10 Bizarre Military Tactics that Worked

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@ToptenzNettop10 8 ай бұрын

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@danielsantiagourtado3430 8 ай бұрын

Love your content 😊😊😊

@crouchingtigerhiddenadam1352 8 ай бұрын

Karl is doing a brilliant job. It's polished and I love the bonus facts and tangents.

@itsapittie 8 ай бұрын

One interesting fact about the Ghost Army is that fictional divisions were created on paper and even appeared on tables of organization. Soldiers were given insignia from these ghost divisions and sent to British towns for "R&R" where they would be seen by spies and notes made of their unit insignias. It's not known how many shoulder patches were made for these non-existent divisions, but a few still exist today and are highly sought by collectors.

@markmontoro3134 8 ай бұрын

The individual used for operation mincemeat was a Welsh homeless man who committed named Glyndwr Michael. They gave him the name Major Williams Martin. May his service never be forgotten.

@BigMobe 8 ай бұрын

The cocktail: a combination of a flash, smoke then frag grenade. Keeps everyone in the room and prevents them from locating the explosive(s) before it's too late. I've also heard of tank commanders simply putting the muzzle of the main cannon into a room through a window and firing destroying everything in the room with the blast.

@sydhenderson6753 8 ай бұрын

Okay, #1 and #2 are great. There's an interesting counterpart to the Persian conquest by cats with a Muslim battle that was decided by troops who put the Koran on their lances, leading to a peace conference that didn't work out too well for Caliph Ali.

@dakkuri1 8 ай бұрын

I remember watching about that Periscope tactic back in the 90s. Several servicemen serve back in World War 1 describe the tactics they were used and I thought that stuff was wild, crazy and stupid

@ThunderBassistJay 8 ай бұрын

4:00 Yes! C was pronounced K. The German word "Kaiser", the Dutch word "keizer" and the Russian word "czar" are derived from it.

@lacyLor 8 ай бұрын

I think I’ve been on KZbin too long. I already knew most of these.

@StephenKwasek 8 ай бұрын

Me too

@bunyipdragon9499 8 ай бұрын

Me three.

@erikreber3695 8 ай бұрын

I like to reinforce what I learn so it's not waisted time to me.

@jaded_gerManic 8 ай бұрын

Thanks again Karl! 💜👾💜 The Night Witches were absolute mad lasses! They were highly feared; fascinating, crazy stuff...

@HereBeDragonsYT 8 ай бұрын

Vale. True to Ceasar.

@Kindertautenleider 8 ай бұрын

Snakes On A boat...the prequel to on a plane...

@tokiwartuthe 8 ай бұрын

Wait, where's Simon?

@athena8794 7 ай бұрын

How about the ancient general who defended a city by playing music? This absolutely genius Asian general was visiting a city with a very small detachment of his army when he got word of a large enemy army advancing towards him. His solution was to have all of his men hide, open the city gates, then sit near them calmly playing music for himself. The enemy general arrived, looked around, saw no army, just this legendary general lounging around playing music next to the *open gates* , decided it had to be some sort of trap, and left.

@sydhenderson6753 8 ай бұрын

No, Karl, it's pronounced YULIUS Kaiser.

@ABadassDragon 8 ай бұрын

New Vegas taught me how to pronounce Caesar. It makes sense if you think about it as someone with a cause or a leader of a cause, therefore caesar. This is almost certanly not what the word means, but its something that i came up with for myself

@RustyShackleford101 8 ай бұрын

I believe the Romans also used exploding pigs. So that's a thing.

@Dreju78 8 ай бұрын

Erm... It's also "Yoolius" Kaeiser 😉

@MysticWanderer 8 ай бұрын

As to the pronunciation of Julius Caesar, Karl is correct on Caesar but make the J sound Y

@erikreber3695 8 ай бұрын

If Simon is Fact Boi, is Karl Fact Kid? Someone make this a super hero comic...

@TM-yn4iu 8 ай бұрын

Appreciated, again!

@kittyocean 8 ай бұрын

I wonder if the host had the same history teacher.. the Cesaer-thing was hammered into me as well XD

@dianecripps204 8 ай бұрын

How about the naval tactics of Admiral Yi Sun-sin,

@dianecripps204 8 ай бұрын

In the battle of Myeongnyang, with only 13 ships he destroyed a Japanese fleet of 300 ships. His tactics were stupendous. He won many other battles and invented innovative warships.

@adenkyramud5005 8 ай бұрын

Admiral Yi... absolute madlad that man.

@anthonybird546 8 ай бұрын

Ave, true to Caesar

@adenkyramud5005 8 ай бұрын

Ave, true to Caesar

@devinholcomg4664 8 ай бұрын

Wondering if that whiskey is just a prop? You do a great job. Thanks!

@Renatoioi 8 ай бұрын

Lacking Charisma

@russelllomando8460 8 ай бұрын

good reporting. great Matrix referrence. it's so true. thanks.

@competitionglen 8 ай бұрын

An Australian company is actually exporting cardboard drones to Ukraine they are almost impossible to pick up on Russian radar. 2023 technology. 😊

@upstating 8 ай бұрын

Do British and Australian channels ever hire Americans for the accent?

@sydhenderson6753 8 ай бұрын

I think they hire each other.

@erobinson55 8 ай бұрын

There is nothing wrong with your name. Stop making fun of it.

@bloodygoat6941 8 ай бұрын

And another once grear channel i hsve to leave becauss simon is gone and this clown is sitting there instead. Well, had a great time here, gonna miss it

@Pissedoffdetective 8 ай бұрын

I'm getting tired of these already read by Simon scripts.

@The_Blazement 8 ай бұрын

the script was written after Simon had already left the channel, you are going senile

@JamesFromTexas 8 ай бұрын

The Army taught me that anything thats stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. A stupid solution is just a solution if it solves the problem.

@russellfitzpatrick503 8 ай бұрын

A Polikarpov biplane (as mentioned) has been credited with bringing down a jet fighter during the Korean War. The biplanes had attacked a US scouting outpost and the jets responded to the call; the jet shot down the bipane but, as the speed necessary to match its speed was below to stall speed of the jet, the jet crashed into the sea

@edwardphilibin3151 8 ай бұрын

"I am sick of these motherfucking snakes on these motherfucking boats!" --A Roman admiral, probably.

@JustAndrew96 8 ай бұрын

I love the periscope idea Basic but dangerous. Yet simple and cost effective to beat the scopes stupid

@danielsantiagourtado3430 8 ай бұрын

Love your content karl! Suggestion: top 10 most difficult sieges in history!

@TRDPaul 8 ай бұрын

Hannibal is known for marching his elephants over the Alps, not pioneering their use

@sergeykomarov2203 8 ай бұрын

My wife loves you. She said, "I love smallwood." I asked - the western part of Ecuador?(this is a real area called Smallwood), - she said no. I love youtuber Smallwood and hope he has a Bigwood in his pants.😂🥰

@nunyabiznez666 8 ай бұрын

I love the bonus facts from your personal love of history stuffs ❤ 😅

@RogbodgeVideo 8 ай бұрын

The Ghost Army and thw Night Witches inspired a pair of Commando Comic stories, while the Persian useof cats at Battle of Pelusium and Hannibal's sending snakes onto enemy ships were shown on Horrible Histories!

@Shria9 8 ай бұрын

Good morning (from Canada) Mr. Small Wood. Always a pleasure to have my coffee and learn stuff from you! How about the top 10 weird things dropped from helicopters.

@DaxRaider 6 ай бұрын

All I can think of is the ghost division. Rommels tank rush vs France, capturing thousend of French with a handful Germans by just going in like you own it xD

@rhov-anion 8 ай бұрын

The Ghost Army was so successful, it remained top secret for decades because the U.S. worried that the Soviets might used the same thing against them. I first learned of them doing research into the Battle of Metz. As General Patton realized he had spread his troops too thin during his pincer maneuver, he deployed the Ghost Army to fill in the weak points.That's when I saw that one member was fashion designer Bill Blass. I had a pair of his jeans as a teen, hand-me-downs that had the "L" worn off, so the back pocket said "BILL B ASS." For that alone, they were my favorite pair, my "B (an') ASS" jeans.