Oversimplified WW1 - Who Won? | Irish Girl Reacts
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- Today, I'm bringing you my reaction to "Oversimplified World War 1 - Who Won?" If you're a history buff like me, then you know that the first world war was a major event that shaped the course of history.
In this video, Oversimplified takes us through the major players in the war - the USA, Russia, and Europe - and explains how they all played a part in the conflict. As an Irish girl, I have a particular interest in the role that Ireland played in the war and how it affected our country and all that's going on with the Ukraine today.
Watching this oversimplified reaction to WW1 was a great way for me to refresh my memory on the history of this important event. I learned so much about the strategies and tactics used by different nations, as well as the various alliances that were formed and broken throughout the war.
Overall, I highly recommend this video to anyone who is interested in history, especially the first world war. It's a great way to learn about the conflict in a fun and engaging way. So, sit back, relax, and join me as I react to "Oversimplified World War 1 - Who Won?"
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Tolkien was an officer who took part in the battle of Somme. Influenced a lot of aspects of his later career, writing Lord of The Rings.
The dead marshes are inspired by the horrors of no man's land
Really find these quickie stories on subjects like this interesting, I always learn information I didn't know before. Thanks Diane and Chewy
Me too 🥰
Videos like these and songs by bands like Sabaton! I know so much more about the world wars than I did before by watching the videos for Sabaton's songs!
Even in an “oversimplified” form, that war was still super complex. Crazy that so many of the existing borders/countries ceased to exist afterwards.
So true
and a lot of countries that didn't exist before 1918, do now.
And way more detail what we learn in school. (U.S. But I bet most places)
It was extremely complex, although the ultimate cause of the war is incredibly simple to explain. Empires tense and aching for the chance to take more for themselves suddenly had one.
Not just borders and countries, it ended Monarchy as the dominant form of government on Earth.
In 1914, the US and France were the only major republics; almost everywhere else was ruled by a king or emperor (and not just ribbon-cutting figureheads, but real monarchs with real power). After 1919, monarchy was the exception, not the rule.
War is scary. I’m hoping we don’t get into another big one in my lifetime. Love ya Diane, please give Chewy a yummy treat from me.
Will do! I sent you a message on Patreon by the way!
Even though I'm a huge history buff, especially military history, I always learn something from your exquisitely presented content. Chewie the Chillin' Villain and despite ED's claim, I know something: "... I'm just a Ball of Light and Love..." should be intuitively obvious for all to see. Must do a retrospective on the intrigue happening in Ireland during this time.
Thank you 🥰
Thanks for part two. I always enjoy catching up on historical events. Have a pleasant evening!
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Glad you enjoyed it
Another Awesome video. I took a World War II class and we covered World War I before we dived into the second World War. I recall back in the day they referred to World War I as the Great War.
Th great war, the war to end all wars.
In a world war, no one really wins 😭
N K F D Namaste.
Except for the winning side...
I would like to hear more on the history of Ireland,
I had messaged Diane that I would be interested in the friendhips of the different people from Ireland and Great Britain, i.e. Wales, Scotland, etc...
Me too
The Easter Rising presentation by Extra History is great.
th-cam.com/video/eirq4laOhcU/w-d-xo.html
Ditto : )
Happy Wednesday Diane! I like this! This is kinda like a short WWI Documentary. I watched this documentary about beavers.
It’s the best dam series I’ve ever watched
So cool!
Badum Tsss 🤭
What really brought the deaths was about 15 years ago, in a British newspaper covering the last veterans and such for Rememberance Day, they had a short article with a woman who was leaving school at near the end of the war. The woman told how the head mistress brought all the girls together in the chapel. She then proceeded to say “Most of you will never marry. To many men have died in the war.” Numbers can be deceiving until you get something that sneaks reality in like that
According to some sources, 57% of adult male population of Serbia (prewar population of about 4.5 million) perished during WWI (total loses about 1 million people). There were many villages in Serbia that had not have a single adult male inhabitant up until late 1930's.
@@p4nz9r60 Wow, I didn't know that. Learn something new every day. I wish it wasn't a horrifying thing to learn, but we can't be sticklers.
I grew up in California, where Armenians went after fleeing SW Asia. The Anglo-Irish gentry got hit hard by the first War, and were the less effective in the Irish Civil War that followed. An Armenian-American was Governor of California in the 1980s, George Deukmejian.
I am so glad the Zimmerman telegram was mentioned. That is a key piece. For a video that is oversimplified, this is impressive...from my point of view as a professional historian who has eaten, breathed and slept history for 30 years of my life, this oversimplified history channel is great. I am impressed. The Monarchies all have had a large part in the wars as well. Much of it was royal family fighting with royal family, which is too bad, because the whole world was brought in to a family dispute, in many cases. Alas, there is so much more to it as well, as has been mentioned in some others' comments.
You can always count on Italy to switch sides during a world war....and the Balkans just being bat-shit crazy.
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This is prob a joke but during ww1 it was defensive alliance
And during ww2 there was a full on civil war in Italy
There's a great reason to attack somebody in the middle of a Great War, especially if the target is already involved in said war - it means they probably won't have as many resources available to respond to your attack. And even if they aren't involved themselves, the war means most of the Great Powers will probably be too busy to send your target much help (assuming they were so inclined).
Hi Diane and chewie!! I love your oversimplified content!
Glad you like them! They claim copyright every time though so glad I have Patreon and memberships
These are always fun Diane, great job.
Glad you like them!
My great-grandfather served in the Canadian Army during World War One, my grandfather served in the Canadian Army during World War Two, my father served in the Canadian Army during the Korean War, and I served in the Canadian Army during UN Missions to Cyprus and Egypt.
Thanks for your service.
One of my regrets was I never got to do any peacekeeping. In the early to mid 90s Cyprus was it and I was on standby for going if one of the members of my regiment couldn't go. He went and I got to hear the stories after.
@@MikeWood Mike, you didn't miss much my cousin's husband Karl was in Bosnia and now he has PTSD. He drinks and smokes dope all day and is semi-reliable for work. It is a good thing that both my families have a long history with the Canadian military. There is even a street next to the Gagetown base with their name on it for all the help my aunt gave vets over the years. My family ran cleaners near the base and a drive-in movie theatre.
@@terrancemockler5907 yeah Bosnia was bad... I know a couple of people who went through there. :(
I always think of what General Patton once said: " The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his."
How horrible
@@DianeJennings I think the full quote is, "No poor, dumb bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his country." Wars have to be won, and he was absolutely right.
@@DianeJennings In war, it's you or him. I'm gonna guess 99.9999% of people will choose the other person. Some pacifists would rather die than kill and their decision I respect, but it doesn't solve the problem of warmongers and people who take advantage of those weaker than them. Patton was an old warhorse. He was crass, crude, and moderately racist towards asian folks (for evidence look up his actual full speech that is featured at the beginning of the movie Patton), but he got the job done. As General Sherman would say "War is hell", but there is a peace that's only to be found on the other side of it. WW1 was a shit show though.
Chewie says is it treat time? Maybe walk time? HAHAHA
Thanks for the video. And yes please do one about the "thing" in 1916 Ireland.
I had a great grandfather that was an Army Supply Sgt during WW1, he was in charge of his Company's horses, for the US of A.
The Lusitania was actually not a civilian ship; she was on the rolls as a Royal Navy auxiliary cruiser and was carrying over 200 tons of contraband when she was sunk.
Not that it matters anyway,USA is known for creating false excuses,inside jobs and false flags to start wars throughout its history.
A super sad fact about the amount of people that die during wars is it’s also a pretty specific demographic 18-40 usually men so when it’s that many people die in only a few years time entire generations and the following ones feel the burden of those losses.
Between videos like Oversimplified and the explanation videos for Sabaton's songs, I learned so much more about the world wars than I ever did in high-school. Anyone else learn about the Nachthexen, or Night Witches, in school? Cause I sure didn't!
Editor Diane: "Some people don't know much of anything"
Me: "I feel seen"🤪🥴
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It's true no one wins in a war, soldiers lose their lives/get wounded, citizens and tax payers have to pay more money in living expenses. It's better to not have a war when possible. I like the back to the future reference at the beginning. I enjoyed learning with you in your reaction video. Happy Weird Wednesdays.
Thanks Rickey for your kind gift today! This vid got claimed so I doubly appreciate your timing
@@DianeJennings Your Welcome Diane! Keep doing a good job and everything will work out on time for a bright future.
Russia has lost the best and brightest of a generation to fleeing young men and those killed. Tens of thousands of mentally ill and drug addicted live on the streets of my "wealthy" state while we fund Ukraine. So much waste. Only the wealthiest benefit.
No, I'm pretty sure one of the sides does win. At great cost, but it's still a win.
I do know 1 thing ED, thanks to your hard work and Diane's creativity, you guys are my favorite TH-cam creators. BOOP
11:11 Screw that mess. I always subscribed to General Patton's approach:
They say that war is about dying for your country. It isn't about that. It's about making that enemy SOB die for his country.
I hit the like button as soon as I see your face, and never need to change it back after seeing the content.
I am American and before WW I the US was not even close to a world power. The US wanted no part of a long trench war so changed tactics to end what was a stalemate for so long.
I will never forget a WW I Vet that came to my class in school in 1975. He was wearing his old uniform and was such a kind man. One of the kids asked him if he killed anyone and the nun (Catholic school) told him not to ask that kind of question. He answered anyway that he probably did but just did what he was told to do. I was 5 or 6 years old at the time.
Thanks Diane for doing a part 2! 👍
War doesn't decide who is right, it decides who is left, and whomever is left decides who was right.
I think you need to play everyone the 'Greenfields of France" classic by the Fureys, and many others
including the High Kings.
I almost missed it. I'm missing so much Diane lately, damn it work!
Recently read a book called "The Sleepwalkers - How Europe went to war in 1914". This video is way oversimplified, and I will be honest even after reading the book I still don't completely understand. I came to the conclusion that there was a tangled web of alliances with Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman's on one side, the Brits, French and Russia on the other. A long history of grievances, mistrust and misjudgments exploded after the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in Serbia. Probably not completely correct, the situation in the years preceding the war was difficult to understand. Makes the present situation in Ukraine very scary to me. Excellent video Diane Jennings, you are very entertaining. I particularly enjoy your reactions to us crazy Americans.
Many survivors of the Lusitania were rescued by Irish fisherman who came to the aid of the damaged ship 11 miles off of the Irish coast. So while Ireland did not participate in the shooting, your country did provide extraordinary help!
Huh? This was World War I. The Irish were involved in the fighting of World War I.
Love these. But I also really enjoy your music reactions! Please do more.
Happy Weird Wednesday. I really enjoy this video.
Same to you!
A truly sobering video to watch is The Fallen of World War II describing in detail the losses in that war, which most historians consider a continuation of WW1, with WW2 coming about in large part due to the crushing punishment sought by the Allies, incidentally, Germany did not finish paying off its debt from WW1 until 2010. After WW2, the victors, at least in the west sought to provide help to rebuild, hence the Marshall plan.
When this war began, because Canada was still part of the British Empire, they had to join when Britain declared war. A key part they helped win was at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in France in 1917, when the four Canadian divisions took on the Germans without much British assistance at all. It was pretty much a coming of age for the country. After the war, Canada ended up with its own seat in the League of Nations (the predecessor to the United Nations). This was only the beginning towards Canada being taken more seriously internationally.
I'm so glad you reacted to part II !
One of the big reasons the allies were determined to appease Hitler and declare "Peace in out time" was, well, 17 million dead just 20 years before. You couldn't walk down the street without passing men missing arms, legs, or large parts of their faces.
I think I'm in love with Editor Diane. Her snarkiness is wonderful and matches my own. 😂
You bring up Irish history a lot when talking about world history, which is good. Many of us of course are very interested in all things Irish. So, I don't know if you know this but there's a great podcast of stories about historical Irish individuals that is really really interesting called We the Irish. I highly recommend it. Maybe there's a story or two there you could react to. I'm absolutely sure there is because I heard many. On another note, I want to bring up something. At the end of that video, the guy did something that they also do in world news that really affects how we react to the news, and not in a good way. He put up the numbers 17 million dead and 20 million wounded and everyone focuses on that top number Oooo 17 million dead. As if the wounded figure was just about the guys who just had minor injuries like a skinned knee or something. Saying wounded really downplays the significance of the number. Those figures are not talking about people with minor injuries. We are talking about people that maybe had a leg or both amputated, maybe an arm, maybe there were blinded or have severe brain injuries, paralyzed as a para or quadriplegic. not to mention everyone left with the mental trauma of PTSD. They really need to change how casualty numbers are displayed for the public. The way it is now they are not doing justice to the horror of what happens in war and they downplay perhaps unintentionally the sacrifices of those who did not die and maybe wish they had because of the severity of their wounds. It should say the toll of the war was 37,000,000 dead or severely wounded. Great video as always though
Haven't seen this one yet. Kinda feels like watching it with you first. Can't wait to see what role the RMS Lusitania is gonna play in this one :)
So! This was very interesting. The author(s) put in a great deal of research into this video. My only quibble is that I felt that they should perhaps spent a few more seconds to talk about how the Treaty of Versailles punitive economic penalties set up the political climate in Germany that directly led to the Second World War.
Thanks for a great video!
It’s OVER simplified 😜
Fair point.
I'm pretty sure I mentioned Harold Innis before. He was a Canadian officer in WWI and later an important scholar who wrote the "Bias of Communication" and "Communication and Empire." The catalyst for his research was the receipt of maps in the trenches that made him realize it was an information war and a problem of empire. He seems to have been the only one who learned anything from that war. Is everybody ready for act two, the war over microchips in Taiwan?
Love to see you do something on Ireland.
Diane 007 Jennings. Don’t worry your secret is safe with me.
Awesome part two of WW1
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4:05 Lol..Yeah, it is.
Thanks for reacting to it Diane!
Any time
There were smaller naval engagements not mentioned. The British had the German fleet locked down and significantly outnumbered, so there was no point going out to fight them.
06:06 Verdun still holds the record longest continues battle ever fought in recorded history, with 9 months 3 weeks and 6 days. There's actually talk that Verdun might have some competition with Battle of Bakhmut that has by writing of this been ongoing for 7 months 2 weeks and 3 days.
Watch the film "The Lighthorsemen" (1987) about the Battle of Beer Sheeba in 1918.
Yes, Diane, I would like to learn about the establishment of the Irish Republic, and then about _The Troubles_ in Northern Ireland.
I love your content, its fantastic
Thank you 🥰
I appreciate this reacts video. I love learning about history and I’ve been wanting to learn more about ww1. I can never find documentaries on it all I can ever find are ww2 documentaries so I don’t have much knowledge about it so thanks
You could read Barbara Tuchman's book, The Guns of August. There is also a documentary based on that of the same name. Also the movie, All's Quiet on the Western Front.
I enjoy hearing about History on your channel.
Glad you enjoy it!
You should look up the story of Milunka Savic who was the WW1 version of Mulan but in Serbia. She remains the most decorated woman soldier in all of history and one of the bravest warriors in all of history. Sabaton has an animated video called Lady of the Dark that tells her story.
What is even crazier is the epidemic that hit right after the war, which killed another 50-60 million people. We are pretty lucky to live in this age. In comparison to our grandparents or great-great-grandparents, who had it very rough.
As an American, we were a minor power in the grand scheme of WWI😊
If you think the 17 million killed in WWI is a lot, check out the estimated dead worldwide from the overlapping 1918-19 "Spanish influenza" pandemic. On a related note, I've seen a book that showed the calculations of Germany's war reparations to the Allies. One part was that for each soldier killed, there was a dollar value assigned that varied widely by country. I think the low was Russians at $250 and the high was Americans at over $600. The final figure was titled "capitalized value of human life". Then an identical figure was added to allow for civilian deaths/suffering/etc.
Commented on the first part, but a good follow up video is Alternate History Hub’s “The Election That Ruined Everything”, talking about why U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was the worst thing to happen. Good chance that “20 year cease-fire” would’ve been permanent.
Wait a minute, the algorithm isn't grading the quality of our comments? I thought we were going to get a TH-cam prize someday based on how well we commented. Gotta go find something to put on my mantle to cover the hole that was reserved for my major award😢🤪
Whilst Germany was using chemical warfare in contravention of the "rules of war," they tried to complain that the American use of the admittedly brutal trench shotgun (devastating in the close quarters of trench warfare) was violating the same rules they violated. And shotguns are still considered "safer"... Been stated publicly recently.
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I'm Canadian, but my Grandfather was British and served in WWI. He was wounded while doing aerial artillery observer duties in a biplane over the Somme. He survived with a steel plate replacing part of his skull and lived another 40 years.
1.21 Jiggawatts! It all makes sense now 😂
Groceries here in the US & some other sectors. Probably due more to delayed effect from the pandemic. But a large war in eastern Europe certainly doesn't help. We had learned years ago in school, the US was only in the war for a year & had little effect militarily. It has since come to light just how weakened the Allies were. And it had a bigger effect than first thought. Conditions in German 12 years later made it more than apparent which side lost. It was horrible & ushered in a new hope (Hitler).
It didn't have a bigger effect. The US arrived 3 years late and barely did anything in the war compared to WW2, and it certainly didn't affect the outcome of the war either. In books here the US is at best mentioned as a footnote or not even mentioned altogether
3:12 the battle at Gallipoli was so traumatic to the Australian people that the 25th of April is a day of remembrance for all fallen Australian soldiers, & it’s a big deal, with parades & prayer services & of coarse, bbq’s
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There is also a movie that was made about that battle starring Mel Gibson.
@@tsmartin not a bad film, but hard to watch
The mention of Gallipoli made me think of Epic Rap Battles of History, when Teddy Roosevelt hammered into Winston Churchill about his handling of that battle.
2:05 check the story of the Imperial Forces of Japan, it's pretty insane how long it worked.
Recently watched a video on the history on Ireland and how brexit is just a nightmare for the island.
I always forget Crazy Magic Homeless Guy was around for WWI, everything about early 20th-century Russia just seems so anachronistic.
At the start summer 1914 almost nobody was familiar with Franz Ferdinand . By the end of 1918 99.3% of the world population had been effected by his death.
Happy Wednesday Diane and Chewie. It would be great if you did a session or two on Irish history.
Did Chewie "clean up" the popeyes spill? 🫗
He did 😂
To put this into perspective, 17 million people is just about the population of Osaka, Japan. Or about 5x the population of Berlin, Germany is the amount of wounded 20 million.
ww1 is a perfect example of the quote "war is where the young and gullible die for the grievances of the old and bitter."
As a young man is Ireland, my grandfather enlisted in the British Army about a year before the outbreak of the war. He was wounded in 1915 and sent home…let’s just say he didn’t volunteer for King & country.
Yeah, this was the horror of a fully industrialized war… Highly recommend 1917, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Paths of Glory.
Seen them all
Fun fact during trench warfare the shotgun that the Americans had was one of the greatest weapons for trench warfare
17 million pales into insignificance compared to the estimated 30+ million that died from the Spanish Flu from the end of the war to 1921. Reported to have been spread globally by troops returning to their home countries as world wide travel was rare then. So named as first detected as a Flu variant in Spain.
There was only one clear cut winner of WWI. That was the U.S.
I’m not being hyper nationalistic either.
The primary cause of WWII was WWI. That is the Versailles Treaty was so onerous on Germany and caused such great resentment in Germany that it can be considered the primary cause of WWII at least in Europe. So in other words the armistice of WWI was just exactly that. An Armistice. That Armistice ended in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Thus the Great War resumed again.
When WWII ended the Great Powers of Europe were in ruins both literally and politically and economically. Europe had lost massive numbers of casualties numbering around 50 million people.
Though the U.S. was a major contributor to defeating NAZI Germany the U.S. did not suffer the devastation that the European subcontinent did.
Thus protected by two oceans during the war the U.S. economy exploded with growth.
Thus practically by default the U.S. was by far and away the clearest beneficiaries of the Allies winning the war. Thus the U.S. was the clear cut winner of WWII not because the U.S. did the most fighting and won the most battles and did the most damage to Germany’s ability to fight, as the Soviets did that.
No it was we benefited far more from the conclusion of WWII by far than any of the Great Powers.
Love the video 💯
11:08 “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making some other poor dumb bastard die for his country.” - George S. Patton (Old Blood and Guts)
We Americans used to be smart. We let other countries fight the wars and didn't come in until the enemy had depleted all their resources so that we'd be sure to win, then took credit for the whole thing.
The Great War Channel also covered the Easter Uprising.
I helped solve the mystery of my coworker's Armenian grandfather's life. The man would never talk about his life because it was too painful. I told my manager what had happened to the Armenians during World War 1. She was so shocked she couldn't talk.
One big error. Germany didn't surrender on November 11 1918 that was when the armistice went into effect. The treaty ending the war wasn't signed until 28 June 1919. Even then Germany technically didn't surrender. But they did get a very very poor deal out of it.
Diane providing an income for this home. Chewie providing cuteness and spirit, making this house a home. Editor Diane " I just put up with the human race, cause I have to."
WAR what is it good for, absolutely nothing. Well, not always totally true, but always partially true. Leaders of most militaries don't really really expect that their bad planning will get there armies destroyed, cause they assume they'll be home for Christmas with lots of glory, and that's never how it goes.
Truth
Thanks for the video
As a video it tends to make Britain seem like a unified monolith without acknowledging the massive supplies ceived from what soon became former colonies
"No one ever won a war by dying for his country. He won the war by making the other poor, dumb bastard die for his!" - Patton, from the movie "Patton"
The US influence on war boils down to a fun saying some of us throw out: "they're gonna find out why we don't have 'free healthcare'"
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Even though you spend more on healthcare than anyone else 🙃
And the fighting in Europe didn't actually end in 1918, you still had the revolutions / civil wars in the baltic countries, Ukraine, etc. Which lasted into the 1920s.
That and the "Spanish" Flu of 1918-1920, which killed more people worldwide than ww1 did.
As someone who also subscribers to Drew Durnil, the multitudes of European wars have at least a familiarity. Soo many Bulkan wars among themselves.
The war near Turkey had some TERRIBLE fighting in...CRIMEA, just like today. (Gallopili)
I was interested to find out about AFRICA, which I thought was basically untouched by the war.
Have a GREAT week, you and Chewey.
With that many deaths, one has to wonder what discoveries, inventions, stories, or works of art we are missing, which those dead soldiers would have given us if they had the chance. I don't know, but I can give a hint, from one of the survivors.
In high school, I read a biography of one of the survivors of the battle of the Somme, with over 40,000 troops killed on just the first day. At the time he was just another soldier. If he had died, we never would have known the great characters who effectively would have died with him, like Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, and everyone else in their world. JRR Tolkien was right in the middle of that battle, and if he had died, we never would have known what we were missing. Now with that in mind, try to imagine what we actually are missing...
17 million died in World War I but that was in Europe, often people forget there were battles in Africa among the colonies and many died there; the numbers were never really accurately tallied.
What happened in Ireland at that time however, love to know
There's a WW I song you should listen to " It's a long way to Tipperary" it was quite popular
Great video Diane! I wouldn't say that we have an over population problem. Some parts of the world are over populated, but if they would spread out, it wouldn't be an issue.
That is a lot of people dead though. I think there is a video that visualizes the amount of people who died.