What if D Day Failed? - Historian Reacts to Monsieur Z

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[jerryduffin]

Thanks for getting out of your comfort zone Sam! I will say that I would want to see a little more of your specialty on the channel : Indian history

[Wittle_Boyo]

I would never have guessed that Sam is pretty insightful with WW2 History considering that he's primarily an Indian History Channel. Good surprise to be sure!

[tammybixby]

It's refreshing to see Sam doing more Indian history. Keep it up!

[Munchausenification]

I loved your insights on the Indian efforts during WW2, keep it up Sam!

[fogwar]

Another great reaction on Indian history! Great work, Sam!

[PalmelaHanderson]

It can't be overstated how "we need to beat the Russians to Berlin" guided a LOT of the western allies' war strategy post-Stalingrad (and especially post-Kursk). It became evident that Germany was going to lose eventually, but to the Americans, British and French, a Europe dominated by Stalin was hardly any better than a Europe dominated by Hitler.

[EasyEli]

Sam, I primarily (like others) watch your channel for Indian history. But appreciate your versatility and willingness to begin to study other parts of history. Obviously we hope it doesn’t take the place of your standard Indian content, but I enjoy to see you occasionally branch out

[TheHistoryUnderground]

I was going into this expecting it to be some high level cringe but that had some thought provoking ideas in it. If D-Day fails, I do have to wonder if there’s a scenario where we see a mushroom cloud over Berlin or Munich. But then again, you’d have to get some B-29s into the European Theater in that case. You could go on for days gaming this kind of stuff out.

[NewDealChief]

There is a reason why Monsieur Z was a lot better 2 - 3 years ago than today.

Unlike today, where Z puts his own personal politics in his videos, his videos from the past were all Alt-History, without his own personal politics and were actually really good.

[gaszerwael]

Keep up the content Sam! It's good to see Indian History Channels explore other Historical events😍

[incognitothing]

I think Mr Z has kind of missed the point of why the French and British decolonised.
1. Britain and France were both broke with neither being able to maintain their empires.
2. Colonisation was seen in a worser and worser light by the people.
Neither countries could have kept their empires which is likely why they obtained nuclear weapons to keep a presence on the world stage.

[thatonerandomredcoat]

Another crazy video, Sam. Your knowledge on the history of India is unmatched. Thank you.

[CristinaMarshal]

It's refreshing to see one, whom was in direct disagreement with (Hitting the face over with the box of shoes), come back and give them a chance a newed. Truly wonderful content Chris.

[rayroller]

this helped me greatly for my history exam all about the history of India! Thank you so much Sam for the quality content and will be excited for your next video about India. Maybe the Mughal Empire?

[dragon_ninja_]

I personally have my reservations on Monsieur Z. Videos from this time were fine but his more recent ones have taken a turn. But if you want to see more than don’t let me and others stop you. You’ll probably notice some things if you keep watching him. Nonetheless thank you for another alternate history video.

[chrisbotos]

Hello VGT, as a history enthusiasist I have spent hours watching most of your videos and I absolutely love them! That being said if you ever found the time I would absolutely love to watch a reaction to the Justinian series about Eastern Rome from Extra History. I may be a bit biased because I am Greek, but I truly believe that it is a great series that's worth reacting to! Also it will be something new for the channel and I am sure that both you and your viewers could get to know and love the dense history of the Byzantines :). And Justinian a great emperor who made the Empire shine at a time that for the rest of Europe was a dark age. Much love and I would really appreciate it!

[fernsong]

I’d like to see your reaction to Potential History’s “Why Japan Surrendered”

[jsmith]

I think a failure at D-Day assumes the German were in any way ready to stop an Allied Invasion in 1944. A large portion of the German units on the beaches itself were understrength garrison units, with poor training and poor morale. The Germans were relying on the panzer divisions to stop the Allied advance, but the Allies Air and Naval power would likely have negated the effectiveness of these units.

[sartanawillpay]

Hit my head with a shoebox quite a few times at the errors. For example, " Chief Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Harris had been a strong believer that tactical bombing raids on German cities would ultimately bring about German surrender." He believed in STRATEGIC bombing of German cities. Strategic bombing involves attacking the enemies industry, population and economy from the air whereas TACTICAL bombing is that done directly supporting land operations.

[ComedyJakob]

I think many decisive battles are less decisive than they are purported to have been, but I wouldn't rule out the existence of them all together. Especially when it comes to naval battles. In fact, for a long time naval doctrine relied heavily on forcing decisive battles as their major tactical aim.