Benedict Arnold: From War Hero to Traitor | US History | Extra History | Part 1

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Місяць тому +92

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    • @joys344
      @joys344 Місяць тому +1

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    • @also_arles
      @also_arles Місяць тому +2

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  • @GanyuSimpingDegenerate
    @GanyuSimpingDegenerate Місяць тому +1807

    "And that was too many ouchs for our good friend Benedict Arnold"

    • @Wintermute01001
      @Wintermute01001 Місяць тому +244

      "Benedict Arnold? Never heard of him."

    • @mrohno7149
      @mrohno7149 Місяць тому +190

      Dude, uncool

    • @sajalpratapsingh2057
      @sajalpratapsingh2057 Місяць тому +211

      Using oversimplified reference? There's a tax for that

    • @Eldarion-kd6rr
      @Eldarion-kd6rr Місяць тому +118

      "This enraged his father, who punished him severely"

    • @EllpaFox47
      @EllpaFox47 Місяць тому +134

      "our good friend Benedict Arnold is our good friend no more"

  • @justinbuergi9867
    @justinbuergi9867 Місяць тому +961

    It’s funny to think that Arnold could’ve been a true hero if he’d just died or had a slightly better personality.
    Fun fact. The only memorial to him is a statue of his leg with no plaque

    • @colegilbert673
      @colegilbert673 Місяць тому +72

      A slightly better personality? He was cheated by his own allies. It wasn't his fault.

    • @justinbuergi9867
      @justinbuergi9867 Місяць тому +121

      @@colegilbert673 Arnold was famously brash and rude to everyone. Even his Allies didn’t like him so they weren’t super motivated ti help him out

    • @colegilbert673
      @colegilbert673 Місяць тому +49

      @@justinbuergi9867 Yet his own achievements, which dwarfed his attitude, were swept under the rug

    • @errorcrj110
      @errorcrj110 Місяць тому +58

      To paraphrase one of the great fictional detectives: "Cool motive, still treachery"

    • @stephaniegiacco7524
      @stephaniegiacco7524 Місяць тому +28

      I feel like this quote fits it perfectly, “You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.”

  • @MalikF15
    @MalikF15 Місяць тому +650

    Damn Arnold whole story literally goes with the saying “you either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain”. Funny enough when he lives in Britain, he’s not very well received.

    • @wanna-be-thinker2377
      @wanna-be-thinker2377 Місяць тому

      Well, back then, as far as the British, American, and what would have been then British American (Canadian) pubic, he was a traitor to both (all three) countries!!! No one wanted to trust him as a result!! France didn't want him either, nor anywhere else in Europe.
      Obviously, a lot of this IS HUGELY his fault!! And at the same time, he was basically used and mistreated (and hated) since nearly the start of the war till the end of his life. (Though everyone either got over it, or forgot it (since it likely didn't involve them), except the US (who had mostly written out their part in causing this till recently).

    • @neonoah3353
      @neonoah3353 Місяць тому +29

      More like "live long enough to be made a villain".

    • @wanna-be-thinker2377
      @wanna-be-thinker2377 Місяць тому +20

      In a way, it can be said he was betrayed first.

    • @MalikF15
      @MalikF15 Місяць тому +7

      @@neonoah3353 how was he made a villain?

    • @K__a__M__I
      @K__a__M__I Місяць тому +21

      @@MalikF15 by his own actions. It's crazy to read people defending this entitled, whiny brat. 😂😂

  • @charlesdavis1080
    @charlesdavis1080 Місяць тому +219

    Fun fact. One of Arnold's last military acts after he turned his coat was to attack New London CT, (which is not too far from Norwich CT where he was born) in Sept 1781. He burned the city to the ground and massacred the garrison of a fort on Groton Heights when they tried to surrender. Every year on Arnold's birthday the city of New London hangs an effigy of him and then sends to Norwich where it is burned.

    • @ASpaceOstrich
      @ASpaceOstrich Місяць тому +2

      That's super fucked up.

    • @theotherohlourdespadua1131
      @theotherohlourdespadua1131 Місяць тому +31

      ​@@ASpaceOstrichYou think the town that he burned down is gonna respect him? In my country, there is a city named Indang in Cavite that since 1898 did not celebrate a national hero's birthday or death anniversary because said hero burned down the town and killed many of the citizens there. Their crime? Beeing too poor to provide him and his revolutionaries food due to the ongoing Revolution that he started. They only started celebrating those holidays some few years ago, with great reluctance...

    • @ASpaceOstrich
      @ASpaceOstrich 29 днів тому +2

      @@theotherohlourdespadua1131 There's a world of difference between not respecting a figure and burning effigies of them.

    • @itsOZone
      @itsOZone 28 днів тому +19

      @@ASpaceOstrich traitors should never be forgotten

    • @ASpaceOstrich
      @ASpaceOstrich 28 днів тому

      @@itsOZone Its the nascent USA. Literally all of them were traitors.

  • @harkchhun9003
    @harkchhun9003 Місяць тому +111

    "Our good friend Benedict Arnold is our
    good friend no more"
    -Oversimplified

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. Місяць тому +254

    Regarding the part at 3:07. Gates did give much of the credit for the victory at Saratoga to another of his subordinates, writing that:
    "The great tacticians of the campaign were hills and forests, which a young Polish Engineer was skilful enough to select for my encampment.”
    The same young engineer was later tasked with designing some fortifications at West Point. This might become relevant in the next episode.
    BTW, the engineer's name was Tadeusz Kościuszko. Washington himself reportedly has spelt it in 11 different ways. I guess that Gates didn't even want to try.

    • @lizycole8999
      @lizycole8999 Місяць тому +32

      to be fair, Kosciuszko's fortifications at Saratoga were effective. I don't think he had any bad blood with Arnold.

  • @bellehogel8665
    @bellehogel8665 Місяць тому +159

    Did we just near seamlessly transition from The Evasion of Quebec series to a Benidict Arnold series. Impressive.

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 Місяць тому +169

    Ah yes, one of my favorite historical American Patriots and founding father-Benedict Arnold’s leg

  • @Nonsequitoria2010
    @Nonsequitoria2010 24 дні тому +29

    I'm having so many Liberty's Kids flashbacks. The entire Benedict Arnold arc is infuriating on your first watch as a kid - when you re-watch as an adult, tho, it's heartbreaking. No production is ever going to top it.

  • @MorglortheMangler
    @MorglortheMangler Місяць тому +193

    Benedict Arnold was many things, war hero, husband and traitor but the thing I’ll remember about him the most is a delicious breakfast sandwich being named after him.

    • @dominicguye8058
      @dominicguye8058 28 днів тому +9

      I don't think that was named after him

    • @MorglortheMangler
      @MorglortheMangler 28 днів тому +12

      @@dominicguye8058 probably not but I’d like to think that it was

  • @kathiecraig2803
    @kathiecraig2803 22 дні тому +33

    " *Okay you Traitor.* "
    " *Actually... Okay you Benedict Arnold.* "
    *And that was too many ouchs for our good friend Benedict Arnold*

  • @onewhoknocks1154
    @onewhoknocks1154 Місяць тому +24

    Arnold was a complicated figure. He was legitimately wronged in some ways, but he was ultimately the main architect of his destruction. If he had been levelheaded and humble, he would have been remembered as an American hero.

    • @SavathunSussyImpostor
      @SavathunSussyImpostor Місяць тому

      Humble? He saved America so many times and was treated like garbage, you're saying that he should've let congress spit on his face and sucked it up, to not care that his government didn't care for him, they saw him as a disposable tool and gave him nothing.

  • @DevenTurner-gk6dd
    @DevenTurner-gk6dd 29 днів тому +27

    It’s actually tragic what happened to him. Man was arguably our best fielder commander. At one point even though he had no naval training strapped cannons onto row boats to ward off the British. His betrayal came as a surprise to Washington who thought of him as a true friend and comrade.

  • @ericsiau836
    @ericsiau836 Місяць тому +59

    Me:*heard John Brown's name*
    My thoughts: EH... WAIT A MINUTE?!

  • @jroden06
    @jroden06 Місяць тому +53

    Amazing build up, and great context. "People aren't monoliths" is something I'm repeating more often lately.

  • @EyalBrown
    @EyalBrown Місяць тому +20

    I'm honestly shocked I have known so little about Arnold before this series. What a life! Could be an amazing melodramatized-to-the-point-comedy Netflix show.

    • @nolanp13
      @nolanp13 29 днів тому +1

      The AMC series “TURN: Washington’s Spies” centers on Arnold melodrama quite a bit! I’d definitely recommend checking it out!

    • @spookyt8692
      @spookyt8692 26 днів тому +1

      @@nolanp13I was just about to mention this!

    • @Nonsequitoria2010
      @Nonsequitoria2010 21 день тому

      @EyalBrown you need to watch Liberty's Kids! There's a whole arc that I had no idea was SO historical lyrics accurate until this series.

  • @melnoli
    @melnoli Місяць тому +8

    As a non-US person, this series is my first real non-pop culture intro to Arnold, and comparing it thus far to the cartoonish villain version of him I got from TV and movies is a trip

  • @timlamiam
    @timlamiam Місяць тому +24

    i love this sudden turn of interest towards American founding history. This topic is always dear to me as the topic taught in high school that transformed history from just another school thing to a lifelong passion.

  • @DeusExRequiem
    @DeusExRequiem Місяць тому +135

    Seriously, if citizens of the US heard this story but the names were changed along with the country they happened in, everyone would be on Arnold's side.

    • @metazoxan2
      @metazoxan2 Місяць тому +35

      Eh ... only if you don't tell the WHOLE story.
      After all he was dealing in a lot of corruption in Philidelphia and was almost intentionally causing problems by cosying up to the families that still had connections to britain during a war with them.
      He also could have avoided a lot of conflicts and had congress been more sympathetic with him if he didn't constantly get into fights to hord as much honor as prestige as he could for himself.
      I'm not saying his story doesn't elicit some sympathy. But he's not that much of a tragic missunderstood hero.
      He's more a power hungry general who lost to his equally power hungry rival and ultimately turned traitor to get the power and prestige he wanted.

    • @hullutsuhna
      @hullutsuhna Місяць тому +23

      @@metazoxan2 Arnold didn't do anything the other Continental generals weren't doing, up to and including socializing with Loyalists & being in correspondence with the enemy, also do remember that he used his own money to pay for things the Congress couldn't pay for at the time & then Congress refused to compensate him for it, Washington had the exact same issue with Congress refusing to compensate him AND with other generals and/or politicians in Philadelphia plotting against him for their own personal gain, the main difference is that Washington didn't have Arnold's bad temper.

    • @jesurenbnb
      @jesurenbnb 29 днів тому +7

      ​@@hullutsuhnaWashington has something that Arnold will never have and that is a likable personality

    • @Sorcerers_Apprentice
      @Sorcerers_Apprentice 24 дні тому +5

      You can be the best, most amazing in the world at whatever it is you do, but if you can't get along with others, you're not going to advance in life. Ever since I became an adult and entered the work world, I have met numerous people who were intelligent, hard working and good at their job. But if they had no social skills, their careers either tanked or never launched for numerous reasons.
      They thought that since they had a degree, they should get a cushy job right away, not an entry level job. They got upset about having to work with someone who was a little different from them. They made a baseless accusation or insulted the very person in charge of raises and promotions. They constantly called HR and complained about minor disputes. They got referred for 'sensitivity training' or put on 'administrative leave' (this is a big hint that the company is prepared to fire you with cause if you don't change) and instead of listening, cry and scream about being 'persecuted'.

    • @BENSUS24-oz1rt
      @BENSUS24-oz1rt 24 дні тому +1

      69 likes

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Місяць тому +42

    Another amazing series?! YES PLEASE ❤❤❤❤❤

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      This is why you get bullied

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      @rememberlife Місяць тому

      💀

    • @Pangloss6413
      @Pangloss6413 23 дні тому

      This is the death of human articulation

    • @Pangloss6413
      @Pangloss6413 23 дні тому

      @@rememberlifemy god, the skull emoji? Creative genius in the house, here

  • @xaviersaavedra7442
    @xaviersaavedra7442 Місяць тому +67

    looks like we're having, eggs benedict Arnold

  • @mzk4193
    @mzk4193 Місяць тому +51

    So Benedict Arnold was not a werewolf who assassinated King George III and Abraham Lincoln 😮
    I am so shocked 😂

    • @CollinMcLean
      @CollinMcLean Місяць тому +12

      That movie was so weird

    • @discountplaguedoctor88
      @discountplaguedoctor88 Місяць тому

      I don't get the reference.

    • @CollinMcLean
      @CollinMcLean 29 днів тому +5

      @@discountplaguedoctor88 It's a Netflix movie called America:The Motion Picture and the only way I can describe it as... imagine if America created a mythological story of our founding. Like the Aeneid or the Irish book of invasions...
      But it was by frat bros...

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 29 днів тому +2

      ​@@CollinMcLeanit's exactly what will be taught to homeschooled loyalists of a Murka in their fallout shelters.

  • @GustavoSilva-ny8jc
    @GustavoSilva-ny8jc 23 дні тому +7

    9:15 ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS

  • @nathanspencer3723
    @nathanspencer3723 Місяць тому +20

    I really like this kinda thing, the cascading series. It's really cool to have a series and then have the next series be focused on a side note or smaller character from that series. Like a web of history, showing the interconnectedness.

  • @nathyboi21
    @nathyboi21 Місяць тому +79

    Benedict Arnold: the true definition of becoming an enemy because of his own people’s actions

  • @Lionstar16
    @Lionstar16 Місяць тому +31

    As a Brit, this episode should be interesting

  • @pericoparakeet6104
    @pericoparakeet6104 Місяць тому +12

    I really want a show on either Pancho Villa or Guessepi Garibaldi

    • @Artur_M.
      @Artur_M. Місяць тому +3

      @pericoparakeet6104 A series about Garibaldi on this channel is coming soon. After the end of each Extra History series, they have the special "lies" episode with commentary, where they talk about simplifications and mistakes they've made, recommended reading to learn more, etc. and what topics they are planning to cover next. I'm pretty sure they mentioned Garibaldi last time.

  • @Koinoo-q8f
    @Koinoo-q8f Місяць тому +146

    Honestly the hypocrisy in that Arnold is considered a traitor but there are dozens of confederate monuments and are pretty honored baffles me

    • @Kaiserboo1871
      @Kaiserboo1871 Місяць тому +14

      Difference:
      Arnold tried to hurt the U.S. on his way out (plotting to hand over a fort).
      Lee didn’t do this, he didn’t attempt to sabotage the U.S. on his way to join the confederacy. He resigned and left, simple as.

    • @Koinoo-q8f
      @Koinoo-q8f Місяць тому +53

      @@Kaiserboo1871???
      There's no difference
      The reason why Lee joined was because he was more loyal to Virginia and then he led battles against his former government
      that doesn't make him any less of a traitor

    • @Will-fl3hj
      @Will-fl3hj Місяць тому +1

      @@Kaiserboo1871 Lee killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. No traitor has ever hurt the people of the US more than Lee.

    • @Kaiserboo1871
      @Kaiserboo1871 Місяць тому +2

      @@Koinoo-q8f Yeah but unlike Arnold, Lee didn’t turn coat halfway through the war.

    • @Koinoo-q8f
      @Koinoo-q8f Місяць тому +30

      @@Kaiserboo1871 no he did it before the war started

  • @bthsr7113
    @bthsr7113 Місяць тому +11

    I'm reminded of the History of England series with guest David Crowther. "Death would have been such a better career choice."

  • @hiinsertnamehere
    @hiinsertnamehere Місяць тому +10

    Can't believe I'm this early! (Without early access) Can't wait to watch this episode! This is my first time learning about Benedict Arnold, and I'm not disappointed in the slightest based on the invasion in Quebec videos! Keep up the good work! :)

  • @Sr_Eddie2
    @Sr_Eddie2 Місяць тому +9

    There is nothing like more interesting parts of history filling up my brain, keep up the good work

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Місяць тому +15

    My favorite channel! Thanks For always teaching us! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @TheRevanchrist
    @TheRevanchrist Місяць тому +11

    I thought there would be a break after the quebec series. but makes sense to go straight to Arnold as Quebec was a large event of his career.

  • @djdbajron1
    @djdbajron1 28 днів тому +9

    0:52 really I wanted to learn about history but I learned about a cool fact

  • @linkinbooth165
    @linkinbooth165 29 днів тому +5

    I know it’s historically fictitious, but I really like how the AMC show TURN covers these topics in a historical drama. I was so surprised to find out that John was a real person today!

  • @MsZeeZed
    @MsZeeZed Місяць тому +8

    That list of un-revolutionary things Arnold believed in before his appointment in Philly sounds similar to what many leading Americans thought before Quebec. That these were retroactive opinions makes sense because he was so fervent in the cause; John Adams didn’t praise people for fun imo. From afar he would have looked like the perfect appointment and as you say it’s likely Philly was looking to undermine any military figure in that role.

  • @briannamcdaniel266
    @briannamcdaniel266 Місяць тому +5

    I've always wanted to learn about him! Loved this episode! Can't wait for next week's episode!

  • @Snoopymk37
    @Snoopymk37 Місяць тому +15

    As a Canadian, he just decided to go with the "good guys". Haha!😂

    • @crhu319
      @crhu319 29 днів тому

      Correct. If he wasn't so corrupt he could have a statue put up to him lol.

    • @toob_noob4381
      @toob_noob4381 19 днів тому

      Yet you're just America Lite now

  • @Coffeepanda294
    @Coffeepanda294 Місяць тому +8

    Okay, I know from the speeches of Benedict Donald that America had airports back then, but I didn't know they had nuclear reactors. Exciting!

  • @randyreese6413
    @randyreese6413 Місяць тому +43

    He may have been a traitor, but his sons all served Britain loyally and honorably.

    • @colegilbert673
      @colegilbert673 Місяць тому +9

      Right on that

    • @jesurenbnb
      @jesurenbnb 29 днів тому +6

      That is true however they were more liked they he was

    • @Pangloss6413
      @Pangloss6413 23 дні тому +1

      Helping the biggest empire in human history isn’t that noble

    • @randyreese6413
      @randyreese6413 23 дні тому +9

      @@Pangloss6413 Nothing like judging history with modern morals.

    • @CABRALFAN27
      @CABRALFAN27 21 день тому +3

      @@Pangloss6413 Eh, no more or less noble than helping the US. *side-eyes the Native Americans*

  • @BrandonBDN
    @BrandonBDN Місяць тому +14

    1:20 Foreshadowing!

  • @powerist209
    @powerist209 Місяць тому +9

    For some reason, is Liberty Kids only one to adapt that aspect?
    As far I know, entire series had him as being frustrated on being sidelined for his actually good merits to side with British.

    • @axl1178
      @axl1178 24 дні тому +3

      I've seen that show way back in the day, but I don't remember how in-depth it really went in regards to Benedict's betrayal. What little I remember is the shock and somewhat devastating impact it had on the 3 youngsters that featured as part of the main cast.

  • @famguyfan33647
    @famguyfan33647 Місяць тому +6

    If he’d died at Saratoga, he’d be up there with Lincoln and MLK among the great American martyrs.

  • @TheGhostofRandolphBourne
    @TheGhostofRandolphBourne Місяць тому +3

    "Are you a part of the resistance?"
    "I used to be, but then I got so good at it, I started resisting them."

  • @HamSaladtv
    @HamSaladtv Місяць тому +6

    Fun coincidence. John Andre was captured at Toconderoga in 1775, its likely he met Arnold there when Arnold and Ethan Allen took him prisoner.

  • @Tommylop1982
    @Tommylop1982 Місяць тому +5

    I do believe her former fiancé is going to be hanged. The sad part is is if he had been captured wearing a British uniform he would’ve been treated as a POW. But since he decided to wear civilian clothes, Washington hung as a spy.

    • @davidjennings2179
      @davidjennings2179 Місяць тому +1

      Hung as a spy? Sounds like the title of an Austin Powers film

  • @LexiLunarpaw
    @LexiLunarpaw Місяць тому +6

    My favorite Show!

  • @GhengisJohn
    @GhengisJohn Місяць тому +5

    "Congress which seemed to want to control everything yet accomplished little." Boy, "The more things change", am I right folks? My inner "hack comedian" couldn't resist making that joke, I'm sorry.

  • @andrew4104
    @andrew4104 Місяць тому +5

    the art in this episode is looking great!

  • @osoraun9362
    @osoraun9362 9 днів тому +1

    “You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.” -Harvey Dent

  • @alexmazurek18
    @alexmazurek18 28 днів тому +1

    That intro tho. Seriously, Extra History's storytelling is unmatched

  • @KamiRecca
    @KamiRecca Місяць тому +5

    "Benedict Arnold had been exposing himself to Fire all day."
    B: "Oh Hello there Fire. You can roast these nutz all day."
    F: "Oh FFS Benedict! Nobody wants to see your Liberty Bells!"

  • @ahistoric_gamer9716
    @ahistoric_gamer9716 Місяць тому +18

    Ahh my favourite loyal subject 😂

  • @bw5020
    @bw5020 Місяць тому +3

    I've been waiting for this!❤

  • @foo1ed
    @foo1ed Місяць тому +3

    “Our good friend for Benedict Arnold, is our good friend no more.”

  • @pandawok301
    @pandawok301 Місяць тому +7

    I just remembered a episode from Fairly Oddparents where Benedict disguise himself as George Washington, only to be caught when it’s discovered that he doesn’t have Washington’s impulsive need to CHOP WOOD!

  • @user-em5dc2tl2w
    @user-em5dc2tl2w Місяць тому +1

    Hello extra history I just wanted to say I love watching your videos and you guys inspired me to go into more history and try to learn more in my history class thank you extra history ❤

  • @lizycole8999
    @lizycole8999 Місяць тому +3

    In all fairness to both Washington and Arnold, the Philidelphia post seemed like the logical appointment. Arnold was still recovering from his leg wound and wasn't fit for the battlefield again. ...yeah 😬

  • @joelkp1185
    @joelkp1185 18 днів тому +1

    “Just like that, our good friend Benedict Arnold was no longer our good friend”

  • @Cheshire1501
    @Cheshire1501 Місяць тому +3

    A series on the other man associated with “traitor”, good ol’ Quisling, would rule

  • @jakobtarrasericsson4295
    @jakobtarrasericsson4295 Місяць тому +2

    It's easy to forget that heroes and vilains, loyalists and traitors aren't made up at the brief instant of history. It is a long, complicated road ahead that leads to that any respective decision they make that solidify their position in history.

  • @KyleRayner12
    @KyleRayner12 Місяць тому

    I didn't even realize until the reference that this was a new series. Loving the continuity.

  • @ITAMI_249
    @ITAMI_249 День тому

    That calendar as an app will be great

  • @jamesdreads7828
    @jamesdreads7828 Місяць тому +1

    What a legend.

  • @Mr110074
    @Mr110074 Місяць тому +2

    Oh cool we’re just jumping into the next series.

  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Місяць тому +3

    Arnold's pride is what caused him to become a traitor. That was the root of it all.

    • @metazoxan2
      @metazoxan2 Місяць тому +1

      and his greed. He wanted more wealth and power for himself. That's why he was so hungry for achievements and honor. The larger a figure he was in the army the larger the position he'd have as the new government took shape.

    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 Місяць тому

      @@metazoxan2---I respectfully disagree with you about wealth. Arnold didn't ask to be paid much for turning West Point over to the British. Which says he wasn't after money. It was his pride and being slighted so much that caused it.

  • @mechaboy0226
    @mechaboy0226 Місяць тому +3

    The series turn: Washington’s spies covers this rather nicely

  • @pettitlion2566
    @pettitlion2566 Місяць тому

    Love this video! So good to learn something at Sunday morning!

  • @ViscosAtlantic
    @ViscosAtlantic Місяць тому +1

    Love the vid. Love triangles & monogomy are both the worst!

  • @Tekodey
    @Tekodey Місяць тому +3

    Please keep making your wonderful shorts😍

  • @ProjectBuildOnRRorRobloxFilms
    @ProjectBuildOnRRorRobloxFilms Місяць тому +3

    Yay daily dose is here

  • @itsquitemessy
    @itsquitemessy Місяць тому +2

    this show is my life

  • @hausee5270
    @hausee5270 Місяць тому

    This is lowkey becoming my favorite yt channel thank you for making work bearable 😂

  • @omegamkx588
    @omegamkx588 Місяць тому

    Anybody else seen Turn: Washington’s Spies? It’s an amazing show, and covers (a slightly fictionalized version of) these events

  • @maxbrooks5468
    @maxbrooks5468 4 дні тому

    I think, as a British person, I find it really interesting that despite throwing it in with the British, he isn’t really well known in the UK at all.

  • @hawkwilliams6533
    @hawkwilliams6533 Місяць тому

    This man can't get a break he did everything every victory I feel bad for him

  • @Advent3546
    @Advent3546 Місяць тому +1

    This should be a very interesting series

  • @imavotableparrot8282
    @imavotableparrot8282 Місяць тому

    WAKE UP, NEW EXTRA HISTORY DROPPED 🗣🗣🗣

  • @justinalicea1590
    @justinalicea1590 Місяць тому +1

    When I read the book "The Real Benedict Arnold" by Jim Murphy, it completely flipped my opinion of the man, and I hope that it gets mentioned somewhere for this series, even in the Lies episode. He definitely had his faults, some of which steered him towards betrayal, it was really the waves of others that caused him to turn that way, like a boat catching the wind in its sails rather than fighting it to take the straight path.

  • @tomcurl8034
    @tomcurl8034 29 днів тому +1

    On one hand, Benedict Arnold seems to have some legitimate grievances on the other. It seems like he had a bad attitude and was doing some stuff he shouldn’t have and was more concerned with glory than the cause of the revolution.

  • @euansmith3699
    @euansmith3699 Місяць тому

    Fascinating history in a fun package.

  • @Vhs-fuq
    @Vhs-fuq Місяць тому

    You guys put out a good product, it’s that simple. 👍🤙

  • @Coolstuff588
    @Coolstuff588 Місяць тому +3

    I love your videos ❤

  • @thevoidlookspretty7079
    @thevoidlookspretty7079 Місяць тому +1

    Damn, usually takes this channel at least a year to do a direct sequel.

  • @jacquelinecallejas1390
    @jacquelinecallejas1390 24 дні тому

    Darn I didn't know about the calendar till 2 days too late.

  • @autisticaeronaut
    @autisticaeronaut Місяць тому

    Finally, I can show my friends what I keep calling them in Murder Mystery/TTT ganes

  • @ahmadalborene4463
    @ahmadalborene4463 Місяць тому

    please make a video about the Basus War

  • @jokodihaynes419
    @jokodihaynes419 Місяць тому +1

    "but the thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies"-Lawkeeper Equity Mlp Ace Attorney EOJ

  • @RomainBX101
    @RomainBX101 Місяць тому

    I hope everyone gets your calendar and amazing video as well very good animation on one's in America's war revolution history .

  • @fritoss3437
    @fritoss3437 Місяць тому +2

    Attempt 76 of asking for a Louis Riel video

  • @postapocalypticnewsradio
    @postapocalypticnewsradio Місяць тому +1

    PANR has tuned in.

  • @82dorrin
    @82dorrin 19 днів тому

    If he had openly switched sides instead of being sneaky, people would probably have more respect for him.

  • @Olympicmetor787
    @Olympicmetor787 Місяць тому

    Extra history at Saturday 10 august 2024 at exactly 18:47 West Africa time goes hard🗣️🔥🔥

  • @azureonyoutube-g5k
    @azureonyoutube-g5k Місяць тому +2

    i love you extra history please don’t die

  • @Vespuchian
    @Vespuchian Місяць тому +1

    Imagining Arnold as one of the early leaders in the US Navy is an interesting one. You'd just know he'd take one or more of the US's frigates and raise hell for as long as he could get supplied, one of those commanders you have to send a fast ship after to tell him the war's over already and he can come home again.

  • @Lawnmowing-inc
    @Lawnmowing-inc Місяць тому

    "and that was too many ouchies for our not so good friend Benedict Arnold"

  • @vinchester8688
    @vinchester8688 Місяць тому +184

    Attempt 60 of asking for a Mustafa Kemal Ataturk video

  • @TheGuardianofAzarath
    @TheGuardianofAzarath Місяць тому

    Fun fact, there’s actually a plaque dedicated to Arnold in London, calling him an “American Patriot”