Why would Alexander's soldiers have cared about any of that? His personal glory and the size of his empire didn't change the fact that they'd been away from home for 10 years making him and his generals rich
It’s actually disputed whether or not Akexander’s troops refused to advance any further than India. It’s theorised that Alexander had died or at least was gravely injured in his war against Porus (7ft Chadpreet & his War Elephants) and so his army decided to retreat, either Alexander was already dead or passed away on the way back, and without their great war leader, his troops lost the will to continue.
The real reason why they would of marched on was because they would be known as the glory group of people who took over lots of land and not about their generals victories
He would have gotten kicked out due to severe (I assume) BPD, which they had no pity for back then. The real issue was basically: The condition of the world at that time was so bad, that the creation of right-wing Marxism (eg: fascism) was basically guaranteed. So WW2 would have happened with or without Hitler.
Also Germany should have retreated for a while as they were about to reach Moscow cause there was a violent winter going on, they could have won ww2 if that were to happen, there are also other flaws but this one is a big example.
@@roadbone1941 WW2 would have happened, but ask yourself whether the racist ideologies of hitler and the whole "aryan race" prejudice would have prevailed and caused millions of jews, slavs, disabled, homosexuals, etc. to die
The Library of Alexandria didn't burn in a single instance, it happen multiple times. Your forgetting the library was the size of a university with entire wings dedicated to singular subjects, and it wasn't even the fires that destroyed the library, it was a lack of use over time. What you meant to say is that the ORIGINAL LEDGER was burnt in Caesars fight, not the entire library. Why is this book important? Because it was a list of all the books in the library which meant that they had zero way to even know how much was lost
It’s also important to note that the myth perpetuated by schools that the burning of the library of Alexandria set back humanity hundreds of years is also not entirely true. Sure we lost hundreds of thousands of scrolls and information, but a great majority of these contents were already copied and spread throughout the other great libraries of the world. In fact, the Library began declining in reputation and prestige as other competitor libraries opened up in the same city.
@@AFrisbeeLad Putin is balanced, here are his stats: -10% Public Opinion -30% Global Relations +15% Military Strenght +5% Core Population -50% War Justification Time
It only got winter after months of campaign against russia, and unironically before suffering the cold, the french army got a lot of casualties due to attrition and fatigue as of lack of supplies and being surprisingly hot. Only after they had to endure the russian summer, they besieged moscow for a long time, and eventually winter arrived, but when Napoleon ordered the retreat it was already too late and they were too deep in their territory
Fun fact: when the library of Alexandria was burned. It burned for months, that puts into perspective just how many scrolls, books and other reading material was lost
napoleon's mistake was not to invade Russia in the winter (he didn't), it was actually not to invade Russia starting in the winter. the reason why his invasion failed was that he was already advanced in Russia when winter arrived so it was harder on the logistics side.
Back in the late 90s or early 2000s, I rented a couple tapes or DVDs from Blockbuster and then returned them on time like a good girl. Then later on I get a scary letter from the Collections Agency I think. When I went to the place to find out what was wrong, it turned out the cashier had forgotten to do some procedure to show that the movies had been returned. Despite admitting that they had goofed up, they didn't care to do anything like eating the cost or giving me a voucher for a free rental. Nope. I STILL had to pay the late fee. Blockbuster cared more about a few dollars than a loyal customer because apparently they thought they were invincible and immortal. Now look at them. It wasn't just their unwillingness to do streaming; it was their crappy service and lack of care for customers that they'd just as soon milk dry. Back in the day, they had all the latest and greatest movies, while the other rentals had mostly just boring stuff that I found to be unwatchable. Don't be Blockbuster.
Germany refusing to let the Soviet Union to join the tripartite pact and attacking it, the US refusing to let Vietnam unify itself under a neutral regime, the Palestine attacking Israel, assassination of colonel Gaddafi, Russia attacking Ukraine,...
Based on how German politics were developing in that era. I feel like no matter who it was there would be a different Hitler of some sort maybe could’ve been better maybe could’ve been worse.
By the time Caesar arrived in Egypt, the Library at Alexandria was a shell of its former self, having burned twice before and suffered the nehlect of a century. Much of what was there had been copied and existed in other libraries around the Mediterranean and Persia
Just like The Library of Alexandria was burnt and lots of valuable knowledge was lost, Nalanda was also burnt. The library of Nalanda burned for three months after the invaders set fire to the buildings. So much information was lost and back them Nalanda used to be Nalanda was a renowned center of learning and a knowledge hub. Students and scholars from all over Asia, including Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia, and Turkey used to visit Nalanda.
Exactly. I was looking for this comment. Even Taxshashila university was burnt. The great knowledge centres seem to be have doomed to be burnt for several reasons. Some by accidents, while some invaders burning them as a plan of imposing their religion, culture across.
Bro why would I care about my general's glory. History would only remember Alexander while the soldier's names would not be even known. Why should I care if he didnt conquer an extra mile of land.
Nintendo not working with Sony for their disc-based gaming system. They created their biggest rival through Sony creating the PlayStation when they chose to work with Philips and their CD-i.
Pearl Harbor went both ways. The Japanese did do damage to the US's Pacific naval strength, but not enough. They didn't consider targeting repair yards, meaning damaged ships could still get into working order in time for the US's counterattack.
The US not being prepared for the attack on pearl harbour makes sense now that we can look back on it You have to remember that the US was not directly involved in the war. Yes they were providing intelligence and aid to Britain and the rest of the allies but they never declared war against axis. With that in mind you can understand why the US did not expect Japan to attack pearl harbour. Yes they failed to gather intelligence about the attack but you could argue this exact point about 9/11 and many other tragedies. These days we are more prone to expect the unexpected but it’s those events that opened our eyes. After Pearl Harbour the US completely shifted their views on intelligence gathering. whilst 9/11 changed air travel across the world. These events while tragic and unprecedented are some of the best examples of us as a species learning how to defend and exploit a weakness in defence.
I don't think America's mistake of Pearl Harbor was a bigger mistake than how Japan executed their plan. They didn't have the intelligence to map out where to aim: the ship repair yard, sub bases, fueling bases, and hit the battleships, not the carriers.
Russian army: The French are invading us! Citizens: Oh, but you'll keep our homes, crops and everything we've ever worked for safe, right? Russian army: Citizens: You'll keep it safe, right?
The titanic actually had more than enough lifeboats according to the regulations of the time The life boats back then served as a means of transportation between the ship and the rescue ship. Unfortunately no rescue ship ever came
Two manufacturers had a Digital camera in 1975. One was Kodak, the other Fairchild. Fairchild focused more towards corporate and military, and Kodak made theirs to be sent up by NASA. Kodak shelved their camera, despite it being fully functional. Fairchild's camera was initially successful, yet was overshadowed by better cameras from the competition.
Here's another one: Nintendo ditching Sony despite their agreement to make a console that plays disc. Nintendo instead partnered with Phillips to make the CDI which bombed horribly. Sony then proceeded to make their own CD console using their initial framework and went on to make the Play Station. So basically Nintendo made a terrible console and ended up creating one of their biggest competitors.
New coke was a great manipulative tactic so that the original coca cola could increase even more sales and this was like not getting any mobile screen time for 48hrs or like not having chocolate since a few days
Nobody claimed the Titanic was unsinkable in its time and while it didn't have enough lifeboats for everybody, it had more than the legal minimum at that time.
Some problems with what he said in this videos. 1: Alexander the Great would have been killed by his own soldiers if he continued since he was acting too Persians and that they wanted to go home. 2: Napoleon invade Russia in the summer, not winter, that is a common misconception also including the German invasion of the ussr in 1941, both began in the summer, not winter.
Actually, some historians argued that Alexander’s troops refusing was a GOOD decision because there’s a possibility that they might lose. The Macedonians were about to fight an Indian army 5 times their size and in strong defensive position. Also, unlike King Porus, who was a regional Punjab power, they were about to face the Nanda Empire, one of the most powerful Indian Empires in history Basically the odds were not in Alexander’s favor.
like I just got to the Napoleon one, and there are already a ton of mistakes lol: 1. As already said by the narrator, the soldiers wanted to go home to their wives and families, and as someone else in the comments said, why would Alexander and his generals glory and riches matter to them when they get pushed out of the spotlight? 2. The library of Alexandria wasn’t burned once, but numerous times. By the time the library was completely destroyed, it had already lost relevancy for centuries, so we weren’t set back by millennia. 3. Napoleon didn’t invade Russia in the winter, Napoleon and later the germans under Hitler all invaded during the summer in June and expected to reach Moscow before winter, and Napoleon captured it in September before snow fell in mid October. Hell, Napoleon lost more men to heat stroke in the summer than freezing to death or starvation in the winter. Sorry for the textwall lol
If the titanic never tried to avoid the iceberg, it would not have actually sinked because only the front would have hit the iceberg and not the entire side of it.
Nowadays its widely agreed between historians that the fall of the Library of Alexandria wasn't the dramatic, single blaze that legend suggests. Instead, its vast collection of knowledge eroded over time, consumed by neglect, scattered in pieces by the recklessness of generations. Small fires sparked here and there, each leaving the library a little emptier, a little more forgotten. By the time Caesar’s flames licked its walls during his conquest, the library was already a hollow echo of its former glory-its wisdom lost to history long before the final embers died.
THANK YOU. It burns a hole in my brain everytime someone mentions that it "set back humanity a thousand years" mainly because libraries in human history have this thing where they keep copies of several books, same for the Great Library. The library of Alexandria was over 300 years old before Caesar got a hold of it, and when that happened historians don't actually know if he burned the library down. He could have easily burned down the serapesium which would have been a much smaller library rather than the museum that housed a larger collection but we don't actually know if he did or not. Ptolameic civil wars are also the reason for its decline over its run, scaring scholars away for centuries. By the time Christians came and burned it, it was basically empty and when the Muslims came to conquer, it was just a legend at that point.
For pearl harbor, it was also a failure on the Japanese militaries part because they failed to attack the ship yards and oil reserves, allowing the U.S. to repair the damage fleet and push out the fleet much sooner than anticipated
who remembers old school Netflix where you got the discs mailed to you, and you could only have like 5 at a time? This is how my family watched the Sopranos back in the early 2000s. ahh memories
That Pearl Harbor incident was not really a mistake since they didn't really expect Japanese force to reach the base at first place since most japanese forces focused on East and South East Asia.
I wouldn't call the placement of Pearl Harbor military base a mistake as much as a calculated risk. The Lost lives are indeed very tragic, but from a strategic standpoint America didn't really lose much else. The sunk ships were recovered, patched up, and redeployed into service. America didn't lose the military base either. It was a black eye, but you could argue it was a much bigger mistake for Japan to pull America into the war. I know it rehashes a lot of Napoleon's mistakes, but a missing huge blunder was for World War II Germany to turn on its Russian allies. Germany started a new war on another front, facing all the problems Napoleon did with Supply chains and Russian winter, when they simply could have ignored Russia and focused all their attention on solidifying their control of Europe and Africa.
It’s actually disputed whether or not Akexander’s troops refused to advance any further than India. It’s theorised that Alexander had died or at least was gravely injured in his war against Porus (7ft Chadpreet & his War Elephants) and so his army decided to retreat, either Alexander was already dead or passed away on the way back, and without their great war leader, his troops lost the will to continue.
this is just straight up false ancient historians like arrian, plutarch and curtius rufus all describe alexander the great’s victory over porus and confirm he was alive and led his army during the battle, he died on his way back in babylon
8:47 That's wrong. The designers who design the ship haven't considered the ship unshickable, and the Titanic isn't lacking lifeboats; it has a perfect amount of boats to carry based on ship safety regulations at the time.
The true issue was the fact that the look outs binoculars were locked away and they had no key! If they had the whole event would likely have been avoided
At the time, people treated lifeboats as "Accessories" that are used to let passagers off the boat on occasions. Because nobody expects the boat to be completely evacuated, is why there isn't enough lifeboats to begin with. The engineers also thought the ship was unsinkable due to the boat's multiple basins so that if one part of the boat got damage, it wouldn't drag the whole boat down. Finally there's the fact they were missing the key for the ship's binoculars which some claimed would of changed their lives and see the iceberge prior hand. Regardless there were many signs that this boat was doomed the moment it sailed north into icy waters. If it weren't for the Titanic sinking, we wouldn't have these innovative safety precautions that boats have today
Your wrong about the tech startup ones. When tech companies buy other companies they tend to strip them for parts if they are not micromanaging them into bankruptcy.
Napoleon didnt invade in the winter. In fact, winter wasnt even his biggest reason for losing, it was more like a nail in the coffin for the campaign. Napoleon suffered a lot from attrition (guerilla warfare and scorched earth tactics caused huge shortages of supplies). After Borodino (which was a Phyrric Victory for Napoleon), he didnt advance on Russia's other Capital (St Petersburg) and didnt choose to go south to regain strength like the Russian army did. Instead he stuck around in Moscow for 6 weeks, and after realizing the best option was to retreat, he fled with a resupplied Russian army attacking from multiple sides. There were multiple things that Napoleon couldve done without worrying about winter, but of course its a lot easier for us to say that maybe from his perspective things appeared a lot different
How come none of that stopped the Mongols from Conquering Russia? Or the Germans in WW1 defeating them?(note: I said world war ONE. Yes they defeated Russia)
@roadbone1941 I don't see how those wars are related to Napoleon's invasion, but if you're curious... Russia wasn't even "Russia" when the Mongols conquered them. There were groups of Russian states, look at any map of Eastern Europe in 1200s and 1300s. Some of these states weren't even technically conquered (Novgorod, Galicia-Volykhna). WW1 was a separate issue. The war started in 1914 and ended in 1918. In 1917, the Russians experienced a Revolution. The Russian government was going through a lot of issues, and had just lost another war around ten years ago to Japan (which, funny enough, triggered a smaller Revolution in 1905 too). The Russian military wasn't doing so well in WW1, the lack of morale, combined with everything bad happening in Russia, triggered a Revolution. It wasn't Imperial Russia that signed the Peace treaty with Germany in 1918, it was the Bolsheviks. Another very interesting war that Russia lost was the Crimean War. This war is sometimes referred to as the original World War. Russia and France were feeding over control of Churches in the Holy Lands (in the Ottoman Empire). When no deal was reached, Russia tried to forcibly take matter into their own hands and declared war on the Ottoman Empire and France. The Ottoman Empire was pretty weak in the 1800s, so some of the other bigger Empires decided to intervene to not let Russia claim too much power. So it was the British Empire, French Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire. Ultimately, Russia lost that war
9:40 - The Hindenburg was founded by the Nazis (which is why the Swastikas were on the tail) The idea was to fill the 14 main gas cells with Helium, and the two remaining with Hydrogen. At the time, the US were the largest supplier of Helium. But they wouldn't sell it to Germany. On the day of the disaster, the Hindenburg was 12 hours late due to a thunderstorm. The captain chose to fly through it. The theory is that the Hindenburg carried static electricity with it. On the landing site, there were strong headwinds. The captain made the decision to perform several sharp turns. Which might have snapped a wire, cutting a hole in the second-to-last gas cell, causing a leak. It had rained that day, and while docking, the Hindenburg released ropes to be tied down. The groundworkers pulled the ropes on the ground, gathering even more static electricity. Again, one small spark was all it took. And then, boom! The exact cause is still unknown. But I have pointed out the key details we do know. So again, the Germans wanted to use Helium. They were a civilian company founded by the Government to use the zeppelins (‘Airships’ in German) for propaganda purposes. Therefore, the Americans saw it as a property of the Nazi Government. Which it kind of was, but also wasn't. The people at Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei reportedly didn't have any direct contact with the German Government.
Burning of Library of Alexandria is extremally overrated. A lot of texts survived the fire, and even if they survived - it wouldn't changed much. To show an example: Romans created Steam Engeene. Moved by force of steam. And yet we had to wait over 15 centuries for next prototype that worked. And the Napoleon's Invasion of Russia is very missunderstood. Napoleon started invasion in Early Summer. And the winter of 1812 started waay before it was expected even by russians This channel is nothing more than propaganda full of missconception, or the creator didn't done his homework.
Why would Alexander's soldiers have cared about any of that?
His personal glory and the size of his empire didn't change the fact that they'd been away from home for 10 years making him and his generals rich
This also felt really off to me. Also simply quite revisionist, no?
fr. like, I wouldn't give a crap about my general's "glory"
It’s actually disputed whether or not Akexander’s troops refused to advance any further than India. It’s theorised that Alexander had died or at least was gravely injured in his war against Porus (7ft Chadpreet & his War Elephants) and so his army decided to retreat, either Alexander was already dead or passed away on the way back, and without their great war leader, his troops lost the will to continue.
The real reason why they would of marched on was because they would be known as the glory group of people who took over lots of land and not about their generals victories
@@PlainGammer Again, why would they care about that? They didn't get any of the rewards, they'd just been away from home for a decade.
fun fact, Napoleon was actually average height for his time. It was British propaganda that popularized his shortness.
I know. That’s the funny part.
Propaganda is amazing 👏
How abt we add, “turning down a young Austrian boy from art school”
He was a sensitive man
yep
Yep that one
Titanic’s designers never considered their ship as unsinkable. It’s the newspaper who called her that way.
Whoa
Fake news. Insurance and investors covering their tracks.
Nerd alert
@promisenwaeke5210 It’s not even that nerdy?
ARTS SCHOOL Rejecting Young Hitler
That Art School is Biggest Reason that the Second World War even Started
He would have gotten kicked out due to severe (I assume) BPD, which they had no pity for back then.
The real issue was basically: The condition of the world at that time was so bad, that the creation of right-wing Marxism (eg: fascism) was basically guaranteed. So WW2 would have happened with or without Hitler.
Also Germany should have retreated for a while as they were about to reach Moscow cause there was a violent winter going on, they could have won ww2 if that were to happen, there are also other flaws but this one is a big example.
oh yeah. biggest mistake.
@@roadbone1941 WW2 would have happened, but ask yourself whether the racist ideologies of hitler and the whole "aryan race" prejudice would have prevailed and caused millions of jews, slavs, disabled, homosexuals, etc. to die
The Library of Alexandria didn't burn in a single instance, it happen multiple times. Your forgetting the library was the size of a university with entire wings dedicated to singular subjects, and it wasn't even the fires that destroyed the library, it was a lack of use over time.
What you meant to say is that the ORIGINAL LEDGER was burnt in Caesars fight, not the entire library. Why is this book important? Because it was a list of all the books in the library which meant that they had zero way to even know how much was lost
Also during the hypatia time the Christians burned them ... I watched that one movie 😊
It’s also important to note that the myth perpetuated by schools that the burning of the library of Alexandria set back humanity hundreds of years is also not entirely true.
Sure we lost hundreds of thousands of scrolls and information, but a great majority of these contents were already copied and spread throughout the other great libraries of the world. In fact, the Library began declining in reputation and prestige as other competitor libraries opened up in the same city.
Thank you for bringing this up! I learnt this the other day. Really makes me rethink how accurate the rest of the information in the video is
I was gonna say I'm pretty sure Nero dealt the final blow
@@mzrhubthat movie has a lot of inaccuracies
For me the worst decision was taking pigs to Mauritius which caused the extinction of the Dodo.
Rip dodo
You killed the dodo!?
WHY DID YOU LET THE PIGS
Who let the pigs out
I didnt do nu'n doe
10:00 They were forced to use hydrogen, as the US banned the export of helium, not because it was cheapest.
Why would they??
Why tho?
@@jonasbranda8292 It was rare and had multiple military uses
@@Gefehhka (see above comment)
@@British132. thanks.
Honorable Mention:
Selling Star Wars rights to Disney.
BROO
Well that's was mostly Disney's fault for turning a big IP into viewer engagement poison.
It’s still profitable the quality sucks but it still sells
@@JM-fr5ge it doesn't. Just this year Acolyte got cancelled. No season 2.
Any IP that Disney gets their filthy hands on.
Napoleon didn't invade Russia in winter. July is summer in Europe.
Great point! That's what I was gonna say! That's why they didn't have winter gear on a "WINTER" CAMPAIGN!😂😂😂❤👍💯
The Russians are so OP, they NEED a nerf. 💪💪
@@mrnobody9611 yes putin is a very good nerf
@@AFrisbeeLad Putin is balanced, here are his stats:
-10% Public Opinion
-30% Global Relations
+15% Military Strenght
+5% Core Population
-50% War Justification Time
It only got winter after months of campaign against russia, and unironically before suffering the cold, the french army got a lot of casualties due to attrition and fatigue as of lack of supplies and being surprisingly hot. Only after they had to endure the russian summer, they besieged moscow for a long time, and eventually winter arrived, but when Napoleon ordered the retreat it was already too late and they were too deep in their territory
Fun fact: when the library of Alexandria was burned. It burned for months, that puts into perspective just how many scrolls, books and other reading material was lost
yeah! so many plays and classic literature burned about, drunk mediterranean men writing anything for making money. 😂
napoleon's mistake was not to invade Russia in the winter (he didn't), it was actually not to invade Russia starting in the winter. the reason why his invasion failed was that he was already advanced in Russia when winter arrived so it was harder on the logistics side.
Finally a more thought out answer instead of the universal "invade russia winter"
@@jx2313this isn’t really the video for in depth explanations judging from the title
Back in the late 90s or early 2000s, I rented a couple tapes or DVDs from Blockbuster and then returned them on time like a good girl. Then later on I get a scary letter from the Collections Agency I think. When I went to the place to find out what was wrong, it turned out the cashier had forgotten to do some procedure to show that the movies had been returned.
Despite admitting that they had goofed up, they didn't care to do anything like eating the cost or giving me a voucher for a free rental. Nope. I STILL had to pay the late fee. Blockbuster cared more about a few dollars than a loyal customer because apparently they thought they were invincible and immortal. Now look at them.
It wasn't just their unwillingness to do streaming; it was their crappy service and lack of care for customers that they'd just as soon milk dry. Back in the day, they had all the latest and greatest movies, while the other rentals had mostly just boring stuff that I found to be unwatchable.
Don't be Blockbuster.
This is truly one of the worst decisions in history. Oh, the horror!
About Pearl Harbour, I think it was a bad decision for the Japanese more than the USA in the long run. lol
True
But then if japan hadn't attacked the us there wouldn't have been anime ☹️
@@blackman5867 not really, Japan's manga already existed way before WW II
@@i3lack1ce17 they just got worse
@@i3lack1ce17the more you know 💫
Forgot rejecting someone from art school
An austrian painter with a certain moustache
Would have never had a D- day
@@travanrobinson729 It was a terrible thing
Let's not forget that Japan attacking Pearl Harbor was their worst mistake they ever made.
Germany refusing to let the Soviet Union to join the tripartite pact and attacking it, the US refusing to let Vietnam unify itself under a neutral regime, the Palestine attacking Israel, assassination of colonel Gaddafi, Russia attacking Ukraine,...
@@blackman5867nah, why would the hell Palestine attack first? The conflict didn't start at 7th Oct, if you know it...
It’s more like they had no choice because of the oil embargo.
Bro forgot the guy who could have killed hitler in 1918
This is about mistakes, not good moves.
^^ look at me i’m quirky 🤓
@@bc5852 wasn’t trying to be
@@lava625 it was a mistake to let him go as it’s normal to just shoot
When you realize *Julius Caesar* got hit by *Karma* hard. Damn, he got hit 23 times hard.
Rip julius caesar you would've loved euronymous
I love how most of these are just somebody ignoring or refusing something lol
you forgot abt
the british soldier sparing the infamous austrian man during ww1
it would have changed the course of history
But unlike stuff like Alexanders troops refusing or Napoleons poorly timed charge? The Brit would have no way of knowing what sparing Hitler would do
Based on how German politics were developing in that era. I feel like no matter who it was there would be a different Hitler of some sort maybe could’ve been better maybe could’ve been worse.
*Laughs with Herman Goering, Joshep Goebels
ah yes
In worst way cause nazis could have more competent leader.
By the time Caesar arrived in Egypt, the Library at Alexandria was a shell of its former self, having burned twice before and suffered the nehlect of a century. Much of what was there had been copied and existed in other libraries around the Mediterranean and Persia
The first one:
„ATTACK THE D POINT!“
„NEGATIVE!“
Why, why why?!?! Why does this game follow me everywhere, WHY?!??
NEVER 🗣🗣
@@4tbf616i feel you buddy...
If Russia hadn't sold Alaska, The British would've just taken it.
Didn't know that.
Just like The Library of Alexandria was burnt and lots of valuable knowledge was lost, Nalanda was also burnt. The library of Nalanda burned for three months after the invaders set fire to the buildings. So much information was lost and back them Nalanda used to be Nalanda was a renowned center of learning and a knowledge hub. Students and scholars from all over Asia, including Korea, Japan, China, Tibet, Indonesia, Persia, and Turkey used to visit Nalanda.
Exactly. I was looking for this comment. Even Taxshashila university was burnt. The great knowledge centres seem to be have doomed to be burnt for several reasons. Some by accidents, while some invaders burning them as a plan of imposing their religion, culture across.
Alright, Analyst posting a 28 MINUTE LONG VIDEO that isn't a compilation was something I never expected
Bro why would I care about my general's glory. History would only remember Alexander while the soldier's names would not be even known. Why should I care if he didnt conquer an extra mile of land.
Nintendo not working with Sony for their disc-based gaming system. They created their biggest rival through Sony creating the PlayStation when they chose to work with Philips and their CD-i.
At least we got the Zelda CD-I memes. That’s a national treasure
Pearl Harbor went both ways. The Japanese did do damage to the US's Pacific naval strength, but not enough. They didn't consider targeting repair yards, meaning damaged ships could still get into working order in time for the US's counterattack.
The US not being prepared for the attack on pearl harbour makes sense now that we can look back on it
You have to remember that the US was not directly involved in the war. Yes they were providing intelligence and aid to Britain and the rest of the allies but they never declared war against axis.
With that in mind you can understand why the US did not expect Japan to attack pearl harbour. Yes they failed to gather intelligence about the attack but you could argue this exact point about 9/11 and many other tragedies.
These days we are more prone to expect the unexpected but it’s those events that opened our eyes. After Pearl Harbour the US completely shifted their views on intelligence gathering. whilst 9/11 changed air travel across the world.
These events while tragic and unprecedented are some of the best examples of us as a species learning how to defend and exploit a weakness in defence.
You forgot to mention that they were having peace talks with US delicates
*A guy working on his bicycle Lamborghini*
😒... Thanks dude for the vote of confidence...
I don't think America's mistake of Pearl Harbor was a bigger mistake than how Japan executed their plan. They didn't have the intelligence to map out where to aim: the ship repair yard, sub bases, fueling bases, and hit the battleships, not the carriers.
Yea but it was also a sunday
Russian army: The French are invading us!
Citizens: Oh, but you'll keep our homes, crops and everything we've ever worked for safe, right?
Russian army:
Citizens: You'll keep it safe, right?
These are canon events
rip
exactly
Yes 👍
The titanic actually had more than enough lifeboats according to the regulations of the time
The life boats back then served as a means of transportation between the ship and the rescue ship. Unfortunately no rescue ship ever came
Indeed
23:58 Netflix became greedy and stopped password sharing 😂
"rabbits are some of the horniest animals"
wtf
🙏 😭
Two manufacturers had a Digital camera in 1975. One was Kodak, the other Fairchild. Fairchild focused more towards corporate and military, and Kodak made theirs to be sent up by NASA.
Kodak shelved their camera, despite it being fully functional.
Fairchild's camera was initially successful, yet was overshadowed by better cameras from the competition.
Napoleon didn't plan invading Russia in winter. He planned that Russia would surrender before winter.
Another fun fact about the Hindenburg: Helium was mainly owned by the US and zeppelins were German. This disaster happened just before WWII
Reagan prioritizing the star wars program over nuclear disarmament. He had the chance to nearly rid the entire earth of nuclear weapons, but didn't
Here's another one: Nintendo ditching Sony despite their agreement to make a console that plays disc. Nintendo instead partnered with Phillips to make the CDI which bombed horribly. Sony then proceeded to make their own CD console using their initial framework and went on to make the Play Station. So basically Nintendo made a terrible console and ended up creating one of their biggest competitors.
You frogot the solider in WW1 Sparing a „Random“ German solider who turned out to be hitler
New coke was a great manipulative tactic so that the original coca cola could increase even more sales and this was like not getting any mobile screen time for 48hrs or like not having chocolate since a few days
Nobody claimed the Titanic was unsinkable in its time and while it didn't have enough lifeboats for everybody, it had more than the legal minimum at that time.
Some problems with what he said in this videos. 1: Alexander the Great would have been killed by his own soldiers if he continued since he was acting too Persians and that they wanted to go home. 2: Napoleon invade Russia in the summer, not winter, that is a common misconception also including the German invasion of the ussr in 1941, both began in the summer, not winter.
You forgot to add: Sony's blunder regarding Concord 😂
Actually, some historians argued that Alexander’s troops refusing was a GOOD decision because there’s a possibility that they might lose. The Macedonians were about to fight an Indian army 5 times their size and in strong defensive position. Also, unlike King Porus, who was a regional Punjab power, they were about to face the Nanda Empire, one of the most powerful Indian Empires in history
Basically the odds were not in Alexander’s favor.
"People weren't happy about another country strolling in to another country just to steal some oil" I wonder where I've heard that before...
Alexander didn’t invade India because the army on the other side of the Ganges was beyond massive. Not because the troops were “tired”.
The worst mistakes in history according to someone who doesn't know anything about history
like I just got to the Napoleon one, and there are already a ton of mistakes lol:
1. As already said by the narrator, the soldiers wanted to go home to their wives and families, and as someone else in the comments said, why would Alexander and his generals glory and riches matter to them when they get pushed out of the spotlight?
2. The library of Alexandria wasn’t burned once, but numerous times. By the time the library was completely destroyed, it had already lost relevancy for centuries, so we weren’t set back by millennia.
3. Napoleon didn’t invade Russia in the winter, Napoleon and later the germans under Hitler all invaded during the summer in June and expected to reach Moscow before winter, and Napoleon captured it in September before snow fell in mid October. Hell, Napoleon lost more men to heat stroke in the summer than freezing to death or starvation in the winter.
Sorry for the textwall lol
@@aminatandour589 yeah, when he got to Napoleon I just dropped the comment and left
@@jorgeabud1133 same lol
you do realize the "explainer" video format is AI-based, right?
Life lesson: don't invade russia
United brought Anthony for 100 m dollars and russia sold alaska for 120m (in today's money)
If the titanic never tried to avoid the iceberg, it would not have actually sinked because only the front would have hit the iceberg and not the entire side of it.
Nowadays its widely agreed between historians that the fall of the Library of Alexandria wasn't the dramatic, single blaze that legend suggests. Instead, its vast collection of knowledge eroded over time, consumed by neglect, scattered in pieces by the recklessness of generations. Small fires sparked here and there, each leaving the library a little emptier, a little more forgotten. By the time Caesar’s flames licked its walls during his conquest, the library was already a hollow echo of its former glory-its wisdom lost to history long before the final embers died.
THANK YOU. It burns a hole in my brain everytime someone mentions that it "set back humanity a thousand years" mainly because libraries in human history have this thing where they keep copies of several books, same for the Great Library. The library of Alexandria was over 300 years old before Caesar got a hold of it, and when that happened historians don't actually know if he burned the library down. He could have easily burned down the serapesium which would have been a much smaller library rather than the museum that housed a larger collection but we don't actually know if he did or not. Ptolameic civil wars are also the reason for its decline over its run, scaring scholars away for centuries. By the time Christians came and burned it, it was basically empty and when the Muslims came to conquer, it was just a legend at that point.
Lesson Of Alexander The Great: The people in control are only in control as long as you do what they say.
The Hindenburg was forced to use a different gas when going to America because the Americans had a law against the gas they were originally using.
For pearl harbor, it was also a failure on the Japanese militaries part because they failed to attack the ship yards and oil reserves, allowing the U.S. to repair the damage fleet and push out the fleet much sooner than anticipated
Learned more from the comment section than from the actual video
The best choice for Russia in Alaska was requesting to keep mineral rights in Alaska and charging less.
Fun fact: for a very brief moment, i was the last ever person to watch this video in history.
Next worst decision is going to be going physical copies to digital copies soon.
Record the digital copies.
who remembers old school Netflix where you got the discs mailed to you, and you could only have like 5 at a time? This is how my family watched the Sopranos back in the early 2000s. ahh memories
That Pearl Harbor incident was not really a mistake since they didn't really expect Japanese force to reach the base at first place since most japanese forces focused on East and South East Asia.
Something that should’ve been in here is Nintendo betraying Sony for Phillips. After this, Sony made PlayStation
New big mistake: selling the Risk of Rain ip to gearbox
Alexander's army were slowly dying due to the harsh terrain near the Himalayas... they had a reason to stop
I wouldn't call the placement of Pearl Harbor military base a mistake as much as a calculated risk. The Lost lives are indeed very tragic, but from a strategic standpoint America didn't really lose much else. The sunk ships were recovered, patched up, and redeployed into service. America didn't lose the military base either. It was a black eye, but you could argue it was a much bigger mistake for Japan to pull America into the war.
I know it rehashes a lot of Napoleon's mistakes, but a missing huge blunder was for World War II Germany to turn on its Russian allies. Germany started a new war on another front, facing all the problems Napoleon did with Supply chains and Russian winter, when they simply could have ignored Russia and focused all their attention on solidifying their control of Europe and Africa.
I definitely agree with Pearl Harbor! America used the attack as a wake up call, creating a strong invasion known as D-Day.
It’s actually disputed whether or not Akexander’s troops refused to advance any further than India. It’s theorised that Alexander had died or at least was gravely injured in his war against Porus (7ft Chadpreet & his War Elephants) and so his army decided to retreat, either Alexander was already dead or passed away on the way back, and without their great war leader, his troops lost the will to continue.
this is just straight up false ancient historians like arrian, plutarch and curtius rufus all describe alexander the great’s victory over porus and confirm he was alive and led his army during the battle, he died on his way back in babylon
when i go back in time, i will bring this with me ...
8:47 That's wrong. The designers who design the ship haven't considered the ship unshickable, and the Titanic isn't lacking lifeboats; it has a perfect amount of boats to carry based on ship safety regulations at the time.
Compared to other ships at the time, it might as well be unsinkable. And they were lacking lifeboats for the amount of passengers they had onboard
The true issue was the fact that the look outs binoculars were locked away and they had no key! If they had the whole event would likely have been avoided
At the time, people treated lifeboats as "Accessories" that are used to let passagers off the boat on occasions. Because nobody expects the boat to be completely evacuated, is why there isn't enough lifeboats to begin with. The engineers also thought the ship was unsinkable due to the boat's multiple basins so that if one part of the boat got damage, it wouldn't drag the whole boat down. Finally there's the fact they were missing the key for the ship's binoculars which some claimed would of changed their lives and see the iceberge prior hand.
Regardless there were many signs that this boat was doomed the moment it sailed north into icy waters. If it weren't for the Titanic sinking, we wouldn't have these innovative safety precautions that boats have today
Your wrong about the tech startup ones. When tech companies buy other companies they tend to strip them for parts if they are not micromanaging them into bankruptcy.
On the flip side one could say that attacking pearl harbor was a terrible idea
7:22 Santos Dumont created airplanes, tho. A Glyder that needs a Catapolt to start Flight is not an Airplane
You’re channel is amazing
Napoleon didn't start invade Russia during winter from the start of invasion.
Human negligence is terrifying
That doesn't have to be worst, of course we can live without google
What about Sam Phillips selling Elvis Presley’s recording contract to RCA.
The real greatest mistake: Capital Records not signing Kanye
Napoleon didnt invade in the winter. In fact, winter wasnt even his biggest reason for losing, it was more like a nail in the coffin for the campaign.
Napoleon suffered a lot from attrition (guerilla warfare and scorched earth tactics caused huge shortages of supplies). After Borodino (which was a Phyrric Victory for Napoleon), he didnt advance on Russia's other Capital (St Petersburg) and didnt choose to go south to regain strength like the Russian army did. Instead he stuck around in Moscow for 6 weeks, and after realizing the best option was to retreat, he fled with a resupplied Russian army attacking from multiple sides. There were multiple things that Napoleon couldve done without worrying about winter, but of course its a lot easier for us to say that maybe from his perspective things appeared a lot different
How come none of that stopped the Mongols from Conquering Russia? Or the Germans in WW1 defeating them?(note: I said world war ONE. Yes they defeated Russia)
@roadbone1941
I don't see how those wars are related to Napoleon's invasion, but if you're curious...
Russia wasn't even "Russia" when the Mongols conquered them. There were groups of Russian states, look at any map of Eastern Europe in 1200s and 1300s. Some of these states weren't even technically conquered (Novgorod, Galicia-Volykhna).
WW1 was a separate issue. The war started in 1914 and ended in 1918. In 1917, the Russians experienced a Revolution. The Russian government was going through a lot of issues, and had just lost another war around ten years ago to Japan (which, funny enough, triggered a smaller Revolution in 1905 too). The Russian military wasn't doing so well in WW1, the lack of morale, combined with everything bad happening in Russia, triggered a Revolution. It wasn't Imperial Russia that signed the Peace treaty with Germany in 1918, it was the Bolsheviks.
Another very interesting war that Russia lost was the Crimean War. This war is sometimes referred to as the original World War. Russia and France were feeding over control of Churches in the Holy Lands (in the Ottoman Empire). When no deal was reached, Russia tried to forcibly take matter into their own hands and declared war on the Ottoman Empire and France. The Ottoman Empire was pretty weak in the 1800s, so some of the other bigger Empires decided to intervene to not let Russia claim too much power. So it was the British Empire, French Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Ottoman Empire against the Russian Empire. Ultimately, Russia lost that war
9:40 - The Hindenburg was founded by the Nazis (which is why the Swastikas were on the tail) The idea was to fill the 14 main gas cells with Helium, and the two remaining with Hydrogen. At the time, the US were the largest supplier of Helium. But they wouldn't sell it to Germany. On the day of the disaster, the Hindenburg was 12 hours late due to a thunderstorm. The captain chose to fly through it. The theory is that the Hindenburg carried static electricity with it. On the landing site, there were strong headwinds. The captain made the decision to perform several sharp turns. Which might have snapped a wire, cutting a hole in the second-to-last gas cell, causing a leak. It had rained that day, and while docking, the Hindenburg released ropes to be tied down. The groundworkers pulled the ropes on the ground, gathering even more static electricity. Again, one small spark was all it took. And then, boom! The exact cause is still unknown. But I have pointed out the key details we do know. So again, the Germans wanted to use Helium. They were a civilian company founded by the Government to use the zeppelins (‘Airships’ in German) for propaganda purposes. Therefore, the Americans saw it as a property of the Nazi Government. Which it kind of was, but also wasn't. The people at Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei reportedly didn't have any direct contact with the German Government.
Everyone knows that Santos Drummond was the one who created the first plane. Wright Brothers only created a catapult that launch humans
Now we need every best decision in history
Imagine refusing to fulfil someone's dreams as the worst decision in my life... 😂😂this guy
Don't forget about adventure time being rejected by nickelodeon
this dude’s analogies are fucking insane
bad decisions lead to unpredictable consequences
This channel is just too good to get praised,
Love it!🥳🥳
Santos Drumond > The Wright brothers
True
Although its Santos Dumont, Drummond is the surname of a writer
I love that western union is somehow still around despite such a blunder
John Lennon moving to NYC
16:58 Disney has a thing or two to learn from them
NAH NOT BRO ROASTING NAPOLEON
“Rabbits are the horniest animals”
Bro predicted the pager explosions with the Hindenburg analogy
There was virtually no knowledge lost in the library of Alexandria
btw, yahoo could even buy Google again for like 5 billion, but also declined
Also they could have bought Facebook for a billion
5:08 ANTONIO MEUCCI INVENTED THE TELEPHONE!
The Analyst just doesn't have the makings of a varsity athlete 🤷🏾♂️
@@darellboddie9784easy Tony
And Santos Dumont invented the plane too
@Igor-pl3lh the first passager plane you mean. The Wright Brothers invented the first prototype for the plane
@@ladylunaginaofgames40 exactly
You forgot about coca cola not buying pepsi cola
Burning of Library of Alexandria is extremally overrated. A lot of texts survived the fire, and even if they survived - it wouldn't changed much.
To show an example: Romans created Steam Engeene. Moved by force of steam. And yet we had to wait over 15 centuries for next prototype that worked.
And the Napoleon's Invasion of Russia is very missunderstood. Napoleon started invasion in Early Summer. And the winter of 1812 started waay before it was expected even by russians
This channel is nothing more than propaganda full of missconception, or the creator didn't done his homework.
Ah yes, invading kuwait is basically you invaded one HRE province and your aggro goes so high a massive coalation was created just for you