Royal Marine Reacts To WW2 - OverSimplified (Part 1) 

Finally, he has joined our cult.

"I did not expect that. But I was expecting to not expect something, so it doesn't count." -Me, denying my emotions

From military content to history content.... I didn't expect that.

I didn't expect this at all, oversimplified is the king of history. Please make a new series of watching most or all oversimplified videos

This is possibly the best crossover ever

Yea... we in Slovakia and Czech republic call it : "about us without us" . 9:20

Ok, you've done part 1, you kinda need to do part 2 now, can't leave us on a cliff hanger like that.

So basically the god emperor had 18 sons ... wait a minute?!?!?

The problems with humans is that we always wanted more. That's our nature.

The "Rape of Nanking" shocked the hell out of me really. I only see Japanese people as very shy, respectful, and hardworking but I seriously couldn't believe the Imperial Japanese army's war crimes especially in Nanking. Literally thought "how could a human being do these kind of stuffs to another human being?!"

Me after reading the title: A surprise for sure but a welcome one

"Fun" fact: More people were evacuated by boat from Manhattan on 9/11 in 9 hrs. than from Dunkirk in 9 days.

Didn't expect this, you should react to his Falklands war video and all his other ones

OverSimplified is my absolute FAVORITE history channel, love that you’re watching it!

11:23 "Yes and they kicked some ass"- Yeah... about that...

The whole appeasement thing has a lot of modern parallels to what is happening now with China. China is just a lot more subtle about it.

The thing I find interesting about WW2 is that the monarchs of the majority of the countries Hitler invaded fled to the UK but still sent messages to their country to bring hope to those still living there. The only monarch that didn't flee was King Christian X of Denmark, who walked around on a horse in Copenhagen every day without guards he quickly became a symbol of resistance.

React to "The fallen of ww2". I really recommend it.

WAIT WHAT? NO WAY MY MAN REACTING TO OVERSIMPLIFIED

Japan was in WWII one of the most industrialised countries in Asia, that's why they had so many successes

I'm Scottish and my great grandpa was a veteran of world war 2, always saw him as a hero but never got to meet him as I am quite young, then my great great grandpa was a shipmaster in ww1 and kept ports and naval bases running and got an award from the king, a certificate and a medal my gran still owns, awesome to look back and see what hero's were in yer family 🙌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Noticing the gradual and incremental approach is very key. It is SO important for modern times. It is always easy to recognize in retrospect but these types of things are still happening today and unfortunately very close to home.

Oversimplified battle of Hastings battle that change England language

My grandma has often told how she survived as a child when Düsseldorf was bombed. She must have experienced pure horror. I hope we will never ever have the terrors of war in Europe again. Still we have them in many areas of the world. I can't understand why mankind just cannot work together and how power-hungry people can live with bringing death and loss to so many people... Greetings from Germany!

Honestly the saddest thing wasn’t even the fact that Italy was chemical bombing a small African nation that was using wooden spears against tanks it’s the fact that they nearly lost basically did and then had to come back with chemical bombs to win against as much smaller nation using wooden spears against their tanks and airplanes

Gotta say it’s kinda about time hopefully Luke reacts to more

oversimplified videos are the ones that you don't have to take in to seriously in terms of detail like the aliens i guess 😅, but sometimes you got to really pay attention on the small details too for example, in one moment i forget which video, a country sneezes, which represents it's having a small pandemic, I really like oversimplified videos for it

This is why I love Star Wars Episode III- Really explores that theme of how dictators can fabricate emergency powers to seize permanent control.

Dunkirk is a bad movie, since it does not even mention the sacrifice of 50k french soldiers in Lille and Dunkirk to give time for the brit to flee. We don't even see french soldiers in this """historical""" movie. I find it quite hypocritical since the brit never fought in dunkirk because, as the british general Alexander himself said to the french general Fagalde, "my soldiers are tired" (even if they basicaly never fought the german in France and passed their time fleeing from the front line). Churchill admitted that the epic resistance of the french division in Lille commanded by general Molinié, fighting and sacrifying themselfs 20k french soldiers against 150k germans, saved 180k british soldiers. Knowing that they wanted to rescue 20k soldiers, at most, at the start of the operation I think Nolan could have given some credit to the french army in his movie.

fun fact: Operation Catapult, a British plan to neutralise or destroy French ships to prevent them falling into German hands in the aftermath of the Allied defeat in the Battle of France. The British bombardment of the base killed 1,297 French servicemen, sank a battleship and damaged five other ships, for a British loss of five aircraft shot down and two crewmen killed. The British attack was almost universally condemned in France and resentment festered for years over what was considered a betrayal by their former ally. Marshal Philippe Pétain, who was appointed the prime minister of France on 16 June, severed diplomatic relations with the United Kingdom on 8 July.

“Britain has done some real horrific stuff in the past, and America isn’t far behind either” America: “father I learned from you though”

One thing I rarely ever see mentioned, is the reason why the rescue at Dunkirk was such a resounding success for Britain. It could’ve easily ended in a bloodbath and a complete failure. Shortly before the Raid on Dunkirk, Hitler personally ordered the Wehrmacht to stop and take a break for a few days. The Invasion of France was going ‘too well’ in Hitler’s eyes as he heavily suspected an Allied Trap. This eventually turned out to be unfounded, but by the time he had realized this, it was already to late. British Troops were already in the midst of evacuating, when the German Army finally arrived. Many Historians called this Hitlers first and greatest Mistake. It is believed that without this short mandatory break, Britain’s Army in France would’ve been annihilated, Churchill probably forced to resign and his successor would’ve had to make peace with Germany. Britain had its best troops in France and would they have been wiped out, there would have been little chance to survive a land invasion. It is scary to think about how one little mistake may have completely changed the war and if Hitler listened to his Generals (who basically all opposed this break) History could’ve been completely different and the Third Reich could’ve won the War…

Thank you so much for reacting to oversimplified! History is something I had always wanted you to check out. Here are a few history channel recommendations that you could possibly enjoy: - Simple History - History Matters - The Armchair Historian - The Front - Feature History - John D. Ruddy - Liveth For Evermore These history channels are very knowledgeable and their videos are quite entertaining to watch. I highly recommend you react to these people sometime!

Need part 2. Definitely need it.

YOU JOINED THE MARINES WITH 16!? I am 18 and I dont even know how to cook! Dude you got my respect!

Basically Mussolini did not go to the king and say make me prime minister. The king wanted him as PM

HE'S REACTING TO A GODLY VIDEO BOIS

how about reacting to all of OverSimplified's videos...

Fun fact. In many major cities in the UK and Europe, People are still finding old unexploded bombs. Often Meaning that thousands of people need to be evacuated from an area while EOD come's in to see to it. The most recent to my knowledge being 3 weeks ago in Exeter UK, Where a roughly 1000lb bomb was detonated by EOD.

Not necessary but Turkey send 14 pilots to England to fight with germans and they are all dead.Respect to the all died pilots in battle of england love from Turkey to british people

Yeahhhhh, he's finally watching him

I still don't understand how Churchill lost his position after the war. Yeah he messed up in WWI, but he was amazing in WWII!

The Czech army was larger than Germany in terms of divisions. it was also vastly more mechanized, possibly the largest in the world at the time. The British and French air force was so small that they felt they had to give in to Germany's demands so they could buy time to build an Air Force. The Military commanders of both countries said maintain peace at any cost so they could build up. Chamberlain also famously said he would of had to work with the Soviets to stop the Nazis. Winston Churchill wanted Chamberlain to basically be a domestic Prime Ministers while he focus outside the country, but unfortunately he was sick and died. So he gets mocked here but is no where near the joke he is portrayed as. The respect Churchill gives him is the clearest example of this in my mind. The German army ran out of gas and had massive mechanical issues entering Austria. The news reels showed this powerful military, not the stalled tanks that had people hauling fuel from gas stations. If the French/British had a better intelligence network or diplomatic delegations to Austria they probably would of known and possibly made different choices. The German Army became vastly more mechanized because of being given Czechoslovakia. It gets called a mechanized force but less than 10% of it was when it invaded the Soviets. More than 90% was on foot or supplied by horses, not mechanical. The Maginot Line also extended to the coast. It was not as heavily defended but it existed so the idea the French had not prepared is just false. It was the vast movement of troops into Belgium to try to stop and the Germans, and the fleeing civilians that did more to jam cause a breakdown of the defense. And a few incompetent French Commanders. One general in charge of the Ardennes was given the option to have the entire french Air Force at his command as the Germans started their push. He refused to use it at first under the belief he didn't need it, so commanders in other sections made use of it. His superiors had seen the thrust coming, and moved to counter but he didn't make use of the air force or reinforcements before it was too late. If you want a modern example to justify military build up and spies as a means towards peace, the 1930s have some very good examples.

Fun fact: The Altmark incident is the incident where British sailor on Destroyer Cossack became Thomas Cochraine. Cossack's crew change to German colours and get close enough to the Altmark to board the ship it self and liberated 300 British POWs and the POWs' First impression by the Cossack's is "THE NAVY'S HERE!!!" Battlecry and this make the German invaded Norway because they let the Cossack go in to the Fjords where the Altmark is hiding. And the first hour of the invasion 1 German Advance Heavy Cruiser sunk because of the century old fortress in Oslofjord and it's the scene in the movie The King's Choice this made the German postpone and adjust the plan to invade Norway and missed out the Nordic Royal Family with the nation's gold reserves. And earlier in the war the German Advance Battleship Bismarck got spotted by a Norway's Seaplane Tender and let the British to chase Bismarck and The Hood got destroyed and became a British's Pearl Harbor and Bismarck got rekt by the entire Royal Navy available at the times.

So happy your finally reacting to oversimplified! After watching part 2 could you watch the video Attack on Pearl Harbor by Montemayor because I would love to see what your thoughts on it are!

"Why can't people just be happy with what they've got" is a bit of a overstatement of the state of Italy's and Germany's economy post Great Depression

I had a WWII fighter pilot game that I loved to play growing up, so I knew a little bit about stuff like Dunkirk and the Russian attack on Finland from the campaign. But it's even more interesting now that I know the context behind it and why it was all happening

Man you nailed it when you said how scary it is when a nation just lets things happen especially if you stand back and think about it today.

Oh yeah this is definitely Call of Duty 2003. Of course, RU-vid. MOAR Oversimplified!

Man, as a Brit yourself you have to be so fucking proud of what your people did in the battle of Britain and North Africa.

Fun fact Japan actually invaded the U.S via two islands in Alaska and we had to clear them off. They still find fighter parts every few years if I remember right. Also the Poles are bosses. They held out for a month and were basically abandoned by France because they wanted to do trench warfare. And England was supposed to start bombing Germany but didn't in fear of retaliatory bombings.The poles did work on cracking the German code and even rebuilt a enigma machine which they sent a copy to the allies. Further more troops escaped fought in the invasion of Normandy and Polish pilots shot down the most planes in the bombings of Britain.

You should react to "history of the entire world, i guess"

"Churchill had a slightly different way of dealing with the war." Yeah...win it.

Chamberlain actually kept working for churchhill during the war. He got a cancer diagnosis some time after resigning but him and churchill kinda chose to keep it secret for moral purposes. He didn't live long after the war.

Hello? This is the last polish radio broadcast Warsaw has recently fallen to the germans Hope is not yet lost LONG LIVE POLAND! **polish anthem plays** Edit:this was actually the last polish radio broadcast sent to the british…

My Grandfather(Mauritian) went to war in The Battle of Egypt. He just died recently in 13th July 2017.

Another reaction channel is consumed by Oversimplified. Love it!

6:45 Saw the first *English* guy accepting the crimes of *Britain* over the world. As an *INDIAN* know the *Pain* 😂

The "new phone who dis"part killed me bro😂😂😂😂

I mean when you look into how WWI started it should've been Austria-Hungary to shoulder blame after essentially blackmailing Serbia with unreasonable demands to goad a war after the Archduke (who wasn't even popular) was murdered by a Serb.

I love these punch at 11:16 - 14:46 - 15:11 and more. It's so cool.

I understand what you're saying about greed, but human progress can mostly be boiled down to greed. That said, I agree that greed is MUCH more destructive than constructive these days.

9:25 "Hitler promised not to invade Czechoslovakia, Jeremy. Welcome to the real world."

5:42 Like the name suggests, it's Oversimplified. Germany was in a bad place after WW1, had several violent communist uprisings (four in 1918-19 and a fifth in 1923) that all failed, and the ideology reared its ugly head again when the Great Depression hit the country. This video completely glosses over the communist contribution to the collapse of the democratic German government. And the part where the democratic government itself was really badly corrupt and a large part of the of the "moderate" political elite didn't really care about the long-term fate of the country as long as they were raking in enough money to keep their parties going and had enough left over to escape abroad if things got too revolutiony. In the end, the democratic conservatives basically had a choice between bringing the Nazis (who would probably stab them in the back) into the government, bringing the Communists (who would probably stab them in the back) into the government, or letting the government stay in deadlock and incapable of passing legislation until the Nazis or Communists decided they were ready to start a civil war.

NOW THIS, IS EPIC!

I love the South Park joke of step- ???, Step- profit!

Well, the "Poland splitting" is pretty unfair for the USSR, actually, the USSR just took back what Poland invaded while Russia was in civil war (Courzon line territories ), so while the germans invaded Poland, the USSR just took what Poland stole from them years before.

I’m happy that you’ve chosen to react to Oversimplified and look forward to more reactions to his videos. Regarding Churchill, my opinion of the man is that he was every bit as crazy, murderous and racist as Hitler...which made him the perfect man to lead Britain against him. Churchill’s decisions during the war, such as attacking the French Navy, re-routing food supplies from Bengal and making false promises to Eastern European nations, can all be argued to have been morally terrible but necessary actions to Ensure Britain’s survival. He did what he felt he needed to. Still, I find it highly amusing that he was fired not long after the war ended. I love Churchill as a historical figure and would gladly watch a TV series of him that is honest and upfront about the sort of person he was. Apparently the guy genuinely enjoyed being a soldier in WW1. Like I said; crazy.

14:16 that's why it's called blitzkrieg Because the battle was over faster than lightning

i'm forever impressed, how the british spindoctered a "desperate last minute escape" into some sort of victory.

Imagine, you have this teacher then a couple years later he pretty much rules your goddamn country

"gradual change can end with something extreme" I really don't what to think about this with current events

Honestly most of oversimplifieds videos are incredible, WW1, the Cold War, the revolutionary war and the American civil war are some of the best.

Good reaction as always Luke. I don't remember if you watched the episode on the Americn Civil War or not, but if you haven't; I really think you should, you would like it a lot. Have a good day.

Think about the similarities between Mussolini and Hitler. -Finds unhappy people -Claims he will fix everything -Presents a scapegoat -Gets a stupidly obsessed following Anyone surprised that Germans get kinda uneasy seeing some politicians nowadays, like in the US?

0:35 Deadass thought you were gonna say “I was really young when ww2 took place”

Another Great video👍, one of my favorite war stories is the 30 Belgian soliders who held the entire German army back for about two weeks

Part 2, now, I don't want it... I NEED IT

Oversimplified is what got me into history.

Minute 17:44 I love your reaction on this part of the video A year that i see you and still loving your reaction and your opinion on every part of the video From NYC (USA) have a good Day

Would love to watch you react to Part 2!

Imagine how pissed off Hitler must have been when no matter what allied weapons you destroy, the U.S. is over there rebuilding it and there's no way to stop them because they're so far away. Pretty amazing how the Germans basically after getting beaten to a pulp in WW1 rebuilt their war machine in secret and got as far as they did with it. I mean it's incredible. They were some badasses, even if they were evil badasses.

You can use the left/right arrow keys to skip 5 seconds, and the j/L keys to skip 10 seconds.

Please keep going! Oversimplified is amazing! Go for the other series as well.

6:44 I think what's great about most of Europe and us guys and gals here in America is that after all the wars and fights and shady dealings, we won't "pull the trigger" when it counts and instead go in the direction of human compassion. I mean all of us have been trying to get rid of slavery for the past 300 years and we've mostly succeeded, we got a bill of human rights, nato, our nations aren't built as power=power=power but more of a "if you have power over people, you have a obligation to those people you rule" kinda thing. Don't know if anyone gets what i'm saying but we are just more moral when push comes to shove than other nations have been or will be.

This was fantastic. Please do part 2 asap!

I'm not a gamer (I watch your other vids), but I love your funny reactions. Your smile and laugh is infectious!

Please look more into the atrocities Japan committed against China (specifically Nanking), it gets so overlooked because of the Holocaust (not trying to belittle a horrifying event at all, just pointing out that it's not common knowledge). They didn't call it "The R*pe of Nanking" for nothing.

One thing that everyone probably many people don't know was the Bulgarians never attacking until boris the 3rd died

Luke i have to warn you Oversimplified is very good with his transitions to the ads from his sponsors

Clicked on the notification so fast! Definitely check out more oversimplified. It’s a great channel. Also I hope your day is amazing and that you and your family are well! ❤️

“America is not far from it” Where do you think we get that from? Where do you think people who emigrated to America came from? English and German. We are connected. America was discovered after all. To find it’s own identity, it’s own culture by bringing different cultures MIXED into 1.

More Reactions for Oversimplified videos pls!!

Yesssss I've been waiting for this. Love the work you've been doing and wish you the best.

Oh, well that was unexpected

Now that you've starting to Oversimplified channel, I recommend The Operations Room's channel. The channel is all about explaining military maneuvers for certain battles, currently it's on Desert Storm with a few other battles in between.

Im damn early, also didnt expect this reaction! NICE!

When you think about it that "make me PM" bit is a bit like Westminster elections.

Unhappyness of the people combined with populism can create such scary and world changing events

Oversimplified rly got me into history