Unexpected Alliances In War

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  12 днів тому +43

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  • @foo219
    @foo219 11 днів тому +70

    The Castle Itter story always makes me feel sorry for Major Gangl. He really deserved to survive the war.

  • @Harley-D-Mcdonald
    @Harley-D-Mcdonald 12 днів тому +131

    Stiglar was a true warrior. Not a killer? Not a murderer but a warrior.

    • @crawdadlando4053
      @crawdadlando4053 12 днів тому +4

      Everyone in the German army knows of stiglitz.

  • @smashboom
    @smashboom 5 днів тому +15

    Sabaton songs about the first 2 stories :
    - The last battle
    - No bullets fly

  • @iranimilitantzifu7015
    @iranimilitantzifu7015 12 днів тому +293

    The thumbnail looks like the meme we know but occasionally rebranded between North Korea and the US lol

    • @Williams2channel
      @Williams2channel 12 днів тому +5

      Lol

    • @mesohornay
      @mesohornay 12 днів тому +2

      What meme

    • @RIFLQ
      @RIFLQ 12 днів тому +1

      what meme

    • @HappyGM-R
      @HappyGM-R 12 днів тому +11

      He’s probably referencing an actual historical event from 2007, the Dai Hong Dan incident when the US navy and North Korean sailors fought against, you guessed it, Somali pirates.

    • @mesohornay
      @mesohornay 12 днів тому +1

      @HappyGM-R what

  • @hockeyislife2
    @hockeyislife2 12 днів тому +114

    “And it's American troops and the German army joing together at last”
    “Fly, fighting fair, its the code of the air”

    • @katygaston8777
      @katygaston8777 12 днів тому +6

      🎸🎸

    • @JacobBite
      @JacobBite 12 днів тому +6

      *dies of cringe*

    • @GrayD_Fox
      @GrayD_Fox 12 днів тому

      @@JacobBitegood riddance

    • @Trexcombo
      @Trexcombo 10 днів тому +10

      @@JacobBiteB-17!!!! FLYING HOME TODAY!

    • @4501productions
      @4501productions 8 днів тому +11

      ​@@JacobBite you have alerted the horde
      SABATON FANS DISLIKE THIS COMMENT

  • @royfolker6856
    @royfolker6856 12 днів тому +60

    I just looked up Operation Cowboy. It turns out that Alois Podhajsky, the director of the Spanish Riding School of Vienna, wrote 'The Dancing White Horses of Vienna.' Walt Disney then made the movie Miracle of the White Stallions (sometimes called 'Flight of the White Stallions') loosely based on Podhajsky's account in 1963. It is free to watch on UA-cam, too. I have to check that one out sometime.

    • @foo219
      @foo219 11 днів тому +3

      Stallions? Those were mares. Then again, it's Walt Disney. He was always a bit confused on that subject.

  • @jacobzehner2004
    @jacobzehner2004 12 днів тому +88

    CASTLE ITTER
    US soldier: Never thought I would find beside a German against the war criminals(SS)
    German soldier: How about a friend instead?
    US soldier: that I can do.

    • @Alex-kl2jr
      @Alex-kl2jr 12 днів тому +5

      Need to make a movie about this

    • @babalonkie
      @babalonkie 12 днів тому +1

      @@Alex-kl2jr They did and a book...
      It's called "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers "

    • @yaoshan5069
      @yaoshan5069 12 днів тому

      ​@Alex-kl2jr there is a movie I'm pretty sure

    • @dertzlycron9979
      @dertzlycron9979 12 днів тому +10

      How that would go:
      US soldier: Never thought I would die fighting beside a German against the SS
      Deutscher Soldat: Wie wäre es Seite an Seite mit einem Freund?
      US soldier: What?
      Deutscher Soldat: Wie bitte?

    • @bigvinnie3
      @bigvinnie3 12 днів тому +1

      @@dertzlycron9979 This seems more realistic.

  • @sukmykrok3388
    @sukmykrok3388 12 днів тому +59

    18:06
    This story, in particular, always hits me.
    Operation: COWBOY
    "We were so tired of death and destruction, so we wanted to do something beautiful."

    • @legoeasycompany
      @legoeasycompany 12 днів тому +1

      "Horse boys getting together and doing something"

  • @You-Know-Youre-Right
    @You-Know-Youre-Right 12 днів тому +46

    the horse holding the panzerfaust 💀💀

  • @Trexcombo
    @Trexcombo 10 днів тому +16

    The story of Castle Itter is truly amazing

    • @zussman_
      @zussman_ 8 днів тому

      agreed. its great inside history

  • @joshuac4772
    @joshuac4772 11 днів тому +18

    Itter castle needs to made into a major motion picture, in the same vein as Saving Private Ryan. Its such an interesting story. And also demonstrate that not all Germans were die hards.

  • @BoricuasForChrist
    @BoricuasForChrist 12 днів тому +10

    Man I remember watching u when u just reached 3M subscribers. Now ur almost at 5M. Keep the good and entertaining work up! God bless u and ur family!

  • @6abriel-P9K
    @6abriel-P9K 12 днів тому +10

    i swear, some of the thumbnails of these videos are like what happens on the history channel at 3am

    • @GrayD_Fox
      @GrayD_Fox 11 днів тому +2

      Except it’s missing an alien

  • @MarkLin77
    @MarkLin77 12 днів тому +10

    2:31 inaccuracy, he blocked the shot on the edge because there was a sniper about to shoot not in a cell.

    • @xanderm7231
      @xanderm7231 12 днів тому

      Yes protecting a French ex Prime Minister names Paul (forgot his last name)

  • @crawdadlando4053
    @crawdadlando4053 12 днів тому +10

    Gangle was also a collaborator in the underground so a little more than just disillusioned.

  • @samadams2203
    @samadams2203 11 днів тому +7

    In the movie 'Patton' after the war is over Patton gives a casual interview with reporters while riding a white horse around a corral somewhere in southern Germany or Austria. I wonder if this was related to the Lippizanners or completely random.

    • @DocR16
      @DocR16 10 днів тому +1

      Patton was a huge equestrian and it was his own horse

  • @Vodaph0ne
    @Vodaph0ne 12 днів тому +5

    WOW! I knew about Castle Itter but I never knew that that was not the only time that Americans and Germans had fought alongside during the War!

  • @stevedelvecchio5739
    @stevedelvecchio5739 11 днів тому +1

    Great video man

  • @timothyS_taproductions
    @timothyS_taproductions 4 дні тому +2

    The U.S. helping out the North Koreans is insane yet amazing

  • @JUSTO-q3s
    @JUSTO-q3s 12 днів тому +3

    Almost there to 5 million subs!

  • @SL-49AlsoLovesHoshino
    @SL-49AlsoLovesHoshino 5 днів тому +1

    That desert early 90s delta forces in thumbnail goes hard fr fr

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 12 днів тому +11

    Moral of the story be careful on how you treat people because they might be the last person to help you

  • @mikelet6017
    @mikelet6017 8 днів тому

    Gran video !!!!! Moltes gràcies per la pista d'àudio. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
    Records des de Catalunya ©️. 👍🏻💪🏻

  • @What-he5pr
    @What-he5pr 12 днів тому +10

    The first story is so heroic. I love to hear it.

    • @Canadianvoice
      @Canadianvoice 12 днів тому

      And over glamorized. Many stories were underrepresented and americans led to believe they won the war singlehandedly. Its really nuts to think that Americans are the good guys from any perspective.

  • @Arobloxian-k4z
    @Arobloxian-k4z 8 днів тому +1

    i do love the fact (as a Hungarian) that simple history added the Hungarian coat of arms to the flag, really representing the country, the ones at simple history are real ones fr

  • @JayjayElon
    @JayjayElon 12 днів тому +21

    Is it me or Germany soldier suddenly had RPG-7 at 12:00

  • @jankusthegreat9233
    @jankusthegreat9233 12 днів тому +19

    5:07 better dead than red

    • @equinesteel454
      @equinesteel454 12 днів тому +1

      Imagine not being exploited for the value you add to your work, and being able to travel to neighboring countries without requiring a passport. Maybe working in a job that actually has a meritocracy?

    • @isaacediger4742
      @isaacediger4742 9 днів тому

      Heck yes

  • @Harikejn
    @Harikejn 11 днів тому +2

    The incident over the city of Niš did occurred when there was celebration of anniversary of October revolution. Among the Soviet army, in the parade there were Yugoslavian army as well. In that incident there were shot down 7 P-38's an 3 Jak-3 planes.
    Similar with P-38 being delivered to Germany, also to Yugoslavia were delivered P-38 L Lightning and B-17 G. They were stationed in Sombor Airfield (today's Serbia) at the final stages of WWII in Yugoslavia (on 30th of April both plane landed). There are two rumors about the B-17 G. One is that it remained on Sombor airfield for 2 to 3 days, before it flew to USSR, while other says it was in service in Yugoslavian air force for 1 year. After that, the plane was retired from service since there were no spare parts for that plane. As for the P-38 Lighting, the plane did remain in Yugoslavian air force till 1946. Also believe it or not Yugoslavia received 9 P-51 D mustangs, and 4 B-24 J bombers beside's the mentioned planes.

  • @Moo2loosCavern
    @Moo2loosCavern 4 дні тому

    3:10 propellers fall off
    3:30 propellers now attached

  • @theholyyeeteroftheholyyeet
    @theholyyeeteroftheholyyeet 11 днів тому

    with the first two sabaton just played in my head

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 12 днів тому +20

    Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!
    Michael Jackson: You shoulda stayed in the army dude! Shamone!

    • @tyshawnbryant3468
      @tyshawnbryant3468 12 днів тому +2

      Why do I feel like that's a ERB reference 😂😂

    • @MaSTeRgUnS22
      @MaSTeRgUnS22 12 днів тому +1

      ​@tyshawnbryant3468 Im not 100% on the first one but the second one is 100% an ERB quote.

    • @Jason.cbr1000rr
      @Jason.cbr1000rr 12 днів тому

      Didn't mj always dress up as a dictators uniform style? Like hes always wearing Gaddafis uniform??

    • @Simjim_32
      @Simjim_32 10 днів тому

      @@tyshawnbryant3468 they are

  • @YusufSalih106
    @YusufSalih106 11 днів тому +1

    CAN WE GET MUCH HIGHER

  • @albertohidalgo7284
    @albertohidalgo7284 12 днів тому +8

    Operation Cowboy is oddly wholesome

    • @foo219
      @foo219 11 днів тому +1

      It must have felt good for the soldiers to do something good for a change. It's very heartwarming.

    • @patcatzgames9792
      @patcatzgames9792 11 днів тому

      ​@@foo219
      Well, you have A FRIKIN Cavalry regiment that's under the command of General George Patton himself, A veterinary Corps of the wehrmacht, and a luftwaffle officer and many others
      All of them love horses, mate

  • @Pokealexatoz
    @Pokealexatoz 10 днів тому +1

    Guys what is the song that starts at 31:55

  • @Briselance
    @Briselance 12 днів тому +1

    00:39
    Sherman tanks appearing smaller than GMC trucks. 😅

  • @Yakutsk-Inuk_2107
    @Yakutsk-Inuk_2107 3 дні тому +1

    2:54 Charlie Brown lol

  • @joshuameyers7840
    @joshuameyers7840 12 днів тому

    Out of curiosity, (can you maybe do a full simple history video on the “Battle of Saipan”? Because it might be interesting?)

  • @rickisaak66
    @rickisaak66 11 днів тому +1

    Thailand was also an ally of Japan, and US troops did fight against the Thai.

  • @livevine3351
    @livevine3351 12 днів тому +4

    German soldiers vs zealous murders isn't that odd 😂 German soldiers were just soldiers, Nazis were people from all over.

  • @Simjim_32
    @Simjim_32 10 днів тому

    Nice

  • @zhuangsaur227
    @zhuangsaur227 10 днів тому

    Against a common enemy ... one puts thier differences aside and work well and praise one another

  • @modernwarfare2hobo
    @modernwarfare2hobo 11 днів тому +3

    32:00 I wouldn’t call them royalists to my understanding.
    This makes them sound pro tsar. However they were looking for a constitutional monarchy, where there is a king or queen but they have no political power.
    I would probably call them constitutionalist.

    • @Rexbob444
      @Rexbob444 6 днів тому

      To be fair, there was also monarchists in their forces as well as pro democracy elements, and independence movements. The white army was pretty much everything to the right of communism and had a lot of factions.

  • @johngriffith6692
    @johngriffith6692 11 днів тому

    There's gotta be a movie about those Lippizzaner horses.

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 12 днів тому +2

    The greatest irony of WW2 is that former waffen SS volunteers fought in Korea and Indochina against communism

  • @ottooctavoi
    @ottooctavoi 12 днів тому

    SImple history, pls can you do the ludendorff offensive

  • @feeder1
    @feeder1 9 днів тому +1

    7:33 I think he had a vision of the Cold War 😂

  • @Grumpyburger0
    @Grumpyburger0 12 днів тому

    Niicceee video

  • @mackattackgameingawesome3666
    @mackattackgameingawesome3666 10 днів тому

    "And It's the end of the line of the final journey.
    Enemies leaving the past
    And It's American Troops and the German army joining together at last." The Final Battle - Sabaton - The Last Stand Album

  • @barccy
    @barccy 12 днів тому

    Nis sounds like it was deliberate, given that a high ranking officer was among the few killed.

  • @nyotamwuaji6484
    @nyotamwuaji6484 11 днів тому

    Hey, sabaton did a song about the Ye Olde Pub and the german fighter who escorted her. Its called "No Bullets Fly"

  • @Harikejn
    @Harikejn 11 днів тому +2

    Why can't long comments can't be shown here?

  • @EdwinLe-m7m
    @EdwinLe-m7m 12 днів тому

    Hello

  • @gsamalot
    @gsamalot 12 днів тому

    The age old saying the enemy of my enemy is my friend

  • @Z_732
    @Z_732 11 днів тому

    3:18. Who was that? Name,ID please

  • @dylanviduya9274
    @dylanviduya9274 9 годин тому

    Sabaton 👀👀👀👀👀👀

  • @steffent.6477
    @steffent.6477 4 дні тому

    Is that a bloody RPG at 11:50? You are a few decades too early with that.

  • @xanderm7231
    @xanderm7231 12 днів тому +1

    11:50 am I seeing things or is that French/German soldier with a RPG

  • @yassirchavez5329
    @yassirchavez5329 12 днів тому

    Yang Kyoungjong, el primer soldado de 3 ejércitos estuvo primero en el Ejército Imperial Japonés, luego en el Ejército Rojo Soviético y finalmente a la Wehrmacht como voluntario.

  • @Windy-Pie_is_best_girl
    @Windy-Pie_is_best_girl 11 днів тому

    7:32 Don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it don't say it-
    *B* *A* *S* *E* *D*

  • @mastadonking3816
    @mastadonking3816 12 днів тому

    Did the horse in the thumbnail have a panzershreik?

  • @francescoE1989
    @francescoE1989 12 днів тому

    How unlikely that the title of this video changed so unexpected :P

  • @annewatt-ej6cn
    @annewatt-ej6cn 12 днів тому

    Hi

  • @Amygameing
    @Amygameing 12 днів тому

    Did they already did this

  • @RavenBeardenStudios
    @RavenBeardenStudios 9 днів тому

    Morality, Ideology or personal reason....the only answer is simple.
    The enemy of my enemy is my friend

  • @SleepyDaisy-ub9wt
    @SleepyDaisy-ub9wt 12 днів тому +2

    Never seen a map oriented upside down before.. with the north at the bottom

  • @death_walker21
    @death_walker21 11 днів тому

    12:03, i didnt know the german forces acquired rpg-7s

  • @Briselance
    @Briselance 10 днів тому

    10:13
    😨

  • @skelc8148
    @skelc8148 12 днів тому +1

    Bro operation cowboy......damn

  • @gus897
    @gus897 12 днів тому

    2 hours!

  • @uponiagaming
    @uponiagaming 12 днів тому

    Did anyone notice the drum that looks like the OBS logo?

  • @battlefromrobloxkaijurpold6821

    11:48 / 11:49 where tf did bro get an rpg

  • @Averagebanger
    @Averagebanger 11 днів тому

    @11:54 nice rpg lol

  • @JivaAaronjMueblas
    @JivaAaronjMueblas 9 днів тому +1

    Why did bro changed the thumbnail 😫 the thumbnail was different it was a Horse holding a Anti tank and now bro changed it

  • @valdemarsrensen-fm4oc
    @valdemarsrensen-fm4oc 12 днів тому +2

    denmark was also ind the waffen SS 6.000 people

  • @RealAlexMoreton
    @RealAlexMoreton 12 днів тому +1

    Fab

  • @warcreed5658
    @warcreed5658 12 днів тому

    Love it when in any explanation of Russian actions they describe it as rational decision. What would the Russians attack their American allies intentionally?? What does it mean they decided it "wasn't worth" attacking the Americans? Why would they even consider such a thing that could lead to war between them?

  • @HelmutMoser-e3m
    @HelmutMoser-e3m 12 днів тому

    The best French fight as Germans

  • @radio-cobra9700
    @radio-cobra9700 12 днів тому +1

    Why Gangl is depicted as pointing a gun at a POW at 1:45
    It is somehow unsettling

  • @tonysokaleoralvsky2640
    @tonysokaleoralvsky2640 12 днів тому +2

    0:51 That's the socialist Yugoslavia's flag.

  • @steffent.6477
    @steffent.6477 4 дні тому

    Nordland had Volksdeutsche, danish, dutch, swedish, norwegian, finish and estonian troops. Nothing from the rest of the west

  • @westerngothia59
    @westerngothia59 11 днів тому

    Only around 200 Swedes joined SS.

  • @Vodaph0ne
    @Vodaph0ne 12 днів тому

    29:43-29:45 *dictatorship Republic Of Korea

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 12 днів тому +1

    "Not exactly our finest hour"-James Bond GoldenEye

  • @TheRedBaron2010
    @TheRedBaron2010 12 днів тому +4

    11:54 is that a fucking RPG

    • @Dae_tis
      @Dae_tis 12 днів тому

      Nope, it's a panzerfaust.

    • @ethanol5944
      @ethanol5944 7 днів тому

      Thats a goddamn rpg-7

  • @raihanrivandi5025
    @raihanrivandi5025 9 днів тому

    12:01 germans with an rpg 7

  • @HeavenBoundSaint777
    @HeavenBoundSaint777 12 днів тому +1

    1 Corinthians 15:1-4 (KJV) Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
    By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
    For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
    And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

  • @Thestorycorner-123
    @Thestorycorner-123 11 днів тому

    11:49 ah yes very historic, a RPG in ww2 germany

  • @AKZP87
    @AKZP87 10 днів тому

    Why german soldier`s used RPG-7 on 12:02

    • @anthonychase6906
      @anthonychase6906 9 днів тому

      That's a German rocket from WW2 not an RPG, a panzerschreck I believe it's called

    • @AKZP87
      @AKZP87 9 днів тому +1

      @anthonychase6906 no, that is clearly RPG-7

  • @FarmerBrown45
    @FarmerBrown45 12 днів тому

    Another dub for Charlie Brown in 2025

  • @loyalpiper
    @loyalpiper 11 днів тому

    While itter is well known by now I’m absolutely gob smacked by operation cowboy

  • @emperorvader1310
    @emperorvader1310 12 днів тому

    Pretty sure there were Indians who fought with the Germans too in WWII. Some scene in France or defending Berlin too.

    • @GroßerBöserWolf
      @GroßerBöserWolf 11 днів тому

      You're absolutely correct. The Indian legion as it was known were an SS regiment who ended up fighting in the Atlantic wall, many battles in Italy and in the battle of Berlin. They were mostly fed up with British occupation of India, although alot more Indians fought for the British against the Japanese.

  • @JasonSpreyer
    @JasonSpreyer 11 днів тому

    You forgot about Thailand

  • @bigvinnie3
    @bigvinnie3 12 днів тому

    Pu yi will never not make me laugh.

  • @jasonoverman9679
    @jasonoverman9679 12 днів тому +2

    Sabaton has a song and video about the ye old pub called No Bullets Fly

    • @GrayD_Fox
      @GrayD_Fox 11 днів тому +2

      Don’t forget The Last Battle

  • @theirishman6728
    @theirishman6728 12 днів тому +8

    I'm 12 minutes in and there's been 6 commercial interruptions. Little excessive...

    • @johngriffith6692
      @johngriffith6692 11 днів тому

      Yeah. Every time I Google anything, ads for that thing show up on any UA-cam videos I run. My policy is to not buy anything advertised on you tube. I believe in capitalism, but gimme a f#$king break

    • @MuhNeegguRs
      @MuhNeegguRs 8 днів тому

      Premium not giving any problems though

  • @yyhhttcccyyhhttccc6694
    @yyhhttcccyyhhttccc6694 12 днів тому

    under 1 eternity gang

  • @tylermiller6820
    @tylermiller6820 12 днів тому +1

    Man I used to enjoy watching y'all's videos. But with ads happening every minute I'm giving up

  • @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing
    @WindFireAllThatKindOfThing 12 днів тому +1

    Times haven't changed. There's still plenty of turncoats in-waiting running around waving our flag too enthusiastically who's only real loyalty is the color of their skin. And they exist at all levels of power.

  • @Ccdddttt
    @Ccdddttt 12 днів тому +10

    My great grandfather was a gunner on the Death Star. He never really talked about his time on the ship but once he mentioned working with a guy named Obi. He told me this guy could talk him into anything!

    • @DocR16
      @DocR16 10 днів тому +3

      Why do you waste your time and many others time writing junk?

    • @Ccdddttt
      @Ccdddttt 9 днів тому

      @@DocR16 your car is stupid.