As Sun tzu once said “"To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape" and "Show him there is a road to safety, and so create in his mind the idea that there is an alternative to death. Then strike." Although their main mistake was cutting off a massive group of Irishmen from a resupply of whiskey
American WW2 Gen. Douglas "Fuckface" MacArthur's preferred tactic was to abandon troops on a beach or other untenable situation, such that they were forced to fight for their survival, and bestow glory on his name.
Foxtrot Delta talk shit on MacArthur again and I will come smack you silly. He was one of the greatest tactical geniuses of his time, and should be glorified.
Politicians are the same all over the world. It's the same story over and over again. They are gung ho for war but not much interested in the vets and widows of the vets that fought in them. A nazi bastard said that it is hard to get men to go to war because the best they can hope for is to come back in one piece. You have to convince them that that they are fighting for their family, community and country.
UN: *”Your orders are to defeat an army with dwindling ammunition, supplies and zero reinforcements.”* Quinlan: “Okay... can we get some drinkable water at the very least?” UN: *”haha, sorry lad that’s asking too much.”* Quinlan: “Well. We’ll definitely be awarded with medals after this is over, right?” UN: *”...we can hook you up with some chocolate coins!”* Quinlan: * facepalms *
If they were US troops and I was president at the time I would have given them all of them (un troops) medals of honor because being 1 of 155 defending against 3,000 you’ve earned it
@@camostrike4395 Interesting fact. Americans, obviously, have received more CMOH's than any other country. Ireland have received the second most. The English have won more VC's than any other country. Ireland have received the second most.
Training-wise the Irish Army is on par with most world militaries and their special forces are among the best tier 2 forces in the world but they are horrifically underfunded, and the government really doesn’t give a shit about them.
Reminds me of the joke about Irish soldiers in WW1: "The sergeant says he'll give us a shilling for every german we shoot" "Well there's about 50,000 of 'em coming" "Begorrah, we'll make a fortune!"
Well, Ireland should have fought on Germany's side. It was a William Wallace situation. Imagine fighting for the Brits when Germany's interests literally represented yours.
My grandfather "fought" in Jadotville. On the side of the Katangese. As a Belgium mercenary. Ofc, the Belgian locals weren't happy, they had hired Belgian mercs. He died a few months ago at 80-something. My dad didn't go to the funeral. My dad is 59 and only knew him for a decade. He bailed after my dad was born. To become a mercenary.
I know this is an older video and no Irish person may see this comment, but I wanted to say that as an American, my dad, a US Army Ranger of 22 years, was proud to educate young me on the siege of Jadotville and never hesitate to emphasize the kind of badassery it took for all those men to survive, and he didn't shame the surrender - he knew the UN failed them. Veterans from various countries, and various conflicts, are still better able to recognize bravery and exceptionalism in others, than one's own government is. Those troops deserved much better while they were *all* alive.
There's no white feathers in my proud Army, we may be a defence force,but by jaysus we shoot very well ,as many of the main Armies have found out recently. recently
@@worldcomicsreview354 it's an anti-fascist/anti-british rebel song. The Black and Tans were auxiliary police deployed in Ireland. They were known for exceptional violence including Bloody Sunday. They were such arseholes they even made the IRA look decent by comparison.
@@Euan_Miller43 Also the Foreign Legion, US armed forces and half a dozen other places they serve. Honestly it's hard to pick a side Irish men haven't fought for at some point.
Can I just say that you have like the best intro on UA-cam. It's like 1.5 seconds long. It's unobtrusive. It gets your name in there. It isn't stock music. And you don't spend the first 60 seconds selling us something or updating us on channel/life status. Thank you.
"Their leader was a christian, anti-communist" Next minute. "The UN wasn't [acting as a peace keeper] and siding with their enemies." The dude was a visionary.
@Mateusz Abramczyk Great britain isn't a kingdom... The UNITED KINGDOM could be called one but thats questionable... i literally have no fucking clue what the fuck you are on about when you say "afro-like caps of guards" because thats just a stupid statement. and yeah they drive n the left
You’re a bit harsh on the Defense Forces in the intro, even though funding from the government is sparse they make do and train at a high standard especially compared to other countries.
From records of the battle, the Irish were well entrenched and had ranged down the open fields around the town. Their old armoured cars and Carl Gustaf recoiless guns, although outdated, were still very effective against mass untrained, undisciplined infantry, which is what they were facing. I would have expected them to be able to inflict massive casualties to their attackers, but that no one was killed is a very impressive showing.
Quinlan's defensive tactics are still taught to multiple militaries globally. And their enemy wasn't entirely unorganised, the Katangan rebels had a large contingent of French and Belgian mercenaries, many of whom were veterans of WW2, Korea and/or Vietnam (especially the French ones, Vietnam was a French war until the US got involved). Quinlan and his men were a virgin army going against a force of experienced soldiers. Absolutely incredible that they survived, true warriors each and every one.
"it's funny until you realize that's probably the best offensive maneuver our helicopters can make" I'm immediately imagining Vietnam, but instead of the helicopters dropping napalm they're dropping doors on the enemy.
It's amazing that their Regiment staved off an invading horde 20 times their own number and I'm glad that they were finally given at least some kind of recognition. I very much like your drawings that very entertainingly illustrate the story being told. You are a talented man, my Qxir friend. And you having an Irish drawl makes it even better. We crazy gun-loving, world-conquering, wall-building Americans love a good Brit/Irish/Scot/London er (I know, that would be Brit) accent. I'm so glad you're back in the game and putting out some good stuff. It's always a treat.
My father-in-law (a dyed in the wool Kerryman) was in the Congo in 1960. We certainly heard the story countless times, but what never varied was the terror that he demonstrated in his presentation about his experience in the Congo. While not always in so many words, he usually described his deployment as something akin to a ‘slaughterhouse’. May god bless the old man; his American son-in-law misses him greatly. The problem was with his Kerry accent being what it was I’d catch about one word in five.
My dad did 2 tours in the Congo, it was a litany of ignorance from the Irish govt. they arrived with guns and no ammo, for nearly two weeks of patrols and checkpoints they were bluffing. My dad and uncle always stood up for the soldiers of Jadotville, he often told us of their mistreatment and derision by other ignorant soldiers. Through him I met one of the survivors of the Niembe massacre, the man still had an arrow tip in his back from the Balubas. They suffered from dysentery among other diseases, and the food was bad, when other countries climatised their troops in Libya first, the Irish flew straight to the Congo, with only a fueling stop in Libya, with just time for the toilet and a quick cuppa. They arrived in Elizabeth airfield there were no safari kits ready for them, they had to stand on patrol in bull-wool uniforms from WWII. They dropped in the heat rather than embarrass themselves in front of the other countries. A different breed, I fear we will never see their likes again. Sadly ignored by our media here and our film industry, innocence lost.
The Irish Troops improvised bombs with the used bullets. They ended up using every bullet twice. EDIT. Not a verified fact. Just happened in the movie.
Lived in Killarney, Stillorgan, and then Kilkenny for two years during the 1980's; my favorite brand of "spinach" was Jameson, which was washed down with Barry's Classic Blend. I've never known any Irishman to be a wimp, nor did any lack the ability to skillfully use the wits with which they were endowed.
Those who fought there were incredibly brave, and typical UN incompetence left them to their fate. I'm glad they were finally recognised for their courage. It's more than a shame that it took so long. There are probably many similar stories in many countries, where the soldiers (or whatever branch of the military they served) were essentially made scapegoats for the lousy direction of those higher up the food chain. Whomever they are, they should be saluted and recognised for their bravery.
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent." "Could do with some whiskey" And that's why, even while having a rough time during covid and having great opportunities in other countries, I still favour Ireland... the craic attitude :D
Not a single dead in the combat wow. I wish the soldiers got proper recognition earlier.. Thanks for the video, I wouldn't had heard about this otherwise.
Goddamn makes me proud of my Irish Blood flowing through my veins. I showed my 8 year old son this video and how every major war America fought was since the Civil War has been because of the Irish.
Just learned from my mother I am partial Irish(her) partial Spaniard (dad). Very thankful to say that I share blood with such bravery. Though I’m aware it’s not the ethnicity that awards that bravery but the actions of the individual, however found out recently and felt like writing something about how brave these men really were.
150 vs 3000+ and they kill 2x their number and 6x their numbers were wounded. Each one of those men were worth 8 of the attackers in terms of casualties. And each one of them was worth almost 20 men in terms of total strength. If they didnt run out of supplies, they would not have lost that battle. Reminds me of the 300 at Thermopylae
@@jaxonl7810 there definitely were more than 300. That's just the popularized legend. A lot of history revisionists/contrarian historians try to say that the forces were basically equal, or drastically inflate the spartan numbers and reduce the Persian numbers by an order of magnitude. I'm not sure why they do this. I think it's mostly rooted in distaste for white peoples history? Trying to undercut or diminish the importance of freedom, or to discredit the achievement of the free world defending itself from what would become the tyranny of Islam and Middle Easterners.
@@t_c5266 During that time a regular person wasn't any free-er in the west than the middle east. Persian empire was no more islamic or tyrannical than the fascist military city of Sparta. Of course a multicultural, multilingual vast empire will field hundreds of times a larger army (lower quality too) than a collection of cities, but claiming it was 300vs 300k is equally as dumb as saying it was 70k vs 70k. Have you watched 300? Saying that "it's just a popularized legend" while calling people who don't believe greek accounts as absolute fact "revisionists" is hillarious.
In my eyes Proud story of courage fearlessness loyalty to the flag over all great men who deserved better after there return stay strong Ireland from Canada 🙂
I think that's a bit unfair to the work of the sandbags overseas! Former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Mali, Leb... 10 lads out in Afghanistan in land rovers.. Also, I was in Galway at the airshow years ago when the door fell off a British military helicopter onto a beach full of people in Salthill.... so it happens.
They are actually designed to be easily removes without tools in most military helicopters. One exception being the kits for "cold weather use" which basically means the arctic. Those ensure the doors seal and cannot be removed.
Reminds me of canada's "medak pocket battle" against croatian troops. UA-cam has videos of it. NEVER underestimate small western nations willingness to fight because they have pride too.
It literally started with a civil war. More of an armed insurrection against the legitimate government because the colonists were upset they actually had to pay for goods and services. Ah well, the UK had the last laugh, the US came crawling to the UK begging for Royal Naval protection when passing the Barbary coast because the pirates there were not to attack British vessels but the US vessels were fair game and utterly defenseless. Rather funny.
Quinlan: I repeat there are men, women and children in the town. UN Comms: Women? You mean womxn. Quinlan: Father - give the lads their last rights please.
Also I found your channel less than a month ago and it brings me great joy to binge all of you videos while I work and go about my day. They are very interesting and very funny due to your sense of humor and charisma. Your animating style suits the stories PERFECTLY. All the While still being informative as they are all about real life events that you took the time to research. Seen that you’ve been rapidly climbing as of recent and I am happy to be a part of it thank you Qxir.
I remember IDF helping my people retreat and save themselves from sure destruction. Durring the Great war, A brave battalion of Irish soldiers held off Bulgarian attacks, for weeks so my ancestors had a chance to retreat over Albania and recuperate. They all gave their lives to people they didn't knew. Among french, nz and other nations we remember their sacrifice.
@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss my dear. Friend. Irish indepence did not come about until. 1923. The Irish were. Often at the same. Time fighting. For. And against the British. There were units in the broitsh army tjatjafa lotofirieh on ttthat had Irish names but. Generally these soldiers were given figjtNg in the brit army and these were. We're not separately designated as Irish. For a sample at Gallipoli thete were Irish named regiments there. But ate referred to adbtitish unless. U can designate between the britishunits. Into rothrt English. Irish elsh or scptd. U have no way of knowing how many irush were at the conflict you ate u wferring too. You would have to indivually research every soldier to se what matin. He. Came from. Thete may hav been a lot irisht the byre or litle orr nonre. For example the British. Centre at Waterloo were Irish as far as I know. But they were still referred to as British
Roland was a warrior from the land of the midnight sun, with his Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done. The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day, so he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray. Through sixty-six and seven he fought the Congo war, with his finger on his trigger, knee deep in gore. His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest, but of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best. So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead, that son of a bitch Van Owen, blew off Rolands head. Roland the headless Thompson gunner, Norway's bravest son, you can still see his headless body stalking through the night, in the muzzle flash of Rolands Thompson gun.
My brother, your Irish Ranger Wing are some of the best special operations soldiers in the world. They are often spoken of in great respect by American Special operations, as well as the rest of the world. Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm!
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"we held off a an attacking force of 1,000s for days with little to no casualties" "but then you surrendered, which means you didn't win, pathetic!" weird logic there I must say :/
Those men and their families should be seen as hero’s. To think they were punished for such a victory despite all odds just shows how shameful governments have always been. That Whisky sign off was magnificent.
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Ok
You should look into Canada's troops. There's a reason they're called "peace-makers" rather than peace-keepers
doooooo en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Park
@@ZeCoolGuy-lk5mg doood that also needs to be a video
Calling the Army a joke while never serving and using pictures of the Army Reserve
Not great optics
"And the UN never let anyone down again."
Bruh
@@kerkize8907
Pretty sure that was understood.
They never let anyone down. He isn’t wrong. You can’t be let down if your expectations are 0 anyway.
*rwanda has entered the chat*
@@azbgames6827 *Balkans has entered the chat*
*Dutch flashbacks to Srebrenica*
As Sun tzu once said “"To a surrounded enemy, you must leave a way of escape" and "Show him there is a road to safety, and so create in his mind the idea that there is an alternative to death. Then strike." Although their main mistake was cutting off a massive group of Irishmen from a resupply of whiskey
The last one is either their greatest mistake or their greatest advantage, that may be up for debate.
@@olbradley Enraged yet weakened
Indeed sir, indeed!!! This is a perfect example of that lesson!
American WW2 Gen. Douglas "Fuckface" MacArthur's preferred tactic was to abandon troops on a beach or other untenable situation, such that they were forced to fight for their survival, and bestow glory on his name.
Foxtrot Delta talk shit on MacArthur again and I will come smack you silly. He was one of the greatest tactical geniuses of his time, and should be glorified.
“Could do with some whiskey” is the most badass line you could say in that situation
Try looking for Spartan one liners, it's literally where we got the word laconic from (Laconia being the region Sparta was in).
ipellaers yeah I’m well aware of them, they were literally raised to come up with sick one liners during their training
@@ipellaers how abut chesty puller being surrounded in korea,Great guys;now we can shoot at those bastards from every direction ;D
@@ismarmeskovic chesty is such an amazing human.....
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IIRC he greeted troops getting home from iraq/afgan.....
My favorite is "Damn the torpedos, Full speed ahead."
Gotta love governments. Send their men into horrific situations and then shame them for being bad asses. Ok
They still do, the veterans are still pettioning for the medals for jadotville and the government is still refusing to give them
@@danielforrester5265 government overthrow????
@@mooty. no one mentioned overthrowing the state....
Politicians are the same all over the world. It's the same story over and over again. They are gung ho for war but not much interested in the vets and widows of the vets that fought in them.
A nazi bastard said that it is hard to get men to go to war because the best they can hope for is to come back in one piece. You have to convince them that that they are fighting for their family, community and country.
America and how they treated Vietnam Vets is one example.
My Grandad was one of these guys, I’m so proud of him!
So was mine! He fought on the Katangese side though. As a Belgian merc
I met Pat Quinlans son in Waterville in Kerry, he has an art gallery there close to the monument.
Bulllllshiittt
@@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan lol
And so you should be!
UN after dropping spoiled water: It's just a prank bro
Heyyy. It’s not a prank duuuude. It’s a social experiment.
... or a sadistic joke!
Water... can spoil?
@@OneLostTexan Me when my water bottle has an expiry date:
@@OneLostTexan also they gave them water in an oil barrel which still had oil in it
I'm surprised UN Command actually let them fire back.
**i dont think the UN knew they where shooting back untell it was already happening**
When the autistic commander doesn't see the logic in requesting permission to fire:
I'm shocked that they were issued ammo!
Yeh they probably should have wrote a letter to the higherups of the UN for their right to fire back to be properly considered.
@@11Survivor You calling the defenders retarded?
UN: *”Your orders are to defeat an army with dwindling ammunition, supplies and zero reinforcements.”*
Quinlan: “Okay... can we get some drinkable water at the very least?”
UN: *”haha, sorry lad that’s asking too much.”*
Quinlan: “Well. We’ll definitely be awarded with medals after this is over, right?”
UN: *”...we can hook you up with some chocolate coins!”*
Quinlan: * facepalms *
Anime profile picture 🤢
@@chriswakefield9538 whats wrong with that?
Quinlan: FINE. I'll do it, bit only to prove I can despite you bloody eejits!
@@aunusuallylargecat1779 Some people can't handle the glorious awesomeness
Doctor Cocktor simpsons profile picture :/
There’s a good movie about this (the siege of Jattotvillie)
Very good movie
Jadotville* at least that’s how Netflix has it spelled
A very good movie
creative name
Omg I loved that movie so much
Pat Quinlan should be recognized as one of the greatest commanders ever and every one of those soldiers should have recieved a medal.
If they were US troops and I was president at the time I would have given them all of them (un troops) medals of honor because being 1 of 155 defending against 3,000 you’ve earned it
@@camostrike4395 absolutely the fuck not, you don’t mess around with MOH. Maybe a DSSM
@@camostrike4395 Interesting fact. Americans, obviously, have received more CMOH's than any other country. Ireland have received the second most.
The English have won more VC's than any other country. Ireland have received the second most.
@@Ellemerob actually a pretty cool fact
Patrick Quinlan's defensive tactics are still taught in multiple militaries worldwide. His legacy lives on with other elite warfighters.
ahh it was time i would not survive one more day without Qxir video dose
Deadass
Too bad he didn't wait.
If he only waited one more day...
K
Same
Training-wise the Irish Army is on par with most world militaries and their special forces are among the best tier 2 forces in the world but they are horrifically underfunded, and the government really doesn’t give a shit about them.
Finnian Mannix well in a country that has severe drug problems and knackers you can’t blame em
Mr NoName, that, and also along with the fact we don’t really need an army anyway.
To be fair when your only useful resources are sheep and whiskey ...do you really need a military? My Irish blood wants the drink... but not that bad
Historically speaking our biggest export has always been people
Roland Deschein Next time your wondering if Ireland really needs an army, just remember it’s you yanks we train.
When you sink all your points in to resourcefulness and engineering. Irish.
Thought that was the Germans
I'm Irish, we don't do that. That's left to the Germans
@@kobacorps Understood. What do you sink all of your points in to in the mental/national skill tree?
@@FayeHunter Alcoholism and farming
Fayetal The Tactician science.... there is a lot of Irishmen in chemistry
Reminds me of the joke about Irish soldiers in WW1:
"The sergeant says he'll give us a shilling for every german we shoot"
"Well there's about 50,000 of 'em coming"
"Begorrah, we'll make a fortune!"
Well, Ireland should have fought on Germany's side. It was a William Wallace situation. Imagine fighting for the Brits when Germany's interests literally represented yours.
@@Tobi-ln9xr there right next to Britain with a lot of hassle going on at the time
My grandfather "fought" in Jadotville. On the side of the Katangese. As a Belgium mercenary.
Ofc, the Belgian locals weren't happy, they had hired Belgian mercs.
He died a few months ago at 80-something. My dad didn't go to the funeral. My dad is 59 and only knew him for a decade. He bailed after my dad was born. To become a mercenary.
An honorable gent 👍🏻
@@anon_148 How's that?
@@davidneumann5175 He did abandoned his family
@@davidneumann5175in what way?
@@ntfoperative9432 I think they are being sarcastic
nice job also just realized when ppl with in irish accent say Ireland it sounds like "ourland" which is cool
Weird sounds like Éire-land to me~
Ireland is éire in irish
No, Americans say Ourland. Or ierland. We say eire-land
You chatting shit
A commie I see
I know this is an older video and no Irish person may see this comment, but I wanted to say that as an American, my dad, a US Army Ranger of 22 years, was proud to educate young me on the siege of Jadotville and never hesitate to emphasize the kind of badassery it took for all those men to survive, and he didn't shame the surrender - he knew the UN failed them.
Veterans from various countries, and various conflicts, are still better able to recognize bravery and exceptionalism in others, than one's own government is. Those troops deserved much better while they were *all* alive.
There's no white feathers in my proud Army, we may be a defence force,but by jaysus we shoot very well ,as many of the main Armies have found out recently. recently
You can hear in the distance a cover of “Come Out Ye Black and Tans” by a bunch of very drunk Irishmen...
Just in this case it was the skin colour of the enemy.
@@worldcomicsreview354 it's an anti-fascist/anti-british rebel song. The Black and Tans were auxiliary police deployed in Ireland. They were known for exceptional violence including Bloody Sunday. They were such arseholes they even made the IRA look decent by comparison.
Irish UN Troops. That sounds like a total fustercluck waiting to happen.
They couldnt take the name IRA
Irish troops have a lot of achievements to their name in fairness, just typically not while serving in the Irish army.
Peter Houlihan nah they get those in the IrA
Peter Houlihan the royal Irish regiment is for men from Ireland who actually want to fight
@@Euan_Miller43 Also the Foreign Legion, US armed forces and half a dozen other places they serve. Honestly it's hard to pick a side Irish men haven't fought for at some point.
The fact at 0:35 the helmet makes the sign says uninvolved in peace is good foreshadowing
0:35 Pretty sure that's a deliberate choice of picture by Quxir.
Nah...
UN-INVOLVED in PEACE
Can I just say that you have like the best intro on UA-cam. It's like 1.5 seconds long. It's unobtrusive. It gets your name in there. It isn't stock music. And you don't spend the first 60 seconds selling us something or updating us on channel/life status. Thank you.
This is an interesting story.
"Their leader was a christian, anti-communist"
Next minute.
"The UN wasn't [acting as a peace keeper] and siding with their enemies."
The dude was a visionary.
Ew communism.
"Stop simping for commies simp for their guns" - AK Guy
@@AmericanIdiot7659 words to live by
@@AmericanIdiot7659 based af
@@AmericanIdiot7659 don't simp for commies
*BECOME COMMIES*
I might be British but I know good soldiers when i see em, much respect.
Bri'ish
@Mateusz Abramczyk I think not
They’re good soldiers and they followed orders
But you can’t tell that the top half of a continent is better then paying dog catchers
@Mateusz Abramczyk Great britain isn't a kingdom... The UNITED KINGDOM could be called one but thats questionable...
i literally have no fucking clue what the fuck you are on about when you say "afro-like caps of guards" because thats just a stupid statement.
and yeah they drive n the left
You’re a bit harsh on the Defense Forces in the intro, even though funding from the government is sparse they make do and train at a high standard especially compared to other countries.
Fair point man, but when you have soldiers leaving in droves because the pay is soo bad,what can you expect them to do.
2€ a hour on ceremonies and a lack of an air force sure screams professionalism
What about the Irish ranger devision right ain't they top class
@@Ganglo-Saxon even singapur does better and itd just a citystate
@@pc-cy3od doesnt mean shit if they dont do anything
From records of the battle, the Irish were well entrenched and had ranged down the open fields around the town. Their old armoured cars and Carl Gustaf recoiless guns, although outdated, were still very effective against mass untrained, undisciplined infantry, which is what they were facing. I would have expected them to be able to inflict massive casualties to their attackers, but that no one was killed is a very impressive showing.
Quinlan's defensive tactics are still taught to multiple militaries globally. And their enemy wasn't entirely unorganised, the Katangan rebels had a large contingent of French and Belgian mercenaries, many of whom were veterans of WW2, Korea and/or Vietnam (especially the French ones, Vietnam was a French war until the US got involved). Quinlan and his men were a virgin army going against a force of experienced soldiers. Absolutely incredible that they survived, true warriors each and every one.
I respect the honesty at the beginning of the video
I love these videos, a good mix of Comedy and facts
"Peacekeeping" by that the UN means supporting whoever agrees with their agenda at that time.
My god, you're buying into some old-ass propaganda.
The Irish just defended themselves that's all didn't start it . Imagine if they were properly armed those attacking them well you know
I HATE THE ANTICHRIST I HATE THE ANTICHRIST
@@anon_148 no? It wasn't a village, it was a dedicated outpost. It was named Jadotville because of the NEARBY village, that wasn't touched by the UN.
Indeed
Qxir: "I like ya cut G"
0:46
Brave lads persevering against all odds. So commendable. Salute! Thank you for showing me this. Your #1 Puerto Rican/American fan. Cheers!
"it's funny until you realize that's probably the best offensive maneuver our helicopters can make"
I'm immediately imagining Vietnam, but instead of the helicopters dropping napalm they're dropping doors on the enemy.
well i mean, that door still could kill several people below so, not bad
@@novanoir8309 plus the people who dropped the doors could drop them and give them as sheilds
It's amazing that their Regiment staved off an invading horde 20 times their own number and I'm glad that they were finally given at least some kind of recognition.
I very much like your drawings that very entertainingly illustrate the story being told. You are a talented man, my Qxir friend. And you having an Irish drawl makes it even better. We crazy gun-loving, world-conquering, wall-building Americans love a good Brit/Irish/Scot/London er (I know, that would be Brit) accent. I'm so glad you're back in the game and putting out some good stuff. It's always a treat.
Show us northerners some love XD
And suffered zero fatalities (from the Regiment).
0:34 the helmet lines up perfectly
And so does UN history.
Honestly one of my favorite videos from you so far.
My father-in-law (a dyed in the wool Kerryman) was in the Congo in 1960. We certainly heard the story countless times, but what never varied was the terror that he demonstrated in his presentation about his experience in the Congo. While not always in so many words, he usually described his deployment as something akin to a ‘slaughterhouse’. May god bless the old man; his American son-in-law misses him greatly. The problem was with his Kerry accent being what it was I’d catch about one word in five.
My dad did 2 tours in the Congo, it was a litany of ignorance from the Irish govt. they arrived with guns and no ammo, for nearly two weeks of patrols and checkpoints they were bluffing.
My dad and uncle always stood up for the soldiers of Jadotville, he often told us of their mistreatment and derision by other ignorant soldiers. Through him I met one of the survivors of the Niembe massacre, the man still had an arrow tip in his back from the Balubas.
They suffered from dysentery among other diseases, and the food was bad, when other countries climatised their troops in Libya first, the Irish flew straight to the Congo, with only a fueling stop in Libya, with just time for the toilet and a quick cuppa.
They arrived in Elizabeth airfield there were no safari kits ready for them, they had to stand on patrol in bull-wool uniforms from WWII. They dropped in the heat rather than embarrass themselves in front of the other countries.
A different breed, I fear we will never see their likes again. Sadly ignored by our media here and our film industry, innocence lost.
Tough guys and great story. Much respect from 🇬🇧
Aye love this story. Thanks Qxir!
We will invade again.
@@FreedomLovingLoyalist *dont*
@@thatirishgamer1815 You in what army? 😂 Somalia?
@@FreedomLovingLoyalist man are you 12
@@squimpot4100 No but your brain is 12.
there’s a Netflix movie on this called the siege of jadotville , it’s very good I recommend !
Good for you telling the story about these brave soldiers. The UN… nuf said…
The Irish Troops improvised bombs with the used bullets.
They ended up using every bullet twice.
EDIT. Not a verified fact. Just happened in the movie.
I know that was in the movie, but I haven't ever heard of it actually having happened in real life.
@@kerchtrucking I have actively tried to look it up everywhere but the book. You are right.
Why would you spout something like that as if it were fact just because you saw them do it in the movie?
@@Sammy_Chouchou I left it as I posted it for the person that bringed it to my attention, hence the edit bit.
Lived in Killarney, Stillorgan, and then Kilkenny for two years during the 1980's; my favorite brand of "spinach" was Jameson, which was washed down with Barry's Classic Blend. I've never known any Irishman to be a wimp, nor did any lack the ability to skillfully use the wits with which they were endowed.
Most of the Irish I've met (from ROI) have a masters degree or more.
Fair play.
Barry's are poxy, Lyons is your only man 👍
What a bunch of great lads
I wish you the absolute best fortunes in the world, mate. Cheers to you.
Those who fought there were incredibly brave, and typical UN incompetence left them to their fate. I'm glad they were finally recognised for their courage. It's more than a shame that it took so long. There are probably many similar stories in many countries, where the soldiers (or whatever branch of the military they served) were essentially made scapegoats for the lousy direction of those higher up the food chain. Whomever they are, they should be saluted and recognised for their bravery.
The quality of these videos just gets better and better every time 😍
The army of the Republic of Ireland is like a level 100 playing on their level 10 alt and still kicking your ass
Another very well told story love the way he tells them
"And the UN never let anyone down again" This made me LOL. Hard. Thank you for that. :D
I love the comment you made about the helicopter door falling off
"We will hold out until our last bullet is spent."
"Could do with some whiskey"
And that's why, even while having a rough time during covid and having great opportunities in other countries, I still favour Ireland... the craic attitude :D
Not a single dead in the combat wow. I wish the soldiers got proper recognition earlier.. Thanks for the video, I wouldn't had heard about this otherwise.
“I’ve got a brand new shiny helmet and a pair of kinky boots”
0:35 "UNinvolved in peace"
seems about right
Goddamn makes me proud of my Irish Blood flowing through my veins. I showed my 8 year old son this video and how every major war America fought was since the Civil War has been because of the Irish.
This story produced my absolute favorite movie ever (Siege of Jadotville)
These men deserve the highest military honor there is - A Sabaton song
“…And the UN never let anyone down ever again.”
Just learned from my mother I am partial Irish(her) partial Spaniard (dad). Very thankful to say that I share blood with such bravery. Though I’m aware it’s not the ethnicity that awards that bravery but the actions of the individual, however found out recently and felt like writing something about how brave these men really were.
I can do with a tale from the bottle of whiskey.
"We said whiskey not feckin' contaminated water!"
No Manpower? Then recruit the children and pets too... simple
When I saw the thumbnail and you said stuff about the Irish Army i already knew what you would talk about.
150 vs 3000+ and they kill 2x their number and 6x their numbers were wounded. Each one of those men were worth 8 of the attackers in terms of casualties. And each one of them was worth almost 20 men in terms of total strength. If they didnt run out of supplies, they would not have lost that battle.
Reminds me of the 300 at Thermopylae
Well technically numbers very from the 300 because some said they had help whole story said only 300 held strong but just my 2 cents
@@jaxonl7810 there definitely were more than 300. That's just the popularized legend. A lot of history revisionists/contrarian historians try to say that the forces were basically equal, or drastically inflate the spartan numbers and reduce the Persian numbers by an order of magnitude.
I'm not sure why they do this. I think it's mostly rooted in distaste for white peoples history? Trying to undercut or diminish the importance of freedom, or to discredit the achievement of the free world defending itself from what would become the tyranny of Islam and Middle Easterners.
@@t_c5266 During that time a regular person wasn't any free-er in the west than the middle east. Persian empire was no more islamic or tyrannical than the fascist military city of Sparta. Of course a multicultural, multilingual vast empire will field hundreds of times a larger army (lower quality too) than a collection of cities, but claiming it was 300vs 300k is equally as dumb as saying it was 70k vs 70k.
Have you watched 300? Saying that "it's just a popularized legend" while calling people who don't believe greek accounts as absolute fact "revisionists" is hillarious.
@@mykolastrunce5457 you definitely voted for Biden 🤣
@@t_c5266 I don't live in USA. So why is a Trump supporter idolizing guys who were incredibly gay?
In my eyes Proud story of courage fearlessness loyalty to the flag over all great men who deserved better after there return stay strong Ireland from Canada 🙂
I think that's a bit unfair to the work of the sandbags overseas! Former Yugoslavia, East Timor, Mali, Leb... 10 lads out in Afghanistan in land rovers..
Also, I was in Galway at the airshow years ago when the door fell off a British military helicopter onto a beach full of people in Salthill.... so it happens.
They are actually designed to be easily removes without tools in most military helicopters. One exception being the kits for "cold weather use" which basically means the arctic. Those ensure the doors seal and cannot be removed.
here in the US, an entire panel fell off a B-52 bomber into new Orleans, so it's really just a thing that happens some times
@@commissargarudaslivestream5177 That's a bit more serious. At least the doors are designed to be easily removed.
@@gordonlawrence1448 ture, but the priceiple of what i meant is there, nations have had alot worse accidents then just a helo door falling off.
@@commissargarudaslivestream5177 I agree it's just that helo doors falling off is far more common than people believe.
give this soldiers the medal of honor, heck even a nobel peace award and the much needed whiskey. they deserve their country's respecr.
Reminds me of canada's "medak pocket battle" against croatian troops.
UA-cam has videos of it.
NEVER underestimate small western nations willingness to fight because they have pride too.
Canada has an exemplary military record. Particularly during world war 1 and 2. Anyone who underestimates them is a moron
Fantastic tale.
"You can't really have independence without bloody civil war soon after." Yeah, I feel America did pretty good, going about 85 years and all.
Of you don't count the multiple conflicts with the Natives immediately after I guess.
@@carlost856 don't worry, no one does
I think Ireland managed nearly 85 minutes...
It literally started with a civil war. More of an armed insurrection against the legitimate government because the colonists were upset they actually had to pay for goods and services. Ah well, the UK had the last laugh, the US came crawling to the UK begging for Royal Naval protection when passing the Barbary coast because the pirates there were not to attack British vessels but the US vessels were fair game and utterly defenseless. Rather funny.
Ohhh Danny boyyy, ohhh Danny boyyy...sing me a tale, drink me ale, throw up in a pale...ohhh Danny boyyy. Many thanks for your posting. Carrying on.
Quinlan: I repeat there are men, women and children in the town.
UN Comms: Women? You mean womxn.
Quinlan: Father - give the lads their last rights please.
Also I found your channel less than a month ago and it brings me great joy to binge all of you videos while I work and go about my day. They are very interesting and very funny due to your sense of humor and charisma. Your animating style suits the stories PERFECTLY. All the While still being informative as they are all about real life events that you took the time to research. Seen that you’ve been rapidly climbing as of recent and I am happy to be a part of it thank you Qxir.
I remember IDF helping my people retreat and save themselves from sure destruction. Durring the Great war, A brave battalion of Irish soldiers held off Bulgarian attacks, for weeks so my ancestors had a chance to retreat over Albania and recuperate. They all gave their lives to people they didn't knew. Among french, nz and other nations we remember their sacrifice.
@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosturino
I never said win I said held off Bulgarian advances.
Another story u may like. Is the San Patricios. Fighting for mexico. 1846
@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss Ireland as a country. Did not exist in 1917. So how many Irish were in that British unit
@F. Friedrich Kling Hauss my dear. Friend. Irish indepence did not come about until. 1923. The Irish were. Often at the same. Time fighting. For. And against the British. There were units in the broitsh army tjatjafa lotofirieh on ttthat had Irish names but. Generally these soldiers were given figjtNg in the brit army and these were. We're not separately designated as Irish. For a sample at Gallipoli thete were Irish named regiments there. But ate referred to adbtitish unless. U can designate between the britishunits. Into rothrt English. Irish elsh or scptd. U have no way of knowing how many irush were at the conflict you ate u wferring too. You would have to indivually research every soldier to se what matin. He. Came from. Thete may hav been a lot irisht the byre or litle orr nonre. For example the British. Centre at Waterloo were Irish as far as I know. But they were still referred to as British
Ok
Truly a group of brave men
"siege of jadotville" is an awesome movie
At 00:35 the way that soldier’s helmet looks like the sign says uninvolved in peace is great
The cod zombies round change starts playing that's how they knew the mercenaries were coming.
i like this type of content and coverage. it is sort of like the history guy but with more sarcasm and an accent.
Good point.
I wonder if there’s a movie on Netflix about this...
Call it a hunch
Dont let that distract you from the fact that theres a movie about it on netflix
Finally another vid to feed my binge
7:30 well there was the stuff in Yugoslavia, the UN kinda failed there as well
It was said in irony. The UN fails pretty much everywhere.
The dutch is still mad about Srebrenica
It was a joke
Awesome story. Thank you for sharing it!
"And the UN never let anyone down again." Lmao
0:35 notice how the helmet mixes into the banner in the back ? Uninvolved in peace lol
Hehe that's funny
Roland was a warrior from the land of the midnight sun, with his Thompson gun for hire, fighting to be done. The deal was made in Denmark on a dark and stormy day, so he set out for Biafra to join the bloody fray. Through sixty-six and seven he fought the Congo war, with his finger on his trigger, knee deep in gore. His comrades fought beside him, Van Owen and the rest, but of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best. So the CIA decided they wanted Roland dead, that son of a bitch Van Owen, blew off Rolands head. Roland the headless Thompson gunner, Norway's bravest son, you can still see his headless body stalking through the night, in the muzzle flash of Rolands Thompson gun.
My brother, your Irish Ranger Wing are some of the best special operations soldiers in the world. They are often spoken of in great respect by American Special operations, as well as the rest of the world. Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm!
Ahem, everybody, and sabaton fans.....
*FACING AWAITING, A HOSTILE SPEAR A NEW FRONTIER THE END IS NEAR.*
*THERE'S NO SURRENDER, THE LINES MUST HOLD THEIR STORY TOLD*
s u p h o m i e naw WE WE WILL RESIST AND BITE BITE HARD CAUSE WE ARE ALL IN SIGHT WE WE TAKE UP ARE AND FIGHT FIGHT HARD THE RESIST AND DO WHATS RIGH
Cringe
Doctor Cocktor heretic
@@chriswakefield9538 yeah and?
Would love to see you cover more Irish UN mission involvments. The ARW hostage rescue mission in Liberia in the early 2000s would be a great start
Netflix has a movie on this called “the siege of jadotville”
Love the sound effects. Really helps with your storytelling and story immersion. Keep it up.
The film of this is on netflix and is pretty good
Lots of respect for the men in this story. Love the UN sarcasm.
"we held off a an attacking force of 1,000s for days with little to no casualties"
"but then you surrendered, which means you didn't win, pathetic!"
weird logic there I must say :/
It is a bit pathetic lol
Those men and their families should be seen as hero’s. To think they were punished for such a victory despite all odds just shows how shameful governments have always been. That Whisky sign off was magnificent.
Dang you're right. Not a hoot in sight but still an interesting story
The film they made about this last stand was incredible. I highly recommend
6:00 and short on whiskey.