WW1 - Oversimplified (Part 1)
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WWI: caused by shooting an austrian guy
WWII: caused by not shooting an austrian guy
But shooting german civies in poland
Germany Ball You know this was staged by the germans, right?
Yep that sums it up
Pls explain ?
sj gyaan Adolf hitler was born in Austria and during ww1, a British private named Henry Tandey had him at gun point but couldn’t pull the trigger, hitler then caused ww2
6 years ago and surprisingly this still *feels* original
Yes
Good memories come up in my head when watching this.
I can agree
indeed
It is a classic
crazy to see how much oversimplified has improved since their first video (writing this just after 2nd punic war part 2 came out)
Same, I wanted to rewatch to see how far they’ve come.
Same. This is where it all began, and you can clearly see how much his editing skills have improved, but you can also see certain techniques that he still practices today. He even used the punch effect when Germany invaded Belgium at 2:28. And also you could see the use of the same red arrows he uses today.
@@bluestar4408it’s one guy
It’s one guy
@@ControlTheAirwaves i wasnt completely sure of that
If you’re having a bad day, always remember that at least you didn’t start a war only because you took a wrong turn
i love this lmfao, true
😂
That turn started ww1, ww2, the cold War, and most modern wars.
@@ok2635 Yea ur right I just realised that.
well the war was going to start anyway since tensions were already super high
I like how he didn’t even introduce his channel and just started spitting facts
True
Wouldn't we all rather have that?
James Porter
Yeah lol
And the man has never let us down since
School: you cant use wikipedia
Me: *laughs in Oversimplified*
loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
underrated comment
Ha
Very yes
My school blocked Wikipedia
Ain't no way this is already 6 years old. I still remember watching this only a few months after it came out. This basically shaped my entire life into history and I'm now better than anyone I've ever met!
Well you haven’t met me
@@PintoBeean Well, you haven't met HIM
@@KarmasAB123 you do realize that that was a joke about overconfidence (even tho it is true)
@@PintoBeean I was making a StarHarv reference.
@@KarmasAB123 oh alr
I think we should share oversimplified videos in schools. Despite being oversimplified, he does give out a lot of good information, but not just that, he does it in an entertaining way. So when kids watch these vids, they get a good idea of what likely happened, and then, with this knowledge at hand, it can encourage them to study and know more of the intricate details.
My teacher showed us this
hmm, I think students maybe misguided if they believe everything in Oversimplified's videos is true. I know many of them are unreal.
I think oversimplified videos can be used as an introduction for a certain topic. It works similarly like an abstract to a research paper.
Germany is that one guy in online PvP/Battle Royale games that has to carry the entire team and loses as a result.
Actually, if Germany had semi competent allies that might’ve actually won a world war
@@tyronebot600 That's exactly what I mean. Germany had to carry the team because its allies are shit, and ends up losing as a result of being the only decent one in the team.
I've stopped playing any multiplayer FPS game and I got PTSD by reading this.
So basically me in garden warfare with my team sitting being idiots instead of goin on a war against plants and I’m the only on doing anything
@Cyber_Spartan 300 Ikr in fact in ww2 it was The Germans VS the British, French, Russia, USA. Germanys main allies: Italy and Japan.
Italy: "We are such a tough country that the Germans actually want us. So we actually raided the small British island British Somaliland as our one only success in the war" (which the British seized back within a year).
Japan: Basically had its own plans, didn't really like Germany and they didn't even fight with them even when they were on the same battlefield. Did not sink any Russian ships full of USA weapons to support Russia against Germany which led to their own downfall.
If the Germans had one good ally that worked together then I'm pretty sure it would be a very even war.
Imagine taking a wrong turn somewhere and suddenly you’ve changed the course of human history
the war would've still happened, just maybe not in 1914 but probably a bit later
True
If the war didn’t happen then WW2 wouldn’t have happened either
@@epicscopes2370 are you sure about that?
@@epicscopes2370 i think that ww 1 will happen later and if he was happen later and he will be more bloody cuz they maybe will finish tanks and modernize planes so yeah think about that.
7 years and this video is a showcase of exactly how far oversimplified has come.
It's crazy how both the length of videos increased with the quality honestly
Seven years ago and it still holds up just as good
France and Britain are like the 2 kids in class who are always fighting but are still friends ish
or they fought when they were young but now are matured and are friend-ish
Calvins Carvings. That’s just me and my step brother fighting on Call of Duty
The original frenemies.
Germany is like the kid in class who likes to steal stuff
Me and my best friend lmao
*“Belgium is like school, something you have to go through”* ~ German proverb
Edit: France is like the summer on the other side.
So true
lmao very true
Big yes
“Belgium is like puberty, something you have to go through” ~ German proverb
But puberty is nice! U get real fun stuff and you want to use it all the time
The "How about I don't" at 4:21 is one of my all-time favorite Oversimplified moments
Anyone else here 7 years later to keep the engagement up??
Me also there is no luxemberg
@@TheNonTripleEntente Luxembourg*
yep
Yep
🙋♀️
Ww1:the war to end all wars.
Hitler:well yes but, actully no.
Well yes, but actually no*
Well yes but,l actully no.
@@loa7194 lmao
Soviets: well yes but actually no
Ww1/ww2 white genocide?
Fun Fact: In world wars, Belgium’s only purpose is acting as a toll booth to France
Belgium: Really? We can charge money for countries to invade France?
Please love god and spread his word please 🙏
As a Belgian I can't disagree.
@@Lee-qy8zs Also wtf?
@@coitze8704 It’s a bot
Timestamps:
Before War:
0:00 Pre-War Tensions
0:41 Ferdinand's Assassination
War Starts:
1:34 Austria-Hungary Declares War
1:59 The Schlieffen Plan
2:29 Germany Invades through Belgium
Other Stuff:
2:57 What else is going on
3:26 How warfare changed
War:
3:59 Russia is Ready for War!
4:35 Western Front Attacks
Trench Warfare:
5:17 How Trench Warfare Works
Anyone ever tell you that you are a legend
1 minor correction: Ferdinand's assasination*
Whos here after the new video to see how much the animation quality improved
Me
Same
Me
If you ever feel dumb remember that the Arch Duke of Ferdinand went back out in public after people tried to assassinate him.
No
😂😂😂😂😂
Dude, Uncool.
@Mohamed M Random Stranger on the Internet 😳
And it started a friking war
Who caused ww1: an uber driver
Who caused ww2: an art teacher
And both of them Austrian.
Not even that, a failed art teacher
Who will cause ww3: people who make memes about the history
@@JotaroKujo_JJBA a meme war 😮
@@JotaroKujo_JJBA nope. Hardcore T Series fans will
I still can’t believe how far he’s came from this vid to his latest, I’m so proud of him fr. I love watching the old videos for when I sleep it’s so calming
you're the reason i dont need to open my history book to study world history
Clickbait headline: This man takes a wrong turn and you would NOT believe what happens next
Nolan Fan omg ikr that’s so true, I miss the 1900’s youtube
@@ll-li3dt You mean "OurTube"
shubham preet I was talking about 1900
When communism wasn’t relevant yet.
Until
1910-2019+
LMFAO
@shubham preet *communism intensified*
Oversimplified:
*Comes onto CZcams*
*Starts spitting facts*
*Doesn't elaborate*
*Leaves*
*Returns and starts spitting facts again*
Repeat
That's some Chad behaviour right there.
I’mma be 100% and this gonna get tons of hate but he chad meme is so overused like my mom on the streets
@@space4166 Honestly, fair enough.
Oversimplified in a nutshell
2:18 well i am german but i have no idea what that is
i know the ingredients of the dish, but i have absolutely no clue where this dish is from and what it is
i haven't even heard the name of it before
I’ve been watching this video for 3 years and it’s still extremely re-watchable
This was the beginning of a legend.
Sup boyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Why you died!!!!
Bro come back this president sucks ass
Ayyy Abe come back we are gonna have another civil war and we need you to win it
You died half a century before the start of this futile war.
My mum saying third times the charm
Me realising Germany only lost twice:
*chuckles*, _im in danger_
Lol good one...im shaking rn btw
From timtom. Noice
Germany is controlled by the allies so we good
they win with talk, and i'm ok with that
If Germany is with the allies, and they win, Germany will too.
Fun fact, despite the many treaties, Britain initially held off entering the war because it felt the continent wasn't it's business and it was fun being on its own. The ONLY treaty they took seriously was they promised to protect and honour Belgium's neutrality. Germany, having seen Britain not want to get involved, assumed that meant it wouldn't at all, and thus went through Belgium, and then did a gigantic OH CRAP when it realised that for once, Britain wasn't lying when it made a promise to someone.
Makes you wonder what would have happened had German not attacked through Belgium
Oversimplified I don’t care if you don’t see this but I just want to let you know that I always learn more than you and your videos then school they teach horribly and it’s like two years to learn one small little battles but here I can just learn the entirety of world war one in a few minutes you are the best person ever thank you
I introduced this to my history teacher and she showed it to us in class today. I feel so powerful.
What about big sexy navy bit 🤣🤣
y e e t
@@wendyash4823 no problem lmfao
people in schools draw bad shit nowadays
Alexi Sperounes Yeah, Mine showed it too.
Alexi Sperounes I tried this and was ignored lol
Austria: Sends impossible demands to Serbia
Serbia: Does the impossible demands
Austria: now that’s a twist
They accepted all of the demands except number 6.... Oof
@@TheYeetiest and 5
@The American Ever heard of Japanese-American or Chinese-American? He might have an american name but he still has a asian last name. Just because you have asian heritage dosen't mean ur first name has to be asian.
@The American Wait a minute so his name isn't american but hes trying to be white? How is he trying to be white?
@The American Also why should he be named chinese? Thats like saying. "Oh ur name is Jack so you have to name yourself british or english".
How did WW1 starts :a wrong turn
How did WW2 starts :a young man failed art school
We watched this 6 minute video in a Modern History class 6yrs ago and it gave us more insight than an hour long class
Franz Ferdinand gets assassinated
The Entire Europe:
"Now this is an Avengers level threat"
The death of Franz changed world history as we know it
@@drpule8609 Of course it did. It led to the creation of anime
france
@@lmaodead2900 france
@@lmaodead2900 france
Everyone: "Let's kick each others butt"
Spain, just vibin: *"Que?"*
" *¿Que?* "
Actually it was Portugal
And que? means what
@@what_d1245 No Spain was neutral in WW1. Portugal fought in the colonies and was officially declared on by Germany in the twilight years of the war.
@@what_d1245 I didn't know portugal speak Spanish
@@luchilovesyou9260 they don't
I always love rewatching old Oversimplified videos every few months
Media: “Bruhh, a World War can’t start from assassinating one guy”
Archduke Franz Ferdinand : “Am I a Joke to You?
Solmeini: I am also to be feared
Was this supposed to be funny or clever? It wasn't.
@@JohnDoe-vn1we It's not funny or clever and the idea that WW1 happened because of an assassination is completely wrong anyways.
Modern Warfare 2
Take me out
WW3: *starts*
Everyone: **looks at Germany**
Germany: wHAT
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
3th time a charm🙃
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@turkishairlines9838 😳
😂😂😂😂😂
I love history videos with illustrations and many visual resources. I've been your subscriber since high school years (been changing accounts often). Thank you for your work. I am rewatching your content at age 24 again!
Two fun facts
1. Franz actually died in part to not taking cover to save his own life, he instead threw himself over his wife to make sure she survived, and even in his dying moments all he said was asking if his wife was okay. Props to Franz for that.
2. If Austria-Hungary had actually declared war way sooner, odds are WW1 would have never happened, because at first pretty much all the great powers agreed that Serbia has a part in it and saw Austria-Hungary's justification as righteous. But AH took so long to mobilize that everyone figured it was no linger over Franz and more over exerting control over the Balkans.
WW1 in a nutshell: So basically France and the UK declared war on Germany for declaring war on Russia for declaring war on the Austro-Hungarian Empire for declaring war on Serbia.
That is a giant mindfuck
It’s actually UK declared war on Germany for declaring war on Belgium because they need to invade France for looking like they are going to declare war on Germany for declaring war on Russia for declaring war on Austria Hungary for declaring war on Serbia.
Yes I am very fun at parties
Flashstar 123 Lol
No. Germany declared war on France and Russia. The UK declared war on Germany after Germany invaded Belgium and refused to leave.
@@flashstar1234 France did not declare war on Germany. Germany declared war on France.
History Teachers: I fear no man, But that thing
Oversimplified
It scares me
HAMY GAMMY lol
y
To the guillotine!
Holy god it’s so true
we watch Oversimplified in class
0:01 and thus a legend was born
Feeling like telling some things about a school trip I had, related to WW1 because I'm mostly passionate about WW1, and also why not
Back in elementary school, in what we call "CM1" in the French grades (the grade before the last grade in elementary in the French school system), we went on a class trip to No Man's land, visiting a museum about WW1 and everything surrounding it. At the end of the museum, we even got someone to make a presentation about the muskets, the huge weaponry etc. It was pretty awesome.
Walking on the path in No Man's land felt surreal. The grass, regrown. Everything was cleaned up, and nice; nothing like what I had remembered from history class with the atrocities... Imagining that millions of soldiers died here, infected with pests, poisonous water along the muddy floor is horrible to think about. There was wooden floor along the trenches.
I even got a little postal card from the visit with a bookmark! We got to trade cards with classmates, I got lucky and managed to trade mine. Got a postal card of No Man's land and a picture of the trenches. We went to visit the graveyards too.
Before going to No Man's land, we visited a few areas left as memorials, with shellshocks. There were signs with something along the lines of "There might still be ammo, watch your step" at the entrance. Saw a poppy field in the distance.
This was probably the most memorable school trip I will have. I remember everything clearly. The uniforms I saw at the museum, the firearms, the poppy field, and the memorials. The hard, wooden floor of No Man's land as well as the few hundreds of gravestones we saw amongst the millions of other soldier's graves.
I remember, at the museum we had a little "Flip-book sized" stack of papers together. It was a little quiz. As we progressed through the museum, we needed to fill it in with the correct information.
Gosh, I miss the old days where we had school trips like these at our schools.
Me: Is four a lot?
Oversimplified: Depends on the context.
Oversimplified : dollars? No.
Oversimplified: meters gained in world war 1? Yes.
Me:number of weekly dnd sessions without a interruption? Yes, impossibly high
Brianna Jones I think it’s the other way round
Brianna Jones oh wait I messed up never mind
Doctor who memes are great
In no mans land that was huge
Germany: *commits atrocities in Belgium *
The world: "how dare you do this!?"
Belgians in Kongo: "yeah.... how dare you do something like this"
oh wow
Democrat- King L- NO NOT AGAIN
For others reading this comment…look up the history of the Congo. Belgium had mountains of bad karma coming it’s way!
Kongo was King Leopold II private colony. Ist did Not Belong to the Belgian state and its mercenaries, including african mercenaries, who carried our the Crimes.
He wanted to keep the whole thing against it.
When the internationale News agence fount about it, they put pressure the State of Belgium, which in turn put pressure Leopold and he had to surrender his colony.
Then the living conditions of the Congonese Improved and the rest were spared from the atrocities
@@ash.bl.9289 surely leopold used Belgium troops to enforce his atrocities in the Congo. By your logic Germany did nothing wrong and it was just hitler who was real bad.
The fact this is bro's first video and yet its still the same vibe is so surreal but still so good is intriguing in way. I'm proud of him🙂🗣️
2:39
Oddly enough this small bit has some of the greatest animation on his entire channel
I would really like to see "WWI remastered" because there is so much more to talk about.
Well it is oversimplified
its called "oversimplified" for a reason
@@mansur_ali yeah but this video is 6 minutes long. His videos are usually like 30 minutes long as there's a lot of satire, jokes and further detail about certain battles.
@@Webby104 this was his first video
You know I honestly agree with you
Germany: invades Belgium
Britain: noooooooo, you cant invade other countries that were not interrupting your business.
Also Britain: the world's largest empire go brrrrr
ACK MY BACK
Its been exactly 105 years today since this brutal war. Rest in peace to all the brave soldiers who gave their lives only so that they could satisfy their commanders who forced them to fight in such terrible conditions.
Every time I feel bored reading history, I open videos of this channel, and trust me, this makes complex topics so much oversimplified. They had jokes and funny animation, which makes it so interesting for the learners who don't like these topics. I've never found these topics fascinating, but this channel really made one. I would like to thank you for creating such content, which makes it fun to watch. Even while writing my exam, I remember those animated Hitler and Churchill characters. This is the best content I could ever find. Thank you so much once again 😊
ww1 simplified even further: I hate you because my friend hates you for killing his friend’s friend’s friend’s friend’s leader
everyone liked that
Thanks mate. It will help in the tests
Driver:* one wrong turn *
Achievement unlocked kill 96 million people
Plus ww2 since hitler hated the loss of ww1
@@mrsandwich238 that's the point : ww1 only did between 13 to 30 million casualties
@Sahil Singh the number is still unclear to this day
@@easyestentertainment3753 that's actually totally fucked up when you think about it. Jeez the first half of the 20th century was catastrophic.
@@easyestentertainment3753 oNLý
This is so nostalgic that it makes me want to start a war.
Imagine being the driver who accidentally took a wrong turn and basically being responsible for two world wars
Edit: Jesus Christ, some of y'all need to seriously learn some anger management before learning history.
@Főfasírozó Well yeah, it kinda did
3 you forgot the cold war
@Főfasírozó You're right! Austro-Hungary wanted to attack us assasination wasn't the reason but they needed to have a reason to attack us so they don't look bad
Thanks the lord for GPS Nowadays...
Főfasírozó it did
Thus a legend was born
Can't believe this is his first video, it's pretty high quality
But his sound volume was quite low
@@emmanuelkleingoldewijk8523 Well, it is his first video. I wouldn't expect everything to be perfect.
@@emmanuelkleingoldewijk8523 its crazy how much hes managed to improve his videos
@@Brualty not the animation just the mic it doesnt matter if its his first video
And he uses the same map of Europe even now
Man coming back to this original video is a trip, you've come so far OS! ❤
The improvement he’s made since this video is just crazy. Thanks for the great videos OverSimplified
Franz Ferdinand: im going to meet the cops
The driver: im about to accidentally end this man's whole career
Gavrilo Princip: I'll help
woh ho ho better stop that lads i'm not fighting another war in the balkans
OverSimplified: "America"
Also OverSimplified: **Plays the French Anthem**
france helped murica be a country thats why
No its the 1812 oveture by tchaikovsky
@@UniversalDirp 'Tis true, it's 1812 Overture. It's still ironic that a piece widely associated with America was actually meant for Russians 💀
@@abbyc4779 its created by Russian composer Tchaikovsky, about Russias victory over napoleon in the nepolionic wars
@@UniversalDirp I think people mistake it for being about the War of 1812 over here in the US.
This makes my history lessons so much more interesting and funny thank you!
I never thought I'll ever use the videos on this channel as a homework research/resource for possible answers but here I am, doing exactly that 💀
_And honestly I'm not complaining, I'd love to learn history like this lmao-_
Okay so like who wants him to be your history teacher
AJ _110 aye
I
Me.
Főfasírozó he is not lying. Just jokes.
ME
Cause of WW1: A wrong turn
Cause of WW2: an art school rejected some Austrian
Cause of WW3:Someone sneezed on someone else
Edit: I am NOT a time traveller!
Maybe.....
Actually Switzerland starts ot
Cause of WW3: pussy-march takes U-turn...
The start of WW4 will be when someone says the word “black.”
Now one knows what caused ww3
WW3: Someone was masturbating during a topless parade
Oh how I love that I come back and watch these every so often and without fail it makes me laugh. Whens the next video 👀😂
Who watches the same videos 1000 times but still enjoys it ?
Me
So if the archduke had just decided, “Hey how about I stay home and don’t visit the officers in hospital,” 80 million people would not die in the next 3 decades?
HAHHHAHAHAH
Yeah
The war probably would have still broken out for some other reason
Jonas Hammond true there was so much tension between countries anyways so war was inevitable
@@ainzpriv1 yeah
Why is Austria Hungary if they have Turkey right beside each other?
This joke is *despicable.* Have a like
Fuck you, take this like
Shelley Crayon 4 f nice joke
Shut up and take my likes
I would rate the joke but 1. its old and overused and 2. you fucked it up, you said Austria Hungary hungry instead of just saying Austria Hungary, so rip :(
I love this series i can watch it over and over without it getting old
if Franz Ferdinand's driver never made that turn, WW1, WW2, Cold War, etc. will never exist
They would still exist in some capacity. War was expected at that point. Everyone knew it was coming. What no one knew was what would spark one.
WARNING: IF YOU ARE A LEADER OF A COUNTRY, ALWAYS HAVE A TOP ON YOUR CAR
Franz Ferdinand and JFK would nod there heads very quickly.
@@Godslayer5656 what’s left of their heads
@@aidanstearns3217 bro that’s so dark
@@aidanstearns3217 r/cursedcomments
@@aidanstearns3217 dude uncool
Honestly it’s so much fun to see how far OverSimplified has come in animation, sound quality, editing, and scripting. It’s nice to see such progress in such a short amount of time for a CZcams channel.
I kinda would like to see what the first videos would look like being remade with the improved quality in these aspects
Bluestar 1215 yeah dude
and also studying
Lime Green true
I hope he never remakes this video. it's an absolute masterpiece
i think he should
@@Torin_Cryptic I think he shouldn't. Better to spend that effort on new videos.
@@Suksass Oh yeah true
@@Torin_Cryptic as much as I love oversimplified - some of the comedy bits in the newer videos go on for a little too long. it takes away from the history aspect for me. this video was like the perfect combination of comedy and history
6 years ago and surprisingly this still feels original. You literally helped me do my history assignment. Thank you!.
You know is NOT original, this comment
Funfact:
The German General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck held out for 4 years with 14.000 soldiers (3000 Germans and 11.000 Africans or Askaris) against 300.000 British soldiers despite being cut off from any supply line.
He did this by being a brilliant strategist who moved his troops quickly and efficiently but also by treating his African troops as equals to the other Germans. During the Spanish Flu, when rations dwindled, only few soldiers deserted since they had all become so loyal and attached to von Lettow-Vorbeck.
Decades later, in 1964 when von Lettow-Vorbeck died, the West-German Bundestag (parliament) decided to give back dated pay to all the surviving Askaris. So, a banker was flown to Mwanza at Lake Victoria who set up a provisional cashier‘s office. 350 former soldiers returned but only few of them could present documents, which von Lettow-Vorbeck had handed them out by the end of the war, to prove that they had served. So instead, others showed their uniforms to prove their service but there were still many left with no evidence. Then, the cashier had an idea: He gave all the men a broomstick and ordered them to perform the Prussian/German drill like they would‘ve done with a weapon. Not a single one of them failed the test and they were given their pay.
Bro chill
Thank you for the information mate. 🌻
Yep one of the greatest guerrilla war strategists to ever live!
@@TheRealEnclave wake up delete ur comment
@@now_is_past no
Can we all just take in that this guy probably made this as a college project, and now it's his freaking JOB?
very cool
I wish this was my job, too, I mean look at the fucken views this dude gets. I've watched this video like 20 times already. 😭
@@bruhhhhhhhhh2072 but remember it is very hard that’s why every 4-3 months a video comes out because of the animating and everything
@@a_09.7 I agree too, considering I am also trying to focus on my career. It’s hard work! 😓
Im pretty sure he has another job which isnt this channel but im sure he spends alot of time on this channel as well
I hope all your videos will always be public because in the future when I finally become a history teacher I’m going to play your videos as recaps after all applicable lessons before tests bc these videos actually helped so much during my finals
0:33 as a Spanish speaker, I lost it at Spain's "que?" 😭
I know the point of it is oversimplified, but the latest videos are of such high quality, the channel has come such a long way! It'd be cool if these World war videos were remastered and more in depth like the recent ones. Loving your content!
Duolingo: You forgot your Serbian lesson, you know what happens now.
WARNING: Back door opened, proceed with caution.
Oh no not again!
Warning:Dangerous bird inside your house.
O ne
@@4n5h327 wait, so the green weird looking bird with a knife under my bed was doulingo? Oh shi-
Not taking a shot at this video, but I remember when it came out, I thought it was really good. But after watching “pig wars” I can’t believe how far he’s come in quality. He’s more enthusiastic in his speaking, his humor is consistent without getting too stale, and just the overall way he delivers the information is so much better.
Bluejay also covers History welll. Same for Illuminaughtii and
of course CGP Gray.
The guy made me watch a 38 minute vid where the only casualty was ..a pig. The guy is a genius
I'm convinced his Pig War has generated the most shorts of any of his videos just by how many times the good (and mediocre) parts have been uploaded as clips.
@@stephenwright8824 Fun-Fact:
Entertaining with Knowledge and/or Science becomes more popular.
And while we should all be thankful for Oversimplified to have strongly helped this to become popular,
it would sure be a Tragedy to just stick to this 1 channel here.
I mean, if it just has to be 'Stick Figures teaching stuff with humor attached' i honestly only know Bluejay and CGP Grey,
but if we broaden the Defintion just a bit, we have COUNTLESS epic CZcamsrs.
Joe Scott, Hbomberguy and Wisecrack have literally perfected this and i promise you will enjoy each video.
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rewatching this because Punic War pt.3 is still not out
Because he needs to do some finish touches or he’s coming back in over a year but prob not here’s why he atlesst uploads 2 to 4 vids in a span of a year
Same
Bro do u have a podcast? Maybe you could post more on that
Germany: "Hey Austria-Hungary, can you get on top of that?"
Austria-Hungary: "Oh yeah, sure, we've got this- NOPE."
boo
ZachTheSpeedster that’s like a iPhone in 1914
Their general too stupid
Because Germany always picks the wrong friends
Me trying to get up my science grade
Germany: *touches neutral country*
Germany: _”why do i hear boss music”_
Königstiger 😐
BRITISH ANTHEM PLAYS
Ortherner so true
@@ortherner they would hear "RULE BRITTANIA BRITTANIA RULE THE WAVES BRITON SHALL NEVER BE SLAVES"
🇬🇧🏴🤙🏾
WW1: wrong turn
WW2: wrong person
it was 7 years since this video was made.. and its still better then some content that's on youtube or all of the content farms. Hope you make more videos tho
When you're in a class with a German and a Frenchie:
*L E T ' S H A V E A W A R !*
@Mister Gaming wooosh
Chris Ward we have a German in our class and we were learning about WW1 and I was like “well this isn’t awkward...” and she said if Hitler was still alive she would say “stay out of this country” and I was like “A, you would be shot, b, you wouldn’t, C, you would probably say invade this country or attack this country”
@Mister Gaming it was just a joke, dont be an asshole.
EVERYONE, Mister Gaming is just spamming those on other comments, he just want attention
I'm the German in my class and there's a Russian too so we're already in a war lol.😂😂
History has taught us that every time the standard of living is at its highest, everyone wants to have a war
I guess when youre not worrying about survivng, you have more time to try and solve other problems.
Like right now?
and when it's lowest, everyone wants civil war
But right now there is a war
@@Just_A_Simple_Time_Traveller not everyone wants one
I would love to see a remaster of this.
The quality of this 7 year old video combats that of today's, truly salute worthy stuff here
For Germany it was like a League of Legends match where all your teammates are noobs.
What are you? A hungarian butthurt kid? Or austrian? Face the truth, Austro-Hungary was a burden for Germany. They made questionable choices that lost them the war. You should stop insulting people just because you can't admit that your country was shit.
Lord Beerus He's hungarian
and the russians were very brilliant right?
And then one mate goes afk (Italy) reconect later and help the enemy :D
it looked like germany had to many feeders shame
The man didn't even bother to explain himself and immediately just gets to the point.
*what an absolute chad*
Bluejay also covers History welll. Same for Illuminaughtii and
of course CGP Gray.
Arlong??? You're Alive?
@@BlackDog97 luffy : "Am i a joke to u?"
Stop stealing the others comments bruh
I know what you did, and you know what you did.
WW1 : wrong turn.
WW2: an art school makes a serious fucky wuckie
One of oversimplified's first videos who knew this guy will become so popular continue teaching history bro 👍👍👍
Germany invades Belgium, a neutral country
*This enraged Britain, who punished them severely*
This is the most overused meme/comment in this channel.
Its still funny tho
@@moonlightknifeshade8548 this enraged the fans who punish them servely
The meme will eventually die out like the rest.
Lemme get back to spanking Germany. Lol.