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Hundreds of thousands of birds against just a few soldiers with a lewis gun... The emus were actually effectively dealth with when the government offer bounties for each emu kill
@@richardsamuelgustavo The people who have to live off money, its an economic defeat, the real kicker, the whole war is just 3 guys in a jeep with one LMG. Pretty sure they would get the Emus if they used hunting shotguns.
All of western Europe is currently being invaded by non Europeans yet European taxpayers are forced to pay for it yet there is hope that trump can save europe after he fixes the usa
Since you mentioned mistakes or accidents, here is the one that occurred in Yugoslavia.On April 1st one German reconnaissance plane such as ME 110 C was doing a regular reconnaissance flight. During that day there was a foggy weather, and the plane landed on one of the Yugoslav airfields. Since Yugoslav air force had ME -108's, ME-109 E's and Dornier Do-17 bombers they landed there. And when the German crew come out from the ME - 110 E, they were captured by the Yugoslav army, and the markings were repainted to be a Yugoslav ME-110. Then like I mentioned, on April 6th 1941, Germany invaded Yugoslavia, by bombing Belgrade. During that day, the Belgrade was bombed in 3 ways. The first way was in 6 AM, when most of the citizens were sleeping, the second one was at 10 AM, and the third way was in the evening. But the intensity of bombing the Belgrade when the Yugoslav flak and air force somehow managed to repel the attackers. Also when the ME - 110 was captured and repainted to have Yugoslav markings, what happened was that couple of days after WWII has begun in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav flak also by accident shot down the mentioned ME - 110 E fighter. After the attack on Belgrade on April 6th 1941, Yugoslav air force decided, to bomb German troops stationed in Austria and Hungary. They were the first who bombed Vienna, and Graz (believe it or not). And it was effective attack, since, there were some delays in German advancing's towards the Balkan peninsula. The Yugoslav air force had white cross with red, and blue insignia. And believe it or not, when the Yugoslav Dornier Do-17 had these markings of mentioned white cross, even some German soldiers and officers though that it was one of their planes, when these planes were flying. And when there was inevitable the capitulation of Yugoslav army, and also air force, Yugoslav crew destroyed some of the airplanes, so they could not fall in the enemy hands. After that, some of the pilots fled to serve in Allied, and Soviet air force, while some had to stay and to join the Yugoslav resistance, and also to fly on Spitfire MK V, and MK IX, since these Spitfires were delivered by British, and by Soviet Union, they received Yak 3 planes. And like you have mentioned that the bridges were destroyed, even these Yugoslav Do-17's bombed some of the German troops, but when bombs fell, they didn't hit bridge. And when Axis forces occupied Yugoslavia, in some parts of Balkan peninsula that was held by German army, Germany decided to build bridges. But at the end of the war they had to blow up the bridges. They even blow up one in Novi Sad at 1944, when the Germans were retreating from the advancing Soviet, and also Yugoslav partisans. Nowadays, there are the pillars of that same bridge on river Danube, between Petrovaradin fortress, and Novi Sad. Also there was something as a maybe as a screw up or deception, or miscalculation (I'm leaving you to think what it was). What happened was that there was a battle on river Neretva. And this battle was considered as the Battle for the wounded, since there were a lot of wounded Yugoslav partisans. This battle occurred between February and March 1943. And what happened is that the commander of Yugoslav partisans (and after the WWII the Yugoslav president), he ordered to be blown up one bridge on river Neretva. In this confusion, Germans believed that Josip Broz Tito will come back to some previous positions so they can capture Yugoslav partisans, and Tito. But instead of that, Josip Broz Tito gave on order to build a pontoon bridge, which they did. And that's how were the German troops were deceived, believing that Tito will come back. And on pontoon bridge, the wounded's were evacuated. After WWII, believe it or not, on same year, and almost at similar time in different locations in Yugoslavia, during the late 60's there were two movie crews doing a filming of movies. One was US crew working on movie Kelly's Heroes, and the other movie was Yugoslav movie crew working on movie The Battle on Neretva. When you showed these Sherman tanks on 42:12 , I remembered the scene from movie Kelly's Heroes when Sherman tanks are coming out from the tunnel, and they are attacking German troops. Since I mentioned movie Kelly's Heroes, believe or not the whole movie was filmed in Yugoslavia. Also the mentioned tank scene, when tanks are coming out of tunnels was filmed on mountain Fruška Gora, which is near city Novi Sad (today's Serbia). Also the same Sherman tank that was used by Donald Sutherland in the mentioned movie is in city Novi Sad in the Museum of Vojvodina. These were some historical things, dear friends. Počivaj u miru Donalde Saterlende, legendo. Rest in peace Donald Sutherland, legend.
I’d argue it’s not a rookie mistake exactly because of how often it happens. It’s easy to overstep your reach or to get tunnel vision at the cusp of victory and blunder into defeat.
if you do the research you'll find that very few military operations go 100'% according to plan , the best field commanders just improvise and go along with the fluid situation and keep trying to achieve their mission goals
To be fair, there isn't only: "no plan survives enemy contact". Because, as those of us who grew up in the 1980ies still know, there's always also: "I just _love_ it when a plan comes toghether..." 🙂
Theres alot of mistakes in this channels latest content . I fear with more views and popularity they’ve become lazy and idle and began to make mistakes that us military history freaks pick up on straight away ! Its somewhat a let down 😢
Yes LSTs were landing boats. Obv not battleships, but they are armed. Just a minor speaking error there. And torpedoes are technically a form of missile, as missile refers to any projectile in general. And it wouldn't be unfeasible for E-boats to be armed with rockets.
But not much better. There are several cases of overestimating the enemy and not engaging when the reality was they were much weaker and could have been neutralized then and there. There is a great book by Geoffrey Regan, "Great Military Disasters: A Historical Survey of Military Incompetence", that makes a great taxonomy of military incompetence, covering all factors, from being too reckless to being too unwilling to engage, or stuff like having a commander that is great at personal combat and likes it, leaving the rest of the troops without leadership because he had to be on the frontlines.
@jesuscoutofandino6280 George B. McClellan walks in the war room with Robert E. Lee's game plan and still retreated due to overestimating his enemy in the American Civil War.
The landing craft landed a few yards into Spain, and there certainly was no tension which led to fishermen beating, as it were, Royal Marine Commandos. A non-story that needed to be embellished further with wildly exaggerated animation ….
13:37 The image of the Vetterli 1870 rifle is fantastic. In fact the soldiers arrived from Italy trained with the Carcano 91 but in the colonies they were rearmed with the Vetterli...
23:42 "who do you think won?" This was, by far, the best oucome pissible for that scenario. If the goal was to take control over all of Vietnam, then the Vietnamese military won. If the goal was just to get more territory, then the Chinese military won. If the initial goal was to take control of Vietnam, but was quickly changed to a "simple" land grab, then both sides can legitimately declare victory without losing face.
@Carlton-B Yeah, the Vietnamese won that one quite decisively, given the Chinese objectives as well as the fact they were invading a nation which they massively outnumbered (which had also just been through major wars for 30 years, beating the French and the Americans).
4:51 a bit like the parachutes the US use now 8:49 lord Raglan lends his name to the Raglan sleeve, as it was invented by his tailor because lord Raglan had only one working arm to make it easier for him to dress and undress due to him only having one arm, some totally useless information there for you
Yes. Battle of Longewala has been covered. The Pakistani Brigade wanted to have dinner in Delhi by nightfall. They didn’t know that Major Chandpuri and his 120 men had prepared a different kind of buffet.
Fun fact: the first ever military was an army of 2 against 1. The 2 cavemen wanted the 1 caveman's bigger cave. And then like Most militaries before 20th century, the 2 man army turned on itself and 1 ruled them all. He became the first King ever.
We call them accidentally, but the facts are they were caused by nepotism. Appointments of family and friends to leadership roles caused nearly all of these events throughout history.
Hey simple history, if you want a video idea can you maybe to a video on Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichirō He was an ww2 Japanese general and saved the lives of 20,000 Jewish people.
Thanks, I'm going look this up myself, reminds me of the German factory in China that used a massive swastika flag to signal for bombers from Japan to stop hitting it thus making a shelter for civilians to hide in. History is filled with such odd cases of heroism in the site of conflict
There is one incident that nobody talks about in the history. During the Independence war of Turkiye, the Turkish Army surrounded the British and Allied forces and their navy. Not a small portion but the whole occupation forces. Tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of ships. Without firing a single shot they were forced to sign a peace treaty and leave their occupied territories including the Istanbul. While the whole Allied forces occupying north west portion of Turkiye were expecting a march on Istanbul by the east, the Turkish Army cut their way out and supply lines by recapturing the Dardanelles strait and surrounding them. The Allied forces were trapped inland by the area of The Sea of Marmara. That was the most brilliant macro management tactic in ever heard of. That is a very unique victory but sadly nobody knows about it. Even in the Turkiye, it is shadowed by other battles and because of no fighting occurred it is not considered as a battle.
August 25 and 26 1800.,a British fleet under rear Admiral Warren and general Pulteney attacked the batalla Spanish base in Ferrol with 100 ships and 15,000 men.The Spanish garrison were about 3,000 and there were 10 ships to face the invaders.The British were defeated.
Operation Herkules was the planned invasion of Malta which was of enormous strategic importance. The debacle at Crete caused the invasion plans to be rather half hearted. It suffered from Mokasatsu.
Around 27:12 the rant about Indians using outdated weapons but you did say the bulk of the damage probably happened from the Air Force. Are the aircraft from ww2 too? Even so, ww2 planes is far superior to no planes.
@@TheRealMcChickenPickleswhat if they delete an "uncensored" video on their patreon, and that version is lost media because we're not allowed to reupload their content on UA-cam?
My request is Alexander the Great and his Macedonian Army (those who have entered the Persian Empire) vs Hannibal Barca and his Carthaginian Army and the mercenaries in a pitched battle in an open flat battlefield.
When it comes down to natives against invaders, as in New Zealand and Vietnam, there is also an element of home field advantage. People defending their own homes have some advantages against an invader.
My stepdad was a Marine involved in Desert One. He said that President Carter wanted all the military service to get recognition of the mission that he involved the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines together. Well, they had different radio/communication language that they became confused and lost. For example, "LZ". It can mean landing zone or loading zone. Depends on what branch you were in. When they ran into a sandstorm, chaos ensued. Communication failure.
Battle Of Yultong 40,000 Chinese and North Korean soldiers charge a United Nation position of about less than Filipino 1,000 troops who defended the Position with Minimal Loses.
The failed German air raid has always driven me crazy. The weapons being in boxes absolutely blew my mind cuz I just do not understand why they’d do that. Especially since the airmen did have their hands occupied with shroud lines WHICHHHH I also don’t understand why anyone ever (I’ll excuse the first like 2 jumps in each nations history)would think that not having any way to even kinda control the fall would be okay
@@yourtypicalexploiter1019he isn't being biased. Russia is struggling a lot in Ukraine right now due to their terrible logistics and technology. Before you call others biased please check your sources if you even have any.
The Spanish civilians "held off" the British at the beach. That sounds like a stretch. 😂. Like saying you lost a fight to a toddler because you let them have cookie at 10 o'clock at night after they spilled candy all over the kitchen
Thank you for your interesting informative video. Forgive me for making a suggestion however I think you should add that Vietnam also successfully fought of the Mongol empire. You do not need to add any more details just the fact that they did it,
Karansebes is kind of a modern myth, there are no sources out of the 19th century that confirm more than 150 men were lost during a minor incident - the loss of 10.000 men is an Austrian legend…
The Germans took Crete, although Hitler never let the parachutists drop again yet the 25% casualties were a small cost for taking the island, the screw up, I think, is far more on the English side. I would like someone to explain why Hitler and popular perception is against the German effort.
I don't understand why people obsess so much over the 300 Spartans. It's not like they were an exceptional contribution to the battle. The only exceptional part of it was that they only sent a token force because the Spartan army was on holiday.
More so France believing the Germans would follow the exact same battle plans as WW1 when the Germans simply went around the Maginot Line instead of trying to go through it
You have to blame also the British for running away while the French was holding the line. Then fleeing across the Channel instead of transporting to South in France to combine force with the French, to form another defence line.
Why would they stay in France at that time? A capitulating nation that had already had its defenses shattered, or walked around rather... if the British stayed, many of their soldiers would have died for literally no reason, as at that point, the fall of France was already well in motion.
@@staywokecuhhBritain had plenty of time to fill the Maginot plans gap. The Brits just didn't want to fully commit. They arrived late in France, left early. Had they been stationed earlier, capitulation would've been avoided. Regardless, the majority of the French fleet remained under ally control, they sunk the fleet that betrayed Free France, and a lot of troops went on to fight in Africa and elsewhere during the war. France's surrender is overblown by medias. There's been more than one party and multiple reasons that led to it. But France even occupied, fought, while others were drinking beer and enjoying freedom in the US.
oh commander your name will echo through history as a great leader of men right? ... as a great leader of men right? "Biggest Military Screwups In History"
Theres a few issues in this one …. I dont think the germans were using ‘missiles’ unless your referring to small arms fire ? And at 7:54 the british ‘military of defence’ ? The MOD - MINISTRY OF DEFENCE you mean ? These kinda of little mistakes for such a popular channel really disappoints me
I used to really like watching your shows and enjoyed them but I'm not paying to watch UA-cam sucks anymore oh well I guess I'll have to find something else to watch
I don't think the narrator understand just how hard effective communication & navigation was on the battlefield before radio communication & GPS was available. He puts a lot on "bumbling" by the commanders.
I wouldn't say that the Invasion of Crete was a screwup, at all. The result of the battle was that the germans captured the island, with less casualties than the defenders. It was so, that the allies actually copied the paratrooper concept.
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With the Paris Olympics coming up. Could we get some Olympic History videos coming up?
What happend little big horn.
As opposed to on purpose?
Where do you post your sources?
Cries in Australian over the emus
people keep saying that--but who died?
@@richardsamuelgustavo 0.01% of the emus
@@MustacheCashStash125 and no people so hardly a blunder
Hundreds of thousands of birds against just a few soldiers with a lewis gun... The emus were actually effectively dealth with when the government offer bounties for each emu kill
@@richardsamuelgustavo The people who have to live off money, its an economic defeat, the real kicker, the whole war is just 3 guys in a jeep with one LMG.
Pretty sure they would get the Emus if they used hunting shotguns.
28:55: "There's no way he can beat off 80,000 men."
*(Hysterical laughter)*
"Grow up! You know what I mean!"
Dude! Uncool.
Doh nooooooo
Actually there is a way, just need to use the 'middle out' algorithm
Not with that attitude!😂
@@keith32482was that a DBZA reference? 😏
Pretty sure we invade Spain every year during the summer
That's just you
@@behindthen0thing 17.3 million people from the UK go there on holiday, hard to not find one anywhere
All of western Europe is currently being invaded by non Europeans yet European taxpayers are forced to pay for it yet there is hope that trump can save europe after he fixes the usa
Spain is just Skegness but a country
Since you mentioned mistakes or accidents, here is the one that occurred in Yugoslavia.On April 1st one German reconnaissance plane such as ME 110 C was doing a regular reconnaissance flight. During that day there was a foggy weather, and the plane landed on one of the Yugoslav airfields. Since Yugoslav air force had ME -108's, ME-109 E's and Dornier Do-17 bombers they landed there. And when the German crew come out from the ME - 110 E, they were captured by the Yugoslav army, and the markings were repainted to be a Yugoslav ME-110. Then like I mentioned, on April 6th 1941, Germany invaded Yugoslavia, by bombing Belgrade. During that day, the Belgrade was bombed in 3 ways. The first way was in 6 AM, when most of the citizens were sleeping, the second one was at 10 AM, and the third way was in the evening. But the intensity of bombing the Belgrade when the Yugoslav flak and air force somehow managed to repel the attackers. Also when the ME - 110 was captured and repainted to have Yugoslav markings, what happened was that couple of days after WWII has begun in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav flak also by accident shot down the mentioned ME - 110 E fighter. After the attack on Belgrade on April 6th 1941, Yugoslav air force decided, to bomb German troops stationed in Austria and Hungary. They were the first who bombed Vienna, and Graz (believe it or not). And it was effective attack, since, there were some delays in German advancing's towards the Balkan peninsula. The Yugoslav air force had white cross with red, and blue insignia. And believe it or not, when the Yugoslav Dornier Do-17 had these markings of mentioned white cross, even some German soldiers and officers though that it was one of their planes, when these planes were flying. And when there was inevitable the capitulation of Yugoslav army, and also air force, Yugoslav crew destroyed some of the airplanes, so they could not fall in the enemy hands. After that, some of the pilots fled to serve in Allied, and Soviet air force, while some had to stay and to join the Yugoslav resistance, and also to fly on Spitfire MK V, and MK IX, since these Spitfires were delivered by British, and by Soviet Union, they received Yak 3 planes. And like you have mentioned that the bridges were destroyed, even these Yugoslav Do-17's bombed some of the German troops, but when bombs fell, they didn't hit bridge. And when Axis forces occupied Yugoslavia, in some parts of Balkan peninsula that was held by German army, Germany decided to build bridges. But at the end of the war they had to blow up the bridges. They even blow up one in Novi Sad at 1944, when the Germans were retreating from the advancing Soviet, and also Yugoslav partisans. Nowadays, there are the pillars of that same bridge on river Danube, between Petrovaradin fortress, and Novi Sad.
Also there was something as a maybe as a screw up or deception, or miscalculation (I'm leaving you to think what it was). What happened was that there was a battle on river Neretva. And this battle was considered as the Battle for the wounded, since there were a lot of wounded Yugoslav partisans. This battle occurred between February and March 1943. And what happened is that the commander of Yugoslav partisans (and after the WWII the Yugoslav president), he ordered to be blown up one bridge on river Neretva. In this confusion, Germans believed that Josip Broz Tito will come back to some previous positions so they can capture Yugoslav partisans, and Tito. But instead of that, Josip Broz Tito gave on order to build a pontoon bridge, which they did. And that's how were the German troops were deceived, believing that Tito will come back. And on pontoon bridge, the wounded's were evacuated. After WWII, believe it or not, on same year, and almost at similar time in different locations in Yugoslavia, during the late 60's there were two movie crews doing a filming of movies. One was US crew working on movie Kelly's Heroes, and the other movie was Yugoslav movie crew working on movie The Battle on Neretva.
When you showed these Sherman tanks on 42:12 , I remembered the scene from movie Kelly's Heroes when Sherman tanks are coming out from the tunnel, and they are attacking German troops. Since I mentioned movie Kelly's Heroes, believe or not the whole movie was filmed in Yugoslavia. Also the mentioned tank scene, when tanks are coming out of tunnels was filmed on mountain Fruška Gora, which is near city Novi Sad (today's Serbia). Also the same Sherman tank that was used by Donald Sutherland in the mentioned movie is in city Novi Sad in the Museum of Vojvodina. These were some historical things, dear friends.
Počivaj u miru Donalde Saterlende, legendo.
Rest in peace Donald Sutherland, legend.
Tl dr
@@kremepye3613 What do you mean by that?
Tldr means "too long didn't read"
@@mxrmd5931 Thank you for info.
@@kremepye3613 Then don't be lazy read it when you want to read it.
Also thank you for giving me attention with comments.
Underestimating your enemy is a rookie mistake. Yet it’s happened repeatedly for thousands of years
This was almost a coherent thought.
> _Underestimating your enemy is a rookie mistake._
You're partly right - because it can happen to professionals as well if they get too cocky... 🙂
That's pretty much how some of the greatest generals in history messed up, Hannibal, Napoleon, etc.
I’d argue it’s not a rookie mistake exactly because of how often it happens. It’s easy to overstep your reach or to get tunnel vision at the cusp of victory and blunder into defeat.
Thanks!
I think its crazy that so many militaries screw up by accident.
And what’s crazier is how many screw up on purpose
Type shi🗿
@@favio194I came here to say that.
if you do the research you'll find that very few military operations go 100'% according to plan , the best field commanders just improvise and go along with the fluid situation and keep trying to achieve their mission goals
@@favio194they do that? When?
To be fair, there isn't only: "no plan survives enemy contact".
Because, as those of us who grew up in the 1980ies still know, there's always also: "I just _love_ it when a plan comes toghether..." 🙂
.... battleship LST? Aren't those landing boats?
Also missiles from E-boats? You mean torpedoes?
Landing Ship Dock. Yeah, I was like "that ain't a battleship
Theres alot of mistakes in this channels latest content . I fear with more views and popularity they’ve become lazy and idle and began to make mistakes that us military history freaks pick up on straight away ! Its somewhat a let down 😢
Yes LSTs were landing boats. Obv not battleships, but they are armed. Just a minor speaking error there. And torpedoes are technically a form of missile, as missile refers to any projectile in general. And it wouldn't be unfeasible for E-boats to be armed with rockets.
yep the AI is pretty weak
News for me that the German Navy hade missiles on ther E boat 😂😂
6:07 😂 Gibraltar looks like a bullpup rifle!!
Better overestimate than underestimate
But not much better. There are several cases of overestimating the enemy and not engaging when the reality was they were much weaker and could have been neutralized then and there.
There is a great book by Geoffrey Regan, "Great Military Disasters: A Historical Survey of Military Incompetence", that makes a great taxonomy of military incompetence, covering all factors, from being too reckless to being too unwilling to engage, or stuff like having a commander that is great at personal combat and likes it, leaving the rest of the troops without leadership because he had to be on the frontlines.
@jesuscoutofandino6280 George B. McClellan walks in the war room with Robert E. Lee's game plan and still retreated due to overestimating his enemy in the American Civil War.
Those courageous fisherman that defended Spain from the British army. 😂
It's Gibraltar
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401what are you talking about
The landing craft landed a few yards into Spain, and there certainly was no tension which led to fishermen beating, as it were, Royal Marine Commandos. A non-story that needed to be embellished further with wildly exaggerated animation ….
@@4002corbe Damn, you definitely understand sarcasm.
I bet you're fun at parties and get invited a lot.
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 They were supposed to land in Gibraltar. They landed in Spain instead.
13:37 The image of the Vetterli 1870 rifle is fantastic. In fact the soldiers arrived from Italy trained with the Carcano 91 but in the colonies they were rearmed with the Vetterli...
Better than the sa80’s the brits had 😖🫣
23:42 "who do you think won?" This was, by far, the best oucome pissible for that scenario. If the goal was to take control over all of Vietnam, then the Vietnamese military won. If the goal was just to get more territory, then the Chinese military won. If the initial goal was to take control of Vietnam, but was quickly changed to a "simple" land grab, then both sides can legitimately declare victory without losing face.
@Carlton-B thanks for the added context
@Carlton-B Yeah, the Vietnamese won that one quite decisively, given the Chinese objectives as well as the fact they were invading a nation which they massively outnumbered (which had also just been through major wars for 30 years, beating the French and the Americans).
4:51 a bit like the parachutes the US use now
8:49 lord Raglan lends his name to the Raglan sleeve, as it was invented by his tailor because lord Raglan had only one working arm to make it easier for him to dress and undress due to him only having one arm, some totally useless information there for you
Only one working arm or only one existing arm? In the pictures I've seen looks like his right arm is completely missing.
@@rodrigorincongarcia771 right? which is lol
Yes.
Battle of Longewala has been covered. The Pakistani Brigade wanted to have dinner in Delhi by nightfall. They didn’t know that Major Chandpuri and his 120 men had prepared a different kind of buffet.
"Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it"-Wiston Churchill
It's wrongfully attributed to Churchill.
The quote was well known before WW2.
@@Emanon...so was Churchill lol
@@Emanon... Santayana may have came up with it but Churchill made it iconic😂
@@stonebay2111 I fail to see your point and the "lol".
He didn't invent the quote.
@@psychedelicsoul3260 The fact that he knew the quote meant that it was iconic already.
Stop giving credit where it isn't due.
7:45 I think you meant to say “The British Ministry of Defence” not the “military of defence” 😅
Can confirm. 😉
Fun fact: the first ever military was an army of 2 against 1. The 2 cavemen wanted the 1 caveman's bigger cave. And then like Most militaries before 20th century, the 2 man army turned on itself and 1 ruled them all. He became the first King ever.
We call them accidentally, but the facts are they were caused by nepotism. Appointments of family and friends to leadership roles caused nearly all of these events throughout history.
Hey simple history, if you want a video idea can you maybe to a video on Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichirō
He was an ww2 Japanese general and saved the lives of 20,000 Jewish people.
Thanks, I'm going look this up myself, reminds me of the German factory in China that used a massive swastika flag to signal for bombers from Japan to stop hitting it thus making a shelter for civilians to hide in. History is filled with such odd cases of heroism in the site of conflict
12:11 always the leftwing f'ing up😂
There is one incident that nobody talks about in the history. During the Independence war of Turkiye, the Turkish Army surrounded the British and Allied forces and their navy. Not a small portion but the whole occupation forces. Tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of ships. Without firing a single shot they were forced to sign a peace treaty and leave their occupied territories including the Istanbul. While the whole Allied forces occupying north west portion of Turkiye were expecting a march on Istanbul by the east, the Turkish Army cut their way out and supply lines by recapturing the Dardanelles strait and surrounding them. The Allied forces were trapped inland by the area of The Sea of Marmara.
That was the most brilliant macro management tactic in ever heard of. That is a very unique victory but sadly nobody knows about it. Even in the Turkiye, it is shadowed by other battles and because of no fighting occurred it is not considered as a battle.
I think this is my favorite channel rn!! 😎
Excellent work
I would like to give some credit to the living room decor and appliance era accuracy at 21:33
August 25 and 26 1800.,a British fleet under rear Admiral Warren and general Pulteney attacked the batalla Spanish base in Ferrol with 100 ships and 15,000 men.The Spanish garrison were about 3,000 and there were 10 ships to face the invaders.The British were defeated.
New subscriber here! Well to be completely correct, a resubscribe.
Keep up the great work guys!
Big shoutout to the narrator of this show. His voice alone is worth watching the show. And his preference for German nouns.
I'm gonna guess america invading itself and taking almost triple digits in casualties from friendly fire didn't make the list. 😂
Hey, we meant to do that. Don't ask why. Don't ask questions.
Operation Herkules was the planned invasion of Malta which was of enormous strategic importance. The debacle at Crete caused the invasion plans to be rather half hearted. It suffered from Mokasatsu.
Around 27:12 the rant about Indians using outdated weapons but you did say the bulk of the damage probably happened from the Air Force. Are the aircraft from ww2 too? Even so, ww2 planes is far superior to no planes.
The kopis that the army is holding on at 28:16 is held in reverse. The sharp part of the blade is now facing them. It's in the small details ;)
I thought the D-Day rehearsal story was going to be about the large number of soldiers who drowned in the exercises
Yet again simple history cooks us a beautiful vid
But as a compilation. Again
While disappointing us that their "uncensored" videos are paywalled on a patreon, when they can always post them with 0 problems on rumble.
@@noahboat580 true sadly
@@TheRealMcChickenPickleswhat if they delete an "uncensored" video on their patreon, and that version is lost media because we're not allowed to reupload their content on UA-cam?
@@noahboat580 idk what would happen
My request is Alexander the Great and his Macedonian Army (those who have entered the Persian Empire) vs Hannibal Barca and his Carthaginian Army and the mercenaries in a pitched battle in an open flat battlefield.
When it comes down to natives against invaders, as in New Zealand and Vietnam, there is also an element of home field advantage. People defending their own homes have some advantages against an invader.
23:42 who won? Usually in war no one wins, especially the little people, only the rich and powerful elite class win.
That thing with the cavalry, the infantrymen, and the booze... yeah, totally the cavalry's fault. Never get between a soldier and his liquor.
We need more weird history vids
4:24 id be scared asf especially if I see myself heading towards the ocean or over to hottest spot in the enemy lines
3:33 That is the North West not the North East
8:18 Why is Cyprus in Crimea?
My stepdad was a Marine involved in Desert One. He said that President Carter wanted all the military service to get recognition of the mission that he involved the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines together. Well, they had different radio/communication language that they became confused and lost. For example, "LZ". It can mean landing zone or loading zone. Depends on what branch you were in. When they ran into a sandstorm, chaos ensued. Communication failure.
I heard 2'd hand that there were delays and the participants had gone way too long without sleep.
Forgot Soviet-Afghan War
Battle Of Yultong 40,000 Chinese and North Korean soldiers charge a United Nation position of about less than Filipino 1,000 troops who defended the Position with Minimal Loses.
The British Empire getting destroyed in the Pacific in 1941 and the Japanese taking their nurses as the spoils of victory will never be lived down.
"will never be lived down."... already has been lived down... and making 6th gen aircraft with each other.
Lol , who cares?
Spoils of war. Brits did worse.
@@SteenHard-mu3qf We didn’t genocide the American Indians, and then steal half of Mexico, but then again the Latinos are taking it back now.😁
@@SteenHard-mu3qf You don’t look hard dude, but you do look very wrinkled, and very old.
The failed German air raid has always driven me crazy. The weapons being in boxes absolutely blew my mind cuz I just do not understand why they’d do that. Especially since the airmen did have their hands occupied with shroud lines WHICHHHH I also don’t understand why anyone ever (I’ll excuse the first like 2 jumps in each nations history)would think that not having any way to even kinda control the fall would be okay
Yo! The guy drinking tea in the British VP boat is wild.
Vietnam also resisted the Mongols. They’re just that badass.
This is Russia right now in Ukraine
💀 are you serious stop trying to be biased 😂
You think Ukraine is winning even with western support??? Have you seen how much territory Russia has taken
@@yourtypicalexploiter1019he isn't being biased. Russia is struggling a lot in Ukraine right now due to their terrible logistics and technology. Before you call others biased please check your sources if you even have any.
@@yourtypicalexploiter1019okay, comrade
@@yourtypicalexploiter1019 Are we not gonna act like the failed Kyiv Offensive wasn't a disaster???
I’d never heard about china trying to come in and 3rd party Vietnam like that. And still get starched 🤣
Karansebes... _Benny Hill theme playing_
8:16, uhhh why is Cyprus on Crimea?
Can’t you keep the animation screen steady? The slow rocking motion makes me dizzy.
Give the cameraman a break, he is running with that heavy thing!!
Don't forget many super powers tries to take over Vietnam. The Mongols tries to take over it failed than the Japanese, French, American and Chinese.
There was an officer in band of brothers, who did everything by the book and could not think outside the box. It was terrible to watch.
The Spanish civilians "held off" the British at the beach. That sounds like a stretch. 😂. Like saying you lost a fight to a toddler because you let them have cookie at 10 o'clock at night after they spilled candy all over the kitchen
Thank you for your interesting informative video. Forgive me for making a suggestion however I think you should add that Vietnam also successfully fought of the Mongol empire. You do not need to add any more details just the fact that they did it,
Was that music from Stargate SG -1 at the end? 😂
Oh Vietnam, the Afghanistan of Asia. You do not mess with these people on thier turf.
Karansebes is kind of a modern myth, there are no sources out of the 19th century that confirm more than 150 men were lost during a minor incident - the loss of 10.000 men is an Austrian legend…
Pride goes before a fall
Polish American volunteers in France, The Blue Army. Please
Bro I just got 2 unskipable ads and 1 skipable ad back to back one I watched I rewinded by 30 seconds and boom 2 more
Also LST is lightly armed and no match for E boats . Some E boats have cannons. LST isn't a battleship by long shot.
23:40 how did you get up the tree so quick?
imagine you are the guy who dropped the wrench "oops"
I think the biggest takeaway from this video is: stop fucking with Vietnam unless you are ready to get your feelings hurt.
At 1:46 is the E-boat Petrol territory a inside joke i missed or a typo and should it be Patrol territiory?
Your long comment option is not working. Solve the issues about that
It wasn’t the wrench that fell it was the socket that fell off the wrench that caused the Damascus incident
outsmarted them so much they took their whole country lmaoooooooooooooooooooooo
A small point, but I find it funny when M1 Garands are shown before 1900.
The Germans took Crete, although Hitler never let the parachutists drop again yet the 25% casualties were a small cost for taking the island, the screw up, I think, is far more on the English side. I would like someone to explain why Hitler and popular perception is against the German effort.
I don't understand why people obsess so much over the 300 Spartans. It's not like they were an exceptional contribution to the battle. The only exceptional part of it was that they only sent a token force because the Spartan army was on holiday.
The main problem for The Delta Force mission
Chuck Norris was not there
Hitler & Napoleon has entered the chat
4:20 "Superior German Engineering"
Biggest 1 was france surrendering in 6 weeks and being occupied 😂😂😂😂
More so France believing the Germans would follow the exact same battle plans as WW1 when the Germans simply went around the Maginot Line instead of trying to go through it
@@aztec0996 The so called best army in the world lost 200k men and 1.3 soldiers surrendered and went to prison😂😂
You have to blame also the British for running away while the French was holding the line. Then fleeing across the Channel instead of transporting to South in France to combine force with the French, to form another defence line.
Why would they stay in France at that time? A capitulating nation that had already had its defenses shattered, or walked around rather... if the British stayed, many of their soldiers would have died for literally no reason, as at that point, the fall of France was already well in motion.
@@staywokecuhhBritain had plenty of time to fill the Maginot plans gap. The Brits just didn't want to fully commit. They arrived late in France, left early. Had they been stationed earlier, capitulation would've been avoided. Regardless, the majority of the French fleet remained under ally control, they sunk the fleet that betrayed Free France, and a lot of troops went on to fight in Africa and elsewhere during the war.
France's surrender is overblown by medias. There's been more than one party and multiple reasons that led to it. But France even occupied, fought, while others were drinking beer and enjoying freedom in the US.
Dying in a sunken submarine with over 100 people is crazy
oh commander your name will echo through history
as a great leader of men right?
... as a great leader of men right?
"Biggest Military Screwups In History"
I guess the guy who lost his wrench all so lost his job
How about Operation Tootsie Roll?!? My grandfather was involved in it and I can't find any information on how the miscommunication happened...
The German name for the E boat was S boot (schnell boat) aka fast boat
38:24 "Unintended" desastesrs? Oh dear ...
Goes to show that numbers mean nothing. What matters is training and knowledge
20:05 bro what happened to the Philippines that’s not Luzon that’s luabon that’s not mindanao that’s windasau
4:50 sigh not true at all. The ncos dripped with their MP40s. And it wasnt a pyrrhic victory at all, a rather one sided victory
Theres a few issues in this one …. I dont think the germans were using ‘missiles’ unless your referring to small arms fire ? And at 7:54 the british ‘military of defence’ ? The MOD - MINISTRY OF DEFENCE you mean ? These kinda of little mistakes for such a popular channel really disappoints me
Can you please do the tv hijackings in 1987 November 22 1987 max headroom incident
That’s badass. Struck by a Tank shell in combat. Go out in a blaze of glory I guess
More advertising please... i almost could watch the video
Wei isn't a clan, it's a foundation
You could of had an entire hour long video on how much George Armstrong Custer was a total screw up.
I used to really like watching your shows and enjoyed them but I'm not paying to watch UA-cam sucks anymore oh well I guess I'll have to find something else to watch
Am I the only one who noticed how many April 26th,27th, 28th were in this video??
What happened to the guy that dropped the socket?!🤔🤔
I don't think the narrator understand just how hard effective communication & navigation was on the battlefield before radio communication & GPS was available. He puts a lot on "bumbling" by the commanders.
I wouldn't say that the Invasion of Crete was a screwup, at all. The result of the battle was that the germans captured the island, with less casualties than the defenders. It was so, that the allies actually copied the paratrooper concept.
The allies had already begun using paratroopers before Crete