"An army marches on its stomach" Napoleon may or may not have said that but it is an important observation. Canning was invented when Napoleon offered 12,000 francs as a prize for whoever could preserve food for his army. Nicolas Appert would win the prize, creating a method involving heating, boiling and sealing food in airtight glass jars. Napoleon's soldiers would have these in a very limited amount as the technology was still in its infancy. In 1810 Frenchman Philippe de Girard invented tin canning and British merchant Peter Durand patented it. Canning was a big innovation seen in today's army rations.
A journal by a soldier I believe a Corporal in the Continental Army of the United States in the War of 1812 stated that he was given preserved salted meat a pound that was so salty that he had to boil it three times in order to make it even remotely edible and even then he had to boil it again in order to make a suitable soup
It's actually quite fascinating. (Look I'm not gonna defend DPRK on this) The DPRK has this protocol for food rationing ruling that the military has top priority of being fed, hence they're the least likely to starve out of that population. I wonder how much rice they import though.
Fun fact- During WW2, the United States government approached Chef Boyardee so that the troops could have something enjoyable to eat. Chef Boyardee was successful in creating a new recipe to could canned and stay preserved for a long time. The same recipe is sold from store shelves today.
Always found this fascinating about the military. My grandfather was a Engineer in the Korean war (He would repair airfields from what I've been told). He loved canned hash for the longest time. After serving he no longer liked it due to it being a regular part of his meals during his service. I think of this every-time I have a can of hash.
Diced potatoes with beef(Normally) (Cooked of course). Its a breakfast item that is popular to my knowledge in the UK, US and Australia. Google it, recommend it with a runny egg.
A hungry soldier will fight for his meal rather than a soldier who just ate. This was even mentioned in the Witcher 3 during the side mission looking for that guys lost brother, and they find him with a foreign soldier exchanging stories
@@VentiVonOsterreich Yup, I mean it was something necessary for them, but if I was in their shoes, I will gave a very good Pay for any "slave" I had, they were important for the hoplites however you want to see it
The Britons could eat during cold months or when their farms were looted by invading armies around harvest season or burned. Leeks, cabbage, berries, small game, big game if you're lucky enough in a region full of hungry soldiers, birds, wild vegetables (always tiny compared to domestic counterparts which were tiny themselves compared to our modern farmed foods). The Britons knew their environment best and knew what to go to in the forest during their own famines.
Hey Simple History, To create more detail when you’re using grassland locales you could create a method for drawing grass or lines that make it look like grass fields. It would increase the complexity of the composition while being a simple method. Maybe draw tufts of grass put randomly all over the terrain, thus giving the illusion of a field of grass.
This was a GREAT episode!!! Please do more episodes on food throughout history. Food is such an awesome way for us to connect with our ancestors. A couple of suggestions: What they ate during the Middle Ages and during the Great Depression. Thanks for such awesome content Simple History!
I actually had MREs when I was part of tour visiting a military base. The soldiers told us that they would often open all their MREs at the same time and trade with each other to make different combinations of food.
Grain were likely the main source of calories for every army around the world. The Han Dynasty army in ancient China gave their soldiers ~52 to 64 liters of grain rations per month (~1.38kg to 1.7kg of grains per day) composed of millet, wheat, and/or barley. So the average Han Dynasty soldier would be consuming approximately 4706 to 5780 Calories per day and 180 to 221 grams of protein per day from their grain rations alone. This is roughly comparable to the Calories that the Roman soldiers were consuming as well from what I've read. -p. 74 of Military Culture in Imperial China (2009) by Nicola di Cosmo Edit: Since some people are questioning these numbers, here is the actual quote from the source along with calculations: "...a total force of 10,281 men (amnestied convicts who had volunteered, infantry and private retainers), he cites 27,363 hu of grain and 308 hu of salt. This last set of figures amounts to a monthly ration of 2.6 hu of grain and 0.03 hu of salt. These may be compared with figures seen in a document from Juyan which suggest a ration of 3.2 hu of grain and 0.03 hu of salt. These figures correspond as follows (taking the hu at 19.968 liters): 2.6 hu - 51.9 liters; 3.2 hu - 63.8 liters; 0.03 hu - 0.5 liters." -page 74 of "Military Culture in Imperial China" by Nicola Di Cosmo, Robin D. S. Yates, and Ralph D. Sawyer Calculations of Calories and Protein from this source: 1 liter volume of dry grain converts to ~0.8 kg in mass. See: aqua-calc.com/calculate/volume-to-weight/substance/grain-blank-wheat So these soldiers had 41.52 kg to 51.04 kg of dry grains a month, which comes out to 1.384 to 1.7 kg of grains a day. 100 grams of whole grain wheat has 340 Calories, 13 grams of protein, and 2.5 grams of fat. 100 grams of millet has 378 Calories, 11 grams of protein, and 4.2 grams of fat. 100 grams of uncooked long grain brown rice has 370 Calories, 8 grams of protein, and 2.9 grams of fat. Wheat and millet would have been the primary crops at the time. If we use wheat to calculate their Calories, this would come out to 340 x 13.84 = 1705 or 340 x 17.0 = 5780. Protein would be 13 x 13.84 ~179.92 or 13 x 17.0 ~221 grams. So the average soldier would be consuming approximately to 4706 to 5780 Calories per day and 180 to 221 grams of protein per day from their grain rations alone.
Lmao this is by far the biggest pile of bs I've seen regarding military rations. Even in 2019，chinese soldiers are issued around 3000 calories per day. What makes you think they had 6000 during that time ? Eating 2 kg of grains every day isn't possible anyway.
Funny enough I was a culinary specialist in the Navy, and the amount of logistics behind feeding a single ship are staggering much less an entire fleet but we do it every day
@@focustr9yearsago617 or is it the other way around? He just comments on a random yt vid, and then we somehow always find his comment out of the billions of comments on yt. Maybe we're the stalkers🤔
I remember reading about the Roman Legionnaries preferring a type of fish paste. At the time the best way to preserve fish for transport was to submerge the fish in olive oil in a clay vessel. Once delivered the fish would be saturated and easy to break apart creating a preserved, high calorie, tasty spread for bread.
Thanks! For being just for being. I cant explain how much you have helped me, during School projects/ exams, arguments etc. I bases a WW1 project around trenches, only on your videos, and a Few irl sources. So I can’t thank you enough. I personally LOVE Your channel. Much love - Magne
If you read "The Gallic wars" Written by Caesar its very clear how Vital was to keep and decent amount of food for every soldier. Its such an obvious thing that we kinda forget. in several parts Caesar describes that when reaching a new place the priority was dig trenches for protection and simultaneously send parties for foraging food.
I did a presentation on a candy brand a few years ago for my computer science class, I talked about Tootsie Rolls. Fun fact about American WW2 field rations is that they had Tootsie Rolls with them. In fact, Tootsie rolls didn't melt in the high temperatures of jungles and deserts so they were great to have in field rations.
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The Soviets in Stalingrad weren't cut off from their supply lines, the German 6th Army under von Paulus however were and as time went on their rations shrunk drastically, and they were reduced to cutting hunks of frozen meat off dead horses.
This reminds me of a Film Bit about WW1 where a French soldier was Informing his battalion About the war ending in 11AM and saying they will get Hot soup Unfortunately, he literally dies 10:59AM
as a kid I thought hoplite's slaves were actually his friend, so when I was playing with a friend and made him carry everything, my mom asked me why and I said "he's my slave". I still feel the pain from the spanking.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, soldiers in many armies had 'portable' ovens for baking their own bread. Could've mentioned the introduction of canned food somewhere in the mid-19th century.
USA: We get MREs Russians/Soviets: Woah, you get MREs? We eat our dead...wait what? What did I say? I meant to say we eat our dead cows, yeah totally *runs out with vodka*
My Uncle George told me that certain MRE’s were eaten to help with constipation or diarrhea, so some soldiers in Vietnam would trade MRE’s depending on how they were feeling bowel-wise.
@Joe Cervantes many axis had to fight in the italian and Western Front agains the allies. What is even your point? We have seen how well the soviet did agains the finnish.
It is always interesting to see how militaries dealt with the task of supplying their men. This is where you get the tactic of attacking an enemies' line of supply. Amateurs consider tactics. Professionals consider logistics.
I love how sometimes you'll see two identical soldiers doing the exact same thing simultaneously, i get that its done to save on animation time etc. but it just looks so goofy ;p
"An army marches on its stomach" Napoleon may or may not have said that but it is an important observation. Canning was invented when Napoleon offered 12,000 francs as a prize for whoever could preserve food for his army. Nicolas Appert would win the prize, creating a method involving heating, boiling and sealing food in airtight glass jars. Napoleon's soldiers would have these in a very limited amount as the technology was still in its infancy. In 1810 Frenchman Philippe de Girard invented tin canning and British merchant Peter Durand patented it. Canning was a big innovation seen in today's army rations.
I saw cheese
First
Simple History hi
hi
Open the subtitles please
How to survive in the military: Befriend and protect the cooks
YouoY yes
Them as well as the supply people.
YouoY Lol. They are an integral part to a campaign
Don’t eat Pearson’s cooking
@@blankblank5409 lol
A journal by a soldier I believe a Corporal in the Continental Army of the United States in the War of 1812 stated that he was given preserved salted meat a pound that was so salty that he had to boil it three times in order to make it even remotely edible and even then he had to boil it again in order to make a suitable soup
You always have to do that with salt pork back then. There is a cooking channel that shows recipes from back then and he outlines that
@@jonathanlemon544 The channel is Townsend. Jas. Townsend and Son.
Thats quiet normal
“what’s for dinner?”
“this block of salt.
I think he also mentioned somewhere in his book that there were rumors that the meat was likely leftovers from the Revolutionary War
My soldiers don't eat anything because I eat all the food before it gets to them. Yet I have the fourth largest army, not sure how they survive
You dont have the fourth largest army, its just that you guys look all the same and its hard to count you.
@@robertkalinic335
Haha BUUUUUUUUUUURN
It's actually quite fascinating. (Look I'm not gonna defend DPRK on this)
The DPRK has this protocol for food rationing ruling that the military has top priority of being fed, hence they're the least likely to starve out of that population.
I wonder how much rice they import though.
They just eat spanials
Guys what if we send Kim jong in a lot of big Macs so he will die of diabetesand we can win against north korea
"An army marches on its stomach"
- Napoleon "A little cold never killed a man" Bonaparte
-Most of his army fell to starvation by the time they reached Moscow.-
The cold weather wasn't the reason behind Napoléon death, it was because of the strategy-geostrategy transition...
Who would win?
Some angry French guy who invaded half of Europe and Egypt or some season...
Don't mess with us Russians
@@comradestalin4826 *Don’t mess with a soviet*
German soldier : Panzerplatten
Normal soldier : Tank plates?
German soldier : *Panzerplatten*
You’re everywhere!!
Nein its luftwaffles
Fuhrur-o’s
This makes me fuherious
Führersandvich
What did soldiers eat?
Short answer: Food
Long answer: *this video that I'll watch anyway*
Soldiers eat this video that i'll watch anyway?
No, they were feeding off the enemy soldiers desperation
In soviet russia, they serve medium cooked air.
*arm. Human arm, actually.
I like my air rare
@@youraveragecommunist6258 cool, same here
Yup
More like extra cold air
*”Po-tay-toes! Boil em, mash em, stick em in a stew. Lovely big golden chips with a nice piece of fried fish.”*
"Even you couldn't say no to that"
Daniel MacDonald “Oh yes we could! Give it to us R A W and W R I G G L I N G ! You keep nasty chips!”
I wish I could actually eat
Hello Sam
With a Cup of tea for an options
If Skyrim has taught me anything, its that soldiers ate Sweetrolls...
And it was a great dishonor to have your sweetroll stolen.
Bet it was nazeem
"Let me guess: Someone stole your sweet roll?"
@David McConville "you have commited crimes against skyrim and it's people what say you in your defence?"
I used to be a non hungry adventurer like you until I took a arrow to the sweet roll
I am 100% certain they ate food
Third encounter of the day
Justin Y. No they ate their enemies’ corpses.
Which they consider food.
WHO ARE YOU?
Justin Y. This boho dead as has no life
My name is NNIINNOOO
0:29 is it me or do i find it wholesome that soldiers, known to be the most tough and feared, are in raincoats eating warm food
Lol sameee
Only to find out a Japanese was hiding in one of those crates bayonet ready
@@afailureofaanimator6744 The Japanese soldiers were hiding inside the raincoats
HOW DID YOU COMMENT 29 YEARS AGO?
@@ismellofsandwiches7058 he didn't lol. Take a closer look
Everyone forgets about the Panzer cooked eggs.
Yes cooking eggs on your tank in the African heat good times.
Unsere rommel
Wir Sind Das Deutschland afrika korps
sean andrews thank you for your service
My boys taste them they said those eggs taste fuel and egg
*"Ration already exist back in acient empire"*
*Steve1989Mre with red glowing eyes* : NIIIIIIIICEEEEEEE!!!!!
r/ihadastroke
@@triangulum8869
r/ihavereddit
Alright let's get this to tray...
*NICE*
Steve is a god among men
*["I can't help it" intensifies]*
“Hey what food do your soldiers have”
USSR: **Laughs in Starvation**
Weak no one eats food
That’s not true, heard they served medium cooked air
@@alanmaclaren4118 and raw rats
@Sanela Smajić no are you crazy? Raw rats are way too expens- I mean unhealthy for the soldiers
As if they need food they only need the air of the Rhine to keep them motivated and ready to kill
What did soldiers eat?
Russian/soviets:wait you guys get food?
Truee
In us you eat food
In Soviet Russia FOOD EATS YOU!
Comrade soviet army does not run on food ,it runs on red patriotism and vodka
@@yangs975 Thats not even remotely true
Ur mom
Fun fact- During WW2, the United States government approached Chef Boyardee so that the troops could have something enjoyable to eat. Chef Boyardee was successful in creating a new recipe to could canned and stay preserved for a long time. The same recipe is sold from store shelves today.
that's crazy
Habe you seen chef pls
The beef ravioli MRE still tastes just like normal chef boyardee
isnt it spam or something
@@banjo3960 no it’s Chef Boyardee ravioli
What did German soilders eat?
*L u f t w a f f l e s*
Underrated
nice
*w h e e z e*
They must have been starving during d-day
There was a better joke to this punchline, but nice one.
Always found this fascinating about the military.
My grandfather was a Engineer in the Korean war (He would repair airfields from what I've been told). He loved canned hash for the longest time. After serving he no longer liked it due to it being a regular part of his meals during his service.
I think of this every-time I have a can of hash.
My Grandpa was with the Dutch navy in Korea! God bless your family.
My grandad used to love corned beef hash, but after WW2 he never wanted to see another plate of it ever again.
Diced potatoes with beef(Normally) (Cooked of course). Its a breakfast item that is popular to my knowledge in the UK, US and Australia. Google it, recommend it with a runny egg.
Finally, a comment that isn't a meme...
my granddad died in the navy. i never met him :(
Western armies: *died of hunger*
Eastern armies: **RIIIIIIIIICE**
Eventually we researched potatoes and boy were those great.
@hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 that is really impressive! Reminds me about Finland against the Soviet union
@@ProfessionalProfessorPat I love being asian :)
@hướng dẫn chơi team starcraft 2 Rip grammar
True
2:41 that little kitty in the bottom right corner
he stole a fish
He deserves it
Good
Radioactive Reptile dude, I was listening to that part and I thought I heard a cat meow. I was confused af until I saw this comment.
Why that little BASTID!!
Shhh the cat need the food
_But where’s the lamb sauce??_
It looks like Gahndis Flipflop
Dude on thumbnail looks like Gordon Ramsay lol
My name is NINOOOOOOO and I cleaned battlefield after war and took photo of it
That wouldn't even pass as fookin kity cat fookin cat food.
R A W
"You guys are being fed?" -The Soviet Army
I feed my comrades with vodka and snow
Comrade Stalin nice
Thought you guys ate only air
@@comradestalin4826 what if that snow talks?
A hungry soldier will fight for his meal rather than a soldier who just ate. This was even mentioned in the Witcher 3 during the side mission looking for that guys lost brother, and they find him with a foreign soldier exchanging stories
* trains for months, perfect physical condition *
Slaves carry every thing he owns
Fighting demands excelent physical condition
Sometimes laziness can be come incurable
Tire the soldiers with excess weight and they'll be too weak to fight
@@VentiVonOsterreich Yup, I mean it was something necessary for them, but if I was in their shoes, I will gave a very good Pay for any "slave" I had, they were important for the hoplites however you want to see it
@@alejandroelluxray5298 I do wonder if their slaves actually get paid at all
"What did soldiers eat?"
Me:
*Food*
That Guy Who Comments what type of food?
What food?
Kill ScoPez the one that is edible to human beings
@@LordArbiterThermite the edible kind
@@nashw_1828 RAWW food
Romans: mmm 🍞🍖🧀🫘🫒
Britons: mmm 🌿🌱🌳🍃💧
*CHEESE*
Cheese.
Little did they know it doomed the Isle to have bland food until this very day.
The Britons could eat during cold months or when their farms were looted by invading armies around harvest season or burned. Leeks, cabbage, berries, small game, big game if you're lucky enough in a region full of hungry soldiers, birds, wild vegetables (always tiny compared to domestic counterparts which were tiny themselves compared to our modern farmed foods). The Britons knew their environment best and knew what to go to in the forest during their own famines.
Russians: mmm air 💨
Thanks for the info
Hey Simple History, To create more detail when you’re using grassland locales you could create a method for drawing grass or lines that make it look like grass fields. It would increase the complexity of the composition while being a simple method. Maybe draw tufts of grass put randomly all over the terrain, thus giving the illusion of a field of grass.
Interesting
This episode will make you hungry 🍇🍳🍔🥪🌭🍕🥤☕
Simple History only 9 likes wtf, maybe pin?
True
Yeah cause hard tack will make me hungry?😂😂
I got myself some food before watching this video. Thank you :)
*are you sure about that* ?
2:43 Awwwww!!! Look at the little kitty cat with the fish in his mouth!!!! 😍
@Henry Han we're no barbarians
@SkitusGreece ain't china
*bottom right corner btw
😭🙄😋
The logistics of armies is sometimes just as fascinating as that of the battles they fight in themselves.
G Fuel, Hot pockets and Cheetos
Oh, so Modern Warfare 2 doesn't count as a war?
that’s the life
Spoof more like Mountain Dew(or Monster) and doritos
Spoof the real forgotten war
And doritos
Gaming rations usually consist of Red Bull, Taco Bell, Doritos, and different choices of Mountain Dew.
French soldier: *Goes off to fight Austrians*
Austrians in the distance: Why do I smell fried onions?
No Onions for Austrians :(
J'aime l'oignon frit à l'huile
@@ISAFSoldier J'aime l'oignon car il est bon
Onion Rings
Au pas camarades, au pas camarades, au pas, au pas, au pas! Au pas camarades, au pas camarades, au pas, au pas, au pas!
I've had MREs
Not great
Brandon Kim same
cool
I eat them all the time and I like (ONLY) the ravioli. BTW I'm Canadian
And those UA-cam reviews make them look so tasty
Not meant to
This was a GREAT episode!!! Please do more episodes on food throughout history. Food is such an awesome way for us to connect with our ancestors. A couple of suggestions: What they ate during the Middle Ages and during the Great Depression. Thanks for such awesome content Simple History!
Anne James what did they ate during the Great Depression?
*they don’t*
@@nguyenduyphuc3924 Good Point
When an armies has cheese in the diet
*Wallace wants to join the army*
CHEESE!
And that's How Wallace earned medals for his unrelenting bravery and courage during The second world war.
@@galaxy-wg1lf all for that *ChEDdeR*
Soon however Wallace started a rebellion due to english production laws allowing only cheddar and had forbidden all other types of cheese.
@@afailureofaanimator6744 "Not even Wensleydale?"
@@tellmesomethingamisayingto3957 “Well then… I will find ways to have my *wensleydale*.”
"What food is soldiers eat?"
"Some ad pop up on my screen"
McDonald's!
Lol
I got an insurance ad
"Deliciously Infectious"
Imagine you see your fellow comrade just order a big happy meal
And you became his best friend
use adblock plus dumbass.
i cant believe its 2019 and still there is some people complain about internet ads.
I actually had MREs when I was part of tour visiting a military base. The soldiers told us that they would often open all their MREs at the same time and trade with each other to make different combinations of food.
european armies when they forget the hardtack: "wE'vE fOrgOTteN tHe cRaCKErs!"
*Wallace contemplates life*
They learn how to made food by...
SKILLSHARE
ITSYABoI YT make
Not blue apron?
Wix
Grain were likely the main source of calories for every army around the world. The Han Dynasty army in ancient China gave their soldiers ~52 to 64 liters of grain rations per month (~1.38kg to 1.7kg of grains per day) composed of millet, wheat, and/or barley. So the average Han Dynasty soldier would be consuming approximately 4706 to 5780 Calories per day and 180 to 221 grams of protein per day from their grain rations alone. This is roughly comparable to the Calories that the Roman soldiers were consuming as well from what I've read.
-p. 74 of Military Culture in Imperial China (2009) by Nicola di Cosmo
Edit: Since some people are questioning these numbers, here is the actual quote from the source along with calculations:
"...a total force of 10,281 men (amnestied convicts who had volunteered, infantry and private retainers), he cites 27,363 hu of grain and 308 hu of salt. This last set of figures amounts to a monthly ration of 2.6 hu of grain and 0.03 hu of salt. These may be compared with figures seen in a document from Juyan which suggest a ration of 3.2 hu of grain and 0.03 hu of salt. These figures correspond as follows (taking the hu at 19.968 liters): 2.6 hu - 51.9 liters; 3.2 hu - 63.8 liters; 0.03 hu - 0.5 liters."
-page 74 of "Military Culture in Imperial China" by Nicola Di Cosmo, Robin D. S. Yates, and Ralph D. Sawyer
Calculations of Calories and Protein from this source:
1 liter volume of dry grain converts to ~0.8 kg in mass. See: aqua-calc.com/calculate/volume-to-weight/substance/grain-blank-wheat
So these soldiers had 41.52 kg to 51.04 kg of dry grains a month, which comes out to 1.384 to 1.7 kg of grains a day.
100 grams of whole grain wheat has 340 Calories, 13 grams of protein, and 2.5 grams of fat.
100 grams of millet has 378 Calories, 11 grams of protein, and 4.2 grams of fat.
100 grams of uncooked long grain brown rice has 370 Calories, 8 grams of protein, and 2.9 grams of fat.
Wheat and millet would have been the primary crops at the time. If we use wheat to calculate their Calories, this would come out to 340 x 13.84 = 1705 or 340 x 17.0 = 5780. Protein would be 13 x 13.84 ~179.92 or 13 x 17.0 ~221 grams.
So the average soldier would be consuming approximately to 4706 to 5780 Calories per day and 180 to 221 grams of protein per day from their grain rations alone.
Thank you
I was calling bs till you hit me with a source.
@@spinner771 same here haha
Lmao this is by far the biggest pile of bs I've seen regarding military rations. Even in 2019，chinese soldiers are issued around 3000 calories per day. What makes you think they had 6000 during that time ? Eating 2 kg of grains every day isn't possible anyway.
Hold up
Rice is a grain
Funny enough I was a culinary specialist in the Navy, and the amount of logistics behind feeding a single ship are staggering much less an entire fleet but we do it every day
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure they didn't eat food.
Dagan Ward Justin Y is a stalker am I right?
well they actually did, WWI they had kitchens. WWII supply trucks and pocket meals
@@focustr9yearsago617 or is it the other way around? He just comments on a random yt vid, and then we somehow always find his comment out of the billions of comments on yt.
Maybe we're the stalkers🤔
Especially the Russians
yeah, the brits ate grass
I remember reading about the Roman Legionnaries preferring a type of fish paste. At the time the best way to preserve fish for transport was to submerge the fish in olive oil in a clay vessel. Once delivered the fish would be saturated and easy to break apart creating a preserved, high calorie, tasty spread for bread.
Title is missing "Western". The Asian armies carried very different food.
Louie Lam Asian & Afrikan & American. Only Europeans suffered like this
@@aduritepawss nah, usually they just get rice,
If I remember correctly the incas had the usual plus freeze dried fruits.
To cover all armies rations would be massive
@@aduritepawss Cats. They carried cats and dogs with them.
Well for The Soviet Troops the awnser is no.
jac of harts or North Korean soldiers
@nanda erdhani r/wooosh
nanda erdhani I meant that North Korean Troops have no food
So funny I forgot to laugh
nanda erdhani You don’t get the joke, don’t you?
Soviets ate 2 potato and 2 pints of *VODKA*
Very true tovarish
You mead 2 oil canisters of VODKA
You mean 2 gallons of vodka
Have to be humble
Didn't know you can eat vodka
eating while watching this video is a whole new experience
Espically if you're eating something that a soldier would eat.
I know marines eat crayons.
Then spit the labels on you
@@kalamazoo-Fcar i know right
@@kalamazoo-Fcar try the purple ones👌👌👌👍👍👍
@@PhelippeMitsu98 nah. They are to busy chewing and sucking on them like a pacifier.
Paint chips!
MRE stands for "Meals Ready to Explode your poor POG stomach.
NO IT MEANS MEAL READY TO EAT
@@drillz7582
LIES
REEEEEEEEEEEEE
Meals Rejected by Eathiopians.
Kasper Björklund r/wooooooooooosh
Meals Rejected by the Enemy
“An army marches on its stomach.”
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Easy they ate hot pockets and ramen noodles
Don’t forget some Big Macs with a large drink and large fries.
@@missyyolo2362 yeah that tooo
Bagel bites and pizza rolls.
Dude, I literally only ate hot pockets and ramen noodles today before I saw your comment lol
@@cliftonjames785 where do u live invite me for dinner
"NO! please! not my rum! you can kill me if you want! but please don't make me face this bloody war sober!"
“Eat?”
_We don’t do that here_
This post was made by the communists gang
The Soviet union
HARRY POTTER
“Share?”
We don’t do that her
This post was made by the anti-communists gang
Alexander Bogdanov r/whoosh
@Alexander Bogdanov at least there's people that actually do something about it unlike the Soviet union
Thanks! For being just for being. I cant explain how much you have helped me, during School projects/ exams, arguments etc. I bases a WW1 project around trenches, only on your videos, and a Few irl sources. So I can’t thank you enough. I personally LOVE Your channel. Much love - Magne
Rations! No food, no fight!
- Metal Slug Advance
"An army marches on its stomach." - Me
"Blownapart" lol
I love it when u make vids like this
spoiler... they ate food... :D Interesting subject though none the less! :D
Ancient History Guy Smartass
@@valenxia9517 ;) still very interesting though.
@@AncientHistoryGuy I was just about to say the same thing ;)
They changed the title :(
You literally stole my comment sent 1 minute before you did
If you read "The Gallic wars" Written by Caesar its very clear how Vital was to keep and decent amount of food for every soldier. Its such an obvious thing that we kinda forget. in several parts Caesar describes that when reaching a new place the priority was dig trenches for protection and simultaneously send parties for foraging food.
What food did soldiers eat?
Looks At *Soviet Union*
When soviet daily calories were 3500kcal in 1975, but you keep making starvation jokes.
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@@nuclearwarhead9338 i dont think he thinks of that time
@@nuclearwarhead9338 I bet your really fun at parties
Oof
Kolbasa and mayonez with a bottle of vodka.
Whenever I eat a scuffed meal (bread and beef jerky or something similar), I watch this video and pretend I’m a soldier lol
What did soldiers eat?
Soviets: You guys are getting fed?
Unoriginal
Unoriginal
>eats performance bar while laughing at the egytians
shut up
What soldiers drink?
Me: Vodka and energy drink.
*Russian Hardbass starts playing*
Love u
Let's go comrade
Crunchs the bottle
Slav
6:22
A fortnight long March.
Kids:FORTNIGHT HEHEHEHEHE FORTNIGHT TEHEHEHEHE
Teenagers and adults that hate fortnight loving kids: OH FOR GODS FREAKING-
Fortnite is cancer
@@blankblank5409 Minecraft is gay but apex is better
I know what the Soviets ate.....nothing
Oh C'MON...whith zars wasn't better
The Soviet army runs on *PATRIOTISM*
You must be mistaking them for the North Korean army which is literally as you said; nothing!
Air they are AIR
THAT ONE NATIONALIST ARUBA GUY 115 they are eating a small bag of pre cocked rice
Why does the thumbnail soldier look like Gordon Ramsay
it should be a reason for that
I don't know why, but this episode's always been.. cozy to me, for some reason. The music, the vibrant colors, the food shown, etc.
What food does soldiers eat: *show cheese, meat, bread, etc.*
Me: *starving* I'm following Soviet way! Don't judge me!
Nice comrade
If you want to do the soviet way then eat spam
@@olp3850 Nyet. That is American pork with all that disgusting capitalism mixed in!
@@afailureofaanimator6744 I mean true but that's one thing that kept the soviets alive during Germanys great crusade
At 5:53 2 soldiers are mocking eachother.
I noticed that as well lol
This is relatable as the corporal in my re-enactment group makes hardtack himself and that’s napoleonic 1800 years later! Like it mentioned at 6:05
50% - "is that Gordon Ramsey on thumbnail?"
30% - stupid jokes about soviet/russian army.
15% - *panzer cookies*.
5% - normies.
More like, 4.9% normies, and 0.1% random comments.
Jokes?
They're not stupid jokes, more like overused.
Bf 109 F2 They are stupid
True
I did a presentation on a candy brand a few years ago for my computer science class, I talked about Tootsie Rolls. Fun fact about American WW2 field rations is that they had Tootsie Rolls with them. In fact, Tootsie rolls didn't melt in the high temperatures of jungles and deserts so they were great to have in field rations.
I swear anytime I have things to do I play this in the background. Smoking, simple history, chores simple history, driving to work simple history. Love you guys thanks for everything you do ❤️
Bisquits and tea mate
F.B.I_ but you’re the FBI......?
@@das3610 he Is a mi6 under cover ajent
Marco Menabue No he’s not *wink wink*
*puts on German accent*bloody British!!!!
Quit that bis
You're not a real soldier until you eat your own MRE.
gay political compass
@@culiusjaesar What's so "gay" about it?
@@MrBassmann15 your political views are gay
Alexander Backert you arent very good at economics
At least he isnt one of the fascists in the red corner of the compass
What do soldiers eat?
Soviets in Stalingrad: *RATS AND HUMANS*
*That's how survival works*
Ugggh that's disgust it's a good thing I have vodka
Vodka too
CANNIBALISM
The Soviets in Stalingrad weren't cut off from their supply lines, the German 6th Army under von Paulus however were and as time went on their rations shrunk drastically, and they were reduced to cutting hunks of frozen meat off dead horses.
Changed title made half of comments useless
*Oustanding Move*
lol
This reminds me of a Film Bit about WW1
where a French soldier was Informing his battalion About the war ending in 11AM and saying they will get Hot soup
Unfortunately, he literally dies 10:59AM
Yes i remember seeing that video
Yup I saw that
@@ivanchan659 can someone tell me where that video is?
@@datwibgai7233 last minutes of ww1 ,should pop up
hariss nasry
ua-cam.com/video/U10ON2aau3g/v-deo.html
as a kid I thought hoplite's slaves were actually his friend, so when I was playing with a friend and made him carry everything, my mom asked me why and I said "he's my slave".
I still feel the pain from the spanking.
I fought in 2 wars eating MRE's they were actually pretty good! Convenient and did the job, easy to carry, and never got food poisoning!
Tyfys
@@Sernival Thanks!
Iraq and Afghan?
@@lucasguenesmenezes6416 No, before that Bosnia and Kosovo.
@@TheSpritz0 cool
One time while I was in the US army, I swapped a couple MREs with a British soldier for a 24 hours of food box. What a great ration it was!
So many Last Shelter Survival ads lmao
I think they ate food
Get back to work
I want a krabby patty
I am not sure about that yet.
Does anyone else comes back to watch this video when eating food or is it just me? lol
POV: you're a slave and accompanying a hop-lite
the hop-lite dies
*_prosper_*
Great video as always! Really wanted this
During the 18th and 19th centuries, soldiers in many armies had 'portable' ovens for baking their own bread. Could've mentioned the introduction of canned food somewhere in the mid-19th century.
I sound like such a nerd rn, but I get overly excited when I see a Simple History episode get put out, keep up the amazing work!!
USA: We get MREs
Russians/Soviets: Woah, you get MREs? We eat our dead...wait what? What did I say? I meant to say we eat our dead cows, yeah totally *runs out with vodka*
You eat your Marys!?
MREs were once so disgusting they were called Meals Rejected by the Enemy
I can confirm
Comrade Stalin A delicacy
rejvaik the MREs are really good now. I had one before
My Uncle George told me that certain MRE’s were eaten to help with constipation or diarrhea, so some soldiers in Vietnam would trade MRE’s depending on how they were feeling bowel-wise.
MREs were adopted in the 80s...in 'nam they ate MCIs.
4:03 british armies are goats🐐
General: hey you looted no more alcohol for you
Me who never drinks alcohol: k
Soviet people and soldiers:
You guys even get food?!?
And yet the Soviet Army smashed the Germans and pushed all the way back to Berlin. Hmm...
@@Gothic7876 Consider the 9-13 Million dead soldiers.
@Joe Cervantes if you cut these numbers in half, then it would make a bit more sence.
@Joe Cervantes en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_casualties_in_World_War_II
@Joe Cervantes many axis had to fight in the italian and Western Front agains the allies. What is even your point? We have seen how well the soviet did agains the finnish.
I always watch this whenever I eat food that doesn't look appetizing to me, so that I could relate with the ancient soldiers 😅
It is always interesting to see how militaries dealt with the task of supplying their men.
This is where you get the tactic of attacking an enemies' line of supply. Amateurs consider tactics. Professionals consider logistics.
I love how sometimes you'll see two identical soldiers doing the exact same thing simultaneously, i get that its done to save on animation time etc. but it just looks so goofy ;p
Love your videos
As Napoleon said:"A army marches on it's stomach."