Black soldiers did fight in ww1 just not under an American flag like white troops. Instead they were given to the French as supplementary infantry and were the first of the Allie’s to cross into German territory. They were called the 369th infantry regiment better known as the Harlem hell fighters.
You're speaking of the 93rd Infantry Division, which General Pershing (the commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France) "loaned" to the French Army for the duration of the War. The 93rd distinguished itself in combat on the Western Front, earning high praise (as well as medals for valor, like the Croix de Guerre) from the French.
No way I could see myself fighting for this Country now, so especially not during those times. Not for a country that considers me inferior just because of the color of my skin.
The 92nd and 93rd divisions saw combat in WW1 as well in the battle of the Argonne. The 369th known as the harlem hellfighters fought under the French flag. My great uncle was in the 92nd and survived the war.
I am bi-racial German/Afro-American. My German mother often told me stories of when black soldiers first entered her hometown in Munich during WWII. As opposed to the white soldiers. Black soldiers were kind, treated the Germans with respect, and offered children and women food and chocolate. Even though, white soldiers mistreated black soldiers, worse than the German soldiers they captured. My German grandfather was in the German Army, captured by Americans, and sent to a prison camp in Texas. He told me he was shocked that the black soldiers in Texas, were still treated as slaves, by white soldiers.
@@d2dar459 No, the grammatical rules were changed three years ago in August-September, 2020. The changes were made because the word, "Black", when referring to people both describes an ethnicity and a culture. Look it up. The only ones who capitalize "white" in the same context are said or tend to be ws and wn.
Japanese Americans turned that hate into love. 442/100 👍. Most highly decorated unit in WW2. Purple Heart Battalion. Constant suicide missions. Saved the Texas Lost Battalion. Families locked up in camps back home.
@@Matice21yes my dear one, it's a dang.gone shame that these hateful people were so devious and highly unprofessional unworthy of being in charge or command over even one fighting soldier. These were boys and young men away from home and possibly could lose their lives at any moment and yet being treated as a unwanted house guest! A damn shame!!😮😢❤️
The more I learn of the way this country has treated African Americans, the more disgusted I feel. Feelings that any rational, reasonable, fair person ought to share. I salute African Americans for the way they have shouldered the many outrageous burdens yet remained loyal to the country. Giving their lives for a country which did not consider them full human beings. Astonishing.
Only a FOOL remains loyal to a country hellbent at the destruction of their people...AA are clowns for staying in the USA when blacks in Kenya, Barbados, Netherlands, Australia, are better off...
It’s even worse than you’ve heard. This is why any black person claiming they should not receive some form of reparations truly doesn’t understand how far this country has set them back, even before they were born!
I never thought my grandfather was, "lying," about his treatment during WWII and Korea, but hearing the MULTIPLE sources confirm Nazis were treated better than Black soldiers after capture is SO Amerikkka. Thank you for this.
WW3 is coming do you think it has anything to do with the rise of biracial and black population on census reports? Everyone knows the Nazi is the secret rulling class.
The U.S. has a large Dutch background, you have to remember that the country wanted no part of WWII (outside of sanctions) until Pearl Harbor. The protonazis.
The Nazi's were in America way before the wars! Look into the American Bund! Looking into how many Germans illegally immigrated to North America in the late 1800s (1860s and later)! Ask yourself why did they come and what was happening to the Negros in America during that time!
The war between the western alliance and Nazi Germany was the closest WWII hot to being a “Gentleman’s War” the US Army was segregated and captured Germans were seen as fellow white men under the influence of an evil regime. They were not hated as a people. A large chunk of the white American population is of Herman descent. They did face much discrimination in the First World War period but by WWII they had Anglolized to such a degree that they were left alone in while public wrath turned against Japanese Americans.
There's a story I heard from ww1 where a regiment of black us troops was sent to aid the French, and they were legitimately amazed at how the French treated them like actual people and didn't subject them to racial semantics like they experienced in the US.
Black US troops were also amazed by the treatement they received from French civilians who welcomed them without racial segregation. In WW2 this occured again for Black US troops in England and Australia, which led to racial clashes with white US soldiers who didn't want Black US soldiers dating white women they could meet as local clubs that didn't segregate as US run servicemen's clubs did. I was said that part of the concern for General Pershing during WW1 was that if Black troops were treated the same as white ones, they would date French women which would set off the white troops. Black soldiers were mostly relegated to working the docks until French demands for US troops cause Pershing to transfer Black units to French commnd.
My grandfather was a white soldier during WWII, and he had friends who were black, there was a lot of bulling withing white soldiers and other white solders in the barracks, my grandfather said how black soldiers acted more Collected, respectful and professional towards each other.
One of the Tuskegee airmen volunteered to fight for Ethiopia in its war against Italy and eventually was in command of its small air force. He then went on to pioneer civil aviation in Ethiopia heading up what became one of the safest airlines in the world Ethiopian Airlines
My father had bitter memories of how he and other black soldiers were treated in Hawaii before being shipped off to fight in the battle of Okinawa in 1945. Black soldiers were not allowed leave in Honolulu because the white soldiers, sailors and marines would attack them. He spoke of how black soldiers would become seriously seasick as they we’re segregated in the bottom levels of the troop ships sailing to Okinawa. Yet he and his fellow black soldiers fought bravely against the Japanese. You don’t see this on the movies! 🤔🦾😤😡
I salute and thank your father for his service and sacrifice, there’s a special place in Heaven for your fatter and all these black men that had to endure this treatment, they were very strong minded men, my respect to all of them
This was by far the most jampacked informative video I’ve seen on the topic of our Black men in WWII. Thank you for doing them this honor and for sharing their unbelievable contributions and sacrifices toward the effort to defend democracy.
You know the USA was racist when African American troops during WW1 had to fight with the French troops..the French actually gave African American troops war medals for their service. #Harlem Hellfighters
France is still racist as hell. Both are racist. Don't draw that line. France always used blacks for their dirty work they are just more open about it than America.
2/3's of the Free French Army was African, but you rarely hear about that. The British and US fought to keep African troops out of the victory parades because it was a "white man's war" kind of deal. Fucking sucks man, ain't right.
The Allies wanted to use the American units as replacements for the French and British armies, they did not want to use them as a separate fighting force. General Pershing fought really hard to keep the American Forces as a separate fighting force. There were several compromises he made. One was to have the American “black” 369 inf join the French 15th Div which was made up of French black Senegalese troops. Other American “white” regiments i believe there were four of them joined British units. The rest of the American Army stayed together. Pershing did a great job and was a platoon commander in an all black unit in his early days and had high respect for African American soldiers. Everyone received medals from France, because they fought in France and medals from the American Army. The reason black soldiers went to a French unit was more political and nothing to do with racism.
Paused @1:09 That Black Americans were treated so badly after the sacrifices in WW1 reminds me of the experience of a Black soldier in Europe in 1944-5. He wrote of how the Black soldiers were treated in France as liberators and heroes, with no discrimination by the the French people. He had hoped that things would be different in the US post war. But on return, despite having served their country, they were treated the same old discrimination. Apologies for not having a source. It was shown on a British TV documentary commemoration the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Europe. Now I fear that the rise of the right will undo the rights that have been achieved in the latter part of the 20th century. And what happens in the USA tends to be smuggled into the UK too It's a constant and totally unnecessary fight for minority rights that never seems to bloody end.
Your fear is misguided. Look at the current state of Black americans collectively, what has either party done to repair the damage caused by this anti-black country?
@@melaninfuture Not sure you grasp what I mean by right wing. The Republican party have moved further right. The Dems are generally better on social issues but are still conservative on the whole. The latter are also neoliberal economically and so have done sweet Fanny Adams to address the structural causes of racism. If you think that they are the same as the vile and hostile Republicans however, you must have been walking around turning a blind eye.
If I had been a soldier doing that time I would have made my way back there to live it sound like a good place for black men doing that time, come back home and white people ready to kill a black soldier if he was know to have killed a lot of white people in the war, some did get killed for it.
I would have fled and join the opposition. Would have gotten a way better deal. if I'm able to fight in the next big war I'm joining the ops. I wont give my life for these wyte crazies
@@jamesnevitt3400What are you even talking about it was wrong they even had to fight to do that. But your trying to say they're wrong for wanting to be treated equally in there own country ?
Jim Crown in the Military was strictly enforced. Even when serving overseas, US Military Police approached Restaurants, Cafes and Bars DEMANDING that they Segregate - ie NOT serve Black US Service people. Some UK pubs complied, but most did not...
After the War Black G.I was treated as bad the Military try to keep Black Soilders from dating local women in Germany,Italy,Japan and Korea by telling the people there that they had monkey tail and had STD and all that
All the pub owners in the English town of Bamber Bridge responded to the segregation demands by putting up signs saying they would only serve black US troops and NOT white US troops 😅
My grandfather was a cook on an island campaign and his unit was in heavy combat. At first they treated him bad and looked down on him. But once the white soldiers started to get took out. A sergeant went to him and told him he was sorry for everything and that he was needed to fight the Japanese. They gave him a rifle and ammo and the rest is history. He earned got a purple heart to go along with his bronze star.🤔🇺🇸
A ♟ in their little games 🤷🏾♂️. Respect to him though he had massive balls to do what he did. I never want to deminish these brothers accomplishments. But I can’t turn a blind eye to injustice and it still only compounds the EVIL.
Once they had no choice, they saw him as the man and soldier with skills equal to white soldiers he was. Ur grandfather deserves a thousand salutes 💯💯 but I can't pretend it's not disgusting that the sergeant refused to see that until he needed a favour.
Before Tuskegee, many Black pilots were being trained in a small town called Robbins, Illinois, until 1937 when a storm destroyed the hangar, where it was briefly relocated to somewhere in the Southside of Chicago, until they found their permanent home at Tuskegee. Robbins is home to basketball player Dwayne Wade, and the actress from Star Trek (original series) Nichelle Nichols, and Keke Palmer.
This video is well needed and appreciated. Thank you. 11:46 is a fact that everyone in the world should be told about. This is history and a current event in America.
My uncle served on a Huey helicopter crew in Vietnam. He ended up being in that situation because of his high test scores. I can't help but think that he was considered for that at all because of the sacrifices and hard work of the Black men who served in WW11. Awesome video,you really did your research. 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿 Much appreciated, looking forward to seeing more from you!💯
They had most black people fly because it was bigger risk and they didn’t care if they died my great grandfather was a Tuskegee airman he told me a lot about wwii
I'm glad that I have seen this video, it's a shame how African American soldiers was so mistreated after fighting in every war that the United States of America 🇺🇸 has ever fought 😢 in . More should be done to repay African -Americans soldiers today for the work they put in to protect this nation 🇺🇲 .
My father was a WW2 Pacific vet. He stated to me that in garrison the social norms were in place, but melted away when the bullets flew. Black troops were mostly regulated to support actions, but the Japanese did not respect those boundaries. I salute the civilian and military heroes of our communities of that time. Heroes = The common person.
Primary job was Army radio operator, the Marines were not taking many negroes at the time. They joined the fight on hopes for a brighter future. They endured for better opportunities, and they were right. The old lies of laziness, incompetence, and cowardness could not be kept. WW1 and WW2 firmly planted the seeds for the Civil Rights movement because there were too many positive factors to ignore.
Needs to be more books that can detail our experiences in the Services. I don't care to see a heavily edited and then inaccurate movie on our experiences. The best format is books so that way the author has the freedom to expound and expand on the events.
@@benjaminfrazier5419Spike gets facts wrong too. I nominate somebody more insightful, maybe Tyler. He’ll tell it with the passion that it needs. His drama is always in-depth with it.
Thank you for posting this Documentary on Black Soliders in US Military. My father served during Korea War although he lucky not enter combat zone. After he passed away in 2017 i found Military scrapbook. He never talked about his Service during that Warm
This country never deserved our honor, blood and sacrifice. I understand why black people serve because of the benefits but they need to remember this history.
I have a great grandfather who fought in the second world war and he managed to become a officer. I didn't know him too much because he wasn't in my life does he passed away earlier in my mom's life. But now that I've been listening to this thing it's kind of crazy that he must have experienced some of these and it must have changed him. What I can recall from my great-grandmother's life with him. Things must have changed drastically after the war... Plus given with this knowledge I can probably tell why
There are good reasons for Black Americans to serve in the military. But there are better reasons not to serve. I would never encourage my kid to serve, not for America.
Not smart going to college is the worst thing someone can do rn the military gave me disability free money forever and experience you can’t get in the civilian world
My grandfather fought in WW2 and saw it is an opportunity to personally leave the south and Jim Crow not only that his younger brother was able to receive a job working in the defense industry in Chicago. After the war my grandfather did not go back south he stayed in NYC and used the training he received in the navy as a long shore man and heavy equipment operator to earn a very good living for the time he was also able to use VA gi bill to purchase his home and raise a family. Yes it was rough times for black servicemen but it was rough both in the military but especially as a sharecropper in the south. So in short this war pulled us out of poverty in a way but by no means granted us complete equality. It also laid the ground work for militancy that was used to achieve civil rights 2 decades after the war. So my point is that even wars can benefit if you can look at it in a constructive manner. 25 years in the military helped me to realize this myself and gave me a great appreciation of what times were like.
The question your anecdote begs is, why tf does it take a war to raise up some people who were lucky enough to obtain some economic security. I have no figures but I highly doubt your family's experience was the norm. You also ignore the fact that the opportunity cost of spending so much on the military is the potential spending on social programmes that could lift entire demographics out of poverty.
Read a history book of your choice from that era if you want to know or even better find a black veteran from that generation and really talk to them. Yes you are right it is a shame that it took a war to start a process of change however wars have been a catalyst for change throughout human history for better and worse and any major war will effect every culture on the planet in one form or another. Progress is slow and comes in many unexpected and sometimes in undesirable ways but change is always constant.
@@pencilpauli9442 besides this is my family’s story I understand that not everyone was able to benefit at the time but that’s how the world works ,and that I learned from grandpa I personally care for those who are members of my family and can only truthfully speak on my family’s American experience.
@@t.r.stephens7547 No shade intended for you or your grandfather of whom you are rightly proud. He did what he thought was best for his family and rightly so. Likewise yourself. It's the system that I am criticising. The military has been used post war to pursue a colonial agenda that has persecuted and oppressed non-White peoples overseas. It's not something that is widely discussed
Got in an argument with my first sergeant (Mexican dude) about Mohammed Ali “dodging the draft” during Vietnam. My thing is it takes balls to ask a people who you oppress rape murder kidnap experiment on and forbid drinking from the same water fountain to “ hey come fight for democracy for us over seas we need your help. My uncle was a tanker in Vietnam and was killed and my grandmothers family remained in poverty and segregation for the rest of the era minus her brother👏🏾 such a grateful country, why I left the army. No more serving this place. Not while being black they took enough from us
There are men that I would call draft dodgers. Muhammad Ali is not one. He did more for this country refusing to comply with the draft than he ever could have done going to Vietnam.
Thank you for posting all this information. We don't see this everyday as some would want you not to know real history. They want to control what you need to know. Once again, Thank you. I subscribed for more future content
MY FATHER AND GRAND UNCLES SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR HOWEVER THEY ALL ADMITTED THAT IF THEY COULD HAVE LEGALLY AVOIDED MILITARY SERVICE THEY WOULD HAVE I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED JIM CROW THEY DID😢
My grandfather was drafted due to having a February birthday, and all five of his remaining brothers signed up to join him. Their father served in WWI. What’s even more peculiar is that my paternal grandfather was a Marine during WWII.
It didn’t help that all black units were often poorly led by white officers who showed open disdain at the idea of black men as good soldiers. While certain all black units with black officers or enlightened white ones did perform competently those led by bigoted whites especially those from the south, performed poorly and that was used to tarnish the reputation of all black troops. Also black troops during the world wars were vastly under awarded compared to their counterparts in both earlier wars like the Civil War Spanish American War and Indian Wars or later wars such Korea or Vietnam. Some suspect that it was a deliberate policy to under award black troops to keep the support of southern whites for the world wars.
It's all a darn shame. My dad was a World War Two veteran, originally from Brooklyn, New York. He kept a diary concerning his service in the European theater of operations. Even he, as a young soldier, mentioned in his writings how poorly black troops were treated by the Army.
@@The.Original.Potatocakes how could I be in a 3td world country? Based on what? I’m not the descendant of immigrants (like you), and my family on both sides have been on this soil for 350 years. So no, I couldn’t be in a 3rd world country. You could perhaps.
@@The.Original.PotatocakesA Sick UNGODLY People these Demonic Bigots are Disgusting to hear this type of Degenerate Filth was Happening truly Of Satanic Origin
Please do not disregard your Service to this Country. Even if your fellow soldiers and officers didn't acknowledge that Service. You're still just a much hero as anyone else. God Bless you.
@@desertdetroiter428Tell him one more time! They kill me with that crap. Ask them why their ancestors left Europe. To get out of their s#ithole countries is why.
I totally appreciate that your video highlighted the plights of Black soldiers… I wish that more time or efforts were put forth in your grammatical errors which is a a reflection of your dedication to prove we are capable of presenting facts.
My father served in the Pacific during the war...he told his four sons...that the US military was no place for a Black man... especially during Vietnam it seemed that the government was playing catch up with Black soldiers sending everybody except those with money...he made sure those of my brothers that were eligible for the draft was in college
Good documentary, with some chilling thoughts about it's time. One thing that perhaps deserves a mention would be how rape convictions were virtually NEVER brought against white American soldiers, despite THOUSANDS of accusations, whereas black American soldiers accused of rape faced very severe penalties (not to mention lynchings from their own side and such).
That has kept me from dating any woman except women of color, the power is still there anytime a white woman wants to use it, I heard a story where these three black soldiers were accused of raping a white woman doing the second world war, she pointed out two of the men, but they killed all three of them, one wrote his mother and told her he had nothing to do with raping that woman, but they were going to kill him the next day.
@@Ms.Byrd68 but what are you "serving"? And who's conflicts are you "serving" to end? I have yet to see a conflict America was involved in to benefit us.
@@Neake22 My people, my family and whatever conflict that would threaten them! These men's service lead to finally & truly DESEGREGATING the Military, ending the discrimination in advancements, promotions and Military opportunities afforded to my family. They served for THEIR PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILY. I served for mine... YOUR WELCOME!
@@Ms.Byrd68 You're missing the point. I'm not trying to discredit you or your family being inlisted. But we have been helping these people since the revolutionary war. That's no different than the black people from the civil rights era getting beat up and bashed in the head at restaurants just so they could eat with white people. You just had 2 brothers get discriminated against at Dennys. IT'S THEIR MILITARY, THEIR WARS!
This. This is the kind of stuff that’s never talked about in history classes in the public school system. You gotta enroll in college level courses just to learn this
Please, let's not turn history lessons about World War 2 into how Black People were treated... What I believe we have to include more is what atrocities the allies did to Germany and even the FRENCH. Allied troops - including Black Americans - participated in sexual violence. It was, ofc, much worse on the Eastern Front where the numbers hit millions of women. The treatment of Black Americans is quite irrelevant to World War 2.
@@NoahPanton I don't. People gotta stop treating Black People like innocent children. I've studied World War 2 throughout my life. Fact of the matter is that the only interesting part of Black People in WW2 was that the Americans and English got into fights over the Jim Crow laws that Americans had included in their military. But truth is that they didn't have much of a role back then. During the occupation of France, Nazis pretty much only picked up jews. Why should I learn about Black People in World War 2 when their role was so insignifact? There were Black SA members and there was Black American soldiers who r4ped Women. We gonna include them as well? Or is that gonna be left out? The only people who would think of Black People in relation to World War 2 would be Americans because of Jim Crow.
@@MMOfreakOUT1 you sound bitter! All that you’ve commented, has been done by your own people’s ancestors. Also I’d like to hear your evidence on those claims? All talk until we see your source🤮
Great video. I've been watching a lot of WW2 videos lately and was always wondering how black people were treated then. It give me a lot of anxiety learning everything that they had to do through to want to gain respect.
I had never heard of the Black Panthers but of course I have had of the Red Tails. Thank you so much for this history lesson. This means the world to me.
Well, no matter what they went through and how much they might hate the country or their superiors for what they went through, they have my gratitude and respect. Thank you, brave soldiers, for stopping Nazi tyranny.
Great history video. In these times we need to remind the younger generation of our struggles in the past as well as in the future. GOD bless us all !!
We need to teach people about history but leave the victim blaming and race hustling out of it. I know you didn’t say it but it is a slap in the face to all the men in this video who died for equality just for their descendants to use their skin color to play the victim.
@@Fck_the_atfwhy are you so offended by the history of racism? It's less about "victim blaming" and more about you being uncomfortable when people talk about historical injustices
My great uncle served during world war 2. He said they wouldn't issue him a rifle. His job was to sneak up and place sticky bombs on german tanks and sneak away without being detected.
I whole heartedly thank and commend you all for this essay on the brave Black men and women who severed,and are currently enlisted,in the armed forces of this nation. Their outstanding heroism is a blatant example of their determination to give their all in spite of the racism of this country. However, I'd like to make a correction,if I may,as to the type of aircraft the 332nd Fighter Group was mentioned as flying in the video in mid 1944. It was stated that the group was issued the " P-34 Thunderjet". This was untrue as the F-84 Thunderjet wasn't invented until right before the Korean War in the 1950s,and as indicated by its name the Thunderjet was a jet fighter aircraft. The United States had developed no jet planes that flew in combat during World War 2. The plane the commenter probably was thinking of was the amazing P-51 Mustang,a sleek,piston powered workhorse of a fighter,that the 332nd used to sweep the skies before them.
They said Black service men weren't smart enough, brave enough and strong enough they were underestimated at each turn I now turn to White service men who among you is smart enough brave enough and strong enough to take a stand against discrimination in all forms JS
A small trivia The first picture at 0:00 are men from the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion. The reason they looked upset because they were captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge and are being photographed by the German cameramen for the "Die Deutche Wochenchau" (German Weekly) (These men were in the front line area in Belgium). They fought but ran out of ammo
Sadly a lot of black infantry men in ww2 were given “shit jobs”. They were the ones who who had to do the mine sweeping, which is scary as hell. One wrong step and that’s it. I do believe that times have changed since then but it doesn’t excuse the past behavior and treatments. It wasent until 2003 that the Navajo code talkers were officially acknowledged as war heroes. That’s a darn shame
You forgot to talk about The Battle of Bamber Bridge during World War 2 when racist white American soldiers & officers were jealous and hated how Black American soldiers were welcomed in an English town and were allowed entry into bars and English white women were throwing themselves at them, this led to conflict
That was an outrageous event and downright embarrassment to white GI's. The Brits said the Black soldiers were civilized and good to get along with while the whites were uncouth.
Nazis were treated better than black americans. Its really sad. They thought if they participated and helped during ww1 and ww2 that the rest of the country would see them a little bit better... but they didnt. Henry johnson is a good example of what happened to us after the wars.
Thanks for an excellent black history lesson. I had the honor of meeting a few of the veteran red tails when they spoke at Compton College when I worked in the 1980s. in fact my jr. high school (also in Compton) was named after General Benjamin O Davis jr.
It's deeper than that. But I'm glad people are putting in the work. Soon, we'll realize that we've been duped out our own land. This is why many black communities lack black business owners. Instead, there are always foreign entities that set up shop because of Americas trade agreements. Many black cities were destroyed during both wars, similar to the Indians (black Americans) camps being destroyed while men were off to battle
When refitted with new airplanes to replace the P40 Warhawk fighter plane the 99th(332nd) Squadrons were flying they were given the P51 Mustang fighter plane at Ramitelli, Italy and not the "P37 Thunder Jet", a plane mentioned here that I have never heard of
Got the picture right but the name wrong. They started with the P-40 Warhawk (OLD but reliable FOR GROUND SUPPORT), P-38 Airacobras and the P-51 Thunderbolt and eventually were upgraded to the P-51 Mustang (supply I believe was the reason).
SHOUT OUT TO All Those who survived the Marshall Islands jungle. And to come home deaf in one ear and never getting a pension, even at 86 years of age, no pension!!!!!!
The most truthful channel I've ever watched about the mistreatment of our black soldiers, and it really pisses me off!😡 To fight and die for a country that hates you, yet this country gives billions of our dollars to other racist countries that hate our people, instead of taking care of our own brave men that faught for this country!😞
As a proud BLACK VET, I very much appreciate your telling of the black Veterans' accomplishments and struggles. The fact that we have fought with honor and dignity for this country, only to still have been treated with such disrespect, hurts me DEEPLY! I SALUTE THOSE WHO WERE BEFORE ME!!!
The Battle of Bamber Bridge is the name given to an outbreak of racial violence involving American soldiers stationed in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, in Northern England during the Second World War. Tensions had been high following a failed attempt by US commanders to racially segregate pubs in the village, and worsened after the 1943 Detroit race riot. The battle started when white American Military Police (MPs) attempted to arrest several African American soldiers from the racially segregated 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment for being out of uniform at the Ye Olde Hob Inn public house in Bamber Bridge. In a confrontation on the street afterwards, a white MP shot and killed Private William Crossland. More military police then arrived armed with machine guns and grenades, and black soldiers armed themselves with rifles from their base armoury for protection. Both sides exchanged fire through the night. Although a court martial convicted 32 African American soldiers of mutiny and related crimes, poor leadership and the racist attitudes of the MPs were acknowledged as causes.
That's why it's so infuriating to witness the Whites dismissive attitude toward the Black community in the US. Always having to start all over again from scratch when Whites could capitalize on whatever they earned. How on earth could a community regularly deprived of what they deserved not be economically at the bottom of society? It is a miracle that Blacks haven't been wiped out as the indigenous were , managed to survive and for some of them, to thrive.
@UltraInstinct-yn1ft I support defense. Protecting My Family. If the enemy attacks, I support the people CHOOSING to risk their lives to protect me and Americans. I will protect my family, home, and freedom personally. I don't believe in war.
@reddysg can't have it both wayz. If U support tha troops, that meenz U support war lol iss literally their only objective. I can find more information about soldiers stealin & raypin than actually helpin... but ur free 2c thingz howevr U like
They are the bravest of the brave. The buffalo soldiers were also regarded as elite. I don’t understand why blacks would fight and die for whites people that treated them worse than animals though.. I feel anger and sadness on how they were treated.
I don't think black men though was to fight for white men but about respect for there selfs hopefully white America respect us and a lot of blacks needed jobs to send money home to there family and maybe other little perks that may have been offer
Black soldiers did fight in ww1 just not under an American flag like white troops. Instead they were given to the French as supplementary infantry and were the first of the Allie’s to cross into German territory. They were called the 369th infantry regiment better known as the Harlem hell fighters.
That’s interesting, I just found out that my great grandfather served during WWI. I’ll have to read up more to see if he saw combat, thanks.
You're speaking of the 93rd Infantry Division, which General Pershing (the commander of the American Expeditionary Force in France) "loaned" to the French Army for the duration of the War. The 93rd distinguished itself in combat on the Western Front, earning high praise (as well as medals for valor, like the Croix de Guerre) from the French.
No way I could see myself fighting for this Country now, so especially not during those times. Not for a country that considers me inferior just because of the color of my skin.
Fr that name is tough af. The Harlem hell fighters
The 92nd and 93rd divisions saw combat in WW1 as well in the battle of the Argonne. The 369th known as the harlem hellfighters fought under the French flag. My great uncle was in the 92nd and survived the war.
I am bi-racial German/Afro-American. My German mother often told me stories of when black soldiers first entered her hometown in Munich during WWII. As opposed to the white soldiers. Black soldiers were kind, treated the Germans with respect, and offered children and women food and chocolate. Even though, white soldiers mistreated black soldiers, worse than the German soldiers they captured. My German grandfather was in the German Army, captured by Americans, and sent to a prison camp in Texas. He told me he was shocked that the black soldiers in Texas, were still treated as slaves, by white soldiers.
a damn shame
Black, with a capital B
@@Imissyoulou
Discretionary, but u can do that if u want.
@@d2dar459 No, the grammatical rules were changed three years ago in August-September, 2020. The changes were made because the word, "Black", when referring to people both describes an ethnicity and a culture. Look it up. The only ones who capitalize "white" in the same context are said or tend to be ws and wn.
@@thegoddessdiana9185
Really? Who was the authority that oversaw this change? Genuine question.
Now you know why Muhammad Ali stayed home.. You fight for those who love you. Not for those who hate you..
Japanese Americans turned that hate into love.
442/100 👍. Most highly decorated unit in WW2. Purple Heart Battalion. Constant suicide missions. Saved the Texas Lost Battalion.
Families locked up in camps back home.
Truer words were never said.
Ali said” why should I fight for my oppressor? If anything I’ll join your enemy to help fight you “
@@Matice21yes my dear one, it's a dang.gone shame that these hateful people were so devious and highly unprofessional unworthy of being in charge or command over even one fighting soldier. These were boys and young men away from home and possibly could lose their lives at any moment and yet being treated as a unwanted house guest! A damn shame!!😮😢❤️
During the draft...my mother sent my brother (18 years old at the time) to Canada. My mom said no, no, I don't think so. Not MY son.
As a U.S. Army retiree, I thank you for this American history lesson, which is sorely needed.
I agree with you.
We aren't black or African American. We are American Aboriginal ( Indians)
@@reginaldjones6024
Whatever moniker we/you choose, the message of the history lesson remains the same.
@@KhemistryIBMORwould you fight for your own sovereign rights if need be ?
@@reginaldjones6024I’m a black american all that other nonsense you’re spewing does nothing
The more I learn of the way this country has treated African Americans, the more disgusted I feel. Feelings that any rational, reasonable, fair person ought to share.
I salute African Americans for the way they have shouldered the many outrageous burdens yet remained loyal to the country. Giving their lives for a country which did not consider them full human beings. Astonishing.
How many Black Americans do you think died in WW2?
Our ancestors were definitely built different than today's generation, a lot stronger physically and mentally.
@@jumantewashington8715 RELEVANCE?!
Only a FOOL remains loyal to a country hellbent at the destruction of their people...AA are clowns for staying in the USA when blacks in Kenya, Barbados, Netherlands, Australia, are better off...
It’s even worse than you’ve heard. This is why any black person claiming they should not receive some form of reparations truly doesn’t understand how far this country has set them back, even before they were born!
I never thought my grandfather was, "lying," about his treatment during WWII and Korea, but hearing the MULTIPLE sources confirm Nazis were treated better than Black soldiers after capture is SO Amerikkka. Thank you for this.
WW3 is coming do you think it has anything to do with the rise of biracial and black population on census reports? Everyone knows the Nazi is the secret rulling class.
The U.S. has a large Dutch background, you have to remember that the country wanted no part of WWII (outside of sanctions) until Pearl Harbor. The protonazis.
The Nazi's were in America way before the wars! Look into the American Bund! Looking into how many Germans illegally immigrated to North America in the late 1800s (1860s and later)! Ask yourself why did they come and what was happening to the Negros in America during that time!
The war between the western alliance and Nazi Germany was the closest WWII hot to being a “Gentleman’s War” the US Army was segregated and captured Germans were seen as fellow white men under the influence of
an evil regime. They were not hated as a people. A large chunk of the white American population is of Herman descent. They did face much discrimination in the First World War period but by WWII they had Anglolized to such a degree that they were left alone
in while public wrath turned against Japanese Americans.
@@TheLAGopherWhat wrath did Japanese Americans endure. I don't remember any JA being lynched or houses, and towns being burned down 🤔
I see why Ali didn't want to be apart of the military.
There's a story I heard from ww1 where a regiment of black us troops was sent to aid the French, and they were legitimately amazed at how the French treated them like actual people and didn't subject them to racial semantics like they experienced in the US.
The 369th Infantry Regiment "Harlem Hellfighters" fought with distinction with the French during WW1
Black US troops were also amazed by the treatement they received from French civilians who welcomed them without racial segregation.
In WW2 this occured again for Black US troops in England and Australia, which led to racial clashes with white US soldiers who didn't
want Black US soldiers dating white women they could meet as local clubs that didn't segregate as US run servicemen's clubs did.
I was said that part of the concern for General Pershing during WW1 was that if Black troops were treated the same as white ones, they
would date French women which would set off the white troops. Black soldiers were mostly relegated to working the docks until
French demands for US troops cause Pershing to transfer Black units to French commnd.
they where the hell fighters from harlem ny
My Great Uncle told me of the same experience in France during WWI. Treatment he didn't receive in his Murfreesboro, TN home.
Stories upon Stories of this all swept under the white rug
My grandfather was a white soldier during WWII, and he had friends who were black, there was a lot of bulling withing white soldiers and other white solders in the barracks, my grandfather said how black soldiers acted more Collected, respectful and professional towards each other.
One of the Tuskegee airmen volunteered to fight for Ethiopia in its war against Italy and eventually was in command of its small air force. He then went on to pioneer civil aviation in Ethiopia heading up what became one of the safest airlines in the world Ethiopian Airlines
That would make a great movie!
My father had bitter memories of how he and other black soldiers were treated in Hawaii before being shipped off to fight in the battle of Okinawa in 1945. Black soldiers were not allowed leave in Honolulu because the white soldiers, sailors and marines would attack them. He spoke of how black soldiers would become seriously seasick as they we’re segregated in the bottom levels of the troop ships sailing to Okinawa.
Yet he and his fellow black soldiers fought bravely against the Japanese. You don’t see this on the movies! 🤔🦾😤😡
They've even stopped talking about the cook who managed to shoot down a zero during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I salute and thank your father for his service and sacrifice, there’s a special place in Heaven for your fatter and all these black men that had to endure this treatment, they were very strong minded men, my respect to all of them
It was the opposite lol.
@@19Pyrus70 That's not correct, I mean, they're naming a new aircraft carrier after him the USS Doris Miller CVN-81.
@@Nghilifa
If that's true, I believe I'll stand at least partially corrected!😅
This was by far the most jampacked informative video I’ve seen on the topic of our Black men in WWII. Thank you for doing them this honor and for sharing their unbelievable contributions and sacrifices toward the effort to defend democracy.
You know the USA was racist when African American troops during WW1 had to fight with the French troops..the French actually gave African American troops war medals for their service. #Harlem Hellfighters
France is still racist as hell. Both are racist. Don't draw that line. France always used blacks for their dirty work they are just more open about it than America.
2/3's of the Free French Army was African, but you rarely hear about that. The British and US fought to keep African troops out of the victory parades because it was a "white man's war" kind of deal. Fucking sucks man, ain't right.
The Allies wanted to use the American units as replacements for the French and British armies, they did not want to use them as a separate fighting force. General Pershing fought really hard to keep the American Forces as a separate fighting force. There were several compromises he made. One was to have the American “black” 369 inf join the French 15th Div which was made up of French black Senegalese troops. Other American “white” regiments i believe there were four of them joined British units. The rest of the American Army stayed together. Pershing did a great job and was a platoon commander in an all black unit in his early days and had high respect for African American soldiers.
Everyone received medals from France, because they fought in France and medals from the American Army.
The reason black soldiers went to a French unit was more political and nothing to do with racism.
@@ivicahudika3379lol. Keep telling yourself that.
@@raheemjenkins6110 it’s true, do some research
Paused @1:09
That Black Americans were treated so badly after the sacrifices in WW1 reminds me of the experience of a Black soldier in Europe in 1944-5.
He wrote of how the Black soldiers were treated in France as liberators and heroes, with no discrimination by the the French people. He had hoped that things would be different in the US post war. But on return, despite having served their country, they were treated the same old discrimination.
Apologies for not having a source. It was shown on a British TV documentary commemoration the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Europe.
Now I fear that the rise of the right will undo the rights that have been achieved in the latter part of the 20th century.
And what happens in the USA tends to be smuggled into the UK too
It's a constant and totally unnecessary fight for minority rights that never seems to bloody end.
Unfortuantly, there seemed to be a group of Blacks leaning toward the right, but that is their right.
No need to fear. The nation was built on racism and ws. We are truly living behind enemy lines. However our enemies will be our footstool.
Your fear is misguided. Look at the current state of Black americans collectively, what has either party done to repair the damage caused by this anti-black country?
@@melaninfuture
Not sure you grasp what I mean by right wing.
The Republican party have moved further right. The Dems are generally better on social issues but are still conservative on the whole.
The latter are also neoliberal economically and so have done sweet Fanny Adams to address the structural causes of racism.
If you think that they are the same as the vile and hostile Republicans however, you must have been walking around turning a blind eye.
If I had been a soldier doing that time I would have made my way back there to live it sound like a good place for black men doing that time, come back home and white people ready to kill a black soldier if he was know to have killed a lot of white people in the war, some did get killed for it.
We need to go back to separate medical facilities. They low key killing us.
It's not low key anymore it's open. Seek black Dr.s if you can.
The more things have changed; the more they have remained the same. 😢
Black people being treated as a renewable resource?
Yea I said it.
Blacks still whining.
What goes around, comes around... so I guess ain't shit changed
I would have fled and join the opposition. Would have gotten a way better deal. if I'm able to fight in the next big war I'm joining the ops. I wont give my life for these wyte crazies
@@RUTHLESSambition5 You would have swapped a job working in a canteen or driving an officer around for being a slave in a Nazi concentration camp.
Seeing all of this makes my blood boil how the black soldiers who fought and died for a country who they truly believed in
Not really wanting acceptance can be a problem . Especially amongst people that don't mean you any good that goes for any sisuation.
@@jamesnevitt3400What are you even talking about it was wrong they even had to fight to do that. But your trying to say they're wrong for wanting to be treated equally in there own country ?
@@y.v.n.gvidsstuff1057he’s either a racist or a “sambo”.
Jim Crown in the Military was strictly enforced. Even when serving overseas, US Military Police approached Restaurants, Cafes and Bars DEMANDING that they Segregate - ie NOT serve Black US Service people. Some UK pubs complied, but most did not...
Even in Australia during that time when black Americans soldiers were stationed in Australia there were not allowed to mix with the general public
After the War Black G.I was treated as bad the Military try to keep Black Soilders from dating local women in Germany,Italy,Japan and Korea by telling the people there that they had monkey tail and had STD and all that
I read once that a UK bar was told to segregate black soldiers. So the bar banned all the white troops and only let the black troops drink.
Which culminated into the Battle of Bamber Bridge.
All the pub owners in the English town of Bamber Bridge responded to the segregation demands by putting up signs saying they would only serve black US troops and NOT white US troops 😅
This country has never won a war until they let the black men fight yet they were still discriminated against
Hitler had black soldiers too......
Oh brother 🤦🏾♂️
@@addicted2truth408because they had similar goals
This country does not not have a war Black men did not fight in.
@@odgreen5655 two words:Crispus Attucks.
My grandfather was a cook on an island campaign and his unit was in heavy combat. At first they treated him bad and looked down on him. But once the white soldiers started to get took out. A sergeant went to him and told him he was sorry for everything and that he was needed to fight the Japanese. They gave him a rifle and ammo and the rest is history. He earned got a purple heart to go along with his bronze star.🤔🇺🇸
A ♟ in their little games 🤷🏾♂️. Respect to him though he had massive balls to do what he did. I never want to deminish these brothers accomplishments. But I can’t turn a blind eye to injustice and it still only compounds the EVIL.
Once they had no choice, they saw him as the man and soldier with skills equal to white soldiers he was.
Ur grandfather deserves a thousand salutes 💯💯 but I can't pretend it's not disgusting that the sergeant refused to see that until he needed a favour.
Nothing quite like mass casualties to tear down that illusion of "supremacy" anything.
Me? I'd ask Sarge if the guys wanted rice or grits for chow.
@@marshdellHELL YEAH!
Which campaign? Which outfit?
Before Tuskegee, many Black pilots were being trained in a small town called Robbins, Illinois, until 1937 when a storm destroyed the hangar, where it was briefly relocated to somewhere in the Southside of Chicago, until they found their permanent home at Tuskegee. Robbins is home to basketball player Dwayne Wade, and the actress from Star Trek (original series) Nichelle Nichols, and Keke Palmer.
How do you know about Robbins, Illinois? You sound like you're from there.
This video is well needed and appreciated. Thank you. 11:46 is a fact that everyone in the world should be told about. This is history and a current event in America.
My uncle served on a Huey helicopter crew in Vietnam. He ended up being in that situation because of his high test scores.
I can't help but think that he was considered for that at all because of the sacrifices and hard work of the Black men who served in WW11.
Awesome video,you really did your research. 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿 Much appreciated, looking forward to seeing more from you!💯
They had most black people fly because it was bigger risk and they didn’t care if they died my great grandfather was a Tuskegee airman he told me a lot about wwii
@@dat3rdsideboy386yep and we still kicked some butt in that line of duty to. 👊🏾🇺🇸
Was he a door gunner because they had the highest casualty rate!?
I'm glad that I have seen this video, it's a shame how African American soldiers was so mistreated after fighting in every war that the United States of America 🇺🇸 has ever fought 😢 in . More should be done to repay African -Americans soldiers today for the work they put in to protect this nation 🇺🇲 .
400,000 White Americans died in WW2.
708 Black Americans were killed in combat in WW2.
7000 Black Americans were killed by Black Americans in 2021.
I totally concur
My father was a WW2 Pacific vet. He stated to me that in garrison the social norms were in place, but melted away when the bullets flew. Black troops were mostly regulated to support actions, but the Japanese did not respect those boundaries. I salute the civilian and military heroes of our communities of that time. Heroes = The common person.
Army or Montford Point Marine?
Primary job was Army radio operator, the Marines were not taking many negroes at the time. They joined the fight on hopes for a brighter future. They endured for better opportunities, and they were right. The old lies of laziness, incompetence, and cowardness could not be kept. WW1 and WW2 firmly planted the seeds for the Civil Rights movement because there were too many positive factors to ignore.
It takes a very special person to fight for a country that treated them as subhuman.
Needs to be a movie for the Tankers
I was thinking the same
Agreed!
Former USMC M-60A1 tanker here. I agree!!! I nominate Spike Lee to produce a movie about the 761st…..
🦅🌎⚓️✊🏾❤️🇺🇸
Needs to be more books that can detail our experiences in the Services. I don't care to see a heavily edited and then inaccurate movie on our experiences. The best format is books so that way the author has the freedom to expound and expand on the events.
@@benjaminfrazier5419Spike gets facts wrong too. I nominate somebody more insightful, maybe Tyler. He’ll tell it with the passion that it needs. His drama is always in-depth with it.
Thank you for posting this Documentary on Black Soliders in US Military. My father served during Korea War although he lucky not enter combat zone. After he passed away in 2017 i found Military scrapbook. He never talked about his Service during that Warm
As a veteran of the US Army I appreciate the service of my fellow veterans no matter what the branch of military they served with.
This country never deserved our honor, blood and sacrifice. I understand why black people serve because of the benefits but they need to remember this history.
I have a great grandfather who fought in the second world war and he managed to become a officer. I didn't know him too much because he wasn't in my life does he passed away earlier in my mom's life. But now that I've been listening to this thing it's kind of crazy that he must have experienced some of these and it must have changed him. What I can recall from my great-grandmother's life with him. Things must have changed drastically after the war... Plus given with this knowledge I can probably tell why
First thing is black people have never been considered American 🙁
I had the privilege of knowing one of the first black Marines who fought in WW2. The stories and knowledge he had. May he RIP!
Which one? I’m interested in them and I’d like to look him up!
@@roderickstockdale1678 his name was PFC Leon Dixon. He passed away in July 2021.
There are good reasons for Black Americans to serve in the military. But there are better reasons not to serve. I would never encourage my kid to serve, not for America.
Not smart going to college is the worst thing someone can do rn the military gave me disability free money forever and experience you can’t get in the civilian world
No, only for wakanda. Right
@@WeAllWeGot333true, brotherhood is one.
My grandfather fought in WW2 and saw it is an opportunity to personally leave the south and Jim Crow not only that his younger brother was able to receive a job working in the defense industry in Chicago. After the war my grandfather did not go back south he stayed in NYC and used the training he received in the navy as a long shore man and heavy equipment operator to earn a very good living for the time he was also able to use VA gi bill to purchase his home and raise a family.
Yes it was rough times for black servicemen but it was rough both in the military but especially as a sharecropper in the south.
So in short this war pulled us out of poverty in a way but by no means granted us complete equality. It also laid the ground work for militancy that was used to achieve civil rights 2 decades after the war.
So my point is that even wars can benefit if you can look at it in a constructive manner.
25 years in the military helped me to realize this myself and gave me a great appreciation of what times were like.
My friend. Wars instigated and caused by white men will NEVER benefit us AS A WHOLE in America.
The question your anecdote begs is, why tf does it take a war to raise up some people who were lucky enough to obtain some economic security.
I have no figures but I highly doubt your family's experience was the norm.
You also ignore the fact that the opportunity cost of spending so much on the military is the potential spending on social programmes that could lift entire demographics out of poverty.
Read a history book of your choice from that era if you want to know or even better find a black veteran from that generation and really talk to them.
Yes you are right it is a shame that it took a war to start a process of change however wars have been a catalyst for change throughout human history for better and worse and any major war will effect every culture on the planet in one form or another.
Progress is slow and comes in many unexpected and sometimes in undesirable ways but change is always constant.
@@pencilpauli9442 besides this is my family’s story I understand that not everyone was able to benefit at the time but that’s how the world works ,and that I learned from grandpa I personally care for those who are members of my family and can only truthfully speak on my family’s American experience.
@@t.r.stephens7547
No shade intended for you or your grandfather of whom you are rightly proud.
He did what he thought was best for his family and rightly so.
Likewise yourself.
It's the system that I am criticising.
The military has been used post war to pursue a colonial agenda that has persecuted and oppressed non-White peoples overseas.
It's not something that is widely discussed
Got in an argument with my first sergeant (Mexican dude) about Mohammed Ali “dodging the draft” during Vietnam. My thing is it takes balls to ask a people who you oppress rape murder kidnap experiment on and forbid drinking from the same water fountain to “ hey come fight for democracy for us over seas we need your help. My uncle was a tanker in Vietnam and was killed and my grandmothers family remained in poverty and segregation for the rest of the era minus her brother👏🏾 such a grateful country, why I left the army. No more serving this place. Not while being black they took enough from us
There are men that I would call draft dodgers. Muhammad Ali is not one. He did more for this country refusing to comply with the draft than he ever could have done going to Vietnam.
Thank you for posting all this information. We don't see this everyday as some would want you not to know real history. They want to control what you need to know. Once again, Thank you. I subscribed for more future content
MY FATHER AND GRAND UNCLES SERVED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR HOWEVER THEY ALL ADMITTED THAT IF THEY COULD HAVE LEGALLY AVOIDED MILITARY SERVICE THEY WOULD HAVE I HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED JIM CROW THEY DID😢
Nuff said 🤷🏾♂️ 🇺🇸= 🗑
My grandfather was drafted due to having a February birthday, and all five of his remaining brothers signed up to join him. Their father served in WWI. What’s even more peculiar is that my paternal grandfather was a Marine during WWII.
It didn’t help that all black units were often poorly led by white officers who showed open disdain
at the idea of black men as good soldiers.
While certain all black units with black officers or enlightened white
ones did perform competently
those led by bigoted whites
especially those from the south,
performed poorly and that was used to tarnish the reputation
of all black troops.
Also black troops during the world wars were vastly under awarded
compared to their counterparts
in both earlier wars like the Civil War Spanish American War
and Indian Wars or later wars such
Korea or Vietnam.
Some suspect that it was a deliberate policy to under award
black troops to keep the support of southern whites for the world wars.
It's all a darn shame. My dad was a World War Two veteran, originally from Brooklyn, New York. He kept a diary concerning his service in the European theater of operations. Even he, as a young soldier, mentioned in his writings how poorly black troops were treated by the Army.
my bahamian pops bless him served in ww2! much respect for him and All blk veterans like my self 80's !!!
Sometimes I HATE that I served this country.
You could be in a 3rd world country. 🤷♂️
@@The.Original.Potatocakes how could I be in a 3td world country? Based on what? I’m not the descendant of immigrants (like you), and my family on both sides have been on this soil for 350 years. So no, I couldn’t be in a 3rd world country. You could perhaps.
@@The.Original.PotatocakesA Sick UNGODLY People these Demonic Bigots are Disgusting to hear this type of Degenerate Filth was Happening truly Of Satanic Origin
Please do not disregard your Service to this Country. Even if your fellow soldiers and officers didn't acknowledge that Service. You're still just a much hero as anyone else. God Bless you.
@@desertdetroiter428Tell him one more time! They kill me with that crap. Ask them why their ancestors left Europe. To get out of their s#ithole countries is why.
I totally appreciate that your video highlighted the plights of Black soldiers… I wish that more time or efforts were put forth in your grammatical errors which is a a reflection of your dedication to prove we are capable of presenting facts.
Great video and timely release!
My father served in the Pacific during the war...he told his four sons...that the US military was no place for a Black man... especially during Vietnam it seemed that the government was playing catch up with Black soldiers sending everybody except those with money...he made sure those of my brothers that were eligible for the draft was in college
Good documentary, with some chilling thoughts about it's time. One thing that perhaps deserves a mention would be how rape convictions were virtually NEVER brought against white American soldiers, despite THOUSANDS of accusations, whereas black American soldiers accused of rape faced very severe penalties (not to mention lynchings from their own side and such).
That has kept me from dating any woman except women of color, the power is still there anytime a white woman wants to use it, I heard a story where these three black soldiers were accused of raping a white woman doing the second world war, she pointed out two of the men, but they killed all three of them, one wrote his mother and told her he had nothing to do with raping that woman, but they were going to kill him the next day.
Excellent work!
Us helping these people fight THEIR WARS needs to stop.
We don't serve for THEM... we serve for US!
@@Ms.Byrd68 but what are you "serving"? And who's conflicts are you "serving" to end? I have yet to see a conflict America was involved in to benefit us.
@@Neake22 My people, my family and whatever conflict that would threaten them! These men's service lead to finally & truly DESEGREGATING the Military, ending the discrimination in advancements, promotions and Military opportunities afforded to my family. They served for THEIR PEOPLE, THEIR FAMILY. I served for mine... YOUR WELCOME!
@@Ms.Byrd68 Yet Racism is nowhere near an end in the US
@@Ms.Byrd68 You're missing the point. I'm not trying to discredit you or your family being inlisted. But we have been helping these people since the revolutionary war. That's no different than the black people from the civil rights era getting beat up and bashed in the head at restaurants just so they could eat with white people. You just had 2 brothers get discriminated against at Dennys. IT'S THEIR MILITARY, THEIR WARS!
My father was a British army vet of ww2 and korea...he was always amazed at how poorly white American troops treated black troops....
I'm amazed why these African Americans never considered rebelling and joining the enemy.
A lot in the US could have acted as spies and saboteurs.
The black earth belongs to blackmen.The long suffering is going to be long and joy for ever.
Reparations Right Now for FBA-B1
Lol W.B. DuBois does sound like WB tha boys. Some of these captions are whacked out but this whole video is golden. Thanks for creating it!
I just recently brought a book called Patton's Panthers, great eye opening read. It should be a must read for anyone studying military history.
This. This is the kind of stuff that’s never talked about in history classes in the public school system. You gotta enroll in college level courses just to learn this
Please, let's not turn history lessons about World War 2 into how Black People were treated...
What I believe we have to include more is what atrocities the allies did to Germany and even the FRENCH. Allied troops - including Black Americans - participated in sexual violence. It was, ofc, much worse on the Eastern Front where the numbers hit millions of women.
The treatment of Black Americans is quite irrelevant to World War 2.
@@MMOfreakOUT1atrocities? To the French? The Germans deserved everything they got.
@@MMOfreakOUT1I hope you look back on your comment in shame.
@@NoahPanton I don't. People gotta stop treating Black People like innocent children. I've studied World War 2 throughout my life. Fact of the matter is that the only interesting part of Black People in WW2 was that the Americans and English got into fights over the Jim Crow laws that Americans had included in their military. But truth is that they didn't have much of a role back then. During the occupation of France, Nazis pretty much only picked up jews.
Why should I learn about Black People in World War 2 when their role was so insignifact? There were Black SA members and there was Black American soldiers who r4ped Women. We gonna include them as well? Or is that gonna be left out? The only people who would think of Black People in relation to World War 2 would be Americans because of Jim Crow.
@@MMOfreakOUT1 you sound bitter! All that you’ve commented, has been done by your own people’s ancestors. Also I’d like to hear your evidence on those claims? All talk until we see your source🤮
Such an amazing video! Thank you my brother 🙏
Great video. I've been watching a lot of WW2 videos lately and was always wondering how black people were treated then. It give me a lot of anxiety learning everything that they had to do through to want to gain respect.
merci pour votre service
I had never heard of the Black Panthers but of course I have had of the Red Tails. Thank you so much for this history lesson. This means the world to me.
Check out a book called Patton's Panthers. It's eye opening.
You can buy their uniform patch online!
Well, no matter what they went through and how much they might hate the country or their superiors for what they went through, they have my gratitude and respect. Thank you, brave soldiers, for stopping Nazi tyranny.
Shows u how strong Black people are. Racism couldn't stop us.❤
We used to be the majority now we are the minority think about that.
Great history video. In these times we need to remind the younger generation of our struggles in the past as well as in the future. GOD bless us all !!
No one cares about you people except you people 😂
We need to teach people about history but leave the victim blaming and race hustling out of it. I know you didn’t say it but it is a slap in the face to all the men in this video who died for equality just for their descendants to use their skin color to play the victim.
@@Fck_the_atfblacks have been playing victim since the 60’s. It has only gotten worse in the 2020’s as they become more entitled.
@@Fck_the_atfwhy are you so offended by the history of racism? It's less about "victim blaming" and more about you being uncomfortable when people talk about historical injustices
My great uncle served during world war 2. He said they wouldn't issue him a rifle. His job was to sneak up and place sticky bombs on german tanks and sneak away without being detected.
That was messed up and stupid why didn't the white soldier do that job sense they didn't want to give the man a gun
Such injustice. This badass soldiers should not have been harassed for their race , but treated as war heroes .
As a former Australian Army member I salute all you Seppos regardless. Definitely miss you Jarhead bastards.
I whole heartedly thank and commend you all for this essay on the brave Black men and women who severed,and are currently enlisted,in the armed forces of this nation. Their outstanding heroism is a blatant example of their determination to give their all in spite of the racism of this country. However, I'd like to make a correction,if I may,as to the type of aircraft the 332nd Fighter Group was mentioned as flying in the video in mid 1944. It was stated that the group was issued the " P-34 Thunderjet". This was untrue as the F-84 Thunderjet wasn't invented until right before the Korean War in the 1950s,and as indicated by its name the Thunderjet was a jet fighter aircraft. The United States had developed no jet planes that flew in combat during World War 2. The plane the commenter probably was thinking of was the amazing P-51 Mustang,a sleek,piston powered workhorse of a fighter,that the 332nd used to sweep the skies before them.
You are right there were no jets used in world war two from the USA.
It goes to show, how far we come in the military 😉🪖 black men and women warrior s, during world war 2
My Grandfather served in the Red Ball Express
They said Black service men weren't smart enough, brave enough and strong enough they were underestimated at each turn I now turn to White service men who among you is smart enough brave enough and strong enough to take a stand against discrimination in all forms JS
A small trivia
The first picture at 0:00
are men from the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion. The reason they looked upset because they were captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge and are being photographed by the German cameramen for the "Die Deutche Wochenchau" (German Weekly) (These men were in the front line area in Belgium). They fought but ran out of ammo
Outstanding information 👏 ww1 Black troops... 💯 Respect most be Heard awesome stuff here
This country is mad evil.🤔
Sadly a lot of black infantry men in ww2 were given “shit jobs”. They were the ones who who had to do the mine sweeping, which is scary as hell. One wrong step and that’s it. I do believe that times have changed since then but it doesn’t excuse the past behavior and treatments. It wasent until 2003 that the Navajo code talkers were officially acknowledged as war heroes. That’s a darn shame
The 93rd & 92nd divisions deserve a video.
Thank you for your great insight
Hollywood needs to make a movie about the 761 tank group.
#THE REAL BLACK PANTHERS!!!
You forgot to talk about The Battle of Bamber Bridge during World War 2 when racist white American soldiers & officers were jealous and hated how Black American soldiers were welcomed in an English town and were allowed entry into bars and English white women were throwing themselves at them, this led to conflict
That was an outrageous event and downright embarrassment to white GI's. The Brits said the Black soldiers were civilized and good to get along with while the whites were uncouth.
Very well done.
Thanks.
Nazis were treated better than black americans. Its really sad. They thought if they participated and helped during ww1 and ww2 that the rest of the country would see them a little bit better... but they didnt. Henry johnson is a good example of what happened to us after the wars.
Americas garment will always have an indelible stain on it.
Rest in power to these brave men.
You know something is wrong when nazis are criticizing how your country is treating you😭
That was propaganda. The Nazi party ain’t care about the negroes either.
Vietcong as well.
Driving 400 miles at night with no headlights..🤝❤
God bless these men and their families
Thanks for an excellent black history lesson. I had the honor of meeting a few of the veteran red tails when they spoke at Compton College when I worked in the 1980s. in fact my jr. high school (also in Compton) was named after General Benjamin O Davis jr.
It's deeper than that. But I'm glad people are putting in the work. Soon, we'll realize that we've been duped out our own land. This is why many black communities lack black business owners. Instead, there are always foreign entities that set up shop because of Americas trade agreements. Many black cities were destroyed during both wars, similar to the Indians (black Americans) camps being destroyed while men were off to battle
Look up Seneca Village
When refitted with new airplanes to replace the P40 Warhawk fighter plane the 99th(332nd) Squadrons were flying they were given the P51 Mustang fighter plane at Ramitelli, Italy and not the "P37 Thunder Jet", a plane mentioned here that I have never heard of
Got the picture right but the name wrong. They started with the P-40 Warhawk (OLD but reliable FOR GROUND SUPPORT), P-38 Airacobras and the P-51 Thunderbolt and eventually were upgraded to the P-51 Mustang (supply I believe was the reason).
@@leodouskyron5671 The P-47 Thunderbolt?
Why wouldn't black people hate fighting in wars for a country where they were (are) treated like second class citizens?
I think the right thing to do for Afican Americans is to get paid reparations 😢
Yep
SHOUT OUT TO All Those who survived the Marshall Islands jungle. And to come home deaf in one ear and never getting a pension, even at 86 years of age, no pension!!!!!!
Who particularly?
Can you do some videos on the wars since? Vietnam would be the most interesting.
Every single war is most interesting
The most truthful channel I've ever watched about the mistreatment of our black soldiers, and it really pisses me off!😡 To fight and die for a country that hates you, yet this country gives billions of our dollars to other racist countries that hate our people, instead of taking care of our own brave men that faught for this country!😞
Myself it's Good to hear the whole history of our wars. We all Bleed the same Red Blood. And sacrifice and service. 😊👍💯❣🇺🇸🙃🌏👍
Both grandfathers were infantry. One in Italy, one in France all the way to Germany.
Which outfit was the Fortress one with?
@@roderickstockdale1678 I don't know what company he was in I just know it was "colored" one.
Do a Story About Montford Point Marines Combat in the Pacific, Semper-Fi.
🦅🌎⚓️👍🏾❤️✊🏾🇺🇸
I met one years ago that said he had been trained by Hashmark Johnson. It was such an honor!
@@odgreen5655 Touche' (smile)
After all of this ....they came back home to have to go in the back door of the restaurant.
My dad was in WW2
Jesus! That's insane and freaking depressing!
As a proud BLACK VET, I very much appreciate your telling of the black Veterans' accomplishments and struggles.
The fact that we have fought with honor and dignity for this country, only to still have been treated with such disrespect, hurts me DEEPLY! I SALUTE THOSE WHO WERE BEFORE ME!!!
The Battle of Bamber Bridge is the name given to an outbreak of racial violence involving American soldiers stationed in the village of Bamber Bridge, Lancashire, in Northern England during the Second World War. Tensions had been high following a failed attempt by US commanders to racially segregate pubs in the village, and worsened after the 1943 Detroit race riot. The battle started when white American Military Police (MPs) attempted to arrest several African American soldiers from the racially segregated 1511th Quartermaster Truck Regiment for being out of uniform at the Ye Olde Hob Inn public house in Bamber Bridge.
In a confrontation on the street afterwards, a white MP shot and killed Private William Crossland. More military police then arrived armed with machine guns and grenades, and black soldiers armed themselves with rifles from their base armoury for protection. Both sides exchanged fire through the night. Although a court martial convicted 32 African American soldiers of mutiny and related crimes, poor leadership and the racist attitudes of the MPs were acknowledged as causes.
That's why it's so infuriating to witness the Whites dismissive attitude toward the Black community in the US. Always having to start all over again from scratch when Whites could capitalize on whatever they earned. How on earth could a community regularly deprived of what they deserved not be economically at the bottom of society? It is a miracle that Blacks haven't been wiped out as the indigenous were , managed to survive and for some of them, to thrive.
This type of usery of Black Americans in war time is very animalistic and uncivilized.
Yes. Like Argentina they used us as Cannon Fodder
A well researched video; the subtitles had a few misspelled words though. Also, how about the Pacific theatre?
Like i always say. Im an American but ill fight the enemy from my doorstep while supporting the troops 🖤🫡
So U support war 🤣🤦🏾♂️
We so slo smh War iz ritualistic sacrifice. Y tha rich elite don't fyte?? Think it thru
@UltraInstinct-yn1ft I support defense. Protecting My Family. If the enemy attacks, I support the people CHOOSING to risk their lives to protect me and Americans. I will protect my family, home, and freedom personally. I don't believe in war.
@reddysg can't have it both wayz. If U support tha troops, that meenz U support war lol iss literally their only objective. I can find more information about soldiers stealin & raypin than actually helpin... but ur free 2c thingz howevr U like
They are the bravest of the brave. The buffalo soldiers were also regarded as elite. I don’t understand why blacks would fight and die for whites people that treated them worse than animals though.. I feel anger and sadness on how they were treated.
Evrythang they can do, we can do betr 🤷🏾♂️
I don't think black men though was to fight for white men but about respect for there selfs hopefully white America respect us and a lot of blacks needed jobs to send money home to there family and maybe other little perks that may have been offer
@@eugeneewings9522 valid points... but thinkin they'd earn respeck aftr bein brutalyzed 4 hundredz of yeerz... Y wood they evn give a dam about that?