America Dismantles Pirate Nations For Touching Their Boats - The Barbary Wars
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LEO MAJOR I SWEAR TO GOD (please my man)
The first thing that pops in your mind when you
think of a USS carrier: The USS Enterprise
CV-6. And the idea that the grey ghost lives on
in her CVN-65 and CVN-80 self according to
some of her vets.
Private John "Barney" Hines
@@Johndoe-jdYes, please
Also, that time we created a gun to counter act body armor. But we ended up with a hyper advanced optic.
Folks need to remember that back then, the VP was essentially the guy that got the second highest number of votes for President. So the VP was often not a political ally of the President.
Prob should have kept that rule..
For sure. Compromise is how shit gets done and that would help. @@James-lt9mh
@@James-lt9mhThey changed it because Jefferson became John Adams' VP and the two hated each other(they were friends in the Revolution and would eventually become again but seriously look at the attacks from their surrogates in the 1800 Election. It was vicious) and people realized it probably wouldn't be great to give someone who actively hates the president an incentive for assassination.
@@James-lt9mhimagine how funny it would be for Biden being president and Trump being vice president or Trump being president and Hillary being vice president
@@JustinRay-jt1ud Oh lord, the bickering and the memes would've been hilarious to watch.
Can I say that this channel has made me feel more patriotic than anything America has done in years?
Mate, TFE is making me feel patriotic and I'm not American 😂
Agreed
Welcome brothers
We'd have the opportunity to feel patriotic more often if we weren't so good at making everyone else feel a lot less patriotic (and alive) when we do so. Nobody's been tryna fuck around with us and find out for a minute 😂
@@alexbarrett9856 I mean, there is Iran
I love that Morroco was literally an example of, "I'm not touching that with a 10 foot pole" and signed a treaty of friendship with America
diplomatic relations was smart move ( of i understanding is the president wasn't present for terms of morocco/middleast+others negotiations and wasn't ratified by congress action so may not be valid as a signed contract/treaty as both have to happen, parts of why Nancy's trip to Formosa/china's wasn't her job and was way out of line and other like her activity's, yes she can go on vacation but not as a official capacity's on the 🇺🇸 behalf, only as a regular foreign-usa-taxpaying tourist experience ) on both parties, as for the navy yes they have the duty in the usa-costal /western hemisphere/Monroe to rid foreign pirates as well as usa-blessed-privateer's aka taxpayers-usa with authority/license-privateering
in the meditran water's and Europe ect no the USA 🇺🇸 navy is out of its treaty's area's outside of a active wartime (or escorting and transportation of the president and his ambassador-needs/peaceful-taking abroad ) ie war of 1812, now usa 🇺🇸 merchants have the right to self defence in international water's and helping from usa-privateer's but not the direct 🇺🇸-navy's ( or 🇺🇸 coastal-gard that is even more restricted to closer saltwater and usa-freshwater way's ) help asking for diplomacy-say uk 🇬🇧 warship's or uk-merchants for escorting is a grey area
@@richardprice5978me no read that, you write it smaller ye ?
Their history is one of shrewd diplomacy decisions.
@@richardprice5978 Any luck improving your AI chatbot yet?
I feel kinda bad we don't have a holiday for them tbh.
We should push for a federal "Thanks for leaving the boats alone" day or something.
“Peace was achieved through the mouth of our cannons” is a hard ass line.
Thats kinda a american motto aint it? Teddy said it best. Speak softly but carry a big stick. Plato o ploma my friend lol
Peace through superior firepower?
Peace through the expediture of ammunition?
Give us your gold or we will give you our steel.
"millions in defense before a cent in tribute" sounds hard as fack too
No surprise that United States today is a nation who's whole power surpasses the whole entirety of europe
I love how early on in our history we addressed terroristic acts “proportionally “.
Wish we could get back to that proportionality
@@Trump2024M Trust me, we all have the personality of an A-10 warthog, just need that spark
I mean, we knew what we were/are about. We just y'know😂
Well, we did come up with the Monroe Doctrine next. That's generally considered the ballsiest thing we ever did.
@@shadowkiller9033no the 22 from HLC
The first 200 years of American history is just the US having the audacity to fight and defeat every empire in Europe like a hitman's checklist.
Well of course we were the new kids on the block and had to establish our street cred or we would be everybody's bitch till the end of time.
@@JustinLaFleur1990Plus, they were busy with their own problems back home and North America wasn't exactly a priority.
@wihamaki yeah the French Revolution and later Napoleon were giving Europe plenty to deal with.
America, Fuck Yeah, Save the MF Day!
@@wihamaki well there is the old saying "dont bite off more then you can chew" europe has a well recorded history of doing just that, fighting too many wars to efficiently fight each one, then they label the loses as "not a priority" when in reality they lost battles against smaller armies because they bit off more then they could chew, imagine thinking Great Britain viewed America as "not a priority" thats some serious copium
I would pay good money to see this saga made into a movie titled “Don’t F*ck With My Boats”
Sounds like the perfect script for a Monty Python film lmfao 😂😂😂
Just a animated show would be hilarious 😂
It’d definitely become a series of movies a La Fast and Furious…
Don’t Touch My Boats
Don’t Touch My Boats 2- Tripoli Boogaloo
DTMB- Fu€¥ Around
DTMB- Find Out
DTMB 1812- Madison’s Revenge
DTMB- Out of Proportion
There's been AT LEAST one movie made about this before you were ever born.
@@RyvakenI watched it on UA-cam right after watching this.
I love how the Barbary Wars literally set like 80% of our international warfare doctrine and methods that have been used for our entire existence
One of the few times the government was like "Well...if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Foreshadowing
installing puppets didn't start with America example is ottomans in north Africa except morocco it was independent
I love how America’s military basically looked at the hundreds of years of war and power held by empires and said, “amateurs”.
WHAT WAS THAT, PUNK‽
"AMATEURS!"
"Hold my grog"
Everyone in Europe and Northern Africa had treaties and some type of gentleman agreement. The US being a new nation no one respected did the screw the rules you $%@(@%$ with our citizens and ships your going to suffer.
When the rulers hold a monopoly on violence, speak to them in terms they understand
"Fine, I'll do it myself."
Accidentally shooting our own ram rod at the enemy before saying “fuck it” and charging is so violently American I love it
It also sounds like something Marines would do.
Fuck it. CHARGE!
@@timesthree5757 agreed. I guess they were high on crayons.
@@user-jp6ij1uk4y Dammit, was just gonna say, I guess there were no crayons to chew on so they had to find something to do.
@@joshhencik1849They had to use candles first but without all the colors its not the same
Morocco was like that one henchman who sees Batman sneaking around, doesn’t tell anyone, and then immediately quits the gang.
They were independent. They acted prudently and even honorably, I'd say.
Like the door man in john wick ... maybe you should take the day off
The Battle of 3 kings was fought in northern Morocco on 4 August 1578. A Moroccan victory, the battle has been described as "the greatest military disaster the Portuguese ever suffered in the course of their overseas expansion.
if he using american sources its slightly bias
Clearly, the Houthi rebels never saw this video...
Clearly alot of congressional representatives haven't either.
nor our current president
@@MelodicMethod ???
@@MelodicMethod Simp.
@@MelodicMethodyou mean the one who launched air strikes against the hothies 😂
I don't care if your wife coming in is scripted or not it's hilarious every time
She is as funny as the electrician is.
She comes in for the kill (or lack thereof)
Every. Damn. Time!!!!
Shes the real unsung G.
As it should be
Wife hit him with drive-by emotional damage!
Am I the only one who's slightly bummed out by the fact that Tobias Lear prevented the US from just taking the entire country of Libya?
imagine cockblocking the Italians and Ottomans from ever getting Libya without fighting a major power
More and more with each recent atrocity I think about.
John "Three Purple Hearts" Kerry's hero and inspiration.
Better that than suffering the same fate as France and Italy. Not that our plight is any better, what with a nonexistent border and politicians hellbent on rescuing every "refugee" they can find before ever putting a dime towards solving our own poverty and homelessness crisis.
@@joskarifinaukr6503oh they are solving poverty and homelessness, one OD at a time.
As I explained to my wife, at that time, the U.S. Navy armed itself with fast frigates; smaller than the big British ships, but able to sail circles around them. They *then* captained all those frigates with a bunch of "James T. Kirks". And this story was the result. 😄
Weren't they also ridiculously over-gunned for their displacement? I remember reading those frigates could outgun almost anything, but anything that had them outgunned, they could easily outrun.
@@immikeurnot I didn't know about the guns but I can absolutely believe that. Because "'Mericaaaah! Have some LIBERTY, mutha f**kas!"
See. We've *always*been like this.😅
@@immikeurnot- Yes, they were more heavily gunned than normal frigates of other navies.
@@immikeurnot Sounds like the first US frigates were sea going A10 Warthogs.
You realize that William Shatner was Canadian? LOL. I know. We love the Canadians
Imagine being one of the defenders and you get taken out by a ram rod.
“Yeah dude what are your war scars?”
“ I got hit by a broom….”
Your injury wasn't service related blooms don't heat
Vlad the Impaler + cannon = early Marine special operation
😂😂😂😂😂
As a Marine Infantryman. Never mess with American boats because they carry US Marines and you absolutely don't want to mess with U.S
And Marines sure do love their Seamen
The last thing anyone wants to see sitting just outside their national waters is an American carrier strike group complete with a LHD battlegroup. That means that you are one diplomatic fuckup away from getting the whole kitchen sink thrown at you and possibly invaded by America’s deadliest autists.
@@Zerpderp0their*
@@darksu6947 thanks
Brother, I think you mean "Don't fuck with U.S. Navy ships because they have our Corpsmen aboard and the other Marine Corps motto is, 'no one fucks with doc!'"
People don't know how deeply the Barbary Pirates were involved in slavery. They took the crews of every ship they captured, beat them down, and sold them into slavery. This region is still deeply involved in slavery, with more people currently enslaved than were ever sent to any North American colony or the United States.
5:38 the religion of peace
Thats islam for you
sounds like North Africa needs some FREEDOM. Wonder how much oil they got, we could totally set up an exchange.
I still can't unsee what they do to goats.
@@OvelNickthose poor fucking goats.
"Do not mess with Americas boats" resonates pretty strongly right about now
200 years and the message still seems lost on some people.
(Stares at Houthis)
Sounds like a t-shirt in the making...
"Don't Touch Our Boats!" -- America
@@pennjazz 👀👀 I'll get on it
I've washed more bologna mist of myself the last few weeks then in the last year in Ukraine.
Barbary pirates (with perfect Patrick Star impression): “TOUCH.”
America after vaporizing the pirate to dust: “Don’t touch.”
The Moroccan-American Treaty has really paid dividends. From stomping Nazis in WW2 to helping with the recent devastating earthquake in Marrakech. A Moroccan General was visiting Utah during the earthquake while American Soldiers and Marines were in Morocco - crazy enough they were about to start a disaster response exercise that week. Much love for the great people of that country.
Lottery winning decision
I bet if NATO somehow dissolved Morocco would still stay with the USA's side
Back then they were sane and a tremendous help. Now they offer nothing and stand with terrorists over us. The government there is no longer sane. They were taken over by the radicals and extremists several years ago. There's a travel warning women telling them Morocco doesn't tolerate women who aren't covered up. At least there was after several young girls were raped and murdered while on vacation in Morocco. The government didn't do anything to stop the mentality it was okay to rape and murder them. They encouraged it with strict laws on their own women.
It's sad, I had hoped to see Morocco one day after meeting a couple of nice Moroccan gentleman when I was younger. When they elected the new radical government and started enforcing strict brutal shria law... I knew that dream was over. I'm an American woman, I don't let strangers tell me what I must do and I can't be that covered because of asthma. Morocco is no longer a free sane country... I'm smart enough to stay far away. Lol
@@the_fat_electrician Not so much. The American Empire thankfully is in fast decline making your empire one of the shortest in history.
@@baibac6065do you enjoy being annoying?
Turns out Americans just want to be left alone. but the world just keeps finding ways to FOUND OUT
Then turned into the most powerful nation on Earth with the most powerful navy ever seen by man.
Oh and it still shows no mercy for pirates.
FIND OUT
The only Americans that even know the rest of the world even exists, live in D.C.
If only we could get them to leave.
They just keep poking the Grizzly. They don’t understand that it’s a bad idea and they’re going to get their shit kicked in!
The American military plays a game of "I'm not touching you" with a lot of nations. I'm not saying this excuses belligerent PLA activity (air/naval) in the "South China" Sea. It does not. However, we have gone through some pretty kinetic measures to prevent other nations from getting all up in our hemisphere (the Chinese station in Cuba could be an interesting case study). You think other countries like our military bases? I don't care if they do and I am glad the 'States has not only the technology but the positioning, but I totally understand why some countries don't enjoy having an American unit of "bomb your country" in the same time zone.
Correction!
It was the Dutch that first recognized the US as a sovereign nation in 1776 by saluting the USS Andrew Doria.
‘‘On 16 November 1776, at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, the American navy ship USS Andrew Doria, with the American Declaration of Independence on board, arrived in St. Eustatius. Its captain fired a salute to the Dutch flag on Fort Oranje and Johannes de Graaff decided to answer the salute with eleven gunshots. And so the United States of America were for the first time recognized as a nation by this salute of eleven guns.
In 1939, President Roosevelt presented a plaque to St. Eustatius. Mounted on the flagpole inside the impressively restored Fort Oranje, it reads, "In commemoration of the salute to the flag of the United States fired in this fort on 16 November 1776 by order of Johannes de Graaff, Governor of St. Eustatius in reply to a national gun salute fired by the U.S. Brig-of-war Andrew Doria.(...) Here the sovereignty of the United States was first formally acknowledged to a national vessel by a foreign official’’.
That shoplifting analogy is actually excellent.
I've always been of the opinion that those who best understand something are the ones that are able to succinctly and accurately teach it.
Rather, it's the ones who understand and are able to simplify who become outstanding teachers.
Plenty of people understand just fine but lack the talent to simplify.
Shoutout to Morocco for being the first country to recognize the USA, and for signing a friendship treaty before the Constitution even existed. Everyone always forgets about Morocco, but I don't. You guys are alright.
Imagine that. Being nice saved them from the fate of the other 3 countries.
Ever know why they did that? I don't its as nice as you make it
@@fulcrum2168Not particularly.
Fuckin poge
@@fulcrum2168 I'm assuming they just did a better job of predicting the ass kicking they'd get than the others were and opted for the less painful route.
When the USMC sing “from the halls of Montezuma, to the shores of Tripoli” it’s not just a boast, it’s a *warning*.
If you anger the USA, then they will send those crayon munching, grenade flinging, iwo-jima taking aquagrunts to personally get your ass and put you on the news.
Aquagrunts has just become my new favorite term.
Aqugrunts. Lol. Gotta new way to address my brother! Thnx.
From the River to the Sea was originally USMC … No way! 🤣😂🤣
@@wolflordbradley7353in the Marine Corps it’s OOOOHRAH
And don't forget: Earn a new scary nickname.
And in 2024 some pirates are still making that same mistake
They found out, lol. 💪🏻🦅
The more things change the more they stay the same.
Historically, the only nation allowed to sink our ships and for us to still give them our money and loyalty is Israel.
Idk if you realize how spot on your analogy of the retail stores and shoplifting was. That is exactly what they are currently doing.
“Please for the love of God, do not mess with Americas boats” is one of the most sage sentences ever spoken.
Sun Tzu originally wrote that and everyone was like "who?" and he just said, "I know it's a few centuries too early, but just trust me on this one"
@@MisterW0lfe😂😂😂😂
Sun Tzu couldn't see the future so he left that part out of the Art of War
It reminds me of the American general who said something to the effect "Please, I am begging you, with tears in my eyes, don't make me kill every last one of you"
@@elgoogsucks9005 Chaos Actual is the GOAT
A story I heard after the War of 1812, at Gibraltar, a squadron of American warships was passing to attack the Barbary Pirates. On shore, a British official asked an American naval officer to identify each of the ships. The officer said, "That's, the USS Macedonian, the USS Guerriere, and the USS Java." The British official said...oh nevermind.
Each of those ships the American "named" were British ships very publicly captured by the US Navy during the War of 1812
I thought they look familiar.
Americans literally taking names
The US making a British officer regretting his words, and putting his ego down a notch. Yeah sounds like something it would do.
@@mcarrowtime7095potentially where that saying came from lmaoo
Huh did the Brits own Java at that point?
Question: What's three words that can instantly inspire hope in some but utter dread and misery in others at the same time?
Me: It's the Enterprise
Also me: It's the Marines
Touched your boat.
Touched our boat?
*all hell breaks loose*
@@PhattyMo boat?
*SOUNDS OF THE APOCALYSPE*
Honestly I think the Sultan of Morocco was probably impressed that Jefferson just walked in there with the Aggressive Negotiating mindset, as well as the reasoning mentioned in the video, and then proceeded to sign the treaty of Peace and Friendship.
A few years later he was probably glad he did.
Dude you are a absolute legend for letting your wife burn you multiple times in front of almost 3/4 of a million people mad props
Not like she wasn't going to do it anyways, he may as well get the humor out of it!
I know my wife just gets sassier with a bigger audience.
I can't believe how hard I'm laughing right now!
Monetize your haters, LOL.🤣
Emotional damage.
Confidence is a hell of a drug.
Id love a focus piece on John Paul Jones, our epic Revolutionary Privateer. He set quite the example for our future naval officers: "Ensign, do you see that boat over there?" "Yes Captian" "I dont want to." "Yes Captain"
John Paul jones was a piece of shit that had numerous mutinies for a reason. Stephen Decatur Jr deserves more respect then he does. He just got lucky and was actually an awful example for officers
He NEEDS one!
John Paul Jones also holds another distinction; he was also an Admerial in the Russian Black Sea Fleet. Ekaterina II, also known as the Great, commissioned him having asked for a Naval Advior from the United States. Our Country has a very very long and very very strange Relationship with the Russians.
@@GeorgeSemellove-hate relationship turning toxic nowadays?
@@alicorn3924on off more like it
Holy shit. Not only does this give me some insane WW2 vibes but every portrait of the Captain's are a doomslayer, no fucks to give vibe. Remember America this is our past. Can we bring a little more of it to the present? This is 'can do spirit' and I actually know more about the Marines that I never knew
This old Chair Force Security Forces veteran never really respected the Marines. I did help arrest an old crazy one on a DUI for trying to drive through the actual gate at Hill AFB while drunk one time. You, sir, have completely changed my opinion. I’ll never look at Marines the same and their title will forever be capitalized in any sentence I write. Godspeed, my goodman.
They may live off of crayons and beer and do dumb stuff constantly but by god when you point something out and say "I want that shit gone" they get results!
Gotta love how even at their inception the Navy is the definition of "I was told to be proportional, one of our boats for your entire navy maths out just fine to us."
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I cackled at that last part 😂😂😂
The math is mathing right what do you think?
Great thing about math is i have doubled checked yours, and the math is correct lol
"...and we're not gonna have an entire branch of Special Forces that specalizes in it." I couldn't say it with a straight face either.
Right lol
My favorite UA-cam channel of all time.
My grandson is nine years old and asks me to play your episodes every time he's with me.
Thank you for making our countries history interesting again and making us proud to be American.
As a former Marine, this story never gets old, and I really wish things were still done this way.
Favorite line is always hard to pick but "You fucking Pilgrims did what now?!" is really high on the list for this one.
The entire exchange is awesome. " Yeah I guess i can leave your boats alone, thats seems generally a good idea"
🤣right
“Acoustic sr-71” from the mosquito video had me rolling
I imagine the Sultan of Morocco probably actually said something like that, given England's reputation back then.
Pretty insane how a country ascended from infant country on the fringes of the world to world hegemon in roughly 220 years, mostly because countries kept messing with its boats, and it has an irrational attachment to them.
Hey, it's not irrational. We just like them.
It’s our autism and we get to choose the special interest, we chose boats
So unfactual, im happy to talk about it if you want, but just know you'll lose.
Edit: do well to ignore this, my brother had my phone.
@@thatrandomeliteultra1158 name a war after the revolution that wasn't because someone messed with our ship. Go ahead I'll wait.
@thatrandomeliteultra1158 I mean, you can be smug all you want, but most of the wars that America got recognition for the growing power it was did start over ships. The Barbary war is a good one for setting foreign policy positions, war of 1812 was the war against Britain and while it wasn't exactly a win, did mean it wasn't just some country you could roll over with no effort. Spanish-American War, and both World Wars where America asserted it was itself a great power by knocking off a European empire (though sick), and the world wars where it proved itself a great power who could tip the scales, then one of only 2 superpowers.
In each of these cases, while only one reason for the war (as no war only has one reason), it's significant enough to make it into the textbooks and act as a national rallying cry in each circumstance.
Yes, of course, none of these truly address the reasons for the advantages America had, or how it got to the point where it could throw its weight around, but the final point is that it's not meant to be a checklist factors in America's rise, but instead, to be a humorous observation about the consistent through-line in American conflicts. Which, of course, is caused by the fact that America is separated by two oceans from the rest of the global powers.
We need to see a TV series just about these historical events, so long as they actually kept to the historical facts I feel like the entire world would learn SO much.
The problem is, there is so much dead time between major battles, Hollywood would stuff the unverifiable points with all kinds of propaganda.
OH MY GOLLY !! I'm a brand new viewer and I LOVE YOUR APPROACH . I have two brothers and one uncle currently on active service in Middle East . When I first heard you speak I was immediately transported to the family den talking shop. I'm damned sick & tired of people bitching about how bad our country is . People take advantage . Politicians are destroying what our founding fathers and mothers worked their asses off and many of them died for. I've traveled and worked all over the world including third world countries and there's no place like United States of America. Our military is respected for our badass-ness yet fair approach . GOD BLESS AMERICA and OUR MILITARY . IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT GET THE F--- OUT !!! Happy New Year
There's no school shootings anywhere in the world. Only in amerikkka 😂😂
I know it's been covered by everyone and their mother, but CV-6 USS Enterprise was one of, if not, the most badass ship in the U.S. Navy. The Japanese believed she was crewed by the damned, because she would return time and time again after taking hits that they assumed would sink her. One of her fighter squadrons was literally called the Grim Reapers. Be kind of neat the see one of your videos about that ship.
The greatest ship of all time.
Absolute GOAT
Heheheheheheheheheheheh.... the nuclear enterprise was similarly wild.
@@alexanderhamilton8585 It's just a shame she was scrapped for parts😢
That ship should have been parked right next to the USS Constitution.
@@generaljimmies3429 Fuckin' agreed. Should be on the US Flag as far as I'm concerned.
I remember learning about the Barbary Wars in my JROTC Marine class in high school and my 1st Sgt. summed it up as "While the rest of the world sat on their ass and watched the pirates, America and her Marines looked at that shit and said 'I want that shit gone' "
"Mad Jack" Churchill (no relation to Winston) who was a British Commando officer who went into action carrying a longbow and a Scottish Broadsword (Claymore)
Seems that this needs to be watched by congress to help them figure themselves out.
Brits -“Oh just pay the pirates” -
U.S of MFing A “Did we not just kicked the f… out of you cuz we did not wanted to pay extra shit?!”
We need more history…
@@baronvonslambert You mean the Seven Years War. Thirty Years War was going on around the time the Pilgrims were discovering socialism was stupid. As for the debate about taxes, it was also because Parliament didn't have the authority to level taxes directly against the colonies so they were doing shit like the Stamp Act to get around those laws.
"The Rainbow Shortcut to a$$ whipping Land"
I almost pissed myself laughing so dam hard, I'm also a former U.S. Marine, and the motto "First to go, Last to Know" is so very much true.
Never former. You earned your Eagle, Globe, and Anchor at P.I., Hollywood, or the Point. You are a Marine.
@@harveyhams1572
You beat me to it!
The only way any Marine LOSES that Title, is if they disgrace themselves and the Corps.!
No 'Former Marine.'
USMC VETERAN!
:-)
Navy here, Semper Fi gentlemen!
Is there such a thing as a "former" marine. I thought once a marine, always a marine.
@@annnunez7719
Actually, there is. If a Marine disgraces himself/the Corps., but especially if they are Dishonorably Discharged (And it's justified), they lose the Title. At that point, they're considered 'Former Marines.' (In polite company. If they deserved their 'Big Chicken Dinner' (ie 'Bad Conduct Discharge'), then we have many other Titles/Names that are usually applied.)
From the tour of the USS Constitution:
The double wheel mounted on the ship was taken from HMS. Java, after the British ship surrendered. The Brits had shot away the original wheel early in the battle. For the next fee hours the Marines on board Constitution steered the ship by a tiller below deck. The first thing they brought back from Java was her wheel.
Whoever is in charge of upkeep on the Constitution has done a stellar job, she's straight out of the age of sail! I'd reckon she could probably go toe to toe with Somalian pirates and still kick a bit of ass even 200 years past her prime.
This has to be one of my all time favorites stories! Wish they told this to us day one in boot camp. I only knew a few of the historical facts on my own.
The foundation of America's "Don't touch my shit" and hold true to this day.
I’ve learned more about world and US history from this channel than I did in 12 years of private schooling.
I had my share of the "good" schools. Telling it like it was, was not their strong suit.
You beat me to it
public schooling ain't any better lemme tell you
At 56, I’ve never been a history buff. But, watching your videos, I can’t help but think that my high school history lessons would have been better digested if they were as entertaining as your channel. Keep up the good work and I welcome the knowledge, told with exciting, informative and comedic quips. Definitely subscribed. Wishing you the best.
At the very least, you explained or at least pointed towards the history of some of the ceremony and prestige of the Marines. I've always wondered why they still have swords in some of their drill teams and in other ceremonies, but now that makes a lot of sense and is really REALLY cool that that kind of honor is still being shown.
As a Navy veteran, single father, and homeschooler...this material is 100% great to teach my teen son how our Navy came about and a history lesson!
Much respect from a fellow former sailor!
Tin Can Sailors Rule the Seas!!!
im in my thirties and love watching these to ... well... learn what i should have been paying attention to in school to learn... back in the 90s and early 2000s in a pretty good school. i was just in my own world half the time.
They used to teach this war in schools like a major war in the 50s until it got phased out of schools for newer wars post Vietnam.
It also shows that long lasting love/hate/respect relationship between the Marines and the Navy. Kind of like siblings.... "aww shit, you did what? Well, here we go again."
I should point out Britain HATED the Barbary pirates. They had plagued our trade routes and even raided southern Britain for slaves , so "allying" in 1812 was hugely unpopular and generally seen as a dick move by everybody.
EDIT: video ideas - Teddy Roosevelt or Wyatt Earp
I’ll take both please.
Tombstone's only doctor, Charles Goodfellow, was about 1000000% more interesting than Wyatt Earp. You'll need to lay down for an hour after reading his wikipedia page.
It really is a shame that politics are so petty. The US and UK today make a great team. Imagine if, rather than fighting one another in 1812, we'd fucked the pirates up together. The Barbary Wars woulda been even more legendary than they already were.
"Six Frigates" is a great book about the history of the US Navy...and covers this time period,
The only thing that's missing from this video is how Congress dismantled the Navy after every war (although, you DO mention the first dismantlement :D )
After having grown up in a town named "Decatur" and attended a high school of the same name, it seems pretty shameful that this short video has taught me more about Stephen Decatur and has made me more proud of the name than my public school education ever did.
Thanks for sharing all of these stories. You really have a gift!
The Barbary Wars are one of the most forgotten aspects of early American history, but they put the groundworks in for all the extra-congressional powers the president has been allotted. As well as the tactics used by the DoD in said extra-congressional actions. With most early American history you have to put so many different aspects together to understand where we are today, but with The Barbary Wars it is as if the writers got lazy and foreshadowed the hell out of the future.
During WW1 until about halfway through WW2 the most powerful Navy in the World was the Royal Navy.
The US Navy saw incredible growth during both wars, eventually superseding the Royal Navy, before growing into the behemoth it is today.
Correct
@the_fat_electrician Outstanding video.
You've got a gift for great storytelling.
Question - why isn't Stephen Decatur lauded as much as other American (military) heroes?
There are many ever present names on public buildings, schools, streets, etc, but Decatur seems strangely absent.
Am I missing something, or am I just wrong?
Another bit of history not taught is how badly the Japanese plastered the Royal Navy in the Pacific, rendering them nearly irrelevant in the Pacific.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 He is pretty well known within the US Navy. There have been several ships named after him (currently DDG-73) and one of the "ships" (recruit barracks) at the Navy boot camp, RTC Great Lakes, is also named after him. Naval heroes just generally have less widespread popularity here in the US.
@@ianmacfarlane1241because the army and marines are the easiest to market back home side imo
"Thomas Jefferson H A T E S Pirates" -Thomas Jefferson
LMAO..."Foreshadowing"! This is the best way to learn things while having fun through the story telling! Great stuff bro! Stay Blessed!!
As a Marine we learned these stories because obviously it's our History, but love hearing it go out to everyone. Semper Fi 👊😎
The History Instructor for my boot cycle was one of the biggest men I have ever seen and I'm not a small guy.
This huge motherfucker would pantomime the action of our history like Katt Williams on stage.
I was already a big fan of history but those classes were the best history classes I have ever attended.
I find it so adorable the fact that Fat Electrician gets his wife into his videos from time to time
Your name made me do a double take lmao
@@Kingj411 Unfortunately my username was too long to fit an "a" in "shiftinggears"
@@Shiftinggersso drop a G and make it shiftingears
So Jefferson is the originator of the "wink" understanding. "Potential" aggression. Deliver the "gifts". Yeah, the soldier absolutely understood the assignment.
EXCELLENT! Young man!! I cannot stop listening to you. You’re a natural …a gifted storyteller… bright future I’m honored to follow.
Can i just say that "Millions in defence, before a cent in tribute" may perhaps be the most raw line ever uttered
This brings backs memories. I originally learned about this while watching the History Channel, when it use to be actually be about history. Then I read up on it. Years later, I had a college history teacher claim he was a Marine officer. He covered the Barbary Wars but he had no idea about the The Marines' Hymn mentioning it. It went south really quick, cause we had an actual Marine in the class who called him out. A few weeks later, he lost his position over falsely claiming military service.
He f***ed around and found out, eh? XD
Stolen valor's a good way to end up on anyone's shitlist lol.
And then everybody clapped right?
Good. I hate that crap. Oohrah!
hi, amazing videos , i myself am not American (Canadian) but i love your rendering of historic events that shape our world as we know it !!! good job and please never stop!!!
That was the best 25 minute video I've seen in sooo many years. Perfect is hardly descriptive of the time and effort that must have went into this. Did you do it all by yourself or did you have a team to help? Thank you so much for running that down! Wish I could upvote more than once!
Navy Vet here. This channel inspired me to go back to school and become a history teacher so I can tell the youths how great America is
Good we need more of it
As a veteran of the US Navy, being in the belly of a carrier, and cooled off by the refreshing Persian Gulf air, I too know the benifits of non stick ball to thigh technology.
These stories need to be made into movies! The box office take would be outstanding, and the lesson on American history would also shine.
That was an awesome story. The strength of great leaders and our fighting men, have kept us free… since our inception!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you, men and women for your service and sacrifice. We will always have your 6
Great video. Greek mercenaries represent!
Fun fact, we also had our own navy madman like the US had John Paul Jones. His name was Konstantinos Kanaris (active during our war for independence) and besides taking down the ottoman flagship and admiral on board with a fireship, his most crazy exploit was pretty much saying "Im gonna take some fireshships and 2 warships, some flags from foreign countries for cover, sail all the way to Alexandria, Egypt and burn their entire fleet at port. And the mad lad made it into the port without being identified but nature went against him as suddenly the wind changed direction and he was forced to go back and forth until the egyptians took notice and opened fire. Thankfully he managed to escape. He went on to lead the rebel navy to more battles and also served as Prime Minister after the war. Talk about a skilled maniac
This dude would make for a sick video! What a mad lad!
I am English and Evan like the John Paul Jones story he needs to do a program on him what a gangster
Pirates get flamed by Greek Fire!
Sir. We need this made into a movie. I’m 100% serious. This needs to be made into a full length high budget movie. The fact it hasn’t been is ridiculous. This story is absolutely amazing and would make for an incredible movie. Someone in the industry needs to make this happen. And you absolutely need to be directing the whole thing. It doesn’t have to be Hollywood overly dramatic. It’s plenty dramatic and entertaining while remaining completely historical. This needs to happen.
The crew that made "Master and Commander Far Side of the World" should make it.
I immediately thought the same...there badly needs to be a Stephen Decatur movie in all of our lives. The original American Badass.
John Paul Jones needs a movie as well.
Screw hollyweird. the daily wire could pick it up. Starring James woods, dean cain and Jon voight.
This channel is should be every history class for every school in America. FAT chance of that😅
Dude, thank you!
23:17 missed opportunity “triple up in Tripoli!”
You would think after nearly two hundred and fifty years, people would learn to not mess with America's boats, or really anything that America considers its own. Apparently, some lessons require some additional time to sink in.
haha! "sink in" nice.
Actually everyone in the world remembered for 200+ years until some Somali pirates decided that the rules didn’t apply to them. They were wrong.
@@scooterdescooter4018ya great pun
@@chipsterb4946 'look at me, i'm da captain now'
no son, you really aren't, and you're going to regret trying
Some places have short memories, and a learning disability. Their level of find out is going to be "proportional" to their level of F____ around if they stay their course.......
FE, You have the power to unite Americans and get us back to our roots. Doesn’t matter what color you are, the only thing that matters is that you know what it is to be a true American and that you love/value the freedom millions before us have fought and died for. Speaking as a 1st generation Mexican American, I thank you sir.
What does "1st Generation" mean?
We are all one my friend. I don't care where you're from, you are here, and this makes America the great land it is.
Welcome to the greatest country in the world, my friend!
If I'd had a history teacher like you I'd have definitely taken an interest in history before my thirties.
Jefferson's love note from the Pasha sounds like the mirror image of Reagan' first day. 🇺🇸
I had to pause what felt like every ten seconds to just sit back and think to myself, "Dear god, this war really did just lay out every last line for the United States military shenanigans going forward didn't it?" It's like this was the war they decided to write the checklist during.
The St. Nazaire Raid by the Brits in WW2 would be amazing. Called the greatest raid by any military in history
Jeremy Clarkson of Top Gear narrated a documentary about it for Timeline, it was pretty surprising and wholesome.
Drachinifel did one too, along with the Zeebrugge Raid in his distinct English humour. I think it would be great to hear it Chubby Electron Guy style.
Thank you for keeping our precious American history alive!
I am 70 years old and had one of my testicles almost ripped from my scrotum back in 72' when I was in the Marines. I suffered for all of these years with being uncomfortable. My Wife bought me some of those Sheath underwear and I won't wear anything else now. My Guys really appreciate it. I have to give them a shout out they are great... Its about time that Men have support products too. I know how much research it takes to mass that much detail in your information. I salute you for your service and your efforts in your studies of our history.
This guy needs to be the standard for all American history school teachers.
Enthusiasm, pride, and a big dash of "I don't give a f*** how you feel about it"!
Yes he better than any I have seen,I knew one that got close,but not this good.
He could cover a lot more ground than my world history teacher in high school. A year of memorizing monarch’s names, years of reign and date and location of every European war from the 1300s-1700’s. Very interesting history from my perspective presented in the most boring way possible.
When a 25 minute video seems to only last like 30 seconds because it just totally captivates you is a testament of its greatness, another one hit out of the park, thank you brother, keep ‘em coming (I would love to hear more about this “potato” incident you touched on!)
He has a video of it already.
USS O'Bannon Potato
This was the first video I found from you, and I cant tell you how much I love your content. Been showing your channel to multiple friends etc. Keep up the good work!
Bro I could listen to this dude talk about history all damn day. Definitely my new favorite channel.
As a Marine Vet, this fills my heart with joy!
Same
I love the random fact that morocco is our oldest and historically one of our most loyal allies lol
I'm studying military history and love watching your videos. I use a lot of information I've learned from you in my assignments. I'd love it if you'd post your sources in the description so that I can cite them in my schoolwork. I've included some of your videos in or after my works cited section but I always use them as an extra bit instead of one of my main sources because unfortunately, my instructors wouldn't really count this as a trusted source.
20ish years ago, i sat in history class not absorbing any of this information, because teenager me found it all incredibly boring.
Now, im nearing 40 and all this stuff is fun to learn. Between you, oversimplified, and habitual linecrosser, making history fun to learn.
Get in!! I genuinely become happy when i see a new Fat Electrician post. I know that a history lesson is about to be delivered in a way that should be used in schools to get kids engaged in this amazing subject. Cheers from over here in the UK. Ive genuinely used your videos as a way to educate my kids. The current family favourite is still Operation Praying Mantis, mainly because of the use of the term proportional. Cheers buddy from one amateur historian to a legend
Thank you im glad you like um
More than just telling us great stories, you restore in me a sense of hope and pride in our country. I admit I'm demoralized by the appalling state of this republic, but your tales of courage, guts, balls, and grit remind me of our heroic history and our fight for right. Thank you and keep it up.
Hard times make strong men.
Strong men make good times.
Good times make soft men.
Soft men make hard times.
There’s still hope.
We're a democracy dingus
@@brandon_montero wrong, we are a constitutional republic. There is a difference.
@@jsquared1013Bro literally anybody who didn't just run across these terms in 5th grade understands that a Republic s typically understood as a form of Democracy. Here in Florida we have both Direct and Indirect Democray, because we the voters can change out own laws as well as elect representatives to do so. We have indirect Democracy Federally tho. Please never in your life say that again because it shows that you don't even understand basic definitions of government.
@@jsquared1013 Also, "Republic" and "Democracy" were used interchangeably at that time
Freaking outstanding video! Thank you for this. Hard to find docs about the Barbary Wars. You knocked it out of the park.