European Reacts to WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2) 

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My great uncle, a first generation Ukrainian-American, died in Okinawa as he was leading his men. Though he was injured and was able to leave the line for treatment, he refused to leave his men. He gave his life near the very end of the war.

the amount of people that died during World War 2 is mind-blowing....if its not taught in an interesting way then people won't learn it....the invasion on the beaches of Normandy is more well known over here in states than the battle of Stalingrad....that picture of the soldier kissing the woman is one of the most popular pictures from the end of the war

While not confirmed it still gives me goosebumps the supposed quote of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto after the bombing of Pearl Harbor “I fear all we’ve done is awaken a sleeping giant and filled him with a terrible resolve.”

I am a big fan of Eisenhower, but his contribution was not so much in tactics, as it was in organization and balancing the diplomatic side of leading a multi-national Theater of Operation with Armies from the US, UK, Canada, and France, with smaller contingents from other countries as well. People debate endlessly the merits of Eisenhower's broad front strategy, the strain it put on his own logistics (Germans held onto the major French ports for month after most of the country was liberated), and delay it caused for the advance into Germany at several points. On the flip side, their were reasonable justifications for that approach as an alternative risked being cut off among other dangers.

10:56 This is the quality of a Good Teacher. Being able to take something you might have no interest in learning about, but still finding a way to make it engaging and educational and get everybody involved and having fun and taking part in the conversation... That takes true talent, and this guy has it.

My grandfather nearly died in Argonne Forest during WWI. He was a brilliant engineer and was drafted!!! Came back home disabled. Died young from lung problems. I didn't even get to meet him because he died well before I was born.

First. I love that he is illustrating with all the allies, Africa, Canada, all over!

I think that D-Day is more important to the post war environment than to WW2 itself. By the time the allies landed in Normandy, Germany was already destined to lose the war. It was only a question of time. However, if the western allies wouldn't have landed in Normandy or would have been defeated by Germany, the Soviet Union would have captured pretty much most of Europe themselves from the east. This would have meant, that in the resulting Cold War, the Soviets would have been in control of large parts of the continent and would have been even stronger. The USA and as such "the west" could have "lost" the Cold War under these circumstances and the Soviet Union wouldn't have fallen apart.

"biggest moment in the history of the war" Probably the most important moment in world history.... Rest in power to those who were lost.

Lets go Andre i didnt know you had 2 channels!? Good for you, man. I love to see how much Euro Reacts numbers go up and up. Lets do the same with this one. You're an awesome person and you deserve it.

I am very happy that Andre reacting to OverSimplified WW2 Part 2! I love it!

The US sent 400000 jeeps and trucks to the SU,18000 planes,13000 tanks,millions of blankets and boots,communication systems and more.without this...

A total of 8 men served in WW2 from my family. My Grandfather, his 3 brothers, and my Grandmother’s 4 brothers, all volunteered, they were not drafted.

Love your channel man. I subscribed.

Roughly 30 people were killed every minute for 6 years during WW2.

Lastly, you mention that Hitler made a mistake by invading the USSR, because he got greedy. The simple fact of the matter is that he gave himself no alternative ideologically or economically. In terms of ideology he had to destroy Bolshevism because he saw communism as a Jewish plot and he had to strike while the Soviet Army was still in shambles from Stalin's purges and the Finish War. In terms of economics, Hitler's whole economic strategy was to outsource inflation via conquest. Hitler's 1930s economic miracle was a mirage produced by massive borrowing to fund his military buildup. Going to war and stealing both the resources and labor of the entire continent, meant that he could outsource the inflation/shortages this would cause to the conquered people and isolate Germany from the consequences of his economic policies. By the time the invasion of the Soviet Union came, Germany was on the brink and it needed an infusion of resources and forced labor, otherwise Hitler's whole economic approach would be regarded as the fraud that it was.

I went to high school with the grandson of General Nimitz.. he introduced me to heavy metal LOLOL

Stalingrad was the most important battle of WWII. Hitler never recovered. It was a massive error in judgement on his part. Midway was probably the second most important. Throw in El Alamein and it was the turning point. Those battles weakened the Axis, Normandy became attainable once they'd accomplished the other battles. The Battle of the Bulge was the blow that Hitler didn't expect. With the Soviets closing in, it was all but lost. And, let's not forget about the accomplishments of the British, Canadians and Australians.

It's funny you mention how the US is also supplying Ukraine, because last year we signed a Lend-Lease Act with Ukraine, the only other time we signed a Lend-Lease Act was with Britain during WWII.

The Kwantung Army was the largest grouping of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was prestigious to serve in the Kwantung army, soldiers and officers were given the opportunity to quickly advance in the service and have a good salary. The Kwantung Army was assigned the role of the main enemy of the Red Army in the event of a war between Japan and the USSR. In addition, the Kwantung Army, along with the Korean Army, was an exception in the Imperial Army, since, among other things, it had a very large numerical composition relative to other formations. The Soviet Union began the war against Japan, fulfilling the Yalta agreements with the allies. The offensive as part of the Manchurian operation began on the morning of August 9, 1945. The day before in Moscow, the Japanese ambassador to the USSR was notified of the outbreak of war between the USSR and Japan. And although a Neutrality Pact was signed between the two states before the start of the Great Patriotic War for a period of 5 years, Japan, which was an ally of Hitler's Germany and fought with the allies of the USSR, inevitably became an enemy of the Soviet Union. And the Neutrality Pact was denounced by the USSR in advance. Thus, the Japanese side was warned. There are disputes regarding the date of August 19, 1945 and the surrender of the Kwantung Army. Their essence can be reduced to the fact that 64-year-old Japanese General Yamada Otodzo on that day actually signed the act of surrender of the Kwantung Army, obeying the decree of the Emperor of Japan on surrender of August 14, but to what extent the order took effect and whether by that time the main forces of the Kwantung army had been defeated by Soviet troops or only a smaller part of them is not a fully resolved question. In any case, the Japanese continued to offer some resistance to the Soviet troops in Manchuria, but mostly surrendered everywhere under the onslaught of the advancing Red Army troops, who had passed almost a five-year school of the fiercest war in the history of mankind. The defeat of the Kwantung army made further resistance to Japan pointless. Many historians, including Japanese, agree that even the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the American side did not have the same impact on the Japanese emperor's decision to surrender as the defeat inflicted on Japan by the Soviet Union in Manchuria.

Watch "The Fallen of WW2"...will blow your mind.

The Japanese navy was very good going into ww2 and American damage control was found to be legendary

Also, remember what the USA did for Western Europe. f'ing brutal.

Andre, I learned a lot from your two reactions concerning World War II. Thanks much. (However, I wish to bring your attention to a grammar point that, unfortunately, a great NUMBER of people are ignoring of late. We should use the qualifier "number of" with countable nouns and "amount of" with uncountable nouns. I sincerely wish that people speaking English would pay closer attention to this .))

Hey Andre! If you're interested in WW2, I highly recommend World War 2 in Numbers on the channel History Hit. I'm not sure it's something that would do well as a reaction, but as far as making WW2 interesting, it is on par with Oversimplified. It goes into so much more detail and is presented in an engaging way.

Love and light to the world. God bless you for sharing this.

When will they ever learn "Don't touch American boats."

It's Admiral Nimitz.

As for D-Day/Normandy, it tends to get all of the attention in the West and it certainly impacted the post war dynamic, but I don't think it was decisive. The Battles for Moscow and Stalingrad were probably far more decisive and a far larger number of German troops were on the Soviet Front.

cant remember if i've said this before but if you want to learn about the Pacific theater of the war i'd recommend watching Battle 360

Have you heard about sanatoriums for German machine gunners? they went crazy from the number of Soviet soldiers that they had to kill, whom the Soviet butchers generals sent to the slaughter

There are very good videos about the decisive battle of Midway .

We never stopped selling weapons after we started the military industrial era in the states to help in WW2. Since then the atmosphere is basically this: If we like you, buy our weapons, no questions asked. Blam blam blam! Get your freedom sticks here!

Portugal was lucky to be neutral. Spain was recovering from a terrible civil war.

That actually would have been fine, the bad thing that happened was Japan bombed Hawaii, even with the USA trying to stay out of that war.

Also, regarding Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union...hindsight is 20/20. He attacked while the iron was hot, so to speak. And they had an absolute advantage at the start and throughout. If not for western support and certain tactical miscalculations on the german side, they could have won. And then everybidy would be saying, what a genius move it was.

6:40 /// No, it was not a mistake. Technically, the Americans were already fighting the Germans, so this war was a matter of time anyway. Declaring war on the U.S. was good propaganda, but it didn't really change anything.

Was D day the defining single event of WWII? Who is to say. I believe there were an accumulation of defining events......the attack on Pearl Harbor which caused the US to get involved was a pretty BIG event, also, the dropping of the A bombs in Japan, which brought a final conclusion to the bloody war and loss of life. Yes, D day was pivotal, but there were so many other battles that had to be won in order to bring the war to it's end.

It sounds to me from your belief that Hitler made mistakes in declaring wars that you should watch the video "Why Germany Couldn't Have Won WW2" by Potential History... it explains why Germany had no choice to invade the USSR and why the declaration of war against the US was only symbolic anyways.

The battle of midway from the Japanese perspective

The White Death. My Father says "you welcome." 3 years of combat. No break. Stay in Europe or Canada. "God help us, but don't send Jesus, This is no place for children." Sgt. At Anzio.

Also, it cannot be understated how much America supplied the Soviets and British with supplies through lend lease. Tens of thousands of tanks, trucks, planes, helmets, boots, guns. ammo, food. Without it, they probably would have capitulated.

Hitler did not hate Mussolini. He was influenced by him, actually. But his incompatence must have got to him at some point.

My Dad was in Africa

Sorry ,room in the east was his major goal,it was the whole point.

What gets overlooked about Pearl Harbor aside from not destroying the repair yards & the oil reserves is that Japan had three aircraft attack waves and only sent two of them before they decided to withdraw and end the attack however had they sent the third wave they would’ve sunk all four Pacific Fleet carriers of the US Navy they also would’ve destroyed a fleet of B-17 bombers and they had enough military manpower to occupy the Hawaiian islands completely and not doing so in the long run cost Japan war

A lot of death, starvation, sickness, and fear with war. Some people like that because they keep doing it.

You should always watch the ad. Its the least you can do for the original content creator

If Russia and the US were allies it would be great for Europe, cheap energy, safety, and it would increase the wealth of countries.

epic history if you like a bit more in depth videos its very interesting about ww1

What about a video on the marshall plan from the united states to europe

Watch Saving private Ryan

My dad was in the 82nd Airborne. He was there on D-Day.

Did you notice the battle of midway was the game of “Battleship”

yepp putin do the same thing.and its a good strategie.he give a shit of peoples life like stalin.and it works.

Actually Hitler was inspired by Mussolini.

I am recommending a video called the Fallen of World War II it puts the number of both military and civilians lost from every counntry into perspective.

America is neutral militarily economically oh hell no we picking aside were capitalist man we make money man. There's a huge difference between putting boots on the ground and then helping someone 😂 connect we also provided weapons and stuff in world war 1 before we got involved. Money is money and we are going to make money 😂😂

The World has forgotten what The Americans did in WWI and WWII, GOD Bless America. 🇺🇸

brother I recommend Iwo Jima Animated - Part 1, D-DAY or The Battle of Midway 1942: Told from the Japanese Perspective (1/3) . You will love it it’s will blow your mind 🙏🙂

Biggest mistake never ever touch American boat - it’s a rule

Battle of the Buldge was a huge turning point as well

Too many errors to list

they messed with our boats

After this video, can you react to oversimplified the pig war of perhaps prohibition please.!!!

I could be. Why would I. I find You entertaining. For some reason. LOL. William s

The battle of the bulge and the battle of midway would both be great react videos.

My Dad was at Omaha, he was 17yrs old, lied about his age! His brother fought in WW2 too! They both survived, lots of bad memories though!

Please, could we stop to call the USSR just russia?

André, we have more US military veterans in our family -- especially on my dear husband's side. His great grandfather fought in the Civil War. He was a runner (message carrier) for Robert E. Lee. He kept a "Mess Journal" -- diary. A family member paid to have it published, decades ago. We have a copy. Most recently, our eldest son served almost 10 years in the U.S. Navy. Submarine Service. Running the nuclear power plant on a fast attack sub. Relevant to this video: my Daddy served in WW 2. He was a bit older, & possibly for other reasons, he was assigned to be a driver for a mobile radar unit. They traveled around Southern California, searching for enemy aircraft & submarines. My understanding is that my Daddy was 1 of the men & women who spotted a Japanese sub off the coast of California. Was kept a secret & I've never researched that. I know there were enemy balloons (high altitude, I presume) that were dropped in the state of Oregon. There is info available about that. Blessings to you & your family.

5:46, it's evident that the title 'OverSimplified' captures just a fraction of the true darkness of World War II. Recently, I watched 'Come and See,' a film set during the Nazi occupation of Belarus. It chillingly portrays the atrocities and war crimes committed by the Nazis, such as the burning of 628 Belorussian villages along with all their inhabitants. It's one of the most realistic portrayals of war and can be a hard watch for some

If you liked Peter Santanello's video with Titus, he has two more out now that I think you would also like!

Pecos Hank scariest tornado footage the man puts his life on the line constantly chasing these storms and helping people as he's able to constantly trying to get more views on his channel also if you ever get into video game or music reviews I'm finally uploading on my own channel now take care my friend

Please react to "Desert Storm The Air War - Day 1" by The Operations Room. I have suggested this video before. I think you'll be amazed at the scale of the war. It is animated and family-friendly for your channel.

Consider watching The Fat Electrician's video on The Berlin Airlift

Over simplified is silly and disrespectful. The jokes really suck. Is that respectful enough RU-vid?

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Hitler and Napoleon both failed to conquer Russia

27million plus we're russians!