2:05:03 "I'm getting ahead of myself." It shows how much he loves history, and I appreciate his work so much for that reason. He's a really good teacher.
I absolutely agree. I usually pass on videos less than 20 minutes. I just think if there is a subject good or interesting enough to make a video, it should be engaging and at least 20 minutes.
1:47:19, that is correct. Hitler went to Paris and signed the French instrument of surrender on the same rail car where the Treaty of Versailles was signed. He then had the car taken back to Germany as a trophy. In the closing days of the war, Hitler had it blown up.
I don't think we talk enough about those who stood up to Hitler, those who opposed him and lost their lives. I think there is an assumption out there that almost everyone just fell in line, I would like to hear more about this.
There’s a really good book I read in highschool about a kid named helmuth hubner (I think that’s how you spell it) He was a German teenager who was raised in the Hitler youth but he began to make anti Nazi propaganda leaflets after listening to BBC radio (which was illegal in Germany). He ended up being arrested by the gestapo then executed at 17
@ASecureLab great BBC series called rise of the nazis would be good to watch Series 1 focuses on the rise of hitler, series 2 focuses on the invasion of the soviet union, series 3 focuses on the collapse of nazi Germany, and series 4 looks at nuremberg trials and nazi hunting post war. The first series is my favourite of the four as it shows how naive some were about hitler, how some believed they could contain him and operate him as a puppet. They also have 1 historian/military leader to give insight on psychology and intent, with the best on in my opinion being General Sir Mike Jackson!
Denying anything bad from your country’s past is never right. Every country that has a horrible past should always teach it to their young generation so they would learn from it
Sometimes it's like there's a competition. Back in the Gen X days when I was in AP History there was a girl that was driven to tears by two of her history teachers that were not only denying the Armenian Genocide but demeaning the girl for Holocaust-Denying simply because she insisted that the Armenian Genocide was a thing. And this was in the 'liberal' NYC affluent suburbs. Like one great horror done to humans by so-called humans would take away from the horror of another great horror done to humans by so-called humans. People can just be weird yo.
Its crazy how many Turks deny a genocide, like, just driving to eastern Anatolia, you can tell there was a genocide, there's completely abandoned towns and Armenian churches all over.
Oversimplified and your coverage/breakdowns have really allowed me to open a new interest in history. I always enjoyed it to an extent, but you have branched my curiosity and interest. Thank you for that.
Fun Fact: I guess everyone know Ferrari (the Italian luxury car manufacturer) and their iconic prancing horse logo, but maybe not everyone know how they got it and that it is linked to WW1. During WW1 Francesco Baracca was the first ace of the Italian Air Force, but unfortunately he died before the end of the war during a mission. Francesco Baracca had a prancing horse on a white background painted on his airplane (there are different thesis on why Baracca used the prancing horse as his personal symbol). After WW1, car racing became quite popular in Italy and one of the racing drivers of this period was Enzo Ferrari, the founder of Scuderia Ferrari. The mother of Francesco Baracca, the Countess Paolina de Biancoli, attended one of this races that was won by Enzo Ferrari. The Countess was so impressed by the bravery of Enzo Ferrari as a racing driver that after the race she reached him out and she donated to Enzo the prancing horse logo her son used on his airplane and she asked Enzo to use that symbol on his car. Enzo Ferrari accepted (he changed the background to yellow, the color of his city, Modena) and the Ferrari’s prancing horse is still todays one of the most recognizable logos in the World.
nice to know, although I wouldnt saay one of the most recognized logo in the world. never saw or heard of ferrari in years (it used to be poppular in the 90s but seems very dead now at least in the americas)
@ASecureLab In the US, I think Ferrari tends to be the kind of car that only the wealthy assholes drive. Not because of the car's merits or anything, but because it's an expensive brand and a status symbol.
I was never really interested in history before i discovered you. I really love your insight on each video i’ve watched and your hard work that you put in every video. Please don’t stop making videos, you are for real on of my favorite youtubers out there
VT I love your approach. I've been watching your videos since early 2021 possibly even late 2020. Filling in and adding context to events in history is like watching these videos with a friend who knows about history.
One of the best accounts to describe the effects of artillery during WWI was Ernest Jünger’s Storm of Steel. He described the noise of “drumfire” as so intense that you couldn’t even distinguish one detonation from another. Just a long ear-splitting thunderous white noise. He even attempted to describe the sense of fear and vulnerable as best as he could. He described as thus “Imagine being tied naked to a pole and three brutes with sledgehammers take turns swinging at your face only to each miss by a mere inch.”
There are great channels: The Great War week by week and WW2 week by week. They are just great if you want more and understand why many events happened.
I've often thought about the assassination of the Archduke, and I personally believe that the reason he was killed by the Serbians was precisely because he was more willing to negotiate and make compromises with the constituent peoples of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy. With an heir to the dual monarchy being willing to do so, and there's evidence to support Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a proponent of the "United States of Greater Austria" idea, Serbia's goal of wanting a unified South Slavic state (Yugoslavia) was in grave threat. Had Archduke Franz Ferdinand become Emperor and managed to give the minorities of his domain a voice in government, the outcry for separatism would have been greatly lessened, and it much harder for Serbia to stand as a great alternative to the then-current situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Hey thanks for making this, I really like these because we are able to receive new information and its just so fascinating because we just get that perfect extra from you and its just so wonderful to learn about all this extra stuff that many of us have possibly not even heard about before.
There's a historic channel on here called "The great war" that for the centennial anniversary of world war one did a week by week video on what's going on that week. It was incredible.
I’ve been a history nerd my whole adult life, and I’ve been a fan of multiple history RUclips channels. Recently found yours. Your channel is easily the best. Reacting to all my other favorite channels, teaching me so much I never knew.
Thank you for adding context, verification and depth to so many areas of history and introducing us to new and interesting content providers. They owe you a thank you too for introducing us to their product.
Chris Mowery, Greetings from a retired American who's been living in Mexico for the past 37 years (cIurrently 71 yrs oldish) I have a natural analytical bent and majored in math (my easy subject) and philosophy (my favorite subject). But when something is difficult for me. like HISTORY I put in the extra effort for me to at least get a handle on it. I enjoy your videos generally and this one is one of my 'eye of the hurricane' areas of interest. You've mentioned you like film and for me the essential viewing experience on the subject of Herr Schickelgruber is Hans Jurgen Syberberg's Hitler, a Film from Germany. It is available in several languages, including English but it's very long. 8 hours in 4 sections of 2 hours each. . But it's NOT an ordinary film. It's a Mourning-work something to help his fellow Germans (and the rest of us) confront and assimilate and get through what AH meant and still means in our modern world. I hope you get a chance to see it. Wishing you every success Jim
Hiking the Julian alps following the austro-italian front is most fascinating. Lots of chilling remains from WW1 in a stunning environment, an absolute experience.
I watched a few of your videos but dismissed you thinking you were just another random. I was very wrong, this deep dive has shown me you really know your stuff! gained my subscription
In Eugene Rogan's "The fall of the Ottoman Empire" when Lawrence and the other captain went to negotiate the surrender of Kut the other captain noted how handsome the Ottoman officer was. Which i find hilarious like on the way back was this guy like "Real shame about our lads...that fellow had nice cheekbones though."
Really appreciate compiling all these into one place. Also wanna say thank you for having such a strong stance on the Armenian genocide denial, it is admirable.
Yeah the Italian front in ww1 is surprisingly overlooked. I had the pleasure to go to the actually battle site of montegrappa. Was a great place to go as a history buff.
The General at the Kasarine pass was Loyd Freedenhall who was considered the golden haired champion of the Army at that point. He had been very successful up until that point. After his failure he was promoted to three star and sent to the US to oversee training. By many, but not all, accounts he did very well in this role.
Kudos to you for knowing and mentioning "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" -- the Sabaton song ! Lots of other concepts presented in this video are also present throughout several of Sabaton's songs too, including one of my favourite songs, "Fields of Verdun".
It always confused me when people compare the French to be weak and cowards because of WW2 but if you look back there history they are some of the most successful in the world when it comes to military
It definitely comes from their performance in World War II. The French had spent a lot of the inter-war years in political turmoil and dealing with the social consequences of losing most of an entire generation of young men on the battlefields of World War I. Although many French troops fought bravely during the German invasion of 1940, the fact is the government and the military leadership were suffering from widespread morale problems and a misunderstanding of how technology had once again altered the way wars could be fought. Over and over the French armies were outflanked and devastated by rapidly advancing German armored formations coordinating with Luftwaffe precision bombing attacks. France had also neglected their Air Force and had few fighters that could match the performance of the Bf 109, so their own bombers were unable to respond in kind. The fact that France surrendered after only a few weeks of direct combat, coming after their four-year endurance of hell in WWI, shocked the world and left a lot of countries wondering if the French culture had just faded and become unable to sustain itself in the face of an aggressive enemy.
@@kenle2French general citizens and infantrymen are some of the bravest people in history, proven many times, but the elite were just incompetent so often, probably something to do with a belief in the importance of their culture, to override other more expedient things in different moments, whereas the Brits is another example always had the idea of independent rights and private property culturally, due to their early uprisings, fights between tribes, leading to constant bloodbath and items of human rights legiislation against Kings over the centuries. They put forth the success of business, trade, invention and wealth ahead of cultural transfer. The difference has been pointed out in their colonial planning, with the Brits generally just wanting to make money with the ccolonies and also practising multiculturalism in the late 20th century at home, whereas the French saw the importance of turning their colonies national tendencies into French ones, to a certain degree and are actually still involved in these countries abroad, and seek to make refugees integrate into French culture at home, whilst the Brits simply Left and deveeloped to Commonwealth trading relations Their commanders in the 1st, and Second World War were not so focused and didn't have the same llevel of conviction as the Germans.Otherwise, they should have stopped the Germans both times, as there were very much equal in the First World War and superior in the 2nd (especially tankks).If the Brits and the French Hadn't been democracies, jaded from the First World War and "choosing" to be half arsed in their response to Germany in the initial stages, whilst the Nazis had railroaded and had total focus on maximum conviction forced on them autocratically… The elites and the Brits and French side would have come to thhe conclusion that defending the Ardennes was crucial, which would have stopped the Nazis for sure early on
I don`t know if VlogginThroughHistory has already done that, but I would love a reaction or educational video about the Weimar Republic. Could even have an eyecatching title like "How the Germans failed democracy and became Nazis" or something like that. We were tought about Weimar Republic at school and I read several books about it, but my memory ist weak and I don`t remember it all...Rapallo, Young Plan, Stresemann... so many names and events...
I'm so so glad I stumbled upon this channel. Not only did I enjoy watching this, I learned about the channels Oversimplified, and Extra History. I know now I been trying to find Oversimplified cause I seen one of their videos but forgot the name and my thanks and gratitude for this amazing hat trick of channels. I got me some serious videos to watch. Thanks again.
It's always glossed over mainly by Hollywood but the British played a significant part in the battle of the bulge. Troops from 21st army group, 6th airborne and 53rd Welsh division and tanks from 7th armoured division, the Desert Rats stopped the bulge from reaching the Meuse River. The British lost at least 700 troops during the battle.
The time between the signing of the armistice and the cease fire is something that should have more documentaries on. Imagine knowing the war is over in a few hours and being told go over the top and make a last charge . More should be written About those in charge who wasted lives for no gain .
58:11 Fun fact: Alois Hitler Junior lived in Liverpool, England. He and his wife had a flat in a house at 102 Upper Stanhope Street, which was destroyed in the last air raid on Liverpool of WW2. It was never rebuilt, and the area remains an open field. It's not known if Adolf ever visited Liverpool: his half brother's wife claimed he lived with them from 1912-13, but this has been proved to be untrue.
If you divide 50 million by 300 days you get 166,000 shells fired per day, that's roughly 7 THOUSAND shells per HOUR! That is absolutely mental, those poor soldiers that endured that.
a french soldier described an artillery barage as you being tied to a pole and a man comes with a hamer and trying to hit you but misses constantly by an inch. eventually you just give up bracing for the hit and just wish it would end.
the role of german Lt Colonel Richard Hentsch and his influence in the 1st battle of the Marne, especially in view of the movements of the 1st and 2nd army, can never be underestimated. His role his little known outside Germany. Maybe you can investigate about him and make a video, would be so interesting.
1:29:44 Fun fact: Benito Mussolini got the highest award you can get in Czechoslovakia before it got occupied by Germany. He got it for his journalistic work on one of the most known and admired historic figures in Czechia.
This is great! I was in Italy last month and detoured to go to the commonwealth cemetery in Faenza to pay my respects to my great grandfather who died aged 29 at the end of 1944. Sadly never made it home to NZ to meet my nana
Hey man, hope you're doing well! Always love the content and just wanted to say I saw Lemmino released a video on the JFK assassination which I would love to see you break down. I loved seeing your breakdown of DB Cooper, Roanoke, and Jack the Ripper last year too and wish you all the best
chris needs to do a video on how the Battle of Moscow was the actual turning point of WW2 and reduce the importance of Stalingrad so he doesn’t sound like an undergrad
An interesting (at least I think so) point in regards to whole Dutch from Deutsche thing; I heard or read somewhere that the reason the Dutch are “Dutch” is because they are the closest Germanic peoples to England, and so they are the ones that got the name in English (from Deutsche) simply from increased interactions compared with other Germanic nations. So when we call the people of the Netherlands “Dutch”, we are really just calling them Germans haha.
This was a fantastic series. I love your reactions to Oversimplified, they are a great channel. (Me here just pondering how long this took from recording to uploading as it was uploaded 2 weeks ago and Her Majesty The Queen of England has been succeeded by her son His Majesty King Charles III almost a year now)
Chris, have you ever seen Hurricane: 303 Squadron? (aka Mission of Honor in the US) I just came across that as I was reading more about your comment on the 303 sqd
With the part talking about the artillery I dont remember where I read it but it read as "During the war Germany recorded on a heavy day they went through 1.5 million shells a day in the Western Front alone"
Leading up World War 1, example of Britain's preparations is illustrated in Newcastle's Amstrong-Whitworth Shipyard constructing the High Walker Naval Yard in 1912. Armstrong was the prominent armaments manufacturer in the 1800s and constructed naval vessels at the Armstrong-Whitworth Elswick Shipyard. By early 1900s, river restrictions and small slips restricted the ship sizes they could continue building. Armstrong-Whitworth constructed the new naval yard on abandoned land of the Walker Iron Works (1810-1891). The first ship constructed was the battleship Malaya with keel laid 1913 and completed 1916. In 1927, British company Vickers obtained controlling interest in Armstrong-Whitmore forming Vickers-Armstrong. At the start World War 2, some ships included battleship King George V and battlecruisers Courageous and Furious which were converted to aircraft carriers. The High Walker Naval Shipyard predominately built destroyers and landing ships. Vickers-Armstrong constructed destroyers and patrol boats at the Elswick Shipyard and other ships at the smaller Lower Walker Shipyard. The High Walker Naval Yard closed in 1980. With the 1912 construction of the High Walker Naval Yard in Newcastle, the Ordinance Survey maps censored details of the Naval Yard. No roads, buildings, rails or piers details were shown as if nothing existed along the River Tyne. No notations were shown on the map. After World War 2, Ordinance Survey maps include the Naval Yard details in the 1946 revisions onward. An interesting example of military/government censorship from 1912-1946.
Fun fact: Franz Joseph was emperor of Austria-Hunary for almost 68 years. I would love to see Oversimplified do a video on the Hapsburgs, Franz Joseph's lineage. Including Epmress Elisabeth.
I prefer to expand Churchill's words describing El Alamein (II) to Midway and Stalingrad, too. . "It was not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."
hey VTH do you plan on reacting to any videos regarding J Robert Oppenheimer? I’m obsessed with the movie and would love to watch more informative videos from you!
And that’s a new subscriber for you. My great-grandfather was an Algerian soldier for France in WW1 and fought in Verdun. Can’t believe he survived that. What a tragedy. It’s literally a miracle that I even exist. Edit: Shoutout and thanks for mentioning Algerian troops incorporated in the French army. Really really appreciated that.
2:15:44 A great myth perpetuated after the war was that Japan was not going to surrender but for the atomic bombings. The fact is that Japan was surrendering already but it wanted to set conditions. Most importantly it wanted immunity for the imperial family. The Allies wanted an unconditional surrender. The very day the second atomic bomb was dropped the USSR invaded Japanese Manchukuo which was perhaps more important to the final outcome as up until then the War Council hoped to get favorable terms through Soviet mediation. If anything afterwards Japan surrendered to the Americans to save face for its army. 'Oh our army didn't really lose to anyone at all but we had no choice against epically powerful weapons...' Ironically the Americans who insisted on unconditional surrender were the ones who then betrayed the rest of the Allies by granting immunity to the imperial family anyway. The atomic bombs were really used to start a new war instead of ending an old one.
1:47:54 My understanding (full disclaimer: based on a French vulgarization source + a quick Wikipedia lookup) is that the French Navy never fought for the Axis and they even scuttled what remained of their fleet in Toulon when the Germans tried to capture it when they occupied Vichy France.
Well kinda. Both sides tried to outflank eachother and if they couldn't a battle would ensue. If so artillery would do the most damage to the opposing infantry. If by the end you had more soldiers than your enemy you'd counter attack. You know, the whole cult of the offensive thing.
Something to note about the fall of Paris, it wasn’t just the deployment of new tactics but an unexpected operational approach and strategy. Everyone in France expected the Germans to move directly to Paris to knock them out, that’s how they prepared to defend themselves. However, Hitler ignored the advice of his more senior generals and instead listen to a junior one, I believe he was the equivalent of a Brigadier General. This guy correctly identified the center of gravity as the actual alliance between Britain and France. This is why the turned north, to cut the countries apart. It may be a reason that he did not destroy the forces at Dunkirk as he felt he had achieved his goal and wanted to return to peace with the British. When the Germans turned south to Paris, it was a double wammy for the French. Not only were they cut off from their ally, but the Germans were attacking from a direction they were not really prepared for. This is probably not talked about for a couple of reasons. One we never want to credit Hitler with anything, for very understandable reasons. Another is that in the aftermath of WWII the German military blamed everything on Hitler, creating the “Hitler didn’t listen to us” myth and this would discredit thief competency.
One of the deaths after the armistice was owen wilfred , author of dulce et decorum a. Poem describing his experience in WWI , if i remember correctly he died a week before the fighting stopped.
Hard disagree on the treaty of Versailles. Clearly here a strong anglo bias. The french were right from the start. The quote from Foch is the most famous ("this is a 20 years cease fire"), but there was a general concensus among the french that due to the prussian militaristic ethos at the heart of Germany, letting Germany be the largest most populated nation in europe would lead to another world war. Germany, which hadn't been invaded (appart on its oriental side briefly in 1914) had its industries at peak capabilities, and already, despite the sanctions, and the hyperinflation, had the higher GDP per capita in Europe by 1925. Even the inperinflation in 1923 was their own doing; as they refused to pay the reparations, France sent soldiers into the mines of the Sahr to take coal, and the german government told the miners to stop working, and that they would be paid nontheless, by the magic of printing money. This triggered teh inperinflation. It is true that Germany was demanded 120 billions to help repair the damages in belgium and France (out of a total cost of 500 billions that the belgians and french ended up paying), but they only paid 20 billions (half of that in nature), which is even more ridiculous when you consider that they didn't have to pay for a military anymore (which accounted at the time for about 10% of nations spnding). And to add to the joke, they took a loan of 25 billions from the US, that they didn't repay (until afer ww2 when the US made them). The reality is not that Germany couldn't pay, but that they didn't want to pay. The reality is that they had been defeated without being invaded (as the US refused to go that far). And as a result, they had the pride of people convinced their victory had been stolen (by communists, jews etc...). Funnily enough, the US enacted the french plan at the end; Invasion of Germany, cutting the nation in two, and long term occupation. Unfortunately, they had to wait for a second world war to get the lesson.
Great video. I like how you combined the episodes in a chronological longer episode. I would like to make an awesome book recommendation on Adolf Hitler....Robert G. L. Waite's 1977 book "The Psychopathic God Adolf Hitler" really gets you behind the psychology of the man - just a fantastic book on his psychological influences growing up in Austria and as Der Führer.
2:05:03 "I'm getting ahead of myself." It shows how much he loves history, and I appreciate his work so much for that reason. He's a really good teacher.
The fact you watched 2 hours shows just how much you love history as well.
This is great. Smart move to combine these in a “de-simplify” format.
Frrr
I hope as well it can be argued as more "transformative" this way. I know he's made oversimplified a TON of money
I absolutely agree. I usually pass on videos less than 20 minutes. I just think if there is a subject good or interesting enough to make a video, it should be engaging and at least 20 minutes.
1:47:19, that is correct. Hitler went to Paris and signed the French instrument of surrender on the same rail car where the Treaty of Versailles was signed. He then had the car taken back to Germany as a trophy. In the closing days of the war, Hitler had it blown up.
Source: “Apocalypse: The Second World War,” an EXCELLENT documentary series.
I don't think we talk enough about those who stood up to Hitler, those who opposed him and lost their lives. I think there is an assumption out there that almost everyone just fell in line, I would like to hear more about this.
There’s an entire book about assassination attempts on hitler, a lot of it revolves around the German resistance to hitlers regime
@@Buhyeu still he's right we dont hear about it much. the only known movie I think would be Valkyrie which I belive is based on a real attempt
The Edelweiss Pirates were a group of individuals were youth groupe that opposed Hitler’s Regime
There’s a really good book I read in highschool about a kid named helmuth hubner (I think that’s how you spell it)
He was a German teenager who was raised in the Hitler youth but he began to make anti Nazi propaganda leaflets after listening to BBC radio (which was illegal in Germany). He ended up being arrested by the gestapo then executed at 17
@ASecureLab great BBC series called rise of the nazis would be good to watch
Series 1 focuses on the rise of hitler, series 2 focuses on the invasion of the soviet union, series 3 focuses on the collapse of nazi Germany, and series 4 looks at nuremberg trials and nazi hunting post war.
The first series is my favourite of the four as it shows how naive some were about hitler, how some believed they could contain him and operate him as a puppet.
They also have 1 historian/military leader to give insight on psychology and intent, with the best on in my opinion being General Sir Mike Jackson!
Thank you for standing firm on the Armenian Genocide. It's like denying the Hollocaust.
Denying anything bad from your country’s past is never right. Every country that has a horrible past should always teach it to their young generation so they would learn from it
Sometimes it's like there's a competition. Back in the Gen X days when I was in AP History there was a girl that was driven to tears by two of her history teachers that were not only denying the Armenian Genocide but demeaning the girl for Holocaust-Denying simply because she insisted that the Armenian Genocide was a thing. And this was in the 'liberal' NYC affluent suburbs. Like one great horror done to humans by so-called humans would take away from the horror of another great horror done to humans by so-called humans. People can just be weird yo.
100 percent.
Its crazy how many Turks deny a genocide, like, just driving to eastern Anatolia, you can tell there was a genocide, there's completely abandoned towns and Armenian churches all over.
Fellow history major/ historian here. Your channel is my favorite RUclips channel for historical content. I always learn something new. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Oversimplified and your coverage/breakdowns have really allowed me to open a new interest in history. I always enjoyed it to an extent, but you have branched my curiosity and interest. Thank you for that.
Fun Fact: I guess everyone know Ferrari (the Italian luxury car manufacturer) and their iconic prancing horse logo, but maybe not everyone know how they got it and that it is linked to WW1.
During WW1 Francesco Baracca was the first ace of the Italian Air Force, but unfortunately he died before the end of the war during a mission. Francesco Baracca had a prancing horse on a white background painted on his airplane (there are different thesis on why Baracca used the prancing horse as his personal symbol).
After WW1, car racing became quite popular in Italy and one of the racing drivers of this period was Enzo Ferrari, the founder of Scuderia Ferrari. The mother of Francesco Baracca, the Countess Paolina de Biancoli, attended one of this races that was won by Enzo Ferrari. The Countess was so impressed by the bravery of Enzo Ferrari as a racing driver that after the race she reached him out and she donated to Enzo the prancing horse logo her son used on his airplane and she asked Enzo to use that symbol on his car.
Enzo Ferrari accepted (he changed the background to yellow, the color of his city, Modena) and the Ferrari’s prancing horse is still todays one of the most recognizable logos in the World.
nice to know, although I wouldnt saay one of the most recognized logo in the world. never saw or heard of ferrari in years (it used to be poppular in the 90s but seems very dead now at least in the americas)
Very interesting!
@ASecureLab In the US, I think Ferrari tends to be the kind of car that only the wealthy assholes drive. Not because of the car's merits or anything, but because it's an expensive brand and a status symbol.
@@TheUndyingCrystalI believe ferrari imports cars into America and they may have to be adjusted to meet American regulations.
I was never really interested in history before i discovered you. I really love your insight on each video i’ve watched and your hard work that you put in every video. Please don’t stop making videos, you are for real on of my favorite youtubers out there
Two hours of this? Perfect for my training hike on the treadmill.
Oversimplified is such a great channel but they only post once a year ffs
Quality over quantity, more videos would be fun but I appreciate all the effort they put into the limited amount of videos they post
@@Muffin.Creationsyeah true but I think it's more about lack of interesting wars
@@pesxbarcathey really should do more of the "mini-wars" series, like the emu war video
@@pesxbarcaThat’s most definitely not the case.
@@Muffin.Creationsyep those videos are a good stop gap
Thank you for standing up for my Armenian ancestors.
@daniellysohirka4258canadian here - we weren't victims of genocide 😊
gas masks were a cool invention though!
@daniellysohirka4258right? Absolutely 0 respect. Canadians kicked some serious ass and had a major role in WW1
@@BoatsNhoes824 what are yall talking about???
VT I love your approach. I've been watching your videos since early 2021 possibly even late 2020. Filling in and adding context to events in history is like watching these videos with a friend who knows about history.
One of the best accounts to describe the effects of artillery during WWI was Ernest Jünger’s Storm of Steel. He described the noise of “drumfire” as so intense that you couldn’t even distinguish one detonation from another. Just a long ear-splitting thunderous white noise. He even attempted to describe the sense of fear and vulnerable as best as he could. He described as thus “Imagine being tied naked to a pole and three brutes with sledgehammers take turns swinging at your face only to each miss by a mere inch.”
There are great channels: The Great War week by week and WW2 week by week. They are just great if you want more and understand why many events happened.
I've often thought about the assassination of the Archduke, and I personally believe that the reason he was killed by the Serbians was precisely because he was more willing to negotiate and make compromises with the constituent peoples of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy. With an heir to the dual monarchy being willing to do so, and there's evidence to support Archduke Franz Ferdinand was a proponent of the "United States of Greater Austria" idea, Serbia's goal of wanting a unified South Slavic state (Yugoslavia) was in grave threat. Had Archduke Franz Ferdinand become Emperor and managed to give the minorities of his domain a voice in government, the outcry for separatism would have been greatly lessened, and it much harder for Serbia to stand as a great alternative to the then-current situation in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Very interesting take... Just wondering, is there any history to support this viewpoint?!
I gotta be honest. The battle of verdun gets talked about so much that anytime anyone talks about it now it feels verdundent
Nice one.
Always love the in depth analyses you give, keep on making history something interesting m8
I like how there are people who realize that history is such a important thing to know
Hey thanks for making this, I really like these because we are able to receive new information and its just so fascinating because we just get that perfect extra from you and its just so wonderful to learn about all this extra stuff that many of us have possibly not even heard about before.
The general that was replaced by George Patton was Lloyd Fredendall.
There's a historic channel on here called "The great war" that for the centennial anniversary of world war one did a week by week video on what's going on that week. It was incredible.
Yep I’ve covered a number of their videos, and Indy Neidell has become a friend.
I’ve been a history nerd my whole adult life, and I’ve been a fan of multiple history RUclips channels. Recently found yours. Your channel is easily the best. Reacting to all my other favorite channels, teaching me so much I never knew.
Thank you for adding context, verification and depth to so many areas of history and introducing us to new and interesting content providers. They owe you a thank you too for introducing us to their product.
Chris Mowery, Greetings from a retired American who's been living in Mexico for the past 37 years (cIurrently 71 yrs oldish) I have a natural analytical bent and majored in math (my easy subject) and philosophy (my favorite subject). But when something is difficult for me. like HISTORY I put in the extra effort for me to at least get a handle on it.
I enjoy your videos generally and this one is one of my 'eye of the hurricane' areas of interest. You've mentioned you like film and for me the essential viewing experience on the subject of Herr Schickelgruber is Hans Jurgen Syberberg's Hitler, a Film from Germany. It is available in several languages, including English but it's very long. 8 hours in 4 sections of 2 hours each. . But it's NOT an ordinary film. It's a Mourning-work something to help his fellow Germans (and the rest of us) confront and assimilate and get through what AH meant and still means in our modern world. I hope you get a chance to see it. Wishing you every success Jim
Hiking the Julian alps following the austro-italian front is most fascinating.
Lots of chilling remains from WW1 in a stunning environment, an absolute experience.
This is absolutely beautiful to watch on a binge, and to deepen the understanding of things even for me as a german. Verry Nice!
My favorite history channel on RUclips man. Been following for I wanna say about 2 years. Keep up the great work!
I watched a few of your videos but dismissed you thinking you were just another random. I was very wrong, this deep dive has shown me you really know your stuff! gained my subscription
In Eugene Rogan's "The fall of the Ottoman Empire" when Lawrence and the other captain went to negotiate the surrender of Kut the other captain noted how handsome the Ottoman officer was. Which i find hilarious like on the way back was this guy like "Real shame about our lads...that fellow had nice cheekbones though."
Really appreciate compiling all these into one place. Also wanna say thank you for having such a strong stance on the Armenian genocide denial, it is admirable.
Yeah the Italian front in ww1 is surprisingly overlooked. I had the pleasure to go to the actually battle site of montegrappa. Was a great place to go as a history buff.
I'm from Louisiana and we are known for making the Higgin boats that helped troops land on D-day.
Wow I always thought these were just re-uploads compiled together. I’ve been missing out!
The General at the Kasarine pass was Loyd Freedenhall who was considered the golden haired champion of the Army at that point. He had been very successful up until that point. After his failure he was promoted to three star and sent to the US to oversee training. By many, but not all, accounts he did very well in this role.
People also deny the Pontic (basically Greeks who lived in Turkey) genocide commited at anout the same time with the Armenian genocide by the Turks.
Kudos to you for knowing and mentioning "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" -- the Sabaton song ! Lots of other concepts presented in this video are also present throughout several of Sabaton's songs too, including one of my favourite songs, "Fields of Verdun".
December 2020 doesn't sound so long ago for how long i am watching your videos.
It always confused me when people compare the French to be weak and cowards because of WW2 but if you look back there history they are some of the most successful in the world when it comes to military
It definitely comes from their performance in World War II.
The French had spent a lot of the inter-war years in political turmoil and dealing with the social consequences of losing most of an entire generation of young men on the battlefields of World War I.
Although many French troops fought bravely during the German invasion of 1940, the fact is the government and the military leadership were suffering from widespread morale problems and a misunderstanding of how technology had once again altered the way wars could be fought. Over and over the French armies were outflanked and devastated by rapidly advancing German armored formations coordinating with Luftwaffe precision bombing attacks.
France had also neglected their Air Force and had few fighters that could match the performance of the Bf 109, so their own bombers were unable to respond in kind.
The fact that France surrendered after only a few weeks of direct combat, coming after their four-year endurance of hell in WWI, shocked the world and left a lot of countries wondering if the French culture had just faded and become unable to sustain itself in the face of an aggressive enemy.
@@kenle2French general citizens and infantrymen are some of the bravest people in history, proven many times, but the elite were just incompetent so often, probably something to do with a belief in the importance of their culture, to override other more expedient things in different moments, whereas the Brits is another example always had the idea of independent rights and private property culturally, due to their early uprisings, fights between tribes, leading to constant bloodbath and items of human rights legiislation against Kings over the centuries. They put forth the success of business, trade, invention and wealth ahead of cultural transfer. The difference has been pointed out in their colonial planning, with the Brits generally just wanting to make money with the ccolonies and also practising multiculturalism in the late 20th century at home, whereas the French saw the importance of turning their colonies national tendencies into French ones, to a certain degree and are actually still involved in these countries abroad, and seek to make refugees integrate into French culture at home, whilst the Brits simply Left and deveeloped to Commonwealth trading relations
Their commanders in the 1st, and Second World War were not so focused and didn't have the same llevel of conviction as the Germans.Otherwise, they should have stopped the Germans both times, as there were very much equal in the First World War and superior in the 2nd (especially tankks).If the Brits and the French Hadn't been democracies, jaded from the First World War and "choosing" to be half arsed in their response to Germany in the initial stages, whilst the Nazis had railroaded and had total focus on maximum conviction forced on them autocratically… The elites and the Brits and French side would have come to thhe conclusion that defending the Ardennes was crucial, which would have stopped the Nazis for sure early on
2 hours of my life well spent.
Been watching your videos for awhile and I learn something for I'm a history lover as well keep up the great work
The Man City shirt is scarring my retinas! But, seriously, I love the content.
City owns you😊
I love how Switzerland just sits there with two absolutely massive empires right next to it in both world wars
I don`t know if VlogginThroughHistory has already done that, but I would love a reaction or educational video about the Weimar Republic. Could even have an eyecatching title like "How the Germans failed democracy and became Nazis" or something like that. We were tought about Weimar Republic at school and I read several books about it, but my memory ist weak and I don`t remember it all...Rapallo, Young Plan, Stresemann... so many names and events...
I really appreciate you compiling these together thank you!
Dread them. Run from them. Comments begging for Napoleon's Marshals still arrive.
I'm so so glad I stumbled upon this channel. Not only did I enjoy watching this, I learned about the channels Oversimplified, and Extra History. I know now I been trying to find Oversimplified cause I seen one of their videos but forgot the name and my thanks and gratitude for this amazing hat trick of channels.
I got me some serious videos to watch.
Thanks again.
My friend is Armenian so thank you for not giving space to those who deny the genocide.
Your content is awesome. It’s the only channel I subscribe to. If you’re ever doing anything in the Pittsburgh area that would be amazing.
I’m hoping to get down there sometime. It’s only an hour from me.
@@VloggingThroughHistory I just saw that autocorrect had changed content to contact
This is such a treat. I have an 11 hours drive coming up, this video will help me put a dent in that boredom
I'm a retired high school science teacher. I sense that you are an awesome teacher. Good on you. Keep the faith.
1:23:00 in Star Wars, the idea of the Chancellor getting his powers to become the emperor was exactly modeled after Hitler getting his power
It's always glossed over mainly by Hollywood but the British played a significant part in the battle of the bulge. Troops from 21st army group, 6th airborne and 53rd Welsh division and tanks from 7th armoured division, the Desert Rats stopped the bulge from reaching the Meuse River. The British lost at least 700 troops during the battle.
The time between the signing of the armistice and the cease fire is something that should have more documentaries on.
Imagine knowing the war is over in a few hours and being told go over the top and make a last charge . More should be written
About those in charge who wasted lives for no gain .
yeah i knew about it before but watching the new "alls quiet on the western front" on netflix really put it in perspective. so sad
It’s funny, I just finished with the Revolution series here and I cannot wait for another fresh view with all of this new info
58:11 Fun fact: Alois Hitler Junior lived in Liverpool, England. He and his wife had a flat in a house at 102 Upper Stanhope Street, which was destroyed in the last air raid on Liverpool of WW2. It was never rebuilt, and the area remains an open field.
It's not known if Adolf ever visited Liverpool: his half brother's wife claimed he lived with them from 1912-13, but this has been proved to be untrue.
The algorithm sent me here because of my love of oversimplified and long form content.
If you divide 50 million by 300 days you get 166,000 shells fired per day, that's roughly 7 THOUSAND shells per HOUR! That is absolutely mental, those poor soldiers that endured that.
a french soldier described an artillery barage as you being tied to a pole and a man comes with a hamer and trying to hit you but misses constantly by an inch. eventually you just give up bracing for the hit and just wish it would end.
Two of my great great grandfathers both fought in WW1 The Great War if they were alive today they can tell you everything what they experienced before
I just watched Oppenheimer, history is fascinating, I wish there was a spectate mode for history that showed the full true story of everything
@@e.way16 I watched that as well man that director used real life nuke I was like shocked but it was all good
Great video as always sir. Being from the 48th Brigade “Macon Volunteers” I appreciate you wearing the 3rd ID shirt. Rock of the Marne!
I love that you put these all together - can you do it with the Punic wars episodes too? When the third comes out ofc :)!
the role of german Lt Colonel Richard Hentsch and his influence in the 1st battle of the Marne, especially in view of the movements of the 1st and 2nd army, can never be underestimated. His role his little known outside Germany. Maybe you can investigate about him and make a video, would be so interesting.
This video just got me through a 4 hour flight, thank you
1:29:44 Fun fact: Benito Mussolini got the highest award you can get in Czechoslovakia before it got occupied by Germany. He got it for his journalistic work on one of the most known and admired historic figures in Czechia.
Exactly what I asked you for in comment to previous desimplyfing video 🤯 Thanks!
53:30 I remember Ferdinand Fosh's quote:
"This is not peace. It is an armistice for twenty years."
Prophetic.
This is great! I was in Italy last month and detoured to go to the commonwealth cemetery in Faenza to pay my respects to my great grandfather who died aged 29 at the end of 1944. Sadly never made it home to NZ to meet my nana
I see you're wearing a 3rd Infantry Division shirt. Rock of the Marne, sir!
Love OverSimplified and love your channel as well,keep up the amazing work and love knowing more history!
Hey man, hope you're doing well! Always love the content and just wanted to say I saw Lemmino released a video on the JFK assassination which I would love to see you break down. I loved seeing your breakdown of DB Cooper, Roanoke, and Jack the Ripper last year too and wish you all the best
This getting me hyped for whenever the next VTH Oversimplified reaction drops
chris needs to do a video on how the Battle of Moscow was the actual turning point of WW2 and reduce the importance of Stalingrad so he doesn’t sound like an undergrad
An interesting (at least I think so) point in regards to whole Dutch from Deutsche thing; I heard or read somewhere that the reason the Dutch are “Dutch” is because they are the closest Germanic peoples to England, and so they are the ones that got the name in English (from Deutsche) simply from increased interactions compared with other Germanic nations. So when we call the people of the Netherlands “Dutch”, we are really just calling them Germans haha.
About Mers El Kebir, operation Catapult is a failure. They only sank old pre-WW1 battleships. The modern ships were able to leave the harbour
This was a fantastic series. I love your reactions to Oversimplified, they are a great channel.
(Me here just pondering how long this took from recording to uploading as it was uploaded 2 weeks ago and Her Majesty The Queen of England has been succeeded by her son His Majesty King Charles III almost a year now)
Chris, have you ever seen Hurricane: 303 Squadron? (aka Mission of Honor in the US) I just came across that as I was reading more about your comment on the 303 sqd
With the part talking about the artillery I dont remember where I read it but it read as "During the war Germany recorded on a heavy day they went through 1.5 million shells a day in the Western Front alone"
Leading up World War 1, example of Britain's preparations is illustrated in Newcastle's Amstrong-Whitworth Shipyard constructing the High Walker Naval Yard in 1912. Armstrong was the prominent armaments manufacturer in the 1800s and constructed naval vessels at the Armstrong-Whitworth Elswick Shipyard. By early 1900s, river restrictions and small slips restricted the ship sizes they could continue building. Armstrong-Whitworth constructed the new naval yard on abandoned land of the Walker Iron Works (1810-1891). The first ship constructed was the battleship Malaya with keel laid 1913 and completed 1916.
In 1927, British company Vickers obtained controlling interest in Armstrong-Whitmore forming Vickers-Armstrong. At the start World War 2, some ships included battleship King George V and battlecruisers Courageous and Furious which were converted to aircraft carriers. The High Walker Naval Shipyard predominately built destroyers and landing ships. Vickers-Armstrong constructed destroyers and patrol boats at the Elswick Shipyard and other ships at the smaller Lower Walker Shipyard. The High Walker Naval Yard closed in 1980.
With the 1912 construction of the High Walker Naval Yard in Newcastle, the Ordinance Survey maps censored details of the Naval Yard. No roads, buildings, rails or piers details were shown as if nothing existed along the River Tyne. No notations were shown on the map. After World War 2, Ordinance Survey maps include the Naval Yard details in the 1946 revisions onward. An interesting example of military/government censorship from 1912-1946.
5:43 I'm probably getting ahead of myself here but Bismarck also said that Germany only had 20 years left after he died.
Fun fact: Franz Joseph was emperor of Austria-Hunary for almost 68 years. I would love to see Oversimplified do a video on the Hapsburgs, Franz Joseph's lineage. Including Epmress Elisabeth.
I prefer to expand Churchill's words describing El Alamein (II) to Midway and Stalingrad, too.
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"It was not the beginning of the end, but the end of the beginning."
hey VTH do you plan on reacting to any videos regarding J Robert Oppenheimer? I’m obsessed with the movie and would love to watch more informative videos from you!
I really respect your opinion on the Armenian genocide. Thank you for standing up for those who are denied their trauma
And that’s a new subscriber for you.
My great-grandfather was an Algerian soldier for France in WW1 and fought in Verdun.
Can’t believe he survived that. What a tragedy.
It’s literally a miracle that I even exist.
Edit: Shoutout and thanks for mentioning Algerian troops incorporated in the French army. Really really appreciated that.
2:15:44 A great myth perpetuated after the war was that Japan was not going to surrender but for the atomic bombings.
The fact is that Japan was surrendering already but it wanted to set conditions. Most importantly it wanted immunity for the imperial family. The Allies wanted an unconditional surrender.
The very day the second atomic bomb was dropped the USSR invaded Japanese Manchukuo which was perhaps more important to the final outcome as up until then the War Council hoped to get favorable terms through Soviet mediation. If anything afterwards Japan surrendered to the Americans to save face for its army. 'Oh our army didn't really lose to anyone at all but we had no choice against epically powerful weapons...'
Ironically the Americans who insisted on unconditional surrender were the ones who then betrayed the rest of the Allies by granting immunity to the imperial family anyway.
The atomic bombs were really used to start a new war instead of ending an old one.
I love ur videos man keep it up 👍
The most important thing that the world has learned, never invade russia without your winter mittens
1:47:54 My understanding (full disclaimer: based on a French vulgarization source + a quick Wikipedia lookup) is that the French Navy never fought for the Axis and they even scuttled what remained of their fleet in Toulon when the Germans tried to capture it when they occupied Vichy France.
So how exactly did soldiers fight in the early war? Was it just mass wave attacks but without trenches, instead fields and or towns?
Well kinda. Both sides tried to outflank eachother and if they couldn't a battle would ensue. If so artillery would do the most damage to the opposing infantry. If by the end you had more soldiers than your enemy you'd counter attack. You know, the whole cult of the offensive thing.
@@whiteink225 so essentially you could say it was a “mobile” war in the literal sense
@@decanusseverus8773 without the tanks and trucks but yeah
Something to note about the fall of Paris, it wasn’t just the deployment of new tactics but an unexpected operational approach and strategy. Everyone in France expected the Germans to move directly to Paris to knock them out, that’s how they prepared to defend themselves. However, Hitler ignored the advice of his more senior generals and instead listen to a junior one, I believe he was the equivalent of a Brigadier General. This guy correctly identified the center of gravity as the actual alliance between Britain and France. This is why the turned north, to cut the countries apart. It may be a reason that he did not destroy the forces at Dunkirk as he felt he had achieved his goal and wanted to return to peace with the British.
When the Germans turned south to Paris, it was a double wammy for the French. Not only were they cut off from their ally, but the Germans were attacking from a direction they were not really prepared for.
This is probably not talked about for a couple of reasons. One we never want to credit Hitler with anything, for very understandable reasons. Another is that in the aftermath of WWII the German military blamed everything on Hitler, creating the “Hitler didn’t listen to us” myth and this would discredit thief competency.
its a bit like the German Spring offensive, try and separate the enemies where their forces meet. Except this time it worked.
My great great grandfather fought in the Italian front of WW1. I’ve never been able to find out much about the Italian front but I’ve always wanted to
I have heard, that the reason it went from Hiedler to Hitler was, that it had more impact when spoken.
One of the deaths after the armistice was owen wilfred , author of dulce et decorum a. Poem describing his experience in WWI , if i remember correctly he died a week before the fighting stopped.
THANK YOU for making this
I like how you used a green screen to chroma-in a blue screen... absolute genius
I would suggest that you do leminos new video on jfk assasination
It's still hard to believe that you started this channel in 2020. It feels like you've been on RUclips much longer than that.
Hard disagree on the treaty of Versailles. Clearly here a strong anglo bias.
The french were right from the start. The quote from Foch is the most famous ("this is a 20 years cease fire"), but there was a general concensus among the french that due to the prussian militaristic ethos at the heart of Germany, letting Germany be the largest most populated nation in europe would lead to another world war.
Germany, which hadn't been invaded (appart on its oriental side briefly in 1914) had its industries at peak capabilities, and already, despite the sanctions, and the hyperinflation, had the higher GDP per capita in Europe by 1925.
Even the inperinflation in 1923 was their own doing; as they refused to pay the reparations, France sent soldiers into the mines of the Sahr to take coal, and the german government told the miners to stop working, and that they would be paid nontheless, by the magic of printing money. This triggered teh inperinflation.
It is true that Germany was demanded 120 billions to help repair the damages in belgium and France (out of a total cost of 500 billions that the belgians and french ended up paying), but they only paid 20 billions (half of that in nature), which is even more ridiculous when you consider that they didn't have to pay for a military anymore (which accounted at the time for about 10% of nations spnding). And to add to the joke, they took a loan of 25 billions from the US, that they didn't repay (until afer ww2 when the US made them).
The reality is not that Germany couldn't pay, but that they didn't want to pay. The reality is that they had been defeated without being invaded (as the US refused to go that far). And as a result, they had the pride of people convinced their victory had been stolen (by communists, jews etc...).
Funnily enough, the US enacted the french plan at the end; Invasion of Germany, cutting the nation in two, and long term occupation. Unfortunately, they had to wait for a second world war to get the lesson.
Great video. I like how you combined the episodes in a chronological longer episode. I would like to make an awesome book recommendation on Adolf Hitler....Robert G. L. Waite's 1977 book "The Psychopathic God Adolf Hitler" really gets you behind the psychology of the man - just a fantastic book on his psychological influences growing up in Austria and as Der Führer.