This was during a 24 hour stream so Tommy was preserving his energy, just wanted to share this video with you all cause it's a topic that we all like on the channel. Do you guys wanna see more reactions to videos like Oversimplified and other stuff? Gonna upload the WW2 one too and then depending on how much you guys like these, might upload more! Thanks for watching boys and see you in 3 days - Markoni
I really liked these videos. You should react more especially since your from Germany and I always like to hear different opinions from the countries involved. :)
@@FriedrichBarb it doesn't need to do everything, it's literally on a channel called oversimplified obviously it misses things, but they're good overviews
Ferdinand was probably like: "This fucker didnt even have google maps on this phone and takes a left instead of right. Long story short 17million people died... 1 star no tip"
Not only is it true that the driver took a wrong turn and ended up in front of the assassin the assassin was there because he was bummed out and wanted a sandwich to cheer himself up after the failed assassination. *WW1 literally happened because some depressed dude wanted a sandwich and because a cab driver got lost*
Tommy, Ottoman Empire joined the war in a much more interesting way. 2 german battleships (or battlecruisers whatever) were running from British navy, and sought refuge at Ottoman Empire. Ottoman's declared that they had bought the ships from Germany, and those 2 ships with their German crews attacked Russia, not "some politicians". Some politicians may have encouraged them to do so, because there were some people desiring to join on Germany's side, but we don't know what really happened.
The ships were SMS Goeben and SMS Bresslau which became part of the Ottoman and later turkish navy. In the 1970s Turkey decomissioned the ships and offered the West German government to buy the SMS Goeben back....sadly they refused. Today theres only the Goebens flag remaining
Let's not forget that the Lusitania was carrying *tons* of ammunition onboard, thousands of artillery shells and rifle cartridges destined to be deployed against the Germans. Food for thought.
The British also sunk the German civilian ships, just like the germans did. But sadly the Americans favored the british more and did well at hiding it.
Let’s also not forget that the Zimmerman telegram might never have even been written by Germany and Britain is suspected of having faked it to bring the US into the war.
@@LordSurfusa Yeah but the British still horribly mistranslated the whole thing from "Hey mexico wanna help us if the US joins the war?" to "Hey mexico, invade the US!"
Brazil ww1 fact: The Brazilian republic was helping the entente with naval volunteers, and during a mission on gilbraltar there was the battle of the dolphins (or one of the species: porpoises), where Brazilian soldiers kill dozens of dolphins thinkin that was a german submarine! Sorry if something is misspelled
"But Belgium fights back. And they are pretty good at it." Soooo...a massive withdrawal on day 3 of the war, pushing back from Liège to Yper is... Pretty good. *cries in Fries and Chocolate*
I had 4 great great grandparents, 3 of them fought for the germans while one of the fought for the russians as he was from Lodz, Poland (the only one who survived) 2 of them who were from Krefeld were killed on the western front while one who comes from Mönchengladbach died on the Eastern front. f in the chat for my great great grandparents.
From my understanding, Wilhelm looked at the cassis belli and said there was no reason for war. But, not wanting to leave their ally, he still goes to war anyway
to clarify, it wasnt the driver's fault that franz ferdinand was killed. what happened is, after the failed assasination with the grenade, they decided to change the route to avoid going where the assasins expected them to, however for some reason the people who made that decision neglected to inform the driver, so he though they were still going the original route. what is ironic though, is that franz ferdinand was one of the most merciful people in austro-hungarian goverment, he had plans for major autonomy to the region which would certainly calm down the people in bosnia and other regions.
Also in ww2 lots of people in occupied countries joined their armies eg. Germany lost 5,000 men invading Norway but 15,000 Norwegians then joined the German army.
Japan was useless, they were never gonna really help the Germans anyways mainly the fact they were scared of the USSR, the only time Japan was helpful was making America basically divided= 40% of the army against Japan and the rest against Germany meaning The USA wasnt showing its full power against Germany but aside from that Japan was useless, it’s arguably the best ally they did had but it was still a bad ally.
@@godlovesyou1995 But the Japanese are the reason why the US was in the war. Granted they might have entered the war anyway but we don't know that Edit: also Japan will literally right next to the biggest target Germany was fighting at the time and decided to attack island nations that had little to no relevancy. Except Australia and New Zealand they were probably decent threats
"This is like a HOI4 roleplay game." -Tommy Tommy's roleplay videos are very educational for any student of international relations. You can see all the different theories and strategies play out.
try eu4 mp then I find it weird why they always do the roleplay in hoi4 as there is essentially just a better game to do auch a thing and that even without mods
Tommy to be fair the Bulgarians lost one major battle during the whole war. We also mobilised around 25% of population to fight in the war. And lastly we were held back by the German high command in the initial stages of of the war, who wanted the Entente to send soldiers to our front instead of the Western one against Germany. We weren’t the ones being shit allies.....
Even worse of a coincidence, the story goes Franz Ferdinand’s car broke down literally in front of the deli Gavrillo Princip was eating his lunch at and he just so happened to look out the window from the counter and see Franz...in the open top car
10:49 This is an extremely sad part of Serbian history. It’s called “The Great Retreat” or the “Albanian Golgotha”. Every Serbian boy - every man - child over 12 years of age, had to retreat. In the Albanian mountains, during the roughest winters, Serbia lost almost all of its male population. Around 150.000 soldiers from the Royal Serbian Army died or went missing in the cold. In addition to that, over 160.000 civilians lost their lives, while marching with not only their army but their king as well. With little to no options, two thirds of the entire Serbian population had left their homes and families after a long and bloody fight against the big foreign occupiers on Serbian soil, while defending their homeland. The plans for the retreat varied and different routes seperated the exhausted Serbian people while they were being slaughtered along the way by enemy forces, died of diseases, famine and fighting the Albanians along the way towards the Adriatic sea. A total of 150.000 was approximately all there was left of almost all of Serbia on the Albanian coast. Both soldiers and civilians. As this number continued to decrease, the French eventually came with transport ships to transfer the survivors to the only country that would accept the responsibility of taking care of the remaining Serbs. Greece. On the island of Corfu, the Serbs were warmly recieved by the much smaller Greek population. On Corfu, many stories were remembered. Of how greatly the Serbs respected their Greek brothers despite being in such a weak and fatal state. Not a single olive was stolen by the people dying of hunger. Stories of how the Greek helped an entire nation heal and restore it’s strenght to finally be able to break the Salonica front in 1918, which lead to the liberation of Serbia in WW1. That is partly an answer to why Serbia and Greece have such a strong relationship till’ this day. This is a story that many Europeans are unfamiliar with. Almost all. And it is heartbreaking to visit the monuments and read about it in detail. What the slavs in general have lost throughout history fighting for their motherlands, cannot be compared to any other countries in Europe! The killing of Prince Ferdinand in Sarajevo was not an act of terror. It was a spark in the fight for justice. The Serbs are a very proud people. And that pride comes from the pain of their past. From the blood spilled by it’s people, fighting for what was right. From stories such as The Great Retreat. A little Serbia fought back with all they had against the Ottomans, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary and Germany defending their identity. The same happened in WW2 with Yugoslavia. This Serbian mentality of resistance when it comes to war, is why many western countries are seeing Serbia as a great pain in the ass till’ this day.
@Lidor Dimov Montenegro, despite it’s size, fought a very tough war against Austria-Hungary while letting the Serbs - who chose that route - pass safely through Montenegro. They were great allies and fearless fighters in that war. Again, that’s where you have the strong Balkan relationships from. Those were not political acts. They were moral.
@Lidor Dimov perhaps they did save the world haha who knows. I am Hungarian in fact. But history is history. And I feel like Serbian history in particular is much more important than people realize ;)
@@dkz1302 There was a Serbian state?? Where was an occupation of Serbia? Serbia was even considered a evil state in the international community at this time. There were english politicians who „wanted to rip serbia off from the european country and push it into the ocean“ It was considered a state like Iran, Syria nowadays.
Idk about that one of the previous King's in Norway would take the Tram in Oslo without Kingsguards there. When asked why he didn't have any guards with him, King Olav answered "I have 4 million bodyguards." That's roughly the population of Norway at the time.
In this video, one of the most important battles of WW1, very important for the fall of the Austrian empire, is not mentioned: the battle of Vittorio Veneto, where the Italians will completely destroy Austria leading it to capitulation, another is the battle of Caporetto, also in Italy where there will be the birth of one of the best generals in history: Rommel. That with small groups of German Elitè troops will break through the Italian front (the Austrians have done nothing there too)
Fact: Serbia actually accepted all the demands on that ultimatum except one: for the police to investigate the assasination. They even accepted that they will become part of Austria Hungary territorially.
1:40 The assassin actually was at the bar to drown his sorrows over the previous failed attempt. Before spotting the Duke and popping him and his wife.
@2:58 from wikipedia "Pfefferpotthast is a traditional German stew. It comes from the cuisine of Westphalia - Main ingredients: Beef, pepper [obviously], lard, onions, lemon, bay leaves, cloves, pumpernickel"
@@Sky4Jus Well a bomb is still better to me then getting my village, my family members getting tortured by invading tribes, while my mother is raped, etc. etc. The Atomic Bomb is a swift kill. You'd die before you even notice.
The driver was from my city (Znojmo, Czechia) and he was really depressed after the war becouse of what happened. He drank himself to death around the age of 40.
I mean it wasn't a Bad ally but it did bring the us into the game. Also I know that Germany declared war on the us first but it was still not a wise choice.
the guy who threw the bomb at the archduke's car didn't miss he just forgot grenades have timers. he then took some cyanide that was too old to kill him and jumped into a river that was a few inches deep
It is true that Germany didn't have great allies in ww2 and ww2 however they fought 4 superpowers in the same time with no fear or hesitation, they didn't win but they always kicked the shit out Europe that's why Germany is so great and a kind of a badass, not because of it's victories but because of it's perseverance, strength and fighting to the last breath.
@@popkhorne5372 don't think so, same had it rough the last century in the war department, the German army put a lot marks on them, they killed many of it's soldiers and burned many of it's cities and farms in ww1, in ww2 well we both know what happened to them.
@@abdes6234 i said the previous century compared to ww1. France did pretty good in ww1 but nothing spectacular... and ww2 well.. however the fight against the many coalitions during the period betwzen the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th is filled with fucking badass exploits, and is as a whole a testimony of military exelence.
@@popkhorne5372 in terms of ww1 France did alright but it had the support of UK and US as well, but in terms of a German France war France wouldn't hold for long (doesn't mean it well lose quickly but it won't be able to fight as long and as well as the German army. Speaking of the 18th and the beginning of 19th century, I absolutely agree with you, the number of battlefields and wars waged is so high and the military exploits were great at those years.
I feel like for WW1 there was no one fully evil side, both sides did equally terrible things to each other but also did what they have to do for their nations to survive. At the end of the day no one truly wins a war.
I remember the first time I watched you, you were live streaming and i said "wtf? Prince Harry is playing Rainbow Six Siege?" (U were playing r6s at the time) and u were like "fuck u ur getting banned" I still think I did not deserve to get banned
I’ve always had a fascination w WW1 Germany. They’re tragic, they’re the Anakin Skywalker of Europe. I really think they would’ve had it if America hadn’t third partied them right at the very end of the war as well. It’s just a historical tragedy that this disaster led them down such a dark path.
As a brit, I sometimes find myself thinking the world might've been a better place if the German Empire won, it would at least stop the holocaust from happening
What? What's the tragedy here, exactly? That they didn't get to invade their neighbours? Who started the war can be disputed, but Austria-Hungary wouldn't have gone to war without Germany backing them.
@@vanyadollyThe tragedy is that the holocaust could’ve never happened, communism could’ve been avoided, if only ww1 was won by the Germans. No sides were perfect, however the allies weren’t innocent either. Belgium also allowed French to do stuff and not the Germans.
@@akacurmurdar1 the British telling their war supply ships to fly flags of a neutral nation or even no flag at all, they had civilians on ships that were carrying war supplies, and they also had told their ships to fire on or ram any uboat they see even if it wasn't making any aggressive maneuvers just to name a few.
In fact Oversimplified aludes the the second one I listed because the British had weapons, other war supplies, and even soldiers on board and if I remember right they didn't tell America that they were carrying the war supplies until a while after it had been sunken.
Dude see the thing is.. it was just a justification to declare war. If he didnt die they would have found another justification to declare war. So i dont think that it was just cuz of that wrong turn.
@@digitalpirate2183 Wdym, the driver made a mistake, it was a foreign city with foreigners living there (that also hated him) and they already survived one assassination attempt
You are not talking about us Austria-Hungarians for sure, we didn't wanted any war, we weren't the ones who declared it or broke it out nor the germans nor anyone else in the Central Powers faction. Just use your brain, look after it from independent and sovereign sources, the war how you imagine and think of it never happened like this.
There would be war whatever driver did, that was just a casus beli, if he wasn't assassinated than Austria-Hungary would find a different way of conquering Serbia
Tiny precision, both of the battles that stopped the German war machine were fought next to the Marne river. During the first one (1914), 64 french division and 6 british division fought against 51 German division. The ENTENTE ( not the allies ) stopped the ennemy but couldn't pursue them. Then during the second battle of the Marne (1918), 44 french division, 8 American division, 4 british division and even 2 Italian division vanquished 52 German division (the Entente had less men but more division don't ask me why). I live in France and in my country this two battles are very famous just as the battle of Verdun. I thought this information would be useful for everyone that might want to learn about the Première Guerre Mondiale (WW1). Bis: sorry to every English speakers if I made any mistakes in this comment
10:41 I totally agree with you however In WW1 Specifically Bulgaria was the best- High Moral and Unified Army with most efficient and best ally Germany can possibly have by winning on two fronts- the Southern ( for us- Salonica Front which was actually halted by German High Comand) and northern ( the Dobruja Front) We won the battles for our reunification and hold the lines until the last days of the war. Also we had exhausted all possible war efforts we can by the end of the war we had over 815,000 active military men which at the time it was like 20% of the Population. You should also read sometime about the Battles of Doiran where we crushed British, French, Greek, Serbian and Russian armies!
This was during a 24 hour stream so Tommy was preserving his energy, just wanted to share this video with you all cause it's a topic that we all like on the channel.
Do you guys wanna see more reactions to videos like Oversimplified and other stuff?
Gonna upload the WW2 one too and then depending on how much you guys like these, might upload more!
Thanks for watching boys and see you in 3 days
- Markoni
Reaction videos are just stolen content with a loophole
Also there are oversimplified videos of the Russian revolution
yes please!
Reaction videos should probably go on your channel instead of this one.
Btw, when is the video for bad romeance coming out? That game was epic
I really liked these videos. You should react more especially since your from Germany and I always like to hear different opinions from the countries involved. :)
The first "GERMAN REACTS TO WW1! " was 81 years ago
yeah thats true ig
I didn't got it
@Pybro oh
Jesus Christ Santi
The first German reacts to WW1 died to an artillery shell
“This is blowing my mind”
*I see what you did there*
aha now i have seen you in:Drew Durnil,Emkay,China uncensored, america uncovered, Saberspark and now here
@@makrela1231 I know all of those except saberspark
@@uber305 how does he do that he gets everytime 200 + likes
@@makrela1231 History Matters
@@caucasknsv7988 oh yes i forgot
I watched oversimplified's videos an unhealthy amount of times.
Welcome to the club
my mind : do it
me: but i have already watched it for 7 times !
this enraged my mind which punished me severely
Watching cartoons that misses and leaves out a lot of information though not exactly the best way to learn about History but hey you do you
they are so good
-Markoni
@@FriedrichBarb it doesn't need to do everything, it's literally on a channel called oversimplified
obviously it misses things, but they're good overviews
Tommy: *puts on Kaiser hat and laughs* I was there!
@@TommyKay Tommyinnit but German
@@TommyKay Wait, how did you put a picture in a comment?! I’m genuinely intrigued...
Hitler was also there too
@@LionsInBoots tommyinnit and tommykay two names that you wouldnt think would ever be mentioned together...
"Summarize 20th century history in three words."
Tommy- "Bad move Germany."
"The hell Serbia?"
@@caringheart34 Why Serbia?, it was Austria-Hungary who sent the demands
@@thefourthrome yeah and it was just the gun that misfired on a random archduke
In the words of bokoen1 "What the fuck Mao?!"
@@pollenzx Nah, it was some bullet that went out of a mechanism in a weapon that hit some random guy on a car infront of a bar
The guy who drove Prince Ferdinand around that one day has a 1-star rating on uber
he doomed a lot of ppl
Ferdinand was probably like: "This fucker didnt even have google maps on this phone and takes a left instead of right. Long story short 17million people died... 1 star no tip"
If you dont know the streets of Sarajevo, the streets of Sarajevo eat you whole.
It was not his driver that made the mistake but the driver of the first car.
@@tarci2994 hahaha true. especially at that time it must have been chaos.
Germans lost because they didnt have 40W Inf and Armoured Divisions
@DarkEternal6 honestly I know that is more effective but it's just more fun with 40w inf
The fact at the end of the video/clip he went to watch The American Civil war makes this comment a frick ton funnier.
do they call you Stone Wall Jackson cuz of how lopsided you are?
@@ozymandias3329 Yes i smashed my face to rocks after every battle i won
Can we have a moment of silence for all of the soldiers that fought in WW1 and any other brutal war.
@@TommyKay he has such a way with words
@@TommyKay truly inspiring words!
No
@@xXArthurosXx damn. That’s a little cold to the 17 million people killed in the war
When he said: “Oh, we had a colony there?”, I laughed.
Ps: Ja hatten wir. Wir hatten auch eine in China
i thought you were a brit speaking german for a sec
Si alv
@@TommyKay that was out voted 80 years ago friend
Not only is it true that the driver took a wrong turn and ended up in front of the assassin the assassin was there because he was bummed out and wanted a sandwich to cheer himself up after the failed assassination.
*WW1 literally happened because some depressed dude wanted a sandwich and because a cab driver got lost*
I don't think he had a sandwich.
The war would've happened one way or another. This was just a trigger. They just wanted an excuse and this was it.
Man this is a strange version of hoi4
a lot of spectating
@@TommyKay how do the exploits work in this version? Chemical weapons?
Tommy is like Drew Durnil
@@names1842 tommy reminds me of pewdiepie
Tommy, Ottoman Empire joined the war in a much more interesting way. 2 german battleships (or battlecruisers whatever) were running from British navy, and sought refuge at Ottoman Empire. Ottoman's declared that they had bought the ships from Germany, and those 2 ships with their German crews attacked Russia, not "some politicians". Some politicians may have encouraged them to do so, because there were some people desiring to join on Germany's side, but we don't know what really happened.
daily turkish facts
@Bjorn Whoa someone said deported to syria for once. Instead of saying he executed them all. First time seeing someone tell this except for me lmfao
Thats why its called oversimplified
The ships were SMS Goeben and SMS Bresslau which became part of the Ottoman and later turkish navy.
In the 1970s Turkey decomissioned the ships and offered the West German government to buy the SMS Goeben back....sadly they refused. Today theres only the Goebens flag remaining
@Bjorn im talking about the German ships
Let's not forget that the Lusitania was carrying *tons* of ammunition onboard, thousands of artillery shells and rifle cartridges destined to be deployed against the Germans. Food for thought.
The British also sunk the German civilian ships, just like the germans did. But sadly the Americans favored the british more and did well at hiding it.
@@dimmler7851 not really lol, they didnt hide it at all, from the us public at least
Let’s also not forget that the Zimmerman telegram might never have even been written by Germany and Britain is suspected of having faked it to bring the US into the war.
A Germany official admitted to writing the document before the US entered the war.
Simple googling searching can give you the full story.
@@LordSurfusa Yeah but the British still horribly mistranslated the whole thing from "Hey mexico wanna help us if the US joins the war?" to "Hey mexico, invade the US!"
Brazil ww1 fact: The Brazilian republic was helping the entente with naval volunteers, and during a mission on gilbraltar there was the battle of the dolphins (or one of the species: porpoises), where Brazilian soldiers kill dozens of dolphins thinkin that was a german submarine!
Sorry if something is misspelled
source in portuguese: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batalha_das_Toninhas
Famosa batalha das toninhas hausdhuasd
Never change Tommy, never change...
Yes
“Germany used to be so big”
Oh no, here we go again
"But Belgium fights back. And they are pretty good at it."
Soooo...a massive withdrawal on day 3 of the war, pushing back from Liège to Yper is... Pretty good.
*cries in Fries and Chocolate*
I mean, belgium is a small flat country with almost no War experience in 1914, so i think it was not that Bad considering their initial situation.
I had 4 great great grandparents, 3 of them fought for the germans while one of the fought for the russians as he was from Lodz, Poland (the only one who survived) 2 of them who were from Krefeld were killed on the western front while one who comes from Mönchengladbach died on the Eastern front. f in the chat for my great great grandparents.
BIG F
From my understanding, Wilhelm looked at the cassis belli and said there was no reason for war. But, not wanting to leave their ally, he still goes to war anyway
What a nice friend. Too bad it ended the way it did.
Wilhelm is like the kid who is forced to team up with his friend on projects just to not make them sad even though they do none of the work
Remember the Christmas Truce? Damn... Gave me Tears
to clarify, it wasnt the driver's fault that franz ferdinand was killed. what happened is, after the failed assasination with the grenade, they decided to change the route to avoid going where the assasins expected them to, however for some reason the people who made that decision neglected to inform the driver, so he though they were still going the original route.
what is ironic though, is that franz ferdinand was one of the most merciful people in austro-hungarian goverment, he had plans for major autonomy to the region which would certainly calm down the people in bosnia and other regions.
Tommy should react to World War Two and the other videos like Cold War and American Revolution Videos from Over Simplified.
facts
He did react to all these on stream
He did on 24 hr stream I saw the Cold War one before he played Black ops Cold War
ye i will upload them all on this one if you guys want to watch
@@TommyKay i would definitely watch them
For real now... Imagine being the car driver who caused the 2 most terrible global conflicts
Caused like 100 million people to die
And basically caused the most terrible one too since ww2 was basically the aftermath of ww1
Do we even know his name?
@@zawarudo1161 Hence the two most terrible global conflicts in the op's comment.
People dont understand that his channel is literally called oversimplified so of course theres historical inaccuracies because its OVERSIMPLIFIED
Also straight up lies.
true
@@KubusSc7 A) citation needed, B) proof of intent needed, C) proof that it’s not you misunderstanding an oversimplification needed.
No, it is simplified, not inaccurate.
@@kaiserwilhelmii5393 k
TommyKay: *says that Germany always had bad allies*.
Japan:Am I a joke to you
Also in ww2 lots of people in occupied countries joined their armies eg. Germany lost 5,000 men invading Norway but 15,000 Norwegians then joined the German army.
Japan was useless, they were never gonna really help the Germans anyways mainly the fact they were scared of the USSR, the only time Japan was helpful was making America basically divided= 40% of the army against Japan and the rest against Germany meaning The USA wasnt showing its full power against Germany but aside from that Japan was useless, it’s arguably the best ally they did had but it was still a bad ally.
@@kiboma4209 taking up 40% of american troops isnt a small thing XD
@@godlovesyou1995
But the Japanese are the reason why the US was in the war. Granted they might have entered the war anyway but we don't know that
Edit: also Japan will literally right next to the biggest target Germany was fighting at the time and decided to attack island nations that had little to no relevancy. Except Australia and New Zealand they were probably decent threats
Japan: I attacked the americans
Germany: YOU W H A T
One thing in the beginning Serbia accepts all terms except Austrian police activity in Serbia
I need to do my work but these vids keep coming out 😂😂
do ur work stephen stop procratstatigns rjfw however that word is spelled
@@TommyKay that's what a real alpha would say
Omg it's swaggersouls
"This is like a HOI4 roleplay game." -Tommy
Tommy's roleplay videos are very educational for any student of international relations. You can see all the different theories and strategies play out.
try eu4 mp then
I find it weird why they always do the roleplay in hoi4 as there is essentially just a better game to do auch a thing and that even without mods
During the war the Bulgarian army was held back by the german high command and Bulgaria capitulated due tо the political instability in the country.
Tommy to be fair the Bulgarians lost one major battle during the whole war. We also mobilised around 25% of population to fight in the war. And lastly we were held back by the German high command in the initial stages of of the war, who wanted the Entente to send soldiers to our front instead of the Western one against Germany. We weren’t the ones being shit allies.....
@@XenoVevo *Bulgaria
@@XenoVevo I know you assumed he's russian because of cyrillic alphabet used in his name, but this is still funny, lol
@@XenoVevo not Russia XD
Even worse of a coincidence, the story goes Franz Ferdinand’s car broke down literally in front of the deli Gavrillo Princip was eating his lunch at and he just so happened to look out the window from the counter and see Franz...in the open top car
10:49 This is an extremely sad part of Serbian history. It’s called “The Great Retreat” or the “Albanian Golgotha”. Every Serbian boy - every man - child over 12 years of age, had to retreat. In the Albanian mountains, during the roughest winters, Serbia lost almost all of its male population. Around 150.000 soldiers from the Royal Serbian Army died or went missing in the cold. In addition to that, over 160.000 civilians lost their lives, while marching with not only their army but their king as well.
With little to no options, two thirds of the entire Serbian population had left their homes and families after a long and bloody fight against the big foreign occupiers on Serbian soil, while defending their homeland. The plans for the retreat varied and different routes seperated the exhausted Serbian people while they were being slaughtered along the way by enemy forces, died of diseases, famine and fighting the Albanians along the way towards the Adriatic sea. A total of 150.000 was approximately all there was left of almost all of Serbia on the Albanian coast. Both soldiers and civilians. As this number continued to decrease, the French eventually came with transport ships to transfer the survivors to the only country that would accept the responsibility of taking care of the remaining Serbs. Greece.
On the island of Corfu, the Serbs were warmly recieved by the much smaller Greek population. On Corfu, many stories were remembered. Of how greatly the Serbs respected their Greek brothers despite being in such a weak and fatal state. Not a single olive was stolen by the people dying of hunger. Stories of how the Greek helped an entire nation heal and restore it’s strenght to finally be able to break the Salonica front in 1918, which lead to the liberation of Serbia in WW1. That is partly an answer to why Serbia and Greece have such a strong relationship till’ this day.
This is a story that many Europeans are unfamiliar with. Almost all. And it is heartbreaking to visit the monuments and read about it in detail. What the slavs in general have lost throughout history fighting for their motherlands, cannot be compared to any other countries in Europe! The killing of Prince Ferdinand in Sarajevo was not an act of terror. It was a spark in the fight for justice. The Serbs are a very proud people. And that pride comes from the pain of their past. From the blood spilled by it’s people, fighting for what was right. From stories such as The Great Retreat. A little Serbia fought back with all they had against the Ottomans, Bulgaria, Austria-Hungary and Germany defending their identity. The same happened in WW2 with Yugoslavia.
This Serbian mentality of resistance when it comes to war, is why many western countries are seeing Serbia as a great pain in the ass till’ this day.
@Lidor Dimov Montenegro, despite it’s size, fought a very tough war against Austria-Hungary while letting the Serbs - who chose that route - pass safely through Montenegro. They were great allies and fearless fighters in that war.
Again, that’s where you have the strong Balkan relationships from. Those were not political acts. They were moral.
@Lidor Dimov perhaps they did save the world haha who knows. I am Hungarian in fact. But history is history. And I feel like Serbian history in particular is much more important than people realize ;)
Oooh feel so sorry for a country inflicted a world war. They wanted war? They got war
@@aurelian2641 No. They wanted independence and the occupiers out of their country.
@@dkz1302 There was a Serbian state?? Where was an occupation of Serbia?
Serbia was even considered a evil state in the international community at this time. There were english politicians who „wanted to rip serbia off from the european country and push it into the ocean“
It was considered a state like Iran, Syria nowadays.
Idk about that one of the previous King's in Norway would take the Tram in Oslo without Kingsguards there.
When asked why he didn't have any guards with him, King Olav answered "I have 4 million bodyguards."
That's roughly the population of Norway at the time.
In this video, one of the most important battles of WW1, very important for the fall of the Austrian empire, is not mentioned: the battle of Vittorio Veneto, where the Italians will completely destroy Austria leading it to capitulation, another is the battle of Caporetto, also in Italy where there will be the birth of one of the best generals in history: Rommel. That with small groups of German Elitè troops will break through the Italian front (the Austrians have done nothing there too)
An Italian guy… A-H fucked Italy in ww1 ;)
Fact: Serbia actually accepted all the demands on that ultimatum except one: for the police to investigate the assasination. They even accepted that they will become part of Austria Hungary territorially.
Summary of WW1: A new Power arrives, everybody loses their head and shits on them for the same things they do lel
Infringes on freedom of speech and upsets the vienna convention if I’m not mistaken
This is really neat, thank you for introducing me to such an awesome channel !
1:40
The assassin actually was at the bar to drown his sorrows over the previous failed attempt. Before spotting the Duke and popping him and his wife.
@2:58 from wikipedia "Pfefferpotthast is a traditional German stew. It comes from the cuisine of Westphalia - Main ingredients: Beef, pepper [obviously], lard, onions, lemon, bay leaves, cloves, pumpernickel"
The netherlands sitting their like: yeah you guys do your things
Pfefferpothast is from Westfalia, apparently. It's a beef stew thickened with pumpernickel bread crumbs.
Ww1: 60000 people dead in one day
And people say that 2020 is the worst year
true that bro
99% fucking survival rate
@@jonathansibrian695 at least we don't need to fear bomb coming from the sky
@@Sky4Jus Well a bomb is still better to me then getting my village, my family members getting tortured by invading tribes, while my mother is raped, etc. etc.
The Atomic Bomb is a swift kill.
You'd die before you even notice.
@@martinhorvath4117 I know, I am just stating that there were more years worse than 2020
Something to watch would be extra history’s the Seminal Tragedy about the lead up to war. It’s a great watch
Germany forgot to switch to 14-4 Infantry Divisions
The driver was from my city (Znojmo, Czechia) and he was really depressed after the war becouse of what happened. He drank himself to death around the age of 40.
Austria hungry was the Italy of ww1
How a man taking a wrong turn lead to the creation of hentau
I just realized that simple history forgot Luxembourg
luxembourg only came to existence after ww1 when germany was defeated..it was part of the treaty of versailles
@@sswolfstag6889 ? U sure?
@@anemu3819 yes
@@ivanbro1208 it became independent because of the congress of vienna in 1815
@@anemu3819 oh bolicks...thanks for teaching me though
The dude who ate the bat: "what have I done I caused a worldwide catastrophe!"
Franz Ferdinands driver: "First time?"
10:25 just want to say, japan was a pretty good ally during ww2, the problem was that they were on the other side of the world
And had no resources.
I mean it wasn't a Bad ally but it did bring the us into the game.
Also I know that Germany declared war on the us first but it was still not a wise choice.
Imagine taking a wrong turn and then 17 million people die
“No one can beat Russia in a land war”
Ww1 Germany: hold my Pfefferpotthas
The driver later drank himself to death cuz of it.
Germany in every world war : my back hurts for carrying this whole team
(This joke is not mine)
the guy who threw the bomb at the archduke's car didn't miss he just forgot grenades have timers. he then took some cyanide that was too old to kill him and jumped into a river that was a few inches deep
*Moral of the story get some good friends*
Gemany wasnt all in for war, they were just bounded by that Kaisserreichvertrag which meant, if one goes to war, the other one need to join too.
It is true that Germany didn't have great allies in ww2 and ww2 however they fought 4 superpowers in the same time with no fear or hesitation, they didn't win but they always kicked the shit out Europe that's why Germany is so great and a kind of a badass, not because of it's victories but because of it's perseverance, strength and fighting to the last breath.
Same for france in the previous century.
@@popkhorne5372 don't think so, same had it rough the last century in the war department, the German army put a lot marks on them, they killed many of it's soldiers and burned many of it's cities and farms in ww1, in ww2 well we both know what happened to them.
@@abdes6234 i said the previous century compared to ww1. France did pretty good in ww1 but nothing spectacular... and ww2 well.. however the fight against the many coalitions during the period betwzen the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th is filled with fucking badass exploits, and is as a whole a testimony of military exelence.
@@popkhorne5372 in terms of ww1 France did alright but it had the support of UK and US as well, but in terms of a German France war France wouldn't hold for long (doesn't mean it well lose quickly but it won't be able to fight as long and as well as the German army.
Speaking of the 18th and the beginning of 19th century, I absolutely agree with you, the number of battlefields and wars waged is so high and the military exploits were great at those years.
@@abdes6234 oh for sure, 100% agreed. Germany was no doubt too strong to 1v1 during the first half of the 20th.
1:45 , WW2 was caused because of what happened after WW1, so actually this wrong turn caused 2 world wars, thats what i call a butterfly effect
Germans put so much effort into everything, which can be good or bad in the case of war XD
The driver Franz Ferdinand D'Este was named Leopold Lojka. Leopold Lojka was born in Telč (Czech town) in what was then Austria-Hungary.
Gavrilo Princip going for THAT sandwich
Assassination break, and it was Cevapi not sandwich
@@tarci2994 cevapcici? Marko?
@@thomasodwyer5365 I dont know who Marko is but he has a great taste in food.
You can actually see in the ,,Herresgeschichtliches museum" in Vienna the car in wich Franz Ferdinant was killed.
Shout out from Vienna
He's so right about Germany having shitty allies
Japan ? Austria Hungary? Finland?
Bismarck forget to tell willy that he needs to use 40 combad width divisions
I feel like for WW1 there was no one fully evil side, both sides did equally terrible things to each other but also did what they have to do for their nations to survive. At the end of the day no one truly wins a war.
a lot of people say the driver took a wrong turn but actually the archduke basically didn't want to go
I remember the first time I watched you, you were live streaming and i said "wtf? Prince Harry is playing Rainbow Six Siege?" (U were playing r6s at the time) and u were like "fuck u ur getting banned" I still think I did not deserve to get banned
I think you got banner for your username. -_-
Finally, i have been waiting for this for months, thank you, thank you tommy
I’ve always had a fascination w WW1 Germany. They’re tragic, they’re the Anakin Skywalker of Europe. I really think they would’ve had it if America hadn’t third partied them right at the very end of the war as well. It’s just a historical tragedy that this disaster led them down such a dark path.
As a brit, I sometimes find myself thinking the world might've been a better place if the German Empire won, it would at least stop the holocaust from happening
@@InfernoStormy that is assuming the French and the brits won't do something just as awful but yes, i do think that things might have been nicer.
What? What's the tragedy here, exactly? That they didn't get to invade their neighbours? Who started the war can be disputed, but Austria-Hungary wouldn't have gone to war without Germany backing them.
@@vanyadollyThey would’ve.
@@vanyadollyThe tragedy is that the holocaust could’ve never happened, communism could’ve been avoided, if only ww1 was won by the Germans. No sides were perfect, however the allies weren’t innocent either. Belgium also allowed French to do stuff and not the Germans.
0:53 jfk and franz fedinand learned the hard way
Everyone quickly! Do the funny!!!
The driver made a wromg turn because he wanted to keep the arch Duke safe by taking a fast route it wasn't an accidental turn
0:23 Tommy just see map of Germany in 1941
Ww1 and ww2 is like a league game
That feeded guy who picked a not good scaling champ which gets rekted by the feeded enemies
Get a medicine guys if u dont u can end up as a ottomans so then theres still left for us to do smth for u.Pay F to respect.
oh man great video, everything is there, the cam, the video, the chat. perfect. fuck yeah marko. now this. this is the good good.
Did he say arab tribes in Afghanistan?
oof
That's not even simplifyied anymore.
1:40 the only reason the assasin were there was because he ate his lunch at a local restaurant, that’s mindblowing
this guy actually knows almost nothing about ww1
That driver 100 years later be like: I've shaped the world as we know it.
The Entente had committed many warcrimes against Germany first and of course the didn't let America know that.
What would some of those war crimes be?
@@akacurmurdar1 the British telling their war supply ships to fly flags of a neutral nation or even no flag at all, they had civilians on ships that were carrying war supplies, and they also had told their ships to fire on or ram any uboat they see even if it wasn't making any aggressive maneuvers just to name a few.
In fact Oversimplified aludes the the second one I listed because the British had weapons, other war supplies, and even soldiers on board and if I remember right they didn't tell America that they were carrying the war supplies until a while after it had been sunken.
@@dixieland8900 Sounds pretty serious, unlike the rape of Belgium.
I found a recipe and cooked Pfefferpotthast. It was pretty basic stuff but tasted alright. :D
Greetings from Finland dude!
Dude see the thing is.. it was just a justification to declare war. If he didnt die they would have found another justification to declare war. So i dont think that it was just cuz of that wrong turn.
There are no such accidental "wrong turns" when nobody needs it. There are no place for coincides in a "Big Game".
@@digitalpirate2183 Wdym, the driver made a mistake, it was a foreign city with foreigners living there (that also hated him) and they already survived one assassination attempt
@@nexus5242 Suuure buddy. Just a mistake. Just a very convenient mistake full of fantastic coincides.
@@digitalpirate2183 So they wanted their only heir to die just so that they can declare war? What drugs u on m8.
You are not talking about us Austria-Hungarians for sure, we didn't wanted any war, we weren't the ones who declared it or broke it out nor the germans nor anyone else in the Central Powers faction. Just use your brain, look after it from independent and sovereign sources, the war how you imagine and think of it never happened like this.
Imagine living knowing tommy watched oversimplified but it was streamed so u cant watch it. Thanks markoni we love you
This video leaves out quite a good bit of information, I'd recommend watching Hazards and Catastrophes' "Doomsday" documentary on WW1.
WAR iS AN ADVENTURE
Merry Christmas everyone
He is finally reacting to oversimplified OMFG!! actually excited to watch
BRUH i got goosebumps when i saw this video, I wanna see tommy react to every oversimplified video so bad!
My favorite tank design is the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte.
Cubrilovic admits it while working in First, monarch Yugoslavia. The assissination
There would be war whatever driver did, that was just a casus beli, if he wasn't assassinated than Austria-Hungary would find a different way of conquering Serbia
Tiny precision, both of the battles that stopped the German war machine were fought next to the Marne river. During the first one (1914), 64 french division and 6 british division fought against 51 German division. The ENTENTE ( not the allies ) stopped the ennemy but couldn't pursue them.
Then during the second battle of the Marne (1918), 44 french division, 8 American division, 4 british division and even 2 Italian division vanquished 52 German division (the Entente had less men but more division don't ask me why). I live in France and in my country this two battles are very famous just as the battle of Verdun. I thought this information would be useful for everyone that might want to learn about the Première Guerre Mondiale (WW1).
Bis: sorry to every English speakers if I made any mistakes in this comment
That archduke, assassin and the driver might just indirectly killed two of my family’s generation
I support this guy because he doesn’t pause the video every 10 seconds
I like Tom disciplined Franz in the first few seconds lol
10:41 I totally agree with you however In WW1 Specifically Bulgaria was the best- High Moral and Unified Army with most efficient and best ally Germany can possibly have by winning on two fronts- the Southern ( for us- Salonica Front which was actually halted by German High Comand) and northern ( the Dobruja Front) We won the battles for our reunification and hold the lines until the last days of the war.
Also we had exhausted all possible war efforts we can by the end of the war we had over 815,000 active military men which at the time it was like 20% of the Population.
You should also read sometime about the Battles of Doiran where we crushed British, French, Greek, Serbian and Russian armies!
Actully the driver was hatting the arkchude and intentionally made a wrong turn