2024 Was a Crazy Year for Conflict. Here's Why.

[@timmaay7181]

Simon you are single-handedly keeping me up to date on these word events thank you.

[@AA-vr8ez]

Simon has done a great job documenting war across the world. From the devastating war in Ukraine to the Genocide committed by Israel in Gaza, I’m grateful for this channel.

[@awsumaustin7650]

Word events

[@swaggery]

His team you mean. He's the host of like 5 KZbin channels. I'd be surprise if he has time to look at anything but the final draft of the scripts.

[@NotAnITGuy]

@@swaggery and the rest, its around 14 channels

[@ps-dh8ef]

@@NotAnITGuyreally? What are they

[@Real_Person_Not_A_Bot]

*The War Fronts: Holiday Special* , the long awaited prequel to *The Star Wars Holiday Special*

[@alexandru5369]

Oh lord not that abortion of a special. Only worse Star Wars special is the Last Jedi

[@bigmekboy175]

​@@alexandru5369I know the Disney trilogy sucks but even I have to admit that the Holiday Special was worse... except for the fact that it isn't considered canon and didn't cause horrific damage to the fans.

[@nielsvc7525]

​@@alexandru5369Last Jedi stands in the shadows of The Acolyte

[@user-sw3vj7jh4c]

Lmaoooo

[@twilightgryphon]

I'm not convinced that you aren't, in fact, actually a bot and not a real person.

[@richardc020]

Sadly it has been a year with immense rates of presenting from Simon but we cheer the thorough, clear-eyed, credible explanations of a humanity in increasing conflict.

[@Mistah_Boombastic_BiggieCheese]

Simon never sleeps so that he can make videos for all the 900 channels he’s on.

[@withinfinite5104]

Simon and the team knows what topics are needed to brighten the ending of a particularly grim year: a reminder of how grim that past year actually was. Thanks guys

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:35 - Chapter 1 - The defense of ukraine 7:50 - Chapter 2 - Israel vs everyone 15:35 - Chapter 3 - The sudan civil war 21:30 - Chapter 4 - China & the indo pacific 25:15 - Chapter 5 - The fall of assad 28:30 - Chapter 6 - Ecuador's collapse into internal conflict 32:05 - Chapter 7 - Haiti's collapse into anarchy 35:40 - Chapter 8 - Myanmar at war 39:15 - Chapter 9 - A glimpse of 2024

[@CelesteO-h6w]

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[@AA-vr8ez]

*7:50 - Israeli genocide in Gaza

[@CelesteO-h6w]

@@AA-vr8ez I see you're liking your own comments hahaha

[@Leutinent99]

@@CelesteO-h6wthey also comment on multiple posts but only about Israel and their supposed genocide

[@CelesteO-h6w]

@@Leutinent99 Oh geez lmao

[@SnoreTaft]

🎉 seeing Simon's face pop up brightens my holiday 😊

[@DannyByWest]

I would love to travel to the parallel universe where this video wasn’t needed to be made. That truly sounds like a dream.

[@Max-hw7xl]

with the murder of Harambe, we entered the dark timeline

[@l3176l]

The past is prologue, that’s why Harambe was doomed. Pensiveemoji

[@LLEmmmON]

Thank you very much Simon and Crew for an interesting year of news coverage which surprisingly didnt become biased. This year and the last truly embodied the curse of "May you live in interesting times" and I hope it gets better but I dont think that will happen unfortunately. Happy New Year my friends and let us hope that 2025 wont be worse.

[@alishatree2315]

I've never heard it be described as a curse to live in interesting times. But I turned 18 in 2016 so it certainly feels like a curse at this point.

[@MrTexasDan]

Make no mistake, they are biased. Their writing staff is rife with TDS. However, they do a great job of bringing analyses of little known conflicts to us.

[@generaltom6850]

@@MrTexasDan Maybe, but they do present a relatively neutral version of events and I have yet to see any bias seep into their work.

[@gergi29]

Hi there Simon! So today’s my 24th birthday, so love a little end-of-year-update as a last minute gift before bed, but also just wanted to say thank you for how much you and everyone at Warfronts have done this year and the last couple years since I’ve been watching. It’s been a real tough couple of years for everyone all over the world, and I like to try keep an eye on things as best I can, and your channel has been an invaluable way to do all that and more. I can’t thank you enough for keeping me clued in and helping me keep my eyes on peoples struggles the world over. It’s been a gruelling period and even though the content does make things seem bleak, the fact that there’s people always watching and keeping people informed of what’s going on always gives me hope that there’s still people out there alert to the horrors of war and rooting for us to get ever closer to one day rising above it. Here’s hoping for a better 2025! I know things may seem like it’ll likely be more of the same, but one can dream. And thanks to this channel I know I’m far from alone in having that dream. Happy new year everyone. Peace and love to all! ✌️☮️

[@luckmandan]

Looking forward to hearing more about the world as it is from you in 2025. I hope you and your staff had a great Christmas and are about to have a grand new year.

[@jeremywitkowski7860]

Russia has been seriously weakened, Iran’s defenses through proxies have been shattered, China looks to be weakening economically and America’s allies are finally rearming. 2024 had an escalation but that may be leading to a better 2025.

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Keep the hope up and strive for that, but prepare for the worst case scenario despite all efforts.

[@dansmith1661]

I also believe everything the media tells me.

[@jeremywitkowski7860]

@@dansmith1661 talking to the wrong person on that one. I’ve believed for years Biden was suffering from dementia and we were being lied to on the Covid front despite what the media was telling everyone. Just because someone believes differently from you doesn’t mean they are naive.

[@RhysCampbell01]

You polaks really are delusional

[@arig6646]

I just want to say thank you for all your videos! ❤

[@RedScarGaming]

Thank you for maintaining a fine channel that provides myself and other people with some of the news going on in the world around them. KZbin in general seems to be a much better tool at that than TV has been in the past.

[@jamesmasonaltair]

It's a shame, but this is the story of human history without exception. At least from the time of Sumer, Babylonia, and ancient Egypt. There is NO time in written human history that war was not the default setting. Peace is the aberration, not the norm. Maybe we (humanity) are a self correcting problem. 'War never ends. Peace is just the lull between battles." - Kreese Great year end summation Warfront video. Thanks, Simon!

[@sloshed-rat]

Do they still call this a special military operation in Russia? Are they still too cowardly to call this a war?

[@dansmith1661]

Are you winning, Ourkraine?

[@generaltom6850]

Legally speaking they have to, since the Russian Duma has not officially declared war. Although I expect that ordinary Russian citizens do refer to it as the “Ukraine War” or the “War in Ukraine”.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

​@generaltom6850 kinda like how USA hasn't been in "a war" since ww2 cause the Congress never declared one?

[@sloshed-rat]

@@Reblwitoutacause we've declared war officially 4 times since then, what are you on about, Ivan?

[@jl3039]

Ever news outlet has been saying "Mass famine in Gaza soon™️!" But how close can it been if it has been "just weeks away" for a full year? 🤔 Last I checked that's 52 weeks. No doubt conditions there suck. But it's interesting.

[@AnythingHistory]

Good work Simon, and the team behind Warfronts. Look forward to another year of your videos 🎉

[@kevinklosky2014]

Thank you Simon and all the writers for bringing attention to these conflicts! Hoping for a happier new year!

[@jimp8400]

Thank You Simon…. merry New year!

[@arizonatsunami]

Thank you Simon and team for all that you have brought us and continue to bring us. I don't know what your budget is but I bet it's a HELL of a lot lower than any of the major news networks. Yet I learn 20x in one of your videos than I would watching a week of coverage on the mainstream news.

[@eddieford9373]

The holiday special we've all been waiting for.

[@willswenson3169]

8:55 the people killed weren't just "waiting for aid", they were trying to steal it. That's why they forced the convoy to stop, as the convoy wasn't supposed to drop off aid there, but continue for another kilometer or so. They were planning on looting the aid, which they successfully managed to do for a significant chunk of it.

[@MrJjones543]

This is why I love Simon. "The war criminal in the Kremlin"

[@--enyo--]

“And all sides assessed that the price of human suffering was worth paying to better their chance of victory.” Always the way. It’s infuriating and makes me despair for humanity and our future.

[@GuntherRommel]

This is my second favourite channel in the Whistlerverse. Obviously Business Blaze is #1.

[@kreiner1]

Simon, whether you like it or not, I look to you for the most accurate world news. Both you and your writers are excellent at it, and I thank you. ❤❤❤

[@WolfhasaWASR-e1e]

There’s a lot of CIA propaganda in this stories from Simon. I would double check his source with other News networks and use a VPN or Telegram for balancing the stories. Also read the book Deep State. Basically truth is hard to find and takes more work than just watching this.

[@viatorborealis2899]

Glad to see the channel grow, been watching a while and you've earned every sub, great source for news in a time full of propaganda, hysteria and censorship. Keep up the good work and Happy New Year

[@atreidesn7384]

We love you Simon and crew! You guys are doing absolutely incredible work! ❤

[@alanandjess7516]

Simon, I salute you for hosting so many great channels. I would nominate you for mbe if I thought it would actually help anything. Happy new year in any case.

[@THEPAGEBURNER1979]

I love this channel Simon is the The TRUTH

[@bartverstraeten8122]

And Thank you Simon and the team!!! 🙏🫵👌❤🍀 Happy 2025!!! 🥳

[@doctorbetamax539]

Warfronts is the best KZbin channel. It's just so sad that it's rise and rise is due to the seemingly limitless horror engulfing every corner of the globe.

[@ilovevaycay]

Excellent channel, Simon and team. Hoping for a happier new year.

[@lumburgapalooza]

"We've also taken a _minor pivot_ to being one of the most respectable and informative news sources available in this media hellscape."

[@CelesteO-h6w]

Are we still getting the Situation Room tomorrow? 🥺

[@ps-dh8ef]

@@CelesteO-h6w he said “for the last time in 2024” so i suspect no

[@CelesteO-h6w]

@@ps-dh8ef :(

[@Idkidkidk716]

I hope that peace can wash over these conflicts and no more bloodshed will happen. I know this is not likely but we have to have hope. Thank you to Simon and his team for the excellent job at getting these news stories compiled and to us.

[@generaltom6850]

2025 will be the culmination of these events. It will be the year where we (humanity) will decide whether to keep going on the road to WW3.

[@denistyy]

Thank you Simon and Warfronts team for doing your best to give us unbiased and accurate information. Happy Holidays!

[@SirAshford]

Thank you Simon and all of your team for continued, detailed and unbiased information sharing. Best wishes for 2025.

[@do3807]

You forgot Kendrick Lamar's violent and brutal campaign against Drake 😔 Jokes aside, hope everyone stays safe entering the new year. Love and light to y'all

[@tacitus6384]

In regards to the Middle East conflict, I noticed you never mentioned one possibility: Hamas surrendering. The entire Gaza affair would be over the same afternoon that they surrendered and released the hostages. Mysteriously, this prospect is never floated by people talking about the war. It's always IDF this, IDF that.

[@dmac1689]

Thank you for your refreshing and factual reporting on the crisis's facing the world. You have earned your place. I tried sharing some content with a friend recently and they were immediately like, "Oh Simon? He makes quality content."

[@Anty2004]

Excellent coverage of the goings on this year. You cover everything that's happening and not just the popular events that the usual media covers. It's important to cover these stories that others won't as we're all a part of one world, we're all interconnected even if we like to think some parts aren't. Thank you!

[@I_amhans_Oliver]

Blinded by lies. Rejecting the truth. Human lives are so precious. The greater the pride, it keeps getting worse. We are destined to inherit the stars not to destroy.

[@ianbabcock6802]

I came here for the history and stayed for the current events.

[@wirery403]

Thank you all at Warfronts, Merry Christmas boys and girls

[@isaakmulder5884]

Awwww, shit! Ya gonna go make me smile at the end of that depression piece? You’re too good for us, Simon. Happy New Year!

[@jackpugh4168]

Love this channel. While I do appreciate the work you do keeping us up to date with current conflicts, I do miss the historical videos and hope to see more of them in the coming year.

[@rotojakku]

Growing up i was told i was lucky to live in the most peaceful times on earth. I didnt know how right they were

[@l3176l]

Gorwing.

[@rotojakku]

@@l3176l lol

[@generaltom6850]

Yeah. It was less than a decade ago yet I still feel nostalgia for a time when this wasn’t happening.

[@EAWanderer]

Happy new year Warographics/fronts See you in January! 😊👏 🎉

[@CH-ju8zt]

Great year, Simon! Congratulations on all the success!

[@dev.0122]

Great channel, and amazing host. Goodbye 2024 may 2025 brings all of us prosperity and fortune

[@ComaDave]

And 2024 will be referred to by some wretched future humans as "The Good Old Days".

[@Xdgvy]

Here's hoping that, next year, you'll be covering more historical wars, and less real-time ones.

[@Hidfhjccbxcbhc]

I support your channel, a fan of warfront Simon.

[@internationalfailure9997]

Putin's ego is causing so much suffering.

[@dansmith1661]

Should have left Donbas alone. smh

[@OldPink1982]

​@@dansmith1661 He should have shouldn't he

[@Kindrin]

The depth and breadth of the topics covered in 2024 were eye-opening. Thank you for all the videos.

[@stephendreiling8378]

Best show of the year, and itso great to have a good update on what is going on in the world.

[@tommiefunk2099]

"Warfronts Holiday Special" was not on my Bingo card.

[@jc6800]

Thanks Simon and Co.🎉

[@string_fellow_hawk]

Thank you to the crews across all channels ❤❤

[@surresohrabi5740]

i think the Kursk offensive could turn out to be a smart move or a very costly mistake, and at right this moment I'm leaning on the 2 option because of how the situation on the battlefield has changed after the Kursk offensive, but I could be wrong, only time tells. thoughts

[@MashMonster69]

@SimonWhistler, Happy holidays and thanks for "the situation room". When I started watching a beardless boy reading out top tenz so many years ago, neither of us expected you to to so far.

[@RaymondKarlVeasey75]

I've Been Watching Your Videos For Years Now, & Thank You For All Your Hard Work, Simon.

[@monsterunderyourbed5729]

Simon, you killed it my man and placed the bow on the end with a graceful and admirably humble sign off. Congrats my friend, thanks for making podcasting great again...😏

[@HonourGuardDK]

The importance of youtube channels like this cannot be overstated. No agenda, no political spin, no suger coating, just the facts. Half of these conflicts arn't even being talked about in the mainstream news. I wager that the majority of people dont even know there is conflict i Haiti because western news doesn't give a shit about it. Keep up good work. The people of the world need more honest voices on what is going on.

[@generaltom6850]

It’s because the mainstream news appeal to mainly older people and people who don’t care about stuff that doesn’t affect their country. They also have been slow to change,

[@hadimokaram5391]

These events are making the plot of Call of Duty Black ops 2 real.

[@craigquann]

We Canadians need to get our heads out of our collective asses about China as well. Lots of interference and trade abuse not to mention our stake in the pacific ocean as well. Our American Empire overlords need our help.

[@thepax2621]

*Yay* , so much to look "forward" to 🙈

[@CelesteO-h6w]

Unironically I hope for news out of Haiti and Sudan every Situation Room

[@Mavon2]

One of the years of all time

[@johnhouston9764]

So there are some years that don't exist 🤔 😕 🙃 🙂 😏

[@cjtaylor1977]

I don't watch the news as it stresses me out. But this channel doesn't. Yet keeps the grim things in the world in my field of view. So thank you and good luck in 2025.

[@SuiLagadema]

Just another year. Dictators rising and falling, successful and failed rebellions, low and medium intensity conflicts between countries and ethnic groups, increased world poverty, access to healthcare, food, clean water; rich people getting richer, middle class becoming "low middle class" because nobody wants to say the word "poor", politicians promising paradise only to sit on their asses and get paid. If I had to write a yearly diary, I'd write "2024 was, overall, the same as 2023".

[@U.nknown.U]

Noo, thank you guy have an amazing new year 🎉🎉

[@edwardfranklin18]

Very informative! However, there was no mention of the Bangladesh situation that unfolded this year.

[@kwondeville]

Can't get 'em all 😂

[@navypowertv]

2024 was a year where the world’s conflicts didn’t just simmer-they erupted, escalating into the most brutal and unexpected turns. From Ukraine’s heroic yet heartbreaking battles to Sudan’s descent into apocalyptic chaos, this year defined the limits of human endurance. What do you think?

[@yanikq]

Thanks to the Warfronts team 🍻

[@cristinavelea7750]

Wish you and your team a happy new year

[@TheItalianTrash]

I'm nearly positive that Damascus recently surpassed Aleppo as Syria's largest city.

[@anthonybraden157]

What's crazy is that despite all the active conflicts, the world as a whole is actually more peaceful than it was 100 years ago.

[@timesplash3922]

1523 is unrealistically precise ~1523 +/- 50 is the most precise you can realistically get IE 1483-1573 is consistent with the data.

[@danielpotgieter3114]

Do you ever take a holiday?? 🤣 Thank you Simon!

[@cherrydragon3120]

Simon: "whats a holiday? Can you eat that?" Jokes aside, i think he records multiple video's per day. So he can have some days off

[@danielpotgieter3114]

Yeah I know. He does a hell of a job. I think I saw his face the most this year 😂

[@Erik_Ice_Fang]

Post pandemic, a lot of countries suffered serious upheaval. It is by no means the sole cause, but I am willing to bet it made a pretty big impact. Hopefully we get a good long term study around 2030 looking at this

[@davidyoung2111]

Warfronts, Kings & Generals, Mr.Ballen are my 3 favorite chsnnels.

[@TomuCow]

Merry xmas Simon and a happy new war.

[@jakebaker9583]

Does it feel like reading “The Guns of August” to anyone else?

[@Royce16727]

This holiday special kicks The Peanuts@"' ass! Please don't hesitate to take a break, sign in;: you and your team have been working almost nonstop for literal years now. I love your analysis, but please don't burn out!

[@keso_de_bola1750]

25:20 for a serious topic in a serious channel, Simon and his writers do know how to put humor in these videos. 😂

[@rafaelriveramestre7976]

Happy Sunday!

[@芦白龙]

"Gonads and Strife, Gonads and Strife, Gonads and Strife, Gonads in the Lightning in the Lightning in the Raaaaaaaiiiin'

[@芦白龙]

Actually hilarious

[@jasperxmaster9703]

I see you're a man of culture...

[@TheXelsky]

This channel is my primary source of news

[@cherrydragon3120]

Same. I am glad some youtubers here do a better job showing unbiased news thats not propoganda or politicaly driven.

[@JesusisKing1992]

This channel is biased af lol.

[@pandibbarman]

Obviously it's baised but you can't say that he doesn't take into account the words from both sides not to mention whatever he is saying are merely facts. Kasbulla has lost it and it's a fact you can't call him bais for that ​@@JesusisKing1992

[@Kadbros]

Matthew 24:6-8: "And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows".

[@facelessman9224]

2020s will go down as a decade of upheaval. Let's hope 2030s looks beter.

[@Peeoto]

Happy holidays ✌🏻✌🏻

[@eetfukouijaaa]

If mankind has put their creativity and energy on killing each other and transfer into caring each other, that's some parallel universe I wanna see. One can only dream of that world

[@LuisFlores-xh1yc]

What about the situation in Venezuela?

[@jonmassey5619]

Congrats on 1M Subs

[@quentinvalentine7752]

Thank you

[@jax3695]

I love your channels

[@kimmogensen4888]

There has not been war in my country since WW2, most of us still live in the most peaceful times ever but some people unfortunately have been experiencing more war

[@randomcenturion7264]

Sundowner has had a very, very good year

[@trystinlindsay5674]

I know I’m probably in a small minority but I really love the name change. Warographics just doesn’t sound like someone whose opinion on conflict is worth taking seriously.

[@RaySpillane]

Many Happy Returns.