Life Inside the Vietcong Tunnels (Cross Section)

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  Рік тому +202

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    • @jamesmoriarty9433
      @jamesmoriarty9433 Рік тому

      That is an excellent Black Ops 1 reference at 8:24.

    • @Battledongus
      @Battledongus Рік тому +5

      Leading the way? I've been involved with PCs for like 20 years and I've never once heard of this brand or this program. just don't click on sus links and keep your system updated.

    • @tandavawalsh0777
      @tandavawalsh0777 Рік тому

      These guys will to live and fight is incomparable. I couldnt imagine

    • @GrafXohoo
      @GrafXohoo Рік тому +2

      Hi, I have a question: how was the music called you used here 1:11
      Would be nice if you could answer

    • @manoharmeka999
      @manoharmeka999 Рік тому

      Nazis would have sent in cynic gases inside those. Problem solved.

  • @sentionaut6270
    @sentionaut6270 Рік тому +2957

    The VC even had a captured American M48 tank underground. It was still functional. They utilized its power for lighting and radio.

    • @allent.g560
      @allent.g560 Рік тому +659

      T-54s were disassembled into parts, transported through the Ho Chi Minh trail, and reassembled underground. When the time came for the attack, they emerged from the ground out of nowhere. That must be a terrifying sight to see.

    • @robinsoto2700
      @robinsoto2700 Рік тому +60

      ​@@allent.g560 this too wat

    • @mattholomule7810
      @mattholomule7810 Рік тому +22

      What does wat mean? Is it slang?

    • @Woodsmanparks
      @Woodsmanparks Рік тому +19

      That is hilarious

    • @jeff-hd9og
      @jeff-hd9og Рік тому +10

      @@mattholomule7810 it means what

  • @dominuslimo4147
    @dominuslimo4147 Рік тому +506

    8:21 I love how the Vietnamese soldier goes and high-fives the Americans after they failed to gas his tunnel XD

    • @Menaceblue3
      @Menaceblue3 Рік тому +39

      The scene after was from Call of Duty black Ops....
      When Mason went into a VC tunnel

    • @jameshubert6103
      @jameshubert6103 Рік тому +19

      They did the high five taunt

    • @jzisers
      @jzisers Рік тому +4

      That’s so joke, thought they met truces 😆

    • @HumperJumper69
      @HumperJumper69 Рік тому +6

      ​@@Menaceblue3 yeah, and Swift got charged by an enemy VC ambush

    • @thatguybrody4819
      @thatguybrody4819 Рік тому +4

      @@jameshubert6103 offscreen they had someone kazotsky kicking.

  • @chickenmadness1732
    @chickenmadness1732 Рік тому +935

    huge respect to these people tbh. They literally had nothing and destroyed the most heavily funded military in the world.

    • @agen1man
      @agen1man Рік тому +52

      just goes to show how incredibly difficult invading really is..a few guys with old ww2 era rifles holding up an entire squad who in the end decide to call in cas or artillery... by that time the fellas are already gone and the entire thing repeats in another location...fun patrolling

    • @davidrichardson6749
      @davidrichardson6749 Рік тому +62

      Obviously this is a very rough comparison, but I always found it ironic that this happened to the same nation that gained independence with an untrained and underfunded army of misfits that utilized guerrilla tactics against a well funded and established global force. I guess the lesson is never forget your roots and where you came from.

    • @mirko7587
      @mirko7587 Рік тому +12

      @@davidrichardson6749 Also, this is the defender's or local advantage, which encompasses things such as knowing the place, patriotism, and fighting to not disappear from the map (the british were fighting to keep a colony, the americans in nam were trying to stop north vietnam and maybe advance further and conquer it).

    • @InternetUser2004
      @InternetUser2004 Рік тому +1

      You forgot the fact there were 1.1 million vietcong creatures died 😅

    • @thelaphanga
      @thelaphanga Рік тому +37

      Huge respect for Palestine

  • @mrnikke85
    @mrnikke85 Рік тому +901

    Visited a few of these tunnels in vietnam. They were so small that almost immediately got claustrophobic. The tunnels that I visited were even the big ones. Can't even imagine how ruff it would be to live those for months. 😵‍💫

    • @tempejkl
      @tempejkl Рік тому +129

      well, blame the americans

    • @DeBattousai
      @DeBattousai Рік тому

      asian people back then skinner than murica fat boys. They just eat enough to survive, fight and share with other villagers, not to enjoy like McD, KFC, starbuck now

    • @jacobnewcombe5367
      @jacobnewcombe5367 Рік тому +5

      *rough

    • @airmobiledivision7759
      @airmobiledivision7759 Рік тому +46

      @@tempejkl Why not the French?

    • @allent.g560
      @allent.g560 Рік тому +98

      Those tunnels were widened so tourists can fit in them. The original tunnels were much narrower.

  • @Gator-357
    @Gator-357 Рік тому +757

    My uncle was a tunnel rat in Vietnam and somehow made it through three tours. I can't imagine going in a tunnel once let alone the hundreds of times he did.

    • @j.johnson3520
      @j.johnson3520 Рік тому +43

      Seriously brave dude.

    • @ayaqkenduri2114
      @ayaqkenduri2114 Рік тому +29

      they still lose tho😂

    • @j.johnson3520
      @j.johnson3520 Рік тому +67

      @@ayaqkenduri2114 Everyone one lost.

    • @fort809
      @fort809 Рік тому +89

      @@j.johnson3520 since when was invading a foreign country considered bravery? Three tours means he wasn’t drafted, the man chose it

    • @j.johnson3520
      @j.johnson3520 Рік тому +37

      @@fort809 are you referring to North Vietnam invading South Vietnam?

  • @jc-tu6pg
    @jc-tu6pg Рік тому +1411

    Nice touch with the insects and pests! This is no doubt a serious issue that no one ever seems to speak about regarding those tunnels. I couldn't last one hour inside one of them

    • @YoureRatharStewpidMate
      @YoureRatharStewpidMate Рік тому +8

      Are you a vietcong

    • @IAmAHomoSapienFR
      @IAmAHomoSapienFR Рік тому +11

      ​@@YoureRatharStewpidMate probably a tourist visiting the tunnels

    • @NXMKhoi
      @NXMKhoi Рік тому

      Because our soldiers don't want to be tortured by the Americans, they have to go underground to live

    • @bradsanders407
      @bradsanders407 Рік тому +45

      Lol so the serious issue is the pest in the tunnels not the foreign invaders above ground?

    • @susye2264
      @susye2264 Рік тому +103

      @@bradsanders407 imagine sleeping while hundreds of bugs climb on you and eat your dead skin while you sleep

  • @RinnzuRosendale
    @RinnzuRosendale Рік тому +1878

    From the Vietnamese perspective: You're in a hole in the dark. You just made it back from ambushing an American convoy. A few friends didn't make it back. You heard the screams of the immobilized die out as the forest burns along with them. You pause as the ground shakes and you hear American vehicles and chatter above you. You would be scared but you are too desensitized after hearing that your wife and daughter were slaughtered by a gi death squad that came through your village. Filled with rage, when the order comes you pop out of your hole and charge with fury at the GIs.
    From the American perspective" You walk through the jungle, a fresh GI. You don't want to be here but you got drafted. You hear stories about the awful things the Vietnamese do to captives. You've only made one friend since you've been here but he was killed by a little girl with a hand grenade. suddenly you hear yelling as many Vietnamese pop out of no where.
    No winners in War guys.

    • @gayanudugampola8973
      @gayanudugampola8973 Рік тому +173

      Man i heard stories were children were used as suicide bombers as well stories about innocent civilians getting slaughtered by GI's due to paranoia or anger.
      Scary stuff.

    • @jonathanmunoz137
      @jonathanmunoz137 Рік тому

      No winners. But just one invader and one people defending their land. Every North American soldier is a war criminal

    • @shironeko3095
      @shironeko3095 Рік тому +106

      Yeah my country only fought for our freedom, not for the regime or any supreme ideology and whatnot. Considering all those life lost and the economy problems after the war, i can not tell that we won

    • @DaRealKing303
      @DaRealKing303 Рік тому +21

      Politcians

    • @chithiennguyen1371
      @chithiennguyen1371 Рік тому +139

      @@shironeko3095 We won. If we lost the war, we will lose the territory in the South to the US, and they will have US military base there to threaten us and have control of the rest of the Southeast Asia region, we will never regain our territory back unless we start another war and won it. We sacrifice millions and the economy, which can easily recover in a few years without starting a 2nd war. Millions of people died but that doesn't does any damage to the country at all, our population grew 30% extra 11 million people to 2-3 million were lost from the time we fought the US till the time they left. The economic problem only lasts for 20 years.

  • @flakproof
    @flakproof Рік тому +166

    Damn, the Vietnamese were very smart.

    • @JvP-tj9bt
      @JvP-tj9bt Рік тому

      Neil Davis speaks about American soldiers:
      ua-cam.com/video/k1qII03YByI/v-deo.html

  • @americanoutdoorsman_1133
    @americanoutdoorsman_1133 Рік тому +253

    My high school Algebra teacher served in Vietnam as a tunnel rat. He shared a few stories and how he said how he developed a six sense and how you can feel the presence when someone was near.

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому +4

      Really? Your algebra teacher was rat-man and had sixth sense? You had a Vietnamese algebra teacher who was in Vietnam...you must be old-ish...

    • @americanoutdoorsman_1133
      @americanoutdoorsman_1133 Рік тому +24

      @@ozymandiasultor9480 yes my Algebra teacher was a tunnel rat in Vietnam. He wasn’t Vietnamese at all he’s a black man run into him from time to time and he still remembers me. A great man.

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому +1

      @@americanoutdoorsman_1133 He wasn't Vietnamese...he was a black man? He was helping the Vietnamese or the Americans? I don't remember that some African country had people there...

    • @Rayan15938
      @Rayan15938 Рік тому +31

      @@ozymandiasultor9480 What do you not understand? Have you been outside? There are black people in the United States.

    • @ozymandiasultor9480
      @ozymandiasultor9480 Рік тому +4

      @@Rayan15938 So what? He never said American, he said black men and black people usually live in Africa.
      You are not really bright, especially when it comes to sarcasm, right?
      Where have you been outside, genius? If you are for the USA, the chances are that you have never been to any other country, except maybe Mexico or Canada. That is not exactly going outside.

  • @luckylife116
    @luckylife116 6 місяців тому +27

    Nothing can defeat Vietnamese - strong nation 👏

    • @SuperGreatSphinx
      @SuperGreatSphinx 5 місяців тому +1

      The Strength of Hercules

    • @vietcongveteran1702
      @vietcongveteran1702 16 днів тому

      Third world nation very strong even dont need technology weapon..afghanistan too

    • @Oceanking16
      @Oceanking16 15 днів тому

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    • @vietcongveteran1702
      @vietcongveteran1702 15 днів тому

      @@luckylife116 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳💪💪💪

  • @wattsnottaken1
    @wattsnottaken1 Рік тому +102

    8:26 Nice original black ops campaign reference right here 😁
    As Darlene Snell said, “Did the Viet Cong have to win? No, they just had to not lose”

  • @Rickbane01
    @Rickbane01 Рік тому +952

    Surprised the concept of a tunnel rat hasn't been used as a close quarters fps game with randomly generated tunnels to clear out.
    A very terrifying experience

    • @ricepony33
      @ricepony33 Рік тому +66

      VR

    • @nebiyuesayas5600
      @nebiyuesayas5600 Рік тому +43

      That seems like a fantastic rogue like or rogue lite game, if not an FPS. Or even both, maybe it's like the old Doom games or smth

    • @blumtop
      @blumtop Рік тому

      there is the budget game tunnel rats, its okay, but not many tunnels. or in cod black ops is a rat tunnel mission ua-cam.com/video/nLnh21ROdF4/v-deo.html

    • @FlyingTigersKMT
      @FlyingTigersKMT Рік тому +28

      There is a tunnel rat mission in one of those old fps games based in Vietnam. Forgot which one. Shell Shock or such. But it was like first gen gaming consoles.

    • @JStar1337
      @JStar1337 Рік тому +14

      @@FlyingTigersKMT
      On the C64 there was a game called "Platoon" (like the movie), there was also a section in the tunnel system.

  • @jeffersonchau7171
    @jeffersonchau7171 Рік тому +87

    "They're hiding in the trees!" no John, they're hiding in tunnels

    • @hienmathiem7346
      @hienmathiem7346 11 місяців тому +4

      Không, những gốc cây biết cầm súng😅

  • @NathanMoses99
    @NathanMoses99 Рік тому +50

    All Soldiers are great but the VC are next level...their dedication and the lack of tool against the enemy, they are amazing!

  • @dvasavertik7629
    @dvasavertik7629 Рік тому +90

    These heroes defended their home from an invasion despite the terrifying odds, severe casualties and many atrocities against them. This was the beginning of an era when the Americans stopped being the good guys.

    • @sylviam6535
      @sylviam6535 Рік тому +37

      They were never the good guys.

    • @TheLucidSpecter
      @TheLucidSpecter Рік тому +6

      No good guys in war, buddy. Lol it's called war.

    • @Alex-to4ig
      @Alex-to4ig Рік тому

      Avevano già rovinato parecchie nazioni...non sono mai stati i buoni

    • @nicolasrafael20
      @nicolasrafael20 Рік тому

      @@sylviam6535 Of course they were, they were fighting motherfucking colonialists for decades
      Vietnamese soldiers were heroes

    • @chilean1463
      @chilean1463 11 місяців тому +7

      same thing for palestine now. they’re defending their country

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 Рік тому +642

    “I cut my teeth in the trenches of the Somme, you larped your Santa Claus butt to Vietnam!” JRR Tolkien

    • @neofulcrum5013
      @neofulcrum5013 Рік тому +52

      Ah, a fellow ERB enthusiast

    • @jeffreyreed3502
      @jeffreyreed3502 Рік тому +43

      And it’s hard for me to take criticism on clothes from a dude who sends a raven to say hi to ties- J.R.R Tolkien

    • @corymorimacori1059
      @corymorimacori1059 Рік тому +39

      @@jeffreyreed3502 “Man, your fat jokes are worse than your pipe smoke! My show’s the hottest thing on HBO!” George RR Martin

    • @Jerry_Freestyle
      @Jerry_Freestyle Рік тому +15

      Another man of culture is upon us

    • @HIWTYLSL
      @HIWTYLSL Рік тому +6

      You love to hear it

  • @laminatd8063
    @laminatd8063 Рік тому +77

    its such a weird coincidence that in my history class TODAY, we discussed the vietcong tactics and their lifestyles and this vid gets posted the same day

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 Рік тому

      dat Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon doe

    • @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid
      @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid Рік тому

      @@teebob21 Just fuckin speak normally and stop trying to be someone else.
      Nobody valid will ever be impressed by that nonsense.

    • @JohnWickkkk
      @JohnWickkkk Рік тому

      Link?

    • @DuongBui-uh2uq
      @DuongBui-uh2uq Рік тому +1

      Còn hàng tỉ thứ bạn chưa biết về quân đội Việt Nam. Không có phương tiện vận tải bị không kích thường xuyên nhưng họ có thể vận tải hàng triệu tấn vũ khí ra chiến trường, đủ để chiến đấu với quân đội mỹ. Chúng tôi thà hi sinh tất cả chứ không chịu để chiến trường thiếu 1 viên đạn nào trong chiến đấu.

    • @DuongBui-uh2uq
      @DuongBui-uh2uq Рік тому +1

      Từ miền bắc vào nam con đường dài hơn 1000km nhưng người Việt vẫn tiếp tế đầy đủ cho chiến trường, mỗi viên đạn của người lính họ quyết tâm cao hơn người mỹ.

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 Рік тому +205

    They’re in the ground…THEYRE IN THE GODDAMN GROUND!
    I’d love if you guys could cover the history of guerrilla tactics. Including the Vietcong’s methods.

    • @kittycatwithinternetaccess2356
      @kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 Рік тому

      It's the same as all terrorists

    • @neofulcrum5013
      @neofulcrum5013 Рік тому

      @@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356they evolved over time to get where we are now

    • @dillonc7955
      @dillonc7955 Рік тому +13

      ​@@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356The Vietcong and NVA lived in North Vietnam so the word "terrorist" doesn't even make sense.

    • @darkmatter9643
      @darkmatter9643 Рік тому +10

      @@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 wild that you would say that

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j Рік тому

      @@dillonc7955 just like how the MSM scapegoated the Iraqis and Afghans who were defending their countries from our invasion

  • @DROPSHIPCAPTAIN
    @DROPSHIPCAPTAIN Рік тому +90

    I’ve always wanted to know how they lived and survived through guerrilla warfare.
    Fascinating stuff keep it up!!

  • @manhhungnguyen8597
    @manhhungnguyen8597 8 місяців тому +4

    I am from Vietnam. The Cu Chi tunnels are not as long and wide as you might think; they consist of small tunnels. Many Viet Cong members suffocated in these tunnels when American tanks passed over. To delve deeper into this history, read the memoir of Duong Dinh Loi, a communist who lived and fought against U.S. and South Vietnamese troops in Cu Chi from 1964 to 1970. Loi once nearly suffocated while hiding in a tunnel but was revived by a nurse’s urine-soaked cloth.

    • @antoniosorgentone690
      @antoniosorgentone690 7 місяців тому

      I m lookung for duong linh book in italian or english language but i cannot fino it

  • @brainflash1
    @brainflash1 Рік тому +25

    8:22 The American and the VC just casually high five.

  • @vinhmai5566
    @vinhmai5566 Рік тому +103

    Anyone gonna talk about how we finally see the narrator’s face?

    • @blaizegottman4139
      @blaizegottman4139 Рік тому +3

      Maybe not

    • @SimulDatCor
      @SimulDatCor Рік тому +11

      Face reveal had already been done long time ago, and there are several narrators for this channel. Not that big of a deal.

    • @vinhmai5566
      @vinhmai5566 Рік тому +11

      This is the first time that I saw one of the narrators face

    • @hellomjb
      @hellomjb Рік тому

      It was actually the voiceover guys voice doing a voice over for the actor on the sponsor message.

    • @ClickClack_Bam
      @ClickClack_Bam Рік тому

      Been watching a long time & recently just seen his face

  • @users.anonymous
    @users.anonymous 11 місяців тому +29

    These tactics are now being used by the Hamas Military

    • @ZeriousOOmissions
      @ZeriousOOmissions 11 місяців тому

      But Israel forces use spongebomb to flood the tunnels and Hamas force to get out of the tunnel but the Israel armies are waiting in the ground to ambush them

    • @ihateshorts32
      @ihateshorts32 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@ZeriousOOmissionsthese dont seem too effective do they?

    • @janey_fromTheBlock
      @janey_fromTheBlock 9 місяців тому +2

      @@ihateshorts32not effective. hamas learnt n trained by iran. Not by the Vietnamese

    • @tuqa2195
      @tuqa2195 7 місяців тому

      ​@ZeriousOOmissions it's been 4 months, and they did nothing 😂

    • @zainalismail6798
      @zainalismail6798 4 місяці тому +2

      ​@@tuqa2195the still survive.after 9 month.palestine freedom fighters still survive

  • @guillermoespino2141
    @guillermoespino2141 Рік тому +68

    Great respect to the VC in facing an overwhelming enemy.

  • @albdamned577
    @albdamned577 Рік тому +44

    I grew up as an army brat in the late 80s, early 90s, I was told a lot of stories about the tunnels the VC use to make and was fascinated. I really wanted to learn how to dig out a cave.

  • @rc59191
    @rc59191 Рік тому +96

    Charlie didn't get much USO he was dug in too deep or moving too fast. His idea of R&R was cold rice and a little rat meat.

  • @greatheadflipilillilip8505
    @greatheadflipilillilip8505 Рік тому +8

    What a resilient force to fight and win against technological superiority with shovels and determination

    • @nezuminezuminezumi7266
      @nezuminezuminezumi7266 6 місяців тому

      Absolute rubbish. The Vietcong were extremely well supplied by the soviets. Same story in Africa. The black terrorists fighting in the bush war had technology which was often Superior to that of the South Africans.

  • @arotogtech
    @arotogtech Рік тому +10

    This war taught the US that they were not invincible!

  • @OllieBivins
    @OllieBivins Рік тому +19

    I was active in the antiwar movement, Trust me when I say this. The longer the war continued, the more Americans, especially young people, openly sided with the VC. Openly and proudly carrying/displaying VC flags in demonstrations. Especially after 1968.

    • @TerenceTarver
      @TerenceTarver 6 місяців тому

      That's the antiwar movement. We have less balls to use our freedoms in 2024.

    • @MộcLanPhương
      @MộcLanPhương 2 місяці тому

      Là người Việt Nam
      Cảm ơn bạn về điều này

  • @luckyterror5756
    @luckyterror5756 Рік тому +4

    Yall just remaking old videos and just making them better. I support that

  • @christophersilsby7829
    @christophersilsby7829 Рік тому +57

    There was a large tunnel group right under a major US Army base(I think it was the 25th infantry in the CHU CHI area.

    • @annle986
      @annle986 5 днів тому

      it's actually Cu Chi but you're close :)

  • @kaitojordan6669
    @kaitojordan6669 Рік тому +25

    US Soldier: Why is there wedding music coming out of ground? 4:25

  • @Vexot223
    @Vexot223 Рік тому +65

    Yo thank you for making these videos! I am doing a unit in school and I thank you for this vid and keep going! I love the vids!

  • @minhquanang5148
    @minhquanang5148 Рік тому +17

    deserved victory, genius idea, determined soldiers

  • @therealspeedwagon1451
    @therealspeedwagon1451 Рік тому +48

    It always impresses me with the sheer ingenuity of guerrilla warfare! I can only imagine all of the twists and turns of such tunnels and what booby traps to use. And yet they seem to me more creative than I could’ve ever thought possible!

  • @alanroberson9749
    @alanroberson9749 Рік тому +153

    Very good job fellows throughout the 2nd century educational week of said May!! Congratulations y'all.
    I’d love it with you guys could cover the history of guerrilla tactics. Including the Vietcong’s methods.

    • @2hipofficial424
      @2hipofficial424 Рік тому +2

      American soldiers trapped in Vietnamese bamboo traps are not dead but very painful and haunting…

  • @tristanmole5885
    @tristanmole5885 Рік тому +9

    1:52 the Vietcong were the first to discover that placing ladders and torches underwater created air pockets

  • @ravensthatflywiththenightm7319
    @ravensthatflywiththenightm7319 Рік тому +41

    "It's like an ant hive!"
    "Bees, man, bees have hives!"
    "You know what I mean!"

    • @hienmathiem7346
      @hienmathiem7346 11 місяців тому

      Sẽ thật ngu ngốc khi ong chui vào tổ kiến và ngược lại. Nước ngoài cũng không nên đến Việt Nam xâm lược.

  • @bocahbagus563
    @bocahbagus563 Рік тому +6

    Underground tunnels have proven effective in defending against enemy attacks so that the Vietcong can survive the onslaught of American troops... Until now underground tunnels are still used for In war tactics. For example, Hamas troops in the Gaza strip use underground tunnels for defense against Israeli troops

  • @carthy29
    @carthy29 Рік тому +13

    I was in the chu chi tunnels north of saigon in 2005, very small - fun fact, the mongols invaded the area of vietnam as it was back then, 3 times and 3 times were repelled, in the end they made a deal to become like a commonwealth, also the area of afghanistan the mongols could not conquer fully also, so its in their blood not to be pushed around

  • @genghiskhan6809
    @genghiskhan6809 Рік тому +17

    They’re in the trees, they’re in the ground, and soon they’ll even be in the goddamn walls.

  • @Colleywoodstudios
    @Colleywoodstudios Рік тому +18

    Ya dont have to win a war ya just have to NOT lose so long as you have home field advantage

    • @DeBattousai
      @DeBattousai Рік тому

      guerilla war is complicated. If outsider back then can get the landscape design/plan easily, they will just put gas in the holes. Now it's just precision with missile

  • @taboovsknowledge1603
    @taboovsknowledge1603 Рік тому +33

    The realistic art of the ending evacuation, one person getting on the chopper wearing plaid pants is so spot on!

    • @taboovsknowledge1603
      @taboovsknowledge1603 Рік тому +2

      Th VC catch you with plaid pants, they would kill you on spot!

    • @GaiaTree
      @GaiaTree Рік тому +1

      Why

    • @taboovsknowledge1603
      @taboovsknowledge1603 Рік тому

      @@GaiaTree Plaid Pants? There is no plaid in communist Vietnam!

    • @NguyenDung-xf5sx
      @NguyenDung-xf5sx Рік тому

      ​@@taboovsknowledge1603 giết chết bọn đế quốc xâm lược

    • @thaihoabui9955
      @thaihoabui9955 4 місяці тому

      ​@@GaiaTree Khi Pháp thua cuộc tại Việt Nam thì Mỹ nhẩy vào và dựng lên tại miền Nam Việt Nam một chính phủ bù nhìn gọi là Việt Nam Cộng Hoà (VNCH). Bọn VNCH này có 1.200.000 lính và cùng với Mỹ, Hàn Quốc, Philippines, Thái Lan, Australia, New Zealand...đã ra tay tàn sát và đàn áp người dân Việt Nam. Sau khi Mỹ rút khỏi Việt Nam thì 1.200.000 lính này không bị tàn sát mà bắt đem đi cầm tù, giáo dục, cải tạo. Phần lớn sau này họ được tạo điều kiện cho định cư ở Mỹ hoặc vượt biên đến Mỹ định cư (bọn họ người Việt Nam gọi là bọn ba sọc như bạn vừa hỏi đó). Thế nên bây giờ tại Mỹ có một cộng đồng người Việt khoảng 2.200.000 người và họ vẫn nuôi ước mơ là sẽ có một ngày họ quay về lật đổ chính quyền Việt Nam để lãnh đạo 103.000.000 dân Việt Nam
      Nhưng thực tế cộng đồng người Việt này rất thiếu học thức và ô hợp😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @bardslee
    @bardslee Рік тому +23

    I'm not surprised the Americans lost these guys were insane!

    • @vietnameseelectrician1248
      @vietnameseelectrician1248 Рік тому

      Những người anh hùng này đã làm cho Chính Phủ Mỹ nổi da gà họ đã làm cho nước Mỹ thành kẻ bại trận như bao kẻ xâm lược khác khi dám xâm lược đất 4000 năm đánh giặc 😂😂😂

    • @Mai-ym8yo
      @Mai-ym8yo 3 місяці тому

      😂

  • @KD-ch3hw
    @KD-ch3hw 6 місяців тому +6

    I've been to Cu Chi tunnels, crazy to think someone could actually navigate and live down there, it's a nightmare

  • @jamesmoriarty9433
    @jamesmoriarty9433 Рік тому +9

    That is an excellent Black Ops 1 reference at 8:24.

  • @mounimstar
    @mounimstar Рік тому +15

    western media would be like : America only defending itself against Vietnamese terrorists .

  • @Trailrider150
    @Trailrider150 Рік тому +7

    The Americans build their base of Saigon on top of a tunnel network that was used against the French Earlier. This allowed the Vietcong to sneak into the base and steal supplies from the Americans, without them ever finding out.

    • @gersongallo3413
      @gersongallo3413 Рік тому

      True, they even listen to their conversations in the tunnels below that's why it confused them all the time as to who leaked important intel to the Vietcong and always thought they had a spy among them

  • @jebise1126
    @jebise1126 Рік тому +13

    3:20 for end of ads

  • @bobholly3843
    @bobholly3843 Рік тому +67

    As a logistical feat, the Tet Offensive was amazing.
    As a shocking part of news, especially for the American people who had been told for months that the North Vietnamese had no more fight left in them, it was impressive.
    As a military operation, it failed horribly. After initial shock, American troops fought back and stopped or took back all lost territory within 2-3 hours.
    But the real damage was done on the homefront. Politicians and the American public started to drift away from supporting the conflict.

    • @tinhhoangvan9327
      @tinhhoangvan9327 Рік тому +4

      Exactly. 100,000 people with thousands of tons of weapons Suddenly appeared everywhere and began to attack according to conventional warfare. How can such a large number of soldiers and weapons freely enter the area occupied by American soldiers.

    • @vinhlong7347
      @vinhlong7347 Рік тому +3

      Most importantly the VC jumped out of nowhere and managed to capture the US Embassy in 6 hours, despite heavy casualties but it made a significant turning point for the US public view of the Vietnam War

    • @asmodiusjones9563
      @asmodiusjones9563 Рік тому +6

      Came to say this. American forces knew the Tet Offensive was coming, prepared extensively for it, and turned it into a slaughter. It effectively destroyed the Viet Cong (communist forces in the south). Most of the remaining combat was done by the North Vietnamese Army after that.
      However, because it was televised in America, it was the turning point of public opinion against the war.

    • @tinhhoangvan9327
      @tinhhoangvan9327 Рік тому +3

      ​@@asmodiusjones9563The US media has exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the US military. The truth is that the Americans had to mobilize 1.5 million American and South Vietnamese troops just to destroy 100,000 VC troops without heavy weapons and struggled for 3 months in Hue to be able to retake this city.

    • @vinhlong7347
      @vinhlong7347 Рік тому +4

      @@tinhhoangvan9327 Battle of Hue took only 26 days, the VC and NVA took only 4 hours to capture most of the city but American and SVN took 26 days to took it back

  • @Vivek-r9p
    @Vivek-r9p Рік тому +37

    well done vietnam , you are an great example of bravery , love from india ,

    • @huyquang6308
      @huyquang6308 7 місяців тому

      ❤thanks

    • @thaihoabui9955
      @thaihoabui9955 4 місяці тому

      Người anh em Ấn Độ thân yêu. Ngay sau cuộc chiến này người Việt Nam chúng tôi lại bị kéo vào 2 cuộc chiến khá tàn khốc. Cùng một lúc chống lại 2 kẻ thù đó là pol pot tại biên giới tây Nam và 600.000 quân Trung Quốc tại biên giới phía bắc, ngoài ra còn có vài kẻ thù khác như Thái Lan, quân lính của Vàng Pao tại Lào...đất nước thì tan nát, người dân thì nghèo đói. Nếu lúc đấy không có sự giúp đỡ từ các nước anh em và trong đó có Ấn Độ của các bạn thì có lẽ người Việt Nam của chúng tôi đã không thể đứng vững, chúng tôi vẫn ghi nhớ ân tình mà chính phủ và người dân Ấn Độ dàng cho chúng tôi

  • @stormerkromy988
    @stormerkromy988 Рік тому +87

    This is. So fascinating but horrifying at the same time that this just happened. like people lived like this and we could do this again and who would know?
    Imagine if they were continued like that old civilizations and carved into mountains.
    That's be nuts

    • @DonVigaDeFierro
      @DonVigaDeFierro Рік тому +4

      "The Viet Cong delved too greedily, and too deep".

    • @TheNapster153
      @TheNapster153 Рік тому +1

      There have been archeological finds of underground or 'below surface' settlements.
      The I remember is mainly corridors and hallways left, but it was extensive enough that it may have housed a sizeable population for a time.

    • @dinhhanhphan1520
      @dinhhanhphan1520 Рік тому

      Họ chỉ xuống khi bọn mẽo tới

  • @jeffbezos3501
    @jeffbezos3501 Рік тому +17

    Black ops 1 reference?? 8:27

  • @brianmeen2158
    @brianmeen2158 Рік тому +38

    130 miles of underground passages ?!? Oh my
    The manual labor that went into those - impressive

    • @quangkhaile6203
      @quangkhaile6203 Рік тому +7

      The Vietnamese would never be slaves, so we must try to defeat the invaders, no matter how difficult it may be.

    • @richy3040
      @richy3040 Рік тому +1

      @@quangkhaile6203sdfu trash kid . your government is a slave of communism right now

    • @ocmanga5685
      @ocmanga5685 Рік тому +1

      yes, 250 kilomets

    • @lenamcp2125
      @lenamcp2125 11 місяців тому

      Nó được xây dựng từ thời thực dân pháp chiếm đóng. Và phát triết quy mô ngày càng lớn hơn sau khi người mỹ đến.

  • @atomictdog1558
    @atomictdog1558 Рік тому +27

    You gotta admire their determination.

  • @karlmarx592
    @karlmarx592 Рік тому +10

    Seeing one of the voice actors for the first time gotta be amazing

    • @teebob21
      @teebob21 Рік тому +2

      Agreed. Also, dude, I love your Manifesto and I can't wait for "Episode 2: The Comradeing" to come out

  • @AbdJohary-d5g
    @AbdJohary-d5g Рік тому +40

    They are true heroes who made their weapons impossible...to defend their country, which has been occupied for 70 years. I am of Palestinian origin. My father was in Jaffa. We left Palestine after the Israeli occupation committed a massacre in Jaffa... which is now called Tel Aviv.

    • @traihanoi7009
      @traihanoi7009 Рік тому +5

      Ủng hộ Palestine đoàn kết một lòng chống quân phát xít Israel và đế quốc Mỹ.

    • @khoanguyendang7703
      @khoanguyendang7703 Рік тому +16

      support Palestine from Vietnam,

    • @DuongBui-uh2uq
      @DuongBui-uh2uq Рік тому +2

      🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳

    • @RiverVN19
      @RiverVN19 Рік тому +5

      Hy vọng chiến tranh sẽ sớm kết thúc.😢

    • @stephanie7102
      @stephanie7102 11 місяців тому +3

      ​@@khoanguyendang7703 yes 2 similar people

  • @fathirarriziq9685
    @fathirarriziq9685 Рік тому +10

    Leave other countries to their own situations, America should not interfere

  • @joecarter3614
    @joecarter3614 Рік тому +4

    Using The Vietcong tunnels as an offense/defense is awesome & scary man.

  • @jaysonbiggs8979
    @jaysonbiggs8979 Рік тому +12

    The heroic Vietnamese people fighting for independence and sovereignty.

  • @lostinpa-dadenduro7555
    @lostinpa-dadenduro7555 Рік тому +16

    There is a U.S. Army training video on UA-cam from 1969 titled “Tunnel Destruction”. Details how these tunnels were to be dealt with and tools used. Interesting watch. The video is optimistic to say the least.

    • @Dourkan
      @Dourkan Рік тому +1

      If they had to represent the crude reality of tunnel cleaning the troops would've been histerically demoralized to even try and do it.

  • @zero11010
    @zero11010 Рік тому +13

    I remember as a kid in the 80s there was a GI Joe named Tunnel Rat.
    Sounds like his job REALLY sucked.

  • @NhatMinhNguyen-zx1jd
    @NhatMinhNguyen-zx1jd Рік тому +6

    Remember, you cannot win over an entire nation.

  • @-BUGZ-
    @-BUGZ- Рік тому +6

    Wait, I just seen your face for the first time, you were blessed with this voice, sir. I honestly pictured the narrator completely different in my head. I’m actually glad you seem to just look like a “regular dude” if that’s not too weird a way of putting it.

  • @raxnn
    @raxnn Рік тому +3

    Its always trippy when you listen to someone's voice for hours and finally see their face.

  • @bobsaget513
    @bobsaget513 9 місяців тому +26

    "american involvement" 00:54 They meant invasion

    • @RAJ_E3
      @RAJ_E3 2 місяці тому +1

      Yes and aren’t the people happy for it? You say that but never experienced the agony of living in communism.

    • @HuyPham-wn5mf
      @HuyPham-wn5mf 2 місяці тому

      ​​@@RAJ_E3nobody in Vietnam happy about us invasion

    • @SmilayBros
      @SmilayBros Місяць тому +1

      ​@@RAJ_E3Brainwashed

    • @YakrifZee
      @YakrifZee Місяць тому +1

      ​@@RAJ_E3cope zioslave 😂

  • @axlegallardo
    @axlegallardo Рік тому +11

    Best vid by simple history so far.
    Props to the animators for giving it a "Video Game" vibe as a means to mitigate the traumatizing gory affect's.

  • @The_northern_warrior
    @The_northern_warrior Рік тому +37

    Palestinians are fighting the same kind of occupation.
    Free free Palestine.

  • @markvonelend
    @markvonelend Рік тому +2

    Thank you for your service, VC.

  • @Ricefieldsneaky
    @Ricefieldsneaky Рік тому +16

    Moral of the story: Never mess with nature.

  • @MrAmeame
    @MrAmeame Рік тому +17

    Ah yes, the Ku Chi tunnels... Takes me back to Friday nights 😶😂🤣

    • @RealKorean
      @RealKorean Рік тому +5

      LOL so i wasn't the only one who heard that

    • @MrAmeame
      @MrAmeame Рік тому +2

      @@RealKorean Bruh we really messed up like no way we the only 2 🙈😂🤣

    • @mingchenwei1978
      @mingchenwei1978 6 місяців тому

      I’m from Vietnam, and trust me I’ve definitely been in the cuchi tunnels! If you know what I mean.

    • @hoclaixededang7508
      @hoclaixededang7508 6 місяців тому

      Củ Chi tunnels

  • @mockdr
    @mockdr Рік тому +3

    Cinema Room? Damn, they living da good life!

  • @smtoonworld
    @smtoonworld Рік тому +3

    *Being a tunnel rat in this war sounds like it was an absolute nightmare!!!*

  • @zochiang
    @zochiang 8 місяців тому +2

    I cannot breathe just thinking of it

  • @ChairmanMeow1
    @ChairmanMeow1 Рік тому +3

    VC's were absolute geniuses

  • @elwin38
    @elwin38 Рік тому +13

    Just the thought of huge insects, rats, and poisonous snakes would give me the creeps gong down there in those tunnels. I see why my brother-n-law joined the Navy(1968-72) instead of the Army.🤦🏾‍♂

  • @j.t.7264
    @j.t.7264 Рік тому +13

    Glory to the Vietcong!!

  • @No_Ghosts
    @No_Ghosts Рік тому +3

    I was watching this and one of these guys just popped into my living room 1:29 !!!

  • @BilalAhmad-ff3xq
    @BilalAhmad-ff3xq Рік тому +8

    4:32 sounds like the plot of some post-human sci-fi novel.

  • @thesaints-7-andrew.
    @thesaints-7-andrew. Рік тому +4

    Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
    Interesting video.

  • @n8archy121
    @n8archy121 Рік тому +6

    Cross sections are neat

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 Рік тому +8

    Great content bro

  • @L8rCloud
    @L8rCloud Рік тому +17

    Lots of respect. They were resilient and resourceful against a technologically superior force and through sheer grit they defended their country against invaders.
    If this were France and the Americans were the Germans they would have been heroes.
    They deserve to have a movie made about them because they were pretty impressive.

    • @phamchien4574
      @phamchien4574 Рік тому +1

      They are still heroes. They are the inspiration of many countries in Africa and Latin America. As you see, even enemies respect them. Vietnamese people today are respected by the world

    • @kittycatwithinternetaccess2356
      @kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 11 місяців тому

      ​@@phamchien4574socialists are terrorists

  • @andrewmontgomery5621
    @andrewmontgomery5621 Рік тому +7

    Alex Mason:"Rat Tunnel up ahead."
    Frank Woods:"I see it."

  • @OttoriavonBish-marcke
    @OttoriavonBish-marcke Рік тому +10

    This reminds me more of the flappy cross section books we had as kids than simple history's older videos
    Just with an cool intro

  • @nicholasgallo3599
    @nicholasgallo3599 Рік тому +14

    You have to admit the Viet Cong and NVA had a lot of guts to be able to live in those deplorable conditions almost 24/7 for months and years in those dark and cold tunnels

    • @tuanz8009
      @tuanz8009 Рік тому +2

      Those were built by the VC not the NVA. The NVA were conventional forces and lived in military bases. And sure there were some NVA that lived in this tunnel. But they were rare.

    • @baha3alshamari152
      @baha3alshamari152 Рік тому +1

      They were taking rotations

    • @kittycatwithinternetaccess2356
      @kittycatwithinternetaccess2356 11 місяців тому

      they were vermin

  • @Scoopta
    @Scoopta Рік тому +6

    Ngl I've always thought underground civilizations were dope AF. I love the idea of living underground and while I wouldn't want to in this fashion I think an underground city would be badass.

  • @donto8216
    @donto8216 Рік тому +9

    Perfect considering my GCSE revision covers this topic. Thanks for covering it!

  • @PHUCTRANOG1118
    @PHUCTRANOG1118 7 місяців тому +2

    Proud to be Vietcong

  • @S.T.A.L.K.E.R_fan
    @S.T.A.L.K.E.R_fan Рік тому +3

    8:32
    This reminds me the moment in CoD BO.
    I tried to save my teammate but it is always too late

  • @tom-kz9pb
    @tom-kz9pb Рік тому +42

    I crawled through one of the tunnels, just as a tourist, long after the war, but learned that the tunnels had been widened for American tourists.
    While a lot of young American men had the best of intentions in that war, what was done to Vietnam was hideous, and the behavior of American troops was sometimes despicable . Agent Orange, which is carcinogenic and causes birth defects, was spread over an area the size of Massachusetts. Our country has yet to acknowledge its role in scarring the DNA of a nation.

    • @Dopaaamine27
      @Dopaaamine27 Рік тому

      War is horrific. US never acknowledges its war crimes.

  • @chancellorgowron8992
    @chancellorgowron8992 Рік тому +4

    When I was doing pest control I had a customer who was a tunnel rat from 67-69. He says if you ever want an adrenaline rush go into an enemy tunnel with nothing but a 1911 and a military flashlight

  • @JaemanEdwards
    @JaemanEdwards Рік тому +3

    When the Maori of New Zealand faced the British in the NZ wars in the nineteenth century, they had earth fortifications called Pa. Surrounded by palisades, these earth fortifications had multi layered zig zag trenches, hidden firing pits, tunnels, and bomb proof bunkers. There are documentaries on UA-cam about these wars. British historian Lindybeige on his UA-cam channel tells a fascinating tale of one such battle, called the ' battle of Gate Pa '. A riveting story about the British laying seige to, and then storming, a Maori Pa. outnumbered and outgunned, they proved formidable opponents. The British could not believe that mere savages could have such ingenuity and innovation in warfare. The story teller does a wonderful job of setting the scene, heightening the suspense, and describing the carnage. You'll see why Maori pop up on all top 10 greatest warrior lists alongside the Spartans and Samurai.

  • @SangTrần-i6r
    @SangTrần-i6r 3 місяці тому +1

    Nếu có dịp đi du lịch ở Việt Nam thì các bạn hãy ghé thăm Địa Đạo Củ Chi và Địa Đạo Vĩnh Mốc nhé

  • @hen5526
    @hen5526 Рік тому +9

    4:08 is that Pol pot?

  • @jamychong2876
    @jamychong2876 Рік тому +5

    There was a movie called Vietnam misfortune or something like that and it was the first time I learned about he tunnels. Grim and claustrophobic is the only words i can come up with to describe the film.
    Edit: it's 'Tunnel Rats (2008)'

  • @MySteamcracker
    @MySteamcracker Рік тому +4

    Real warriors

  • @rahim2049
    @rahim2049 Рік тому +10

    the suffering the vietnamese people had to take their freedom
    RESPECT

    • @jonathanbowen3640
      @jonathanbowen3640 Рік тому

      They took their own freedom away from themselves. I have worked In Vietnam. The government set the wages! If american and allies stayed there and got rid of communism Vietnam would be like south Korea or Japan right now. Instead it's very poor and a very hard place to live.

  • @athensprep-1151
    @athensprep-1151 5 місяців тому +2

    if you have to defend your home , everything is allowed