WW1 - Oversimplified (Part 2) REACTION!! | OFFICE BLOKES REACT!! 

So glad to see part 2 to this video, love some Oversimplified! Nice reaction, guys :)

The Poles were very aware of the capabilities for tanks but the myth of the Polish lancers charging German tanks isn't that far from the truth. The Polish did use lancers but they generally fought dismounted. They also no longer carried lances but did keep their sabers. Colonel Kazimierz Mastalerz was a particularly battle-hardened cavalry officer and veteran of the Austro-Hungarian army in World War I as well as the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. Mastalerz knew surprise was his only edge. Early in the war, he ordered the 18th Pomeranian Uhlan Regiment, supported by a small number of TSK/TK-3 tankettes, to draw their sabres and charge the unprepared ranks of the Germans near Krojanty. They did scatter the German infantry but German armored cars emerged from the forest road and shot up the Polish cavalry killing one or two dozen of them as well as Mastalerz. The closest situation to the myth is when a Polish cavalry column go lost in the smoke, Captain Jerzy Hollak’s lancers found themselves in the middle of a German tank column. Amazingly, they punched straight through the startled Germans and seized the high ground and forced the Panzers to withdraw. Hollak’s unlikely victory, however, was fleeting and they were driven off soon after.

There have been historians who question if the German letter to Mexico was authentic or not.

Perfect timing! He literally just uploaded The Pig War, which you guys will love since it's between our two countries. React to that next! It's quite long, but Oversimplified is a master at keeping viewers hooked til the end of his videos.

The Polish Cavalry charge on tanks has gone around for a long time. The Polish Cavalry did out maneuver many German units. And the Polish army in general did make a good account of itself. But with overwhelming odds there is little they could do realistically. I had learned in US schools that when we entered the war we only had a slight impact on the war. I then learned that many of the warring powers were fully depleted & sick of it all and the US had more of an effect than we were taught. And so when the next round of hyper inflation comes around, like it did in post WW1 Germany, have we learned not to grab for the first mustached fanatic that can make it better? Of course not. When the US or UK or any other country has it's people starving, we will grab for the first Hitler that comes our way.

That's odd that you guys didn't delve into WW! When it came to education of the wars, both WW! and WW2 were always studied more than the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

Bulgaria didn't want "to get bigger". It wanted its chopped off territories from the Balkan Wars restored. Nothing more. And yes, decisions made by the Bulgarian leaders at the time were the exact opposite of good.

RIP German Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire, Russian Empire and Ottoman Empire

You should listen to Dan Carlin's Hardcore history about WW1. it's pretty long but it's great

Virtually every OS video, but not The American Civil War -- for shame! :-)

Britain promised my people, the Assyrians (ancient natives of Iraq, Iran, parts of Turkey - Christians) a sovereign land if they fought on their behalf. More than half our population were slaughtered by the Ottoman Empire. There was a massive virgin suicide of Assyrian and Armenian women instead of being kidnapped and forced into Muslim marriages. Britain had offered the same land (both WW1 & WW2) to the Kurds, basically pitting two nations against each other, leading to more deaths. Barely a few thousand Assyrians left, most of the men were gone. Britain then offered some land in Brazil, in the middle of the rainforest where head hunting was still practiced. Our Bishop nearly took the offer, not knowing it would finish our people off. Many ran off to various countries, many went to Russia where my mother was born in a work camp. Lots of people suffered on behalf of Britain and then America too, just to dwindle down to nothing.

♥ So if that driver didn't take a wrong turn, WWI wouldn't have happened. 🤣

now your mics are too loud and the video is too quiet, can hear you guys breathing lol.

Around 10 min in, you describe war as being just a land gtab. Very true. I remember a Tom Clancy novel from many years ago that described war as "armed robbery writ large," which seems like a perfect description. It's nothing more than sovereign states saying "I want what you have (land, resources, people, whatever) so I'm taking it because I have weapons."

Back-to-back world war champs!!!

"civilian ships" Aka ones that were hauling ammo to the UK.

Little reminder: This was a All vs 1 Just imagine Russia would have joined the war like planned and the German allies would be not completely unfair for Germany because their just dumb .. Again little reminder *All* *vs* *1* ... So like you just see this flags like Belgian, British Brothers (Love u), Americans and France against... One flag.. And Russia on the other side. Award for strongest player: Germany - Best Tactics (Germans created new tactics with the Stormtrooper that we still use Today so they were really modern even at the beginning) - Red Baron - best Army - Worst allies... Love u all ❤️💙 We are stronger together

Dave definitely has post nasal drip with all of that throat clearing. I have it myself, it's a pain in the ass.

Definitely need to react to the French Revolution!

Hiram Maxim I think is how you spell his name, invented the maxim machine gun and sold it to all the Europeans which is why World War I was so deadly especially at the battle of Somme where the Germans knew the significance of full auto machine guns and the British learned it at the end of the day.

React to the pig war by oversimplified

Fun fact: The French were the first to use chemical weapons (tear gas) during WW1.

Rita Vrataski... the Angel of Verdun.

Dave Dave Dave, you start out saying sorry for your intelligence, then you finish with more stories.. you will never learn.. LOL

pig war by oversimplified. U guys have to react to it

The polish calvary went up against German tanks with swords and lances. True story Dave said so

Interesting discussion you guys had at the end, there. I wish this video mentioned it as it teased WWII but the Treaty of Versailles that officially ended WWI pinned all the blame on Germany and their punishments were too harsh for the country to handle before the next generation came along. The punishments the West levied on Germany are what created the conditions for someone like Hitler to rise to power. Germany was a shell of itself, full of unemployment and starvation until the Nazis came around. They gave them hope for the first time in a decade. They gave people jobs working on building their military, adding to their ranks, and said "up yours" to the constraints of the Treaty of Versailles that was keeping their economy down. Of course, the Nazis knew they were taking advantage of such conditions and capitalizing on the desperation of the people and the rest is history.

I’m pretty sure men on horses were used in World War 1 somewhere but I don’t know about against German tanks.

guys please react to Oversimplified - Napoleonic Wars... it would be so amazing, especially that Britain is mentioned so many times in this episode!

"Country split into two" This glosses over the illegal occupation the Brits did of various islands/regions of Greece, something they admonished Germany for, when they did it to Belgium.

A good WW2 movie is Hacksaw Ridge, it base on true story.

There are some things slightly wrong with these two oversimplified videos of WW1. 1. first of all Germany didn’t want more stuff from other countries before WW1 (at least not Bismarck), that is more likely ally propaganda. 2. Alsace Lorraine (Elsaß-Lothringen) never belonged to France in the first place, it was German for over thousand years (all the place and cities names are German, the architecture is German), there was literally no reason for France to „get it back“. 3. 4:22 Germany warned the British and Americans that they should not go into this area of the northern sea because it was a war zone. Also a few years ago scientist found a lot of weapons on the seabed at the place where the Lusitania sunk, the allies did try to smuggle weapons on the ship, so the attack by the Germans was definitely reasonable. 4. Not really a fact but Britain should be the last country to tell other European countries that they „shouldn’t invade“ neutral countries. That’s exactly what Britain was doing for decades. They colonized and invaded countries around the world to profit from the resources they found there.😅

I thought Ben stokes was called up for the ashes 🤔🤔

Love history and geography

I hope you can make Epic history episodes, which give a better wiev. Also, extra history - seminal tragedy of europe, and other parts :)

Guys please do the Sabaton's Christmas truce!

Hey Office Blokes!

The Tank Museum in Bovington has some of the last serving MKIV tanks like this one y’all stated was a nice piece of kit. They have some pretty cool RU-vid videos about it as well.

Germany finished paying reparations in the mid 2000's.

You need to react to oversimplified World War II now

Just praying for that third strike.

60,000 dead in one day sort of puts Afganistan/Iraq war in perspective. Maybe call it a skirmish...

History's a lot more useful to know then Geography, imo.

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Can you react to World War One by Epic History? Very intresting.

Germany paid it's last war reparation in 2010 i believe.

Hope you guys don't go anywhere

better luck next time Germany...

Don’t mock me-I DO come to you for (some) facts! Lol. I know little about this war so this did help. I thought it was interesting that there was a huge rainbow 🌈 over Bulgaria, as if they were having a Pride Celebration. The loss of life was horrific. WWII seemed like a repeat of the same. Thanks for all the great reactions!

Dave please let me help you level your audio to the video audio I feel like I'm in your guys throat the breathing so loud

I love how they show Canada in blue as part of the British empire but never mention our name.

Why don’t you ask mike about ww1 he was around back then

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Massive loss of life, and the only thing it accomplished was to start World War II. Such a waste.