History WebAnimation / OverSimplified

* BoringButPractical: Simply running away from an extremely dangerous enemy; be it 3 Australian soldiers with machine guns or Napoleons massive army (numbering an estimated 650,000 strong) is a surprisingly effective tactic.

* StrategyVersusTactics: This was the case between the Union and Confederates during the American Civil War. While the South was able to win a number of impressive victories, it was the Union's ability to outlast them through its superior troop reserves that ultimately won them the war.

* RedOniBlueOni: Romans consuls during the Second Punic War are seen though the whole second part in pairs composed of an older and more cautious consul and a younger and hot-headed one.

* SchmuckBait: As part their plan to assassinate Rasputin, two Russian soldiers lure him into a shady alley with a sign saying "HEY RASPUTIN, BIG SEXY PARTY DOWN HERE" and make him eat an entire table of [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial totally-not-poisoned]] cakes. Rasputin falls for it. [[NoSell He survives]], so they take him out the old-fashioned way.

** Hannibal Barca got a nasty eye infection while travelling through the Amor marshes to outflank his Roman opponents. Rather than let this slow him down, he cut his eye out with a sword and gained an EyepatchOfPower for the rest of the campaign.

'''Messenger:''' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh,]] and it says here your [[ObnoxiousInLaws mother-in-law's]] coming to stay.

* MassOhCrap: When [[TheDreaded Napoleon]] returns from his first exile, the other European leaders collectively freak out.

** The Second Punic War (two parts)

* WhereAreTheyNow: At the end of ''The Pig War'' episode, the fates of the characters are mentioned: Harney stayed loyal to the Union during the Civil War, but was eventually dismissed; Pickett sided with the Confederacy and lead the disastrous charge in Gettysburg; Griffin left San Juan island by the time the dispute ended; and Douglas' company sold the sheep farm;

* WrongGenreSavvy:
** Dong Zhou didn't seem too concerned that his ward Lu Bu, who betrayed everyone he ever fought for, could potentially betray him.
** Neville Chamberlain thought he could stop Hitler from invading Czechoslovakia through peaceful methods. Boy, was he wrong.
--->'''Chamberlain:''' You lied to me.\\
'''Hitler:''' What do you expect? I'm Hitler.

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNIuvl7V8zACPpTmmNIqP2A OverSimplified]] is a [=YouTube channel=] dedicated to doing just that. It takes complex historical topics and boils them down to a few short minutes and some animation, but with lots of added humor and more than a few {{Running Gag}}s to keep things interesting.

[=OverSimplified=] (real name Stuart Webster) was created in 2016[[note]]The account itself was created in 2006 and was originally named Webzwithaz, but since he uploaded his first video in 2016, [=OverSimplified=] being created that year is MetaphoricallyTrue.[[/note]] with a two-part video about UsefulNotes/WorldWarI, later followed up with videos about UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, and the UsefulNotes/ColdWar, as well as other mini-episodes covering such topics as the Falklands War, the Football War, and the Norman Conquest of 1066. It has since expanded to cover topics such as the French Revolution, the life of King Henry VIII, and even the Prohibition era of the United States.

** {{Averted}} with The War of the Bucket as the story that claimed the war started due to the city of Modena stealing the city of Bologna's bucket is not true as it turns out both cities have hated each other for a long time and they each supported either the Pope or the Holy Roman Emperor and the bucket was taken after Modena won against Bologna as a spoil of war.

* KarmicDeath: Several:

** Maximilien Robespierre [[DrunkWithPower let his post-revolutionary power go to his head]], and had thousands people beheaded for [[CantTakeCriticism criticizing his new regime in any way]]. Eventually people realized he has completely lost it, and had him beheaded as well.
** Josef Stalin, after many years of cruelty, died of a brain hemorrhage since all the doctors who could treat him were either dead, imprisoned or were simply too terrified to treat him.
** Pope John XII broke his holy vows by sleeping with numerous women, and was eventually killed by a man whose wife he had been sleeping with.
** Harold Godwinson stole the English throne after promising it to William the Bastard, and was killed at the Battle of Hastings when William invaded England to get it.

* FauxHorrific: Nicholas II is terrified of Father Gapon coming to his palace with a petition as part of a peaceful protest, and leaves the capital as soon as he hears about it.

** In the first American Civil War video, George Washington shows up in a meeting held by Abraham Lincoln to discuss his strategy and claim he's the best president of the US. In the second American Civil War video, the Confederates are seen with a Music/{{BTS}}-themed calendar, and Wilmer [=McLean's=] wife Martha is seen using a vacuum cleaner.

* SillyReasonForWar: {{Deconstructed|Trope}} and {{Subverted|Trope}}. The narrator reveals some wars that may sound silly due to their name are actually more complicated since there were tensions between both sides and the silly thing was the final straw that spark war between them.

* SillyReasonForWar: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. The narrator reveals some wars that may sound silly due to their name are actually more complicated since there were tensions between both sides and the silly thing was the final straw that spark war between them.