Reaction to OverSimplified - WW1 (Part 2) 

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The whole part of Lenin going to Russia, don't worry. That was later covered in both Oversimplified episodes on The Cold War and The Russian Revolution.

"WHICH would prove very useful during WW2." Did not expect that, scared me shitless.

Thank you for bringing up the Canadians. Our sacrifices were absolutely insane for both wars❤️🇨🇦

while I agree that americans like to overstate their combat record in WW1, it's often also overlooked just how much supplies they sent to the entente, especially Britain, and how much money they loaned them

He has separate videos about the Russian Revolution.

You need to remember Its called Oversimpiflied . Not super detailed or verycomplexed :D

Thanks again for a very good critique. I totally agree that Gallipoli was a sound strategic concept poorly executed. As an example the Greek military had planned a landing on the Aegean coast during the 1st Balkan war to march on Constantinople, but estimated it needed 150,000 troops. This was beyond their resources. The British were aware of this but landed only 75,000 troops and much further south than the Greek plan. One point you failed to mention when talking of atrocities is the Ottoman perpetrated genocide of 1.5m Armenians, and 300,000 Greeks from the Black Sea region of Asia Minor.

I think he often forgets that these videos are suppose to be simplistic. OverSimplified isn’t gonna mention small details about the war such as Lenin and how warfare was revolutionized.

Found your channel and I don't regret it. Keep up the amazing work.

One thing i'm curious about was technically, France deployed chemical weapons first in the form of tear gas but it's always glossed over.

You mentioned the 7 pillars of wisdom. Now I MUST listen to the song

Very good. I agree the Americans came in the 4th quarter and took a victory lap but the heavy lifting was primarily already done.

Keep in mind this was oversimplified’s first RU-vid video. If you watch his more recent videos, you can see dramatic improvements in including more complicated content in the stories

I was sad he never mentioned anything about the Canadian’s. Especially since they (and the Australian’s) did a lot of unthinkable actions during the war.

I love historians. They never fail to remind me of how little I actually know about anything that happened in the past. It's all just a jumble of myths and popular stories that took on a life of their own over the years and say little about what actually happened.

Oversimplified: *Simplfies history and mentions minor nations* HistoryLegends: >:0

Although Greece is traditionally a enemy of Turkey the Greek King was married to a German princess, he therefore was more inclined toward his own family.

The offensive on the Thessaloniki front followed on September 15. In his section Serbian Army and the Thessaloniki Offensive, General Milan Nedic says: "Before the 1918 offensive, both sides had almost equal forces: each with 600,000 men." The enemy was superior in infantry, and the allies in cavalry, aviation and weapons, especially of large caliber." At dawn, on September 1, the allied offensive began on the line Soko - Dobro Polje - Veternik with tremendous fire from 580 guns. The day after, after the artillery had cleared the way, the Serbian and French infantry attacked. Their rush was overwhelming. The key conflict was in the Battle of Dobro polje, in which the front was broken through. On the eastern part of the front, the Bulgarians managed to stop the British and Greek forces in the Battle of Dojran Lake, and there was uncertainty among the commanders whether to continue the offensive or go on the defensive. Then the regent Alexander issued the energetic historic command: "Forward, to glory or death!" The Serbian advance continued with the same vigor, aided by French infantry and cavalry units. Bulgaria, seeing the disarray of its army, and otherwise dissatisfied with the behavior of its allies, decided quickly on a separate peace. Already on September 13, their emissaries came asking for peace. When their delegation arrived in Thessaloniki, the Bulgarian representatives offered General Epere to go over to their side. Epere answered in a soldier's brief manner: "Not at all." You are defeated and submit to the law of the victor." The conditions for peace were not very difficult, however. It was wise not to send any Serbian regiment to Bulgaria, so that there would be no heavy scenes of revenge. King Ferdinand, abdicated the throne and left Bulgaria forever on September 21. The collapse of the Bulgarian army and the penetration of the allies from the south accelerated the collapse of Austria-Hungary. The Serbs who were her subjects sympathized with their compatriots in the opposing camp and looked to help them wherever they could. The Czechs surrendered like soldiers on all fronts, and in the interior they made it clear that they were no longer, as before, the pillars of the Habsburg Monarchy. Franz Joseph's successor, who died on November 8, 1916, Emperor Charles, was unable to properly succeed his cousin. The collapse of Bulgaria increased the number of defeatists and caused panic. The war was once again approaching the southern borders of Austria-Hungary. Then the words almost became catchphrases: "Better an end to horrors, than horrors without end." And in Germany, the day after the Bulgarian capitulation, the state chancellor was replaced, and the Chief of the General Staff, Marshal Hindenburg himself, justified the Bulgarian collapse as the need to peace negotiations begin. The allied army, led by the Serbian army, penetrated further during that time. The Germans tried, with urgent reinforcements brought from Russia and Romania, to stop the advance of the allies from the south, but they did not get enough time to reorganize. In front of Niš, 47 German battalions, in fortified positions, could not stop 27 Serbian ones. After defeating the 11th German Army, which occupied Belgrade in 1915, on October 12, 1918, the forces of the First Serbian Army headed by Duke Petar Bojović entered Nis. After Niš, they repulsed the enemy near Paraćin and Kruševac and in other smaller skirmishes, so they arrived in Belgrade on October 19. The enemy could not even hold on to the Sava and Danube lines. His strength was broken and demoralized, without exception. The victorious Serbian army did not stay at home, to rest after so much fatigue and to gather their scattered household members, but continued their campaign. "The result of these victories, which is especially weighty, is that the Serbs are entering their country victoriously, which will make Austria tremble at the sight of this army." - Daily Telegraph (Comments of the British Press, High Command War Daily 10 November 1918) On October 21st, the Adriatic Division was formed, which moved through Albania and Montenegro towards the sea, and on November 5th, they entered Cetinje and continued towards the sea, where the fighting continued for several weeks. On November 4, the First Serbian Army enters Bosnia, and two days later it ceremoniously enters Sarajevo. On November 14, the First Serbian Battalion entered Zagreb, and a day later the Serbian army also entered Rijeka.

13:17 as a greek student they have taught us that the king at that time was pro-german. Also he wanted to join the war but because the Ottomans and Bulgarians were already in the Central powers he kept neutrality which indirectly helped the Germans Sources: the Greek history book for 9th grade page 92 and Giorgos Gianopoulos «η ευγενή μας τύφλωσης» 1922

9:40 Man . That was bloody wild.

As an Aussie I know alot about the ANZAC side of that war but more than once I have heard Americans claim how they won the War because they entered I'm glad you tell how much impact the U.S. really had in WW1

German Zepplins didn't even go after civilian targets on purpose. (In Britain) They meant to bomb supply depots and ports, but due to their inaccuracy at high altitude, their bombs landed elsewhere.

Do more oversimplified reactions 🙏

South Africa had a pretty large population at the time, however it was seen as wrong/a disgrace to send non whites to fight in Europe or a European war so they where not sought as volunteers/or touched by the draft.

I see where your coming from on how you said he should’ve said other things as well as included more information. However I do believe that most of that can be downplayed by the channels name: Oversimplified. His channel is just about skimming over historic events (mostly wars) so that you get the basic gist of what happened. For instance, I’m glad he mentioned Portugal, or else I might’ve not known of Portugal’s involvement in World War 1.

1:58 wow very interesting I thought Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was the last German to surrender

Winston Churchill got Gallipoli wrong.

I remember there being like so this covers 14 and first half of 15, this means they will need to put a whole lot more in the second one at the end of the first reaction. But there wasn't

Pals battalions are one of the saddest things about WW1 for me.

17:17 it does get mentioned in two other videos of his, I think the Cold War one and the Russian revolution one I think.

5.02: Wrong. It was Germans that bombed Sevastopol. Two German ship were running away from British ships and wanted to use Bosphorus to escape. During that time as a neutral country Ottomans didn’t allow any belligerent military ship. So the Germans donated the ships to Ottomans and their names were changed to Turkish ones. Ottomans accepted this deal because they purchased two ships from Britain before which Britain refused to deliver. After entering Bosphorus and getting rid of pursuing British ships, the technically Turkish ships with German crew went straight ahead and bombed Sevastopolo without Ottomans’ knowledge. Thus the Ottoman Empire was “dragged” into war by Germany

Pretty accurat. All your vids ive seen so far by the way, are well researched on your channel

17:00 This is something he actually mentions in his video on the Russian Revolution.

History does not give enough credit nor celebration to Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck. He remains to be credited as one of history’s most successful commanders in guerrilla warfare. With only 14,000 men (11,000 being Askari; local Africans), he kept 300,000 Allied troops locked down in South-Eastern Africa for the entirety of the war. He was kinda like Germany’s version of T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia). He was widely respected throughout German East Africa and especially by his Askari troops since he fluently spoke the local dialects, respected and recognized their customs and traditions, and was respectful towards his men under his command. When he finally surrendered since Germany capitulated. The Allies received his surrender with traditional military honors out of deep respect for his achievements during the campaign. He would return to Germany as a National Hero. The man even straight up told Hitler to “go f**k himself” when he was offered to be a Nazi Ambassador and spent the entirety of WW2 under Nazi house surveillance.

That was a fun watch!

16:58 I think he did mentioned it in the Cold War vid

2:35 I just want to say that this is not east Africa. This is Myanmar(Burma) in south East Asia

German Emperor Wilhelm II during the First World War asked his general August von Mackensen to seize and bring back at least one Serbian flag. However, the answer was negative as not a single regimental flag fell into the hands of the enemy. As many as 47 of the 51st have been preserved. Three sy disappeared in battles when the ensigns destroyed them themselves so that they would not fall into enemy possession. Fourth, the flag of the famous Iron Regiment, i.e. the Second Infantry Regiment Prince Mihailo of the first call of the Moravian Division was the funeral shroud at the funeral of King Peter I Karađorđević and was buried with him. These flags managed to survive the Second World War, as they were walled up in the National Museum.

5:41 No Gallipoli wasn't a good idea. The whole planning of the operation was wrong from the beginning. Actually,the allies asked the Greeks to join them at Gallipoli(given the Greek general stuff already had a plan for such invasion)but even the Venizelist ultra pro allies faction turned it down cause they knew the operation would fail. When Metaxas was consulted he tried to convince the allies not to attack there but he was ignored

There is something you and oversimplified didn’t mention. During Serbias defeat in 1916 Crna Gora (Montenegro) attempted to hold Austria-Hungary from advancing but were knocked out of the war and occupied.

0:47 Because he is specifically talking about the allies!

I’m 66 years old, I see a young man teaching me, thank you 🙏

OverSimplified doesn't even mention the fact that it was the Canadians, New Zealanders, Indians, and Australians that broke the Germans, especially the Australians, who broke the Hindenburg Line and it was the Americans, British, and French that finished the jobs. In fact, it was the colonial nations that saved the Allied war effort during WW1, without the colonial nations, the Allied forces would have been screwed, as it was the Canadians and the Australians who were considered the Allied forces' shock troopers of the first world war. The Indians made up the numbers because the British and the French were being depleted of soldiers at a rapid rate early on in the war.

Can make a video with danish viking in Paris or england where denmark toke control over england

17:20 he did tell about that in start of a cold war video and in russian revolution video

As an historian you got portugal involvement wrong, as a country with only around 5 to 6M people at the time we mobilized more than 200k troops, take into account that we were already fighting the germans in africa since the mid 1800s to 1916, then we captured 70 german ships 65% of wich were given to the english thats when germany officialy declared war on us.. because we tried to help, we had to back down simply because the allies were using us as cannon fodder, deaths were so high that our society started to crumble wich led us to a dictatorship until 74, one started in 26 wich was a short one and then from 33 to 74 wich was the main reason why we didnt join the 2nd,so we resorted to providing a support role by building the trenches and such, people tend to forget that we were the main country that helped mobilizing troops from the american continent, saying we didnt have an important role during the 1st ww is pure nonsense, it might not be on the scale of france/uk or russia but without us you wouldnt have any americans fighting in that war, at least not until they defeated us for the atlantic ocean wich would divert troops from the frontlines, and think about an alliance with the germans creating a war in 2 fronts for france and england aswell, while we dont really have a border with france or england a bit of help from the germans a naval blockade would be horrible for the allies

18:05 Harlem Hellfighters was an American unit that fought in 1917. They were African American and kicked a lot of bum.

Participation of Portugal in ww1 could be minor but it was important to the allies, specifically England, so i think it is something that they did well in putting in the video. Remember Soldado Milhões

What I try to remember when watching oversimplified is... he's mostly making a comedy video with random historic facts (some of which are just so random I'm surprised they're true or even mentioned at all but they're funny) and enough events to keep you interested so you can go and look into it more. He's done some videos where I'm just like "wtf.... no!" But then yeah.... if you oversimplify it or look at random documentaries. Yeah that's how they explain it without getting into what really happened. As for it being western bias. Yes. And it really shows in some of their other videos. I was surprised how little of the eastern front and the pacific they had in their WW2 videos

Oversimplified mentioned the fact that Lenin stayed in exile from Russia at Switzerland and sent back by Germany during the war and why in his video about The Russian Revolution

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Canada's 5% are rookie numbers - Bulgaria had around 20-25 % of its population serve in the armed forces - effectively every male who wasn't a child, elder or crippled.

Nice videos, both 1 & 2. Just a few things you failed to mention that I would like to add. First of all, The Lusitania was torpedoed because it was transporting munitions to Briton aboard a civilian ocean liner. The German Embassy, in New York City, took out an add in the N.Y. Times stating, because of the munitions abroad the Lusitania, it was a lawful target under international rules. It advised passengers to sail at your own risk. As this incident happened in 1915, it is highly unlikely it had anything to do with the U.S. entering into the war almost three years later. Second thing is: "The Zimmerman Telegram". The Allies were bled dry after suffering so many causalities during almost four years of bloody battles. They desperately needed fresh blood, (fresh meat). The Zimmerman Telegram was , allegedly, sent from Berlin to the German Embassy, in Mexico City, stating to offer the Mexican government armament, and the training to attack the U.S. Sothern border to recapture territories lost to the U.S. in the Mexican American War. once this information went public, the Congress went wild, and voted to declare war on Germany, Only one catch. The telegram was sent in a secret code, and it was intercepted, and decrypted by, are you ready? British Navel Intelligences. You seen to be pretty smart, so come to your own conclusions.

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0:49 maybe because he talks about the entante

7:54 you should really check a newer Serbian movie ,,King Peter the First" or ,,Kralj Petar prvi", it takes place through the start of WW1 to the Serbian army crossing the Albania and went to the Corfu. It also shows every aspect of Serbia in WW1, the death of the civilians that A-H empire and Bulgaria conducted. Also one of the characters is the youngest soldier in WW1 Momcilo Gavric.

Actually the French started the all chemical warfare by starting using teargas

Pals battallions really got squad wiped

1:20 yeah and Konrad Adenauer (Germanys first president after ww2) developt the Soya sausage That's kinda interesting

they showed it but the unhighlighted are german colonies the north is italy

The part you mentioned about Lenin is in the videos WW2 from Oversimplefied

RE: The siege of Kut. The British commander did not want to attack Baghdad for all the good reasons, but he was overruled. :(

dude regulate the volume

He did talk abaout lenin not in this video but he did talk about it

They do mention it in the cold war one

6:32 I'm not entirely sure but I have a strange feeleng that this foto is take on the eastern front and it was first chlorine attack against Russian troops. Bolimów, 31st of May 1915.

When will you react to oversimplified WW2 ?

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You should make a video about the Macedonian Front, if it is forgotten, right?

American bias? He mentioned us like three times. Not much of a bias.

Constantinople you say! Haha im glad we agree. Constantinople ☦2025

16:56 He mentoid it in a another Video

His emphasize on Americas involvement is vastly overstated. By the time American forces where deployed on the front to make a difference the war was all but over anyway. America did very little and had very little impact on WW1. On the same level or less then Portugal. All Americas involvement so late in the war did was sacrifice a lot of American troops for nothing. Germany was economically finished, it's people starving, The Kaisers marine in full mutiny and its army, although still standing, was all but finished.

Wait a minute, History Legend is a fanboy of Winnie Churchill? On second thought, I'm not surprised, or shouldn't be....

More oversimplified pls..

Later on, Kaiser Wilhelm wrote a hilarious book claiming that Germany was just minding its own business when all the other jealous countries attacked them for being so superior. He lived in Switzerland even during WW2.

You’re being hard on oversimplified but their channel is for teaching kids what happened and not details. They show what happened and explained it for a kid to understand

He already explained in part 1 how the allied powers had taken Germany's colonies at this point. If they did have the resources and manpower, they wouldnt have resorted to chemical weapons and civilian bombings, at least not as early as they did. Did you even listen to part 1?

"Fun fact", the French did mutiny, but they still fought. All they wanted was to not die in vain because of dumb front charges, but they still held the lines and fought like lions

The Greek king was married to the Kaisers daughter iirc and thats why he was against attacking Germany.

Nextup: react to world war 2 oversimplified

I love how in the war the nation of Germany only talked about the eastern front as nothing happened on the western front but its all we ever talk about. All the great stories on that front & in the Balkans ignored since we only hear about the big powers & not about the true source of the war or the actual events. If you want to make a video game on ww1 do it as Germany in the eastern front give stories from there a chance to thrive.

6:32 the french where the first to use chemical weapons in 1914

I actually feel Americas role is often underplayed. There is more to war than battle and without American intervention the war likely would have ended with a German victory

21:46 Alsace was a german territory.

Not mentioning that the Hague was proposed By Tsar Nicholas II.

you called it turkey but it at that time was the ottoman empire

Could you make a video about Serbian army retreat and actions at the macedonian front?😊

I love the american chart 'MURICA!!!!!

It's indeed dumb to claim that the allies had a population advantage "because the colonies". White colonies were very sparsely populated, and the other colonies were populated by natives who were hardly as easy to enlist as an actual British or French citizen, understandably. More than half the population of the French empire was outside of the mainland, yet, only 4% of the army was from that colonial empire. It just wasn't the same thing. And regarding mainland population, Germany had an advantage over France or Britain. No, the difference in numbers came from 1.Russia 2.the amount of countries on the entente side 3.Russia. Also, while Austria Hungary had a decently large population (50 million, compared with 39 million in France and 44 million in Britain), they couldn't fully use it, because AH was weird political construct. Bulgaria and the Ottoman weren't very populated. So of course in the end, the population difference gave the allies a big advantage, but it's absolutely not because of the colonies. Natives, even by the millions, didn't give a significant advantage in the grand scheme of things.

21:45 but Prussia

Hej. What do you Think obout Iron cross by Sam Packipach?

German Emperor Wilhelm II of Hohenzollern ~ telegram to the Bulgarian king Ferdinand I of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Kohari, October 1918: "Sixty-two thousand Serbian soldiers decided the war. SHAME!"

Also in Gallipoli was sended Mufasta Kemal, who know the zone and reorganise some of the troops.

I guess you can say that it is OVERSIMPLIFIED

Well... The February revolution wasn't led by socialist, but by liberal, AND due to socialist popularity, they end up making a coalition government (revolutionary socialist and liberal). The first Russian president was a liberal from the KD party

During the Russian revolution, the Allies wanted to send forced, to help shore up defenses. However the political groups in power were fearful of foreigners spreading their own ideas and intermingling with locals. So they declined and only took material aid.