Unsimplifying Oversimplified's WW1, Part One
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When talking about Franz Joseph. That guy has pretty much everyone by that point. His wife, Empress Elizabeth (Sisi), had been murdered by someone in Switzerland about two decades prior.
Yes I forgot to mention her. Thanks for bringing that up.
@@VloggingThroughHistory I assume you private your original reaction to OverSimplified WW1.
Sisi has become a cultural icon thanks to some movies and recently a tv series
@@VloggingThroughHistory I think that WW1 was the most violent and gory out of the 2 world wars. The weapons used and the strategies made it soo much worse than WW2, especially for close combat.
@@VloggingThroughHistory What do you think would have happened if Germany attacked through the maginot line in WW2? Would they still have took France?
I’m sure the unsimplification process will be over by Christmas.
I would’ve had a bit that showed everyone laughing at Austria- Hungary because they can’t beat tiny Serbia.
Funny enough its out now
And giorno lied.
But it will be glorious
I don’t get meme
Oversimplified gets me interested in history and you help me understand it. Thank you... great breakdown as always
I think it's a testament to your integrity not only as a content creator but as a historian that you're in essence updating your reaction to this ww1 video (which I think was needed) showing how much more knowledge you have on the subject.
i remember this guy since he had 300 subs. continue man u are the best
Thanks for sticking around this long!
My absolute favorite quote from WW1 is from the First Battle of the Marne. Foch to Joffre. "My center is giving way. My right is retreating. Situation excellent. I attack."
Great that you came back to these videos, I am afraid that a brand new Oversimplified pair of videos came out, so looking forward to your reaction soon!
And the poor ostrich died for nothing.
While you were talking about the drumming consistency of the massed artillery I was reminded of something I watched. The video was mostly talking about the concussive forces of those artillery barrages and studies towards helmet designs. Now a days we are very much aware of it and modern helmets have protective measures built into them to relieve the concussive force's impact on the head from airburst shells in particular but also closer impacts. For the WWI helmets though they actually found that German helmets were the best overall for countering those forces. The spike on the top broke up the concussive wave and helped it move around the helmet and while the lip around the edge wasn't as good as the brim like lip of British helmets it did further help in directing the concussive waves away from the ears as well.
20th century is my favorite historical period, so I watch these reaction videos with extra pleasure/care. BTW, Oversimplified posted a new video
The R*pe of Belgium was in a large part due to fear of the Francs-tireurs of the Franco-Prussian war who were soldiers who acted as civilians and then attacked the supply lines as the bulk of the army advanced past them, causing issues for the offensive. The biggest issue about this was that the German military made it a point to teach this to their military so everyone was on edge that at any point what they believed to be civilians could activate and attack.
Don’t ever say you “talk too much”. The more you talk,the more I/we learn. 😊. Thanks
"Dead soldiers never rest they watch over their homeland till the clock stops turning "
Oversimplified uploaded the First Punic War, do that video next after WW1
Lol, your expression when Woodrow Wilson was mentioned! XD
Nice hoodie i have a hat that i bought from the strawberry festival in Pasadena Texas this year it says 3rd infantry division on it
Really enjoyed that. Thank yoy for taking your time to make this.
"Elsaß-Lothringen is that area that kind of changed hands over and over again ...
TODAY its part of France"
xD
Seeing this video being 20 minutes longer than the original, I just can't wait for the re-react to the Oversimplified WW2 videos
Common misconception:the Automobile was actually invented in 1874,still the same timeframe your pointing to,but not just a decade before WW1
I'm sure a lot of people in here have heard Dan Carlin's Podcast "Hardcore History" but if you haven't then you should. He has a serie called "Blueprint for Armageddon" and is probably the single best WW1 history content to listen to.
Yes. It’s fantastic.
Been reading a book about World War 1 and it mentions a lot of future big names in European politics including Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Hitler (he had to get special permission from the king of Bavaria to sign up for the German Army because he was an Austrian citizen) Bernard Montgomery who was a captain at the time and many more. Highly recommend this book. The First World War: a complete history.
Please react to Spanish Civil War from Feature History
Amazing video as always
The same way how we theorize how Franz would’ve change for the better (or worse), we Mexicans theorize what would’ve happened if Maximilian won the war, thinking that Mexico could’ve been a lot more better than today.
As far as I know, Hötzendorf wasn't a bad commander per se, he was just woefully unaware about the poor quality of his own military, making him repeatedly create war plans that his army lacked the capability to carry out. Had Hötzendorf been a German field marshal, he probably would have done well for himself.
YTH just wanted to know if you will check out what if Tsar Nicholas ii survived by Monsieur Z
Also I enjoy watching your videos a lot for because of your take on them
Good emphasis on the drum fire
After watching your reaction vids, I’ve been wanting to be a history professor because I’m too smart
It was only 40 years, from when the Wright brothers made their first flight until we were dropping atomic bombs out of airplanes. Now that is mind-blowing.
I did some reading about Franz Ferdinand and Sophie and probably the saddest thing is that their kids (they had three) kinda got badly treated by everyone. The Hapsburgs didn’t want them around because they were embarrassing and Franz Joseph had never really liked his nephew in the first place, never mind his useless kids who had zero political value. Then the Austro-Hungarian empire completely disintegrated and the new government didn’t want them around because they were related to the Hapsburgs. They basically got kicked out of their house and weren’t even allowed to bring their own stuff with them. By the time they were adults WWII was brewing and they got persecuted by the Nazis because they wouldn’t support their regime. Their two sons were even imprisoned for a while. So basically they all got shafted by their relationship to a dynasty that had never wanted them to exist in the first place.
You should do extra history gotz of the iron hand.
Hey nice shirt man! My grandfather was in the 3rd infantry division during the Second World War, he served in Northern Africa and Italy :)
My uncle was with them in Korea. Amazing men.
So did u know he would be dropping his new video literally the next day lol? 🇨🇦
I didn't or I would have waited to do these!
Fun fact: to this day King Albert I of Belgium is still k own as the knight King for fighting against the Germans as he did. His son is still laughed at and disliked for his actions in WWII
The chances he uploads while you are on a new series.
Historically Alsace-Loraine was part of the Holy Roman Empire ergo Germany. It has extreme German influence and should have stayed part of Germany
The one thing i would disagree with OS here was their statement that "everyone was especting a new big war" / "a new war could not be avoided" . In my university seminar about ww1 we went over in depth about the whole ordeal and the simple truth that our professor told us was that ww1 was indeed avoidable and that it was an acidental war because no one wanted a war but because of complicated nature of events, it happened. He also told us that there is, as of yet, no agreement on the actual reason why the war actualy broke out. It was quite a fascinating seminar.
Will you do content on the Pacific War soon?
For people who want some quick information about Austrian demand towards Serbia. Serbia didn't just decline the offer about Austrian police, but instead wanted Hague to be the one who investigates, because Austria wanted to have policemen walk around Serbia and interrogate whoever they wanted (pretty much not having freedom). Germany was pleased with this, as they thought that would still make Serbia embarrassed, but Austria really wanted that territory. Along with that, I've read a lot about Austria rushing the making of Albanian country mostly because they didn't want Serbia to have an open sea. At the time, north of Albania were mostly Serbians and south of it were mostly Greeks, so that's why escaping the 3-way invasion through Albania was possible, and why Austrian "friendly invasion" wasn't a thing.
Do you still look at comments from videos like over 3 months ago or something like that?
Someone should re-simplify this unsimplified oversimplified video.
Imagine if the driver didn't make a wrong turn
Fun fact: Mirkwood forest was inspired by J RR Tolkien's time in the trenches.
Idk if I’m the first to tell you this, but as luck would have it, OVERSIMPLIFIED JUST DROPPED TWO NEW VIDEOS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can’t wait to see your reaction.
You gotta see Family Tree of Boris Johnson by the UsefulCharts
PUNIC WARSSSS
Honestly in my opinion I genuinely think franz Ferdinand would’ve probably been a great king during this time period had he not been assassinated. But yeah eventually war would’ve definitely broken out regardless, the world war was pretty much inevitable in my opinion.
“ Shell Shock “ or “ Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome “ ?
Oversimplified has a new video it's about Carthage and the Romans at war
Hey Oversimplified just uploaded another video about the first Punic war you have got to react to it, please 🙏 .
There's a new Oversimplified video(s). You need to react to it!!!
It is well known that Franz Ferdinand did not get on with the leader of Austria at the time.
@@crazyand2099 I meant Franz Ferdinand who also happens to have Joseph in his full name
@@crazyand2099 Its 5 in the morning at the point of posting this so just agree to disagree lol
@@crazyand2099 What i meant to say is that Franz Joseph and Franz Ferdinand did not get along
@@crazyand2099 Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria. That is his full name so you get why I got confused
Anybody else here after watching The Punic War?
Ahw man I hate hearing/seeing old videos of myself. Cringe so hard. Can't imagine being a RUclipsr!
Thumnail is prizeless cris.
Frank Ferdinand wanted to make the Dual Monarchy into a Triple Monarchy by giving the Slavs equal status. Franz Ferdinand hated the Hungarians and they returned the favor. Franz Ferdinand was also not popular with the Austrians either. However, he was popular with the Slavs because he championed their cause and Sophie was herself Slavic.
Franz Ferdinand was especially unpopular with Serbia who dreamed of uniting all the southern Slavs under their leadership. The Serbian intelligence was led by Dragutin Dimitrijević, known as Apis (the Bee), who also was the head of a secret group called the Black Hand whose goal was to unite the southern Slavs under Serbia. Dragutin did indeed have the three assassins trained. He would be executed, along with 6 other leaders of the Black Hand, for his role in bringing about the hardship that befell Serbia (the Serb army and government were chased out of their own country by the Germans and Austrians-Hungarians and were in exile Salonika (a part of Greece)). The man who had him executed was Prime Minister Nicola Pasic, who feared that Dragutin and the Black Hand would cause trouble after the war was over, not to mention let everyone know that Nicola knew about the plans to assassinate Franz Ferdinand before it happened. In what had to be a bit of historical irony,the assassination did indeed bring about the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the creation, for a little while of about 75 years, of Yugoslavia under Serbian leadership.
In 2022... he covered a random small dispute in the US Pacific Northwest in 38 minutes.
In 2017... he covered the ENTIRETY of World War 1 in 14 minutes.
Oh the irony... The longer the Oversimplified channel runs... the less simplified they get, haha.
Prob because the videos are so good that people want them to be longer !
His new videos long
At one point, he could've renamed his channel to Overexaggerated as an April Fools joke, missed the opportunity though
He gets more ad revenue for bigger videos. Oversimplified wants to make money and there's no one better than him in his type of videos. He can afford to dilute his videos for as long as he wants. You have to remember he is most likely a full time RUclipsr and he uploads once or twice a year, he needs enough money from each video to keep on going for a while.
I don't know why you wouldn't want longer oversimplified videos!, they are simply great
It's amazing to see your progress in YT it shows your dedication and love to your fans. Keep with the fantastic work to entertain us and most importantly inform!
Aye you've come along way :D but at the same time, there's nothing "cringe" or "wrong" about your previous videos at all, those first oversimplified vids is what brought me to your channel lol
Reaction videos/channels are very hit or miss. Most of them are just people sitting there watching and laughing a couple of times here or there. Chris is one of those rarities who takes the video he's watching, not only comments along but also expands on the topic of the videos. It's just fantastic work. One of my favorite channels by far.
Just to really nail home how much artillery was used in WW1, the British had an artillery barrage last one week in the first stage of the Somme. They launched an estimated 1.5 million shell that week. When they went overthe top to attack the Germans,they were cut down anyway by German machine guns.
Have you seen: World war 1 in numbers? By The Great War . Was week by week
The Great War channel, and it's cousin WW2 in Real Time, are 2 of the best YT channels for their respective topics.
As far as I know, the Germans figured what was coming (the massive artillery barrage was quite the giveaway), so they didn't even stay in the trench, they backed out of it for the duration of the barrage, then went back asap into position once the barrage stopped. That, and had reserve trenches just behind the front trench that got bombarded.
Casually throwing "Montenegro joins in too" into the story made me think about watching The Great War-series with Indy going through the development of WWI week by week. When after all the tragedy and casualties he announced that San Marino had declared war on Austria-Hungary, I remember thinking "Wow, that's likely the least scary thing I've ever heard!".
0:40 But that's what we love about your reactions. You see history as a serious business and really try to help us understand how things are connected.
I'd rather have this than another "Ha. That's funny" or a "Ohhh. That's bad".
The added context that you provide is exactly why I love your channel. As a viewer, I feel like reaction videos are most worthwhile when the reactor contributes something new to the discussion and you’re commentary is the most informative I’ve seen on RUclips. I learn something new every time I watch you.
WOO this is a great idea. Sadly Oversimplified's video on WW1 doesn't quite hold up compared to their later videos considering it was their first and everything. I'd love to see them actually remake those first two videos or expand on them.
You're also getting better in terms of doing thumbnails, and I love them
I don't think a video title has ever had me more excited than this one, can't wait!
One major important factor for the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand is that he visited on the 28th of June, on a major Serbian holiday, Vidovdan, that fueled the desire for assassination, as an heir to the throne of an empire that annexted the region, coming to that same region on the probably the most important holiday to inspect troops in the area, it sealed his fate when he came there, if it was any other date there might not have been an assassination at all
so it was a really unlucky event that changed the course of the history...
@@zizonesol The war was inevitable.
@@savagedarksider5934 Through some other way, but it would’ve avoided for a little bit.
@@crusader2112 How are you doing Long ? If I were President during that time(...) I would have did everything in my power to have USA join(...) The central powers.
@@savagedarksider5934 Based 😎👍
The thumbnail is awesome. Your videos have always been great, but you’ve really improved the little things lately. Keep up the good work!
I just love the reaction whenever Woodrow Wilson is mentioned, your facial expressions are priceless! And after having watched your videos about him, I absolutely understand why!
I’m so sorry for the spam your about to get. Just remember if you weren’t great they wouldnt ask for more.
Ww1 is my favorite time period to study, I’m glad you went back to this topic and are covering it in a way you feel you can improve on!
I don't think we can call the British army weak, yes the forces coming from the British isles were far less numerous than the German forces, but they were also quite well trainrd and motivated. Also if Britain brought forth all its manpower from its colonies, they would out umber any army in the world
That is an important thing to specify: when the war broke out, the British army was small in numbers, but it was the most experienced army of the great powers, as they had fought near-constantly in various colonial wars around the world. And as you rightly point out, although the standing army was small and professional, the British Empire had access to an absurdly large population that they could mobilise for war. That would take time though, as a lot of the local forces in the colonies were purposefully kept under-equipped and few in number to avoid the risk of revolts and mutinies.
"Also if Britain brought forth all its manpower from its colonies"
Sure, but it would mean leaving all those colonies pretty much undefended, so it couldn't be done even theoretically.
A completely moot point. Other than that yeah, you're right about the experience.
I think calling the British army at the time weak is a blatant (and erroneous) throwback to Napolenic era, when their army was indeed largely inferior to continental powers, save for Wellington's own troops.
@@ahriman935”aside from wellingtons own troops”
What other large scale British army was there? The British army has always had a reputation as a small, well trained army.
Actually, I think Germany did fight a war on 2 front pretty well
The german army was by far the most efficient fighting force during the war however massively limited by its weaker allies
@@chrisigoeb kind of follows with them in WWII
10:30 A key issue needs to be pointed out here
1 ) The Kaiser gave Austria - Hungary the "The Blank Cheque "
2 ) Russia backed Serbia and mobilized its army
These two actions transformed what would have remained a local war , into World War I.
Railway lines allowed the fast mobilization of Armies . When Russia mobilized its Army , Germany considered this a declaration of war . So Germany mobilized its Army and implemented the Schiffen Plan and attacked Neutral Belgium in an attempt to surround Paris .
Also , ethnic tensions between the Slavic Peoples and the Germanic ( Teutonic ) Peoples contributed to the beginning of WW I .
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I think when people say that Franz Ferdinand was pro Serbian and thus his assasination was a bad move from the Serbian perspective, they are missing a very important point. His sympathies had a very specific goal in mind. First of all it was pro slavic rather than serbian and second it was aimed at reforming the austiran monarchy in a way that binds the slavic population closer into the system. From a serbian national point of view he was probably a bigger threat to their goals than those who actually wanted to keep the slavs as unrepresented as they were at the time.
Because his sympathies would have never gone so far as to cede any territory to the nation of Serbia ...
@Vlogging Through History, I have probably said this before and I will say this again:
WWI be like: Alliance chains are a bitch aren't they?
"They wore spikes and sometimes skulls on their uniforms." Not the same war but I immediately thought of That Mitchell and Webb Look. "Are we the baddies?". 🤓
Amazing how aircraft evolved so swiftly, and even how dogfighting techniques developed so much sophistication in such a short period of time.
Oversimplified is live with its new series, The Punic Wars. You should react to it Chris. Keep up the great work! Just wanted to give you a heads up and be the first to let you know before everybody else shows up haha.
I think you should react more to Krout, he has a bunch of interesting videos
Let’s go back to oversimplified
The experience of WWI can be seen in the modern art of Europe just after the war. The horrors witnessed by many artists manifests itself in some magnificent art that addresses the wholesale loss of humanity and the questioning of reality itself.
The thing that always blows my mind is that these wars didn’t happen too long ago .. compared to human history.. crazy to think it can also happen now .. easily 🤦🏻♂️😬
I remember watching your video's during my senior year in 2020 when you were first starting out. Your growth has been awesome to watch, your commentary is always enjoyable and its so satisfying to get your various insights on a variety of topic. Keep up the amazing work you do man!
React to punic war by oversimplfied
His reaction when he sees Woodrow Wilson 😂
Weird! I was thinking today 'It'd be cool if Chris did a remaster of Oversimplified WW1 like he did with the American Civil War'.. 🤔
I keep coming back to this channel because its just so great, I loved watching your reactions on oversimplifed and fell in love. Ive loved history for so long and you just amplify that for me
there's a Punic war oversimplified video
“By sheer coincidence the driver takes a wrong turn “ 🤦🏻♂️ then the world goes to war 🤦🏻♂️ doesn’t sound Sus at all 🙄😂
Love the 3rd ID shirt! I live about 20 min away from them and hunt deer on that land.
And Oversimplified Uploaded today as well! What are the chances?!
I'm so used to the previous thumbnails, but these new ones are great! 😆
Glad to see a more in-depth view of this video.
BLAST FROM THE PAST
Btw I know comments aren’t the best, but with your election videos lately (especially Ross Perot) I really want to make a suggestion/request. Would you consider doing some videos about more recent history? My daughter and I were talking a while and I found out that she knew almost nothing about the gulf war. I know that may be out of your normal wheelhouse, but you do such a good job of breaking things down that it would be a great way for the younger viewers to learn about things that won’t really get covered in school due to how relatively recent these things were.
A couple of examples I’d like to throw out are both alternatehistoryhub videos. First, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. My second suggestion as more of a fun vid would be his video on Ross Perot and his “what if he won” video. That one is particularly interesting as Trump was once a big part of the reform party, and it goes into how different his platform was back in those days. It could make for a cool discussion on how political stances can change to suit the base
Just some thoughts I’ve had over the last few vids
just a suggestion but I think you should react to the video by real life lore called ‘the secret soviet plan to crush nato in 7 days’
New episode of Oversimplified is live now!
You telling us: "It's great to have opportuinty and visit a place when the battles were"
Me living near this places: "Oh, that was sweet"
It’s great to see both how you and oversimplified have progressed both of u make such great vids then and now
You already know what time it is