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  1. The next what if? Operation Downfall, the Allied Invasion of Japan
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  2. If it weren’t 2 am and I weren’t about to go to sleep I’d watch the heck out of this Update: I watched it anyway
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  3. The animations are getting better and better man. I could watch an entire animated documentary in this art style
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  4. The animation has definitely come a long way, love the content.
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  5. Former US Army Armor Crewman here. I have a correction. The M68 105mm gun is not a smoothbore gun, it is rifled.
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  6. Spain: Being Split up into two European empires: Its Free real estate
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  7. China is about as communist as the Holy Roman Empire was holy, Roman, or an empire.
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  8. *Sees the title of the video. The comment section is going to be filled with patriotic Poles, isn’t it?
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  9. 5:28 It's Italian Social Republic Not Italian Socialist Republic
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  10. tag switched to delete their divisions
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  11. One of the interesting results of this war was Poland focused more of their defensive plans against the soviets rather than the Germans, which definitely didn't help them in 1939. Overall, this was a great video and I'm looking forward for the next one!
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  12. 4:10 Love how griffin’s cartoon self isn’t messing around and has on typical combat zone/press body armor on
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  13. Habsburg jaws could rival those of the Crimson Chin
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  14. Germany: My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined
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  15. Might be nitpicking, but since this video is specifically about borders, Pomerania was not entirely under Swedish control before the Great Northern War. It had been split up between Sweden in the West and Brandenburg-Prussia in the East all the way back in 1648, and while Prussia took over parts of Swedish Pomerania, most importantly the major city of Stettin, it wasn't fully transfered until 1815. And "Lesser" Germany wasn't originally meant to include Alsace-Lorraine since it was a accepted as a part of France and only came under German control after the Franco-Prussian War in 1871. However, the original Lesser Germany would include Luxembourg which was a part of the German Confederation and pulled out later due to it's personal union with the Netherlands.
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  16. 13:21 Sgt. Reznov: "COME ON DMITRI, TO THE REICHSTAG"
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  17. Just finished watching "They Shall Not Grow Old " two days ago. Been researching a bunch about WW1 so this released just in time.
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  18. Thanks for making this video. It helps to provide context for ongoing situation in Israel & Gaza without being too overwhelming. I wish for peace in both Israel and Palestine, and hopefully they can co-exist peacefully in long run.
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  19. ...wait, so Germany and France went to war and then decided Italy's geopolitics?
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  20. As someone who knew very little of the Russo-Japanese war, this video was very informative. The art in the video was also done really well, and definitely helped me stay interested until the end. I look forward to the next one. Tibi
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  21. 2:47 that awkward silence and the response of "que?" 😂
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  22. That was one helluva opening animation. Amazing work, glad to see your animators having fun with it!
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  23. An absolute pleasure working with you on this!
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  24. Hello guys, I am the new editor for the channel, hope you guys enjoyed our latest production, I have also been doing the sound design for the past year (not every video, since I have 2 more awesome colleagues). Please let me know your thoughts about it and what you would like to see from us in the future.
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  25. Great video, and thanks for the opportunity to collab! The Italian army meme deserves more attention!
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  26. People find easier to say "Italy switch sides" when they omit details such as how a good portion of Italians despised Mussolini (even before he took power) and how fascists remained pretty much loyal to the Germans till the end of the war.
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  27. The flag was raised on Mount Suribachi upon its capture about 2 weeks before the end of the battle of Iwo Jima
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  28. Thanks for the shoutout Armchair Historian! Great video btw!
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  29. Auchinleck and O'Connor are two of the most underrated generals of WW2. Richard O'Connor even escaped a POW camp!
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  30. It should be pointed out that the lopsided ratio of Russian to Allied losses in battle was due to the French and British forces possessing rifled muskets, while the Russians still used smoothbore weapons. As a result the Russian's preferred tactic of bayonet charges led to heavy casualties in the face of accurate rifle fire.
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  31. 4:15 loved the fact you didn't forget wojtek on monte casino
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  32. QUÉ?
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  33. You upload a video on May 9th. On the Day of Victory. Nicely done!
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  34. El Bandito No, and that's one of the reasons why fascism born
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  35. Nice to see some non-european stuff.
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  36. 3:27 Savoy flipped sides you say? Typical Italians.
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  37. The animation and artwork in this is even better than usual!
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  38. Great video! One reason why the Germans suffered less of tropical diseases as result of insect bites was their uniforms. The Germans wore long trousers and jackboots and had high collars contrary to the British we had open shirts and were wearing shorts.
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  39. Why you didn't mention the other two reasons that forced the French to quit their campaign? The intervention turned out to be too expensive overrall and produced little profit to the french government, AND the franco-prussian relations were getting dangerously hot, so the troops in Mexico would be needed against Prussia in a possible war, which happened (the Franco-Prussian war). The northern neighbours were not entirely responsible for the french withdrawal. Besides, a strong french foothold in America would compromise US influence over the entire continent, so their almost-intervention in Mexico (they were ready to set foot in the battle of Bagdad, Tamaulipas) wasn't because of benevolence. A legend says that Juarez got their help from the Americans because of the masonry-motivated friendship between Juarez and the American elites of the time (the York rite). On a sidenote, one of the most successful mexican generals of this war was the future president Porfirio Díaz, chiefly responsible for the pacification, industrialization and modernization of Mexico, a country that up until him only had known war and civil unrest since the independence in 1821. His efforts to rise from the ashes of a war-torn Mexico to a western-European style Mexico were greatly admired in Europe.
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  40. FEB, the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, was the only South American Nation force to ever fight in Europe! Thanks for the shoutout. We are very proud of this 🇧🇷
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  41. when evil fights evil and normal men suffer.
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  42. Certainly an iconic moment of the war in the Pacific theatre. Great drawings and engaging story as always!
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  43. Italy was unintentional ahead of its time when it came to memes.
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  44. Really original and quite needed video thanks for explanation.
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  45. Awesome video-was fun collaborating with you on this video! Love your animations as always!
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  46. Those men where not even that old. They where truly the greatest generation to walk this earth.
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  47. And you release this on 4/20. Genius.
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  48. I don’t know how to explain it but this video feels much better animated than any video before, like it was already really good but this one just feels even BETTER. Hope someone in the animation/drawing team sees this, you guys are doing a wonderful job. Can’t believe this is all accessible for free
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  49. Unfortunately those mentioned from Easy Company have all passed in recent years - Winters and Malarky. However, I got to meet the last surviving officer of Easy Company (Band of Brothers) in 2016 and his name is Ed Shames. He lives in Virginia, is still lucid and willing to talk about his days in World War II. An absolute national treasure who I hope more are able to meet before he passes too.
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  50. I think this is a very good direction for the channel. History is often the grand swathes with focuses on the great men as they were the ones to write it. But getting a slice of life for people who lived then is really quite important in understanding the world that was.
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