Men of Valor - Compilation Series 1

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  5 років тому +3089

    Demonetised (even though individually the videos are not?) 'Discussions of modern acts of terror, events resulting in the catastrophic loss of human life or controversial social issues'

  • @SpritelyGuys
    @SpritelyGuys 5 років тому +2219

    Enjoy darls
    0:10 - Roy Benavidez 'The Green Beret'
    9:08 - John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill 'Mad Jack' - The man who fought with a longbow and a sword
    15:03 - Lachhiman Gurung the Gurkha who took on 200 soldiers with one hand
    19:06 - Owen J. Baggett the Pilot who shot down a plane with a pistol while parachuting
    25:56 - Leo Major the one-eyed scout who liberated a whole town by himself
    36:30 - Douglas Bader the flying ace with no legs
    41:53 - Lauri Törni the soldier of three armies
    55:40 - George H.W. Bush the President who avoided being eaten by cannibals in WW2
    1:01:19 - Sergeant-Major John Robert Osborn the soldier who threw himself on a grenade
    1:04:23 - Desmond Doss the medic who fought a war without a weapon

  • @thatmariohead1741
    @thatmariohead1741 5 років тому +3987

    It's amazing how the real world is often more interesting than many movies

    • @amdolfussussus1338
      @amdolfussussus1338 5 років тому +20

      Yeah...

    • @Usucas
      @Usucas 5 років тому +15

      True

    • @Salpeteroxid
      @Salpeteroxid 5 років тому +56

      Real world have more versions of even a single event (everyones experience, seen through different eyes and time) while there are not that many movies in comparison so ofc reality is more interesting.

    • @echo8481
      @echo8481 5 років тому +3

      Yes.

    • @tonypeppermint5329
      @tonypeppermint5329 5 років тому +3

      @@Salpeteroxid Yeah.

  • @blanketdtf
    @blanketdtf 3 роки тому +1112

    Roy: shot 7 times, exposed intestine, bleeding out, broken jaw, temporarily blinded, loaded several men onto a chopper with his wounds
    *dies from diabetes*

    • @snanoopis6584
      @snanoopis6584 3 роки тому +39

      Sugar retardation is no joke, takes all

    • @Captan40000
      @Captan40000 3 роки тому +87

      @@snanoopis6584 He’s not really joking, he’s saying what serve injuries Roy had yet survived, but died from diabetes.

    • @snanoopis6584
      @snanoopis6584 3 роки тому +14

      @@Captan40000 I understood the joke

    • @Sgt_Long_Dong
      @Sgt_Long_Dong 3 роки тому +23

      @@snanoopis6584 did you not read the comment? He’s not joking

    • @snanoopis6584
      @snanoopis6584 3 роки тому +6

      @@Sgt_Long_Dong I know he’s not joking ffs

  • @mrs.chandler9384
    @mrs.chandler9384 4 роки тому +482

    Dude with his eye shot out that kept fighting was a boss too

    • @tiddyfard4517
      @tiddyfard4517 3 роки тому +14

      for real, I'd just call it a day on living at that point

    • @lostvayne104
      @lostvayne104 3 роки тому +6

      Bruh what is that name

    • @austinbutcher8106
      @austinbutcher8106 3 роки тому +7

      He was like, ehh fk tht eye, didn't need it anyway

    • @Rickyrocket51
      @Rickyrocket51 3 роки тому +1

      Some might even say he was the biggest of bosses.

    • @majiccouly
      @majiccouly 2 роки тому +1

      Adrian carton de Wiart, English general born in Belgium ahah

  • @Galvaxatron
    @Galvaxatron 4 роки тому +155

    Each of these brave men could be great movie material, but Léo Major by himself is enough for a 2 season mini series. What a boss.

  • @R3GARnator
    @R3GARnator 5 років тому +3916

    Simple History: Balls of Steel edition.

  • @gudadryckful
    @gudadryckful 5 років тому +1787

    This guys voice was made for telling stories. Can listen for hours

    • @ChrisKane-
      @ChrisKane- 5 років тому +115

      Thank you! I'm glad my voice works for this type of content! 😊💗

    • @mattcullen6109
      @mattcullen6109 5 років тому +21

      @@ChrisKane- I thought you were Charlie sheen. Lol

    • @kirkbupkis
      @kirkbupkis 5 років тому +18

      @@mattcullen6109 Now I can't un-hear Charlie Sheen, I'm just waiting for him to say the soldier had tiger blood 😂😂

    • @mattcullen6109
      @mattcullen6109 4 роки тому +1

      @@kirkbupkis .lol.😀

    • @Tommy2shoe811
      @Tommy2shoe811 4 роки тому +2

      It is an excellent voice it sounds very similar to Martin Sheen’s

  • @timsullivan4566
    @timsullivan4566 5 років тому +679

    BENAVIDEZ: "Why the hospital? I just got a few mosquito bites and scratches from thorns..."
    MEDIC: "Aside from the 37 bullet, bayonet and shrapnel wounds, your intestines are hanging out of your belly."
    BENAVIDEZ: "So what's the big deal? Don't you have any Band-Aids in that first-aid kit?"

    • @oblivious1516
      @oblivious1516 4 роки тому +41

      Tim Sullivan TIS ONLY A SCRATCH. Please tell me somebody knows this reference

    • @timsullivan4566
      @timsullivan4566 4 роки тому +25

      @@oblivious1516 "A scratch? Your ARM'S off!"

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 роки тому +23

      Benavidez: "Well get the medics over here with their super glue and glue me back together."

    • @ruairiodonohoe2533
      @ruairiodonohoe2533 4 роки тому +5

      @@timsullivan4566 no its not

    • @johnloman4164
      @johnloman4164 4 роки тому +3

      @@ruairiodonohoe2533 Then what's that

  • @antoinelachapelle3405
    @antoinelachapelle3405 4 роки тому +332

    That first guy blew my mind. How do you go from "you'll never walk again" to "you've qualified for the goddamn special forces". ???????? I've never even sprained my back and I wouldn't qualify for special forces lol

    • @Tito-bv6om
      @Tito-bv6om 4 роки тому +19

      They should make a movie about his life just like they did with Desmond doss

    • @jeffthemercenary
      @jeffthemercenary 3 роки тому +10

      And the fact that he tanks so much bullets even a video game character wont survive

    • @jrm6183
      @jrm6183 3 роки тому +10

      @Kaio-Guy10 His special power move would be called One Man Army. Increased levels of adrenaline and stamina and is impervious to bullets, shrapnel though at the cost of a 3 1/2 minute cooldown time to reuse.

    • @Doxsein
      @Doxsein 3 роки тому +2

      Determination and grit.

    • @owhamdvid7837
      @owhamdvid7837 3 роки тому +4

      He was built different

  • @marcelerystick7416
    @marcelerystick7416 4 роки тому +395

    "I SWEAR IF YOU TRY TO ESCAPE ONE MORE DAMN TIME, WE'LL TAKE AWAY YOUR LEG PRIVILEGES"

  • @tristin6995
    @tristin6995 5 років тому +197

    Got to meet roy benevedez’s daughter this year on memorial day. she had me and my wingman take some pictures next to his gravestone and i felt so honored to take part in his history

  • @rgcproductions6220
    @rgcproductions6220 5 років тому +529

    Benavidez: Eyes glued shut from dried blood. Jaw broken.
    Also Benevidez: Manages to see the doctor and spit at him

  • @asianmations5710
    @asianmations5710 5 років тому +329

    German : I’m totally safe in this town
    Leo : *”Sup bi*ch.”*

    • @marko-pk6qt
      @marko-pk6qt 5 років тому +12

      German:"Scheiße"

    • @warhamer-ne8mi
      @warhamer-ne8mi 5 років тому +1

      German: SHITZER

    • @xanderm7231
      @xanderm7231 5 років тому +1

      Germans left the game

    • @olba52
      @olba52 5 років тому +1

      Stewie2k

    • @AD-dm7bm
      @AD-dm7bm 5 років тому +2

      German: yeah right no one would be stupid enough to charge us with a long bow and a broadsword.
      Jack Churchill: hello there

  • @fartgaming_53768
    @fartgaming_53768 4 роки тому +15

    0:08 Green Beret
    9:08 Mad Jack
    25:56 Leò Major
    36:32 Douglass Bader
    41:55 Lauri Törni
    55:42 George H.W Bush
    1:01:19 Sargeant Major Osbrone
    1:04:25 Desmond Doss

  • @akramgimmini8165
    @akramgimmini8165 4 роки тому +525

    Imagine Mad Jack would have Fight in the Pacific
    And would have an Sword Duell with a Japanese Officer
    That would be Epic

  • @matthewklitzke2970
    @matthewklitzke2970 5 років тому +276

    Was about to go watch Netflix when I saw the simple history alert, had to drop everything.

  • @matthewkrupa-gregory9682
    @matthewkrupa-gregory9682 5 років тому +646

    “That he had.. liberated.. from gardens” 😂😂

    • @wattsnottaken1
      @wattsnottaken1 5 років тому +20

      Matthew Krupa-Gregory he ran a quick drill on that garden.

    • @goyonman9655
      @goyonman9655 5 років тому +7

      never gets old

    • @CaptainRagnarok15
      @CaptainRagnarok15 5 років тому +15

      The perfect excuse for taking stuff you are not supposed to take

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 4 роки тому +6

      I’m liberating your virginity from you.

    • @SideComment24
      @SideComment24 4 роки тому +5

      Fancy term for stealing. Hey, history is written by the victors. And he needed to do that to survive.
      Like the European settlers "discovered" North America.

  • @virgiljericho664
    @virgiljericho664 5 років тому +540

    Leo Major: *Walks into town*
    German Army: why do I here boss music

    • @AspiLeo
      @AspiLeo 4 роки тому +16

      That’s the moment the germans realised that he was level 100 and they forgot to level themselves up to level two...

    • @snikrepak
      @snikrepak 4 роки тому +7

      Leo Major: Laughs in Berserker
      German officer: ZZZZzzzz*taptap* "shizzzzer"

    • @anakinstartpanikan9485
      @anakinstartpanikan9485 4 роки тому +2

      pew pew pew boom boom

    • @helldd5807
      @helldd5807 4 роки тому +3

      megalovainia plays

    • @remi4778
      @remi4778 3 роки тому +5

      Death to the MPLA!!!

  • @afrenchdude2137
    @afrenchdude2137 4 роки тому +42

    "Vegetables that he, l I b e r a t e d from gardens"
    -Simple History

  • @andrewince8824
    @andrewince8824 4 роки тому +20

    Blown up, told he'd never walk again. Within two years he was walking, fighting and sporting the Green Beret. Roy really was the baddest badass. He didn't do what he was trained to do, he exceeded what any man should be capable of.

  • @KoreanDan310
    @KoreanDan310 5 років тому +290

    10:35
    Soldier: Why did you shoot that guy with your bow, sir?
    Mad Jack: Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.
    Soldier: What? Sir, you shot him with a barbed arrow.

    • @maddog7795
      @maddog7795 5 років тому +14

      you misunderstood the video, what the video was pointing out was he was so badass he shot his sword like it was an arrow from his long bow that's how badass he was

    • @frostythesnowman9101
      @frostythesnowman9101 5 років тому +12

      HO LAM YIU did you just get wooshed yourself? I’m pretty sure he was joking

    • @250-daffazhafrank3
      @250-daffazhafrank3 4 роки тому +2

      maddog he’s archer EMIYA (if you know the reference, good job!)

    • @grownfungus
      @grownfungus 4 роки тому +5

      @HO LAM YIU Bruh he was obviously joking and playing along. YOU got wooshed you goof.

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 роки тому +3

      Soldier: "Sir, why did you shoot that man with a bow?!"
      Jack Churchill: "Because I was holding a bow, pay attention, lad!"

  • @GarfieldRex
    @GarfieldRex 5 років тому +59

    0:08 Roy Benavídez
    9:09 Mad Jack (John Thorpe)
    15:05 Lachhiman Gurung
    19:07 Owen J. Bagget
    25:56 Léo Major
    36:31 Douglas Bader
    41:54 Lauri Törni
    55:41 George H. W. Bush
    1:01:19 Sergeant-Major Osborn
    1:04:25 Desmond Doss

    • @GarfieldRex
      @GarfieldRex 5 років тому +2

      @Just one Bigfoot With WiFi aaaaa I didn't know. Sorry and thanks 😅

    • @aronic2864
      @aronic2864 4 роки тому +1

      Jan Borbély Technically if you look through newest first, this is newest out of the two, but still no proof for being stolen.

  • @LORDMEHMOODPASHA
    @LORDMEHMOODPASHA 5 років тому +364

    Hypothetically: If any nation had all these guys as the members of a single squad, as long as even one lives, that nation would never lose a war.

    • @raawesome3851
      @raawesome3851 4 роки тому +3

      I hope we have those people at the front line every day.

    • @koencagurangan3256
      @koencagurangan3256 4 роки тому +17

      Nah, don’t even need to worry about one of them dying as long as Doss is on the squad
      Except for maybe Douglas and Owen, since they’re fighter pilots, and i don’t think there’s a medic for a pilot that gets shot down and has his plane blow up

    • @kevinknutson7205
      @kevinknutson7205 4 роки тому +5

      I think you are thinking of Sparta

    • @remi4778
      @remi4778 3 роки тому +10

      It's actualy the task force 141 😅😂

    • @bookafrm217
      @bookafrm217 3 роки тому +1

      No 🧢

  • @dgwooten7
    @dgwooten7 4 роки тому +26

    Benevidez's story brought me to tears, a true man

  • @matthewdoherty803
    @matthewdoherty803 4 роки тому +22

    Doctor: you won’t walk again
    Mike: hold my wheel chair

  • @invictusprima4437
    @invictusprima4437 5 років тому +518

    Japanese: believes honor is the most important thing
    Also Japanese: *eats prisoners*

    • @hitoshisawa8479
      @hitoshisawa8479 5 років тому +1

      singed geneva convention under sick and wounded only yeh

    • @themightysovietunion7563
      @themightysovietunion7563 5 років тому +15

      Also Japanese :Have leader which surrenders

    • @Nepal.17
      @Nepal.17 4 роки тому +3

      until one arms man walk in their territory🤘

    • @thiccchungo1041
      @thiccchungo1041 4 роки тому +21

      Japan missed the Geneva convention those years because they were busy attacking clearly marked medics and bombing civilian targets

    • @Become-Eggplant
      @Become-Eggplant 4 роки тому +1

      They made it feel like they were more human during the sengoku period or something. Like jesus christ! Cannibal japanese soldiers? Thats probably more insane than all their wars against each other.

  • @seumasmacdhomhnaill4395
    @seumasmacdhomhnaill4395 4 роки тому +161

    "People are less likely to shoot you if you're smiling at them" 😂🤣

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 роки тому +13

      In Jack Churchill's case if anyone knew who he was they were probably soiling themselves to see him approaching and SMILING! That is "Mad Jack" Churchill coming at you, while smiling, you are well and truly screwed.

  • @timsullivan4566
    @timsullivan4566 5 років тому +161

    OFFICER: "So I had to wait ALL night for your recon report because your initial estimate was off by 100%?"
    LEO: "Sorry, sir, but the more I scouted, the more I adjustments I made to enemy troop strength."
    OFFICER: "But you were off by 100%, Leo? So there's twice as many Germans in Zwolle than first thought?"
    LEO: "No sir, that adjustment I made to enemy troop numbers was a 100% reduction, sir." (LITERALLY!)

    • @theflyingeyeball
      @theflyingeyeball 4 роки тому +12

      I refuse to believe this man had anything less than balls of pure titanium

    • @Requis272
      @Requis272 4 роки тому +27

      Officer told him recon. Leo heard search and destroy.

    • @AspiLeo
      @AspiLeo 4 роки тому +6

      @@theflyingeyeball Titanium is not as reliable as steel...
      But he has Balls of tungsten!

    • @kidjames6875
      @kidjames6875 3 роки тому +1

      @@theflyingeyeball Try adamantium

    • @eelchiong6709
      @eelchiong6709 2 роки тому +1

      @@kidjames6875
      Bah! No such thing as adamantium!
      Mithril my boy, Mithril!

  • @grumpyoldrecluse1295
    @grumpyoldrecluse1295 4 роки тому +51

    *Twenty-year-old men in the 1940's: "I'm gonna go over there and kill that enemy platoon with my bare hands." *Twenty-year-old men in 2020: "Is that hand lotion organic?"

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile 3 роки тому +2

      People change in war.

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 3 роки тому +8

      @@Tom_Cruise_Missile Well today's people wouldn't even survive war.

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile 3 роки тому +3

      @@silverhawkscape2677 Bullshit. That's just some baby boomer nonsense. "This generation couldn't survive back in MY day!"

    • @silverhawkscape2677
      @silverhawkscape2677 3 роки тому +9

      @@Tom_Cruise_Missile Oh please, this is the most coddled generation of Americans and those serving in WW2 were living through the Great Depression.
      This Generation wouldn't even survive the great depression much less a war.
      Can't even handle misgendering.

    • @Tom_Cruise_Missile
      @Tom_Cruise_Missile 3 роки тому +1

      @@silverhawkscape2677 This generation is, right now, fighting wars, and they're wars that the American public don't even fucking support. But oh no tell me all about how weak we are compared to the spoiled entitled babies that were and ARE the boomers.

  • @SomePersonInTheWorld
    @SomePersonInTheWorld 4 роки тому +54

    "He was hit in the leg, thinking it was a torn bush"
    What??
    "His eyeball was hanging out but he was determined to keep shooting"
    WHAT!!???!?

  • @animeneweablet
    @animeneweablet 5 років тому +157

    The Sniper: Simo Häya
    The Beret: Roy Benavidez
    The Man: John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill
    The Medic: Desmond Doss
    The Tank Type: Léo Major
    The Martyr: John Robert Osborne
    The Gurkha: Lachhiman Gurung
    The Pilot: Douglas Bader
    The Soldier: Lauri Törni
    The President: George Herbert Walker Bush
    The Thug: Owen J. Bagett

    • @witheredbonnie9268
      @witheredbonnie9268 5 років тому +3

      GamingWithCarl YT I like it

    • @animeneweablet
      @animeneweablet 5 років тому +2

      @@witheredbonnie9268 Thanks!

    • @masonsilvers6789
      @masonsilvers6789 4 роки тому +1

      The perfect team

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 4 роки тому +4

      “The Man”
      Hmm yes the hero is made out of hero

    • @Nicoder6884
      @Nicoder6884 4 роки тому +1

      Hmm, we have sniper, medic and soldier, how about the other six classes? :P Jack Churchill could de Demoknight maybe?

  • @Tsukiko.97
    @Tsukiko.97 5 років тому +72

    It's content like this and more as to why I decided to subscribe monthly to SimpleHistory.
    These valor stories are moments in history that deserve to be remembered!

  • @Dennis-nc3vw
    @Dennis-nc3vw 4 роки тому +66

    Wow...just wow. Perfect one to end on, Desmond Doss. I'm on the verge of tears. Genuinely had me on the edge of my seat if he'd live. Of all these men, I think he would be the best for a movie.

    • @ChuckDanger
      @ChuckDanger 3 роки тому +8

      It's a film. Hacksaw Ridge.

    • @chiefin2012
      @chiefin2012 3 роки тому +13

      You’re trippin, hacksaw ridge is a good movie but I think if they made a movie about Roy Benavidez it would be better

    • @TheKairon999
      @TheKairon999 3 роки тому +4

      "The Miracle Medic"

    • @eddiecowen2624
      @eddiecowen2624 3 роки тому +3

      They made a movie on The battle of Hacksaw Ridge, titled just that, Hacksaw Ridge, but if my memory serves me correctly Doss' actions where not portrayed in the movie, and im not 100% on this, because the directors thought that the viewers would think it didn't actually happen

    • @Gamnesia_
      @Gamnesia_ 3 роки тому

      @@eddiecowen2624 the movie is all about doss

  • @jasperschaap6720
    @jasperschaap6720 3 роки тому +9

    I'm from zwolle in Holland and now know why we have streets named after Leo majoor. What a boss!

  • @vergil8257
    @vergil8257 3 роки тому +23

    The first guy was like the real man of steel.

  • @MicTheOni
    @MicTheOni 5 років тому +210

    The original GI Joe!
    Seriously though there should be a movie where all of these guys meet in some way and just do badass things.

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 5 років тому +5

      Like killing people, or serving the homeless soup?

    • @kimjongun5676
      @kimjongun5676 5 років тому +9

      @@behindthen0thing what about the 3rd were they get beer

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 5 років тому +2

      @@kimjongun5676 бееr is toxic. Why can't they get a fruit smoothie

    • @kimjongun5676
      @kimjongun5676 5 років тому +6

      @@behindthen0thing because the quartermaster said fruit it going to the germans and the rations ran out

    • @behindthen0thing
      @behindthen0thing 5 років тому

      @@kimjongun5676 ah cool. So maybe they can split MREs instead?

  • @fallout1953
    @fallout1953 5 років тому +19

    Men of Valor - Compilation Series 1
    1. 0:08 Raul Perez "Roy" Benavidez (U.S.)
    2. 9:08 John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill (Britain)
    3. 15:05 Lachiman Gurung (Nepal)
    4. 19:06 Owen John Baggett (U.S.)
    5.25:56 Léo Major (Canada)
    6. 36:30 Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader (Britain)
    7. 41:54 Lauri Allan Törni (Finland)
    8. 55:40 George Herbert Walker Bush (U.S.)
    9. 1:01:18 John Robert Osborn (Canada)
    10. 1:04:24 Desmond Thomas Doss (U.S.)

    • @owenfuhrman65
      @owenfuhrman65 5 років тому +2

      THX

    • @rafaellima7162
      @rafaellima7162 5 років тому +1

      Many U.S soldiers.

    • @fallout1953
      @fallout1953 5 років тому

      @Just one Bigfoot With WiFi Not stolen. I went through all of their full names one by one.

    • @fallout1953
      @fallout1953 5 років тому

      @God is the way Nope.

    • @Nepal.17
      @Nepal.17 4 роки тому +1

      nepal is best 🤘

  • @mtdavidsongaming6462
    @mtdavidsongaming6462 4 роки тому +17

    Leo the one-eyed scout is like playing GTA in real life, lol.

  • @MrBikboi
    @MrBikboi 4 роки тому +4

    Glad you did this series, the majority of viewers are younger kids, nice to give these legit heroes some recognition.

  • @el-guard645
    @el-guard645 5 років тому +126

    *THE ARMY IS MY LIFE.*
    That’s how you get included in a simple history video.

    • @johnveno7704
      @johnveno7704 5 років тому

      Aaaaaaaaaaa

    • @johnveno7704
      @johnveno7704 5 років тому

      Uu

    • @snikrepak
      @snikrepak 4 роки тому

      Yeah until your back goes! Still, these Brothers in arms are the definition of super human. If we had more people like these in the civilian world, we would have so much more backbone and decorum!

    • @el-guard645
      @el-guard645 4 роки тому

      @@snikrepak I know right, bit unfortunately not all men are created equal

  • @sankyu3950
    @sankyu3950 5 років тому +230

    Cant wait for the new expendable movie staring all these characters

    • @Phantom-qr1ug
      @Phantom-qr1ug 5 років тому +11

      All Expendable style teams needs at least one sniper. I'd recomend Simo "The White Death" Häyhä

    • @bradlygamez4549
      @bradlygamez4549 4 роки тому

      Ahh yes George HW Bush in the expendables

  • @dinosatay
    @dinosatay 5 років тому +148

    In the end you should have said "and finally, everyone who served in the war. Rest well heroes, rest well"

    • @pu3rto
      @pu3rto 5 років тому +8

      Oh that’s good

    • @Martinerofsea
      @Martinerofsea 3 роки тому +1

      Didn't nazis also participate in ww2

    • @dinosatay
      @dinosatay 3 роки тому +1

      @@Martinerofsea may they rest well and never come back

    • @dinosatay
      @dinosatay 3 роки тому

      gosh dangit past me stop being cringe for 5 seconds

    • @Martinerofsea
      @Martinerofsea 3 роки тому +1

      @@dinosatay lmao, what about the Japanese during ww2

  • @ColonelCampbellAI2024
    @ColonelCampbellAI2024 4 роки тому +27

    I feel like we 1000% owe these legendary heroes their stories being historically recreated as absolute best-quality VR battle scenarios.
    🤯😢✊

  • @SuperNatblessed
    @SuperNatblessed Рік тому +2

    I just subscribed to your channel! It is so awesome! I watched the one about the prisoner that kept escaping from japan. I watched about the black death. Now I'm watching this one! It's awesome!!
    I love to learn! And thank you for taking the time to do these videos 🩷🔥🤎🙌🏾💪🏾

  • @mack7235
    @mack7235 5 років тому +594

    *There are about as many ads in this video as Roy Benavidez got hit with bullets or shrapnel*
    Edit: since I wrote my comment all the ads went away

  • @gogo-mo7cr
    @gogo-mo7cr 5 років тому +45

    When you know you're a proper simple history fan as you already have watched every video

  • @petartoshkov2076
    @petartoshkov2076 5 років тому +18

    Simple History: Here's an 1 hour long compilation
    Me in 1:41 AM: Yeah I got time

  • @VegasViking420
    @VegasViking420 4 роки тому +2

    The Mad Jack story and the one handed ghurka story, THESE ARE EXAMPLES FOR YOUNG MEN TO FOLLOW!

  • @enjoyer9542
    @enjoyer9542 4 роки тому +7

    Doss is genuinely my favorite person that exist ever his story is amazing

  • @austinkue3175
    @austinkue3175 5 років тому +159

    When you rushing a camp but then you hear “Come and fight a GURKHA”

    • @GhostBear3067
      @GhostBear3067 4 роки тому +14

      Gurkha: "Anything more than 0 hp means I am ready to rumble, COME AT ME BRO!!!!"

    • @owenfuhrman65
      @owenfuhrman65 4 роки тому +3

      It was at this moment he knew he screwed up

    • @jakerocinante1133
      @jakerocinante1133 4 роки тому +6

      I think I’d rather hunt a grizzly bear with a blow dart, better odds than fighting a Gurkha.

    • @yoboikamil525
      @yoboikamil525 4 роки тому

      If one of them thought about shooting a well aimed shot, that wouldn't happen. 1 headshot and it's over.

    • @fynnla.e
      @fynnla.e 3 роки тому

      @@yoboikamil525 Yes I’m sure you would be able to hit a perfect shot on a small target as a poorly trained conscript who had probably never shot a rifle before and had been living in dogshit conditions while also hopped up on adrenaline.

  • @jorgeroque1995
    @jorgeroque1995 5 років тому +62

    This video: *exists*
    Sabaton: it's free real estate

  • @timsullivan4566
    @timsullivan4566 5 років тому +77

    "Roy Benavidez - The Guy Who Disagreed With Everyone" BULLIES: "Loser!" - Nope, he works to support family then enlists. SPECIALIST M.D.: "Never walk again." - Walks again. ARMY: "Just a desk job." - As if! Makes the Green Berets. EVERYONE: "No-one can save those guys now." - Who needs a gun? Saves 8 of his buds. BASE DOC: " He's dead" - He spits in Doc's face. DOC: "I think he'll make it" - FINALLY someone Roy could agree with!

    • @Snuckster2
      @Snuckster2 5 років тому +6

      I'm related
      the fact he's the 1st person mentioned surprises me.
      fact is most people didn't know his story until the very early 2000s when they realeased his GI Joe action figure
      they need to make a movie

  • @FCWW87
    @FCWW87 2 роки тому +28

    It’s so outrageous, what some of these men did…. You have to take a moment to appreciate the gravity…. Close your eyes and imagine being in any of their shoes. You have to have balls of steel, super human strength, and be absolutely fearless.

    • @flyingvct7214
      @flyingvct7214 2 роки тому

      Better to be shot in the chest fighting than in the back running

    • @zirconalian
      @zirconalian 2 роки тому +1

      man played the fucking bagpipes on a battlefield in ww2 💀💀

    • @MrNiceGuyHistory
      @MrNiceGuyHistory Рік тому

      I think in most cases these men achieved an ascended state of consciousness during battle. This can be activated by a combination of adrenaline with the right emotional triggers. In this state, confidence is supreme, reflexes increase, strength and stamina are greatly improved and time slows down.

  • @Henry-vg8fw
    @Henry-vg8fw 5 років тому +187

    DO A VIDEO ON THE LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON.

    • @matthewsoileau3353
      @matthewsoileau3353 5 років тому +1

      oki papi

    • @will6412
      @will6412 5 років тому +5

      Patton was a good military strategist but if he were a politician he would have been awful

    • @chrisjackson8889
      @chrisjackson8889 5 років тому +1

      They spoke of him but as a war criminal

    • @ScriptedLinks
      @ScriptedLinks 5 років тому +2

      @@will6412 The only reason for that is due to the people, not him. People are too fucking weak to understand him.

    • @metallicarchaea1820
      @metallicarchaea1820 4 роки тому +1

      Doesn't matter. Trump is Patton's current reincarnation. Look it up.

  • @curtibirdie3595
    @curtibirdie3595 5 років тому +13

    Ooooo waited for this, thank you so much!

  • @d-day7567
    @d-day7567 5 років тому +26

    These are one of the few toughest men that ever lived

  • @chancetrombley3114
    @chancetrombley3114 3 роки тому +10

    Lauri torni was my personal favorite due to his diverse combat experience. I also watch a biographics video on him.

  • @Marki-
    @Marki- 3 роки тому

    Thanks!

    • @Marki-
      @Marki- 2 роки тому

      Why my bot comment liked 😂

  • @cdnb2626
    @cdnb2626 4 роки тому +13

    Fallen, but, not forgotten. As time carries on, we remember. Less we forget. ❤ Thank you, for your sacrifices brave men and women at arms.

  • @vincentmalab3289
    @vincentmalab3289 5 років тому +5

    The longest Simple History Video.
    Thank you very much Simple History for this Men of Valor saga. I hope you will also make Women of Valor saga in the future.

    • @grmarci1989
      @grmarci1989 4 роки тому

      Lyudmila Pavlochenka, Nancy Wake, Joan de Arc, Boudicca, and how many others?

  • @logger22
    @logger22 5 років тому +96

    It's sad to know that there are people who pretend they fought and risked there lives just so they can get discounts

  • @douglasrollinsii1010
    @douglasrollinsii1010 2 роки тому

    Thank you for keeping these wonderful historic acts of heroism of brave soldiers and warriors who fought for their country, beliefs, and freedom bravely without fear !!! Thank you for collecting and showing their great stories, thank you !!!

  • @pajuhasdied
    @pajuhasdied 4 роки тому +11

    *gets shot in the leg*
    "oh damn I must've hit my leg on a thorn bush"

  • @carterspringer48
    @carterspringer48 5 років тому +64

    “Please God Give Me One More”

    • @SquooshyCatboy
      @SquooshyCatboy 4 роки тому

      what

    • @freshfrozen3035
      @freshfrozen3035 4 роки тому

      ElaRoamMaince it’s an reference to this really weird but pretty family friendly legend

    • @chrisking3569
      @chrisking3569 4 роки тому +3

      @@freshfrozen3035 he’s not weird literally the most bravest one out of all of them continuously heading into dangerous war zones without a weapon risking his life to save others having faith in nothing but god and his country single handedly saved countless lives in the process. Made the rest of these legends easier to believe, they saved the best story for last in this video.

    • @dantheman3375
      @dantheman3375 3 роки тому

      @@SquooshyCatboy bruh-

  • @TouchofShunshine
    @TouchofShunshine 5 років тому +31

    Real-life is more amazing than fiction.

  • @sopuente
    @sopuente 5 років тому +45

    First also love u guys for making this i can listen to this while doing he

    • @sarahtucker3151
      @sarahtucker3151 5 років тому +1

      He?

    • @sopuente
      @sopuente 5 років тому

      Sarah Karras i meant hw my phone kinda small

    • @sarahtucker3151
      @sarahtucker3151 5 років тому

      @@sopuente lol it's okay I was just wondering what it meant

    • @myron6305
      @myron6305 5 років тому

      Sonia Puente Nah...your fluffing boy butt we aren’t fooled

  • @deathhexxxgaming3431
    @deathhexxxgaming3431 2 роки тому +2

    I remember reading of the exploits of Roy Benevidez out of a Basic Training manual in 2004. The name has always been stuck in my head. A true hero and one of the hardest mf's to ever wear a US Army Uniform. Any time I've been faced with something I wasn't sure I would be able to handle, I would recall this man and his exploits. May the legend of this man never die!

  • @channy2457
    @channy2457 4 роки тому +1

    Your voice was so good for telling the stories . you're doing really great! Simple History! 😉

  • @PsychoticLeprachaun
    @PsychoticLeprachaun 5 років тому +30

    "Come and fight a ghurka." No, I don't think I will.

  • @Beesechurgerplease
    @Beesechurgerplease 5 років тому +10

    Some of the videos on his channel actually helped me get an A on my history test. And they said I procrastinate too much

  • @ryanlorenzo5003
    @ryanlorenzo5003 5 років тому +9

    The Dream Team
    Tango Mike - The guy whose passionate in the awesome ways
    Mad Jack - The guy whose passionate in the weird ways
    Gurung - The really intense guy
    Baggett - The "Ayo watch this shot" guy
    Leo - The nice guy with a hair trigger
    Bader - The guy who just can't help but show off
    Lauri - That guy who survived too many game sessions.
    Bush - That guy whose game session got weird.
    Osborn - The guy who dies first.
    Doss - The guy who's going to save that guy who died and no one's going to stop him.

  • @salinibagchi4370
    @salinibagchi4370 4 роки тому +1

    This episode compilation was very awesome, Simple History!!

  • @fourthdownback6035
    @fourthdownback6035 3 роки тому +1

    Narrator: Then he got shot
    Me: Bruh
    Narrator: Then he got shot a couple more times
    Me: Bruhhh
    Narrator: Then he got hit with a bayonet and a grenade, and held his guts with blood in his eyes
    Me: BRUUHHHHHHHH

  • @FrostyShock349
    @FrostyShock349 5 років тому +28

    Simple History: Men too angry to die

  • @VioletMilks
    @VioletMilks 5 років тому +6

    YES! Over an hour of simple history!!

  • @Mifey05
    @Mifey05 5 років тому +24

    13:00 out of ammo?
    Dude your bag is full of Arrow
    I'm sure it's a mistake by the animator lmao

  • @madmachine5244
    @madmachine5244 2 роки тому +2

    There’s a reason why they are the greatest generation. Thank you for your service 🇺🇸.

  • @Raving
    @Raving 4 роки тому +4

    I met Roy Benavidez when riding around South Texas on my motorcycle. A personable, friendly guy who you felt immediately would give you all he had if you needed it. A better man I have not met in all my life.

  • @SouthernGentleman
    @SouthernGentleman 5 років тому +57

    All great heroes with great stories. A lot of movie content here too.

    • @atune2682
      @atune2682 5 років тому +2

      Southern Gentleman true

    • @matthewsoileau3353
      @matthewsoileau3353 5 років тому +3

      i see you are a fellow confederate

    • @unknown-dq6df
      @unknown-dq6df 5 років тому +1

      ‘Don’t tread on us’ they will regret the day they burned our towns

    • @SouthernGentleman
      @SouthernGentleman 5 років тому +6

      Matthew Soileau but still a unionist

    • @dreams4956
      @dreams4956 4 роки тому

      Southern Gentleman People often misinterpret Southern pride with racism or anti patriotism, which is pretty simple minded. Confederate flags represent the South and their freedom, not Racist Union haters

  • @ohayo3693
    @ohayo3693 5 років тому +4

    ONE HOUR COMPILATION!!! AMAZING

  • @Tr1f4ct
    @Tr1f4ct 2 роки тому

    Simple history is very underrated and they publish true videos about people that would keep me up because I am so invested in the stories so thank you simple history.

  • @Ridz149
    @Ridz149 3 роки тому +2

    Benavidez: **gets hit by a train**
    Benavidez: keeps walking

  • @Sh31ny
    @Sh31ny 5 років тому +4

    That last guy, medic. He deserve a lot more than a medal. Guy was a hero who saved hundreds of soldiers and being injured never stop doing his duty.

  • @D2DOPAMINE
    @D2DOPAMINE 4 роки тому +19

    Im so happy if people like this have like 4 kids. Spread those survivor genes!

  • @lukeboss7853
    @lukeboss7853 5 років тому +66

    This is old but
    *TOP 10 characters that can defeat Thanos (even with the infinity gauntlet)

  • @ignoreddemon1857
    @ignoreddemon1857 4 роки тому +10

    21:03 "automatic pistol" huh, mine doesn't have that feature, must be for the military only

    • @computerolegy2336
      @computerolegy2336 3 роки тому

      I don't think he meant autoloading but I'm not sure

    • @bigaz005
      @bigaz005 3 роки тому

      It was meaning the type of gun. The Colt 1911 was the first automatic pistol.

    • @ignoreddemon1857
      @ignoreddemon1857 3 роки тому

      @@bigaz005 so i guess the Salvator Dormus doesn't exist

  • @imarknutt5638
    @imarknutt5638 4 роки тому +3

    Imagine all of them on one team. The enemy would see them and be like
    “I want to apologise” lol

  • @smartgoat2753
    @smartgoat2753 5 років тому +6

    Moral of Roy’s story never tell someone they can’t do something

  • @celinagarcia4115
    @celinagarcia4115 5 років тому +45

    29:30 he is wearing sneakers in a war what a goat

    • @StarGazer05916
      @StarGazer05916 5 років тому +1

      Celina Garcia dress to impress even will in battle, lol!

    • @qbertsad8737
      @qbertsad8737 5 років тому +1

      Do you have any idea how unfitting military boots are?

    • @kolargol
      @kolargol 5 років тому +2

      You said it GOAT he didn't get the Victoria cross because he's from Quebec

  • @StgxBaron
    @StgxBaron 5 років тому +24

    The first compilation, u should do more

    • @14TND88
      @14TND88 5 років тому

      DantheHERO 7 they’ve done one before

    • @StgxBaron
      @StgxBaron 5 років тому

      *Compilation #1*

    • @14TND88
      @14TND88 5 років тому

      DantheHERO 7 ua-cam.com/video/vbxX6PGkLlI/v-deo.html

    • @StgxBaron
      @StgxBaron 5 років тому

      I meant the men of valor of course

  • @depressotheespresso1063
    @depressotheespresso1063 4 роки тому

    These type of videos are far better than many movies. I can watch these kind of videos all year non-stop :)

  • @L3GHO5T
    @L3GHO5T 3 роки тому +4

    “If it wasn’t for them damn yanks we could have kept the war going another 10 years” some of the hardest words ever spoken. These guys are the absolute top echelon of manly men

  • @yeetboi5061
    @yeetboi5061 5 років тому +25

    Hey this sounds like the enemy team on call of duty.

  • @e0746
    @e0746 5 років тому +20

    Desmond doss is the person that I look up to

  • @Andre-nw7mg
    @Andre-nw7mg 5 років тому +7

    Ello, btw I lovvvvvvvvvve your ww2 ones, I learned about the battle of Berlin

  • @agentcoxack7368
    @agentcoxack7368 3 роки тому +1

    “I got shot in the neck.”
    “How did that happen?”
    “Three guesses.”

  • @glennstewart5397
    @glennstewart5397 4 роки тому +1

    I had an Uncle who fought in Korea with the R.C.H.R. (Black Watch) He came back from there a broken man. He had watched most of his unit killed some in Hand to Hand in their own Trench. I heard him tell me the story, of watching his childhood friend gutted beside him. I have never seen a documentary or mention of the even. He died years later after he told me what he had witnessed.
    If you can dig up the facts and do it in this channel, I would love it and know his story and other he served with was not forgotten.
    Thank you either way!

  • @tx1881
    @tx1881 5 років тому +87

    Brotherhood of heroes

  • @crrispycreme1484
    @crrispycreme1484 5 років тому +5

    Ive always watched your vidios and I love them ive been there since the start and I would recomend doing a vidio about the battle of berlin keep making these beuitifil videos #simplehistoryisbest