1918 Flu Pandemic - Lies - Extra History
Added 2018-08-17 17:30:00 +0000 UTCSeries writer Rob Rath is here to tell us about all the moving pieces and complex storylines he researched to write our Flu Pandemic episodes.
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Thanks for all the effort you put into these videos, and thank you for being so forthright, and taking the time to explain what you had actually said about Welch, and for making sure We weren't confused. :)
Bill Lemmond
2018-08-28 20:59:17 +0000 UTCAight, thanks for taking the time to clarify the issue ;)
HiddenHistory
2018-08-25 13:20:43 +0000 UTCHi, Rob told me to pass on this answer to you: I understand your concern, as changing the record for the sake of creating drama would be a big violation. We didn't do that, though—we described Welch getting seriously ill and dropping out of the research effort (which very much happened), but we never claimed he died. In fact, I was surprised when people assumed he had. As a result, I inserted a line in Episode 6 about FDR eulogizing Welch by radio, trusting that viewers would know FDR would not be president until much later. But just to make sure there was no confusion, I also brought it up here in LIES.
Extra History
2018-08-25 07:23:18 +0000 UTCI disagree. Regardless or not of if this is "pop" history, this is still history, and people entrust your team to make the most historically accurate information they can. I may sound a bit abrasive and "who am I to talk like this?", but messing up a detail for the purpose of creating drama with the intent of correcting the mistake in a lies episode that not everyone who watched the misinforming episode will watch (because the "lies" episodes consistently get lower watch levels), is simply not a practice I personally can agree with. It hurts credibility. But hey, I'm just some random teenager on the internet.
HiddenHistory
2018-08-25 02:31:40 +0000 UTCMapajahit? X Mahapajit? X Mahajapit? X Mapahajit? X Majahapit? X Majapahit? :)
Joel Kohn
2018-08-18 14:34:40 +0000 UTCConsidering that our goal is to educate people who know very little about history, it definitely is. Our videos are both entertaining and educational. The hardcore history nerds who want to dig deep will find plenty of sources that give out all the dry details and names and dates. Extra History has always been a "pop history" show intended to get people interested in learning more when they haven't before.
Extra History
2018-08-18 03:14:55 +0000 UTCOh ok. Well, good job Rob!!!!
David
2018-08-18 03:13:55 +0000 UTCRob was *the* writer for this series, and James has not had time to do Lies, so this was Rob's first solo Lies!
Extra History
2018-08-18 03:12:57 +0000 UTCDramatic potential is not something that should be considered in a history video
Kymrie Dinsmore
2018-08-17 19:37:07 +0000 UTCflags forever the disease of extra history
siberianbull9
2018-08-17 18:47:46 +0000 UTCMore tricky than Blunt, Walpole, and Bismark? This guy must be something!
Nathan Black
2018-08-17 18:10:17 +0000 UTCWhat happened to James?
David
2018-08-17 18:07:30 +0000 UTCThe Treaty of Versailles, which was Signed, rather Ironically, in the very Room where the German Empire had First been Proclaimed in 1870 [the Hall of Mirrors] that Formally Ended the First World War, is Remembered for Two Reasons. Firstly it is an Example of "Victor's Justice," but mostly it is because it Failed to Ensure a Lasting Peace in Europe. The Goals of the Triumphant Allies were Contradictory: France, after Four Years and 1.3 Million Deaths, Finally had the Revenge they had Craved since the End of the Franco-Prussian War, but Defeating Germany was not Enough ~ they wanted to Humiliate their most Hated Foes. France Demanded War Reparations, to Weaken Germany Economically and Militarily and to Annex the Saar Region. Britain wanted a Balance of Power to Thwart the French Attempt to Assert themselves as Europe's Premier Power as well as Neutralise the German Navy to make sure the Royal Navy was still the Greatest Naval Power on Earth, while the United States wanted the Rebuilding of the European Economy, Self ~ Determination for European Ethnic Minorities, and the Establishment of a League of Nations to Ensure Peace. [President Wilson was so Disgusted by the Final Terms that he Marched out of the Conference] In the Final Treaty, Germany was Forced to Pay War Reparations to Belgium, France, and the United Kingdom, to Renounce the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk [which also had the Effect of Releasing the newly Formed Soviet Union from Paying Yearly War Reparations to Germany] and Reduce the Size of its Military Forces with no Air Force, no Tanks and no General Staff Structure. In the East, a Strip of Land around the Port City of Danzig was Awarded to the newly Founded Republic of Poland, and the Rhineland was to be Occupied by the Allies for 15 Years. Germany's Colonial Empire was Divided up among the Allies, with Britain Claiming the Lion's Share. Many Thousands of Germans couldn't Understand why they were Surrendering when, all along the Front, German Forces still stood on Foreign Ground and a Belief took hold that Germany had been Betrayed by Liberals, Communists and Jews, which Nationalist Organisations would use in Order to Attract new Members. Most Historians are Agreed that, had the Treaty been less Harsh, then the Rise of Hitler and the beginning of the Second World War in 1939 may not have Occurred.
Martin Verran
2018-08-17 17:55:08 +0000 UTC
