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I guess that over simplified video on WW2 was a long time ago because that would clear up a lot of things. The state of Britain after France fell was terrible even with the supplies of the US. It's not about how the Allies without the U.S wouldn't have fought. The allies excluding the U.S. were fighting but without the supplies from the U.S. and later the U.S. joining, the Western front would have been less of a threat and Hilter would have fought Russia harder in the Eastern Front with Japan who without the U.S. would have made another front on the Russian side. Just removing the U.S. supplies the War would have gone in Hilter's favor, not to mention having to deal with Japan on the sea and islands. That manpower and production of goods is a very big reason the allies were able to keep fights. Japan bombing pearl harbor is the reason the U.S. joined but without the U.S., Japan would be free to use all of its forces on the rest of the Allies. Just a Civil Engineering Student's thoughts on this from Indiana, U.S.A.
Yep, the Allies was a combination of the US goods and the Soviet Unions millions of soldiers. Without either, who knows what it would be like today.
I don't think the Office Blokes appreciate just how tense Britain was following the emergency evacuation at Dunkirk, and the surrender of France. Britain was terrified that Germany would get their hands on the French Navy, which in turn could have proved disastrous for the British. For reference, just google "Operation Catapult" and you'll find where Britain attacked the French fleet at Mers-el-Kébir to prevent it falling into German control.
This attack was roundly condemned in France, but it showed the rest of the world emphatically that Britain would fight on, without allies if necessary.
The Blokes should revisit what the Lend-Lease Act was all about... and to say that the British were the world's police also at one point in history... how come I feel like its role was more of subjugator of the colonies?
@@yetrotagabundok3756 That's Ginger Dave talking and the other 2 just go along with him. Sometimes Dez will push back a little, but not usually. They really are not too knowledgeable on their own British history, never mind US history. 🇺🇸
The British did try giving it a go without the Americans and they barely escaped at Dunkirk.
You do realize if the US didnt exist, the UK would have the territory we now hold.
@@Theking196 I have no clue how that relates to what I said.
@@derekleach6815 I'm assuming he means that all american held resources would have been under french and british control if USA was never formed at all
@@primary2630 Mexico would have controlled the ores to the west and Florida would have either become part of a larger Mexico or eventually an independent nation. Canada may have just taken the rest of the continent, however with France controlling the middle portion it’s possible Mexico to the West some French speaking nation in the middle and an English speaking one on the east. With no America does the 7 years war happen? Too many variables to assume especially since the British had a smaller holding on the continent compared to Spain and France.
@@Theking196 no Spain and France controlled most of that land and it was only acquired by the American not the British. If America didn’t take it the Spanish territory would have formed a larger Mexico or a secondary Spanish speaking nation and the middle of the country likely develops into a French speaking nation. British control on the continent was small compared to Spain and France. Alaska may have turned into a separate Russian speaking nation as well. America unified a massive portion of the continent.
To answer the question at 12:20
The reason the scenario starts at WW2 is because the US didn’t become the global super power it is today until after WW2. So to be more clear the video is asking what would the world look like if USA chose to stay an “isolationist” nation.
Pre WW2 America and Post War America are two completely different societies.
Let’s remove ego and country alliances. The U.S people did not want to go to war and as such, the president gave support to the allies in terms of money and supplies. The US has always and will always do whatever it can to stop the spread of communism. The US will always take advantage and take power across the world when it can. The involvement of the US in the war was definitely the beginning of the end but the European allies could not have won without the US.
Not just the U.S., every country looks after their self interest. Put the Brits in the position of the U.S. during the beginning of WWII (land mass, resources, population, etc.) and they would make very similar decisions.
"the European allies could not have won without the US."
LOL
@@sweiland75 there is plenty of arguments to support that statement. Would the allies have lost, probably not. Would they have won? Also probably not.
@@sweiland75 d day barely worked with US what donu think wouldve happened without them they wouldnt lose the war entirely but they also wouldnt win with the US it would probably end in a stalenate with both sides unable to keep the war going with the soviets running out of supplies and men and britain being bombed every week and germany not being able to make any progress
Edit: i almost forgot about japan if there was no US japan wouldve continued to expand and after they were done with asia and australie they would have then started to help germany so forget about the war ending in a draw the allies wouldve deffinetly lost
@@sweiland75 The US was not only supplying the Brits and the french resistance and the polish resistance but also massively supplying the soviets, before the soviets had their war industry up and running American supplies were vital without the us providing support before they joined the war japan would have opened a front against the Russians and drawn a massive number of the soviet troops and supplies away from the fight with the Germans and very likely the axis could have forced a soviet peace deal.
after the fall of France the Allies in Europe were completely fucked, the only reason the allies thought they could win in the first place was because of both France and Britain fighting, after the surrender there's nothing that could be done other than defense of the island. WW2 was not WW1.
Don't forget England's history of taking what it wanted from " colony's ". England has virtually no natural sources. The wealth that they took
from INDIA, alone, is staggeringly massive. Going back to WWll, few British are aware of what was coined by Churchill as " the naughty document ". While the war still raged , Britain and Russia were secretly carving up Grece for it's
wealth of resources post War. Old habits were hard to break for England.
John
*Britain*
*colonies
plural not possessive
"England has virtually no natural sources" (i think you mean't Britain & resources) thats simply not true, iron ore was particularly plentiful in Britain.
@@2strokesmoke783 especially in Scotland
To be fair to the video maker, he did say that the USA has done both good and bad things. on balance, though, the good has outweighed the bad. And, as you guys discussed briefly at the end, we've been a decent "world policeman." Better that it was the USA rather than the Russians or Chinese.
Agreed, they’re like a father figure
The Brits used to be the world policeman and they didn’t do well either.
It’s called the Victorian Era.
No, the USA is a corrupt third world country.
@4:00 Dunkirk, 1940 and we were supplying the UK since 1938 and sooner, we also helped the USSR with creating an army, and air force we taught them how to mass produce. You people were toast without the US.
Oddly enough the only reason the blitzkrieg was able to happen was because of aluminum from Alcoa and troop transports from GM.
@@cckmanofsteel2393 That is because corporations only care about profit . The same reason so many today have off shored the labor force to China . The CCP is the enemy of the free world and today they are key in most of the worlds supply chain . And I have not seen anyone speaking about the fact that Germany was only a month away from adding rockets to its military that could have reached Britain . That would have been game over for the allies .
Why do you say we like you were alive at the time 😂
The British were lobbying the US to enter WW2 prior to their declaration. And the US was already supplying England in 1939.
The night of December 7, 1941 was the best sleep Churchill had for a few years. Literally in his own words.
@@Sprayber If there's one thing the US isn't a fan of, it's being completely blindsided.
13:50, I think he missed the huge 17.5 trillion dollars of aid given by the Americans with no interests rates for return or paying back there.
It is considered by most historians that Britain would of starved with out US supplies in ww2.
5:35 I have no doubt you would've fought on the beaches, fought on the landing grounds, fought in the fields and in the streets, fought in the hills; you would have never surrendered, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, your island or a large part of it would have been subjugated and starving, your Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British fleet, would have carried on the struggle, until, in God's good time, the new world, with all its power and might, stepped forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old.
Also, D-Day without all of US would've been darn near impossible. United we stand my English brothers and sisters!
As An American, I’m proud of many things our country has accomplished . The guy in the video however,definitely comes off as “ look at me look what i did for you” which is kind of off putting. All I’m going to say is, I’m glad our countries are allies , glad to see our allies living well, and hope that the world can maintain peace. Americans love our British counterparts , we’ll always have your guys backs. And we’ll always have some of those delicious Philly cheesesteaks here waiting for you guys . Much respect
Well said! I too am proud of all the good things our country has done, but I didn't really care for that narrator's tone! If it annoyed me, I can only imagine how it might affect our European friends.
Indeed! I'm against the us vs them mentality. We're all allies and we should support each other. We'd all be lost without one another
Yeah. I understand the guy has to oversimplify for the videos sake, but there were times he really was dismissal of our allies...however I don't think it's meant as an insult, but more of a thumping chest 'Murica' sort of thing.
@Peacefield yeah I get it. But the video specifically chooses ww2, LOL doesn’t talk about anything before that, doesn’t talk about how maybe with no United States , native Americans would still be thriving etc..so yeah this video is just a huge blow job to America in its more modern history. But hey I’m still proud to be an American 🤷🏻♂️ .
USA has no allies... and USA is being used by zionist bankers for war crimes and terrorism around the world...
"Why didnt he start sooner" the USA was mostly isonalationist before ww1.
As an American who feared right wing insanity under Trump- this country didn't join because it sympathized with the Nazis who learned many of their ideas about eugenics and racism from studying the US treatment of slaves and after the Cividl War- segregation
@@actuariallurker9650 That's what I find strange about Americans reaction ot Trump winning. Things didn't change. Americans realization of the truth only became more clear.
@@actuariallurker9650 there was a large portion of the US that either didn't want to be involved in yet another European war, or wanted to side with the nazis, which remember, no one knew at that time what hitler was actually up to. Not even the german people. And your fears over trump was an overreaction. Our issue in the US is polar opposing communist on the left and fascists on the right pushing each other further and further to the extreme. The last year is a prime example of that. A change to a more socialist president hasn't changed a thing. The people are still tearing the republic apart.
@@actuariallurker9650 You mean eugenics like abortion?
@@volo1826 its always the other side thats the enemy yet they have fetus killing factories
So the UK could of went on the offense without American supplies? The Uk would of been stuck in a defensive mode I personally think. I too was wondering though, why they started in the 1930's. A lot of interesting speculation.
Could have or could've, and would have or would've. Could of and would of makes no sense.
Grammaticaly you are correct, but at least 15 people still understood. All hail the grammar nazi, be gone and continue on your quest. The next time I have anything of importance to write, UA-cam doesn't apply, I'll be sure to edit. 😬
And I have not seen anyone speaking about the fact that Germany was only a month away from adding rockets to its military that could have reached Britain . That would have been game over for the allies .
Churchill was half American, raised by an American mother.
Yeah, hope these Blokes react to the Dollar Princesses
really,, you got kicked out of France, your ships being sunk by the millions of tons. if America was not supplying you then you would have starved and had no war supplies at all. let alone thinking about a cross channel invasion. do you remember Dieppe ?
Because the USA was not considered a super power until WW2.
My fiancee's Grandpa owned a small leather manufacturing shop. It exploded in size to provide bomber jackets, leather gloves, etc., for the war effort. We still have the different shaped dies that cut the leather for those items.
I guess these blokes never heard of Dunkirk.
The main reason he's only going back to the 30's is because we didn't start having a real global impact on the world until then. That's when the US became the major power that it did. Everything before that didn't make the same, huge global impact that the US had in the 30's.
Yes, People think that the US has already been a major power. No, we are just at 100 years as a major player.
Oh, Dave, Dave, Dave. D-Day without the Americans? It barely worked *with* the Americans.
Lol fair enough.
You're right there. My grandfather was in the 82nd airborne.
America also took on Omaha and Utah beach which was the toughest and strongest beach head the Germans had along Normandy and lots of us got cut down like a hot knife through warm butter taking it too.
It’s not that it barely worked. The way war was at that time, severe amounts of casualties were expected. That’s the entire reason they used the strategy of misinformation, guerrilla tactics, and shear manpower; they knew this would be the only way to impact the war in such a way that The Normandy Invasion or D-Day did; to finish the war in the quickest, least costly(human-life) way it could. If they weren’t so clever about all of the tactics of DDay the war would have likely gone on longer and caused even that much more loss of life on all sides. Every soldier that died in the invasion for the allied troops is a fucking hero. Every allied troop that took part in these battles is a fucking hero. The Germans were the smartest, toughest, most prepared army America has fought in the 20th century. The Japanese through culturistic pride were just as fierce, if not more so than the Germans, they just didn’t have the supplies nor organization nor land to move around in like the Germans. For the Allies to have won this war, they had to be fucking heroes and they were. And generals had to make serious moves that I can’t even imagine what that did to their psyche. Having to make the choice where you know you will lose even one troop is a part of war that is haunting to most people, at least most sane people. But yea dday without Americans would have never happened. The entire world would be totally different. And people talk shit about America being the “world’s police” when we give trillions of dollars and supplies and food to numerous nations across the world every year. There wouldn’t be half the nations there are in this world without America. Without the sacrifice of the young men that fought these battles. EVERY country should literally be throwing a USA parade every year. But we still supply these ungrateful people with the resources to live and be free in this world. Because that’s the type of country this wicked, twisted world has needed. God bless the USA 🇺🇸
@@LonnardTree awesome well said
Hong Kong "thanking America" for stopping the colonialization? Hong Kong had to go back to China when Britain's lease with China was up in 1997. The U.S. forcing its allies to end colonialism had nothing to do with the handover. As for all those other former colonies, I believe they would probably thank the U.S. for removing Britain, France, etc. power over them. Last I checked, most stayed independent countries. I'm not sure if any applied to become part of Britain's Common Wealth.
No USA? Easy, there'd be another former English/French/Dutch/Spanish colony by another name.
New Amsterdam, part 2
More likely broken up into multiple colonies.
I think the reason that he only mentions 1930 on words is well because the united states was not really a major player on the world stage. before that the main power were really in Europe then in Asia with japan. So up in tell this point the world would still be on course for what it was but if the united states did not get involved two things would happen. 1. Nazi dominated Europe, or Russia dominated Europe would we know has the 21st century today would be completely different.
he could have started at the US joining ww1 we did play a major part in the versaille treaty, and without our involvement ww2 may never have happened, poland was only freed because of our involvement and without a free poland germany wouldnt have needed to declare war on poland which was what sparked the war in the first place
Can you watch "The Cuban Missile Crisis Day by Day" by TimeGhost History, please? It's really good.
Love The Blokes....let us never forget this....In America, we know how easy it is to forget the 'what have you done for us lately'? When , in fact, we did about all anyone could do....No one wants anything to do with the US until they NEED us....and this has gone on for a long time...And again, all funded, willingly, by the American taxpayer....I can tell you this much, the ingratitude has led an awful lot of people to say, 'next time your on your own'....Just saying.
Congratulations on 90k hopefully you get to 100k very soon
It looks like they will!!
The UK declared war on Germany BEFORE they knew France and virtually every other real ally would collapse instantly. The point he was trying to make was moot. Also, the map from the Infrographics video @ 11:20 is wrong. They have Denmark marked as soviet, it was not!
I must say, I utterly enjoy the chaos in the comment section. Of course I don't find it pleasing how the work of great Americans before us is being degraded or should I say downplayed? As many have already told, it is absolutely absurd for Britain, or anyone of Europe at the time to think they could win against Germany without the US. The US supplying Britain and Russian was a key factor in the war. Saying you could still invade with no supplies is saying you will buy something in the mall with no cash or credit. Not to mention Japan was also powerful at the time and sooner or later would have whooped Britains ass regardless. Anyway, I hold no ill intentions while saying this. I know not everyone has the resources to be educated, and some information will always slip from our grasp. Much respect to fellow Americans and those of other countries.
No USA, but he just assumes a defeated imperial Japan, but without the US, Japan would have continued to expand, taking more and more of China, conflicting with Australia, and probably eventually grabbing pieces of the USSR.
Would modern-day Japan be in modern-day China's position?
@@Karen-pk3uv Potentially! Though government stability was a problem for imperial Japan, at least under the emperor, as the ministers and military leaders were constantly jockeying for prominence. Before the war Japan was once referred to as a “government by assassination.” Combined with their brutal tactics against locals in their conquests, stability of their greater empire would probably be a serious problem. If they really went with an anti colonial pan Asian approach, well, who knows how powerful their empire could have become.
Hong Kong is not one of the colonies that was given back because of the agreement with the Americans. Hong Kong, as a British colony, had a time limit because there was a 99-year lease of the New Territories which expired in 1997. That's why the UK had to hand Hong Kong back to China at that point.
Keep em comin, blokes!
Communism is still a "dirty word" to the wise.
So is fascism.
Mark 2:14. Hi, Blokes! Hey, that guy got the quote correct! A lot of people don't hear the, "a", part. 😎
Nice reaction and congrats on 90,000 subscribers.
You should read up on the Marshall Plan. Compare and contrast how you all treated the defeated powers after WWI.
You're welcome.
Hallo your one of my favorite reaction channels :DD
I like them two 🔥
Yeah, the original video should've been titled "World if American Isolationism Had Remained in Place post-WWI."
That’s not a good title. Titles are supposed to make people click, they don’t have to be completely accurate.
It’s interesting watching the fellas take what they want to take from this video. (But what if...)
Responding to Blokes' idea of 'if US was never founded - just Native Americans hunting buffalo':
I'm not sure why the Native People are recorded only in the tribal light, or why the true nature of the North American continent pre-white people is so rarely shared, but the tribal lifestyle would have ceded, & a return to what they had had before would have occurred before WWII. The Native People were an advanced civilization with cities, full infrastructure, recorded laws, and an official "national" constitution (the U.S. Constitution is practically a copy of the standing constitution written by the Cherokee Nation). The reason they were "discovered" living in isolated, tribal states, it's because just Before the Pilgrims landed, a devastating epidemic had wiped out almost 90% of the Native population. One of the main (and Only) reasons the white pilgrims were able to survive & thrive upon landing in N. America is because when they were down & out & near death they happened to discover a couple of (what we would call) 'ghost towns' - abandoned cities with pre-estsblished infrastructures, defenses, supplies, etc. As the epidemic was killing swaths of people, those who remained abandoned the high-density clusters in an attempt to avoid the disease. Within a Single generation, a massive, fatal amount of their population was lost, & with it, huge chunks of knowledge, technology, history, skill sets, medicine, etc. all got lost... Enter white people.
Dave looks like he's gonna cry! 🤣
Its influence spread in n blessed ways, both good and bad decisions have become blessings to the world.
Yet another great video
15:10 “I don’t think those in Hong Kong are too happy about that”
Uhhhh they’ve always been threatened by the communists in China. They were shown freedom and resent the powers that withheld it for so long, and want to be separate from the authoritarians. GG showing you need to study more history of the rest of the world and take GB off the pedestal made of ego and shite. Otherwise, love the vids
There was a huge part of in WW2 where there wouldn't have been allies for the UK to hold off Germany's invasion after they took over major foothold cities in countries like France, Greece and Norway, Poland, Denmark, Netherlands, Yugoslavia. I think people forget that Germany essentially marched West over Europe and conquered every major country to overtake Britain, and cornered them as well which essentially cut them off from any major ally that could've given them support as well Eastward.
If anyone still watching...I do :) Keep in mind the reference "world without" the USA? If there was no USA in the first place, no one would ever have any knowledge of what "could have been"!!! If in past/current times if the US...goes away, your future is still in massive question, you wont know (speculation yes), but if educators/media/politicians etc...were honest, you may have a better understanding of what "may" happen. The US is in fact the most diverse and most (wanted country to come to), in the world...en mass! Think??? % of people escaping the US as opposed to ANY other country in the world, is...nill to none. We travel out of the US, we don't escape. Those coming here "escape" what and why they do for reason(s) other than just moving. Do ya get the concept??? (into the USA or out of the USA?). do some math, help but careful about the hinder. Be a little more glacial, not volcanic. We only think (most part), in volcanic understanding, think we know "all", yet we know sh*t about the planet or human nature. Here is the best part, we live in a 14 bil yr old verse, our planet...maybe 4.5 bil....you, yes you...only live, 65-85 yrs old, yet someone thinks they got it all figured out. Really?!?!
The Brits wouldnt have even tried to invade again. They were even skeptical of trying in 1944 WITH the US along. British war strategy traditionally was a peripheral strategy. They almost certainly would have stayed in the Mediterranean. If they had tried to invade France alone then it would have been a disaster. Yeah, there were French troops in the UK, but they were all trained and equipped by the US. The British didnt have the resources to equip the French. The British just didnt have the resources and manpower to fight the Wehrmacht alone on the European mainland.
Guys, you DID invade Europe. In 1939 you sent the British Expeditionary Force to Europe and got your butts kicked and had to then withdraw what you could from Dunkirk. You forgetting about Dunkirk? After that, Churchill had no appetite to send troops back to the continent.
Without American airforce Britian never would have had control of the air. America developed the landing craft used in the landing. Air superiority was one of the biggest factors of D-day success.
Damn...does that guy even take a breath during his entire narration. Seemed like he did it all in one go.
A WORLD WITHOUT THE US? THAT'S EASY YOU'D ALL BE SPEAKING GERMAN TODAY
My grandfather was a second officer on a freighter that took freight to northern Russia. On his first trip he was one of 24 freighter that left with only 7 arriving in Russia. He told the worst was when the ship ahead of his position was sunk and there were survivors in the water but he couldn't stop to pick them up or deviate from his course. He drank a lot after the war and his 3 northern route convoys to Russia.
Hahaha - Europe isn’t a buffer - did you forget about our west coast n how Russia is directly across from us especially Alaska !!!!
He starts with WWII because that's when American influence really started to become a superpower. Before that our military and influence were not as strong, so it's easier to picture a world without it. And yes, China and Japan still have quite a bit of tension between them.
I think each episode of this is meant to be it's own example of a specific instance of the U.S. not getting involved in foreign affairs, keeping true to it's isolationist policies and not necessarily that it doesn't exist at all. They aren't very clear on the scenario, but I think that's what it's going for here.
The U.S. was still sending supplies, before sending any troops to the European theater.
You guys, in the beginning, have forgotten that Japan was also part of the Axis Power. If the U.S. had not been involved because of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the powerful Japanese Fleet would have probably been directed at England! I love England, even though I’m Irish, but fail to believe that you could have made it without us, as did Sir Winston Churchill, a man I deeply admire.
Without supplies? You're nuts! 🤪
You are absolutely wrong about that, Dave. Britain was on the verge of starvation, which was Churchill's greatest fear and why the Bismark and the wolf pack was such a threat. Without the resupply effort of the US, Britain had no chance of survival at all. It really pisses me off that the contributions made by the US for the survival of Europe, both in the war effort, as well as through the Marshall Plan, are not recognized by the people who benefited from it. So much is demanded of America and so few are grateful for it.
" So much is demanded of America and so few are greateful for it."
True.
История не терпит сослагательного наклонения. Но если уж рассуждать о том что было, то давайте еще вспомним на какую сумму было поставлено стали и нефни Германии. Давайте просто вспомним, что без США, в первую очередь, никакого вторжения в СССР могло и не быть вовсе. Именно бизнес США чуть ли не до самого окончания войны вовсю продолжал торговать с Германией. Если бы не США, гитлеровская Германия, скорее всего, никогда бы не заполучила такого влияния в Европе. Так что, даже если бы Европа не задавила Германию своими силами, как в Первую Мировую, и вторжение в СССР все же состоялось, то оно произошло бы значительно позже и не на месяц - два, а минимум года на два-три позже. А это в свою очередь означает, что Германия воевала бы уже с совершенно другой армией, поскольку в реальности нападение на СССР состоялось в самый разгар перевооружения, конец которого был запланирован на конец 41го года. Все образцы вооружения, которые превзошли немецких конкурентов были запланированы к выпуску и принятию на вооружение ДО начала вторжения. Тот же Т-34 в середине 1941 уже планировался к модернизации, которую из-за начала боевых действий пришлось отложить на несколько месяцев. Менялось стрелковое вооружение, менялась бронетехника, менялась авиация, но самое главное, менялся командный состав армии. Наиболее неудачного для советской армии момента нападения и придумать нельзя было. Да, несомненно, в реальности лендлиз оказал реальное влияние на успешность действий советской армии, этого нельзя отрицать, но если бы нападение не состоялось тогда, когда оно состоялось, то и необходимости в лэндлизе просто не было бы. Что касается второго фронта, то он даже в этих условиях радикально ничего не решал. Он был нужен и о нем просили тогда, когда немецкие войска наступали, именно для того, чтобы перегруппировать войска, перевооружиться, устоять, удержать. А какой смысл был его открывать, когда немцев уже вовсю гнали восвояси? Зачем? Для галочки, дескать "мы обещали - мы сделали"? Скорее, лишь для того, чтобы не допустить возрастания влияния СССР в Европе. Только тогда был открыт второй фронт, когда встала реальная угроза единоличной победы СССР на фашизмом в Европе и, как следствие, глобального влияния СССР. А что бы было, если бы перевооружение советской армии не пришлось завершать в условиях ведения боевых действий? Была ли в втором фронте и лэндлизе вообще реальная необходимость тогда? Подумайте и ответьте каждый сам для себя на этот вопрос. Повторюсь, история не терпит сослагательного наклонения, все произошло так, как произошло. Но если уж кто-то начинает рассуждать "а что если...", то тогда уж давайте смотреть не туда, куда хочется, а на всю картину в целом.
The french and polish troops you had in the UK ran from the fight with their tail tucked.
As I watch your reaction videos I must admit I have noticed a surprising lack of knowledge among the Hosts particularly in History.... In less than one year's time the two Nations which had declared War on Germany were either completely defeated (France) or kicked off the Continent (UK). The Cross Channel invasion at Dieppe (1942) by the UK and her Empire (along with 50 US Marines) had completely failed. The UK was also having difficulty maintaining imports due to the German U Boat threat. Without American, Food, Fuel, Raw Materials as well as Tanks, Planes & Ships (in particular Liberty Cargo Ships) the UK would have been fortunate to maintain a stalemate and Never would have been in a position invade the Continent.
As a 1st generation European American even if some people or some countries in Europe don't want to admit it we are merely extended family across the pond that is white American were European immigrants at one time.
If you red the quote for Churchill ,you would understand that Brittian been longing for the Americans for help ...
Prior to WWII the US was mostly isolationist. So going before that is fairly easy to calculate, because we weren't the dominant force in geopolitics.
without the Americas: no Chilies, Potatoes, Vanilla, Tomatoes, Chocolate, Peanuts, Avocados, Tequila, Coffee, Tobacco or Corn!
Life must have been pretty dull back then
Without America the allies would have lost a year before the invasion of Russia and as such would not have been a two front war making the Russians a cake walk for the Germans . The main issue the Germans failed was the winter, and they only couldn't handle it because the supply lines were split, (one preparing in the west, and the others supporting in the east). The massive industry of the USA is the only this that kept the allies in the fight throughout the war as Germany had, superior technology, infrastructure, military equipment, training, ect. In fact, without the natural materials of the united states and the massive amount of food being sent to the British, they would have been forced to surrendered do to starvation and the inability to build fighting equipment without steel. At the time When America decided to join the war, the British had been doing nothing but hiding underground as they were being contiguously bombarded by German planes with little retaliation whatsoever. I believe that the Allies couldn't have won without the USA and the USA couldn't have won without the Allies as where the USA was superior in technology, equipment, training and supplies, it lacked the experience and knowledge that the Allies had on how this war was fought and how different it was from those before.
How did Germany have the best technology? British intelligence and technology helped shorten the war by an estimated 2 years.
I love my country and I love all of my cousins in the UK, France. and the rest of us. Including Japan and Germany now. America wouldn't be shit without the rest of the world. Hope we will all find a way to stand together against Russia and China soon
One thing to keep in mind about the USA in World War 2 is that even before we were officially in the war, we were already fully involved in the Battle of the Atlantic. By the Summer of 1941, the USA was in an actual naval war with Germany in the Atlantic. In July, the US had occupied Iceland to allow the British to use their troops their elsewhere, and US forces took responsibility for protecting American waters that extended halfway across the Atlantic. By August, US naval vessels were actively escorting convoys from the US all the way to Britain in full violation of any pretense of neutrality. In September of 1941, the US officially signed the Atlantic Charter and committed to the defeat of Nazism. When Hitler declared war on the US in December, he did it mostly because to him, the US had already declared war on Germany. 🖖✌
A perfect example of how foreign aid works can be seen in public schools today. Around 5% of a school district's budget comes from federal aid. That may not seem like much, but they rely on it. It's about the minimum amount that allows them to say, "you have to do what we say or we'll stop sending you that 5%," and the school would really fear the threat.
I'd like to think that we'd do it all over again for our world family.
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Hmm. By the way, okay. You want to go back further? 🤔
Why did Imperial Japan attack the USA at, Pearl Harbor?
Because we were there!
Why were we there?
Because the British weren't there!
Why not?
Because our, Marines, overthrew the Hawaiian Queen's monarchy government by staging a coup to seize her throne, that's why! We then established our own choices in leadership!
But why?!
Simple really. We wanted, Pearl Harbor, for ourselves, not for the British Empire, that was en route to claim for themselves, that's why!
So, Blokes! Just imagine if somehow, the rest of History didn't change that much, and "Pearl Harbour", was air raided on, December 7, 1941, for argument's sake. Carry on talking! 🧐
YOU sank the Bismarck!
I think why the video started with WWII is because it was soon after that we became a world's superpower.
yea so without the US the world wouldnt be as peaceful as it is
If there was no USA , no You tube 😭
Daz says there was no U.S. in the 1800s? We been a country since 1776 bro. Listen to Dave.
It is interesting. However, There seems to be a conundrum in the video. The concept of this video is a world without the USA starting from WW2. The first half concerning Europe follows this. However the second half has the pacific theatre as if it is a scenario where the USA got involved in ww2 but nothing directly after.
In ww2 Japan had already invaded/ controlled Korea, the pacific islands and major parts of China before and during ww2. I am not sure the pacific theatre would be resolved without the United States. England had Europe to contend with. Russia was also occupied with Europe. No supplies from the USA to support. The question then would be is if Australia could step into the Pacific theatre and stop Japan? The British Empire might in the long run get back some of its pacific island territories and China may pull a Russia and just throw troops at the Japanese. I highly doubt that Japan would lose its grip on Korea. Japan had fully controlled Korea since 1910, well before ww2 and ww1. There would be no North Korea/South Korea divide. The ensuing Korean war may not then happen.
Mark 6:38. "Decimated"? As in, they only removed 10%? 🤔
I don't think these fellas understand that by 1941 the UK was more or less bankrupt, the only thing that kept the UK in the war past 1941 was American LL (31,4 billion dollars from 1941-1945). LL basically kept the UK on life support for most of the war and after the French collapse Britain could never challenge Germany on land. Oh and there very few free french or Polish soldiers in Britain (in the tens of thousands) so basically a non factor.
It was Winston Churchill who warned about ussr not American president
Off topic...
It's rare these days to hear a young American sound so enthusiastic and proud to be American such as this kid in the video.
We currently suffer from a generational insurrectionism a bunch of brainwashed pea brains that make up antifa and BLM, wanting to live in mommy's basement, play video games and be taken care of. America owes them for simply breathing.
But I digress...
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I really like the fact that the US was largely responsible for bringing an end to British colonialism. It's almost poetic.
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Britian and France would have died as Russia joined germany
They stated at the beginning of the super power that the US is, that starting in the 1920s.
I wonder why Denmark was pink on the chart.. Denmark was a NATO co-founder
America brought blessings and stability not to only parts of the world but the entire world in varying degrees.
Britain didn't technically declare war on Germany, Germany had already started its plan of invasion not once but twice, there was a previous attempt in WWI to invade Great Britain. Only after Germany attacked Poland, France, and Britain did these allies ban together to declare war in September of 1939, so you weren't just defending your allies, you were also defending yourselves... it was a must because they were forced to due to Hitler's attempt to conquer these countries. The French troops you speak of along with Britain and Poland were outmanned and outgunned by German Forces so your odds weren't as good as you think, especially towards the end of the war. Had Hitler not betrayed Stalin Russia would have sided with Germany and then your countries would have been far outnumbered, thank God Stalin was such a terrible leader and Germany decided it was better to invade Russia than share the rewards of their hostile take over. My father fought in that war and he told a much different story. Without the United States France, Poland, and Britain wouldn't have survived it. Most of France was bombed all to hades as was Poland and parts of Great Britain. Germany was dropping bombs like crazy. 552k Americans lost their lives from December 1941 to September 1945 stepping up for allied Europe, Pearl Harbor didn't take place on December 7,1941... many of my father's friends died fighting that war. France lost 216k troops, Britain lost 451k Military and civilians. There is no record of how many were soldiers. But I imagine more were civilians due to nightly air raids carried out by Germany. Your country was at war with Germany for 2 years before we stepped in. We were not going to involve our troops but instead of relief by way of much-needed supplies that Britain and France were running out of. We sent food, medical supplies, artillery as well as weapons to fight with. Our purpose for entering the European campaign was to put an end to the war and stop the senseless murder of millions of Jewish citizens. Japan took advantage of this thinking most of our troops would be in Europe so they attacked Pearl Harbor in an attempt to overthrow the United States. The world saw how that went for them. Once we dropped the Atomic Bombs on Japan, Hitler blew his brains out. He knew he would never win. That ended the war.
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Churchill famously said that Britain empires across the seas would come to help fend of a Nazi invasion. Lend Lease is one of the most important and often left out actions by armchair historians.
As an American myself, I enjoyed this video but the creator is clearly also an American trying to pay himself on the back for claiming accomplishments he had nothing to do with haha
I have always wondered how Great Britain had enough people to send to their colonies to have substantial military presence in so many places. Considering the size of the British Isles, that was pretty impressive. And consider the limited speed of ships and communication of those days. A lot of interesting info in this video.
The British were extraordinarily good at subverting native leaders to collaborate with them. For example, they largely ruled India through a network of local Maharajahs with just enough British troops to bring any individual local ruler who got out of line back into cooperation.
And I bet it was American companies being paid by those dollars which helped build your infrastructure. The American tax paper and fighting men, and dollars saved Europe. We had 5 million soldiers over there and japan. We died over there too.
Almost half of railroad rails lain by Russia in WW2 we also gave them 2,000+/- engines and "innumerable" boxcars.
Without that, Russia would've been severely hampered and incapable of rapidly moving personnel and equipment.
Also weird how his talk about Asia includes a post ww2 Asia without the US most of China and all of Korea would have been occupied by Japan.
Lmfao the war would’ve been at a stalemate is a joke because he forgot to mention Japan.
A communist Korea without sanctions would still be just as poor, maybe in slightly different ways. The "debate" over central planning versus markets was settled over a century ago. Calling it debatable is just apologetics for economic creationism.
Yes, Britian would have died without America during ww2.
The fact is the UK would have gotten their asses handed to them without Americans backing. The UK has more then enough heart & grit to fight but you can't bring grit to a gun fight and that's why without US assisting then joining the war the allie would have lost. So really Japan won WW2 for the allies.
This video😂😂