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22 vs 500 - America's Defiant Stand At Lanzerath Ridge | Fat Electrician | History Teacher Reacts

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Mr. Terry History

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@MrTerry Ай бұрын

If you had to fight in World War 2, would you rather be deployed to the European or Asian theater?

@JustinDLink Ай бұрын

European hands down. D day would have sucked but the Pacific was an absolute meat grinder day in and day out

@I_Stole_A_BTR-80 Ай бұрын

I'm English so I have a natural debuff of -50 heat resistance and -100 annoying bug resistance. Summers are hotter in mainland Europe than in England, but nothing like the Pacific. And also the amount of bugs in the Pacific is just insane and probably near-year round.

@CobraChicken1302 Ай бұрын

Europe, 100%, and i even know the regiment. The 5th SAS, since it consisted entirely of Belgian volunteers 😊. Asia will unfortunately have to wait, liberating my home soil would be the nr1 priority. 🤘❤️ ( they saw action as part of the SAS Brigade in Normandy, Northern France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, were the first accross the Sigfried line ( altho accidentally) and captured Admiral Dönitz ( mustache guys replacement) )

@CobraChicken1302 Ай бұрын

@RG-di8ni Ай бұрын

European

@VloggingThroughHistory Ай бұрын

Got to visit the site where this happened a few years ago. Amazing story.

@RandomStickbug Ай бұрын

I wish I could go there this year but I don’t have the time to visit Belgium

@afrozen10-02 4 күн бұрын

Some point I’d love to see you collab with fat electrician.

@aganaom1712 Ай бұрын

If i had a nickel for every story i heard about Germans running face first, uphill, into fortified machine gun positions, id have a suspiciously high number of nickels

@ActuallyJamie Ай бұрын

@@aganaom1712 Same with the Russians

@defourruben Ай бұрын

Gotta love when the teacher rolls in the old tv and start watching the fat electrician in class

@MrTerry Ай бұрын

Check out my Fat Electrician playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLzKpRgRsZk7OYwAv9p4hgqYGJuTJDEyZr

@jaredtickner Ай бұрын

You missed the hardest part of the video. Post credits bouch himself talks.

@Jan_Koopman 22 күн бұрын

What does he say?

@marcuswanha9723 14 күн бұрын

@Jan_Koopman can't remember exactly in that video but one thing he did end up saying when asked years later after all the information had been sent out he was asked if he still felt like he failed and the guys reply was 'I don't know'.

@PiousSlayer Ай бұрын

You cut off the end of his video, there was an interview segment with Bouck. It was pretty sad. He still blamed himself for their capture, many years later.

@djj9675 Ай бұрын

You can tell by the look in his eyes and his entire demeanor that it traumatized him so much he was unable to find peace

@awolfalone2006 29 күн бұрын

One of the hardest hitting clips Nic has included in his videos.

@dwaynecossey4867 23 күн бұрын

I think it was more of regret of being captured but deep down he knows he did his job so effectively he accomplished his task without getting all his troops killed

@robwalls6057 Ай бұрын

Mr. Terry, I served 20 years in the military and deployed five times. I joined right out of HS at the age of 17, not because of a lack of job opportunities or I had nothing better to do or wasn't very smart . In HS I maintained a 3.0 GPA and could have gone to college or a trade school, but I wanted to not only serve our country, but to be a part of something bigger than me, you and all of us. I wanted to protect and fight for those who could not fight for themselves. I wanted to have a positive impact not just here, but around the world. So it wasn't about pay or having a prestigious job with a great title, it was about putting myself in a position that could have a direct and positive impact for the greater good of society. So after a ten year break in my military service, I left my high paying civilian job , at the age of 35 and I rejoined the military to not only finish of my military career , but more importantly serve in iraq and Afghanistan. Sounds crazy right , who does that? I did. Because when you care so much about protecting people and contributing to society in such a major way as being a soldier serving your country, there is no better way to live your life, and so no other jobs come even close. Plus you get to do cool stuff and travel the world for free. For a soldier wanting to stay in the military after a war , for them, it's an easy question to answer. It's where you belong.

@brigidtheirish 6 күн бұрын

Yeah, there's that, but for a lot of guys, there's a lot of "what else *can* I do?" A lot of places won't *hire* vets or won't recognize the training and education they got in the military as qualifications. Then there's the PTSD. Do you try living as a civilian among people who have no clue what you went through, *are going through,* and may view you as violently unstable simply because you served? Or, do you stay in the military surrounded by people who know *exactly* what you went through and *get it?*

@m2hmghb Ай бұрын

You're forgetting that it's also shared misery. One of the theories of why PTSD has been going up is because of how fast you're going from a war zone to home. It used to be that you were shipped home on trains, marching lines, convoys, or ships. Where the soldiers could talk about what happened amongst themselves and it was kind of a natural group therapy. You're going from a couple months in WW1 to days in current times. My grandfather walked from California to New Jersey when he was discharged from the Marine Raiders. He needed to acclimate himself so he took the time to just walk or hitch rides and take odd jobs here and there. He never spoke of his time on Okinawa, The Philippines, or the other islands he was on except to my cousin who lived with him. The most he would say is he retook an island. Interesting story though, my dad's number came up for the draft so he enlisted into the Air Force. He told grandpa about it and grandpa said "why would you do that?" Dad said "Because they care about what's up here (tapping his head) more then what you can carry (slapping his back)" which pissed grandpa off enough to slug dad which put a hole in the drywall which dad had to fix. He did not tolerate ANY disrespect towards the Corp. He also didn't allow anything made in Japan in the house.

@dusfitz Ай бұрын

I knew a man who was a medic on Iwo Jima. He also had a major issue with anything Japanese made. Though he encouraged anyone who was going to enlist to join the air force or the navy because "Being a ground soldier is the worst thing you would ever imagine. The navy and air force need you to stay alive. The infantry expects you to die"

@MCharlesPainting Ай бұрын

Interesting theory, though I believe there are other factors at play. I see no evidence that men of the 1970s are as mentally strong as those of the 1930s, for example. Generations exist. Generations are different. How we field troops, and how they feel, are different. There is much evidence that many of the Vietnam War, for example, were not actually 'fit' for war, unlike most men of older generations. There are also serious issues of climate conditions, drug usage, morality, and generalship/leadership. However, I have heard that in general, there is an idea that the natural state of man is out hunting/killing and spending a lot of time on the way back home (hours, days, weeks, months, or even years). This does indicate that it might be no more than 24 hours, and you already indicated that the current timeframe is a few days. As a general rule, they also didn't talk about their suffering that much back then in WWI and WWII. Unless you have proof they actually talked at length and that this helped them? Just talking isn't remarkable, as proven by endless people in life-long therapy with no improvement. My understanding that PTSD is primarily a problem of encountering evil, either of oneself or others, and not having a moral framework to deal with it. This is what therapy sessions and psychology indicates, along with anecdotal evidence. Since we're mostly talking about mental trauma in PTSD, what we're really dealing with is morality and spirit. The other element is based in (a) too much time at war and (b) too much of an assault on the system (e.g. sound from bombs and such). These are two modern factors, and they seem to become an issue in WWI, but no sooner to any notable degree. WWI was the first truly large-scale, shockingly difficult terrain, long-term, urbanised, and stimuli-overload war. This is where we see a rise in PTSD (or what we'd call PTSD today). But again: there are two primary camps here. The first is moral due to evil, and the second is more physical thanks to modern warfare. There are some other things at play, and as a general rule when it comes to war (spanning all of history, seemingly), and there have been ideas about how men dealt with it. But we'll leave it there for now.

@RipOffProductionsLLC 29 күн бұрын

@@MCharlesPainting I think there's also the part where we actually bother diagnosing these things today and are getting better at it. Like, sure WWI was on a scale where "Shell Shock" became a household term, but it was also an age of rapid communication that made it easy to correlate all these different soldiers' reactions into a pattern. We can also look throughout history and see that the description of old warriors "haunted by the ghosts of war" is a very common description.

@schonloesch3640 Ай бұрын

Incredible you made a Playlist thanking him as well as just having those laid out as his story telling is unlike any other.

@EvangelizetotheWorld Ай бұрын

Definitely a value add for someone so knowledgeable in history to be stunned. Really puts how niche, important, and incredible the story really is.

@DavidRichardson153 Ай бұрын

The little clip of Bouck's interview hits hard. After all, he did what he could to move on from what he considered to be the biggest failure of his life, and for the most part, he did. Then, when he first learned that his command and other actions may very well have been instrumental - and in every sense of the word - in bringing about the end of the war in Europe as an Allied victory, his entire view of his life would have come crashing down, because that was quite possibly the biggest realization of his life: that he had lied to himself (not maliciously at all, sure, but still a lie). That kind of view would have had the foundation for it laid after an experience like that battle, and it would have solidified with how his own side treated him after the war was over. Really, after an experience like that, was there was any reason for him to not conclude that he was a failure, given that despite having been so thoroughly trained and otherwise prepared, his first and ultimately last battle in the war ended in the capture of him and his men? That is not easy to move on from, and that he largely did is a testament to his willpower, but again, his moving on was ultimately based on an egregious lie that he had been telling him, even if it wasn't malicious. So for that final moment in that clip, where you see that there is just a multitude of emotions, stemming from what he went through to what has happened since, one has to ask: what was he supposed to feel, or at least feel above anything else? And that this is all finally came to what is arguably proper closure but still came far longer than he should have, even with whatever personal success he had in his life, up until then, his life had been built on a lie (and I cannot stress this enough, it may not have been malicious at all, and he was not really in the wrong for telling himself it, but it was still a lie), what should he have felt more than anything else? One thing I am confident in saying, though, is that in some way on some level, he asked himself, "What would I have done if I had learned about it much sooner than this?" Maybe he felt that with this false assumption on his part, he needlessly wasted too much of his life; this may be nothing more than speculation on my part, and it may very well have never crossed his mind (at least not consciously), but the point stands. What he and his men went through, what they achieved, they deserve more - and I argue a LOT more - than some medals and a thank you.

@Guildelin Ай бұрын

100% look at his eyes you can tell in his gutt he still feels like he was failure there... he may know its not true now... but that was still his first instinctual feeling... even though imo the army failed him by not providing the proper artillery support. Not the other way around (even if he hadn't delayed the whole German push)

@ActuallyJamie Ай бұрын

The guys that stay in know that the outside world isn't for them. They see how their buddies that got out, the hell that they're going through. Not to mention it's not the military per se that they miss, it's the people, your brothers in arms. You stay for them, not for the government side of things. It truly is a Brotherhood.

@dylanbailey2812 Ай бұрын

I suspected that was more or less the case, but without first-hand experience, having never served myself, I had no place answering that question

@kaneen03 Ай бұрын

I can second this statement. I got out after 8, finished college, didn’t like civilian life and went back in. It’s a different lifestyle and bond with your fellow servicemen.

@ActuallyJamie Ай бұрын

Also, you did unfortunately cut the video short before we could watch the little clip of o'l boy. 90% of these he usually has something towards the very end after the credits.

@omegamanrad Ай бұрын

WOOOO ELECTRICIAN PLAYLIST

@shahryarkhorramshahi2250 Ай бұрын

Man your reactions were the only ones I want to see

@jankusthegreat9233 Ай бұрын

Mildred was his favorite aunt after this

@dastemplar9681 Ай бұрын

When they had their M1 Carbines modified, they essentially became among the first few combat units to be armed with the M2 Carbine which as he described, fed by 30 round magazines and can switch from semi-auto to full-auto. Basically America’s first assault rifle (kind of). The M2 Carbine would see action in WWII but it saw much more service and action in the Korean War since it basically became the standard issue weapon for officers and squad leaders.

@tenofprime Ай бұрын

Correct, you see some comments at times that it was a poor replacement for a rifle. This is true, it was never meant to replace the rifle but to replace the handgun for soldiers who either do not use a weapon often or need a smaller short range one.

@jeannevasaboya 26 күн бұрын

If I may, Mr. Terry, I would like to suggest watching Syrmor's and Azeal's interviews with war veterans, since they offer a more personal insight on why they joined the military, why they got out, what influenced their decision and, most importantly, why they miss it

@ryisthebeast1811 Ай бұрын

Major Kriz, Boucks C.O. knew something was coming and the ir platoon was the only people he had available so he posted them there. Kriz also saved Boucks life at the pow camp.

@nameless5512 Ай бұрын

It’s like Conaco Fields for a modern perspective. 500 Russians and Syrians being utterly humiliated by like, 40 US Spec Ops. Only this was much more impactful and crucial to the entirety of WW2, where 22 guys, just held the line, no back up, no artillery and nothing but small arms, and his leadership, and holding the Germans off long enough that the others that were better equipped, with artillery support and tanks; you know, the guys with the cheat codes, could keep the Germans from breaking through, and launch a counteroffensive. And yet the Army still screws this guy over when he tries getting his pay discrepancy checked out, pretty much just disregarding what happened, and moving on cause they got the glory, glory the I&R Platoon gave them the opportunity to earn.

@Just4FC Ай бұрын

Yes, the military regularly screw over guys on their pay... I've been out 11 years and still pay back money to the military for one or another reason. The guys who end up staying is because it becomes part of you, your life. People often tell me civilian life isn't for me, and ever since I left the military, I didn't have much success in civies. Military life is sometimes a lot of responsibility, however it is always under an "umbrella", you do what you're told, so you don't think that much, you get paid, and maybe someday you can retire.

@cannabiskiisdead5360 20 күн бұрын

Omg ngl yalls crossovers and idk how I found it but imma be watching yalls stuff

@steveg7066 Ай бұрын

Mr Terry- first of all, I always love watching TFE videos with you. Everytime he drops, I watch right away and then I wait for you to drop a reaction. Could you please do the last one before this about Daniel Morgan? Would love to see your reaction

@airborneofficer2640 Ай бұрын

Fun fact, that prison break was actually an armored column ordered by Patton to break out POWs, which included his son in law, that’s a whole story in itself The book “The Longest Winter” which is about this whole story, from training, to after the war, including some of Piepers story

@christopheryoder8292 27 күн бұрын

16:52 depends where in Texas. Houston is humid af

@charlescrocco7896 Ай бұрын

Nice reference to Operation: Anchorage around the 11 minute mark

@Rednecgamer65 Ай бұрын

You should also watch The Fat Electricians video: The most Gangster General of the American Revolution

@snowwalker218 Ай бұрын

Nick has actually decided to buy a portion of Bunker Branding, Demo Ranches merch company, because he was selling SO much merchandise. He’s gone from an electrician to part owner of a multi million dollar company in only a few years. It’s crazy to think about how fast he grew

@mwalton9526 Ай бұрын

It depends on where in Texas, Houston is quite humid.

@JoshSwayze Ай бұрын

I was in Iraq in 04-05, I went again 4 years later to help the guys that hadn’t been before, and it was all I knew since I was 17. As far as where I’d rather be deployed(given I was trained in Benning, Hood, and Polk among others) I’d rather European theatre for history, but pacific theater would’ve felt more comfortable with me, I can only guess. Interesting question!

@Chiller1967 Ай бұрын

They didn't modify the M1 Garand but the M1 Carbine.

@TheHorzabora Ай бұрын

It shouldn’t take us 40 years to recognise deeds of valour. Really, one of the lessons here is that simple.

@gurgsindine06 Ай бұрын

As many others have said, please play through the end. But also, if your a scout and firing your weapon its all gone wrong (or your CoC did this).

@charlesmaurer6214 Ай бұрын

Terry needs to do an unsubscribed show with the guys and maybe sign on as a Pepperbox content contributor.

@larsgrass1899 Ай бұрын

Absolutely. That's why I'm commenting so hopefully he sees it.

@lostpunk12 Ай бұрын

He’s done unsub clips

@larsgrass1899 Ай бұрын

@@lostpunk12 I mean he should go on the show

@charlesmaurer6214 Ай бұрын

@@lostpunk12 Not cover it/ actually be on with the guys at the table is what I am talking about. Nic and Terry talking to each other.

@lostpunk12 Ай бұрын

@@charlesmaurer6214 would also be funny to see terry drunk too

@tenofprime Ай бұрын

I do love how as you pointed out there is a huge difference between a normal German military member in WW2 and a member of the SS. I have always loved the old show Hogan's Heroes and I liked how even in a comedy series when the SS shows up you know they are more than willing to muder you.

@BeanManolo Ай бұрын

There's more than one event during WW2 of SS platoons shooting against german regular military being taken away after surrendering to the Allies; They were ready to kill their own for "betraying the Nazi Party", that was their level of rabid fanatism. The type of guys who knew about the Nazi atrocities from the start but not only approved it, they loved it.

@tenofprime Ай бұрын

@@BeanManoloyep, when some people here "WW2 Germany" they think everyone was pure evil. The leadership and the SS were, but most people even in the military were not so easy to clarify.

@brigidtheirish 6 күн бұрын

Reminds me of The Charge of the Light Brigade. For *both* sides.

@douglasostrander5072 Ай бұрын

I was in Germany when the Berlin wall fell. Army life is what it is. Did I make a difference? I was in an engineering unit. I can tell you we could repair a severely damaged runway before the planes returned in a chemical environment with anti-personnel mines layed. Practiced it all the time.

@djj9675 Ай бұрын

Really need to watch to the end. Remember, you can always edit out if there is nothing. That’s my only complaint about your videos is you have a habit of missing the end.

@shanewoosley8303 Ай бұрын

Great video, love nick at fat electrician

@christopheryoder8292 27 күн бұрын

36:18 regarding WW1 trench warfare tactics...once the battle lines became static you couldn't resume a war of maneuver until you broke through and breaking through meant pushing the enemy out of their trenches. Also, American forces had to resort to "suicidal" charges. Pelieliu comes to mind. Having said that, seems like this German officer was a 90 day wonder.

@matthewlaird5235 23 күн бұрын

As a native Phoenician, I can do 120 degrees, but the cold…. Ed nah. Give me the Pacific Theater.

@homersimpson5821 Ай бұрын

Yea my mom father was in Europe the war came to Greece. And my dad father was in Pacific.

@leojamesclune1730 Ай бұрын

Them teaching the kid only English profanity is some weird universal constant. People in the trades know this, you may not be able to speak Spanish and vice-versa, but you'll teach each other how to cuss in your language.

@nateiness6528 29 күн бұрын

I think that is one of the biggest problems with how we teach history. Like people dont understand who those people were. Some it’s hard to imagine with the. Living such different lives. I think someone did a survey once of HS kids about the founding fathers and the most common descriptors of them was “old” “white” and “Rich” not knowing that most were in their mid 20’s when they rebelled. The oldest one was Ben Franklin and he was only 42.

@benlincoln7358 17 күн бұрын

@MrTerry In BoB Sobel isn’t a 90 day wonder. He was in the service since ‘37 and think he was a captain where as 90 dw usually applied to a Lt. Don’t think that term existed at that point. Colin(?) Hanks character near the end of the episode is a 90 day wonder. And E or W theatre: 100% west. I don’t do well with humidity and the Japanese were brutal. It would be like if 90% of the wermacht fought w fanatical dedication of the SS

@MrTerry 17 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@pistol0grip0pump Ай бұрын

Yeah the Germans who came face to face with the Russians did not have a good time, my grandfather Archie Dando was a British soldier POW in Auschwitz and at the tail end of the war was a part of the March of Death, people falling and being left to die, until thankfully they were found by the Russians who dispatched the Germans and he came back to the UK to live out the rest of his life, he never spoke to me about his time in the war (I never asked, it was clearly something to be left well alone) but he was interviewed for a documentary called Satan At His Best. RIP Grandad, I miss our talks, your grapes straight from the vine and the smell of your house. Such an incredibly tough dude but such a massive heart

@FairElephant Ай бұрын

This is Mr. Terry’s 999th video!

@shadowdevil126 16 күн бұрын

12:20 ABSOLUTELY europe im not going to even take the chance of getting captured by the japanese

@edwardlundy7600 26 күн бұрын

The European theater was horribly cold and the men were not outfitted with the clothing they needed, but would still be less brutal. Being a United States Marine, I’d still rather fight with my brothers in the Pacific. SEMPER FIDELIS

@Not_Rapture Ай бұрын

100000% European Theatre. The Pacific theatre was an absolute meat grinder

@MikeSands-l2q Ай бұрын

@MrTerry do you teach world or American history? Just curious

@specteractual1 Ай бұрын

So when are you going to be on the podcast

@gacrux-ni7hw 9 күн бұрын

i just noticed you haven't done World war three: Paul Bunyan by TFE yet?

@karlgrimm3027 Ай бұрын

Unlike most Loyalty Police the SS did sometimes participate in combat and had some units made up of actual soldiers.

@Flash_Flood44 Ай бұрын

You missed the ending.

@panfishfanatic1055 Ай бұрын

Hey Mr. Terry, great video but one criticism. You always skip the end credits of the video to go into “Final Thoughts”. There’s usually historical clips or something funny from Nic at the end. Watch all the way through before “Final Thoughts” please

@mattk4110 Ай бұрын

Havent seen the whole video at the point im commenting but with the 4 forward observers shouldnt it be 23?

@colbywood1785 Ай бұрын

European theater, hands down, it’s not even close.

@D1RTYR4GS Ай бұрын

The man in me says pacific, but the realist in me says Europe

@ActuallyJamie Ай бұрын

Russia still takes same routes in Ukraine even though they constantly lose people and equipment. Doesn't keep them from taking same route every time.

@RipOffProductionsLLC 29 күн бұрын

While I agree that that us stupid of them, isn't part of that due to tge roads being the only parts of the terrain that the tanks won't sink into? So if they want to advance, it's the road or nothing?(or taking an extremely long roundabout route)

@BilisiFunfun 2 күн бұрын

Never trust a Belgian carrying shoes.

@Jargolf86 Ай бұрын

German here. *cougth cought*. *Hust Hust*.

@benjamies4136 11 күн бұрын

Who the hell would choose the pacific theater besides those who were at pearl harbor. The amount of returning troops who would refuse to talk about the pacific says all you need to know

@jasonjazzz5 Ай бұрын

This vid of his seemed underwhelming until the last few minutes where it went super hard

@jayshah7106 Ай бұрын

When will we see you on unsuscribed?

@bradenr867 25 күн бұрын

12:24 European No contest

@eken81 23 күн бұрын

Wonder what would have happened if the allies would have trained an elite company tasked with gathering intelligence, would they have known about the battle of the bulge earlier? Oh wait...

@V_XVX 10 күн бұрын

yeah im not touching the pacific theater id rather be in a tank in europe

@Pandoramatic Ай бұрын

43:54 Around the time of 43 and 44 you didnt even had to agree with the ideology. You were already thrown into the SS for your looks. That happened to my great grand pa and he was born as german in ukrain as farmer and first conscripted by the wehrmacht and then plucked out by the SS for his looks. I dont know if thats like a single thing but yeah thats what happened to him 1943

@vitanecro4955 Ай бұрын

I am not sure if you have been asked before, but have you watched an episode of The Unsubscribe Podcast?

@christopheryoder8292 27 күн бұрын

12:26 eto without a doubt

@SQuiD_HiMSeLF 28 күн бұрын

They are NA the guys you wanna ZI

@CaptainCiph3r 13 күн бұрын

European theatre and it's not even close.

@UkrNomad 21 күн бұрын

The only true free software is open source software.

@mcpherson1222 Ай бұрын

European theater 100%

@EsOoBaCtvp Ай бұрын

Should i buy a Pepsi US/Soviet navy hat from Pakistan and wear it while i deliver Pepsi?

@jackfrostpaintball Ай бұрын

in my experience the lifers in the military stay for various reasons. some its easy job and they dont deploy much and so on and they have a good time. others go through crazy shit and stay in cause it seems to be a call of purpose to them. the main one ive seen seems to be of almost i need to stay in so i know someone good is leading the men. and then there are a few shitbags that just like the power. takes all kinds lol

@IkedaHakubi Ай бұрын

Why is that he can say H*tler, and you can't?

@tonyp2788 28 күн бұрын

They need to get you on unsubscribed

@kevinlewis9151 6 күн бұрын

I gave you a like, but I would rather hear FE than you, I'm taking off because I don't care to hear your commentary. I understand that's what you do so sorry I shouldn't have clicked on this.