Military Veteran Reacts to WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 2) | We Almost Lost! 

1:24 correction: Hitler didn't actually take over those parts of Africa. They were already colonies of France. However, as mentioned in the last video, France had been conquered and Hitler set up a puppet state so Hitler basically had control over them without needing to conquer them

"The Fallen of World War II" is a must! and a good follow up to this

You say no one wins in war and I actually have a quote about that made by me many years ago. "There's no winners in war, only those who lost and those who lost more."

For chronological viewing, of oversimplified's content, it'd go: First Punic War (264-241 BC) Three Kingdoms (220-280) Battle of Hastings (1066) War of the Bucket (1325) Henry VIII (1509-1547) American Revolution (1775-1783) French Revolution (1789-1799) Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815) American Civil War (1861-1865) World War 1 (1914 - 1918) Russian Revolution (1917-1923) Prohibition (1920-1933) Emu War (1935) World War 2 (1939 - 1945) Cold War (1945-1991) Football War (1969) Falklands War (1982) I counted series that take place during each other (like the russian revolution taking place during WW1) as after the main event, due to the context of the main event being important for knowing what's going on. If you'd like me to make watch orders for other series, i'd be more than happy to!

8:33 wrong it was actually admiral Yamato who planned the attack. After the attack he supposedly said “Japan has awoken a sleeping giant” or something along those lines

React to The Fallen Of WW2 It demonstrate how much each country loss really well. Its tragic and makes you uncomfortable but that's the point of it, to show how tragic it was.

I think you should react to the Russian Revolution first to have more context for the Cold War

I love how the Japanese emperor's punishment was them simply saying "Haha your're short"

the blimps are actually called zeppelins. (basically war blimps)

15:45 Blimps in WWI were primarily used for observation so you could get a birds eye view of how the battle was progressing and adjust as needed. But by WWII there was enough air power that it was somewhat dangerous to use them in that way since they’re somewhat like a sitting duck. The ones pictured are what are called “barrage balloons” and were used to deter air attacks on the landing ships. They were tethered to the ships with cables, and the web of cables was the deterrent - if an enemy plane tried to come in close to attack the landing ships they’d risk tearing off a wing if they accidentally hit a cable.

Your next Oversimplified should be the Cold War since it leads onto the time after this war then you should see some of the other videos too like the Prohibition one.

idk if you take reaction suggestions or not but I really want to see your reaction to this brand new pilot episode for a thing called Lackadaisy! It's beautifully animated, takes place in the 1930's, and has to do with the new prohibition act. I won't say anything else about it, though. Sorry about the off-topic request. Thought you'd like it!

I've watched an animated movie about a boy and his little sister starving to death After the "bombing" in Japan, it was really sad and I don't think we had to bomb them 😣

Watch the Russia revolution Bc then u will understand how Lenin made the Soviet Union in more detail after Russian revolution watch cold war I think u should do that

Hitler had to attack the soviets. German oil supply was completely dependent on Romania and Romania cannot supply all of Europe with oil on its own. Therefore Germany was forced to attack the soviets in 1941 to take over the soviet oil fields. If that had been successful, Germany would have had a chance to win. So the attack on the Soviet Union was not a mistake but necessary. in general, Hitler was a much better general than is often claimed.

The Japanese government was trying to negotiate surrender through Moscow, and the Americans had broken the Japanese codes, but the generals in charge of dropping the a-bomb wanted to have a show of force for the soviets, so they dropped it anyways.

These videos get better.

1:19 the way your watching it😂❤ btw, love your reactions on oversimplified’s videos🤗

People around Adolf were really starting to get annoyed towards the end.

I highly suggest reacting to the Russian Revolution before going on to the Cold War.

No, it wasn't a spy. It was Admiral Yamamoto, the dude who headed the attack on pearl harbor.

Yes, I would watch The Russian Revolution before The Cold War video.

Those "Blimps" (15:50) are actually called Barrage Balloons, they served multiple roles, with the purpose of protecting ground units from enemy/allied air-attacks. For example, they were used in Britain to prevent the Stukas (Ju-87 - a type of german dive bomber) from flying at low altitudes, thus making them even more vulnerable to allied fighter aircraft since they needed to stay higher. They were also used by the british to indicate already occupied territory, to prevent american bombers from barraging allied lines.

Hello Mr Hotsauce, I know you react to Markiplier every Monday, also known as Markiplier Mondays, I request that every Sunday, you react to a Smosh video and call them ”Smosh Sundays“. I love you, Mr Hot Sauce Beats

The problem with Germany and the USSR is war was inevitable. A lot of historical studies show Russia was actually getting ready to invade Germany themselves while they were distracted - but it was a slow process due to the Purges that Stalin had carried out all across the Soviet Union (Generals, Admirals, politicians, scientists, regular civilians - anyone who he or his secret police (the NKVD) suspected even slightly of being disloyal). The Soviets weren't ready, had recently been humiliated by the Finns, were still building industry (aka, the Four Year Plan - which was full of pain and suffering for many, especially in Ukraine) and the war had dried up the market for imported machinery. So 1941 was actually the only chance Germany had to knock the Soviets out before the Soviets came knocking. Before the Germans weren't ready - too busy fighting other fronts and not having the industrial base they had recently stolen from France and Czechoslovakia (not to mention a LOT of guns and tanks the German military sorely needed). Prior to that they only had a small amount of truly modern equipment and were relying heavily on outdated artillery, underpowered tanks and far too little oil to run a fully motorised army. Wait any longer and the fruits of the Soviet Four Year Plan would turbocharge the Soviet economy, the military reforms would have been completed and the new tanks under development would be fielded in overwhelming numbers. It was one of the few intelligent decisions made. Ultimately it failed - but it very nearly didn't. Had Russia fallen then the Nazis would have a new massive industrial base, millions of potential conscripts (Germans were 100% not above using captured Soviets as cannon fodder) and most importantly huge reserves of oil. They would have rivalled America single handed if that had come to pass.

the blimps were used to create hazards for german aircraft. basically if aircraft tried to attack the invading landing craft, the aircraft would hit the cables of the balloons. the balloons kept getting shot down but more kept being launched

I doubt it was the purpose of all of them, but some of the blimps might've been carrying journalists and other people taking pictures - hense the overhead shots That's just a theory though

If the H person just waited to atack the USSR later.. it would be too late. The USSR was arming up brutally way before and they had plans to atack us aswell. So we took the opportunity and strike first while they were still building up.

To make the Eastern front in Russia even worse, the casualties of the battle of Stalingrad are, by some historians, said to be greater than the total American and British casualties of the entire war combined between the Germans and Soviets. That was only one battle in the eastern front. Granted it was probably the worst one but it def puts it into perspective

Brazil actually sent about 25,000 troops I believe to Italy and helped greatly in pushing back the Axis. Mexico also helped the United States and Australia take back the Philippines. I also believe the number of deaths is actually around 70-80 Million deaths.

Blimps was an anti aircraft balloons. Thay did nothing by themselves but string at which thay was attached could cut of a wing of an airplane

You should definitely watch the Russian revolution

Pls you have to react to the fallen of WW2

Fallen of World war ii is a good video but it's a tough watch

MANNNNNN. I couldnt wait for this

It was french colonies in afrika thats why its almost all red

my man you gotta react to Napoleonic wars

So I guess this is where I suggest that Hot Sauce react to the 2 part video series by Potential History...Germany could not have won WW2.💯

U have to watch the first Punic war, it’s very good

Just a note, Russia was always the goal

Will you react to geography now?

20:25. The actual number is way higher at 70-85 million people. It’s honestly baffling and insane how so much life was lost..

You need to react to packgod

Here’s a fun fact: On May 3rd, 1943, a B-24 Liberator bomber in the US Air Force, Hot Stuff, crashed into the mountain Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland

i once again request for the reacting to Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell www.youtube.com/@kurzgesagt

if youre still into ww2 id reccomend watching the "insane american plan to invade japan", and "the fallen of ww2"

Hi Hot Sauce Beats,I got a first time react to a youtuber request for you.This youtuber that I wish you would react is Sneaky Sushii,my favourite Singaporean youtuber and he always has me dying of laughter with his jokes and speaks very good English with his vocabulary. You should react to his 2 popular videos first then react to more of his other videos for your interest. 2 of his most viewed are: 1.I didn't believe in ghosts, so I broke every horrifying Asian superstition... 2.I didn't believe in spirits, so I summoned one in my home They're like Sam and Colby recent videos and you should check them out. Enjoy,my man!

There is a channel that has videos of other Axis members on why they join and other allied members: The channel is History Matters, they make videos less than 5 minutes and i think you have to react to them in one video cuz its short Here the videos: Why did Romania join the Axis? Why did Japan join the Axis? Why did Brazil join WW2? And Why did Bulgaria join the Axis? Hope you will react to those!

It was actually the Admiral that planned the attack that made the "sleeping giant" comment, after the attack he said "I think we have woken a sleeping giant" while everyone else was celebrating. Most of the bad military decisions made by Germany began as Hitler took more and more direct control of the military, the early "genius" decisions were actually plans made by the German Military Staff rather than plans made directly by Hitler. Obviously he had to ok them, but once he took low level control, you see Germany's military making bad mistakes that they hadn't made before. He wasn't the military genius, but he had military geniuses in charge of the military until he fired them all and took over their jobs himself.

Pykrete was actually a genius idea - just impractical. The amount of ice needed meant it would probably cost more then it would by just using steel. But if it was built it would have been effectively unsinkable - and also melts so slowly it would be months before needing any work done to it. Essentially a floating reinforced iceberg. Also didn't help that America started supplying a LOT of steel on the cheap. So the idea was ditched for practical and cost reasons.

Let me clarify something: Hitler was definitely not a brilliant strategist, his military staff were largely responsible for the ingenious tactics used, but the way the military hierarchy worked, Hitler was calling all of the shots in terms of tactics so his generals would get very little credit for their military genius.

Once the advance stopped for germany in russia it was all over so they had to keep going. Though thats what we know NOW because no one knew how hardcore the soviets and their production levels were at that time. Germany was shocked when the soviets were able to keep going after the initial major losses they took.

You’re right when you say nobody wins in a war. The British and French empires, though victorious, would go on to lose all their colonies in Africa and east Asia. Not only this but the German republic has the 4th largest economy in the world, and is still bigger than France and Britain.

There were so many lucky chances and things that could have gone so wrong during the war. Some things oversimplified doesn't really cover. Like the Bismarck for example, it was sunk completely by chance. The Bismarck had armor plating so thick that torpedos and gunfire couldn't pierce its hull, a lucky one in a million shot hit it's rudder, the only tiny exposed part and forced it to make for land. Then the allies lost the ship again and by random chance an allied ship had found it and radioed the coordinates to the British fleet who raced out ships to finally destroy it. The ship was so sturdy that when it went down it didn't even break it rolled over then sank beneath the waves.

the biggest fail from hitler was to not concentrated at the bases and airfiels in englang after churchill bombing berlin.the raf at this time was down.but hitler think he had enough for both sides.athat was the fatale fail.

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Okay I need to ask this so how do you "sue" someone for peace?? that doesn't make sense to me can someone explain?

You should react to the Lackadaisy pilot.

@HotSauceBeats will you react to geography now

Can you watch the dead of ww2. Its a great video at showing the devastation.

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React to the fallen of WW2 By Neil Halloran!!!

the really messed up thing about the atom bombs on japan is that even though the official story is that its meant to stop the war with a show of force, there are some sources that say japan was about to surrender anyway and the atom bombs were completely unnecessary but the US still wanted to put on a show of force

Fun Fact: Yugoslavia actually opted to join the Axis however British agents assasinated the Yugoslav leader and replaced it with a pro-allied leader, which enraged Hitler who launched operation Retribution on Yugoslavia

This is me again, suggesting that you watch the video called The Fallen of World War 2. It’s very insightful, especially after seeing this oversimplified!!!

Love your new oversimplefied vedios what oversimplefied vedio will be next?

You should react to the fallen of ww2 now.

If you want to learn more about WWII then I would recommend the armchair historian I would start with the invasion of Poland from the polish perspective

You should definitely react to LACKADAISY

You should react to dougdoug

I do hope after the cold war reaction you also react to the Neapolitan wars

good

You should react to Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese Imperial soldier that hid in the Philippine jungle for 30 years after WWII, still fighting, thinking the war was still going on. The channel "Simple History" has a video on him with 5 million views

You should watch"The fallen of ww2"

The blimps are actually 'barrage balloons', similar idea, but just the huge inflated balloon with cabling hanging down to tie it off, or guide it, they were used as a way to confuse air attacks from the enemy, and make it harder(by way of being obstacles in the air) to make strafing runs and things of that nature.

You HAVE to react to the "fallen of WW2"

Man you GOT to watch WW2 timeline video by Felz, it has great footage with all major events described and really good emotional music to give you a perspective on the true scale and humanitarian trauma that the mother of all wars really was

They weren't ever going to take russia

And after the war Stalin send to the Gulag many who were taken prisioners during the first daydz of the war, and as well civilians from the territories occupied by Germany - for covardice. Though the life of these civilians in many places was turned into a nightmare because of the Soviet guerillas: people virtually had to choose between not helping guerillas and very likely being shot by them and helping and being hanged by Germans. Or burned alive. And at the end, those, who survived, were sent to Gulag....

Just watched part 1 and saw this came out 53 mins ago. Great video.

There are a lot of somewhat minor things in the second part of the series that Oversimplified gets wrong, some of them a little bit, and some of them more significantly. For instance, Oversimplified is mostly right about Pykrete...it is a real thing...but they are wrong that the idea to make an aircraft carrier was a dumb one. The Allies needed to close the Mid Atlantic gap in air coverage to win the Battle of the Atlantic, and they did not have enough aircraft carriers to do the job. The idea of using wood pulp to make an aircraft carrier was actually a really GOOD IDEA, it just turned out to be an idea that would take a lot longer to make work than they originally thought. They worked on Pykrete trying to overcome the issues until mid 1943, when they gave up on it because the issue of the Mid Atlantic air gap had been resolved with other solutions. Here is the thing about Germany not invading the USSR, or waiting longer to invade...already in 1941 Germany was running out of oil, and the amount they could import from Romania and the Soviets themselves was not enough to keep them going. As long as the UK maintained their blockade of Germany and prevented them from importing oil, the only way for Germany to get the oil they needed was to take it from the USSR. Germany was also running out of food, and needed the food production of Ukraine to feed themselves, but that was not nearly as pressing an issue as the lack of oil. By mid-1941, the Quartermaster of the German Army predicted that Germany had enough fuels stocks for 4 months of offensive operations , and he was proved largely correct when the German advance in the USSR ground to a halt in October due to lack of fuel. The fuel situation was only going to get worse the longer they waited to invade the USSR, and the German army actually had to use MORE horses to invade the USSR because they had to try and find ways to use less fuel already in 1941. There was a Japanese spy at Pearl Harbor...Takeo Yoshikawa...but he never said anything about awakening a sleeping giant. That phrase is associated with Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was Commander in Chief of the Japanese Fleet. He had spent time in the USA, and he feared that Japan would never be able to beat the US in a long war, due the far greater industrial capacity of America. He predicted that he would be able to "run wild in the Pacific" for 6 months to 1 year, but that if Japan had not forced the US to surrender by then, Japan would basically be doomed. In the movie Tora Tora Tora, he is quoted as saying that "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve." However, despite the fact that he certainly believed something like that, he never actually said or wrote that specific phrase. Another thing Oversimplified got wrong is that they claim that the Soviets used the Germans onw tactics against them, but that is not true. The Soviets had been developing their doctrine of mechanized maneuver warfare even before the Germans came up with theirs, and Germany actually learned a lot about mechanized maneuver warfare from the Soviets during and even before the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. The USSR used much more artillery than the Germans, since the German doctrine depended much more on aerial bombardment with Stukas and such, but German and Soviet doctrine on maneuver warfare is quite similar. OK...I have written a lot here...and I am gonna stop for now so that this does not get unreadable. ✌

Now you should watch the cold war man

Sup HSB once aging I’m here to help I made a playlist of oversimplified’s vids in chronological order if you wanna use it I made for you and anyone else who wants it in the proper order if you do use it don’t worry there’s always the option to go back to before after the others are finished kinda like how the Star Wars movies released lol It was hard to make because 1. A lot of the more modern stuff happens at the same time 2. The very early years were kinda confusing to figure out lol

My 2 great great uncles fought on Okinawa and they lived but they're dead now my dad always tells me story about them he even learned some martial arts from them.

my great grandpa was a fighter in the battle of the bulge

The French man handing out champagne was real btw

I missed it oof

Yes it's cold war

Victory isn't inevitable ... See Russia 2022

Seriously you miss so much by talking over it, then you ask questions or act surprised at something that he just explained. If you going talk, pause then rewind 5 seconds

9:49 the student resistance The Order Of The White Rose 🫡🫡🫡

awaken a sleeping giant? 2 years into a global war. Lol