I've got to say. I "found" your channel via KZfaq Algorithm. It been awhile since KZfaq suggested anything good. Your content is very educational and crucial. History is extremely important. Thank you for all you do sir!

The invasion of the SU was actually done at the perfect time for Germany. The reorganization of the armed forces in the Soviet Union meant that the forces were at their weakest around 1941. Had Hitler invaded later, he would've gotten a much worse war as the Soviet troops would be at a much higher readiness state.

Actually, alot of Nazi sympathisers do spread the claim Germany let the British escape on Dunkirk as an act of mercy

24:12 I'd argue Britain was more prepared in 1940 to fight an amphibious landing than Germany was. British naval defences have always been very extensive and well made in British history, but after the command chain shock of losing France so quickly, The British reacted with extreme paranoia. Where I live there are known defensive bunkers next to the border of Scotland. Churchill taking over is really demonstrative of this shift, going from "oh no take it please mr Hitler we don't want war" to we will sacrifice our empire if it means killing Hitler. Southern England was *very* well fortified and Stalin level measures would have been taken to keep Jerry out of here, can't confirm but I hear Churchill greenlighted the idea of using poison gas on English beaches if Germans showed up. The Atlantik wall was huge, and numerically and totally more powerful than the British beach defences, but that was because it had to be. Vulnerable coastline in Europe was much more to defend than just southern England, pretty much the only choice for a potential suicidal German charge. And I'd argue per kilometer, the German defences were often more lacking, with 2nd rate troops and equipment being used more often, and each potential landing zone defended worse. The Americans metaphorically almost just walked into Utah beach unopposed for example. That would have been impossible in 1940 England

You should do more of Potential History's videos, especially the tank videos, which is his specialty. In them, he helps explain why the different nations made their tanks the way they did and dispels common misconceptions made about them.

Another point about Sea Lion - the landings in Normandy took place on “friendly” soil occupied by the enemy. Germany would be landing directly on the home soil of their enemy, which ratchets up the degree of mobilization taking place directly around their landing zone. Imagine the allies trying to establish a beachhead not in Normandy, but directly on Germany’s beaches in the North Sea.

This guy has taught me more history then my past history teacher’s

It took British Brains, American Steel, and Russian Blood to win the war - Joseph Stalin Edit: I just wanted to add another quote from Stalin. As long as we keep sending in more men , eventually the enemy will run out of ammo - Joseph Stalin

It's slowly becoming a ritual for me to eat a late night snack while watching your videos

The thing that I love about your channel is not only that you love to help fill in the gaps to give us a better understanding but also that you are so welcoming of other perspectives and that you genuinely are willing to learn from things people have to say in the comments. It’s a very refreshing thing to see on the Internet, especially on KZfaq.

“There are people who say there hitler” *Quietly slides out of the conversation*

Your final comment is always so important when discussing this topic. So many arguments and debates can be stopped from happening and save everybody's time if we just get to that point of "could Germany have won in our reality, or are we going to change reality to reach for some possibility?"

As a history buff, your channel is one of the best the algorithm threw my way in a long while :D I just hate how much I like procrastinating watching you. Damn you for delaying me working on my dissertation.

I've found your channel few days ago and together with oversimplified you allowed me to refresh my memory on history about many different times and places which I am very thankful for. Being Polish I do sometimes get teary and sad listening to the facts that brought the world to a peaceful state which I am so thankful to be able to experience. You are very knowledgeable and never biased when explaining things and I do have huge amounts of respect for how you lead your channels to success. Hope it will only go forward and that we will never have to add up more devastating pieces to the history for future People to learn. I am very fascinated with 1700-current history and wish that one day I could know about it as much you do.

I just stumbled across your channel and I have found we both have a profound love for History! Been binging your videos all weekend! Can’t wait for more.

I just found this channel and I love it! Fantastic commentary. I love listening to historians talk about WW2, the individuals in charge, and how alliances could have played out. Finally something good I've found on KZfaq!!!!!

These are some of my favourite videos on the internet. Keep up the good work man! Would love it if you reviewed some more of Extra history (Great Northern war and their WW2 series perhaps?) cause they make some of the most detailed and skilled historic videos on this platform. Im so glad I found this channel.

Really love this channel i'm a big fan of history in general, most of my spare time is studying history. I can't be happy enough finding this channel few months ago. Awesome work keep going !

Nice that you are finising the series! Cant wait for more content :)

I think my favorite part about your channel, is just how personable and relatable you are. Obviously I only know you from the content you have put on KZfaq, but I do feel that you are a genuine guy, that I could see myself being friends with in the real world. I have also gained a better understanding of history, and I feel like you have opened up a lot of peoples eyes, mine included, to a different perspective on how to look at and talk about history. Love your content, keep up the great stuff! And I am really looking forward to that oversimplified reaction to the Cold War.

Huzzah! So good to see you continuing the series!

I'm so happy i found this channel, i subscribed just after i watched 1 video 😂, i'm enjoying the videos so much. Keeps me educated and even motivated aswell. Thank you for the amazing content!

I've been following since last week and my Forte in high-school was World War II I've got an A+ on world history and brought a Tiger Tank as a project for my class to talk about WWII. I love this channel! I love history! Keep up the work!

Your content is awesome, I now listen to it when doing anything around the house or driving somewhere, you make learning about history that much more enjoyable :D

I really gotta say. These videos of yours, many books I’ve read like The Prince, Art of War (Both by Sun Tzu and Machiavelli, Machiavelli also did art of war but with his own touch and language) really do inspire me to become a historian and writer. Keep on doing these vids, their great, and really ignite a passion.

Great video, man! I'm greatly enjoying your content and commentary on this video. Keep it up!

Yay, happy to see you reacted to both vids!!!! Keep up the great stuff man, would love to see more alternate history hub stuff. He has a load you would love!

Good thing I found this channel. I really like this stuff but I find the channels that usually cover it to focus too much on trying to be snarky and funny instead of portraying history in a straight forward and non-biased way Subscribed!

Really good content and reaction - I really liked what you were both saying about changing the motivations and behaviours of everyone involved and how that's just not alternate history. For me, it's like when people say "if Titanic hit the iceberg head on, it wouldn't have sunk," as if any officer seeing an iceberg would just steer straight into it on its maiden voyage and kill hundreds of passengers. For it to be relevant and realistic, and most importantly credible, it has to be within what that person could reasonably do based on how they behaved in reality.

I really appreciate this channel and everything that it stands for, as well as the content going into it. I can tell that you really do care about your subscribers and creators like that are few and far in between. If I might suggest a channel I think you’d enjoy, I would suggest Ushanka Show, he discusses life in the Soviet Union and analyzes old KGB documents as well. It’s a really great channel. Once again, thank you for being such a great content creator, A. Wilkerson

I've watched some of your videos regarding reactions to WW1 and WW2 videos posted by other youtubers and I am delighted by your reasoning and opinions as well as the arguments you mention during these reactions. I appreciate your well done content and so I do believe I have to subscribe! Keep up the great work! 🤝 Greetings from Romania!

Love these videos man. Been awhile since KZfaq has suggested someone worth watching. Keep up the great work. Wish you the best

A odd amount of people actually believe he let them leave Dunkirk. I've met a few, not many but a few.

You are pure gold. So far, this is the best channel I’ve found in 2021.

found your Ultimate General series and subscribed ever since.Cheers from Estonia

I found this and part one via KZfaq recommendations. I must say, im very happy I did! Love your content and appreciate that I now how a channel to see discussion about WW2 "what if" scenarios. I'm happily hitting the subscribe button. Thank you!

Who else got nostalgia shivers when you saw the medal of honor allied assault main menu? It's really funny how much I've learned about war and history from video games... You're a great source of good information. If I was a teacher I would assign your videos as homework for my students (given I teach middle/high school). Keep in keepin on!

Congrats on 50k!

Hey I recently found your channel and am really interested in it. I started to study History and Anglistics in Germany and started to binge all your videos. I look forward to see more.

Just found this channel via youtube's algo, the way you speak about things and the way you respectfully disagree and add things to the conversation of the video makes the video all the more interesting. I can't help but think of a possibility of you doing a collab with Potential History and how awesome it would be. Regardless good vid keep it up

Would be nice if you did Epic History TV World War 1 videos.

Hi...really enjoyed this one...so glad you chose to do part 2 immediately instead of waiting. I commented on the first one about similar stuff, specifically Hitler declaring war on the US. You talked about the German Navy wanting unrestricted warfare so they could sink US ships, but it went even beyond that. In the summer of 1941, the US had drastically escalated their defensive and offensive actions in the Atlantic. The US had taken over the occupation of Iceland from the British, and had declared that US protected waters extended to cover that island...which meant the US had declared half the Atlantic as being US waters. Then, Roosevelt declared unrestricted warfare against all German ships anywhere in US protected waters, and by the end of the summer, US destroyers were actively escorting convoys all the way across the Atlantic to ports in Britain. Then, in September, the USA officially signed the Atlantic Charter and committed to the defeat of Nazism. In Hitler's mind, FDR had already declared war on him before he declared war on the US. 🖖💯✌

Found you with KZfaq algorithm and im happy af ! As a history love this is trully fascinating channel Greetings from Georgia (not the state but the country ) !

I like your commentary on these videos as it adds an additional element and I learn more

I love your content so much it helped reinvigorate my love for history so now I think I may pursue a career as a historian.

Hey @Vlogging Through History I enjoy your content a lot. WW2 is one of my favorite periods of history to study and learn about (The second being the Medieval Era; Feudal Europe and the Dark Ages). So when I heard you speak about the comments here I wanted to share some of my thoughts I've collected over watching several of your videos covering WW2. One thing is I learned about the oil demand in Germany, while I knew oil was pretty scarce in Germany, I had no idea that it wasn't as bad as it seemed when you mentioned in your Part 1 Video "They could have used the oil they had to fight the Western Allies." I had always felt like attacking the Soviet Union was going to be a necessity to keep the German War Machine going, so this was an interesting insight that got my brain turning. With that being said though, I would love to hear your thoughts on some of your theories how Germany could have won the war. - I definitely agree with the statement, a war with Russia was inevitable. The ideologies was always going to cause a war. But personally, I think the Germans could have waited on that. Take advantage of the tentative peace they had, collected the resources they got from trading, buffered the Great Atlantic Wall and possibly could have repelled the allies in Africa to collect some of Great Britain's oil fields. Had Germany adopted the allies' idea of "Europe First" but instead "The West First" it could've changed things. Here's why I think that: - Many historians will elude to the idea that Great Britain was close to capitulating during the bombing campaigns. Had Hitler just continued to bomb the airfields and their Radar Defense Array along the coastlines, it very well could have turned the public opinion against Churchill and likely forced the government to vote him out in favor of someone who would call for a peace treaty. Could Germany have actually invaded Great Britain? Absolutely not, their navy was just vastly inferior to Great Britain, but the air supremacy definitely could have made them seek a ceasefire where Hitler could have turned them into a puppet state much like Vichy France and collected even more resources for the war effort to then turn their attention on Stalin. However, this is still reliant on IF they can hold the line in Africa and IF they can make Great Britain surrender in time before the Americans inevitably declare war on them, which could be "possible", Rommel was, in my opinion, an amazing leader overall in the Africa Campaign. However, point still being, Italy under Mussolini was...as Churchill put it, "Germany's soft underbelly." so we still have to think that the South was going to be a lost cause no matter what. - Now with Great Britain out of the picture (going off the assumption the Germans are able to hold the line in Africa and keep America out of the war long enough) and the West secured, Germany would obviously turn it's attention to their Political Rival, Stalin. No longer enduring allied bombings of Berlin and their factories, Germany could possibly start churning out more tanks and airplanes, possibly even invest into the new "Wonder Weapons" everyone talks about. The question still remains, could Russia be taken over? This is where I get hesitant in my answer. Stalin was a dictator with an iron stranglehold over his people. The Red Army was deathly loyal to their country, look at Stalingrad where Commissars threw wave after wave after wave of men into the city, across the Volga, to turn into fodder against German Machine Guns, even obeying the doctrine of "Not One Step Back" where Stalin ordered his men to shoot anyone who retreated as they were to be seen as cowards and traitors who betrayed The Motherland. These men and women were totally insane, but this is the effect Stalin had over them, the effect of Nationalism. So invading Russia would still turn into a Total War doctrine where the Germans would have to fight city to city, town by town, house by house, door by door. I do think eventually another civil war would erupt to overthrow Stalin, but I have to give this one to the Soviets, I don't think the Germans would be able to outlast Russian Stubbornness long enough to see a civil war happen, especially if they have to defeat them before Winter sets in. I personally do not think anything changes in the decision making from the Real Timeline to this Alternate Timeline. Let me know what you think, where you disagree, or where you think there is some legitimacy in my theories. As a disclaimer, this is all a pretty thrown together theory. I have absolutely zero desire to see a world where Hitler could have won.

Germany picked a fight with too many stronger powers at once.

Yay finally !!! I have always wanted some good context on the German invasion of the Soviet Union scenario. I often try to debate with anyone who will listen my thoughts on the subject . I love that I have found this channel and I think you do a great job. Excellent video as always.

6:36 I remember hearing about it in some of the old documentaries in the 90's. These were the same documentaries that pushed some of the myths discussed in the previous video, particularly about taking Moscow.

The song Horse Soldier, Horse Soldier by Corb Lund would be absolutely amazing to see you react to. It’s a brief run through of some of the most notable cavalry engagements in history and it would be cool to hear you talk about the units and battles that the song mentions in more detail!

Love seeing a new video from VTH

Man, your content is virtually unmatched when it comes to historical facts, your own opinions, and context. You’re very well-versed and knowledgeable in your field. What I like most about your vids is that you’re always dang near spot on with everything that you put out, and when it comes to your opinions on certain topics, you’re so logical and able to articulate your point that it’s almost impossible to disagree with you. You said that you read every comment and I know that this is an old video but I hope that you see this. Love your stuff man!!! Especially the WW2 stuff and the trivia 🤙 Anyone who disagrees with you enough to leave a nasty comment is either very uneducated or just a troll. Probably both. Maybe even a troglodyte.

Your sentiments about respectfully disagreeing remind me of a quote from the movie Troy, from Priam to Achilles: “You’re still my enemy tonight, but even enemies can have respect.”

I usually don't watch reaction videos. but your reaction videos, the knowledge you add, i love it.

Love the vids and you should do some oversimplified mini wars

I recently found your channels, great vids!

That thing about comments just shows how good of a person he is

I would love it you did a history based book club! Where we read a book about a historical time/event or a auto/biography based on a historical figure!

I've been watching a little while finally hit sub button the other day because honestly I love what u do. This will be my first comment. Somehow I came across this watching eu4 videos and some history stuff related to that era. Loving history but not always agreeing with history learning always looking for neutral sources. But what I love about your videos is simple we get the origional content creators video and little history lesson aswell as your input. I love this because it gives to perspectives. Keep up the great work my friend. Obviously from binge watching I can see the growth your having that's so deserved and once I've finished binge watching I'll be heading over to your gaming channel.

I am normally not a fan of "Guy reacts to the hard work of other content creators", yet you do a fine job of adding to the work and I appreciate that sir.

The allies at normandy also had complete secrecy with all the other advantages. Also you should react to The armchair historian he has some good content,

Again yay, congrats on 50k

do more potential history videos, they're very entertaining and your discussion on them adds a lot

Congratulations on 50k man 🎉

The medal of honor vanguard music brought back so many memories it was my first shooter game my papa though me how to play

May I suggest watching the Kantai Kessen video by Drachinifel? It is an interesting look at the Japanese naval doctrine and why the decisive naval battle was not possible.

I would like to see you do an analysis of a video on the changes caused by the war on the home front especially the gearing up of production and the reactions of some industrial leaders. Thank you.

On your trip to England could you explore one of my 18th great grandfather's castles that he had constructed? Ashby De La Zouch and Kirby Muxloe are two that still have some construction standing today after 500+ years. If it's too far out of the way I understand. Love your content btw.

Hey, yesterday i watched a video about myterious weapons from the germans in ww2 (i gues it was called "18 incredible fururistic german weapons" or so). There are wire guided air to air rockets and such stuff. Maybe someone like you who have the knowlege can talk a bit about these things :D

These videos remind me of history class in high school, good times

I recommend watching more of potential history’s videos since there both funny and informative

I found these vids from the yt algorithm from watching oversimplified and I loved it. You add stuff that other don't have time to add or forget to add

While people do tend to underestimate the overwhelming weight of economic and demographic forces opposed to the Axis that made victory exceedingly unlikely - I'd never say impossible when it comes to history. Many stranger things have happened and could have happened. Churchill being ousted, Stalin being assassinated/overthrown, FDR dying, Germany more effectively coordinating the economic resources of Europe, Japan providing a timely distraction in Siberia in light of any of the above, etc. could have thrown things in doubt overnight. Hitler was only doomed *if* the Americas and the Soviet Union both retained the will to fight on until the bitter end and didn't fight amongst themselves or seek their own separate advantage, no matter what. And that's not always a given.

Congratulations to my fellow Swede for winning the giveaway!

Thanks for the videos VTH

Gratz on 50k

The BEF at Dunkirk were only part of the British Forces in France. Majority left with their equipment in Cherbourg. Also the British ANti-Invasion defences were far larger than the "Atlantic Wall", because we didn;t rely upon a single defensive line. I recomend you research CiC Edmund Ironside and his replacement CiC Alan Brooke

I luv this guy + ive been here since 15k subs.

Great videos. I'm a big fan of Potential History's channel and it's cool to see a 2nd opinion. Also I wanted to point out that when I was first getting in to WW2 history I did believe Hitler willingly let the British get away at Dunkirk, and it's a misunderstanding I've seen several other times online. It sounds illogical to say now, but that's the impression I had and apparently others have had as well, so that's what a lot of PH's first point is based on.

I’ve watched about all of your stuff. I enjoy it a lot. A topic I know shockingly little about as a fellow history buff is the wars in Africa. There may be no good videos to react to, but if there is I’d love to see if you can add anything. In terms of total numbers lost these wars should be talked about more.

I've always loved history, but sadly I've never had a teacher who seemed to care much about teaching it

Great video man, and thank you for all the amazing content you make. I have two question/comments. The first being the impossibility of the invasion of britain. The way I always heard it, was that the RAF was at breaking point shortly before the germans moved their focus to civilian targets. So if they would not have changed focus, wouldn't the air supremacy of the Brits falter? Then the focus could be shifted to naval targets to at least hurt the navy bad enough for the landing. I don't believe the British isles would be easy to hold of it were possible to conquer them at all. I am also certain that this would not have ended the war, or even would have enabled Germany to win in the end, but it would change a lot. Second thing, are you going to finish your reaction to God's and Generals video, or are you letting that one go? Again: thanks for all the great content!

Alternatives scenarios are so cool to watch, especially when someone who has knowlegde is watching too, You shold do more, one sugestion i give is the "What if soviet union joined axis" Thank you for your video

Love your videos keep up the good work love history

Time to throw my own little suggestion into the hat. If you want to check out more Potential History vids, then let me suggest "The Winter War: The War that Became a Meme". I find that one to be quite an interesting watch. Also their "Meme Tanks" videos are really interesting if you want to give those a look as well.

You should react to some of Mark Felton Production’s videos. They are really interesting!

I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS KEEP GOING PLEASE!

thank you for your amazing content!

Military History Visualized did an excellent video on the viability of Operation Sea Lion. He makes lots of good points, but in the end there’s one where no amount of luck of the dice were going to change things - logistics. Even with a largely unchallenged landing (followed by resistance) you would have had the issues of resupplying a major force by sea against the focused armed forces of Great Britain supplied by the majority of its economy by land. Short of capitulation - something totally inconsistent with Britain’s character - Germany was never going to win that sort of conflict even with early victories.

Can you watch The Cuban Missile Crisis Day by Day by TimeGhost History, please?

20:30 yea, he’s pretty good. He is no Lazerpig. He actually shows his sources and doesn’t screech when pushed too.

Great videos mate

have to agree, every point i was going to make starts with "if nazis were not natzis" thats just required for germany to have any scenario where they end up with fighting chance.

"It would take them longer to mobilise than it did" is hitlers motto, lol.

There is some evidence that the "halt" was triggered by a combination of pressures. One was Hitler allowing Goering to take a first shot. The other was reluctance to commit armor to the attack by Von Ronstat and Kleist. This hesitance was partially due to Flanders marshes but also because Charles De Gaulle led an offensive at abberville which he lost but in the process killed a shocking (to the germans at least) number of tanks. Reportedly this made Kleist in particular skittish about the Marshes where the tanks would have been more vulnerable than at Abberville.

The reason why I and many other people watch History teachers or Historians on KZfaq is that it fits with the location to get your info, I watch you guys because you guys are fairly decent people who have actual knowledge and background on what is being talked about. I also love how you have admitted that you dont know all which is an important point to make. I am an aspiring History teacher and I have met people who dont know what they are saying but are either too proud, nervous, scared, or stupid to accept the fact that people can be wrong especially in a sense of power. Even with my act of learning and remembering aspects and key historical events that many people dont remember, I am human and I strive for people to call me out if I was wrong about it (I dont want them to waddle and whimper that I was wrong nor yell and insult me for being a complete dumbass). Just as you said, those comments dont help out in the discussion as a whole. Some of these videos you are discussing are made by those who have that same passion and strive for facts and a clearer narrative so we can advance the conversation onto something else and more. I think I said enough, dont know if you will read this for being a couple weeks old, but keep up the reviews mate, cheers

Here's a question for you: Has there ever been a war that would have been won if a single decision hadn't been made? Sure, many that would likely have been avoided (e.g., Treaty of Versailles), but I am curious if you know of one where a leader "would have won" if he had/hadn't done some one thing.

The problem with the whole “just don’t attack the Soviets thing” is that the Soviets would have also attacked the Nazis eventually. Stalin was waiting for the German war machine to collapse on the Western front, then, once he smelled blood, he’d go in for the kill

Respect your channel and enjoy content

Hello love the video as always keep up the good work. I have a few channels that you might be interested in reacting to in the future these are Invicta (talks about what people did and how things worked in the Ancient World ie Rome, Greece, Carthage, etc , Historia Civilis (who does mostly ancient Greece and Rome he did a series about Philip of Macedon his Son Alexander the Great, and he did a series about Julius Caesar as well as how the Structure and Procedures of the Roman Senate worked, the government of Sparta, and other videos that you might find interesting), Hoc Est Bellum, Kings and Generals, History Marche, The SPQR Historian (if you are interested in learning more about the Emperors of Rome), Jack Rackman, and UsefulCharts (who just released a video about the family trees of the characters during the Trojan War). These are just a few suggestions for any upcoming videos that you might be interested in.