How World War 2 Began

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  @realryanchapman · 2 years ago (edited) · pinned

  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 that it was time well spent. I say this on all of my videos but cannot emphasize it enough here; the only reason I&apos;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&apos;s the only way I was able to make a living doing this work throughout the quiet production months. So as always, a huge thank you to all of you doing that. If that&apos;s not possible and you still want to support me, consider sharing this with someone who you think might appreciate it.<br><br>I&apos;m sure criticism will come in and that I&apos;ll have notes to add, but for now that&apos;s all. Enjoy!<br><br>Edit: I just wanted to say that I&apos;m touched by the outpouring of support for this video so far. I feel it&apos;s best to not be on here constantly replying to comments, but I do see and appreciate it. Thank you.<br><br>Checking back about 6 months later: as a last note, judging by some comments, videos like this seem to attract - in relatively small numbers, but still - a certain type of person. A type of person who is keen to proclaim that Hitler has been historically wronged, and even that the Second World War should be blamed instead, one way or another, on Jews, and perhaps on democracies. Anything that says otherwise, no matter how well sourced or reasoned, is lies and propaganda. They use slogans like &apos;history is written by the victors&apos; and perhaps posit a theory that bankers actually started the war. Bankers started the war (?).. bankers are Jews (?).. therefore Jews started the war. <br><br>I don&apos;t think it convinces anyone besides the ones already saying it, and to me is sort of like a historic version of Flat Earth Theory. It falls apart quickly with even some basic questions (in this model.. financing comes in place first... then people find reasons to fight? in Japan, Italy, and Germany...? financing from... private banks?... none of it works at all). Basically I think it&apos;s more like a cult of thought than a serious academic theory. I don&apos;t know if it&apos;s worth making a video about, but I thought I&apos;d mention it here. It seems like virtually all the people saying this refuse to actually watch the video and turn it off after the opening sentences. I doubt they&apos;re reading this here either. But if that is you and you are reading this, I&apos;d just say maybe consider actually watching the video, and try to be open-minded about learning something from it. <br><br>- Ryan

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  @hypefogg9790 · 2 years ago

  &quot;History doesn&apos;t repeat itself, but it often rhymes&quot; and its beginning to rhyme

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  @marley1387 · 1 year ago

  oh we&apos;re literally going word for word bar for bar

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  @amemishappy · 1 year ago

  great timing for youtube to recommend this

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  @annahan.mp4 · 8 months ago (edited)

  History classes in school never clicked with me because far too often teachers covered the mechanics of events, and exams demanded for rote memorisation of dates. What was always missing were exactly these narratives of why things come to be, at the human and social level. This channel is an absolute treasure, always wonderfully researched. Please never stop making videos!

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  @DioJeans · 1 year ago

  It’s scary how relevant this is today

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  @laboriouss · 1 year ago

  This sadly aged like fine wine, very expensive wine

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  @Disnoen · 1 year ago

  Damn...getting this recommended now, feels like a gutpunch

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  @interbright · 1 year ago (edited)

  So refreshing to find a channel where the narration has proper pacing , there are too many channels that deliver a docu with the insane pacing of an infomercial. Pauses are important , it allows us to digest and consider the information. New sub

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  @Dan-qp1el · 2 years ago (edited)

  Humans never change. &nbsp;The worst mistake the people of the United States can make, is feeling like it can&apos;t happen here.

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  @Ladondorf · 2 years ago

  &quot;An era of a weakening middle. Even a hollowing middle. And the expansion of the further-left and the further-right.&quot;<br>Sounds a lot like today.

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  @OverNine9ousend · 2 years ago

  When a single dude makes a better non padded full info documentary, so better that it surpasses big Media houses. You sir, have a sub. Good work!

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