Allies and Axis Working Together in WW2

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  Рік тому +258

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    • @kingKaiju393
      @kingKaiju393 Рік тому +5

      If you going to cut your video the way you constantly do all the time, I think you should do all your commercials at the very beginning because you keep killing the vibe each time you waste most of the video with a near 3 minute commercial just do it in the beginning because you simple history videos are becoming more unwatchable each time you keep doing that.

    • @anakinpendleton9231
      @anakinpendleton9231 Рік тому +2

      Can you make a video of which ones better swat Or military

    • @quinnwaloch9750
      @quinnwaloch9750 Рік тому +2

      Hmmm ok then

    • @davidspencer8373
      @davidspencer8373 Рік тому +1

      Like video

    • @brandonhallam51
      @brandonhallam51 Рік тому +1

      I want to see a video on what wouldve happened if Germany tried to surrender or make an armistace with the UK and USA in 1944 before the Russians could reach Germany in order for them to save themselves.

  • @fdgod1931
    @fdgod1931 Рік тому +860

    “Makarov you ever hear the old saying? The enemy of my enemy is my friend?”

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 Рік тому +3345

    They should make Itter Castle a movie if it’s not already

    • @codycallaway9057
      @codycallaway9057 Рік тому +151

      I'm pretty sure there's one or a couple of them

    • @lukassvitek9561
      @lukassvitek9561 Рік тому +314

      ​@@codycallaway9057I am sure there isn't. I was desperate to see one after hearing The Last Battle from Sabaton and was utterly disappointed when I didn't find any. Maybe I didn't search hard enough, so if you know about something I would be glad for some recommendations.

    • @Igyzone
      @Igyzone Рік тому

      There may not be a movie, but there's a really good episode of Hitler's Last Stand
      ua-cam.com/video/nSmYd9wshcw/v-deo.html

    • @comettamer
      @comettamer Рік тому +73

      Absolutely. There's probably a couple already but it would be interesting to see a new one.

    • @KittyKaiii
      @KittyKaiii Рік тому +24

      Fr

  • @ihatemylyfe1764
    @ihatemylyfe1764 Рік тому +813

    Another small fact about Gangle he was notorious for helping the local resistance movements long before the battle of castle itter occurred

    • @kutyaember
      @kutyaember Рік тому

      Somewhere I read that he was in fact anti-fascist German resistance member.

    • @jonasgrunberger3381
      @jonasgrunberger3381 Рік тому +29

      His name was Gangl, without an "E" at the end

    • @Yourlocalwordrobe
      @Yourlocalwordrobe 9 місяців тому +7

      Bro was based

    • @BHuang92
      @BHuang92 8 місяців тому +12

      He was a native Austrian so when the war was turning, he knew Germany was done so he made a pact with the Austrian Resistance to feed info against the Nazis.

    • @DarkRanger-tj9tm
      @DarkRanger-tj9tm 7 місяців тому +4

      @gileadisonfirePov: you’re a 7 yr old “sigma”

  • @TitanAEX4
    @TitanAEX4 Рік тому +1340

    Gangl is one of the unsung heroes of WW2. It's a shame his sacrifice isn't more widely known.
    Charlie Brown and Franz Stiegler's story is one of the rare happy endings. The fact they remained close friends all the way up to their deaths is something you can't put a price on.

    • @paulcowlishaw
      @paulcowlishaw Рік тому +2

      Bullshit

    • @robertsandberg2246
      @robertsandberg2246 Рік тому +90

      ​@@paulcowlishawNot bullshit. Read "A Higher Call" by Adam Makos.
      Amazing book!

    • @ryckieknucklesanwiwarrrrhu2811
      @ryckieknucklesanwiwarrrrhu2811 Рік тому +14

      ​@@paulcowlishaw Iranian orphan:

    • @jonasgrunberger3381
      @jonasgrunberger3381 Рік тому +46

      unsung might be false...
      "Gangl and Lee and their men set the prisoners free"
      -Sabaton: The last battle

    • @TheRealNSA
      @TheRealNSA Рік тому +24

      I always found it goofy that Charlie Brown was saved by a German in WWII (Charlie Brown is an American Cartoon.)

  • @comentnine1574
    @comentnine1574 Рік тому +640

    Hmm from what I’ve learned on the Sabaton History UA-cam channel The German officer was actually one of the two men who met Captain Lee and told him of the situation at Itter and they got German support on route.

    • @brettk9316
      @brettk9316 Рік тому +22

      This is correct!

    • @UmUs
      @UmUs Рік тому +28

      Sabaton History is a great source for this kind of bizzare, out of the ordinary wartime histories, the information is pretty accurate, too.

    • @Tundratreader
      @Tundratreader Рік тому +8

      Truer words have never been spoken, besides by Sabaton, of course.

    • @Polaroler
      @Polaroler 11 місяців тому +2

      Heard about this from Sabaton

    • @richie_0740
      @richie_0740 10 місяців тому +1

      theres also an SS officer in that battle too if i remember correctly, he also played a big part in the battle itself, although i cant remember his name

  • @flaggy185
    @flaggy185 Рік тому +456

    The Battle of itter Castle shows how much the diferencie was between the Wechmart and the SS, the SS were loyal to Hitler and it's ideals to the end, while the Wechmart were probably done with it and didn't wanted Germany to suffer anymore

    • @KingNicotine
      @KingNicotine Рік тому +65

      As it happened right at the end of the war it wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the Wehrmacht were pressed into service by the Third Reich. Most of them didn't want to be there anymore fighting for a lost cause.

    • @olekcholewa8171
      @olekcholewa8171 11 місяців тому

      Wehrmacht swore an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler.
      They more often than not assisted SS in their crimes.
      They massacred Jews in Ghettos and killed prisoners of war. Stop with this "clean Wehrmacht" bullshit.

    • @jpj77263
      @jpj77263 11 місяців тому +25

      You are mostly right, but not quite. There was an SS officer fighting at the US and Wehrmacht's side as well.

    • @undertakernumberone1
      @undertakernumberone1 11 місяців тому +35

      ​@@jpj77263Name was Kurt-Siegfried Schrader. Had been sent to Itter to recuperate and ended up befriending the inmates.

    • @nohabloemojislosiento4930
      @nohabloemojislosiento4930 11 місяців тому +19

      Earlier in the war, many of the most brutal crimes on the eastern front were committed by regular German troops. This idea that there were nazis and everyone else were just regular joes caught up in it all is an idea people need to get out of their head. It’s cool that some stories like this exist, but for most of the war those men played their role in the horror just fine. Don’t read too much into isolated events, even when they’re great tales. There’s a reason why the entirety of Germany had to go through a massive “denazification” process after the war.

  • @Seed-Industries
    @Seed-Industries Рік тому +352

    this is a certified simple history classic

  • @Ididitlikethis2079
    @Ididitlikethis2079 Рік тому +130

    *”Teams have been auto-balanced”*
    You are now defending!

  • @inductivegrunt94
    @inductivegrunt94 Рік тому +415

    Castle Itter will always be my favorite story in WW2. American and German troops along with the prisoners fighting off SS troops until rescue.
    Rest well Gangal, you and your men fought well.

    • @TheSpArTaNs1962
      @TheSpArTaNs1962 11 місяців тому +21

      Oh, and there's ONE SS Officer who was befriended by the French POWs that joined in the defense too. Can't forget about that little tidbit.

  • @lordsiomai
    @lordsiomai Рік тому +46

    _"If you wanna see what people are made of, start a war."_
    I like that this quote goes both ways

  • @elitely6748
    @elitely6748 Рік тому +60

    Love hearing stories of them work together tbh its really great especially Itter castle. two sides team up against the worst foe.
    Happy Holidays All!

  • @realhawaii5o
    @realhawaii5o Рік тому +292

    And it's the end of the line of the final journey
    Enemies leaving the past
    And it's American troops and the German army
    Joining together at last

    • @panzerelite3454
      @panzerelite3454 Рік тому +13

      Ah I see a sabaton fan as well

    • @marcneljoseph9839
      @marcneljoseph9839 Рік тому +21

      fly
      fighting fair
      its the code
      of the air
      brothers
      heroes
      foes

    • @dc-101
      @dc-101 Рік тому

      ​@@marcneljoseph9839 KILLING MACHINE

    • @then00brathalos
      @then00brathalos Рік тому +5

      @@marcneljoseph9839 "The fact that he risked his life in many ways... And i wrote him in the letter that 'if you made a habit for feeling sorry for bomber crews flying alongside them, i am sure that you were shot down many times'. But it was not only the audacity, that he came up to us and then recognizing the threat, if someone had seen him and reported him, it could've been a death sentence.."-Lt.Col Charlie brown, pilot of [Ye olde pub]

    • @johnmcmanus2447
      @johnmcmanus2447 Рік тому

      Ammo is running low, they've depleted their machine guns, every bullet counts until surrender is announced

  • @GuardianStriker
    @GuardianStriker Рік тому +183

    In war, it don't matter who's side you're on. In the end, you're all still human. Sometimes you must put aside the differences you have for one another, and go for who deserves absolute retribution for their most insane and immoral sins. No one should be treated as just "a number".

    • @rgloria40
      @rgloria40 Рік тому +4

      Very true. However, many of the young and people who are in power don't learn from history. For example, the COVID 19 quarantine is like the Spanish Flu before or during World War 1. History tends to repeat itself.

    • @GuardianStriker
      @GuardianStriker Рік тому +2

      @@rgloria40 Eeeyep. But now I'm expecting an argument to start aaaaany minute now.

    • @rgloria40
      @rgloria40 Рік тому +1

      @@GuardianStriker This is how Trump parallels Cleveland? Sit back and watch the fireworks.

    • @pancratius602
      @pancratius602 Рік тому

      Communists are the only ones who are just "a number." No such thing as "self" under such a horrid system.

  • @AGuyThatEatsMieGoreng
    @AGuyThatEatsMieGoreng Рік тому +19

    Enemies working together is simply beautiful, putting their differences aside and defeating a greater force. simply beautiful

  • @ImnotEspresso
    @ImnotEspresso Рік тому +49

    Switzerland: I'm neutral
    Swiss volunteers in the Waffen-SS: Maybe, maybe not

    • @happybeingmiserable4668
      @happybeingmiserable4668 10 місяців тому

      Switzerland had American Bombers Bomb a few of their Cities...so Swiss Volunteers into the Waffen-SS were probably victims of that.

  • @StormLaker
    @StormLaker Рік тому +52

    Definitely one of the more bizarre stories of the second world war. Thanks for bringing it alive through animation!!!

  • @corymorimacori1059
    @corymorimacori1059 Рік тому +242

    “I was saving the planet from an Axis of Darkness, while you were back home opening National Parks! Yes!” Winston Churchill
    Advisors: No way, man! This guy has betrayed literally everyone he ever worked for.
    *Boo Hoo Lu Bu was executed*

    • @paleoph6168
      @paleoph6168 Рік тому +3

      Dyoroku, mirai, a beautiful star
      Dyoroku, mirai, a beautiful star
      Dyoroku, mirai, a beautiful star

    • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
      @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Рік тому +21

      The brainrot is getting worse.

    • @theIrishlad
      @theIrishlad Рік тому +18

      "This enraged his father So he punished him severely"

    • @theguy8729
      @theguy8729 Рік тому +8

      Do not pursue Lu Bu

    • @anthonyrufino9271
      @anthonyrufino9271 Рік тому +7

      "There's a tax for that"

  • @redarogallo5154
    @redarogallo5154 Рік тому +57

    Starting with two of my favourite Sabaton inspirations. Nice

  • @donttrustem13
    @donttrustem13 Рік тому +34

    I know these are extremely grim circumstances but it shows the most beautiful side of humanity, our mercy and compassion for one another

  • @axjagfilms
    @axjagfilms Рік тому +45

    4:03 *A Very Charlie Brown WW2*

    • @MTwolf12
      @MTwolf12 Рік тому +4

      Snoopy's subplot

  • @lewisstanley7298
    @lewisstanley7298 11 місяців тому +28

    ‘Fly fighting fair, its the code of the air. Brothers, heroes, foes.’ - Sabaton No bullets fly: telling the story of Franz Stigler and Charlie Brown. Their song covered the story magnificently and is one of those moments in the war where their humanity was restored.

  • @BraxtonParsons-s8h
    @BraxtonParsons-s8h Рік тому +100

    "Its the end of the line of the final journey
    Enemies leaving the past" - Sabaton's "The Final Battle"
    Its neat to see how soldiers of 2 sides threw aside their differences to fight for the greater good.
    Also, there was an SS officer who was on the Allied-Wehrmacht side, he got two years in military prison for his actions (as with most SS, he would've been shot, if he hadn't helped the Americans!)

    • @goldosprey
      @goldosprey 11 місяців тому +7

      A surprisingly low amount of Sabaton references here

    • @alexrandall4308
      @alexrandall4308 11 місяців тому +8

      I’m happy to see this. Thank you.
      (Then the winged hussars arrived!)

    • @ivandevera7665
      @ivandevera7665 11 місяців тому +2

      And it's American troops and the German Army fighting together at last.

  • @CJDunehew1
    @CJDunehew1 Рік тому +30

    3:49 FROM DOWN BELOW AN ENEMY SPOTTED
    SO HURRY UP, REARM AND REFUEL

    • @rickcs7050
      @rickcs7050 Рік тому +8

      But through the bomber’s damaged airframe
      See wounded men, scared to their bone

    • @swordsnspearguy5945
      @swordsnspearguy5945 Рік тому +7

      Look to the right and then look again
      And see the enemy in the eye
      No bullets fly, spared by his mercy
      Escorted out, out of harm’s way

    • @realhawaii5o
      @realhawaii5o Рік тому +7

      @@swordsnspearguy5945
      Fly, fighting fair, it’s the code of the air
      Brothers, heroes, foes!

    • @Axle500
      @Axle500 Рік тому +5

      Killing machine, honour in the skies, B-17 flying home, killing machine, said goodbye to the cross he deserved!

    • @Likgaty15
      @Likgaty15 10 місяців тому +3

      He risked his life 2 times that day
      To save an unknown enemy

  • @hatinonyou8260
    @hatinonyou8260 Рік тому +12

    My great grandfather on my father's side of the family fought in the Battle for Castle Itter and he was one of the wehrmacht soldiers, my father told me stories about him when I was younger but he passed a decade before I was born, my father told me that he never talked about the war much except for the Battle for Castle Itter

  • @Newdivide
    @Newdivide Рік тому +29

    Both Charlie & Franz lived in close proximity to each other by chance. Franz emigrated to Canada & settled in Vancouver. Charlie lived in Seattle
    Franz later learned of the story through a newspaper & wrote a letter to Charlie

  • @setsaimu
    @setsaimu Рік тому +23

    There were also cases of such interactions on the pacific theater. There were lots of Indians who sided with the Japanese against the British. Additionally, there were quite a few Korean collaborators who fought with the Japanese for special privileges and even a few Americans who lived in Japan and never spoke up against Japan’s aggression for special privileges. I feel they deserve a mention too

    • @ddshiranui
      @ddshiranui 11 місяців тому

      In this light, a little known detail of the Pacific Theater is how the UK kept a number ofJapanese POWs as a conscript auxiliary force until 1948 as forced labor and to help police British colonial possessions (read: suppress native revolts) -- look for "Mountbatten's Samurai"

  • @marinhrgic6128
    @marinhrgic6128 Рік тому +14

    0:48 That looks like flag of Yugoslavia from 1943.-1946.

  • @sumika2954
    @sumika2954 Рік тому +12

    Uhh about this part 13:01, am I seeing things or this guy is armed with a RPG-7 instead of either a Panzerfaust or Panzerschreck??

    • @ZIONOMANIA
      @ZIONOMANIA Рік тому +6

      I thought i was the only one who noticed lmao

  • @JozMkII
    @JozMkII Рік тому +9

    12:57 Why does one of those German soldier have a Soviet RPG, a weapon that didn’t enter service until the 1950s?

    • @ariqabia5036
      @ariqabia5036 Рік тому +4

      The animators were lazy i think....LOL

  • @CristianMonserrate-wo2rk
    @CristianMonserrate-wo2rk Рік тому +41

    "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

  • @supcompany
    @supcompany Рік тому +26

    They don’t hate each other
    They protect what’s behind them

  • @darthtoaster6368
    @darthtoaster6368 Рік тому +42

    The Nazis also teamed up with the British and Joseph joestar to combat a man named Kars who became the ultimate life form, can never find that in the history books though

    • @crosbydevgruyt7335
      @crosbydevgruyt7335 11 місяців тому +4

      Probably Underrated History and Way too Perfect Honestly.

    • @akameISmL
      @akameISmL 5 місяців тому +2

      I scanned the thing and thought it’s actually interesting before coming to the word ultimate life form and reading the whole thing again to find out it’s a jojo 😂

  • @ahuang2499
    @ahuang2499 11 місяців тому +11

    Sabaton - The Last Battle
    It's about the battle of Itter Castle. Great song.
    Sabaton - No Bullets Fly
    Ye Olde Pub and the Bf 109 (Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident)

  • @TheRedBaron2010
    @TheRedBaron2010 8 місяців тому +4

    The way that you depicted Josef Gangl's death was inaccurate. One French Prime Minister of Paul Renaud was is firing on the SS, he was shot by a German sniper but thankfully Gangl jumped in the way of the bullet, but lost his life in the process. Thank you for your service Josef Gangl, a true hero of the Second World War.

  • @cavalryboah5776
    @cavalryboah5776 Рік тому +21

    Fun fact Himmler personally requested the recruitment of Finnish soldiers in the SS due to their ferocity in the Winter War.

  • @dionesvaldez088
    @dionesvaldez088 Рік тому +9

    “Makarov, You Ever Hear The Old Saying, The Enemy Of My Enemy Is My Friend???"
    - Captain Price

  • @kallemickelborg
    @kallemickelborg Рік тому +14

    Brilliant video. Just a note, on 10:55 you did not include the Danish flag, even though they were the first ones you mentioned

  • @Ulani101
    @Ulani101 11 місяців тому +5

    The fact that Brown could keep his bomber in the air, is a testament to the engineers at Boeing. They made them tough.

  • @123aike
    @123aike 11 місяців тому +12

    Those storys always remind me of the storys my grandparents told me.
    When english bombers attacked and the airhorn was activated all children and women went to the basement and the men took signalcolored shirts or other obvious signs and ran outside on the cropfields.
    They signaled that their houses are inhabiting civilians and the bombers dropped the bombs before the house or flew off to somewhere else.
    The house of my grandparents was only hit once by a bomb in the whole war and has still a crack in the middle to this day.

  • @Harikejn
    @Harikejn 7 місяців тому +5

    The battle of Niš occurred on November 7th 1944. The Soviet army and the Yugoslav resistance liberated Niš on October 14th. Six days later Belgrade, and Vrbas were liberated, while Novi Sad was liberated on October 23rd 1944. What was suppose to be done in Niš (on November 7th 1944 I mean), there was suppose to be a parade dedicated to mark the October revolution during that time. I think that this can't be considered as a cooperation between Allies and Axis. It can be more considered as an accident which happened due to the lack of information (but I'm not here to judge). Since you mentioned P-38's, I can add that at the end of WWII, there were couple of B-17's and P-38's that landed on Sombor's airfield in 1945, also in Yugoslavia (now Serbia). On Sombor airfield, besides US crew, there were Soviet crew operating on that airfield. What happened next was that Yugoslav soldiers and crew, they repainted American B-17 G, and also P-38 to have Yugoslav markings. One rumor about B-17 g says that this airplane was sent to USSR, while other says it remained in service in Yugoslav air force for one year (what is true from these two things, it's hard to say). Also in service was a P-38 Lighting, and it was in service also for one year in Yugoslav air force. There is a rumor that in the depths of Belgrade's museum of aviation are now B-17G, and also a P-38 L.
    After WWII, Yugoslavia received 8 P-51 D mustangs, and also 4 B-24 Liberators, believe it or not.

  • @tinynekoking6488
    @tinynekoking6488 11 місяців тому +7

    To anyone reading this. I ask you to please look up the “Sabaton” song about this.
    It’s called “The Last Battle”
    It’s so good

  • @LockOnInc
    @LockOnInc Рік тому +5

    Amazing video as always! Good work on the animation.

  • @smyrnamarauder1328
    @smyrnamarauder1328 Рік тому +64

    Imagine a game during the middle of ww2 aliens decided to invade earth and suddenly german fallschirmjagers start to fight together with US airborne against aliens

    • @randallrona9618
      @randallrona9618 Рік тому +4

      Is that a reference from Harry Turtledove book right? 😂

    • @josephmurphy6127
      @josephmurphy6127 Рік тому +17

      This sounds really dumb but also kinda fucking LIT.

    • @outofturn331
      @outofturn331 Рік тому +5

      Imagine aliens descending on native Americans and using advanced weapons

    • @DangerouzDillon
      @DangerouzDillon Рік тому +7

      This is basically a plot of "Resistance: Fall of Man" for PS3. Minus the fighting together part

    • @smyrnamarauder1328
      @smyrnamarauder1328 Рік тому +1

      @@randallrona9618 to be honest no 😁 i got this idea when i was playing company of heroes 2 and thought it could be a nice mod

  • @jaredstuteville6499
    @jaredstuteville6499 11 місяців тому +2

    3:48 All I have now is Sabaton playing in my head when watching this bit. Best to watch the animated music video on this if you want?

  • @salomonperez6377
    @salomonperez6377 Рік тому +7

    When I watched this video, it was 2 minutes old. Anyway, awesome video, keep up the great work

  • @NineM_YorHa
    @NineM_YorHa Рік тому +45

    There should be a movie made about the battle of castle itter and with its showcasing around the world finally absolving the German people of the crimes of their ancestors.
    The German people like every people from other nations should be able to be proud of their country without having to constantly apologize for what some of their ancestors once did. If we applied this rule for everyone, everybody had to apologize for their ancestors crimes.

    • @YourPalHDee
      @YourPalHDee Рік тому

      We British should supposedly be ashamed of our colonial ancestors from 350 years ago, but Germans get a pass for last century?
      Here's my suggestion: if you weren't involved in something, it's NOTHING to do with you.

    • @Prororo
      @Prororo Рік тому +1

      It’s mostly the western countries

    • @afroartist1086
      @afroartist1086 Рік тому +3

      No one is blaming the German people for Germany's actions in WW2

  • @johanreyesisahero
    @johanreyesisahero Рік тому +12

    I like how Allies and Axis are working together as a team.

  • @mrbigw100
    @mrbigw100 Рік тому +21

    13:01 did the German just shoot a Russian RPG7 that was designed 40 years after WW2 😂

    • @abdhbfdhdfhf
      @abdhbfdhdfhf Рік тому

      I think is supposed to be a panzerfaust or a panzershreck or maybe a captured bazooka

    • @mrbigw100
      @mrbigw100 11 місяців тому +2

      @@abdhbfdhdfhf yeah that what it should of been yeah but it’s actually a RPG7 I’d say there just using already created animation rather then making a new one from scratch but there still awesome videos I just thought it was funny

    • @GrinXpedia
      @GrinXpedia 11 місяців тому +2

      dude, the rpg7 was designed in 1958🤣🤣
      still anachronistic

    • @mrbigw100
      @mrbigw100 11 місяців тому

      @@GrinXpedia rpg 2 was rolled out first rpg 7 was rolled out in Vietnam in the 70s my point was not in 1943

  • @AJKam1kaz3
    @AJKam1kaz3 Рік тому +3

    When I saw this video, my first words were "about time you made such video!". Now we just need is a movie.

  • @mr.hollow319
    @mr.hollow319 9 місяців тому +1

    one of my favorite stories my great grandfather told me when he was in ww2 was Itter Castle. He had a buddy named Harry Basses.

  • @leventeradnai950
    @leventeradnai950 11 місяців тому +1

    I really loved this video, fantastic as always❤
    Keep going at make more videos like that❤❤
    But i have only one question: why did the german soldier use RPG at 12:57?

  • @youknowit8713
    @youknowit8713 11 місяців тому +1

    I like the redone version of the first story, looks cleaner than the first time you talked about that.

  • @woutervreugdenhil4021
    @woutervreugdenhil4021 Рік тому +26

    I always het goosebumps front the pilot story, especially them becoming friends

    • @JazzJaRa
      @JazzJaRa Рік тому

      There are quite a few stories of former Wehrmacht soldiers and US soldiers becoming friends after the war. I think on DD a german machine gunner also got friend with an american GI.

  • @elbunnydabest
    @elbunnydabest 10 місяців тому +1

    13:00 An RPG during World War II. This is what you call a 'Simple History'.

  • @matthewwilson5548
    @matthewwilson5548 Рік тому +1

    wow! this was fascinating! keep it up Simple History!

  • @grouch__knight4489
    @grouch__knight4489 7 місяців тому +1

    I finally saw you! I seen your video's for years! Badass boss!

  • @johnrandolph1989
    @johnrandolph1989 Рік тому +15

    In one alternate universe there is a common cause for Axis and Allies to unite.
    Against Zombies. 🧟‍♂️ 🧟‍♀️
    (Elena Siegman music kicks in.)🗡🎸

    • @PerrytheDRIPlatypus2531
      @PerrytheDRIPlatypus2531 Рік тому +4

      The Undead reich(Sniper Elite: Zombie Army kicks in too.)

    • @crosbydevgruyt7335
      @crosbydevgruyt7335 11 місяців тому +1

      ​@@PerrytheDRIPlatypus2531 (*COD Zombies Damned Theme Play*)

    • @Heb_N
      @Heb_N 7 місяців тому

      Yes and the movie will be called:
      Unholy Alliance 2: armistice this

  • @johnathangreay987
    @johnathangreay987 5 місяців тому +1

    You have a kickass badass voice. You rock Man!!! Respect!

  • @ChrisStavros
    @ChrisStavros Рік тому +26

    The entire world war is a case of one side "actively or inadvertently aiding their enemies".

    • @leighz1962
      @leighz1962 Рік тому

      Make more money when you fund both sides of the war..

    • @joedatius
      @joedatius Рік тому

      @@leighz1962 who are you referring too

    • @socialcreditdepartment
      @socialcreditdepartment Рік тому +1

      🦅🦅🦅​@@joedatius

    • @edwinng7313
      @edwinng7313 Рік тому +1

      ​@@joedatiusSwitzerland, not an alt account

  • @alessandrocoelho1861
    @alessandrocoelho1861 6 місяців тому +2

    I love the song “The Last Battle” by Sabaton because it perfectly portrays this moment in history!

  • @timothyortiz2222
    @timothyortiz2222 5 місяців тому

    The sound of your narrative voice is excellent.

  • @landonbrown9943
    @landonbrown9943 Рік тому +6

    Gotta love simple history

  • @seanbigay1042
    @seanbigay1042 5 місяців тому +4

    The lesson of the Battle of Itter Castle? EVERYONE thinks Nazis are bastards. *EVERYONE.*

  • @tippydippy6529
    @tippydippy6529 Рік тому +2

    Animation look’s especially detailed this one, great job!!!

  • @Jknight416
    @Jknight416 11 місяців тому +2

    12:56 Care to explain how this soldier managed to wield an RPG7 during WW2?

  • @tsarfox3462
    @tsarfox3462 7 місяців тому

    The fact that the two pilots survived the war AND became friends afterwards is incredibly heartwarming.

  • @thulemeister5682
    @thulemeister5682 10 місяців тому +2

    I love the direct refrence to the sabaton song during castle Itter

  • @Sm3lldiver_404-wj2ci
    @Sm3lldiver_404-wj2ci 6 місяців тому +1

    It's crazy to see that the voice has a man behind it, and not a computer. He's just that self-modulated that it sounds unreal XD

  • @bennywark3103
    @bennywark3103 11 місяців тому +1

    4:03 And right by his side is Snoopy on his red dog house 😂

  • @izdeglavec2436
    @izdeglavec2436 Рік тому +3

    Why is there a Yugoslavian flag on the camp at 0:44

  • @manuelacosta9463
    @manuelacosta9463 Рік тому +2

    This was certainly the strangest and wildest battle of the war. Notwithstanding the VIPs and German American cooperation and fighting alongside each other.

  • @MGAC1701
    @MGAC1701 Рік тому +4

    The story of Castle Itter begs to be made into a movie.

  • @Elkabong53708
    @Elkabong53708 Рік тому +2

    They seriously need to make a movie about the last battle. Its too freakishly true, its a must be told story.

  • @343guardian5
    @343guardian5 Рік тому +1

    13:00 First recorded use of RPG-7

  • @paulxtian5398
    @paulxtian5398 10 місяців тому +1

    I love your voice. Its engaging to watch your videos.

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 Рік тому +1

    I love your channel keep up the great stuff

  • @jamesTBurke
    @jamesTBurke 11 місяців тому +1

    If I remember correctly stickler occasionally made it look like he was attacking the bomber while flying over the AAA placements to ensure no flak was fired

  • @randalftheblack2572
    @randalftheblack2572 8 місяців тому +1

    Norwegian here..
    "The Frontfighters" (Frontkjemperne) as the Norwegians who fought for Hitler are called, were branded as traitors when they came back home after the war. They were punished with imprisonment and loss of some citizen rights. But the prison sentences usually only ranged 4-6 years.
    They weren't viewed as badly as the ones who just joined the Germans and ratted out fellow Norwegians to the Gestapo though, as most of these Frontfighters (who saw combat at all) fought the Soviet Union on the Eastern front. That in a way "softened" the blow of their treason, as anti-communist sentiments were common and the Soviets were seen in a negative light after their invasion of Norway's neighbor, Finland.

  • @acsone3546
    @acsone3546 Рік тому +1

    13:27 that’s how I finished just about every single essay I ever wrote in school 😂 rephrasing the intro line

  • @iuploadclips851
    @iuploadclips851 Рік тому +2

    2:17 - 2:19 AINT NO WAY THAT GUY WHO HAD A BOMB DROPPED ON HIS HEAD SURVIVED THAT AND JUST WALKED IT OFF

  • @JoshSmith-by9zh
    @JoshSmith-by9zh 7 місяців тому

    The second story about Stigler just has to be made into a film, would be absolutely amazing.

  • @snache1330
    @snache1330 Рік тому +3

    2:30 the animation here is inaccurate, the prisoner he pushed out of the way was the french prime minister, and he was shot by a sniper

  • @dr_steel-m3e
    @dr_steel-m3e Рік тому +3

    holy crap i did not know the 33rd grenadier division used RPGs 😆12:55

  • @marcelrichardson1184
    @marcelrichardson1184 11 місяців тому +2

    There is also an incident documented, which took place in May of 1945 on the Rügen island, where Soviet and Wehrmacht troops together were saving the inhabitans of a German orphanage from rape / violent attacks of other Soviet troops. Achim von Borries made a movie out of this stuff called „4 Tage im Mai“ (Four days in May) in 2011…

  • @CaptainHarlock-sx6xk
    @CaptainHarlock-sx6xk 11 місяців тому

    4:02
    Dang Lucy really got Charlie Brown in over his head.

  • @therealevilmudbug
    @therealevilmudbug 10 місяців тому +1

    "I never thought I'd be fighting alongside a German."
    "Wie wäre es mit einem Freund?"
    "I think I'd like that."

  • @xanderm7231
    @xanderm7231 Рік тому +2

    12:57 uh am I tripping or is that 1st row 3rd German shooting a RPG7

  • @christiangeis4517
    @christiangeis4517 11 місяців тому +4

    Very nice Sabaton reference in the opening

  • @zombiecowboy4946
    @zombiecowboy4946 10 місяців тому +2

    Just wanted to come here to say the thumbnail goes hard.

  • @jessekang1375
    @jessekang1375 Рік тому +5

    12:56 is that an RPG

  • @Lautiiltoro
    @Lautiiltoro 8 місяців тому +2

    Minute 1:03 is a Yugoslav flag in the background

  • @jare3459
    @jare3459 Рік тому +3

    First one: Sounds like something you would see in a Video game.

  • @cheufdphil8512
    @cheufdphil8512 Рік тому +2

    Great stories 😊

  • @KLMJ_BM_Official
    @KLMJ_BM_Official 11 місяців тому +3

    Castle Itter and The story of the Ye Old Pub are both also know by Sabaton Fans by The Last Battle & No Bullets Fly..
    Gotta love history

  • @squidcraft3878
    @squidcraft3878 11 місяців тому +1

    Man you definitely quoted sabaton 0:34

  • @andrewmcnamara6305
    @andrewmcnamara6305 Рік тому +3

    According to TV Tropes this would be an example of "Enemy Mine."

  • @Yourlocalwordrobe
    @Yourlocalwordrobe 9 місяців тому +3

    Just shows that not all axis troops were crazy monsters

  • @LivingPotatoV2
    @LivingPotatoV2 7 місяців тому +1

    13:08 is that an RPG-7?

  • @displacedyankee7819
    @displacedyankee7819 Рік тому +7

    Is that Frenchie firing an RPG or is that supposed to be a Panzerfaust 150??