreig I think there’s an example of this where you have people working in blown up offices
And milkmen still delivering door to door
Also hitler thought that by destroying our trade route for food we’d submit but the power of potato’s and toast is too strong and also another fact during WW2 children thought that bananas were myths but after ww2 was finished large shipments of bananas were shipped to all British ports and all the children got a free banana however as parents of the children hadn’t had a banana in so long the parents often took the banana off the child and ate it themselves
9:30 same in my country happened when a disguised "cigarette factory" used to make ammo
This is simply an excellent video with very insightful commentary. Keep up the good work sir ! :)
The point about the Maginot line.
it was intened to reach the coast, but the Low Countries objected as they felt it was being abandoned by France.
There was another defensive line built in that section, but far less extensive nor sophisticated
On Norway.... the entire campaign was planned by Churchill.
About Maginot Line, the only plan to extend it was with belgium line, but they didn't build it.
German invasion of Belgium?
German Soldier: Why do I hear this weird music playing?
"WE'RE A COMPANY OF SOLDIERS, MERE 40 RIFLES STRONG"
ALL ALONE
I don't think I've had a single history teacher who doesn't love history
Of course
You didn't get a virus. I'm happy for you
Few inaccuracies in both the video and the commentary; reason is that most of older history book especially those used in schools are outdated.
Maginot line did extend to the coast; northern part was a combination of smaller fortifications and a movable line in the form of high concentration of non-mechanized troops and big heavy modern tank units meant to move into Belgium or south depending where the invasion will occur. Areas around the Ardenne where fortified as part of the Maginot Line; problem is the very high tech French fortresses was supposed to be used together with conventional army units to be stoppable force and not act as single solution defense force as popular believed. Building was behind schedule but there were still lots of heavy fortresses that took Germans weeks to neutralise a single fortress complex; the only one to fall during the Battle of France. Also they together with supporting troops were suppose to delay any attack for 30 days and not be impregnable as popularly believed.
So when the main units were drawn into Belgium and the weaker units made up largely of senior part time reserves that was not well trained was left north of Sedan to stop the fully mechanized German units (troops and tanks together moving fast as a unit) could push through after the Luftwaffe bomb the crap out of them since Allies air forces where all deployed to Belgium. Even together with all against them the French units held of the German Panzer 1 and 2 divisions for couple of days causing heavy losses against for Panzer 1.
Also French did advance technologically wise, problem was military doctrine was still stuck in WW1 mode so infantry was not mechanised and heavy tank units had non infantry and slow. But where they faced the Germans head on they were the superior force.
The Manstein plan could have easily stopped by the French on various occasions; by diverting air forces to Sedan or by moving in reinforcements when the Germans were held back at the Muze or by moving the larger units from the south up north instead keeping them stationed to protect the roads south. Basically the fall of France can be blamed on the poor French command structure, and lack of central command and specifically on General Huntzinger who made poor decision on poor decision and lied about the situation at Sedan to not make himself look bad.
I was writing a similar comment yesterday. Fortunately I will not have to. But as a little tag for those who would blame the fall of France on the intransitance (a real word?) of the Belgians is that every cynical fear of the Belgians was basically correct:
1. The Belgians did not expect the Allies to defend Belgium wholesale. The Allies, for their part, planned to forfeit about half of Belgium (including all of Liege and Antwerp) so they could mount a stalemate hold within Belgium.
2 .The Belgians expected the Allies to allow the Belgian military arms to sacrifice themselves to buy the Allies time. The Allies did and planned to do just this.
3. Inviting the Allies in would invite the Axis in and vice versa. Any way you slice it, Belgium would be effectively fully occupied.
TLDR: The entire grand strategy of the defense of France was "Lets try our best to have the war entirely in Belgium at the expense of the Belgians." The Belgians expected this, and were therefore not exactly champing at the bit to volunteer to be acceptable losses.
HvR ur both dirty little nerds
It's *oversimplified*
The thing I like about this guy is that watching his oversimplified reactions makes you learn a fun yet educational lesson on a real world event
The reason I watched oversimplified is because my history teacher showed it in class.
1:23 "we all know who he is going to become" *me who doesn't know history intensifies*
@Mr.TerryHistory It's so nice to see people who actually react to the videos and not just sit there and do nothing and just stay silent like it's not even worth it then. But you commentate and you actually say some interesting stuff while reacting good job man. Keep up the good work
A few years ago I went to a book sale and was combing through the History selection when I picked up a book called "The trail of the Fox". I was always fascinated with "The Desert Fox", Erwin Rommel and took this book home. I BLASTED through that book in 4 days ( and I'm not a fast reader) and was ABSOLUTELY amazed at how much infinitesimal detail this book had in it. I never heard of the author before reading this book, but I HUNTED down anything else I could get of his. He's a British Historian by the name of David Irving who wrote a tremendous number of books that I highly recommend EVERYONE read. His research style is second to none and he gets to the truth on a topic better than any other author I've ever read. Try out one of David Irving's books Mr Terry to "learn something more". He won't disappoint. Thank you
Benito’s past self:”you have become the very thing you swore to destroy”