How World War 2 Began

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  • A detailed account of the origins of the Second World War.
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    0:00 Intro
    2:17 Wilson's New World
    21:09 The Spread of Extremism
    29:39 Fascism in Italy
    36:53 Hitler Takes Germany
    1:00:49 - Japan Takes Manchuria
    1:10:20 - Italy Takes Ethiopia
    1:19:47 - Germany Breaks the Treaty
    1:26:07 - The Symbolism of the Spanish Civil War
    1:29:17 - Japanese Militarism Spreads
    1:31:43 - Last Steps Before War
    1:48:57 - Conclusion
    Sources:
    Paris 1919 - Margaret MacMillan
    A History of Political Theory - George Sabine
    The Dark Valley - Piers Brendon
    The Road to War - Richard Overy
    Appeasement - Tim Bouverie
    The Third Reich in Power - Richard Evans
    Blood and Power - John Foot
    The Rising Sun - John Toland
    Adolf Hitler - John Toland
    The Coming of the Third Reich - Richard Evans
    The Spectre of War - Jonathan Haslam
    The Moralist - Patricia O'Toole
    The Age of Extremes - Eric Hobsbawm
    The Deluge - Adam Tooze
    Japan Prepares for Total War - Michael Banhart
    Oxford's Fascism Reader - Ed. Roger Griffin
    The Origins of the First and Second World Wars - Frank McDonough
    The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered - Ed. Gordon Martel
    Europe - Norman Davies
    Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler
    Hitler's Second Book - Adolf Hitler
    Documents on Nazism - ed. Jeremy Noakes & Geoffrey Pridham
    A History of the Twentieth Century - Martin Gilbert

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  • @realryanchapman
    @realryanchapman  Місяць тому +1671

    As you can probably tell, this was not a small effort. I spent eight months on this video: five across 2023 and also the first three months of 2024. I hope you enjoy it and that it was time well spent. I say this on all of my videos but cannot emphasize it enough here; the only reason I'm able to take on a production like this is because of people who choose to support me either on Patreon or through the membership program here. It's the only way I was able to make a living doing this work during the quiet production months. So as always, a huge thank you to all of you who have been doing that. If you're interested, the membership program is only $1 a month and comes with access to more casual/intimate videos that I upload between the main channel videos.
    I'm sure criticism will come in and I'll have notes that I want to add to the video, but for now that's all I have to say. Enjoy!
    Edit: I just wanted to say that I'm touched by the outpouring of support for this video so far. I have never gotten so many donations through comments before or have received such positive feedback for a single video. I feel it's best to not be on here constantly replying to comments, but I do see and appreciate it. Thank you.
    - Ryan

    • @chosk80
      @chosk80 Місяць тому +21

      Waited so long for your new video. This is going to be awesome.

    • @NixonThr336ix
      @NixonThr336ix Місяць тому +16

      @RyanChapman doesn’t the USSR share responsibility with Germany since Their allied invasion of Poland is what started the war

    • @realryanchapman
      @realryanchapman  Місяць тому +40

      ​@@NixonThr336ix If there was a fourth country mentioned it would be the USSR, but their role was more convoluted. They started participating fairly late in the cycle of aggression, they invaded Poland after Britain and France declared war on Germany, and they were soon turned on by Germany. In the section you're talking about I was just naming the basic facts that everyone more or less agrees on (that Germany, Italy and Japan were the aggressors). Their alliance with Germany was widely seen as a last-minute shock before war broke out that did facilitate it, but the war was going to occur either way (as Hitler, quoted in this video, made clear many times).
      Edit: It's worth adding that the USSR did play a huge role in starting the war by spreading communism and the fear of communism around the world (by just the nature of their existence and also through Comintern), which led to right-wing dictatorships in the aggressor countries, which of course was covered at length in the piece itself.

    • @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat
      @twelvecatsinatrenchcoat Місяць тому +13

      @@NixonThr336ixI have a pet theory that Austria is responsible for both World Wars even though everyone blames Germany.
      Austria DEFINITELY caused WWI.
      And a certain painter with certain crazy ideas was also Austrian.
      They did BOTH and no one ever talks about it. That country has World Wars in it's DNA.

    • @NixonThr336ix
      @NixonThr336ix Місяць тому +4

      @@realryanchapman that’s mostly allied shame not wanting to admit most of Europe wasn’t liberated they only *changed Adolph for Stalin

  • @Dan-qp1el
    @Dan-qp1el Місяць тому +2295

    Humans never change. The worst mistake the people of the United States can make, is feeling like it can't happen here.

    • @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745
      @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 Місяць тому

      I agree it can also happen here. But we shouldn't jump from that to conclude that say, a portion of the population are already fascists, like so many do when it comes to republicans. That descent, like the video showed, requires a enemy to justify violence against.
      The scary thing to me, is that so many common people are so eager to label other common people as the enemy. It's self-fulfilling

    • @LibertyGoose
      @LibertyGoose Місяць тому +192

      Or that the U.S. isn’t the bad guy. That would also be a mistake to make

    • @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745
      @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 Місяць тому +88

      @@LibertyGoose Is anyone not a 'bad guy' in your view?

    • @JinKee
      @JinKee Місяць тому +70

      War. War never changes.

    • @hamzamahmood9565
      @hamzamahmood9565 Місяць тому

      ​@LibertyGoose American people are more critical of themselves than any other country probably. Constantly feeding into doomerism for a 100 years now

  • @Ladondorf
    @Ladondorf Місяць тому +2186

    "An era of a weakening middle. Even a hollowing middle. And the expansion of the further-left and the further-right."
    Sounds a lot like today.

    • @thug588
      @thug588 Місяць тому +21

      WAOW 🤯🤯

    • @basedfemboi9401
      @basedfemboi9401 Місяць тому +22

      How things always are

    • @dandare1001
      @dandare1001 Місяць тому

      I agree. I think that the Far-Left and Far-Right are not the cause. I think they are a symptom.
      The real cause is the increasing inequality in the advanced economies. Most people are becoming worse off and then will naturally choose an extreme Left or Right-wing as the cure, instead of looking at why lives are becoming more difficult.
      Most people, whichever side they choose, want very similar things- decent and safe lives, and to be rewarded for hard work. That's what people aren't getting.
      The Left-Right division is only making things worse.

    • @Thomas...191
      @Thomas...191 Місяць тому +149

      There are alot of parts of this peice that remind me of today. I think this is purposeful on Ryan's part. So many dynamics are similar. Democracies that are war phobic, totalitarian states that have militaristic expansionist ambitions, faith in democratic institutions is low, more financial catastrophes loom, global cooperation between great powers seem at a low point...
      The greatest change in dynamics is a MAD one: that being nukes. And there are many more differences but the parallels can't help chill one to the bone.

    • @ChristoffelTensors
      @ChristoffelTensors Місяць тому

      @@Thomas...191except every “democracy” in the west are the ones pushing for war.

  • @Romulo_V
    @Romulo_V 21 день тому +227

    What you said 28:18 - 28:39 is exactly what I've learned from studying history extensively since the 4th grade. I'm 29 now. And I've gone so far back in history to understand every nations creation and fall. The patterns are yet again repeating again i fear. One of my favorite quotes is from Mark Twain. "History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes".

    • @glennbarrow8325
      @glennbarrow8325 17 днів тому

      I am Israel. I came to a land without a people for a people without a land. Those people who happened to be here, had no right to be here, and my people showed them they had to leave or die, razing 400 Palestinian villages to the ground, erasing their history.
      I am Israel. Some of my people committed massacres and later became Prime Ministers to represent me. In 1948, Menachem Begin was in charge of the unit that slaughtered the inhabitants of Deir Yassin, including 100 women and children. In 1953, Ariel Sharon led the slaughter of the inhabitants of Qibya, and in 1982 arranged for our allies to butcher around 2,000 in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila.
      I am Israel. Carved in 1948 out of 78% of the land of Palestine, dispossessing its inhabitants and replacing them with Jews from Europe and other parts of the world. While the natives whose families lived on this land for thousands of years are not allowed to return, Jews from all over the world are welcome to instant citizenship.
      I am Israel. In 1967, I swallowed the remaining lands of Palestine - East Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza - and placed their inhabitants under an oppressive military rule, controlling and humiliating every aspect of their daily lives. Eventually, they should get the message that they are not welcome to stay, and join the millions of Palestinian refugees in the shanty camps of Lebanon and Jordan.
      I am Israel. I have the power to control American policy. My American Israel Public Affairs Committee can make or break any politician of its choosing, and as you see, they all compete to please me. All the forces of the world are powerless against me, including the UN as I have the American veto to block any condemnation of my war crimes. As Sharon so eloquently phrased it, “We control America”.
      I am Israel. I influence American mainstream media too, and you will always find the news tailored to my favor. I have invested millions of dollars into PR representation, and CNN, New York Times, and others have been doing an excellent job of promoting my propaganda. Look at other international news sources and you will see the difference.
      I am Israel. You Palestinians want to negotiate “peace!?” But you are not as smart as me; I will negotiate, but will only let you have your municipalities while I control your borders, your water, your airspace and anything else of importance. While we “negotiate,” I will swallow your hilltops and fill them with settlements, populated by the most extremist of my extremists, armed to the teeth. These settlements will be connected with roads you cannot use, and you will be imprisoned in your little Bantustans between them, surrounded by checkpoints in every direction.
      I am Israel. I have the fourth strongest army in the world, possessing nuclear weapons. How dare your children confront my oppression with stones, don’t you know my soldiers won’t hesitate to blow their heads off? In 17 months, I have killed 900 of you and injured 17,000, mostly civilians, and have the mandate to continue since the international community remains silent. Ignore, as I do, the hundreds of Israeli reserve officers who are now refusing to carry out my control over your lands and people; their voices of conscience will not protect you.
      I am Israel. You want freedom? I have bullets, tanks, missiles, Apaches and F-16s to obliterate you. I have placed your towns under siege, confiscated your lands, uprooted your trees, demolished your homes, and you still demand freedom? Don’t you get the message? You will never have peace or freedom, because I am Israel.

    • @DipayanPyne94
      @DipayanPyne94 13 днів тому +1

      True. You know who THEY are ! Can we do anything about it ?

    • @darrenr67
      @darrenr67 12 днів тому

      Sounds fun

    • @Davidsavage8008
      @Davidsavage8008 10 днів тому +1

      At 60 and having to commit to memory history , as far as nations , they all had a fallen angel they called a god simply because scriptures say that the fallen angels where divided into nations. 1/3 that fell comes to 178 as scholars agree too.🎉

    • @GTAVictor9128
      @GTAVictor9128 10 днів тому +3

      And which state is currently actively disregarding UN and international law for its own nationalist ambitions?
      Hint: It begins with I, ends with L, and continues to be actively funded by the US despite their desired incursions being declared illegal by the UN.

  • @alexwilson7631
    @alexwilson7631 16 днів тому +83

    It’s taken me two days to finish this video, it’s amazing to me the audacity of human beings in power, they think they’re unstoppable. Something that still remains unchanged to this day sadly.

    • @scorpio85
      @scorpio85 14 днів тому

      Think about trump becoming the next president. It will be like Hitler being reborn

    • @AnhNguyen-hn9vj
      @AnhNguyen-hn9vj 13 днів тому +1

      like someone said. everybody has a plan until they get hit in the face. lol

    • @andreitkach3873
      @andreitkach3873 10 днів тому

      Yep yep there is a psi experiment that preety much solidified the fact ww4 will be sticks n stones.
      Talking bout the infamous prison experiment.

    • @wanderinggeri8477
      @wanderinggeri8477 9 днів тому +1

      @@AnhNguyen-hn9vjMike Tyson

    • @SkylearJ
      @SkylearJ 2 дні тому +1

      You clearly have no idea, as the video producer does not, what Hitler was trying to do.

  • @christiana.1204
    @christiana.1204 Місяць тому +516

    Personally, this is one of those high-quality videos where you need some good food and wine while watching.

    • @Silks-
      @Silks- Місяць тому +16

      Personally I wouldn’t be about to watch a horror movie and think about food/wine. This is potentially what’s coming again in the near future but on an even larger scale. This should terrify you.

    • @christiana.1204
      @christiana.1204 Місяць тому +12

      @@Silks- I understand that. I am referring to Ryan Chapman's video and how the length of it, plus the quality of the video make it seem like a proper film. I argue though it is no different from people who watched Schindler's List or 1917 films in the cinemas who ordered popcorn and drinks beforehand. I do understand the sensitivity of the issue and believe me it terrified me and it was not entertaining. I research world politics as a full-time job as part of my PhD focused on warfare and still to this day, I am not amused about what has happened and what is going on, but unfortunately it is part of our nature to engage in conflict (big or small) so we must always be vigilant try to minimize it as much as possible.

    • @Silks-
      @Silks- Місяць тому +6

      @@christiana.1204 I had a feeling you meant it for a reason other than the surface appearance of the comment. I’m glad you’ve given it an explanation. All the best 👍

    • @Help_im_sad
      @Help_im_sad 29 днів тому +5

      More wine than food for sure

    • @groupflix
      @groupflix 28 днів тому

      Alcohol is poison and will destroy your body and mind.

  • @Bemandyd
    @Bemandyd 16 днів тому +77

    Almost a million views which means your hard work paid off. someone like me would never be interested in this history, but as a 34 year old mother now seeing our world collapse and desiring to know more to protect my child from what’s right and wrong with this world. I appreciate this so much. It’s so easy to understand. Thank you!

    • @sinatra222
      @sinatra222 15 днів тому +5

      Our world is not collapsing. Most people are better off than they have ever been.

    • @felissylvestris6557
      @felissylvestris6557 15 днів тому +13

      ​@sinatra222 the people of the 1900s believed the same thing and yet ww1 happened. Don't fool yourself into thinking that we have evolved enough to not let ww3 happen. Just look around and you'll see the same patterns that were presented in this video

    • @christopherlastname7638
      @christopherlastname7638 14 днів тому

      ​@@felissylvestris6557The problem is boredom people who have it so good that don't have to put any effort into survival ! That have enough time to destroy property for the thrill of being in a big group ! Who the Democrats keep giving out money to end the family because separately people vote for Democrats 39% of single mothers vote Democrat when a family stays together they vote 75% Republican that's why they want to tare this country apart power money

    • @HalIOfFamer
      @HalIOfFamer 14 днів тому

      ​@@sinatra222I wonder if these words have been spoken by someone in the months leading to ww1. There is a big chance that there will be something similar to a civil war in USA when elections happen. There is civil unrest in Europe on a scale that rivals that of the 1930s. There is war in Europe. The middle east Burns and Asia is falling into crisis. We live good. But for how long?

    • @greedisgood827
      @greedisgood827 14 днів тому +4

      Focusing on right and wrong is the most important thing that can be done right now. If that is your priority everything else will fall in line and you and your child will persevere through what comes next.

  • @Jd-tu6oz
    @Jd-tu6oz 7 днів тому +36

    You are the only channel i pay membership for, joined after watching only one of your videos. Quality work deserves respect.

  • @sloppyjoe6866
    @sloppyjoe6866 Місяць тому +850

    2 hour long Ryan Chapman video. It going to be a Good Friday

    • @justin8865
      @justin8865 Місяць тому +5

      Or I'll it will scare me out of my ass

    • @sam6000
      @sam6000 Місяць тому +22

      A good Good Friday

    • @haroldoftherock8973
      @haroldoftherock8973 Місяць тому +18

      I see what you did there.😏

    • @mral4381
      @mral4381 Місяць тому +4

      It was difficult to watch given some of the glaring omissions. Some so grave that the perspective offered in this video became almost propagandistic.

    • @prodELOKX
      @prodELOKX Місяць тому +2

      @@mral4381how so?

  • @leburiktarsa2518
    @leburiktarsa2518 Місяць тому +602

    As a Ethiopian and who knows its history, I was amazed by the recognition and accuracy of the historical account though the atrocities were understated. Ethiopia was member of league of nation and is Founding member of United Nations.

    • @meet_abel
      @meet_abel Місяць тому +17

      hey man i am ethiopian too this is cool.

    • @Kim_YoJong
      @Kim_YoJong Місяць тому +4

      Hahaha

    • @Austin-gj7zj
      @Austin-gj7zj Місяць тому +9

      @@Kim_YoJong what's funny?

    • @vladimirrashkovsky6274
      @vladimirrashkovsky6274 Місяць тому

      ua-cam.com/video/j9umwEhi7sI/v-deo.htmlsi=oq8f6-bG8FpF6z72

    • @Kim_YoJong
      @Kim_YoJong Місяць тому +20

      @@Austin-gj7zj Ethiopia thinking it matters

  • @andrewberna4045
    @andrewberna4045 16 днів тому +22

    Our long term memory is just so short, and we dont learn from those that lived befofe us. History is cyclacal and repeats itself once a new generation gets to that point. History MUST be taught and we NEED TO listen.

    • @safarygirl
      @safarygirl 12 днів тому +1

      A history based on truth and reality not revisionist rubbish. But the great deceiver and his minions are too agile

    • @kerryrowles5217
      @kerryrowles5217 2 дні тому

      I couldn't agree more. I have a history major, having studied as a mature age student, and frequently despaired at the lack of basic historical knowledge of my peers. (I was old enough to be their mother!)

  • @vinycrimbo8692
    @vinycrimbo8692 10 днів тому +6

    Europa The Last Battle,is a must watch. Absolutely incredible.

    • @bobbyb4579
      @bobbyb4579 Годину тому +1

      Where can i watch this?

  • @RobertEgbers
    @RobertEgbers Місяць тому +225

    Excellent use of references. Highlighted and book thumbnailed in the corner. Stellar work. It’s too bad it’s so hard to do this level of production.

  • @czinn327
    @czinn327 Місяць тому +215

    For a proper analysis on the post-great-war period, well written, well researched, and without bias. Thank you so much.

    • @realryanchapman
      @realryanchapman  Місяць тому +24

      Thank you!

    • @RockSmith-rl9qr
      @RockSmith-rl9qr Місяць тому +9

      Class act

    • @humbertocobian4740
      @humbertocobian4740 Місяць тому

      Anyone studying ww2 always conveniently omits the heinous thing being done in the Weimar period. What kind of books were they burning and banning? "When victims rule" is a much better book looking into this time period. Shame on this "historian" for accepting money for yet another tried and tired and "safe" video. What a modernist farce.

    • @dannyhima
      @dannyhima 3 дні тому +1

      There is clear bias

  • @brandonarmienti6875
    @brandonarmienti6875 27 днів тому +130

    I must say, I am a WW2 history nut. I have watched many UA-cam videos and documentaries about how WW2 started and you Mr. Chapman gave the greatest explanation of how the war started that I ever seen.
    I have subscribed and look forward to seeing your other videos and your future content.
    Keep up the great work!!👍

    • @dogfacedponysoldier87
      @dogfacedponysoldier87 22 дні тому +5

      Have you seen TIK I am a socialist? That’s my favorite. He does not only say socialism caused ww2 - he proves it. This guy in this vid says hitler started it. Well, yes, but let’s peal this onion back some

    • @Luke-id8ql
      @Luke-id8ql 22 дні тому

      @@dogfacedponysoldier87 Sean Mcmeekin author of Stalins War has a pretty good explanation of how Stalin was equally if not more responsible for WW2 as Hitler. but somehow the left likes to claim that Stalin was a saviour of ww2

    • @OhsoScary
      @OhsoScary 21 день тому +8

      Then you’ll love Europa: The Last Battle

    • @nickrails
      @nickrails 21 день тому

      ​@@dogfacedponysoldier87 TIK is a conspiracy nutcase who is historically illiterate when it comes to politics. His assessments regarding 'was Hitler a socialist' has been widely debunked by the rest of the academic community/high profile published authors. If you listen to him as opposed to the 99.9% of historical studies then you're on the route to becoming a far right extremist /Nazi yourself

    • @abcdefg-xm7dc
      @abcdefg-xm7dc 19 днів тому

      ​@@OhsoScary nazi propaganda conspiracy theory

  • @kikyoass
    @kikyoass 21 день тому +5

    This is the best video ive watched in a long time. I’ve been looking for a long time for somebody to describe the varying emotions leading up to world war. Wowowowow i would watch this again. Thank you so much

  • @JoeSchmoer
    @JoeSchmoer Місяць тому +310

    Haven't finished it yet, but I gotta say, it's so refreshing to see a politics/history youtuber who tells it like it is and doesn't "have an agenda," if you will, and seems like they actually understand the topic more than just repeating a wikipedia article.

    • @nicholasmaniccia1005
      @nicholasmaniccia1005 Місяць тому +15

      I agree he had something to add, and wasn't just restating common information about a topic in a different tone, or over video game footage. You can tell he is interested and cares about this topic and has thought about it deeply and tested those thoughts.

    • @roundthoughts4644
      @roundthoughts4644 Місяць тому +100

      As a European and a German I must say that his perspective seems to be decisively that of a liberal American (without wanting to make this an attack on liberalism, I just want to point out that even this is a specific Lense through which history is observed), from the idolization of Wilson (who was definetly one of the better man of his time, but nothing more, especially when you consider the limitation of his ideas of self determination on a Handvoll of powerful western nations), to the misunderstanding of the impact that legal fixation of war guilt had on Europe (it may have been some words on a legal documents, but the people of both great continental powers, France and Germany, saw it as way more, a historical clarification of moral responsibility. Also he oversimplified the situation before the overthrow of the Russian Zar (Medieval sociatal Organisation with an according exploitation of peasants by noblemen was basically still in power). Not to forget the evidence that points towards the de facto military dictatorship of German at the end of World War One intentionally sending the democratic politicians instead of going themselves, to be able to strategically shift the blame of defeat onto them, even though they themselves initiated the process of peace talks. I could continue portraying a alternative German counter narrative, but I just wanted to point some possible interpretations of history out to get to the following point .
      Seeing something and thinking that it is free of ideology is always a big warning sign, that should be met with a critical analytical approach towards one’s own underlining convictions, as it can be a sign that one self is falling into a bubble of ideology, making one unable to see that the perspective taken is not universal and objective but still a specific perspective with underlying elements shaping what you see.

    • @JoeSchmoer
      @JoeSchmoer Місяць тому +8

      @@roundthoughts4644 I get what your saying, I just meant relatively speaking compared to how you usually see people present the series of events that lead to wwII, this is about as "agenda-free" as you could hope for, without being completely dry and free from analysis.

    • @Tguchi26
      @Tguchi26 Місяць тому +26

      @@roundthoughts4644Your English is good and your perspective is great! Don’t trust anyone who isn’t fully willing to admit their bias, because no one is without one. It’s great to see a critical thinker from across the pond.

    • @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745
      @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 Місяць тому +11

      @@roundthoughts4644 Where did he idolize Wilson? Watching this, I come away thinking kinda badly of Wilson

  • @InGameProductionz
    @InGameProductionz 24 дні тому +6

    This video is incredible… I’ve gone through many of the videos in your channel since it appearing in my feed

  • @SShowkeen
    @SShowkeen День тому +2

    This is a good listen/watch, Ryan. Thanks buddy!

  • @bg-cc6hn
    @bg-cc6hn Місяць тому +116

    Excellent breakdown of the political causes to WWII. The quality of your videos only grows over time!

  • @bartolomeothesatyr
    @bartolomeothesatyr Місяць тому +68

    You really brought scholarship to life with this outstanding summation.

  • @limaque4521
    @limaque4521 14 днів тому +3

    I'm amazed by the impartial insight that you offered in this video. Big respect from Warsaw, Poland.

  • @steven6986
    @steven6986 10 днів тому

    An absolutely fantastic listen, thank you for this.
    As someone that consumed a lot of WW2 content in my childhood I was surprised by how much I learnt from this, practically essential reading for all history classes IMO.

  • @polyMATHY_Luke
    @polyMATHY_Luke Місяць тому +25

    Dear Ryan, your tremendous efforts here continue to inspire and inform profoundly. Thank you so much for this and all your other video essays. Please continue to do this work - understanding history is so critical, lest we be doomed to repeat its worst excesses and tragedies.

  • @arthurbossard8309
    @arthurbossard8309 Місяць тому +28

    I have only watched 1h, but the work quality and clarity is astonishing. Props to you for this video (and the rest of your channel as well), which in my opinion should be shown in classes, for both the quality of the researches and the capacity of formulating such complex ideas so well. As I'm strengthening my english partly by watching videos, your work far outstrips my expectations !

  • @ignagalindo
    @ignagalindo 14 днів тому

    I appreciate in the deepest way possible all your dedication to making this knowledge widely accessible without compromising on critical rigor. We truly need more creators like you, especially these days, which happens to mark nearly a century since the events you described. Thank you sincerely, all the way from Guatemala. Keep up the good work.

  • @celestineozo6513
    @celestineozo6513 16 днів тому +2

    This is simple, straightforward, knowledge packed and in fact perfect description

  • @harshalpatel4084
    @harshalpatel4084 Місяць тому +13

    Incredible feat to put this multilayered and complex subject as succinctly as you have. Well done Ryan, as always.

  • @luisgarrido1367
    @luisgarrido1367 Місяць тому +11

    This video is a masterpiece, as it has become usual for your work. Thank you for the effort in making it. And additionally I could not think of a better moment to release it, when so much conflict and disagreement is reemerging between world powers...

  • @victorirewole1582
    @victorirewole1582 15 днів тому +1

    I THOROUGHLY enjoyed this! Thank you for being as articulate, soft spoken, and expansive, in your effort, Ryan! This is amazing!

  • @bryanjuni706
    @bryanjuni706 13 днів тому +1

    The most amazing overview of events i have ever heard. AMAZING detail. Love how you speak! Just wow!

  • @SuperTommox
    @SuperTommox Місяць тому +266

    I'm italian and i can say the italian part was well done.
    Leftists would add that rich capitalists were scared of a communist revolution and so supported Mussolini.

    • @user-ek9vo2ub9b
      @user-ek9vo2ub9b Місяць тому +28

      Lavader actually has a good video that debunks that claim. The Communists and Socialists mainly got booted out of the Farming Regions of Italy by not only The Fascists but also Farmers and peasants, of whom, ultimately were getting hurt by Socialist and Communist Policies.

    • @jakel8627
      @jakel8627 Місяць тому +44

      ​@@johnnysilverhand1733
      God, really? Quit lecturing the Internet 😒

    • @A-Big-Beautiful-Wall
      @A-Big-Beautiful-Wall Місяць тому +25

      @@user-ek9vo2ub9b Well , fascism rose to power in Italy as a militia movement ( Squadrismo ) that was funded by farmers and business associations during the socialist uprising and labor unrest in the Biennio Rosso. 💯 Fascism protected private property and businesses when the weak liberal Italian government could no longer do it. Philip Morgan's book "Italian Fascism 1914-1945" has a good chapter on this titled "The Fascist Reaction"...💯💯💯

    • @junfour
      @junfour Місяць тому +3

      We're doing this again?

    • @lubu2960
      @lubu2960 Місяць тому

      @@johnnysilverhand1733 This is completely false, we can see what your disastrous free market economics has done to the global south, their industries destroyed, foreign companies engaged in child labour and more abuses, exploitation of resources sent to the developed world, corruption and interference in politics, coups, genocides.

  • @terryp3034
    @terryp3034 Місяць тому +287

    Simply outstanding. I learned so much, and, to be honest, it made me queasy for some parallels I see to today.

    • @scarecrow559fresno
      @scarecrow559fresno Місяць тому +15

      hello wiemar republic

    • @theskyizblue2day431
      @theskyizblue2day431 Місяць тому +7

      History doesn’t repeat, it rhymes. Weimar Republic was Germany? Gaybar republic is USA.

    • @danielmabe6290
      @danielmabe6290 27 днів тому

      This is a lie and he's bias. The Nazi's were leftist. Nationalist socialist. That why in the beginning of the video he said anything on the left should be ignored and omitted it.

    • @MJ2A
      @MJ2A 22 дні тому

      @@theskyizblue2day431Weimarica

    • @Jose-cq5ho
      @Jose-cq5ho 19 днів тому

      ​@@theskyizblue2day431YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT WHAT IT TAKE'S TO START WAR'S

  • @kerryrowles5217
    @kerryrowles5217 2 дні тому

    This was a thorough and easily understood historical account. It was so nice to hear (and see) a real human narrating the text. As a historian I acknowledge and appreciate the amount of work you put into this video. I am glad I found your channel. You have a new subscriber. Thank you, Ryan.

  • @kevinhester246
    @kevinhester246 2 дні тому

    Better analysis than any cable documentary and presented excellently. Thank You!!

  • @oscarmichel684
    @oscarmichel684 Місяць тому +125

    One of my favorite channels ever! Your videos have really inspired my newfound passion for history, poly sci, law and ethics. As a STEM person I previously overlooked the importance of these topics, but now I am hooked. Haven’t even watched this one yet but I know it’s going to be great. Thank you!!

    • @olivergilpin
      @olivergilpin Місяць тому +2

      Do you generally find STEM more important than these topics? If so, how Oscar? Genuinely curious!

    • @donnied9432
      @donnied9432 29 днів тому

      What is a STEM person?

    • @lilquacker4907
      @lilquacker4907 26 днів тому

      I’m also in stem but I’ve loved history and politics much more

    • @ixophor
      @ixophor 25 днів тому +1

      @@olivergilpinI personally don’t believe STEM is more important, however I think people view as more important as it is so focused on what is in the current. It is what decides our future in many ways, and it is what is used to create new ideas. Many forget the importance of humanities like history as they are seen as less ‘academic’, however if everyone valued history the same, chances are we would not see major political and historical issues repeating themselves. But that’s also just how I see it, and it’s important to get others views on it too.

    • @olivergilpin
      @olivergilpin 24 дні тому +1

      @@ixophor Totally agree

  • @babuzar
    @babuzar Місяць тому +9

    This is the most incredible video I have seen on UA-cam. Thank you Ryan.

  • @theultimatesurviv0r571
    @theultimatesurviv0r571 18 днів тому +1

    Listened to this from start to finish and I very much enjoyed the thoroughness of each major turning point. About to subscribe 💯

  • @MegaBreheny
    @MegaBreheny 12 днів тому +1

    This history is very important and I'm glad you took the time and effort to create this. Well Done 👍

  • @RobertEgbers
    @RobertEgbers Місяць тому +18

    One of the best content creators on the internet. Excited to be watching!

  • @robsquare2622
    @robsquare2622 Місяць тому +13

    this is a shockingly good description of events, including a lot angles and perspectives that peice the various mounting tensions together very meaningfully. A+

    • @jordy5625
      @jordy5625 20 днів тому +1

      We still don't know if things happened how its being told. Looking at the propaganda Media nowadays let me question the past. what they tell is just historically told by the winnners.
      Noone knows the actual situation back then.
      I can see a lot of parallels to 100 years ago.
      Giving lots of money to other countries, flooding countries with immigrants and demonising the right wing and trying to ban them.
      That what happened 100 years ago. And it will happen again. But I doubt it's a coincidence. Seems all planed. Israel was created to bring armagedon and to fulfill all the prophecies. So it's inevitable

  • @florisb1014
    @florisb1014 16 днів тому

    A great video. Never have I seen such a complete analysis. I've watched it twice already and will be coming back.

  • @darrowcarson3633
    @darrowcarson3633 20 днів тому +3

    Really excellent, clear and comprehendable. Thank you so much!

  • @Ken-fh4jc
    @Ken-fh4jc Місяць тому +31

    This is one of the most comprehensive, unbiased reviews of this topic that I have ever seen on UA-cam. I look forward to checking out the rest of your catalogue and seeing your future work. Again, excellent job.

  • @davestroeher1892
    @davestroeher1892 Місяць тому +8

    This was fantastic. We've been missing you, but it was worth the wait.

  • @RS-chino
    @RS-chino 14 годин тому

    What a great video. Thank you for putting all the time you did into it. It was incredibly enlightening.

  • @scoroop
    @scoroop 24 дні тому +2

    Wow. First time on this channel, I am a history enthusiast and i knew most of these plots but it was a pure pleasure to watch it. Absolutely outstanding!

  • @staannoe
    @staannoe Місяць тому +4

    The quality of both the delivery and content is simply stunning. Hats off to Mr. Chapman.

  • @mearnest91
    @mearnest91 Місяць тому +3

    Yeah definitely going to support you. Incredible, thank you for doing this!

  • @suri_youtu2463
    @suri_youtu2463 18 днів тому +1

    Love this. Channels like this one, History of the universe, Cool worlds, and plenty others are things to treasure and be thankful for.

  • @jameslong9921
    @jameslong9921 22 дні тому +25

    I've never seen so many spontaneous donations in a comments section before, and well deserved I must say.

    • @TheosLogos
      @TheosLogos 17 днів тому

      pretty obvious where all the donos are coming from.

  • @notzachpowers
    @notzachpowers Місяць тому +9

    This is the best Historical video I've ever seen. Great work Ryan

  • @alperenbastiat
    @alperenbastiat Місяць тому +8

    Wow, I've watched first part and I am very impressed. Your videos are such informative that some of them change my perspective and assemble it with unprecented amount of good knowledge. Thank you.

  • @joetorrey6922
    @joetorrey6922 8 днів тому

    Yeah, this was quite good, and learned some new things as well. Such a big topic. Thanks for putting this together.

  • @MikeS29
    @MikeS29 21 день тому

    Such an excellent and well researched narrative. Thank you for sharing!

  • @MonkehMike
    @MonkehMike Місяць тому +15

    Thank you for uploading such interesting content and also the way you choose to present it! :)
    It must have been a tremendous amount of effort to research, write, correct, record and edit(and more I am sure). Really appreciate your content!

  • @PaddyDAngelo
    @PaddyDAngelo Місяць тому +4

    Fantastic research, exposition and presentation. Your best work by far.

  • @shiteetah
    @shiteetah Місяць тому +194

    I don’t understand how your subscriber base is so low. Your unbiased research and hypothesis are always top tier and this old man loves learning from you.

    • @omg_wtf
      @omg_wtf Місяць тому

      Because most people operate at the "poo bum willy" level and can't handle this.

    • @johndeerman2105
      @johndeerman2105 Місяць тому +32

      The reasons you state for the subscribers being so low are exactly why the subscribers are so low. Unfortunately the world doesn’t want this type of content. They are all too busy subscribing to their own hatred’s and jealousy’s to listen.

    • @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745
      @monkeeseemonkeedoo3745 Місяць тому +2

      @@omg_wtf It's also a matter of interest

    • @LibertyGoose
      @LibertyGoose Місяць тому +11

      Detailed would have included the fact that Poland threatened war with Germany before the opposite was true. Left that one ouy

    • @varunrajesh6516
      @varunrajesh6516 Місяць тому +4

      He's a bit droning unfortunately with no visual aids. I liked the documentary but most people are not going to maintain attention.
      Some other history channels that are more successful with better delivery and use of visual aids are "Real Time History" + "The Great War" and "The Cold War".

  • @TheMickSheahan
    @TheMickSheahan 12 днів тому

    This is a fantastic video!. Well researched and articulated. I look forward to seeing what you decide to create next! Well done!

  • @KKNgroup
    @KKNgroup 20 днів тому

    Thank You for the video! It was well made and great citations on 1st hand history sources!

  • @JD..........
    @JD.......... Місяць тому +8

    Congratulations on such a quality product of writing and editing.

  • @jaredstanfield267
    @jaredstanfield267 Місяць тому +31

    Truly my favorite channel on UA-cam. We live in an incredible era. Thank you for this masterpiece!

  • @troysloan4744
    @troysloan4744 12 днів тому

    Thank you for providing such an informative analysis. Keep up the fantastic work!

  • @akierskan7787
    @akierskan7787 4 дні тому

    This is literally one of THE BEST WW2 content I’ve ever seen!!! Learned more from you than I ever did in 4 years of High School! Keep doing you, man!! This is really good!

  • @obscuredsatellitesinflight6034
    @obscuredsatellitesinflight6034 Місяць тому +5

    Ryan I've been subscribed to you for a while and this is not only one of your best videos, but one of the best videos I have watched on UA-cam. Straight unbiased facts presented in your unique engaging way. Keep it up.

  • @maxmatthis9459
    @maxmatthis9459 Місяць тому +72

    never clicked that fast in my live, hyped for this one :)

    • @RobertEgbers
      @RobertEgbers Місяць тому

      Same. My only comments on history videos are…. “More”

  • @Robert-Vlad31
    @Robert-Vlad31 21 день тому

    Fascinating work! Excellent video! Thank you so much!

  • @domdz
    @domdz День тому +1

    Most accurate and clear explanation of events I've seen on this topic so far

  • @briangronberg6507
    @briangronberg6507 Місяць тому +6

    Absolutely phenomenal. Thoroughly researched and superbly communicated.

  • @user-kz2mc6ze4e
    @user-kz2mc6ze4e Місяць тому +5

    Everything Mr. Chapman produces is Gold. Well done!

  • @Gobearfoot_
    @Gobearfoot_ 24 дні тому

    Well done! Really enjoyed this and am inspired about the future of freedom and media in seeing a private production like this. 👏

  • @x0234dsx
    @x0234dsx 12 днів тому

    This was beautiful. I’ve never seen history explained so well, thank you! Sharing with everyone i know

  • @tanzhikai9913
    @tanzhikai9913 Місяць тому +43

    Yooo he's finally back!

  • @DGinNC
    @DGinNC Місяць тому +4

    This is the first video of yours I've watched, I'll definitely check out some more. I think this was a really well done outline of the events leading up to WW2. I like that it wasn't unnecessarily colored with personal political opinion or national perspective (as best as can be expected, we're all from somewhere after all).
    I think something a lot of people seem to miss while watching historical documentaries like these, are that these events including the war itself took place over a rather long period of time. Tension and conflict didn't develop, peak and conclude over a single year or even single decade. It spans multiple decades and multiple causes and effects. Well done.

  • @patricktucker182
    @patricktucker182 16 днів тому

    this was fantastic, truly. You're hopefully going to educate a great many of us.

  • @nicholasjakubek4296
    @nicholasjakubek4296 2 дні тому

    So well done. I could have watched this for hours and hours. Thanks for your work.

  • @mearnest91
    @mearnest91 Місяць тому +30

    I’m at a loss for words. What you created here is so perfectly crafted and enriching. Thank you for giving this to everyone.

  • @naseemMastoiBaloch
    @naseemMastoiBaloch Місяць тому +5

    What a Perfect time to get notification from one of my favourite channel ❤

  • @LLachs283
    @LLachs283 16 днів тому +2

    i think this is the first video where i stopped at every article to read it in whole. great video

  • @kensterknig177
    @kensterknig177 6 днів тому

    I quite enjoy your presentations- Very Cogent, Logically argued positions and Concise form of your writing !
    Good Job & Keep up the Good Work !

  • @Numischannel
    @Numischannel Місяць тому +7

    Nr 1 like, and now to watch the long awaited video which I know will be far from disappointing - this is by far the best yt channel about politics. Greetings from Buenos Aires, Ryan and keep doing this amazing work!

  • @antonimaciag1259
    @antonimaciag1259 Місяць тому +33

    We've all heard the story multiple times, including at school, and yet this still manages to be refreshing and informative.

  • @garethmarshall7724
    @garethmarshall7724 15 днів тому +1

    Thank you Ryan, a really informative and well made video.

  • @Rareprune
    @Rareprune 3 дні тому

    Another incredible video, Ryan. Thank you so much.

  • @JohnSmith-us9fv
    @JohnSmith-us9fv Місяць тому +4

    Thank you for your hard work, I enjoyed every minute and learned an immense amount. 👍😎

  • @exofurian
    @exofurian Місяць тому +3

    This channel is in my top 3 in terms of quality. Fantastic work sir.

    • @tristanmoller9498
      @tristanmoller9498 24 дні тому

      What others come close may I ask? Just out of curiosity, I don’t want to miss out

  • @GeorgeTennesseeWiseman
    @GeorgeTennesseeWiseman 22 дні тому

    Excellent! I really enjoyed that. Very well done. Thank you, Ryan.

  • @ab-vf6ny
    @ab-vf6ny 21 день тому

    Better than any WW2 documentation I've seen, wonderful. Thank you!

  • @larakolya7774
    @larakolya7774 Місяць тому +4

    Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to creating these videos!! I am going to be watching this with my boyfriend per usual haha we're big fans!!

  • @Sparta1993
    @Sparta1993 Місяць тому +37

    “We fought the wrong enemy”-
    General Patton

    • @BMO_alreadytaken
      @BMO_alreadytaken Місяць тому +1

      Nazis when they realize Patton called Nazis the enemy too

    • @charleshultquist9233
      @charleshultquist9233 26 днів тому

      Howard W. Campbell, Jr.

    • @user-fg8ml5jd4g
      @user-fg8ml5jd4g 26 днів тому

      ​@@BMO_alreadytaken cold war with germany would have had more net gain to humanity than it had with Russia

  • @robertjones1730
    @robertjones1730 19 днів тому +1

    What an amazing video. What I'm taking away from this is that history may not literally repeat itself, but it rhymes, and there is A LOT of rhyming going on these days

  • @zacnat12
    @zacnat12 20 днів тому +1

    Fabulous presentation.
    So holistic and inclusive of the country's politics of the era.
    Well done 😃.

  • @GardenerGeorge
    @GardenerGeorge Місяць тому +3

    Excellent video !
    Thank you .
    I always think I know everything about WW2 , and then …
    There is another layer of understanding.
    And
    the “lead up to “ segments are
    Often the most interesting part of the story .
    ( I felt that way about
    Ken Burns ‘ Vietnam series .)
    Loved your format of crisp archival photos & video , highlighted lines from key texts , cut in with your personal presence . Nice balance visually .
    History is so helpful for understanding the present .
    You must know Mark Twain’s clever line :
    “ History does not always repeat itself , but it often rhymes “.
    Thanks for your contribution to my understanding ..!
    I still think about your video on the development of the concept of nation states frequently .

  • @onionknight2239
    @onionknight2239 Місяць тому +6

    Thanks for this Ryan.

  • @JulianDorey
    @JulianDorey 6 годин тому

    Great, great video, Ryan! I learned a lot of new tidbits in this one.

  • @karennelson6671
    @karennelson6671 9 годин тому

    Excellent video. Thanks for creating and sharing it.

  • @ivyward1393
    @ivyward1393 28 днів тому +3

    i thiiiiiiink i need a full recollection of ww2 from you. i was hooked right from the very beginning, and you explained everything concisely and factually without conjecture with a bunch of awesome sources. when i reached the end of the video i was like "THATS ALL???"

    • @whiskerbusiness8564
      @whiskerbusiness8564 3 дні тому

      Considering this is about the path to ww2 he covered the bases. I'd also love to see a ww2 documentary

  • @1aikane
    @1aikane Місяць тому +29

    The treaties of WWI were major contributing factors in creating WWII.

    • @omg_wtf
      @omg_wtf Місяць тому +3

      Of course they were

    • @TheLargino
      @TheLargino 10 днів тому

      ... and the Balfour declaration along with the Potsdam agreement are responsible for the situation the world currently finds itself.

  • @dso371
    @dso371 24 дні тому

    Super high quality production. Measured, highly listenable narration. First rate. More, please!🎉

  • @noelmatherson8079
    @noelmatherson8079 19 днів тому

    Absolutely awesome job. First time watching, definitely had to subscribe!