WW1 - Oversimplified (Part 2)
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Hi everyone, thanks for the feedback! The next video is in the works, apologies for the long wait!
No problem, we can wait just let that be as cool as the two other ones.
OverSimplified YAY
OverSimplified amazing
OverSimplified thank god
OverSimplified yaaaay
UK: Wants oil from other countries
US: Wants oil from other countries too
UK: *I raised that boy*
Deserves more likes
Imma give it a like
Same here
how??
@@jayk3827 they pretty much created the u.s
Ye, I’m so proud
Driver:* takes wrong turn *
17 Million people died
And also basically all the deaths In ww2, cause ww1 is the main cause of ww2
The butterfly effect
yeah about that I would say like 97 million people because ww2 also happend because of ww1
Unlock +1000000 tactical nukes
@Lime Green no one frickin cares
The British had promised India would get independence if Indians got conscripted in the war. The number of Indians who participated in the war was immense as a result, with even Mahatma Gandhi encouraging everyone to get conscripted. And when the war was over, the British gave India a masterpiece: A gate in New Delhi with the names of all the soldiers martyred on it.
Better than nothing i suppose
the same happened in ww2, british told congress they would give smth after ww2, but they weren't clarifying what. So this time Gandhi and congress opposed british in ww2 while subhash chandra bose's INA joined hands with hitler and Japan. Though congress was against nazism.
@@anjalimishra8304 hail father Subhash Chandra Bose
A gate is nowhere near the same as freedom.
@@littlegreenman609 "a masterpiece" was sarcasm
Fun fact: When the Treaty of Versailles was signed, Marshall Foch (who was present at the signing), said of it, “It is not a peace treaty, it’s an armistice for twenty years.”
He was right.
He said it because he felt that the treaty should be more harsh and France should occupy the Rhineland, so that Germans would be perpetually incapable of any revenge. So he was factually correct, but if people listened to him, Germany would have been in much worse shape
@@mayankagarwal8739 Germany required liberating and since the Allies didn't, a failed art student was like "What have I got to lose?"
Driver: *takes wrong turn*
Ferdinand: Oh, looks like you took a wrong turn.
Driver: Oh sorry. But hey, its not like 17 million people are gonna die because of it
The assassin: F O R S A D O I N G
"and cause 2 world wars"
Oversimplified: And what happened next was WW! wich led to 17 million people to be killed
Driver: No 17 million people won’t die. 97 million are gonna die!
and it did
Ottomans: "How many countries are we fighting?"
Germany: "Yes".
🇹🇷🇹🇷
Ottomen***
@@abdurrahmank27 what do you think about the Armenian genocide?
Will M I like it, I love it, I want some more of it
Yes.
Germany is the definition of carrying your team
For real though 😂
Bulgaria is also carring. Got rid of Serbia and Romania. And didn't really have much of a punishment when the war was over.
Poor Germany, they really hoped their allies can do anything without their help in both World War, but they kept failing and need their help :( Germany didn't have unlimited manpower to spare sadly
And back then, also comitting atrocities.
@@StarwayBunny yes but, to be fair in war if you dont do it the ennemy will, and if the ennemy will, they'll get the advantage and win. its a domino effect, both need to have morals
It's actually kind of surprising that both of these videos really don't have that many jokes like watch this and the most recent over simplified video back-to-back and you'll realize a huge difference in the amount of jokes
Because hes a little less serious now, he’s covered all the big stuff so now just joke wars and less serious history etc
17 million people being dead and 20 million wounded "is no laughing mattah!"
Because we’re talking about a war in which 19 million people lost their lives. Not really suited for the amount of jokes as these videos usually have.
Bro grew into a comedian
@@chipperjaunte yeah 😔
Almost every attack on Russia in a few words: They weren't prepared for the cold.
True
Red Polscorp expect no, in ww2, it wasn’t the winter that stoped the german, it was a successful counter attack done my one of russia’s greatest generals. The winter was just the “icing” on the cake.
Reder Khalifa technically in WW2 it was the winter he thought he would have won so when the Siberian troops came they retreated
Reder Khalifa ask Napoleon why he failed
@@kevinnigins9488 It was the winter and the battle of Stalingrad the finished of the German Eastern Front
Austrians, remember two things:
1) Hire professional drivers.
2) Admit people who have passion for art into art school.
and remember that car's can have roofs
roof-less cars were a fashion back in the day
THEN the world casualties would be lowerd by more then a couple hundred million and the population will increase by a lot.
@@abasisc5391 we still have them, the Mercedes Benz E class :)
LMFAOO
I love seeing the evolution of your channel. You've certainly become more confident with your sense of humor. Thanks for all the great content!
That is nice of u
bro donated 10 dollars and got ten likes and one comment from it, props to you
@@abicadabi7102 lol I don't do this for the clout ;)
@@shaunmiller8784 I know but I think you should get some recognition
It’s crazy how much oversimplified has evolved.
Everyone: **war**
Switzerland:"hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil"
Legendary Comment😂
I seriously imagine Switzerland getting out popcorn and watched the war on a lawn chair
"Switzerland has prepared an official declaration that their name is Bennett and they are not, in fact, in it."
gandhi ftw
I can't stop laughing hahahahaha
So all this happened because a cab driver took a wrong turn
Edit: wtf howwwwwwwww did this happen
Yep. And if this never happened, World War Two probably wouldn’t have happened. So basically, 6,000,000 Jews died because of a left turn.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS TURN THE RIGHT WAY CJ!!!!
All it takes is one bad day
Person DAMMIT BOBBY!
And now the left are ruining the world again
This is a LOT more entertaining than ANYTHING the history channel has done in at least 20 years, this dude needs a big budget, a talented team and his own show on TV re Netflix or Hulu or something, there's certainly no shortage of wars, conflicts and other interesting topics throughout history to cover
My fav war on his channel is the pig war 😂 I defininetly recommend watching if you havn't already
Am I the only one who sees Germany giving a thumbs up at 6:05?
@John FR I DIDNT SEE THAT UNTILL NOW
Oh yeh I didn not notice.
Right I noticed it too😂
its not just you
I saw it the entire time
0:42
"The Allies' new friends were Italy and Japan"
*how ironic*
5:47 what is this song please help!
@Big cow Darude-Sandstorm
@@georgewbush7021 dead meme
@Grappler senpai nah that’s like saying rick roll is a dead meme
George W Bush Oof Well yeah because it is
"And there was never such a terrible war again"
Hitler: *laughs führiously*
LMAO
Best comment. Ever.
OH NOOOO
Nice one😂👍.
Which enraged the allies, who punished the axis powers severely
It hits different when you realise how far the channel has improved. The audio quality has become so better.
Oversimplified has come a long way since this video, it's really neat how much better he's gotten at making videos, keep up the good work, man
The amazing thing about him, is that ever since he started ( or as far back as I can go ) he has always had around the same good quality content. Although I’m still embarrassed my country lost a war to emus
@@Mizdl the content is still quality this far back, the first video of his as far as I can tell, it is still informative and worthwhile, but he has gotten a lot better at the finer points of video making, as far as sound quality and animation goes. I also prefer his more modern script writing style, but that is a matter of preference, and I can see how the extra comedy might be cumbersome to others
@@filthysewerrat3490 his quality is still around the same, as in really good, he has definitely improved. Also it is technically his second video
The world learned it's lesson and never had such a terrible war again.
For about 20 years.
That line always makes me tear up a little bit
WW2: OH REALY
DahDaniel Dude yes your comment made no sense especially since the comment you replied to didn’t deny that WW2 happened
History repeats ww3 will happen
@Carey Wang Well They mostly lost because the U.S enterd the war
When the U.S Joined the war Germany knew the war was turning against them so they tried to attack but the more they attacked the weaker they got.
“The allies friends were Italy and Japan”
That aged poorly
*25 yrs later* : the allied enemies were italy japan and germany
@@OrcaBoi-ju4xh
Years later:
Everyone loves Italy for beating Britain's ass in soccer
Everyone loves Japan for at least being making shows that doesn't force wokeness even though if most shows will never get s1
Yep 🤣☺️🥲🥲
Just like how we were allied with Russia for WWI and WWII.
@@agent_sus3273
You were never really allies of Russia because Russia got out of the war before the United States joined, and in WWII you were allies of the USSR, not Russia.
Imagine if Germany have some friends who could fight.
Damnn
Yeah germany was such a power but the other countries they worked with were so weak
Imagine expiriencing WW1 then just 20 years later you get to experience another war. Must have been hard for them
Some germans and french even experienced 3 wars. Towards the end of the 1800s there also was a big war between germany and france. There were families on both sides that lost grandfathers, fathers and sons.
The last living veteran of World War I was Florence Green, a British citizen who served in the Allied armed forces, and who died 4 February 2012, aged 110.
:(
o7
R.I.P. at least we still have World War Two veterans around.
Bless his heart
@@bluspringtrap9396 it’s a woman, the last man standing died in 2011.
Kid: hey grandfather wanna watch a soccer game?
Grandfather : who is playing
Kid: Austria - Hungary
Grandfather : against whom?
LMAO
💀
U have 69 likes
Lol
I get it lol
How to win at Trench Warfare:
(1.) Tunnel under your own Frontline Trenches. (2.) Bait enemy to attack/ advance. (3.) Pour out like Army-Ants and delete them.
Long version:
Build large systems of tunnels _underneath_ Your trench system, with many well-concealed entrances/ exits to the tunnels all throughout your trench system.
Keep up the ruse, fighting up in the trenches, keeping the trenches fully-manned, for months, making sure the stand-off is believable, and that there's time to dig/ build the tunnels, plus enough barracks rooms and command facilities, ammunition storage, etc.
Use counter-intelligence operations to make the enemy think they can pull off a major attack. You'll want their attack to be as large as possible, but not so large that they continue advancing past your first, Frontline trenches. You'll want a bit of a second no-man's land dividing your Frontline trenches with your second line of trenches that you can retreat to.
If you have to, you can build the tunnels under your Frontline trenches very quickly, like Viet-Cong style. But if there's more time, then larger, cleaner, more spacious, more structurally- sound tunnels would be good, not just for troop morale, health, and safety, but also for increasing the effectiveness of quickly moving large numbers of troops, and also staging a sizeable force down there.
You'll also want multiple tunnels that connect back to your secondary line of trenches, so your forces can be moved in to the tunnel without detection, stay well-supplied, and retreat if necessary. As for above-ground connecting trenches between you Frontline trenches and your second-tier trenches, you'll want to close those off or fill them in, so that when the enemy takes the bait and occupies your Frontline trenches, they won't be able to advance to your second-tier with cover. You'll be connected by tunnels, so filling-in the connecting above-ground corridors will help further-sell the idea that your line was vulnerable, and you were planning a retreat.
You'll need that second No-Man's land to keep the enemy from advancing further.
When the enemy advances, feign an above -ground retreat in the trenches, so that the enemy moves into your Frontline trenches in-force. Let them settle in, while lightly peppering them with small-arms fire from your secondary-line of trenches. But only shoot enough to keep them where they are. Hopefully they'll bring in reinforcements on top of their initial assault troops.
All your extra troops who've been in reserve down below in the tunnels will wait for one of two things to happen, to then attack in a massive, close-quarters ambush:
(1.), an enemy soldier accidentally bonks his helmet or rifle on the wall of the trench, and hears it strike wood, instead of the dirt that's covering the hidden door/ hatch, and he's about to investigate. If half of your troops below are constantly standing by, ready to pour out, then the other half that's sleeping, would have just enough time to grab their weapons and rush to their designated attack-point. If one of the concealed entrances is discovered, and this instantly triggers your ambush, you'll still have the element of surprise.
(2.) If none of the concealed entrances are discovered, you can intentionally plan the attack however you like. Let the enemy get comfortable, hit them while they're sleeping, or hit them while your retreated-trench-troops have a firefight across no-man's land with your house-guests above; or hit them during an artillery bombardment when the enemy think there's no possible way anyone is crossing no-man's land; etc., whatever you want.
If you can manage to prevent even a single enemy troop from escaping your ambush, you can do this more than once, and take some serious chunks out of the enemy's total forces. But your ambush would need to have enough tunnel-egress points into the trenches, to instantly occupy every last enemy soldier, so that none of them can Get a radio message off before they die. Any enemy weigh a radio would be the #1 target.
That would be the ultimate battle-victory, if the enemy leadership, back behind their own lines, thought their Frontline trench-troops all died under the normal circumstances of trench warfare. They'd move more troops to the front and you could start over with the same plan.
Depending on the original layout of your Frontline trench system, you could have all the tunnel entrances in places where soldiers would be unlikely to hang-out, like little, recessed, dead-end split-offs from the main walkways. You wouldn't want your ambush troops to open their concealed hatch right in the middle of a main trench walkway, where there could be dozens of soldiers within a few meters, all ready to fight.
Maybe you could _only_ put rain coverings over parts of the main sections of the trenches, and do the ambush during a heavy rain, when the exposed little dead-end inlets won't have a bunch of enemy soldiers sitting around smoking or whatever.
The more troops you can get through and out the concealed doors, without instantly getting shot at, the more overwhelmed the enemy will be. You'd have to get creative though, because the enemy will be using your own trench while facing backwards. So what used to be rear-wall storage-inlets, are now on the side that's facing your retreated forces. So your Frontline trench has to have at least two main, parallel trenches, so that you can count on where they'll mainly be.
But if you dig these storage inlets into the front (what's originally the front) of your trench, that might look very suspicious. So your Frontline trench would have to be engineered specifically for this strategy, with a connected, parallel, rear-main trench that the enemy would naturally use to face your retreated troops. That would leave your original Frontline trench at their backs.
This would've been so much shorter if I could just draw a picture!
Thank you! These vids helped me answer my 4th grader’s questions about WWI in a way that was less scary or depressing than most. Cheers to making history as palatable as you do understandable.
Having majored in International Studies in college it’s the toughest one for me to explain in terms she can grasp.
I’ve always used playground analogies after my favorite professor and seeing the little boxing or slapping stick figures really helped add the flava along with the line “everybody was talking behind each others’ backs”. 😎
Much obliged.
If you have smarter students who are interested in the same thing, there's another channel that's like oversimplified but more serious called Epic History TV. They have videos about the Napolwonic Wars, the History of Russia, WWI, and Julius Caesar. There's also another channel that partners with Epic History TV, I think its called Armies and Generals or something like that.
@@dcrggreensheep Thank you. She might like those. Will check them out. She's definitely more into history than most her age. She sees it as an exciting adventure, like a secret that's been hiding in plain sight she just got the decoder ring for.
@@brightpage1020 You're welcome, also, I think that's a good analogy. In many ways history is an adventure.
@@brightpage1020 Your raising a unique child especially in a society like this where most people have forgotten those who scraficed for us.
@@sadiayasir4278 thank you! She has her challenges but is in many ways a parents' dream. I love that she is curious about history as current events and wants to stay well informed. Wish I could take credit bit that is who she is.
Russia: Guys I have an idea.
*Russia has left the game*
?
USSR has joined the game.
American has join the game
America joined the game
BriqMaster later...
World War 2:
Germany:Okay Guys we are losing does anyone have any ideas
Italy:Me! me!
Germany:is this gonna work?
Italy:Yes
Germany:Then What is it?
Italy:This
Italy joins the allies
Germany:I thought it was the allies that betrayed each other not us, remember Russia in World War One?
Italy:PREPARE TO DIE!!
Soldiers in WW1: "we fought for our country's future!"
Those soldiers 20 years later: "are you serious"
hitler
@@villainmig751 Quizizz 🥵
Yeah lol that must have sucked .Some dudes even fought in both wars .Just imagine how terrible that must be .
@@dude9318 hitler fought both wars
Was meant to be the war to end all wars but was that the last war..?
NO
Then we had WW2 1939-1945
The Korean War 1950-1953
The Vietnam war 1965-1973
The Cold War 1947-1991
The Afghan War 2001-2021
Now the Russo Ukranian War 2022-Present
Post credit scene from WW1...a German soldier with a silly moustache coming out of a smoke cloud.....👀
It's amazing how much content Oversimplified packs into 7 mins and 40 secs.
"and Britain wanted all of that oil"
*looks at USA*
Like father like son
xD
Usa:*hears the world "oil"*
Usa:HAAAAA WAAAARRR WE WANT OIIILLLL
Freddy Freaker 😂😂😂😂
@@mojatv3521 r/wooosh
this year on 11 of nov will be the centennial anniversary fo WW I
*Time traveler: Hey, where am I, what's going on right now?
Guy: The World War's happening right now!
Time traveler: Which one?
Guy: Hold up......
Should have been this
*Time traveler: Hey, where am I, what's going on right now?
Guy: The World War's happening right now!
Time traveler: Which of the three?
Guy: Hold up......
@@alexxxxxxx6261 who said
there were only gonna be 3 :)
@@prestinkim9598 Wait. Oh sh**, you right
There's a scene like that in Doctor Who.
@@notafurry8460 Oh, the naivety!
It's Friday night,my friend came and saw me watching random historical videos on TH-cam and asked me about WW1 and I searched for this channel and used it as a reference and for maps and explained him every word mixing it with my previous knowledge.Thanks for the video.
Keep it up
I had an awful time understanding this topic at school, and because of this video I finally understand the situation, thank you so much!
World War 1 is started by: an uber driver who took a wrong turn
World War 2 is started by: the art teacher who failed hitler
@@user-cg6wo2fw7k which was caused by a driver taking a wrong turn which brought them right in front of the assassin
world war 3 is started by: an orange man who sent an offensive tweet
Andrew Wong
And some dude **may have** launched some homemade nukes
@@adnan8837 oops my bad
@@Dgero o o p s
2 world wars
Switzerland: gonna pretend I didn’t see that
Eat chocolate and sit on moutins
Sorry for the stereotype
Switzerland was literally invisible in some war maps in WW2
tanks dont do well in mountains so swiss were lucky
i never understood the "we're neutral" -thing
@Affan Khan actually damaged allied planes who didn't think they were gonna make it would do their best to bail out over switzerland instead of risking a crash in German territory, cause they'd just send them home.
2:42 Important detail, if I remember correctly it's believed the Lusitania was transporting war materials to Britain, making it a legitimate target.
It was carrying ammunition but it still swayed public opinion just because it has Americans on board
@@randomaccount4950 Yeah, all I'm saying is that if anything this was an American war crime (committed before they officially joined the war) and not a German one...
yep! and it also sank in 18 minutes. it was a disaster because they barely had any time to evacuate and most lifeboats couldn't be launched successfully. it's surprising over 700 people survived
Quick fact about the battle of Jutland, both main fleets had actually been patrolling for months in these waters, accompanied on the british side by seaplanes and german side by zeppelins for air reconnaissance, because they actually did want a fight.
Second fact, the battle of Jutland happened literally the one time both sides had no air recon. Both fleets found eachother by pure luck.
"And never had such an awful war again...for about 20 years"
that's greed for you
Russia sucks
@@shinigami837 Good thing Russia's not our Ally (America)
@@xilogex7403Good thing they rigged your elections
Shinigami They saved your grandpa's ass during WWII
One of my favorites facts from history is that the ottomans and austrians spent centuries fighting each other and collapsed fighting together.
Not just that, but the Austrians also send troops to Egypt against the brits, on the ottoman side. That’s extremely weird though.
It's the same with Britain and France.
@@boyanbogdanov1854 Bluejay also covers History welll. Same for Illuminaughtii and
of course CGP Gray.
@@loturzelrestaurant Thank you for sharing this.
Same with Canda and USA (British Canada)
I'd love to see him go back and remake these videos. I really enjoy the long format of the newer ones, the inclusion of humor, and the more in depth bits. He gives a lot more exposition and includes more historical figures in his newer videos and I think it works well.
Love this channel 😄 the videos are so informative and funny made at the same time
we literally spend like a month in school learning what oversimplified teaches us in 12 minutes
Cos it's "oversimplified" maybe? 🤣🤦🏻♂️
my history teacher spent a week on ww1 Lol
@@nulasia47 We had about two weeks or so. And some longer on WW2 including the visit of one of the concentration camps. (Spooky place, really)
A month? I had to do ww2 for at least 4 months!
The reason it takes so long is because everyone has to write down the notes and do a assignment on them lol.
WW1.
Austria: You are doing great!
Germany: I'm doing everything.
WW2.
Italy: You are doing great!
Germany: I'm doing everything.
No wonder why Germany struggles a lot. It's always facing the whole world "almost" alone.
Also the U. S. are always like: Let's wait until everyone is weakened so we look freaking powerful, hehe.
WWIII Americans: We are doing great
Also America: Bomb go weeeee
100% accurate
You are neither wrong nor right 😂
Exactly if America had entered the war from the very beginning they would’ve been getting their asses handed to them just like the British and French and maybe even due to casualties been forced to pull out of the war by the angry American people who did not see a point in sending men to die in a European war
Nice Vids.:
Have a document test coming up soon, I’ve watched this twice now, great refresher. Hope you cover more history like this 👍
The fact that the only part of the war fought in Germany was a staggering German Win vs Russia is insane.
It's the soldiers who lost the most. My heart goes out to them.
@Jack Johnson u think the soldiers had now life no family but nothing.
Well ur DEADWRONG
@Jack Johnson Soldiers are just civilians that got drafted.
all those poor females and indian road workers.
Everyone here, it's about HUMANS
@@FreeMan4096 ?
The US is the kid in a group project who waits until the last second to help
No they gave supplies to the allies
The US does its own side projects while giving tips but nothing actually useful to its group members until it gets bullied for it.
@@MrHAH-cd9ku yeah so the U.S totally didn't give much-needed supplies to the allies who were literally starving and broke from the war. But sure the U.S didn't do a thing, OK.
Us is the kid to repeat a joke in the class and everyone laughs
@@letrippyhippie3903 haha na
I love your channel and find your videos immensely enjoyable! With that said - I feel your take on Jutland / Dreadnoughts in general is rather off the mark.
The 1st generation dreadnought era is characterized by the naval doctrine "fleet in being" - the idea that the threat of a fleet sortie, especially an inferior navy's sortie is more valuable than the sortie itself. This is absolutely true, and it is the reason why the Royal Navy was stretched so thin in the Second World War. Neither the Kriegsmarine nor the Regia Marina (Nazi and Italian navies, respectively) could have challenged the Royal Navy, but together, their existence was threat enough to stretch the Royal Navy nearly to the breaking point until the decisive Battle of Cape Matapan took place.
By reserving their main battle fleet in Wilhelmshaven, the Kaiserliche Marine's High Seas Fleet presented such a threat to Great Britain that only third-rate and outdated vessels of the main battle line could be sent to the landings in Gallipoli (which failed spectacularly). Similarly, the threat of the Royal Navy's Grand Fleet in Scapa Flow prevented the High Seas Fleet from sailing into the Atlantic with anything other than submarines. And the nature of submarine durability and crew complement necessarily restricts the taking of Prize-vessels, meaning they had no recourse but to sink those ships which carried supplies to the aid of England. This provoked the United States into war with Germany, a fact which proved decisive.
In short, it was not the fear of losing dreadnoughts and super-dreadnoughts which prevented the Grand Fleet and High Seas Fleet from putting to sea more often - it was an appreciation of their true strategic value.
I was wondering what was happening with Spain but then I remembered Spanish Influenza, and I just imagined the countries like “Hey Spain…?” And Spain like “leave me alone I have the flu!”
You do know Spanish influenza originated in the USA right
Spain was simply neutral at the time. Where the Spanish flu originated is unknown, but the first major outbreaks happened in Canadian military camps and spread through troop deployments into France. The press wasn't allowed to report on it (if they found out at all) so as to not show weakness to their allies or to the enemy. Spain, being neutral, wasn't under any such obligation to stay quiet, so when the virus reached Spanish cities, their press was the first in the world to write headlines over it. Thus it was dubbed the Spanish influenza.
Source: Extra Credits' video series on the topic.
@@Beremor yes that’s literally what I said. Spain was the only one willing to acknowledge they were actually sick and had something else to worry about. I too saw that very popular video by a very popular channel 🙄
@@OhSkyeLanta Apologies, didn't mean to preach to the choir! I think we came away with different interpretations: I assume Spain would have remained neutral independent of the influenza. I freely admit my knowledge on the matter is lacking, though.
Have a bright day!
@@Beremor "Thank you for sharing, Deus!" is what I think Cassondra meant to say. I also thank you bc I haven't watched this very popular video by a very popular yt channel so your comment was VeRy enlightening. Have bright day as well! ;)
World leaders: we shall never have a kind of war like this ever again
Meanwhile...
Random austrian: ah scheiße! I failed my art class
Not stonks
Wasnt he a soldier in ww1?
Lol, pretty much
@Black Knight Imagine if Hitler *did* become a famous artist instead.
@@DanGamingFan2846 yeah. Like if he did and it was good enough, his art could be in museums and he would be majorly respected and we would never had known
Imagine how much easier this war could've been, if everyone had twitter.
Imagine how faster the war would've ended if they teamed up with Germany to defeat the Germans
germanycool123: russia bad
austria-hungary222: agreed
sarajevo7: shut up and take this gun
WAR BEGIN
What?
@@Squormf what?
@@nyahahahahahahahahaha tsar nicolas: im gonna do what's called a pro gamer move
“the world never had such an awful war again”
that one art school: let’s fail this guy, it’s not 60 million+ people are gonna die because of it!
The Great War Channel is great and watching this episode after watching years of their content is hilarious.
Everybody: WAR!
Switzerland: *grabs popcorn*
Doesn't mean they're a bunch of sissies though. When Hitler wanted to invade them in WWII every civilian was armed, 400,000 men were enlisted into the military, and they were explicitly told by the government to fight to the last man. (Even if the government fell they told the citizens to keep fighting.)
5:47 what is this song please help!
@@acrippledlittlerata9491 Lol!
They have cheese, peace, and chocolate. They have all they need to be happy.
@@river6964 they also have money ;)
The floor is world wars
Switzerland: *Climbs on a wall*
actually, hitler in ww2 had plan to invade switzerland last, but germany got early rekket
Nukegameing 1880 they have BIG BEAUTIFUL WALL there in Switzerland, it is called mountains
Actually Hitler didn't invade switzerland because many nazis had their money stored there. At the time of WW2 Switzerland has already been a bank paradise, so it was in Hitler's interest keeping Switzerland free and independent.
@@derblattspinat6929 He had his Operation Tannenbaum after the surrender of France in 1940.... but: Operation Barbarossa was more important;
His plan was to secure the money / the goods delivered or storaged in Switzerland (maybe with an puppet regime)
Nukegameing 1880 someone’s gotta make the rules of war, for Germany to break
"Someone's about to get liberated" is my favorite line
rewatching oversimplified videos over and over is my comfort 😊
I like how both during ww1 and 2 Spain was like: Nah it’s cool. You guys do your thing. We chilling.
And then Switzerland be like: Eyy you letting them do their thing to? Cool.
Because Spain was busy having a civil war lolz
Spain was a mess in WW1 and in a fascist dictatorship after a civil war in WW2
Yo no quiero combate,
sab that was around 1348 and 1352 it doesn’t have anything to do with the war
"The world learnt its lesson, and never had such an awful war again..."
Meanwhile somewhere in austria : "Ahhh fuck, i failed in my art class..."
Welp, he did serve in the Germany army and wasnt shot by a Brit soldier
...and daddy punished me severely.
the story of hitler
@@corrywhatever3516 lol his dad was dead at that point
Hitler served as a German soldier in WW1. Imagine some French soldier had better aim and shot him in the head.
The way oversimplified made their videos has changed so much and it never fails to shock me
Nice & concise presentation. Very enjoyable to watch.
Watching old oversimplified videos?
*There’s a tax for that*
Commenting on old oversimplified videos?..
There's a tax for that
Reading comments on old oversimplified videos?
*There’s a tax for that*
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Not if I use nord vpn
@@cretudavid8622 useing a VPN
TO THE GUILLOTINE!
This literally taught me more than my history class will ever.
It’s crazy how social media teaches you more than school does
Then I would like to ask where you are from, because in German history class we learn a fuckin lot about the wars especially the second obviously.
@@tomfischer3210 a lot of schools in many countries don't take history seriously, in the U.S. the education is different from state to state so there are some states that takes history seriously while sadly there are some that don't. Also there's countries that tend to hid a bit of their history because they are ashamed of it like Japan and there are some that don't teach full history like Russia.
Goldenfoxy 1234 I don’t wanna know how the US displays their history... They probably say they are always the good guys and they always Safe the world etc...
@@tomfischer3210 uh no not really even schools that don't take history seriously in America doesn't teach that my country is alway the good guys and always save the world. So what you said there was extremely inaccurate
1:00 fun fact: this is the one of three times when Italy changed sides.
-One in ww1
-Naples in Napoleonic Wars
-Syracuse in 1st Punic War.
It didn't happen in ww2, because Fascist Italy capitulated and south of Italy was controlled by allies and the north controlled by axis. There was a civil war until 1945 which was the end of ww2. This message was for people, who begin their adventure with oversimplified from this video
The second america Joined I imagine the generals start cracking their knuckles
*21 years later*
Aw shit here we go again
Jerry 20
0:51 Italy has a huge d*ck!!!
Piplup penguin boi 😂
Jerry aw shit we-go again
Chelsy Herazo just chillin
Germany after 20 years: *Its rewind time*
Lmfao
lmaoo
lol
Xenomorph Biologist - XX121 lmao facts
5:49 which music is that its not in the description.
This the best ww1 video i have ever watched.Good job.keep going!!!!
Epic! Just watched this summary before watching "All Quiet on the western front"
I like how Switzerland is just yeeting out of the wars.
YEEEEEEET
Because they have banks.
Exactly, cause they have the money of all of those countrys lol
YEEEEEEeEet
Yeeeeeeetttt
Italy's meaning of their flag's colours.
Red : Tomato sauce
White : Spaghetti
Blue : Loyalty to their allies in the world wars.
Fliyo MB but there is no b... Oh..
Fliyo MB red...white...green...
...
oooooohhhhh stahp it brohh..
that was funny. by an italian
@@UserName-ss7kz what's the problem if i like a joke?
"The world learnt its lesson, and never had such an awful war again..."
- Some austrian bum with a funny mustache 20 years later: Cowabunga it is !!!
The last vid that I haven't watched! But honestly, I would do anything for more vids of OverSimplified. He's too good!
Europe: Has Survival mode
Switzerland: Has creative mode and cheats
Spectator mode. Ww2 Germany had creative.
😂
@@crawford7580 then germany got banned.
@@steelerfan_ their game mode changed to survival and the allies to creative
@@pratinavgupta4042 I used to think of Switzerland as a bunch of pacifists, then i learned why nobody attacks them
“Tired of not eating. And upset that a magical homeless guy was calling the shots” -Oversimplified
5:47 what is this song please help!
@@acrippledlittlerata9491 Its by Prokofiev, I think from Romeo and Juliet
@@leon6946 Thanks
@@acrippledlittlerata9491 It might also be from russia with love by huma huma
I'd probably revolt too
OverSimplified-your vids r just the best, Period
2:38 it should be noted that chemical warfare was used a lot in WWI because the situation just made it more effective than it should have been. First, everyone spent months in small, tight, low laying trenches, which is exactly what you want when you want to catch people in dense gas. Second, chemical warfare is best used against soft targets. If you keep on gasing an enemy army, they will just make gas masks standard issue. However, this was not as much of a problem in WWI, since the French were still in the "bright red pants" phase of the war. So it is hard to be a softer target than the un-helmeted head of a WWI soldier.
In comparison, modern use of chemical warfare is only 'effective' against civilian targets that lack the resources and training to deal with it. Of course, even in the 'war is hell' mentality, that is still considered being a jerk.
“Bulgaria wished it was bigger.”
Don’t we all, fellas.
This deserves way more likes
Ironically that Bulgaria has the word Bulg...in it. It's like bulge ... But not quite
AvoidTheCadaver Genius observation! 😳
Get this up to 6.9K likes.
Ethan Jay Norman Actually I’d like to be shorter
Russia: beats everyone because of the cold
Also Russia: Looses the Cold War
The irony
Gabriel Petkov I forgot about that, your right 🤣
Wuanslm yeah, let’s face it: we weren’t prepared for any war at that time. Winter is okay, because Finland is in the same climate zones as St. Petersburg or Murmansk, so snow and ice aren’t new.
But war then your army is fresh from another
political cleansing... a lot of professional officers from imperial army were recognized as unreliables long before that, because, you know, they weren’t communists. And new wave of people with real war experience from WW I and civil war was also not good enough, because, you know, political reasons. And then you terrorized your commanding officers for several years and killed a lot of competent people, a brand new war isn’t a good idea.
So, yes, it was very ironic. Tragic, unnecessary and also ironic.
@@Agniakachan what do you expect? it's lead by a Dictator
The communists lost the cold war, Russia didn’t exactly lose anything
FishFossils this is matter of debate, because imho country lost a lot of opportunities for cultural, scientific an economic exchange. And we can’t simply separate ideology and say: capitalism 1: communism 0. The most bad thing is that all this matter still affect countries and social options.
tbh my fave oversimplified videos are the ww1 ones! I love this guy's content
These are brilliant! Please oversimplify everything!
That poor uber driver made the wrong turn and started the entire war.
Wonder what his rating is...
Probably 🌟🌟
I would say probably -4/5
1/5 Started a whole ass war ☹️
Uber error: WW1
Ikr. Poor guy
"and never had such an awful war again."
"For about 20 years"
Best line right there
Guess they had no chill
Dinonid123 I just burst out laughing at that.
Dinonid123 That line gave me chills.
Dinonid123 sup
Schools should hire oversimplified as their history teacher, he oversimplifies any hard history lesson, he could teach the students history in just 5 mins
THANKS A LOT , ive got a test on this tomorrow and it saves tons of time
6:45 when the Germans hit so hard they turned France’s troops American
Chris Lekse lmaooo
Now since they did that, the french troops that are now American they help beat them better
* France's *American
Germans: *hit*
American troops: /tp Americantroop Frenchtroop
underrated comment hahhahaha
When Germany sends msg to Mexico but British intercepted it,
Dude, use NordVPN
Is it monosodium glutamate or message?
Or just don’t send the message through the telegram company in London
Good joke but not sure if original or coincidence, or, you know.
Search "Peter Stamatiou
" in the top comments.
@Lime Green no u
Dude Use nordvpn germany and u would of won thr war but america steps in
It’s funny how Belgium survived the entier war
since this is your first video and your videos regularly pass 10 minutes now, wouldn't it b crazy cool if u remastered WW1 Oversimplified?
Conference: Don’t be jerks
Germans: yes but *no*
„Jein“
Hey! The First World War was completely justified, I think.
China Boiii Austria started it even though they didn’t know if Serbia did or not. If germany hadn’t joined the war then Austria would have fought them because of the treaty so it was easier fighting Serbia then Austria
@@arian4562 what? XD
China Boiii holocaust? Are u confused that was the 2nd World war not the first this is false the axis used clorine gas the nazi committed the holocaust
"Someone's 'bout to get liberated"
My side hurts from laughing so hard at that.
God that joke never gets old!
Freedumb.
Murica.
Germany PLS
It was not that funny bro.
Depending on this for my test this Friday.
This great video actually sparks interest to learn about this war. Thank you
“the allies knew friends were Italy and Japan”
well that didn’t last very long
The rule is to never ally against Britain. They are powerful and have powerful allies.
@@spacix4118 Not really that powerful, they are just surrounded by sea.
@@TheGentleUncle yeah and they have a strong navy=they're strong
Italy and Japan fight you
👶✊
Team up with them 20 years later
@@spacix4118 They got lucky in WW2
6:46 When it hits so hard, it turns a French army American
made me laugh on cam in school
what an observation
Hahahah noo
Underrated asfuck comment
@@morganrenders3139 ?
This video should have one of the most Important topic.
'British inconsistent triplicate diplomacy'