Allied soldiers Crucified by Germans in WW1

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  2 роки тому +126

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    • @nadirahmed991
      @nadirahmed991 2 роки тому +3

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    • @1islam1
      @1islam1 2 роки тому

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    • @Pbirv
      @Pbirv 2 роки тому

      The Germans didn’t use the Y straps in WWI. They hooked the carrying strap for the bread bag to their cartridge pouches and slung it around the back of the neck.

    • @arifhossain9751
      @arifhossain9751 2 роки тому +2

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    • @nadirahmed991
      @nadirahmed991 2 роки тому +2

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  • @fizz576
    @fizz576 2 роки тому +1464

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    • @oliverwells8011
      @oliverwells8011 2 роки тому +110

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    • @sampeacock3819
      @sampeacock3819 2 роки тому +43

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    • @beamrunner0471
      @beamrunner0471 2 роки тому +8

      Life tends to be weird like that

    • @zekramnordran9526
      @zekramnordran9526 2 роки тому +49

      I cant believe Better Call Saul is real

    • @emily1
      @emily1 2 роки тому +7

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  • @Yceb0x
    @Yceb0x 2 роки тому +1034

    Let’s see now…
    - No name ever mentioned for the victim (or victims).
    - Key details like the rank, nationality, location, number of victims, number of torturers, and tools-of-the-torture are different in almost every account.
    - No verified eye witnesses. Those claiming to be eyes witnesses never held up to scrutiny.
    - No identity of the company the victim(s) came from ever got mentioned, nor the German unit(s) supposedly responsible.
    - Name of the incident’s location in retellings once again changed faster than young Frank Abagnale’s post code.
    - A still-living soldier was “identified” as the crucified victim and had to debunk the claim himself.
    - Told by shell-shocked, war-weary soldiers who apparently saw everything from ghosts to angels to monsters in No Man’s Land.
    - Telephone gamed over and over again by people who wanted to support a war effort and vilify their enemy (as already done before), implying these people _wanted_ to believe it was true.
    Yeah I’m also in the camp that this story was made up.

  • @Quandal4901
    @Quandal4901 2 роки тому +2111

    Imagine being a super drunk British soldier and suddenly your on a wagon wheel for the entire day not knowing what is happening.

  • @JellothePallascat
    @JellothePallascat 2 роки тому +486

    This was used as one of the many excuses for Canadian Soldiers to kill surrendering Germans. The Canadians at that time took a lot of the war personally after the gas Attack at Ypres in 1915. Then shortly after that grisly baptism by fire. This story of the crucified soldier came about. This set a mood of savage revenge amongst Canadian’s that shaped their attitude to commit their very own set of war crimes for the rest of the war. Some insight from a Canadian Simple history fan as this focused a lot on the British side.

    • @joshuajoaquin5099
      @joshuajoaquin5099 2 роки тому +36

      Now i knew why the Canadians are feared on WW1

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 2 роки тому +18

      @@joshuajoaquin5099 They are mostly polite for a reason.

    • @danelassiter6809
      @danelassiter6809 2 роки тому +6

      @@silverhawkscape2677 key word is mostly

    • @stefanmuller3069
      @stefanmuller3069 2 роки тому +6

      @@joshuajoaquin5099 that is a myth

    • @spoonz152
      @spoonz152 2 роки тому +19

      @@stefanmuller3069 the germans feared the Canadians and called them stormtroopers due to them being used as shock troops by the British and were often at the front for offensives. I.E the 100 days offensive in 1918

  • @ives3572
    @ives3572 2 роки тому +761

    "Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves." - Eric Hoffer

    • @alanmcdeed2795
      @alanmcdeed2795 2 роки тому +25

      So it deceives people?

    • @user-op8fg3ny3j
      @user-op8fg3ny3j 2 роки тому +16

      It’s a good remember for present times not to take everything you see in the news at face value

    • @GoldGamer-pl8yt
      @GoldGamer-pl8yt 2 роки тому +1

      @@user-op8fg3ny3j yea, that remember is something

    • @shepherdlavellen3301
      @shepherdlavellen3301 2 роки тому +7

      @@alanmcdeed2795 people know or konw to an extent that it's over exaggerated but chose to believe those stories anyway

    • @generationfallout5189
      @generationfallout5189 2 роки тому

      The allies came to save them but now the ones they saved are destroying their countries from within. A religion of parasites. Passive aggressive mind control. Destroying the world.

  • @liam9214
    @liam9214 2 роки тому +370

    Given at the time the overwhelmingly Christian and primarily Catholic population in Germany, it's hard to believe this would be the torture method used by random German conscripts.

    • @aceclash
      @aceclash 2 роки тому

      German quest for world dominance twice in same century.

    • @bobdollaz3391
      @bobdollaz3391 2 роки тому +2

      A world already conquered by The British, French, and Russian Empires. Funny how Germany claimed and conquered a fraction of the land yet are continuously vilified for attempting world domination, how absolutely bonkers!

    • @Goaner89
      @Goaner89 2 роки тому +9

      Still....funny as fcuk

    • @elonmuch491
      @elonmuch491 2 роки тому +54

      Mostly protestant*
      Most of Germany, especially the north, was very protestant. Bismarck Even fought a „kulturkampf“ against the catholics.
      Unless ofc these Germans were from Bavaria. The bavarians are weird (source: I live in Hessen).

    • @thedudeimbibes46
      @thedudeimbibes46 2 роки тому +7

      @@Goaner89 I can imagine a Canadian soldier of that era, after being crucified shouting out, “what else you got!”

  • @CaptnCravinKntz
    @CaptnCravinKntz 2 роки тому +71

    “…eyewitness accounts were somewhat contradictory, no crucified body was recovered and the identity of the crucified soldier was not discovered at the time.”

  • @Spottycloth
    @Spottycloth 2 роки тому +471

    The animation has gotten alot better. Looking good simple history!

  • @bored8321
    @bored8321 2 роки тому +317

    As the war dragged on, men not only lost their lives, but their humanity.

    • @alexm7627
      @alexm7627 2 роки тому +16

      Ironically the way to gain back our humanity is by putting hope in the crucified Christ

    • @Homeschoolsw6
      @Homeschoolsw6 2 роки тому +4

      Try 1st year.

    • @theholydoge7616
      @theholydoge7616 2 роки тому

      @@alexm7627 that's funny the nazis said the same thing.
      Wait a fuckin minute...

    • @heccsclips3319
      @heccsclips3319 2 роки тому +8

      @@zegumazim6107 seeking christ can and will solve problems by absolving your soul of sin and repenting to the lord you can secure your place in heaven with our lord eternally

    • @noodlesoup2586
      @noodlesoup2586 2 роки тому

      @@heccsclips3319 meth is fun

  • @Lawrence_L1
    @Lawrence_L1 2 роки тому +70

    One theory I heard, as to the origins of this rumour, is that a body had been blown onto a tree that gave it the appearance of being crucified, and then the soldiers interpreted that ad tge German's doing, then Chinese whispers turned it into a deliberate act of execution/torture.

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 2 роки тому +15

      Corpses also tended to be found in odd positions on barbed wire, so I wouldn’t be surprised if the tree story and the barbed wire positions mixed together during the fog of war.

    • @crazychase98
      @crazychase98 2 роки тому +1

      The Netflix German version of all quite on the western front has a soldier that was blown into a tree 50 feet high. It must have been a nod to this propaganda

    • @Lawrence_L1
      @Lawrence_L1 2 роки тому

      @@crazychase98 Oh right! I've not seen it yet, I'm waiting for a friend who said she wanted to watch it with me.

    • @chrisstrebor
      @chrisstrebor Рік тому

      Movie is fkd. Be prepared lol

  • @ThePoeticPariah
    @ThePoeticPariah 2 роки тому +38

    "I heard you were crucified and executed by German forces."
    "You'd think I'd remember that."

  • @Dumpstermuffin1
    @Dumpstermuffin1 2 роки тому +106

    Allies- "Yea the story is probably false but we can sell a lot of war bonds if we say it was true"
    Also i LOL'd at the battle of Agincourt ghost helping the brits

  • @657449
    @657449 2 роки тому +134

    The first casualty in war (also in politics) is truth.

  • @jamesmooney8933
    @jamesmooney8933 2 роки тому +76

    My great uncle fought in WWI. He claimed to have seen St Joan of Arc.

    • @conejodemercurio6301
      @conejodemercurio6301 2 роки тому +3

      interesting.

    • @jamesmooney8933
      @jamesmooney8933 2 роки тому +6

      @@conejodemercurio6301 thanks

    • @phil4863
      @phil4863 Рік тому +2

      You were born in the 40s then

    • @Nexcrux
      @Nexcrux Рік тому +2

      @@phil4863 he said his great uncle witnessed it not himself

    • @phil4863
      @phil4863 Рік тому +2

      @@Nexcrux I was predicting his age based on his uncle's participating in WW1

  • @lucianoosorio5942
    @lucianoosorio5942 2 роки тому +152

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

  • @Zovqa
    @Zovqa 2 роки тому +82

    Dr Felton and this Channel teach me so much history

  • @Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart
    @Wolfsong27FlyHalfFullHeart 2 роки тому +276

    The first time I heard of them doing this was in the film pacendale, a horrid b movie war film but it showed one scene where they crucified an 18 year old Canadian but they let him down after they saw one random guy run through bullet fire just to get to him, I was genuinely surprised to see this

    • @jacobchappel8176
      @jacobchappel8176 2 роки тому +43

      That 18 year old was thrown onto that crucifix by an artillery shell not the German soldiers

    • @StephenHarperRaptagon
      @StephenHarperRaptagon 2 роки тому +28

      The movie starts with a story of the main character telling military leaders that he had seen a crucified Canadian soldier. He then talks about how it wasn’t possible for them to do it that quickly.
      Later on I the movie someone is thrown in the air onto a cross like post wrapped in barbed wire.
      It wasn’t a great movie, but it was a Canadian movie trying capture the feelings of world War 1, the horrors of war and the moment Canada became a real member of the global community.

    • @Mr33500
      @Mr33500 2 роки тому +10

      @@jacobchappel8176 More than likely this story is fake.

    • @really_dont_know1681
      @really_dont_know1681 2 роки тому +8

      Yeah I remember seeing the one battle scene on UA-cam which was a pretty good scene and made the mistake of thinking the rest of the movie would be that good.

    • @isthattrue1083
      @isthattrue1083 2 роки тому +1

      @@jacobchappel8176 It never happened and was entirely fabricated.

  • @andrewsabin729
    @andrewsabin729 2 роки тому +122

    What makes this war really sad, is that all of the leaders in charge were cousins. It was a family dispute that could have been resolved but continued for 4 grueling years.

    • @nobodyspecial4702
      @nobodyspecial4702 2 роки тому

      US president Woodrow Wilson wasn't related to any of them and argued for reasonable terms for Germany but was overruled and so you got the rise of Nazis and WW2.

    • @BayAreaPolice
      @BayAreaPolice 2 роки тому +4

      So weird

    • @JNF-SATX
      @JNF-SATX 2 роки тому +22

      Cousins with quite varied amounts of power. The Tsar could do whatever, Wilhelm some, but George had really no say

    • @Edhead.
      @Edhead. 2 роки тому +9

      You do know that two of them were constitutional monarchy’s, they had the figure heads which were the kings and then the actual leaders like parliament. So no it couldn’t just be fixed like that.

    • @AradSP
      @AradSP 2 роки тому

      The Tsar and his cousin, Kaiser Wilhelm II, exchanged a few telegrama during the outbreak of the war, trying to prevent the war between them. However, politicians, generals and allies had other plans.

  • @Gojiro7
    @Gojiro7 2 роки тому +34

    so after all was said and done, this entire story can be summed up with a shoulder shrug and a "I dont know, I just assume"

  • @oguzekmen2884
    @oguzekmen2884 2 роки тому +73

    Funnly enough my grandfather who fought at Gallipoli mentioned the same thing about angels or ghosts of old soldiers helping them. In one of your videos you mentioned the disapearing Anzac soldiers and my grandfather claimed it was the old warriors taking them.

    • @shadowsofsunsow3657
      @shadowsofsunsow3657 2 роки тому +6

      schizophrenia

    • @ryneagheilim9782
      @ryneagheilim9782 2 роки тому +2

      Drugs? Meth? Mustard Gas suffocation? Dunno

    • @James-po6ib
      @James-po6ib 2 роки тому +3

      There are no spirits there are no Gods just us doing terrible things

    • @oguzekmen2884
      @oguzekmen2884 2 роки тому +3

      @@James-po6ib Sure pal whatever you say

    • @johnsmoth7130
      @johnsmoth7130 2 роки тому

      Materialists are annoying and boring.

  • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
    @Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 роки тому +43

    WW1 combined medieval tactics and brutality with modernized technology.. I can't properly imagine the violence.

    • @May-gr8bp
      @May-gr8bp 2 роки тому +5

      It was horribly violent, with both modern and medieval technology and techniques at use. But this crucifixion is a hoax.

    • @Scoob505
      @Scoob505 2 роки тому +2

      It was hardly medieval. It was a legacy of line infantry warfare from the 18th century whose tactics had not caught up with technology.

    • @Frosty_tha_Snowman
      @Frosty_tha_Snowman 2 роки тому +2

      @@Scoob505 I'm referring to the brutal hand to hand combat - bayonetting, swords, and trench clubs.. coupled with crude, horrifying traps.. it was just an expression 😑

    • @virviri1448
      @virviri1448 2 роки тому +1

      @@Frosty_tha_Snowman they also used morning stars, flails, spears, etc, etc..

    • @derdude6214
      @derdude6214 Рік тому +2

      May I recommend a movie? "All quiet on the western Front". It's a movie depicting the perspective of a 18 year German getting enlisted and is set to fight on the Western Front. The 2022 Version lacks a lot of the Character depth that is depicted in the book but good god it captures the violence and horror so intensely and good. It's a Netflix original so really easily available.
      I hope some may find this helpful.
      Have a wonderful day people.

  • @christaylor4477
    @christaylor4477 2 роки тому +33

    The amount of men that died daily was horrendous. We are repeating history constantly. I believe the lesson learned has been forgotten already.

    • @derdude6214
      @derdude6214 Рік тому +5

      I hate that you are right. Humankind is so incredibly disappointing. We have such a huge potential to be great but choose not to over stupid ideologies and power.
      As a german I feel such deep shame when thinking about what could have been if it wasn't for the World Wars. If Europe got together instead of destroying itself. When people started caring for each other instead of constantly trying to interfere in others people's lifes.
      God damnit its so frustrating being part of the most intelligent species known to exist. I think it's lucky for us that we define intelligent since we're are most obviusly not the smartest.
      Have a great day Chris, I hope you are doing well.

    • @ragnarlmao9511
      @ragnarlmao9511 Рік тому

      @@derdude6214 Germany never wanted the war. It was forced on us by the already existing super powers GB, France and Russia. The Americans did the same as always, waiting and joining the winner team after the worst fighting is done. The Kaiser was the only goddamn statesman at that time trying to achive piece talks days before the starting of the slaughter. You are German but you can't see yourself or your country as a victim. Everything that happened after happened cause of the criminal mafia Treaty of Versaille, cause of a inhumane "peace" after a brutal war only the Allies wanted. Keep in mind what Germany was before 1914 - a rising star in every aspect of modern life, with a flourshing economy, culture and society. Population growth was insane because life was good. The imperialistic warmongering colonizing genociding British and their little French servs, still buthurt from the loss from 1870 and crying out in pain over the founding of the German nation, had to do something about it, and they did - by killing millions of their own young men. That's what I call the essence of hate and jelousy.
      And after they mobilized all their colonial slaves and levies and canon fodder from all over the world, after they shot about 10 billion shells and bullets, after there was no family without loss in Europe anymore, they finally managed to get Germany to her knees. It's a sad and cruel story in every aspect.

    • @johnjohnon8767
      @johnjohnon8767 Рік тому

      Those in power never learn, or will.

    • @dylanw.1740
      @dylanw.1740 Рік тому

      Its not that we repeat history, it’s that humans have a psychological need for justice and do what they think is right. Amazingly these nice and gullible people are really easy to manipulate to fight in a war that you want them too by making up a heartfelt story.

  • @esochibuike8477
    @esochibuike8477 2 роки тому +27

    People : The Germans crucified people and stabbed them.
    Same people : longbow men from the battle of agincourt protected the British soldiers.
    British War media: Write that down! Write that down!! 😹 💔

  • @Ranstone
    @Ranstone 2 роки тому +80

    Remember this next time you hear stories from the front-lines of your favorite, modern war.
    Truth is the first casualty of war.

    • @ryszakowy
      @ryszakowy 2 роки тому +1

      thankfully russians keep recording their failures
      unlike ukraine that has every media outlet on their side...

    • @marcusaurelius3487
      @marcusaurelius3487 2 роки тому +2

      Same horror stories told about iraqi soldiers n Kuwait, only for it to be debunked as lies

    • @DeptalJexus
      @DeptalJexus Рік тому +3

      Now I kinda think of Ukraine, a lot of stories came out of Ukraine side. I wonder.

    • @wiretom
      @wiretom Рік тому +1

      *innocence is the first casualty of war . Then anything goes .

    • @derdude6214
      @derdude6214 Рік тому +1

      @@DeptalJexus except a lot of them are well documented and there are plenty of witnesses.
      Not for every story, obviusly, but for way to many.

  • @TheLaughingReaper525
    @TheLaughingReaper525 2 роки тому +30

    The crucifixion of the Canadian soldier is what some would believe as to why Canadian soldiers in WW1 were so brutal and would rarely show mercy to captured Germans.

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 2 роки тому +32

      It’s amazing what propaganda can do

    • @Palach624
      @Palach624 2 роки тому +9

      @@rhysnichols8608 True. The use of individual atrocities to dehumanize an entire army of men following orders has always been one of most dangerous tricks of war.

  • @sreardonatpfg
    @sreardonatpfg 2 роки тому +23

    Never let the truth get in the way of a good story.

  • @Patrick_3751
    @Patrick_3751 2 роки тому +26

    The Great War briefly talked about this way back when Indy Niedel was host. I believe his hypothesis for the myth was that a soldier was killed from an artillery blast, and the shrapnel pinned his corpse against a tree or barn door.

    • @OTDMilitaryHistory
      @OTDMilitaryHistory 2 роки тому +5

      That nonsense comes from the movie Passchendaele. It was far more likely someone made it up and it just grew. There's never been any proof that such a thing happened whether on purpose or not.

  • @alanroberson9749
    @alanroberson9749 2 роки тому +39

    Well greatly appreciated fellows!!! Congratulations. The animation has gotten alot better. Looking good simple history!

  • @moistmike4150
    @moistmike4150 2 роки тому +75

    Holy balls! That WW1 must've been terrifying! I'm just glad no one got hurt.

    • @hibuddy.651
      @hibuddy.651 2 роки тому +23

      thankfully no lives were lost

    • @Randle-
      @Randle- 2 роки тому +20

      All those 60 million soldiers that shot at each other for over 4 years, none of them died

    • @Ysumbruh0
      @Ysumbruh0 2 роки тому +12

      Could you imagine! It would’ve been one of the worst wars in history!

    • @RhysapGrug
      @RhysapGrug 2 роки тому +1

      Just like the TV series
      'The A team".

    • @jimbob465
      @jimbob465 Рік тому +1

      ​@Jesus Christ is LORD repent! But if it had happened it probably would have ended all wars.
      Their children would surely never repeat that mess...

  • @hankscorpio3959
    @hankscorpio3959 2 роки тому +25

    Those animations really have made a lot of progress, i really like this channel

  • @kato_dsrdr
    @kato_dsrdr 2 роки тому +35

    WW1 just feels so old. Imagine, the planes are made of freakin wood and messenger pigeons are still used.

    • @Better_Clean_Than_Green
      @Better_Clean_Than_Green 2 роки тому +18

      Based Biplane Enjoyer vs. Unbased Jet Fan

    • @shad0w_g4ming
      @shad0w_g4ming 2 роки тому +2

      But yet it was the first true modern war during these times that went to continue and evolve through other wars decades later..... and now the russians are trying to use a ww1 tactic on their enemy since their blitz attack didn't go to well in their current war in ukraine

    • @MartinMartin-bh4ke
      @MartinMartin-bh4ke 2 роки тому

      @@Better_Clean_Than_Green chad and virgin

    • @TheShadowwarrior80
      @TheShadowwarrior80 2 роки тому +8

      Militaries still have pigeons on standby if all other means of communication are down

    • @Overthinking-rain
      @Overthinking-rain 2 роки тому +2

      Well it's old, it happened over 100 years ago

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 2 роки тому +99

    The war that changed the world. The true face of what humanity could and would do.

    • @EndoClaw
      @EndoClaw 2 роки тому +18

      It’s a story that was never confirmed

    • @iwantmynametobeaslongaspos7194
      @iwantmynametobeaslongaspos7194 2 роки тому +1

      @@EndoClaw war does bring out the worst in people think about WW2 and what the Waffen SS did

    • @EJAXK13
      @EJAXK13 2 роки тому

      War makes men mad.

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 2 роки тому +3

      @@EndoClaw Sadly can't say that for most of the Pacific in WW2. Reality there was truly more horrifying than Fiction.

    • @leone.6190
      @leone.6190 2 роки тому

      @@iwantmynametobeaslongaspos7194 or how the americans cooked the japanese.

  • @ibutter700
    @ibutter700 2 роки тому +46

    so glad you made this video. i knew of it but I couldn't find any good information. you should keep doing these less known and talked about topics.

  • @generationfallout5189
    @generationfallout5189 2 роки тому +16

    Next you have to do a video about the allies doing some horrific thing to balance it out.

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 2 роки тому

      The bias in which history is viewed is quite astounding. Even now people who know very little of history recognise the ‘babies on bayonets’ pictures and the Germans being uniquely evil is a commonly held belief, however at the same time the ‘rape of Belgium’ was going on, the Russian army was doing the exact same thing in east Prussia and Poland, and the Austrians and Serbians were killing innocents at the same time too. If history was viewed fairly, next to the ‘babies on bayonets’ there’s be ‘Cossack rapists’ and ‘Serbian lynchers’ in the public consciousness……but alas only 1 player is demonised, for political motives usually

    • @leone.6190
      @leone.6190 2 роки тому +2

      And this time a real incident, not a Myth.

    • @nicolasberky145
      @nicolasberky145 Рік тому +1

      @@leone.6190 like the canadian killing of captured soldiers

  • @evanceaicovschi7230
    @evanceaicovschi7230 2 роки тому +17

    I remember reading about this in Steven Ambrose's "Citizen Soldier" during the Battle of the Bulge in the Second World War. American soldiers found a crucified comrade and crucified a German in retaliation. I believe the account said something along the lines of "they got the message and we stopped finding crucified Americans."

    • @grundgesetzart.1463
      @grundgesetzart.1463 2 роки тому +1

      yes, I have no doubt that your side did this to Germans. I find it hard to believe that we did such stuff and I'm positive that it is just US and Brit propaganda to paint Germany in a negative light. It is well known that you are barbarians and love to torture and kill. Ask the native Americans and the Black slaves.

    • @masonsykes2240
      @masonsykes2240 Рік тому

      ...Yeah, as much as I believe the story in the video is made up, I could DEFINITELY see the Nazis doing this.

    • @ottersirotten4290
      @ottersirotten4290 Рік тому

      @@masonsykes2240 thats funny, and even more so becouse you dont even see why its funny^^

  • @ХристоВасилев-б7у
    @ХристоВасилев-б7у 2 роки тому +33

    In the Verdun game, there is crucified soldier, I love the details in that game

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer 2 роки тому

      @павле serb

    • @magnisha8094
      @magnisha8094 2 роки тому

      @@siyacer you are way worse

    • @mactrauma5323
      @mactrauma5323 2 роки тому +2

      Is not a crucified soldier but a crucified Jesus figure from a ruined church

  • @Jake_Steiner
    @Jake_Steiner 2 роки тому +16

    I forgot about this one. Do the WWI human soap myth next!

    • @rhysnichols8608
      @rhysnichols8608 2 роки тому +6

      This myth also carried over to the end of ww2 and included lampshades 😉

    • @shoominati23
      @shoominati23 2 роки тому +3

      The same thing could apply to Antietam or Waterloo, both had the same Myths of Bonehunters, denture thieves and fertilizer plants!

  • @IntrepidMilo
    @IntrepidMilo 2 роки тому +13

    Paul Gross touches upon this subject in his 2008 war film Passchendaele.

  • @emeprorofnorway
    @emeprorofnorway 2 роки тому +5

    1:11 It was the german whom broke the trench warfare first during the spring offensive… the allies broke trough during the summer

  • @joeerickson516
    @joeerickson516 2 роки тому +7

    "Destroy this mad brute!" "Britain 🇬🇧 wants you to join, enlist now!" "Defeat the huns!" 🇩🇪

  • @walli6388
    @walli6388 2 роки тому +11

    This just seems like propaganda. It also looks like a lot of commenters don't hear the alleged the narrator says all the time.

    • @ethan9868
      @ethan9868 2 роки тому

      The entente did all they could to demonize the Germans so as to get the US involved. It wasn't hard since they were the source of news flowing out of Europe at the time.

  • @nobodyspecial4702
    @nobodyspecial4702 2 роки тому +6

    Britain uses "unnamed soldiers" to substantiate a supposed war crime committed by it's enemies, then proceeds to do exactly that to their own soldiers as a field punishment. It doesn't get any more classic British than that.

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 2 роки тому +10

    Allies: “Oh yeah. Y’all are gonna be the villains next time…”

  • @lastprimaris7914
    @lastprimaris7914 10 місяців тому +1

    Whether it happened or not the story affected the Canadian soldiers so much that the rules of war were thrown aside and no prisoners would taken

  • @magna116
    @magna116 2 роки тому +2

    Nice animation.
    I was expecting Cartman to come out saying 'respect my authorita' with a bayonet.

  • @nadirahmed991
    @nadirahmed991 2 роки тому +12

    You guys should do a video on the North Hollywood bank robbery shootout 1997

  • @fatcat9279
    @fatcat9279 2 роки тому +9

    "Then came the crucifixions, God damn but those went on and on and on!"

  • @JibAjabba87
    @JibAjabba87 2 роки тому +20

    Just one more reason I’ll add to be happy I didn’t live in this time and get drafted.
    Nam is a close second.

    • @jamiejack764
      @jamiejack764 2 роки тому +7

      I'd much sooner be in nam than ww1, at least you some chance

    • @Joke_Bidumb
      @Joke_Bidumb 2 роки тому +1

      Nam was a cakewalk compared to WW1.

  • @walli6388
    @walli6388 2 роки тому +13

    Allegedly, unidentified witnesses, unidentified victim, hearsay, vague, some say, some say sth different, etc. I see what you are doing their.

  • @victorvandeputte1978
    @victorvandeputte1978 2 роки тому +4

    This is an amazing story. In my village near Ypres called Sint Julien there was also a story of a Canadian Soldier being crucified by Germans. He was crucified on the cross in front of the Church.

    • @Ali-uc2dd
      @Ali-uc2dd 2 роки тому +1

      Ieperrrrr, kortrijk hier!

  • @nicholasglowka7285
    @nicholasglowka7285 2 роки тому +5

    That insurance ad feels like a strange piece of South Park like satire, and I’ll say probably won’t be the most effective way to make a claim due to a combat related injury. Reminds me of seeing a billboard, in Georgia, that said “Buy Guns, Drugs, and Liquor”, it was basically a Walmart.

    • @RavenFilms
      @RavenFilms 2 роки тому +1

      I wasn’t sure if it was a real ad at first

  • @TheBoyonBreakUntil
    @TheBoyonBreakUntil Рік тому +1

    I can never escape Morgan and Morgan bro now they taking over one of my favorite military channels 💀

  • @LSSJTHOR
    @LSSJTHOR 2 роки тому +48

    History is always written by the winners. (And the winners are ALWAYS the heroes)

    • @Angstbringer18B
      @Angstbringer18B 2 роки тому +23

      Both parts of that statement are completely untrue.

    • @乇呂
      @乇呂 2 роки тому

      lad your 9 go back to school

    • @jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847
      @jasoethesentienteyeshapedg4847 2 роки тому +4

      Somewhere in an alternate future:
      "My Time machine is finally completed. Now history can be whatever I want!"

    • @lordgabriel_721
      @lordgabriel_721 2 роки тому +6

      Vietnam War lol
      Spanish-American War lol

    • @rga0019
      @rga0019 2 роки тому +9

      So the Americans were the heroes of the Philippine-American War? Alright then

  • @Mate397
    @Mate397 2 роки тому +8

    This sounds like one of those stupidly over the top war propagandas that would depict the opposing troops as inhumane monsters.

    • @Shadow962775
      @Shadow962775 2 роки тому

      People still fall for that stuff even today. Many such cases.

  • @dominikfittschen2955
    @dominikfittschen2955 2 роки тому +9

    I do not know if this happened or not. But i know that EVERY faction in WW 1 and WW 2 (and mostly every other war) did criminal things. Don't judge one nation judge humanity for beeing so cruel.

  • @sbo_1238
    @sbo_1238 2 роки тому +6

    Yet another awesome video! Can you make a video on the Kokoda Track Campaign one time? That's a WWII battle that'd be very well explained on your channel!

  • @EngPheniks
    @EngPheniks 2 роки тому +2

    WW2 was of no doubt more destructive than WW1. But there were a lot more unspeakable cruelties in the battlefield that took place during WW1. WW1 was somewhat creepier.

  • @wilhelmvillagracia9670
    @wilhelmvillagracia9670 2 роки тому +6

    In war the first casualty is.....the truth.

  • @basiltito7010
    @basiltito7010 2 роки тому +5

    Imagine how much anglo propaganda has stepped forward since those times

    • @AKUJIVALDO
      @AKUJIVALDO 2 роки тому

      Oh look, smoked juice.
      Oh look, WMD in Iraq.
      Etc...

  • @Whitelightnin76
    @Whitelightnin76 2 роки тому +3

    I have a hard time believing the truth of the crucifixion. Most Germans in the 1910’s wouldn’t have even thought to do that as many grew up as devout Catholics/Christians. Removing Christ from the cross and replacing it with a victim of torture would have been overwhelmingly frowned upon by the ordinary German soldier of Christian faith.

  • @freedombaby64
    @freedombaby64 2 роки тому +17

    this takes WW1 to the next level

    • @patriotenfield3276
      @patriotenfield3276 2 роки тому

      Actually this was one of "fear" tactics employed by the imperial Japanese during the 2nd Sino Japanese war and later WW2 on the Pacific front.

    • @frantictoast3741
      @frantictoast3741 2 роки тому

      Does it though?

  • @Dill_Dude9211
    @Dill_Dude9211 2 роки тому +8

    I never would have thought that any kind of story about any canadians would ever come out of a history channel ever again

  • @MarDamas
    @MarDamas 2 роки тому +19

    I have a family story to share from my great-uncle. Brother of my great-grandmother. He fought in WWII in France. Story goes he and his unit found a bunch of Jews who had been crucified. He and one other took them all down and buried the dead. No one else could stomach it. Apparently some survived. I’ve never been able to confirm this.

    • @maxpayne3332
      @maxpayne3332 2 роки тому +2

      Most likely false..

    • @nobodyspecial4702
      @nobodyspecial4702 2 роки тому +1

      Crucified by the French? The Germans wouldn't have done that since they had no anti-semitic leanings until well after Hitler took control, and even then he specifically gave WW1 Jewish veterans exemption from the anti-Jewish legislation until WW2 started.

    • @nobodyspecial4702
      @nobodyspecial4702 2 роки тому

      @insanity wolf Except anti-semitism wasn't a thing in Germany in 1918.

    • @nobodyspecial4702
      @nobodyspecial4702 2 роки тому

      @insanity wolf Why would you even bother since this video is about WW1? Got confused with the wars?

    • @theemirofjaffa2266
      @theemirofjaffa2266 2 роки тому

      @@nobodyspecial4702 he clearly mentioned ww2

  • @jacoblagera5015
    @jacoblagera5015 2 роки тому +12

    Jesus in 1914:

  • @idonhaveanyideawhattocallm1472
    @idonhaveanyideawhattocallm1472 2 роки тому +4

    Seems like this crucifixion didn't happen

  • @patriotenfield3276
    @patriotenfield3276 2 роки тому +22

    Actually this was one of "fear" tactics employed by the imperial Japanese during the 2nd Sino Japanese war and later WW2 on the Pacific front. the film 800 has depicted this inhumane scene.

    • @Mr33500
      @Mr33500 2 роки тому +9

      Japan wasn't Germany. Imperial Germany was a christian nation and to crucify someone was not something christians liked to do(for obvious reasons). This story is likely fake

  • @ugandantsar1887
    @ugandantsar1887 2 роки тому +4

    Reminds of that one DPR Pow that got crucified and burned by Ukraine soldiers.

  • @Better_Clean_Than_Green
    @Better_Clean_Than_Green 2 роки тому +9

    If Romans would've come back in 1914-1918:

  • @Shockable
    @Shockable 2 роки тому +1

    Bro snuck in Saul Goodman into the sponsor and thought we wouldn't notice

  • @cultured_recruit_legionary
    @cultured_recruit_legionary 2 роки тому +12

    Caesar's Legion be like:

  • @brianbarker2551
    @brianbarker2551 2 роки тому

    Okay, it's kind of scuzzy to put the ad for lawyers asking if you've been injured right in the middle while talking about the crucifixion of the soldier, guys.

  • @joshuabessire9169
    @joshuabessire9169 2 роки тому +4

    Do you really want to risk a Canadian coming back in 3 days later all pissed off? That's aboot the craziest thing I've ever heard, guy!

    • @crusader.survivor
      @crusader.survivor 2 роки тому

      I'm Canadian. Before I was born again, I was quite vengeful. Growing up hunting and fishing in British Columbia, I was picked on by many because they mistook my kindness for weakness, until one day, one of the bullies physically destroyed my hunting blind and cut up my tarp. I tracked him and his friend and messed with them all night while they camped by: using my slingshot to bombard them with stones while I'm in the cover of darkness, spraying them with Doe-in-heat urine while they slept, taking apart their rifles and threw away their firing pins, and the pièce de résistance was leading a chasing bear right into their camp.
      Don't worry, both of them survived. 😇

    • @kennethtyree4770
      @kennethtyree4770 2 роки тому +1

      @@crusader.survivor
      Right on brother.
      In American history any invasion of Canada (the settlement) was doomed to failure. I have been criticized for that comment. The way I see it, it's all America(Amerigo),
      Canada
      US,
      Mexico
      Canada of America
      US of America
      Mexico of America
      Long live righteousness

    • @crusader.survivor
      @crusader.survivor 2 роки тому +1

      @@kennethtyree4770 Canada and America are the closest of any 2 nations on earth. Canadians are influenced by American culture and media, and Americans get most of our Canadian talent and geniuses.
      Canada + USA = best friends forever

  • @manicmechanic448
    @manicmechanic448 2 роки тому +2

    It's amazing what artillery can do.

  • @theconqueringram5295
    @theconqueringram5295 2 роки тому +4

    As far as I am concerned this never happened, but it is an interesting legend from the First World War.

  • @M60A3
    @M60A3 2 роки тому +2

    3:26 imagine not needing to go to court if you get hurt

  • @cultured_recruit_legionary
    @cultured_recruit_legionary 2 роки тому +6

    Fallout NV Casar's Legion be like:

  • @jacksonlee6760
    @jacksonlee6760 2 роки тому +1

    The unfortunate reality is how things like these alleged war crimes often were used by soldiers of both sides to justify real war crimes that are committed.
    "Violence only causes more violence"

  • @michaelpielorz9283
    @michaelpielorz9283 2 роки тому +4

    When british or american viewers are needed a good old anti-german propaganda myth seems to be very helpful

  • @kevin8712
    @kevin8712 2 роки тому +2

    "We have no king but KAISER!!!"

  • @Nox1ic
    @Nox1ic 2 роки тому +39

    Damn I didn't know that happened, keep the good work for knowledge

    • @Ghreinos
      @Ghreinos 2 роки тому +10

      Nobody will know if it happened or not.

    • @aslamnurfikri7640
      @aslamnurfikri7640 2 роки тому +31

      This is probably just propaganda. They saw an allied soldier getting pinned on a door/tree on a funny position and decided to make stories out of it

    • @hazzmati
      @hazzmati 2 роки тому +3

      why don't you watch the video first before commenting

    • @ottersirotten4290
      @ottersirotten4290 Рік тому

      It didnt...

    • @Nox1ic
      @Nox1ic Рік тому

      @@hazzmati I watched the video and yeah it's fake blah blah propaganda just didn't know they made it about that

  • @princessmarlena1359
    @princessmarlena1359 2 роки тому

    0:33 **flies a red doghouse while trying to battle the Red Baron**

  • @indianajones4321
    @indianajones4321 2 роки тому +6

    Please do a video covering the Mesopotamia Campaign WW1

  • @cameronlang6858
    @cameronlang6858 Рік тому

    When describing the bronze sculpture you use inches and millimeters. That's like using yards and inches. You want centimeters lol

  • @knightofhistory
    @knightofhistory 2 роки тому +7

    I love these videos. I've been a massive fan for years! So much so that I actually made my own channel (it focuses on History as well) thank you for the inspiration! I wish I had the same cartoon style you have but... I'm just a small UA-camr

  • @jetfire245
    @jetfire245 2 роки тому +1

    Enjoyed this episode!

  • @stealthynaxo
    @stealthynaxo 2 роки тому +8

    Wait. Wait. Wait. Allegedly the guy's name was Thomas Elliot and he was a medic? Guess the details are all HUSH HUSH now eh?

  • @RhidMorgan
    @RhidMorgan Рік тому +2

    The older I get and more I learn I realise how the common man was used as a pawn in the pointless world wars.

  • @9bang88
    @9bang88 2 роки тому +3

    There's no proof that anybody was ever actually crucified

  • @archangelapache2953
    @archangelapache2953 2 роки тому

    AAAAAAA. I can’t escape Morgan & Morgan! They’re in my history videos now!

  • @Some_Random_Russian_Soldier
    @Some_Random_Russian_Soldier 2 роки тому +2

    RIP those People Who died in WWII 😢

  • @masterDevis
    @masterDevis 2 роки тому +2

    Disgusting that a bold faced lie such as this was taken advantage of

  • @daan14l37
    @daan14l37 2 роки тому +6

    That was a propaganda lie from the British bro

    • @daan14l37
      @daan14l37 2 роки тому +1

      @Simple_history0give it to the comment below mine

    • @Courierman6
      @Courierman6 2 роки тому

      @@daan14l37 no

  • @SithLordMagyar
    @SithLordMagyar Рік тому +2

    I see nothing has changed with information output.

  • @Imnotsmg4bob
    @Imnotsmg4bob 2 роки тому +8

    Jesus Christ: *Hey, I've seen this one!*

  • @ZapoleanMarketingMedia
    @ZapoleanMarketingMedia 2 роки тому +1

    Imagine being so big your sponsors are real commercials and not a ball trimmer

  • @megafatuunna3467
    @megafatuunna3467 2 роки тому +5

    Imagine being named Jesus or hezues and this happens to you

  • @BiggsTheOwl
    @BiggsTheOwl 2 роки тому

    out of all sponsors on this channel the whole "were you in an injury that wasnt your fault" was the last one i expected to see

  • @rayseaman6204
    @rayseaman6204 2 роки тому +2

    I wonder IF it actually happened. WHERE are the Witnesses and Evidence ? They had the technology back then to Verify such a story.

  • @averagejoe8358
    @averagejoe8358 2 роки тому +2

    Fun fact: The reasoning behind parachutes not being standard issue was because officers didn't want pilots to bail out easily when a problem occurs.