Operation Rolling Thunder (1965 - 68)

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    Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the most intense aerial campaigns in U.S. history.
    As the largest US air force operation of the Vietnam War, it lasted from March 2, 1965 until November 2, 1968.
    Originally, the operation was not the idea of the military, but was the brainchild of president Lyndon B. Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 3 тис.

  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  5 років тому +2094

    What was your favorite aircraft seen in this operation during the Vietnam War?

  • @Dunnonia.
    @Dunnonia. 5 років тому +3269

    Us.Soldier: * Taking a piss on a Tree *
    Tree: Ew
    Us.Soldier: ...
    Tree: ....

  • @Powerlifterusa
    @Powerlifterusa 3 роки тому +666

    U.S Military: “Are we trying to win?”
    Politicians: “What?”

    • @pliskenx51mm83
      @pliskenx51mm83 3 роки тому +67

      Basically every US war since WW2.

    • @cuongle7990
      @cuongle7990 3 роки тому +39

      Well they still bombed plenty of schools and hospitals. By "accident" of course, the same thing happening in Afghanistan and Syria today.
      Edit: And while the ground attack aircrafts performed their surgical strike most B52 and other heavy aircraft like the F-111 performed carpet bombing of entire urban population centers with napalm and conventional bombs.
      Most productions in Northern Vietnam were moved to the mountains by then. So the bombing ended up not affecting the industries much just hitting civilian targets killing hundreds of thousand in the process.

    • @Armqus
      @Armqus 3 роки тому +1

      Sounds accurate

    • @jeffcarroll1990shock
      @jeffcarroll1990shock 3 роки тому +2

      Politicians: not with the kind of scratch Vietnam is offering.

    • @thelilstickydude8625
      @thelilstickydude8625 3 роки тому +6

      @Central Intelligence Agency The name. I swear this is underrated.

  • @mtf_nine_tailed_fox385
    @mtf_nine_tailed_fox385 5 років тому +2654

    American Operation names:
    -Desert Storm
    -Rolling thunder
    -Geronimo
    British Operation names
    -Market garden
    -Banquet
    -Canned

    • @testing12356
      @testing12356 5 років тому +373

      The way to know what people in countries like
      *check operation names*

    • @bigmeme8464
      @bigmeme8464 5 років тому +10

      Lol

    • @davidthorp01
      @davidthorp01 5 років тому +69

      Jana Dar-Ali - Credit Valley PS (1653)
      Market Garden was British lead, as Montgomery was the main planner for the operation and the brunt of the forces allocated for the ground convoy were British. The 101st and 82nd were our additions to the operation, as there were 3 main bridges to be taken, and they wanted some American involvement for PR reasons and because they knew we’d send our best. Neptune was an operation in Italy I think, which involved the 82nd airborne. Barbarossa was German and I think that was either associated with germanic mythology or history, i’m not sure which, which has little to do with OP’s comment which was joking about British operation names lacking a bit of flair as compared to US operation names.
      Which granted, the brits always snipe back something about style and unassuming names to throw people off of spying on em.

    • @vashishmanohar4542
      @vashishmanohar4542 5 років тому +48

      Don't forget operation nimrod

    • @meow13678
      @meow13678 5 років тому +70

      Operation : chicken nugget

  • @k-874
    @k-874 5 років тому +1947

    So basically........
    *Politicians showed us how NOT TO USE the airforce*

    • @KonEl-BlackZero
      @KonEl-BlackZero 4 роки тому +250

      Soldiers die because of politicians who never saw a battelfield in their entire lifes

    • @deaconblackwood6785
      @deaconblackwood6785 4 роки тому +106

      Zero Black
      Hitler who fought in WWI:Am I a joke to you

    • @KonEl-BlackZero
      @KonEl-BlackZero 4 роки тому +48

      @@deaconblackwood6785 bruh_sound_effect.wav

    • @tylerparaz6786
      @tylerparaz6786 4 роки тому +40

      Deacon Blackwood Tbf hitler did fight in ww1 but regardless he was evil

    • @TheDalitis8
      @TheDalitis8 4 роки тому +28

      The politicians knew very well that certain red lines could not be crossed because it would inevitably trigger reciprocal escalation from both the USSR & China.

  • @rytherykalan6867
    @rytherykalan6867 5 років тому +669

    *sees Simple History post Rolling Thunder*
    Me: Why am I hearing thunder outside?

    • @joanperez9476
      @joanperez9476 5 років тому

      Red wolf u in Florida ??

    • @radmandude3925
      @radmandude3925 5 років тому +2

      I am actually though a thunder and lightning storm

    • @radmandude3925
      @radmandude3925 5 років тому +1

      @Robert legitd00d no in Missouri

    • @azcatriz
      @azcatriz 5 років тому +2

      Playing War Thunder then getting a notification about Rolling Thunder, gets an ad about War Thunder and finds the video sponsored by War Thunder, all while hearing thunder. InTEreStINg

    • @F.R.E.D.D2986
      @F.R.E.D.D2986 5 років тому

      Cause its gonna roll you

  • @sdhubbard
    @sdhubbard 5 років тому +849

    Gets an Ad for War Thunder followed by a video sponsored by War Thunder.

    • @fordrestored4646
      @fordrestored4646 5 років тому +53

      While playing war thunder I get a notification that simple history posted another video, click on link.. warthunder ad. Video supported by war thunder

    • @NS50117
      @NS50117 5 років тому +1

      You have been removed from the group

    • @funky7127
      @funky7127 5 років тому +7

      they want to assert dominance on wot

    • @troopx
      @troopx 5 років тому +7

      I rather play war thunder than wot, i get access to aircraft, tanks, naval ships and helicopters, i can play with helicopter and aircraft, i can play with tanks and aicraft, i csn play with boats and aircraft. That it’s kinda pay to win yeah. But still.

    • @renewincelestian5007
      @renewincelestian5007 5 років тому

      Coincedence? I THINK NOT!!

  • @womcclung3899
    @womcclung3899 4 роки тому +1129

    War Thunder Ad: "Jump into a cold-war jet..."
    Not unless you grind for six months first

    • @TheValentineEnemy
      @TheValentineEnemy 4 роки тому +143

      That is a pretty optimistic time to get one.
      You probably go insane way before that. Or takes a year.

    • @Kartushka69
      @Kartushka69 4 роки тому +55

      @@TheValentineEnemy Nothing a lot of golden eagles cannot fix

    • @EXG_BLU
      @EXG_BLU 4 роки тому +68

      Neko_ValentinE_Butterfly then you finally get the F4 and try to re create operation rolling thunder and miss your bombs by 10 km

    • @silverwolf5643
      @silverwolf5643 4 роки тому +7

      Or GE your way up

    • @silverwolf5643
      @silverwolf5643 4 роки тому +25

      @General Goldy no secret is Premium account

  • @mikep3180
    @mikep3180 5 років тому +1628

    Can you do " special weapons used in the Vietnam war " such as the Wandering Soul track , agent orange etc

  • @SirStalingrad
    @SirStalingrad 5 років тому +615

    “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”
    WHEN IT ACTUALLY WORKS

    • @firepower7017
      @firepower7017 5 років тому +1

      The Tallboy bombs would bury the Vietcong in the tunnels forcing most to flee out and then you use strategic gassing attacks to basically kill the Vietcong entirely. If the US did this they would've stayed a bit longer and been more humane

    • @facilityguard970
      @facilityguard970 5 років тому

      Lần này Napalm giành chiến thắng
      translate this lmao

    • @SirStalingrad
      @SirStalingrad 5 років тому

      Derpbeef :] hahaha funny

    • @caboose8001
      @caboose8001 5 років тому

      It did.

    • @changingmypropiccausetrann4862
      @changingmypropiccausetrann4862 5 років тому +4

      arnelov a They won the war by using their men as meat shields. They won nothing other then their own suffering and pain.
      Look at the ARVN and US casualties compared to the North Vietnamese casualties. Dirty communist invaders deserved all those deaths!
      Not to mention the US liberal hippies ruining the war effort, they should be executed for treason!

  • @dillonmcculloch917
    @dillonmcculloch917 5 років тому +1876

    You smell that?!?!?!
    That’s napalm son
    I love the smell of napalm in the morning
    - Robert Duvall

    • @alexfogg381
      @alexfogg381 5 років тому +70

      "SMELLS LIKE VICTORY"

    • @budknight5773
      @budknight5773 5 років тому +5

      Big Tasty nothin in the world smells like that

    • @abrahamlincoln7907
      @abrahamlincoln7907 5 років тому +3

      BudKnight Napalm does have a smell, it’s a flammable jell, just chill out.

    • @budknight5773
      @budknight5773 5 років тому

      Gabe Gustin I know

    • @drgenmo8340
      @drgenmo8340 5 років тому +3

      @@alexfogg381 ironic

  • @UNclear-sv1iq
    @UNclear-sv1iq 5 років тому +231

    Dad: I remember the time when i was serving in Vietnam, I was deployed with the US Marine Corp and shot down 17 Vietcong Regulars
    Son: But dad, you were a part of the helicopter maintenance crew
    Dad: I never said i was a good one

    • @lazulianimations3649
      @lazulianimations3649 4 роки тому +10

      @@SimplyZero regulars refer to the NVA

    • @phuongvu527
      @phuongvu527 4 роки тому +2

      Why is the idea of shooting regulars in a war suddenly make you suprised?

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 3 роки тому +4

      @@lazulianimations3649 And the Vietcong were ground troops...meaning that the dad somehow killed seven guerrillas while being a repair man...don’t question it.

    • @rafifrizkyrahmawan451
      @rafifrizkyrahmawan451 3 роки тому +2

      Plot twist: the dad was stationed in khe sanh

  • @hike3
    @hike3 5 років тому +67

    “Hey, Airman!”
    “Yeah?”
    “See that Grid Square?”
    “Yeah..?”
    “Well I don’t want to.”
    [proceeds to drop m117 on bunker]

  • @zuko1569
    @zuko1569 5 років тому +2436

    Vietnam: _Somebody once told me the US is gonna roll me_

  • @rueben-1265
    @rueben-1265 5 років тому +1155

    Today I learned calling a Japanese man Mr. Nagasaki isn't a good idea.

    • @jamesdate537
      @jamesdate537 5 років тому +69

      Did they take the nuclear option

    • @weijohn24
      @weijohn24 5 років тому +56

      I hope they didn't blow up at you

    • @idaho6533
      @idaho6533 5 років тому +15

      I suppose that he blew up in your face

    • @TheAssassin2550
      @TheAssassin2550 5 років тому +10

      Provide us the story

    • @akillerpacman1709
      @akillerpacman1709 5 років тому +19

      What if you call him Sensi Hiroshima? 🤔

  • @otteroftoast2616
    @otteroftoast2616 5 років тому +525

    Basically Vietnam in a nutshell:
    US: You can't do that.
    Soldier: L(._.L Boi.

    • @Phoenix_OP
      @Phoenix_OP 4 роки тому +12

      That is so correct. Troops were given lots of limitations and making strategies hard for Generals

    • @campbellaviation7357
      @campbellaviation7357 4 роки тому +3

      Boi is extreme cringe now. Even worse when furries do it.

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 3 роки тому +4

      @@campbellaviation7357 boi

  • @yoranvangils9903
    @yoranvangils9903 5 років тому +712

    I am the Lorax I speak for the tree’s...
    The tree’s say something in Vietnamees.

    • @merkabah2
      @merkabah2 5 років тому +7

      Can you fucking not?

    • @Kampfer740
      @Kampfer740 5 років тому +11

      @@merkabah2 lol u got mad

    • @merkabah2
      @merkabah2 5 років тому +1

      @@Kampfer740 nah you just got memed out, sorry you had to miss out .

    • @Kampfer740
      @Kampfer740 5 років тому +5

      @@merkabah2 que?

    • @Kampfer740
      @Kampfer740 5 років тому +4

      @@merkabah2 tu, idiota

  • @captainsouvlakis3557
    @captainsouvlakis3557 5 років тому +453

    Please make a video about the invasion of Greece at world War 2

    • @DebsStuffs
      @DebsStuffs 5 років тому

      Captain Souvlakis hey

    • @davids1854
      @davids1854 5 років тому +7

      @@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168 I would not expect it if he did a spanish inquistion episode

    • @localextremist2839
      @localextremist2839 5 років тому +4

      They were already Invaded by Debt

    • @localextremist2839
      @localextremist2839 5 років тому +1

      @@lordseelenfresserdemonking1168
      🎩
      😎
      Thx

    • @captainsouvlakis3557
      @captainsouvlakis3557 5 років тому +1

      @@localextremist2839 It's okay dude have a snack... Oh wait you have no food

  • @ianmacfarlane1241
    @ianmacfarlane1241 5 років тому +411

    So basically the USAF and Navy were operating blindfolded with both arms tied behind their backs - seems reasonable.
    Military strategy is probably best left to the military.

    • @attiepollard7847
      @attiepollard7847 5 років тому +46

      Blame the white house for the bullshit handling.

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 5 років тому +26

      @The Spoiled Commie The People's Republic if Vietnam didn't have any self-imposed restrictions. They tortured American prisoners and weren't afraid to kill anyone who got in their way

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 5 років тому +27

      @The Spoiled Commie No. Peace negociations are political. War strategy is NOT.
      And that's why the US lost the war.

    • @jonathandravis6013
      @jonathandravis6013 5 років тому +42

      The Spoiled Commie if you are a uniformed soldier who gets captured in war, you should be treated according to the Geneva Convention.
      But, given your name, it looks like you are sympathetic to the 20th century’s regimes with the worst record on human rights, so I’m not surprised you are condoning torturing American POWs.

    • @registration3453
      @registration3453 5 років тому +25

      The Spoiled Commie
      I think the point isn’t about losing an entire land campaign, but rather about if you get captured you DESERVE and have THE RIGHT to be treated with mercy. YoU dEsErVe tHe bEaTiNg. We all know these are things you’re only confident enough to say online.

  • @andychen3473
    @andychen3473 5 років тому +23

    Hi Simple History, i’m currently a student in World History AP and your channel has helped me develop an interest in history for the past year. I love your animations and I love videos on the military especially. You have helped me so much over the years, keep it up!!

  • @sipon05
    @sipon05 5 років тому +331

    US: *starts bombing Vietnam in 1965*
    the Vietnamese: *messaged their moms thru iMessage*

    • @Castdeath
      @Castdeath 4 роки тому +25

      Mom: Here is some SAMs

    • @jeffcarroll1990shock
      @jeffcarroll1990shock 4 роки тому +5

      @@Castdeath the Vietnamese: thanks.

    • @svb1192
      @svb1192 4 роки тому +4

      Mom come pick me up im scared

    • @hoathuan4720
      @hoathuan4720 4 роки тому

      Im sorry but what do you mean when you say” messaged their moms”?
      Is it supposed to be an insult ?

    • @PRTZN
      @PRTZN 3 роки тому +1

      @@hoathuan4720 Na its more of a joke based on a meme, but its not really funny for anyone above the age of 16.

  • @ale661
    @ale661 5 років тому +596

    Last time I was this early, the Berlin Wall was still up.

    • @DebsStuffs
      @DebsStuffs 5 років тому +1

      Yatco hey

    • @littlesamurai802
      @littlesamurai802 5 років тому +1

      Nice man

    • @animock3051
      @animock3051 5 років тому +5

      "Durr look at my likes oh my god"

    • @magicyoshi11
      @magicyoshi11 5 років тому +1

      When you get likes on your comment, don’t go “Edit omg thank you soo much it the most likes I have ever gotten” it makes people want to dislike

    • @ale661
      @ale661 5 років тому

      I'll keep that in-mind.

  • @Chorophilax
    @Chorophilax 5 років тому +163

    The pilots of the campaign were trained by playing War Thunder

    • @rn-zu5ld
      @rn-zu5ld 5 років тому +6

      The grind was worth it

    • @stup1db4nana
      @stup1db4nana 4 роки тому +3

      @Hunter6213 oh it ain't got the sparrow still

    • @maverick29er10
      @maverick29er10 4 роки тому +3

      True, dat

    • @Tigershark_3082
      @Tigershark_3082 3 роки тому +1

      @@stup1db4nana We also don't have the Thunderchief, Crusader, Intruder, Vigilante, or F-101 Voodoo

    • @hpep9159
      @hpep9159 3 роки тому +2

      @@stup1db4nana well, I've got news for you now

  • @MastermemesXD
    @MastermemesXD 5 років тому +433

    Trees: *destroyed
    US soldiers: ok we ready to move in
    The grass: im gonna end this man whole career

  • @lochlainkenndy2625
    @lochlainkenndy2625 5 років тому +304

    Can you please do the siege of Tobruk

  • @deathIeaf
    @deathIeaf 5 років тому +261

    Thank you for covering my favorite military operation.

  • @commentcat8927
    @commentcat8927 4 роки тому +25

    Every body gangsta till the leaves start talking
    Nah
    Every Vietcong gangsta till the sky starts playing “Fortunate Son”
    Yes

  • @TeepPicks
    @TeepPicks Рік тому +13

    My grandfather was a tunnel rat in Vietnam, some seriously badass men were bred in this time.

  • @isopod365
    @isopod365 5 років тому +161

    Gov: Don't do this, don't do that. Wait that aswell, don't do it.
    Mil: Am I a joke to you?

    • @totallyfrozen
      @totallyfrozen 4 роки тому

      LZ129 Brazil
      I highly doubt your story

    • @abramo7700
      @abramo7700 4 роки тому +1

      “They’re messin’ us up! Moving in to destroy those SAM missiles!”
      “Woah bud. They ain’t even hit y’all yet. Calm down.”

    • @josecipriano3048
      @josecipriano3048 2 роки тому

      Mil: let's start a war with China next to their place.
      Gov: don't do that.

  • @perfectly-finefinerson9437
    @perfectly-finefinerson9437 5 років тому +102

    **Hears F-4 Phantom and likes the video**
    *"BUT SOUNDSMITH" wants to know your location

  • @Teufelsnachbar667
    @Teufelsnachbar667 4 роки тому +37

    When your plance drops as fast as you in your paratchute you have a problem ... 4:08

  • @johnynuke3310
    @johnynuke3310 4 роки тому +200

    4:08 why is the pilot falling faster then the plane?

  • @thebigsad9463
    @thebigsad9463 5 років тому +363

    Who would win?
    - The world's greatest army
    - Some tree bois with spiky spikes

    • @darnit1944
      @darnit1944 5 років тому +39

      Tree bois win in 1975 after the world greatest army pulls out in 1973.

    • @sionmarak1916
      @sionmarak1916 5 років тому +5

      We all know the answer

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT 5 років тому +23

      Keep in mind, the world's greatest military handicapped itself

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 5 років тому +7

      Those tree boys had SA-2 systems.

    • @deadly690
      @deadly690 5 років тому +4

      Worlds greatest army de facto and because there was a treaty signed in 1973

  • @raynoldthecollector1870
    @raynoldthecollector1870 5 років тому +126

    *A line of bomb drop from heaven, set the earth ablaze*
    Psychedelic instrument plays:
    This is the end....

    • @kabob0077
      @kabob0077 5 років тому +2

      Raydon 32424 I prefer...
      Sent from home overseas
      And into the unknown
      Barely landed in the jungle
      Sent on first patrol
      Sundown darkness falls
      Dig in for the night
      Ambushed in the dawn they came
      The jungle's alive
      I feel my fire starts to burn
      The heat controlling my mind
      Berserk a savage running wild
      Within me the beast starts to roar
      Now I'm ready to strike
      A creature of the night
      Into the fire
      A flame of napalm strike
      Sarge's down I'm in charge
      Vc's everywhere
      Overrun yet order air-strike
      Condemned us all to burn,
      Napalm from above
      Burning friend and foe
      Chaos on the battlefield
      The jungle's on fire
      This place it's driving me insane
      Napalm it's burning us all
      This fight no man will live to tell
      Within me my blood starts to boil
      From above the air-strike came
      And it burned the world below
      Napalm falling from the sky
      And it leaves no man alive
      I feel my fire starts to burn
      The heat controlling my mind
      Napalm it's burning us alive
      Within me the beasts final roar

    • @lephampanh1019
      @lephampanh1019 5 років тому

      Raydon 32424 what song is this?

    • @airborneapple8572
      @airborneapple8572 5 років тому +2

      It‘s from Apocalypse Today

  • @KSubscribers-fs8xs
    @KSubscribers-fs8xs 5 років тому +7

    Hey guys :) I just wanted to say we are learning about the Russians (1917) in my history class. My teacher found your channel and showed us a video on the Russian Revolution (1917) I have been a fan for a long time and can’t believe my teacher showed us a video from u guys cause u are amazing! Thanks for teaching my class and I. -Luke

  • @goofyahhgamer4827
    @goofyahhgamer4827 4 роки тому +9

    why does this sound like such a badass name for an operation, like nothing else compares to this

  • @jamesspargo9399
    @jamesspargo9399 5 років тому +182

    The operation might have worked if Johnson allowed the military to do its job and destroy targets before being engaged. Instead, we took heavy casualties and lost the war

    • @narnianhero
      @narnianhero 5 років тому +19

      Operation Linebacker (without all those restrictions) came back and finished the job. The North Vietnamese were finished and signed a peace treaty leaving South Vietnam alone, well at least until Watergate happened.

    • @thepurrfectionist365
      @thepurrfectionist365 4 роки тому +57

      LMFAO the war was DOOMED from the beginning. South Vietnam could only survive if it had American ground troops and aid. The gov't in the south was extremely unpopular and incompetent and those traits trickled down on the ARVN. North Vietnam on the other hand was willing to fight the US and her allies till the last soldier. Operation Rolling Thunder or Linebacker 1 & 2 weren't going to change that.

    • @kevinp6812
      @kevinp6812 4 роки тому +3

      Lol yeah SV was gonna get clapped without the americans, but like more clapped

    • @coolbox8545
      @coolbox8545 4 роки тому +5

      @H.R. Geiger Counter nah
      That was the Chinese' way of going around in 1980
      The South Vietnamese lost some pretty embarrassing defeats against the NLF before US troops arrived

    • @coolbox8545
      @coolbox8545 4 роки тому +7

      @H.R. Geiger Counter plus in 1975, they actually performed a pretty quick and effective blitzkrieg against the ARVN
      Effectively crippling them in a few months using combined arms tactics that overwhelmed their enemies with swift moves and rapid concentration
      It's called the Blooming Lotus tactic.
      The VPA later used this to cripple the Khmer Rogue and defeating them in like a few weeks

  • @asvpjosee6377
    @asvpjosee6377 5 років тому +86

    I love you Simple History. You show me so much history I didn't even know
    Edit:Thanks for all the like's never gotten this much

  • @trailhog8303
    @trailhog8303 5 років тому

    This was just what I was looking for thx!!

  • @onrr1726
    @onrr1726 5 років тому +5

    A friend of mine was in the air force when when rolling thunder began. His plane landed in Guam for refueling after flying a mission and got delayed for over a month when the B52 bombing missions started over North Vietnam.

  • @vodkainglassofstalinium1221
    @vodkainglassofstalinium1221 5 років тому +260

    US Air force :- we are gonna blow all bridges and destroy Ho Chih Minh trail
    VietCong :- *Laughs in Vietnamese*

  • @rkpr9370
    @rkpr9370 5 років тому +14

    “Jump into a Cold War era jet”
    Only after what feels like a lifetime of grinding with World War II era planes

  • @ryerial7723
    @ryerial7723 4 роки тому +5

    Another cool thing about the F-4 Phantom. There was actually a Mission where F-4 Phantoms posed as Thunderchief’s. Such Modifying the Phantoms used to carry certain equipment to lure out and shoot down MiG-21’s.

  • @Gunnut3497
    @Gunnut3497 3 роки тому +9

    I don’t know why but the f4 phantom has always been one of my favorite planes

  • @micahbell2023
    @micahbell2023 5 років тому +7

    You learn something every day, especially on the simple history channel! 👍

  • @Kirbhunter
    @Kirbhunter 5 років тому +3

    Love your channel I’m really interested in history

  • @SakorskySP
    @SakorskySP 5 років тому

    Almost 2 million man im glad you're reached this many

  • @carlamacdonalded.s514
    @carlamacdonalded.s514 5 років тому +1

    Congrats on almost 2 mil !

  • @wolfpack5943
    @wolfpack5943 5 років тому +18

    Could you guys do videos on these topics:
    1. Navy SEALS
    2. JSDF
    3. Spanish American War
    4. Hobart's Funnies(tanks like the Sherman DD and Crlhurchill Crocodile)
    5. Boar War
    6. Battle of 73 easting
    7. The six day war.
    8. The A10 Warthog
    9. U 505
    10. The time that a admiral on the USS Midway Ordered 1 million dollars worth of Huey dumped over board to save a single plane.
    11. USS Missouri and her sisters
    12. The time a sub took out a train

  • @ninofromkitchennightmares1497
    @ninofromkitchennightmares1497 5 років тому +42

    CAN you do a video about the Gestapo?

  • @Airavin
    @Airavin Рік тому +7

    Love your videos. As a Radar technician in the Air Force, I would love for you to do a video on Lima Site 85. This highlights a top secret mission to support bombing missions in Vietnam and the heroic actions of Radar technician and Medal of Honor recipient CMSgt Etchberger.

  • @imbadateverygame2920
    @imbadateverygame2920 4 роки тому +22

    Realistic war game War thunder:
    Also War thunder: Does flips in tanks

  • @alejandrodelgado4690
    @alejandrodelgado4690 5 років тому +129

    Make a video of why brazil went to war with germany in ww2 because not many people talk abt please.

    • @Pez888888
      @Pez888888 5 років тому +11

      Alejandro Delgado probably because they didn’t contribute enough

    • @alejandrodelgado4690
      @alejandrodelgado4690 5 років тому +3

      How would you know if you dont know anything about it

    • @Thunderous117
      @Thunderous117 5 років тому +8

      Think it was the uboats that led them to war. I've heard that they committed troops to a pursuit squadron using American p47 thunderbolts, and apparently their navy did what it could I believe drachnifel made a video I'll post the link in a sec

    • @quisqueyanguy120
      @quisqueyanguy120 5 років тому

      @@Pez888888 They did.

    • @TheSupart91
      @TheSupart91 5 років тому

      So did mexico when the Germans sunk a oiler in gulf of Mexico mexico joined the allies and went to Europe to stuff german women tacos 🤣😂😎✊🏼

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 5 років тому +47

    Johnson, use Rolling Thunder!
    Pikachu: *surprised* Am I a joke to you

  • @Tigershark_3082
    @Tigershark_3082 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you guys for making a video on this subject. Rolling Thunder has been one of the most interesting operations I've read about, and I plan on doing a presentation for it during my history class.

  • @raptorguy2348
    @raptorguy2348 4 роки тому +1

    Great video

  • @ProfessionalCaptain
    @ProfessionalCaptain 5 років тому +63

    North Vietnam : try to get me stupid burger
    USA : okay then
    (USA starts Operations Rolling Thunder on North Vietnam)

    • @DylanoRevs
      @DylanoRevs 5 років тому +3

      North Vietnam: Hah! Is that all you got?

    • @psnglck20
      @psnglck20 5 років тому +4

      North Vietnam: rebuilds

    • @arnelova986
      @arnelova986 5 років тому +3

      Czech Shadical Official Pokemon: it was not very effective.

    • @dylansmith8142
      @dylansmith8142 5 років тому +7

      *US loses the war*

    • @reddyforlenny9389
      @reddyforlenny9389 5 років тому +7

      @@dylansmith8142 American Deaths 58,000 Vietcong deaths 1.2 million-2.2 million : result North Vietnamese Victory, Reason US withdrawl.

  • @kyktj1283
    @kyktj1283 5 років тому +11

    “I love the sounds of screaming Americans at bedtime” - Luung-Dung Foyu

  • @MaybeKoshka
    @MaybeKoshka 5 років тому +119

    Operation Rolling Thunder
    -COD BO Killstreak

  • @sharpshooter13ify
    @sharpshooter13ify Рік тому +2

    US military: we did what we had to do to win, but *SOMEBODY* wouldn’t let us win!
    US politicians: nervous whistling

  • @commanderwafflemoquin8641
    @commanderwafflemoquin8641 5 років тому +78

    Me sings fortunate son
    *all the people in the Vietnam class*

    • @NguyenMinh-vs1vm
      @NguyenMinh-vs1vm 5 років тому

      I don’t think they know that song though

    • @TheThinkTanksKid
      @TheThinkTanksKid 5 років тому +2

      @Martin Luther I doubt it. A lot of my older relatives who lived in Vietnam during the war did listen to western music, but they mostly only listened to songs from the 50s and early 60s. Stuff like Elvis, Buddy Holly, the early works of the Beatles, etc. Songs like Fortunate Son or anything from '67 onwards didn't really reach to Vietnamese civilians until after the war or it wasn't too common.

    • @NguyenMinh-vs1vm
      @NguyenMinh-vs1vm 5 років тому

      Martin Luther I live in Vietnam so ik most grandparents here do not know the song

    • @commanderwafflemoquin8641
      @commanderwafflemoquin8641 5 років тому

      polka tube socks r/woosh

    • @TheThinkTanksKid
      @TheThinkTanksKid 5 років тому

      @@commanderwafflemoquin8641 Sorry, I just don't think it's a funny joke, seeing the name of that song in everything Vietnam war related nowadays.

  • @Kampfer740
    @Kampfer740 5 років тому +71

    My great uncle was one of the pilots in operation rolling thunder, A pilot of one of the F-4s

    • @neyt9699
      @neyt9699 4 роки тому +9

      He must have been very pleased with himself dropping bombs on civilians. He was lucky that he did not collide in the air with Soviet pilots, they sometimes flew themselves instead of the Vietnamese.

    • @neyt9699
      @neyt9699 4 роки тому

      I was told that American pilots usually avoided air battles when they realized that against them
      not a thin, inexperienced Vietnamese who almost faints with moderate congestion, but an experienced Soviet pilot.

    • @mobiuscoreindustries
      @mobiuscoreindustries 4 роки тому +1

      @@neyt9699 yeah taking on a modern jet in combat isn't something to be taken lightly. With guided missiles even a small mistake can see you explode before you have a chance to do anything. Its the reason why many armies banked so hard on stealth and longer range, because even a state of the art fighter cannot be sure to evade guided munitions.

    • @Kampfer740
      @Kampfer740 4 роки тому

      @@neyt9699 u got any beef with me and my uncle u russian

    • @neyt9699
      @neyt9699 4 роки тому

      @@Kampfer740 beef?What?
      Can anyone translate what he said? It seems that neither I nor google translator understand it correctly

  • @MiKeMiDNiTe-77
    @MiKeMiDNiTe-77 5 років тому

    Awesome video...A lot of amazing jets here on both sides the Republic Thundercheif one of my faves and the MiG 17 and MiG 19

  • @internetisinteresting7720
    @internetisinteresting7720 5 років тому +22

    Dude this channel it´s soo good, amazing and accurate, better than that crap of "The Infographics Show" HELLO FROM CUBA!!!!

    • @georgespatton7787
      @georgespatton7787 5 років тому +2

      The infographics show was good until they ran out of content

    • @notaveragecr6041
      @notaveragecr6041 3 роки тому +1

      Especially the Episode about the F-15 that landed with one wing. On the thumbnail its showed an F/A-18. What made me angry though is that the F-15 could land because of the way F-15 was designed.

    • @vongochongphuoc6385
      @vongochongphuoc6385 3 роки тому

      @@notaveragecr6041 just that?
      You should review their the Usa vs the world/Asia/China

  • @Blaster-Tron
    @Blaster-Tron 5 років тому +45

    We you learn more from a 10 : 00 minute video, than a 40 minute history lesson
    Well, I’II be your teacher today

  • @Historybuffm8
    @Historybuffm8 5 років тому +5

    Great idea on making a video on Rolling Thunder. Could the next video tell the story of Medal of Honor recipient Sammy L. Davis or about the M26 Pershing?

  • @jaideepart1233
    @jaideepart1233 5 років тому +2

    Where was this video when i most needed it last year for history😭

  • @dermie52
    @dermie52 5 років тому +1

    Wow! "South Vietnam"? I'm surprised UA-cam has allowed you to continue...excellent video, many thanks.

  • @manofculture4945
    @manofculture4945 5 років тому +57

    Whenever your popcorn is in the microwave heating up 0:16
    0:17 actually

    • @biggvshavtivsdickvsii8541
      @biggvshavtivsdickvsii8541 5 років тому +1

      I love the smell of popcorn in the morning ... it smells like ... munchie-time.

  • @theflyingsandwich2586
    @theflyingsandwich2586 4 роки тому +5

    American soldier: sneezes
    Tree : bless you
    American soldier : thank you...
    American soldiers: wait...

  • @user-Jay178
    @user-Jay178 5 років тому +1

    That is a lot of bombs. Great video

  • @flyboy0536
    @flyboy0536 5 років тому

    Really nice video 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @proudtobeamericangaming1641
    @proudtobeamericangaming1641 5 років тому +3

    Cool vid, I'm always impressed with your videos, and I always enjoy them when researching war topics

  • @HipsterBot2000
    @HipsterBot2000 4 роки тому +22

    *Operation Rolling Thunder... The Most Badass Words Ever Placed Together. FACT*

  • @mraafi863
    @mraafi863 5 років тому

    Finally, thanks.

  • @thomasbessis2809
    @thomasbessis2809 5 років тому

    YES! Credit where credit is due, you got all of the models right and they look great!

  • @SouthernGentleman
    @SouthernGentleman 5 років тому +8

    Military technology fascinates me

    • @Sgt-lott10
      @Sgt-lott10 5 років тому +1

      Southern USA mapping 2 well here’s a bunch of southern people here, Georgia boy here

    • @SouthernGentleman
      @SouthernGentleman 5 років тому

      Sgtlott 10 Nice! Alabamian here

  • @DCS_World_Japan
    @DCS_World_Japan 4 роки тому +50

    "Realistic"
    "War Thunder"
    My eyes rolled so hard I almost couldn't get them back.

    • @justaman9957
      @justaman9957 4 роки тому +4

      if you want realism, go afther DCS on Steam

    • @DCS_World_Japan
      @DCS_World_Japan 4 роки тому

      J 97 You should check my channel ;)

    • @DCS_World_Japan
      @DCS_World_Japan 3 роки тому

      PBJMan Not even close to DCS or reality.

    • @sateayyam3192
      @sateayyam3192 3 роки тому

      I think Il2 is more realistic but its only ww2 aircraft

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob 5 років тому

    This channel is awesome

  • @zakibegzad3717
    @zakibegzad3717 4 роки тому

    I cant stop watching this

  • @trueslav7430
    @trueslav7430 5 років тому +45

    If you played. COD BO1 you will remember a killstreak rolling thunder

    • @gnikydad
      @gnikydad 3 роки тому +1

      still don't know what the numbers meant.

    • @suhandatanker
      @suhandatanker 2 роки тому

      Ah yes, good ol days flying a hind in that vietnam mission

    • @filx6874
      @filx6874 2 роки тому

      Or napalm strike

  • @stormcuber2461
    @stormcuber2461 5 років тому +11

    *Operation Rolling Thunder*
    Chris:This video is sponsored by war thunder
    Me:Ah I know what you did there

  • @andrew6745
    @andrew6745 5 років тому

    Watching all your vids from the time you had 10K subscribers.

  • @harrypanter4436
    @harrypanter4436 5 років тому

    This is the type of content we like

  • @SakorskySP
    @SakorskySP 5 років тому +4

    finnaly,new video also can you do a video about indonesia? PRETTY PLEASE

  • @Mr-Ad-196
    @Mr-Ad-196 5 років тому +27

    *when the tree started to speak Vietnamese* .

  • @tywilson7816
    @tywilson7816 3 роки тому +2

    You should release your episodes as audiobooks too!

  • @ksubsnovids-bi4ku
    @ksubsnovids-bi4ku 5 років тому

    Keep up the good work!😃😄

  • @robynsnell9485
    @robynsnell9485 5 років тому +5

    Can you do the battle of long tan?

  • @ironroad18
    @ironroad18 5 років тому +3

    RA-5 and RF-8, often went into target areas alone and unarmed. Often they were the only aircraft flying over North Vietnam and Laos during bombing pauses and when operations were suspended.

  • @martinmartin7424
    @martinmartin7424 4 роки тому

    @Simple History great vid, I think you should make a vid about Operation Focus 1967

  • @sneakstr3973
    @sneakstr3973 5 років тому

    playing warthunder while bingeing your vids

  • @StarReveurMA
    @StarReveurMA 5 років тому +17

    Video: Rolling Thunder
    Sponsor:War Thunder (Gaijin)
    -ROLLING THUNDER UPDATE?-

  • @aidan9156
    @aidan9156 5 років тому +123

    Do a story about the famous D.I. R. Lee Ermey🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @cynthiacoronado2867
    @cynthiacoronado2867 5 років тому

    2 million subs SIMPLE history Here we come

  • @marcburroughs2969
    @marcburroughs2969 5 років тому +1

    I recommend a video on operation linebacker 2 and the thunder chief is my favorite Vietnam era aircraft

  • @lordfoogthe2st68
    @lordfoogthe2st68 5 років тому +125

    USA: did -5 damage to player: Vietnam
    Vietnam: did -99 damage to player: USA

    • @DasKaiserManfred
      @DasKaiserManfred 5 років тому +11

      Communists win
      Restart?

    • @sirknight6283
      @sirknight6283 5 років тому +3

      Mission failed
      We’ll get em next time
      Those damn commies

    • @ericvargas6770
      @ericvargas6770 5 років тому +25

      The U.S soldiers in Nam didn’t lose the war we conflicted 1.1M deaths on the Viet Cong and NVA while we suffered 58,000 American deaths it was the support back home and politicians that cost us the War remover we pulled out not surrendered If u would of put physiological victory in that comment I’ll give you that.

    • @Sgt-lott10
      @Sgt-lott10 5 років тому +27

      no, America did -100,000,000 damage to Vietnam
      American citizens did -100,000,000,000 damage to USA

    • @MatthewSmith-to1hz
      @MatthewSmith-to1hz 5 років тому +12

      Other way around. The NVA and VC lost 1.2 million. The US won ever battle.

  • @Kyle-Towner
    @Kyle-Towner 5 років тому +10

    4:18 Intruder that's a very appropriate name for an aircraft used in the Vietnam War lol

  • @tortoisesoup16
    @tortoisesoup16 5 років тому

    *You Really Got Me by The Kinks starts playing in the background*

  • @gavinm8669
    @gavinm8669 5 років тому

    My social studies teacher used your US marine(vietnam) video in class today, best class period ever