The narrator of Weird History has to be the best narrator/presenter on YT. Distinctive voice, witty humor - if not the best - one of the best!

@subzero2516

Ай бұрын

💯

@theancientsam

Ай бұрын

it doesnt bother you that a lot of what he is saying is misleading propaganda? if you wanna learn about ww2 go look up europa the last battle on the dark web

@Dave-bj3pq

Ай бұрын

😂🤣

@JamesSmith-pc6bh

Ай бұрын

Agree 💯

@JamesSmith-pc6bh

Ай бұрын

​@@theancientsam everything you don't agree with is propaganda.

Oh, come on. No Finland? Winter War and Continuation War maybe weren't much in the bigger picture but for us Finns they're the biggest events during our young independance.

@danidavis7912

Ай бұрын

In case you don't know it, most of the rest of the world thinks Finns are bad ass!

@DolphineAchonga-gn6kn

Ай бұрын

Can't do them all. Also not featured are India, Turkey, Poland, Australia, Libya, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iran, Algeria, Ethiopia who were all notable participants on either side

@markr8755

Ай бұрын

Trust me, those of us here in the US that know the history, respect the Finns and damage they did to the Soviets that dared to invade. Especially when it comes to a little man by the name of Simo Hayha. Great Joke: A large group of Russian soldiers in the border area in 1939 hear a voice call from behind a small hill: "One Finnish soldier is better than ten Russian". So, the Russian commander quickly orders 10 of his best men over the hill. Aa gun-battle breaks out for a few minutes, then silence. The voice once again calls out: "One Finn is better than one hundred Russian." Furious, the Russian commander sends his best 100 troops over the hill and instantly a huge gun fight commences. After 10 minutes of battle, again Silence. The calm Finnish voice calls out again: "One Finn is better than one thousand Russians!" That enraged the Russian commander, so he musters 1000 fighters and sends them. Rifles, machine guns, grenades, rockets and cannon fire ring out as the battle is fought. Then silence. Eventually one badly wounded Russian fighter crawls back over the hill and with his dying words tells his commander, "Don't send any more men...it's a trap. There's two of them."

@111blacksun111

25 күн бұрын

no one that matters knows where finland is

@m4ssee

25 күн бұрын

@@111blacksun111 That's one way to out yourself as an uneducated idiot.

Germany has done a much better job than Japan of educating children about genocide and other war crimes committed by their country during WW2.

@weirdshitcoolideas

Ай бұрын

In the United States it’s taught pretty terribly. Depending on your zip code you may learn nothing but Pearl Harbor and atomic bombs

@GratefulRobin

Ай бұрын

​@@weirdshitcoolideas, it really depends on grade level, most Highschool Juniors learn about the internment camps, and All College students have to learn it

@davea6314

Ай бұрын

@@weirdshitcoolideas I live in the USA and I earned a master's degree in history. As such, I'm knowledgeable regarding this subject. I do what I can to educate fellow Americans.

@theancientsam

Ай бұрын

i wish you could understand what you are even saying. its wild honestly. its like saying one group of slaves were re-educated better than another after we captured them

@KAYEscl0sed

Ай бұрын

Yep. Don’t get us wrong, we love present day Japan and all but they have not admitted the atrocities they committed in our country and neighboring others.

I'm in the US, and I learned about WWII from my grandmother, who fought in the resistance as a teenager in France. She frequently shared her experiences at local schools!

@jgallardo7344

Ай бұрын

Good for her! I am glad she’s passing on her stories. Please document them as much as you can

@ashextraordinaire

Ай бұрын

@@jgallardo7344 Sadly, she passed away in 1994. She wrote a book, and my sister and I are working to get it re-published.

@jgallardo7344

Ай бұрын

@@ashextraordinaire my condolences and wish you well this the next part of that

@hughgay9114

Ай бұрын

My French teacher in grade school was a former French Resistance fighter. She was fearless. She would share her experiences to the older students.

@ashextraordinaire

Ай бұрын

@@hughgay9114 It would be hilarious if your teacher was my grandmother!

Interesting to see. The take you have on the Netherlands is a bit outdated. As a Dutch history teacher myself in the Netherlands we've broken WW2 in 4 chapters: causes, the war, German occupation of the Netherlands and finally: the death camps.

@mattyt1961

Ай бұрын

Is it outdated? By that I mean, was that how you were originally teaching it and they have since moved onto a different method? The reason I asked is since they reference redditors a lot, I suspect they have used Reddit as their main source. So it could be that people don't remember everything they were taught and only talk about the bits that stuck in their minds for years (or decades)?

@N3mdraz

Ай бұрын

Redditors are 22-34 years old average. I'm dutch 35 yrs myself. Dutch resistance stories, Canadians & Americans as heroes sounds about right is what we got taught because those people were still alive. They are almost all dead now.

@nguyenho5859

Ай бұрын

What is the cause in Netherland perspective?

@N3mdraz

Ай бұрын

@@nguyenho5859 the cause is ww1, they felt belittled because Germany lost territory. Germans lived in poverty because of debt retributions and soldiers didnt had work anymore because germany wasnt allowed to have an army. Hitler rallied the ww1 soldiers behind him. And Hitler disliked je-ws because some je-ws were rich especially bankers asking high interest rates (usury) heard like 20% while his own native germans lived in poverty.

Japan: “you guys teach about it?”

@enclavesoldier769

Ай бұрын

Kind of sad cause they’ll never know why everyone else in Southeast Asia either distrusts or hates Japan when it comes to WW2. Also I’m not sure if ignoring history or displaying yourself as the victim in a war where literal fucking nazis were disgusted by your actions

As a German we learned very much that we were the bad guys. Whis is in my mind undeniable, sadly tho we are on that path again as if many in this country slept during history class.

@RevLeigh55

Ай бұрын

The US may be close to voting in a fascist dictatorship this year. It is incomprehensible that some want to give that orange goon another shot at destroying our country.

This needs a part two, there are so nany other interesting countries

@BeyondDaX

Ай бұрын

Pretty unlikely there is gonna be a part two unless its something like timeline

@12thMandalorian

Ай бұрын

i would be curious how the Falkland Islands saw WW2

@barbedwards6270

Ай бұрын

Agree! Like Australia's involvement and how history is taught here!

As Indonesian we took over WW 2 as an opportunity to declare our independence

@Muggashyte

Ай бұрын

Well played!

@Stoic_Warrior05

Ай бұрын

Same as an Indian

@ryankline1164

Ай бұрын

More like "under new management"

@seanlander9321

Ай бұрын

Erm hardly. Australia defeated the Japanese there, the Dutch came back after doing their very best to lose. Australia then backed independence for Indonesia.

As an American, born and raised, I remember World War II being focused on the Pacific Theater against Japan and the Western Front against Germany/Italy, with a passing reference to other areas, at best. It was a big surprise for me to learn via the History Channel (back when they actually had history documentaries) that there was this very huge and important Eastern European front, which actually saw more casualties than all the other fronts combined. Also, unless I am mistaken, Russian schools don't simply label the conflict "World War II," but rather give it the amazing name "The Great Patriotic War." After all, for them, it was an epic struggle for survival against a powerful invader.

01:04. Please notice the headline down to the right: "Hitler Announces 'Counter Attack to End Pole Violence.'" Just after *he* launched the invasion of Poland. Like, bells ringing. Deafeningly.

@dougerrohmer

Ай бұрын

There is definitely an undersized bald dude in the Kremlin currently following the Adolf playbook. He even included active Fifth Columns.

@savannah115

Ай бұрын

Sounds a lot like certain groups in the States, too.

@monkeygraborange

Ай бұрын

@@dougerrohmer Interestingly enough, there’s a failed television comedian in Ukrania _also_ following the playbook, banning religious services and opposing political parties and canceling elections all the while skimming off a sizable amount of foreign cash for himself and *his* active Knot See’s.

@evanneal4936

Ай бұрын

It is commonly considered that Germany conducted a "false flag" operation, but that's just allied propaganda to make Germany look bad. It's never actually been proven, and nobody admitted to it. No war plan was ever found. In fact, some rebel polish militias DID attack Germany because they wanted Silesia and pomerania as well as Danzig and east Prussia to be in Poland because it had a polish minority and used to be polish back in the day(notice how they got these territories after the war ceded to them very suspiciouly despite the German majority population who were all deported) ...it's true that the polish government had nothing to do with it and it wasn't officially sanctioned but it was polish soldiers doing it still, they just acted independently. Poland at the time was also ruled by a dictatorship monarchy who was aggressive, oppressive and warlike.(My source is from a recently declassified polish archive I acquired using the freedom of information act, and also my history degree gives me access to special sources and archives that regular people without a degree cannot access). Just because you didn't hear this, don't make it untrue. Also, much of Poland was former German territory, and so they were technically justified in trying to reclaim lost territory that was unfairly taken from them in ww1. All these lands had a German majority population.

@Watch-0w1

Ай бұрын

History is truly the written by the winner. So I wonder how much of it is true?

In Finland we are taught that we were on our own side.

@jasondashney

Ай бұрын

Yeah you guys seem to have a complicated history when it comes to that war.

@kallekas8551

Ай бұрын

@@jasondashney Yeah…obviously you know a bit about it…👍👍👍

@savannah115

Ай бұрын

When you've always got Russia to deal with, it's only natural you're watching out for yourselves first.

@mikitz

Ай бұрын

Basically, Finns are taught never to underestimate the power of sisu.

@kallekas8551

Ай бұрын

@@mikitz You know us then…🤣🤫

As a Brit, I remember my World War 2 education mostly revolving around the Blitz, rationing and life on the home front than the actual causes and battles of the war. We touched on Dunkirk and D-Day but that was about it. World War 1 education, on the other hand, is much more focused on the military and diplomatic side of things.

@gimlisonofgloin3341

Ай бұрын

I was the same but we also done a lot in the rise of Hitler and how he got into power and also the struggles faced by Germans after world war 1, basically from end of ww1 to start of ww2.

@ltdan8825

Ай бұрын

did you watch this video, we never took part in the war.

Thanks for the perspective! 📍

@thisismyname3928

Ай бұрын

🏳‍🌈

@auntvesuvi3872

Ай бұрын

@@thisismyname3928 🌈

A+ video! LOVE IT! Fascinating topic and video, especially in the area of perspectives!

I really appreciate this one from weird history. Seeing how others are taught or see things from around the world is great. Should be more of it. Thanks

I'm from Croatia and the way we were taught history is that first we learned about what was happening in the world in general during a certain period of time and then we would learn about what was happening in Croatia during that same period. But i noticed that both in elementary and high school there seemingly wasnt almost anything to talk about when it comes to Croatia during ww2. I only found out what really happened because of TikTok.

@vickianderson2913

Ай бұрын

Then we're all screwed if that where you're learning history

@houseplant1016

Ай бұрын

​@@vickianderson2913Be honest, nobody cares about countries like Luxemburg, Croatia and Denmark and their "contribution".

@russbilzing5348

Ай бұрын

@@houseplant1016 ANY man or woman or child who steps forward in time of need deserves commensurate recognition. To deride even the slightest aid is abhorrent behavior.

Kinda weird that you didn't include how history is tought in Poland(Yeah,I'm from Poland 😉). It's not only the fact that we teach a lot about the war, from human stories, through politics, to millitary operations, we also have unique perspective of how history could be bend by goverment, since for decades after the war we were under Soviet Union's thumb.

@nguyenho5859

Ай бұрын

Poland did try to invade Russia though, polish-muscovite war iirc. Btw, what is the cause of ww2 in Poland’s point of view?

Chilean here. As I was in school during Pinochet's dictatorship, and study plans changed constantly, we saw Rome three years in a row, and never got to 20th century. Given that the state-owned TV network bought the Holocaust miniseries and *didn't air it,* one can safely assume the government had a hard time trying to teach what soldiers who wore uniforms almost identical to Chilean ones had done. (Chile adopted the Prussian military style in 19th century, and keeps it. Just watch a Chilean parade, and you'll see the problem). Anyway, way later I learned that Chile had a small participation in WWII, mostly symbolically declaring war against the Axis when things were about to end. Way less heroically, my beautiful country denied entry to Jewish refugees, and interned Japanese people (USA did the same, google it). As I worked in historical research, I doubt most of my fellow countrymen have the least idea about those events. I doubt WWII is taught at school.

@75richgarratt

Ай бұрын

Didn’t some of those Nazis help Pinochet’s regime

As far as Canada 🇨🇦 in WW2…one of the pastors of a a church we attended growing up…he was a Canadian Airman…he was an American who was raised at the time of the dreaded dust storms in Oklahoma so his family fled to Iowa to recover…At age 16 he and his buddies left school to join Canada , then a territory of Great Britain, when they saw an ad in an Iowa newspaper calling for volunteers. He joined around 1939? and became an Airman because he learned how to fly the old bi-wing aircraft they were using for crop dusting and aerial surveys of the land. He fought at Dunkirk and got shot down and became a German POW…got released in a prisoner swap and met his future wife while recovering back in Canada. Many Americans fought for other countries during WW2, even some unfortunately fought for Nazi Germany…and we never hear about that…and Hitler had distant relatives who lived in the USA and some fought for America 🇺🇸 and we never hear about that either. The academic community and governments only want you to know their role in history I guess 🤔

@GotTheBestLigma

Ай бұрын

I believe Hitler had a nephew that fought for both Britain and the US

@nguyenho5859

Ай бұрын

It is always making me laugh that Canada condemns Germany yet the national anthem has the word “native land”

@marekohampton8477

Ай бұрын

@@nguyenho5859 And their Parliament gave a standing ovation to a LITERAL SS man. Never forget that.

@seansteede

Ай бұрын

@@nguyenho5859Totally false equivalency.

@nguyenho5859

Ай бұрын

@@seansteede you mf know how many mass graves were found in backyard in canada?

“WWIII will be fought with nuclear weapons. WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Albert Einstein

@thisismyname3928

Ай бұрын

@TokerJoker420

Ай бұрын

Bullshit hahaha

@DadsGetDubs

Ай бұрын

I'm as patriotic as the next American but please google a quote before you use it. You're making us look bad.

@thisismyname3928

Ай бұрын

@@DadsGetDubs

@Danspy501st

3 сағат бұрын

I dont recall that is how his quoet was

Was a german student from 2010-2015 and we spent not even a full 45 Min lesson on both WW1 and WW2. Instead we had months of french revolution.

Man I hope the comment section of this video will be nice and respectful towards everybody!

@ehunt7498

Ай бұрын

Be quiet ! 😂 lol

@danidavis7912

Ай бұрын

It's looking good so far!

As a norwegian I'd say this for our ww2 education: The brits are lauded for their effort and their assistance, America is commended for the post war effort of rebuilding the country through the marshall plan. The soviets are also given praise for their help liberating the northern parts, though this often gets overlooked. Other than that, we also focus a lot on our own ww2 effort, since we were a vital part of the convoys across the Atlantic, and our merchant fleet was instrumental in running material across the pond.

Good video ❤

Here in the Philippines, our teaching of world War 2 focuses on hardship and bravery of Filipinos during the war , such as the Bataan Death March ( which is declared a regular holiday) , the Pearl Harbor attack ( which officially started the war in the Pacific , and countless of battles between the coalition of Filipino and American soldiers against the Japanese ( the most notable is battle of Leyte Gulf and battle of manila ) ) . Also , the Philippines gives a lot of recognition of the soldiers who surrendered on Bataan Death March ( basically each cities and municipalities had a memorial wall and statue dedicated to the soldiers of Bataan Death March) .

A video on the same topic in relation to World War I would be really very interesting!

First, the Americans had TWO beaches to clear, both heavily defended. Second, I work for a multinational German automotive manufacturer in the U.S. and WWII is never discussed, period. While the U.S. was involved in EVERY Theater of Operations, none of the Allies could match that except the Brits.

I'm glad for this, I enjoy learning about history and chat with many from European countries. I've never brought up this subject, so it's nice to have my questions answered.

I was teaching my 6th grade students about the code breakers for an English reading assignment. I told them that 75-85 million people died in WWII. Many of them children who mostly likely did not want to voluntarily participate in this and even if they complied, many were still slaughtered, so there should be no laughing. They were great. The department chair likes that I don’t try to romanticize this conflict or any wars.

@RevLeigh55

Ай бұрын

In the United States, we have a skewed view of war. Unlike other countries in the world, we lost no civilians in WWI or WWII. We have a sanitized view of war and tend to obnoxiously glorify it. This is unrealistic and frankly quite offensive.

@danidavis7912

Ай бұрын

My dad was a military lifer and I served with the DoD for 11 years. My dad used to say, "There is no good war - necessary, perhaps, but not "good".

I thought you would mention the Anne Frank house in The Netherlands.

Why leave Australia out? Australia was the fifth largest military force in the world in 1945 and occupied a third of Japan until 1953 as well as leading the Japanese war crime trials.

Having ANOTHER Weird History meal! Eating LUNCHABLES*† (Light Bologna & American with Chocolate Chip Cookies)...while watching this Weird History video! That is a Boy Scout/Girl Scout meal! * From the Weird history video "How Lunchables Were Made By And For The 90s" † It costed around $1.46 on during a store sale.

4:15 My elder brother bought me stroopwafels for a Christmas present recently, LOVE THEM! One of my neighbors is from the Netherlands, she deserves an award for being such a great citizen!

@ErikGerm

Ай бұрын

HELL YEAH STROOP TROOP RISE UP!

@sarahkatie7497

Ай бұрын

Hi Ben- what’s an elder!?

@btetschner

Ай бұрын

@@sarahkatie7497 I changed it, I meant to say elder brother lol. Thanks for pointing that out! Do you have any siblings?

@sarahkatie7497

Ай бұрын

@@btetschner I have a younger brother :)

Why didn't you discuss the Philippines? The country was also heavily impacted by WWII.... :(

Funny I came across this video, I'm literally writing my BA thesis on this topic -- more specifically, how two countries of my choosing (1 allied, 1 axis) teach their past as both aggressor and victim of war in secondary education. Super interesting topic but I'm so done with this 😂

I wish Finland was mentioned in this

I didnt known the part about canadas major importance and help dduring wo2, thanks!

It bursts my head when people refer to the UK as England. You say Canada feel like they didn't get enough credit? What about Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland?

@kc4cvh

Ай бұрын

It's a reversal of the British practice of referring to the United States as "America". America includes anywhere from Port Barrow to Tierra del Fuego.

@Cross-Carrier

Ай бұрын

@@kc4cvh No it not because Americans in the US refer to the US as America. Canadians refer to the US as America. Nobody in the UK or GB refers to it as England. They use England when talking about England.

Okay. The US was NOT strictly isolationist prior to WWII. The Committee to Defend America First never got a bill it supported passed by Congress. The Firsters never defeated a bill they opposed. The USN was practicing "short of war" in the Atlantic, harassing u-boats and "responding" if threatened by German warships.

@williamromine5715

Ай бұрын

You are right. We were only nominally isolationist. We gave destroyers and other war material to Britain and the USSR, but not to Germany. Roosevelt could not have declared war before Pearl Harbor because Congress and the people were against getting involve in another European war. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, it was easy to declare war on Japan, however, Germany hadn't been part of that act of war. Luckily for Roosevelt, Hitler, stupidly, declared war on the U.S.. If Hitler hadn't done that, the U.S. might have been limited to fighting Japan only, because Roosevelt might not have been able to to get a declation of war against Germany thru Congress. With the U.S. fighting in the Pacific, and little to no war material going to England and the Soviets, the war in Europe might have very differently.

It is an irrefutable fact that... When the history books are written, anywhere in the world. The writers of said history, and their own ilk, are *always,* win or lose, *"the good guys".* *No matter how little that history observes the actual facts.*

Hey, Weird History, how about doing a video on Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war.

Funny about this topic. We leaned about the Civil War up in New Jersey in the 1970s. My cousin of the same age learned about the war of Northern aggression down in Alabama at the same time. May be different these days, but we're still yanks down there as we are in blotty old England just a few short years ago. I take the name with honor as our founding fathers did.

You can tell a lot about a culture by how and what they teach their children. Love this ❤ Thanks Weird History!

Cool video about the second world war. I learned a lot of new things, thanks. I also recently made a video on this topic.))

I really appreciated this episode! And after living in 3 countries (🇨🇦🇩🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿), I’ve definitely noticed that it’s taught differently in different countries!

Where's finland that countries point of view would be interesting

Please do more time lines for 50s and 60s please I want to learn more about what happened long before I was born please especially the Vietnam war period if you guys have time thanks

I'm glad that we have the internet today to learn about history. Our textbooks in high school back in the '80s until I graduated in '95 were totally outdated

In canada we barely talk about WW2. We did once in grade 6 but all they talked about was Juno beach

I'm glad you mentioned Canada the way you did, it's 100% accurate and it's a shame. Many battles (like Caen, Sicily) were won by Canadian troops through France and Italy but no one speaks of it.

How about an episode about how the Civil War was (or is) taught differently in the South and the rest of the nation?

You forgot Poland.

Japan still hasn’t formally apologized to China for the Nanking Massacre.

@0012al

Ай бұрын

They did and have done so multiple times.

"We fought the wrong enemy." - Gen. George Patton

@BMO_alreadytaken

Ай бұрын

So Nazi Germany is still the enemy

@twonumber22

Ай бұрын

Well considering what was found inside German territory after it fell, Gen. Patton sure is a twisted and delusional s.o.b.

@BonShula

Ай бұрын

"seek Canadian assisted healthcare" - Barack Obama

@rubiconnn

Ай бұрын

"I'm too drunk to taste this chicken" - Colonel Sanders

@twonumber22

Ай бұрын

Imagine touring a de*th camp and then saying that. Love that classic neo n_zi quote.

"War's tragedy is that it uses man's best to do man's worst." - Harry Emerson Fosdick

as usual, ain't nobody talking bout the Philippines and it's key role on the pacific theater 🤷‍♂️

Well, education is gonna be a lot less widespread after WWIII, so there's that?

I really appreciate how this narrator always makes an effort to pronounce non-English words or names properly.

It’s really hit or miss when it comes to Japan. They’ll teach some aspects about the war that are dark such as the Himeyuri but only the social studies teachers and older generations tend to know about the dark stuff. As a student of history myself who lives in Japan I often talk with my fellow teachers about it and they want to teach it but they’re bound by what the ministry of education tells them.

My favourite era, not sure why, but the only time I ended up in high grades during history. During school, we learnt about WW1, what happpened, the hyperinflation, the after effects, how Hitler rose to power. It was all about him, and his ideas, his plans and what he did. We touched on some of the other countries briefly, the carve up of Czechoslovakia, then the war, the events, the nasty stuff, how Britain coped with this era, the rationing, the home guard (they finally got a mention last week as a quick anniversary), the Blitz, Dunkirk, the occupation, the allied raids, carpet bombings, the wars, the turn tide, how everything else happened. The Nukes, the end of the war. Russia putting thier flag up in Berlin, the uneasy peace. We learnt a lot from the textbooks and old tv show documentaries about home life, and how everything else is. Some events was quicker than others.... of course USA coming in and war ''ended'' in a flash (I know, just saying). Most of the study was always about Hitler, his early life, Weimar Republic (didn't realise they was around for 9 years until recently), the cause of Hyperinflation, how it changed, Germany, the elections, the Reichstag fire, the actions of everything else. Yes, we talk about this a lot, but Japan barely get mention, I know the Nuclear bomb gets glossed over.

On a side note, Sachsenhausen is not pronounced with a "zee" sound. It's a hard "S".

My version of WWII history, although enhanced by school learning, came my father and 4 uncles. 3 in the navy, one in the army on the 4th day of d day and one a marine. Note: the army uncle said the worst thing about landing on the beach was stepping over all the dead bodies.

And 80 years after, our inclination to structure social differences only by the prism of hierarchies (allmost always in favour of our own social groups) puts us on the same absurd path.

@philippebrehier7386

Ай бұрын

And, each time, it is those who are relegated to the bottom of this so-called social hierarchy (the "others", the most dominated, the poor, women, people of color, the disabled, etc.) who suffer in first.

No mention of how it's taught in British schools? 🤔

@jasondashney

Ай бұрын

Odd omission indeed.

You missed out on India - the largest volunteer force.

@cullenreid6548

Ай бұрын

"Volunteer". 🙄 Maybe for Germany.

Funny enough, my family migrated to South America from Italy in the early 1900s. My grandparents and my dad all spoke German. We live in the city with the biggest Italian and Japanese colonies in the world. So I was never taught about holocaust OR what Japan did in the war in school. I only did as a teenager when I already had learned English. Im 42 now, there was no Wikipedia back then. I found it out thru imported books. Keep that in mind. It is fascinating to me how politics play a huge part in what you learn in school.

How is the Vietnam War taught around the world? That would be a great follow-up.

my father fought in the pacific as did a lot of his friends. the one thing he told me was that "quarter was neither given nor expected in the pacific theater",

Makes total sense, the emperor of Japan absolutely surrendered to Russia...lol

weird history just on d-day and the different beach landings and their roles

On Greece we skip 90% of ww2 only the 1940 invasion part because of the consequences of the triple occupation which in most aren't mentioned, since the later collaborators joined the army and the police after the civil war

As a Canadian I can say we study ww1 1000x more then ww2

Fun fact: when Europe asked ‘Murica to join the war, Franklin Roosevelt said that if ‘Murica did, it turned out we help the invaders from being invaded.

Fun fact: Japan is the only Axis power to currently maintain the same government they had since World War II.

I’m Canadian but when I was in Holland I found out how Canadians liberated the Dutch from the Germans because in Holland they teach you that from an early age 😊

In Canada we are taught that our soldiers were totally badass in WWII and how there are towns in France that have monuments to the sacrifices Canadians made there. How much of what I've learned is real and how much is propaganda? I'm Canadian so I have no idea. I only know what the government has told me. I hope it's true. From what I understand, we had some seriously elite units.

@kudukilla

Ай бұрын

Canadians were badasses in WW2

@beardedlonewolf7695

Ай бұрын

They were and not only in France, in Italy as well, it sucks that people only know about the US and British forces because of the media like movies and TV shows, also Canadians are often put in the same basket as Great Britain. For example Caen was taken by Canadians (not British) which was one of the bloodiest and toughest city to take from the Germans in Northern France, a lot of their troops were concentrated there after Normandy.

@kyonkochan

Ай бұрын

The parts they won't probably go over as much in Canadian WWII history is some of our internment camps for Japanese-Canadians, Canadian soldiers committing war crimes against German/Italian POWs, and how our role in the war was generally to see the British Empire continue which is controversial considering the severe abuses that took place under British colonialism.

@JuhiSRK

Ай бұрын

Canadians are bad asses. Plus you had Jimmy Doohan storming the beaches!

@seansteede

Ай бұрын

⁠​⁠@@kyonkochanYou are mistaken - internment camps for Japanese-Canadians has been widely taught in Canadian schools but it only started in the 1980's when the federal government made an official apology and arranged for symbolic financial reparations (I believe about $20,000 per person). War Crimes are rarely prosecuted against the victors in any war and there is evidence of such crimes by all victors, British, Canadian, American, etc etc. As for Canada playing a role in spreading colonialism, that is a fact and indisputable considering Canada's relationship with Britain but is only viewed as being a bad thing in modern times. I suggest anyone reading this visit the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. It is a truly world class museum that does not intend to glorify the horrors of war and does not shy away from the blemishes of our countries past.

Perhaps the Philippines should have also been included in the video, since we Filipinos were heavily affected as well. In addition, the Philippines was also the only Asian country that welcomed thousands of Jewish immigrants who fled Germany even before World War 2 started; however, this fact is not often mentioned in most Philippine history textbooks although elementary students are already being taught about World War 2 in schools here in the Philippines.🤔😐😕🪖💂🧑‍✈️🇵🇭

Japan: all our war atrocities were incidents

What about Poland and Ukraine? They suffered a lot during the war and it would be very interesting to know how that shaped the narration, especially as a comparison between Before and after soviet era schooling,.

Unfortunately in Italy the focus is often not too much on the fascist, which incidentally it is still strong in Italy, despite being formally prohibited. Instead, the focus is on the liberation. Yet, there is a mixed feeling on it, again because of the fascination for Mussolini never died

One would expect to hear about how it is taught in Israel, where most of the holocaust survivors lived. Then again, this invites a host of comments - mainly from people who think they know anything about the current situation. Anyway - thanks! A very interesting video!

My German aunt (by marriage) was never taught much about WII and can't understand why Americans make movies about it. She says their position was "it happened a long time ago and we've moved on."

Australia, like Canada, was in WW2 early. I was taught about the Australian contribution to the war as well as the larger conflict, both the European & Pacific conflicts It astounds me that American's still think they won the war. It was a world war. Lots of countries contributed to the defence of Europe & the Pacific. It was not done by any one country tho England certainly was the central point of organisation The Russians contribution was massive. I'm not a massive fan of Stalin or his actions but without the Russians, Europe would have been under the boot of Germany for much longer than it was.

@TheRealPotoroo

Ай бұрын

Fun fact: even after D-Day, when the Allies were liberating Western Europe, the Germans never had less than two-thirds of their forces on the Eastern Front. The Red Army did the heavy lifting in Europe; the US in the Pacific.

@danidavis7912

Ай бұрын

I met an Australian when I lived in Exmouth that thought the world was flat - no joke. Did I judge the rest of the country by that one idiot? Of course not. You shouldn't either. Your view is very outdated and the vast majority of us don't think that at all.

@danidavis7912

Ай бұрын

@@TheRealPotoroo Yes, Russia was bad-ass! Too bad Stalin had to go on his killing spree after the war.

@AlexirLife

Ай бұрын

@@danidavis7912 You should definitely judge Exmouth by that example. I've been to Exmouth too. I had family there for awhile. My experience of Americans is more than 1 guy in Exmouth. In my experience American's don't even know we were in Iraq & Afghanistan let alone WW2. I might be judging the education system by the sludge at the bottom, I wasn't taught much about the Russian contribution in school either, bear in mind that was the 80's, yes I am the old but even my educated American friends have a very America-centric understanding of history & right now. It's American exceptionalism. It's not an insult, it's reality.

@danidavis7912

Ай бұрын

@@AlexirLife Yawn...

The pop culture in UK would suggest UK and US were the main winners but the education system teaches the USSR was the main contributor to victory.

@ 7:05 British not English.

American here! So in elementary/middle school we learn how the US helped free the world from tyranny and oppression during WW2, along with the rest of the allied forces such as Russia/China/UK/various resistance groups. High School: We learn how its more complex. The USSR had more involvement in Eastern Europe, how WW2 lead to Cold War, the importance of Stalingrad, the horrors of Jewish oppression and the Holocaust, treatment of US POW's, the bombing of Dresden (and similar cities), and probably most notably, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We learn the reasons for dropping those weapons and the effects of those weapons, with an emphasis on why we should never use those types of weapons ever again as the after effects are horrible. Personally, in college I learned more about the negative aspects of the Allied Powers, such as how racism played out during this time in the US, Stalin's handling of Soviet troops, and how the UK used their colonies during WW2. Other college students were surprised that I didn't learn this in high school. What I learned on my own is that some US high schools don't always highlight the issues with the Allied Powers. School curriculum's are approved with input from parents and other notable people, so some prefer to avoid those topics as they believe it will put America in a bad light...despite the fact that we do talk about how the US did have slavery and outwardly racist policies...but always saying that we will never do that again.

Tom Hanks played a soldier on Omaha Beach, James Doohan (Mr. Scott from Star Trek) was on Juno in real life.

@seanmalloy7249

Ай бұрын

And Richard Todd, who played Major John Howard in the movie "The Longest Day" in the action at Pegasus Bridge, turned down the opportunity to play himself in the assault, having taken part in the attack on Pegasus Bridge during WWII, saying "I don't think at this stage of my acting career I could accept a part 'that' small."

In England around age 9-10 we're first taught about WW2. Focuses more on the battle of Britain and life during the blitz as well as rationing all from our perspective. We have a brief overview of Nazis and the war in Europe and a vague explanation of the Pacific theatre. It's not until A levels (ages 16-18) that we learn about WW1 but that's more what caused it politically than being in trenches etc.

Dutch person here! We were indeed taught a lot about the resistance heroes. Those that were brave enough to stand for what is right :) But we were also of course taught about the harrowing tale of Anne Frank and the death camps

Tom Hanks can't do a Canadian accent while he's living in Greece.

The Trump vs. Biden rematch proves that most Americans don't want to learn anything from colossal mistakes.

@AlexirLife

Ай бұрын

We watched the first few episodes John Oliver filmed after the pandemic shut it all down. It astounds me how much the US has forgotten about what Trump did.

@killanarwhals

Ай бұрын

@@AlexirLifewhat do you think he did

@AlexirLife

Ай бұрын

@@killanarwhals Failed on a profound level to prepare for the coming pandemic, failed to provide leadership for the procurement of stuff for testing, distributed misinformation, discouraged people from wearing face masks & social distancing, encouraged Governor's not to shut down & to reopen too soon.....honestly, the list is endless. I recommend you watch the John Oliver episodes from season 7

@BeyondDaX

Ай бұрын

@timthegem Ultra bruh, humanity in general don't learn from their mistakes. This is not solely in American thing. What were you smokin'?

@killanarwhals

Ай бұрын

@@AlexirLife so did literally a majority of leaders on earth. The Canadian health minister told us Covid simply wouldn’t leave china and when it was finally in Canada instead of giving workers masks they told you to sit a couple feet back from where people were actively being tested

In North Carolina during the 70's and early 80's they NEVER taught us ANYTHING EXCEPT NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY !

I am going to watch the videos: x What It Was Like to Be an American G.I. in WWII (1st Recommendation, 2nd time watching) x What Happened After the Attack on Pearl Harbor x What Life Was Like for the Real Rosie the Riveter x What Was Hygiene Like For US Soldiers In WWII? x ---TIMELINE 1999---

Dokdo [not the Liancourt Rocks] is Korea!

Kind of makes you wonder about the saying, "History is written by the victors." It doesn't seem to be necessarily true. To a degree, of course it is as the victors (more or less) decide the outcome and thereby create the historic storyline. However, how and/or why that victory is achieved is, apparently, subject to interpretation, even by those who were defeated.

I dont remember a 'bitter to the Americans vibe' in our lessons (Im Canadian), but I do remember not just learning about ourselves, which I think is good.

part 2 is necessary it seems

What about other countries? Esp Eastern Europe, countries caught between 2 superpowers? Finland?

The French tell students that every French soldier in WWII was issued a white surrender flag