Last-Minute Decisions That Changed World History - Casual History Reaction

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[genericyoutubeaccount]

There was almost a revolution in france in 1836 or something but torrential rainfalls lead to the protest being cancelled.

[ghostlobo]

I found your channel about a month ago. I love history and just learning but you remind me of my dad so so much. He past last year and just the way you react and call out miss information. I just appreciate you.

[BobHerzog]

Thing is Hannibal was never defeated in Italy during that campaign. The problem was without local support or reinforcement he couldn't muster a siege of Rome. Both of that had nothing to do with the avalanche.

[ethantucker]

"Time travel, right? Anything we do, could totally change history!"

"Yes, just like every other day of your life. Stop worrying about it"

Quote from the Doctor Who episode Thin Ice (2017)

[mudnarchist]

So I googled the "Hannibal causes an avalanche" one because I like Hannibal and had never heard of that before. I found a single reference to it. A poet, named Silicus Italicus, wrote a heavily dramatized version of Hannibal's life in an epic poem, which is called the Punica. In the poem, the various Roman gods take an active role and sometimes even directly speak to Hannibal and Scipio. Hannibal, outraged at the ice blocking his path, stabs it with his lance. The gods then ironically punish him by causing an avalanche.

Also the poem was written over 200 years after Hannibal's death.

Yeah I don't know about that one.

[ntfoperative]

Fun fact, it actually would have been better if the Titanic hit the ice berg directly it would have saved the ship. The turn caused the iceberg to grind against the side, opening up several bulkheads. But if the ship hit head on the brunt of the collision would have hit the ship’s “collision bulkhead”, the one section of the ship completely sealed off by watertight bulkheads, meaning that while some people would have died from the collision, the damage would have been minor enough for the ship to limp its way to port for repairs

[RichardDicksondlyrch]

From what I've read, King's prepared speech wasn't going all that well, which is what prompted Jackson to shout out "Tell them about the dream!" in reference to him having used a similar theme in earlier speeches.

[UsaSatsui]

I love how your reaction to Hannibal accidentally dropping an avalanche on his army is, "Well, not all of them died. '

[ronicrotty]

Concerning Titanic binoculars theory. I have always pondered; on that ship you mean to tell me there wasn’t one person who could opened the cabinet. There wasn’t a maintenance person that could have broken/unlocked the cabinet. That has always struck me as ridiculous.

[edwardbloom]

“3 inches to the right”…and then in July 2024…yea that would have definitely changed history without just a quick turn of the head

[skyeranger]

I think one of the most interesting theories about the sinking of the Titanic is that an atmospheric phenomena opticly lifted the horizon up, which made it impossible for the lookouts to spot the ice berg in time, because it was hidden behind the fata morgana like false horizon.

[jacksong]

Always a good day when you upload! Been watching since you were at 2.7k im so happy with how well your channel has grown!

[jordanchristeson]

“How many funnels are on this drawing? 8? There were only four…”

It’s these small moments why I love and your channel lol it’s so informational it’s amazing

[rosskwolfe]

I'm not an expert on Hannibal, but I have read a bit, and one of Hannibal's biggest problems in trying to defeat Rome was that while he easily defeated the Roman armies on the field, he wasn't able to effectively besiege their cities. (Also he was hoping to subvert or win over Roman citizens to Carthhage, so he really didn't want to destroy any of the cities, if he could at all help it.) While he was able to convince some cities to turn away from Rome, he was able to do so only by offering a better deal than what Rome gave them, which meant alliance, nit subservience. So, basically that meant they would provide supplies to the Carthiginans, but not troops.
So, while a larger initial army may have helped somewhat, and might have let his siege of the Italian peninsula last longer, ultimately, I personally think that it wouldn't have been enough to overcome the advantages Rome had and the restrictions Hannibal placed on himself.
Again, though, my expertise comes from reading two books on the subject, so someone who knows more than I do might be able to say more.

[Rhymethyme]

Roosevelt also had a metal eyeglasses case in his pocket, which helped as well. Also, way to go Milwaukee, our great claim to flame

[MalikF]

People also forget that the day that Ferdinand and Sophie visited Bosnia It was also a hugely patriotic day for Serbian nationalism.

[lehnaru]

Binoculars are only useful for looking at things you've already spotted! Lookouts didn't scan the horizon with binoculars, they'd give themselves tunnel vision! They used the naked eye to get a full field of view of everything that was in front of the ship and then used binoculars to get a closer look at things they saw. The iceberg was hidden in by false horizon generated by thermal inversion. Not only that, the sea was completely calm, and with no waves there was no breaking water at the base to give away its location. On top of that, it was a moonless night, so the ocean was completely black in every direction. They were travelling through a void with the only light coming from the dimly lit ship and the stars, which reflected off the still water. Murdoch even probably saw the iceberg from his vantage point on the bridge between the time the lookouts saw it and when they called it in. When the sun rose, the survivors in the lifeboats saw that they were surrounded on all sides by icebergs, big and small, that had been completely invisible that night. Binoculars wouldn't have saved the Titanic. The ship was a victim of circumstance - it was in the wrong place at the wrong time and suffered a freak accident unique in maritime history - sideswiping an iceberg along just enough of its hull that it sank.

[Andrew-epkw]

17:13 with stories like that, it's no wonder we have a Nimitz class carrier named after Teddy. The carrier's nickname, incidentally, is "The Big Stick"

[marquisdelafayette]

Most monumental?

Vasily Arkhipov who probably saved the world from nuclear war. He happened to be 2nd in charge of the flotilla of Soviet submarines and the one he was one thought that war was happening and wanted to launch the nukes. Usually only 2 people are needed (and they agreed to launch) but since he was on the sub they needed his approval also. He refused. Saved the world.

But yeah, DDay was not that important. The Soviets captured/killed more Nazis in one operation (Operation Bagration) than the Allie’s were fighting in the entirety of Europe.

[mathewdean]

Love your content as well as the new channel