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It's the problem with soothing national egos. No one wants to "lose postion" to someone from another country. They can't work together. Same thing with the EU parliament. Compromise born from massive egos and no cooperation
holy shit we went from short edits and the infrequent historical discussion to actual full blown documentaries well done Major i hope we see more of this sooner or later.
Thank you for acknowledging and naming those men that died. My biggest gripe with that movie is that it totally ignored them and their efforts which I think was disgraceful.
Great interview on RTE Radio 1 archive with Jadotville veteran. He was in shower when first attack commenced. Manned machine gun and fired 3 boxes of ammunition c. 750 rounds. Described how a decade later was walking with his young son to football game...suddenly realised he had killed so many in such a field of vision. He recalled that his towel dropped off while shooting...an unrecognised hero, died too young
This was amazing, thank you for uploading this. I only knew about this incident through some "correction" videos of the feature film released a few years ago, but never got into it that much. What a story.
I was looking forward to this ever since the last vid, hopefully people will see the the story told how it really happened, that aside it's still an incredible battle and a great piece of history from my countrymen.
Good representation as far as I can judge. A friend of mine wrote the film script for the movie , we talked a lot about it and your analysis seems pretty good
Questions for MajorSamm and maybe for some of the commentators: - Did the relief column attempt to scout the river banks near the bridge that was blockaded by the Katangese Gendarmerie? - Was the terraine on either side of the approach road to the blockaded bridge swampy or firm? - Was the river fordable by infantry within a few kilometers of the bridge? What I am getting at is: did the relief column try, or could it have tried, to make a river crossing (perhaps by night) to outflank the blockaded bridge and perhaps take the blocking force from the rear?
- Attempts were made but all were spotted and fired upon, the Katangese having almost clear fields of fire from their positions. - The terrain was firm but not suitable for vehicles and was difficult for infantry to pass through without following tracks that were defended by Katangese tripwire positions. -The river wasn't fordable, it was too deep and flowed too fast. Unfortunately there was simply no way to cross the river without using the bridges. There was no bridging equipment issued to the UN forces in the Elisabethville area and they were under fire from the moment they got within a few kilometres of the bridge. Even if they had gotten the infantry across they would be without their vehicles they'd have to fight through the company defending the bridge and at least another company guarding the highway and march some 20 kilometres to link up with A Company and then turn around and do it again back to the vehicles.
No doubt about the men of A coy and their professionalism, bravery and skill at arms however from btn level upwards - what an absolute shiteshow this was
@@MajorSamm all good! I have to thank you for expanding my taste in music and exploring conflicts that I may have otherwise completely overlooked. My friends and family have been put through hours of “did you hear about (insert conflict, protest, event),” fortunately they do not know your home address hahaha!
I’m incredibly proud of the toughness and great spirit shown by the boys in green. I had two uncles in the Irish forces. One told me he took fire from a Sherman in Lebanon but I’m not sure if he wasn’t just pulling my leg. First time viewer but future long term subscriber. I really like your detailed approach to battles.
Awesome account. The movie, although entertaining, was a total farce. Thanks again for your attention to detail and well informed presentation. Joel Threatt, SSG INF, US Army, ret.
hi I come from France and I discovered your channel and your edits, could you do an edit on the French army during the Algerian war? there are a lot of images from this period
Awesome video, love this in detail accounts of historical battles. But let me get this straight, it been a lot of time that watched the movie so I can't remember all the details though in comparison this documentary seems to point that the movie was too much dramatic on the posture and feelings of the Irish who seem to have gone thru the whole incident in a very calm and professional way but beyond that can't remember if the movie actually did any grievances towards the men of company A, maybe the whole "defeat" and shame it seem to imply as if the Irish Army didn't recognise the bravery of company A, maybe that... The real sin of the movie to me is to depict Katangese forces as a brutal tribal militia with the support of cold hearted mercenaries. Certainly the movie fails to humanise the Gendarmes by depicting them as that, antagonist under the light of a manichean hollywood story. According to this Katanga's forces behave professionally too and were gracious in victory treating with honors the men of the 35th, so to my understanding the movie failed miserably to show the human element of the Katanga's armed forces and the acknowledgement they deserve as soldier and their exemplary behaviour in victory.
Boy do I love talking about "real history" while simping for genocidal regimes! Remember when you simped for the "LNR and DNR", and you actually fell for the propaganda saying it was an organic breakaway region? With Pantsir systems? How can you miss something so elementary but tell us about the "rEaL JaDOTviLlE" lmao
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Holy sh*t this is some quality stuff man, not that i'd expect anything less from you.
Here go again. Yaahhhhh
Nice pfp change
Yo fuc your ad I skipped it
Bro was so heated over the movie he made a sequel to his first smack down
Bros been cooking
But he is a good cook tho
Who are you,,,
@@торговыйфлот-м1ш you are goddamn right
That command structure was so bureaucratic and messy that only the UN could have made it.
Hey now... the EU could've done that too, you know...😢
It's the problem with soothing national egos. No one wants to "lose postion" to someone from another country. They can't work together.
Same thing with the EU parliament. Compromise born from massive egos and no cooperation
holy shit we went from short edits and the infrequent historical discussion to actual full blown documentaries well done Major i hope we see more of this sooner or later.
Thank you for acknowledging and naming those men that died. My biggest gripe with that movie is that it totally ignored them and their efforts which I think was disgraceful.
MajorSamm: a Cold War era African military history creator who dabbles in combat footage edits.
No wonder he’s been taking a while to upload he’s been cooking a specialty
Great interview on RTE Radio 1 archive with Jadotville veteran. He was in shower when first attack commenced. Manned machine gun and fired 3 boxes of ammunition c. 750 rounds. Described how a decade later was walking with his young son to football game...suddenly realised he had killed so many in such a field of vision. He recalled that his towel dropped off while shooting...an unrecognised hero, died too young
Mag did an outstanding job with the illustrations, presentation of the information was also excellent!
The only thing needed is a narrator. Desperately.
Thanks rhodie :-)
I pray you'll find success with this, you're genuinely good at it and there's lots of stuff that's gotta be said
And we are back.
I know your most well known for your war edits, but I really enjoy videos like these too. Hope you make more of them.
I love the deep dives you do and have found the Jadotville "series" very interesting and appreciate you bringing it to light.
This was amazing, thank you for uploading this. I only knew about this incident through some "correction" videos of the feature film released a few years ago, but never got into it that much. What a story.
I was looking forward to this ever since the last vid, hopefully people will see the the story told how it really happened, that aside it's still an incredible battle and a great piece of history from my countrymen.
Threw this in the watch later and forgot about it. Glad I finally got around to it, it was fantastic! Would love more of these!!
CONGRATS ON THE SPONSOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loved the doc dude
Brilliant work done. My gratitude.
Yo welcome back!
Would love to see more edits from you in the future!
Great presentation. Little surprised that no Acoy scout groups advanced into the scrub to set up a counter attack and route some of the positions.
Yooo, i'm so much happy and greatfull you really improve, bro. Keep it up :)
Great video I hope there will be similar ones in the future
Thank you, there will definitely be similar ones in the future.
Tremendous work on an important subject. You ought to be very proud!
Very quickly became my favorite history UA-camr, I hope you find more success with this
Good representation as far as I can judge. A friend of mine wrote the film script for the movie , we talked a lot about it and your analysis seems pretty good
These are brilliant bro ❤ keep it up
Questions for MajorSamm and maybe for some of the commentators:
- Did the relief column attempt to scout the river banks near the bridge that was blockaded by the Katangese Gendarmerie?
- Was the terraine on either side of the approach road to the blockaded bridge swampy or firm?
- Was the river fordable by infantry within a few kilometers of the bridge?
What I am getting at is: did the relief column try, or could it have tried, to make a river crossing (perhaps by night) to outflank the blockaded bridge and perhaps take the blocking force from the rear?
- Attempts were made but all were spotted and fired upon, the Katangese having almost clear fields of fire from their positions.
- The terrain was firm but not suitable for vehicles and was difficult for infantry to pass through without following tracks that were defended by Katangese tripwire positions.
-The river wasn't fordable, it was too deep and flowed too fast.
Unfortunately there was simply no way to cross the river without using the bridges. There was no bridging equipment issued to the UN forces in the Elisabethville area and they were under fire from the moment they got within a few kilometres of the bridge. Even if they had gotten the infantry across they would be without their vehicles they'd have to fight through the company defending the bridge and at least another company guarding the highway and march some 20 kilometres to link up with A Company and then turn around and do it again back to the vehicles.
Thank you for this! The Congo crisis is a under looked topic and stating the facts of Jadoville is refreshing from Hollywoods ignorance
Not to say you’ll like my favourite historical youtuber (you are) but oh my god, keep up amazing work like bro 10/10
No doubt about the men of A coy and their professionalism, bravery and skill at arms however from btn level upwards - what an absolute shiteshow this was
The man the myth the legend is back
Awesome content, completely changes how I think about the siege. Quality video, rock on
ooooh I hope you do more of these!!$
There will always be more.
bro is obsessed with Jadotville and I'm here for it
Looking forward to all the good work you put out!
Been seeing your comments for years, thank you for watching all this time.
@@MajorSamm all good! I have to thank you for expanding my taste in music and exploring conflicts that I may have otherwise completely overlooked. My friends and family have been put through hours of “did you hear about (insert conflict, protest, event),” fortunately they do not know your home address hahaha!
I’m incredibly proud of the toughness and great spirit shown by the boys in green.
I had two uncles in the Irish forces. One told me he took fire from a Sherman in Lebanon but I’m not sure if he wasn’t just pulling my leg.
First time viewer but future long term subscriber. I really like your detailed approach to battles.
roughly what age is your uncle? My dad has a similar story he was there with the Irish peacekeepers
@@Philip-b9r he would be 65 now but sadly he passed a few years back.
@@roryduggan2781My condolences.
I like to think it's a guy called Sherman who shot at him for nicking something from his rations.
@@anomonyous Old Sgt Sherman, always shooting at his own 😂😂
there were Shermans which engaged Irish Positions in Lebanon in the 1980's. I believe it was in At-Tiri
Wait so they didn’t have series 1 Landrovers and had jeeps instead? That was the main reason I liked the film lol 😢
Childhood ruined 😢
Excellent video
Really solid thank you!
Majorsamm why you didn't upload new war edit vids for a long time i missed you.
We are so back
MajorSamm never disappoints
Babe wake up! A new MajorSamm video dropped!
Every post is The Return of the King.
Finally a other vid from a great channel
Brother went from Putting songs on war footage to Animating wars on the map.. O and please will you ever make a video about the liberian civil war?
Thank you
You never dissapoint me Major
Commandant Quinlàn and his men did very well. Those above him were natural leaders......one may follow them, but only out of idle curiosity!
Awesome account. The movie, although entertaining, was a total farce. Thanks again for your attention to detail and well informed presentation. Joel Threatt, SSG INF, US Army, ret.
He's back.
This one is going to pop off
the fouga would be grounded :(.... poor fouga didn't deserve it...
1:19:07 It’s funny how in the Wikipedia page the Katangese casualties is four times that number
well done
RIP Katanga 🫡
What a surprise, i hope to se more thinga like this from u
There's plenty more where this came from.
Cool vid bro
hi I come from France and I discovered your channel and your edits, could you do an edit on the French army during the Algerian war? there are a lot of images from this period
MajorSamm, I love you.
The True Documentary
He cooked fr this time
Like the vid guys, feed that algorithm
HE LIVES
Excellent!
We are eating good today
More long term videos. 👍👍👍
56:17 glad BBC learned their lesson and never did anything similar during the Falkland Islands war
One is never sure just whose side the BBC is on!
I'm only half way through but Quinlan looks to have been a very good officer.
What did you use to animate this ?
Sponsors??? Wow, MajorSamm has really made it, huh?
Majorsamm uploaded
The return of the king.
Hell yeah
It's here! And sponsored!
Bro cookin good
All hail major Samm
Gentlemen, get your popcorn and enjoy what bro has cooked
Day one of asking Sam to use spirals mgmt remix for one of his war vids
Awesome video, love this in detail accounts of historical battles.
But let me get this straight, it been a lot of time that watched the movie so I can't remember all the details though in comparison this documentary seems to point that the movie was too much dramatic on the posture and feelings of the Irish who seem to have gone thru the whole incident in a very calm and professional way but beyond that can't remember if the movie actually did any grievances towards the men of company A, maybe the whole "defeat" and shame it seem to imply as if the Irish Army didn't recognise the bravery of company A, maybe that...
The real sin of the movie to me is to depict Katangese forces as a brutal tribal militia with the support of cold hearted mercenaries. Certainly the movie fails to humanise the Gendarmes by depicting them as that, antagonist under the light of a manichean hollywood story. According to this Katanga's forces behave professionally too and were gracious in victory treating with honors the men of the 35th, so to my understanding the movie failed miserably to show the human element of the Katanga's armed forces and the acknowledgement they deserve as soldier and their exemplary behaviour in victory.
PLEASE MAKE MORE 🫂
Majorsamn pls make a war music vid with "Smooth operator"
Reminds me of TIK History
Love these videos. Have a like for engagement
ohooo yes this'll be good, Jadotville is so misunderstood especially that farcical film
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Can you make a video about nordbat 2?
26:30 - if only we all had a black house boy to spie for us huh fellow white people
😮
Why is your accent vaguely... southern?
Hi man. I am from Argentina. I would like you to make a video from the Argentine perspective about the Falklands (Malvinas) War
holy sigma
oh my gyatt
*BLESSED THIS RAVAGED-*
You make normal videos?
У товарища майора акцент не русский
Я вроде где то видел, что из Великобритании он
Sounds like Leeds or Leicester.
Boy do I love talking about "real history" while simping for genocidal regimes! Remember when you simped for the "LNR and DNR", and you actually fell for the propaganda saying it was an organic breakaway region? With Pantsir systems? How can you miss something so elementary but tell us about the "rEaL JaDOTviLlE" lmao
Bro it literally cost nothing to go do something better with your time
@@richardhardeni guarantee the 1 like is from him
kino
Waaah waaaaaah 🍼muh colonialism 🍼
Womp womp the locals tried to massacre a town and got bent
@@anonymousgiraff5536 cope
first
aint no way your trying to monetize now dont delete this goldmine