5 of History's Absolute Strangest Military Units

Let's say... unconventional.
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[@Mr.Feckless]

The sentence; ''an Irishman loaded onto a boat against his will'' seems to come up a lot in British history XD

[@Thought_Processing_]

For once though it wasn’t the brits who did it

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

I wonder how many people learned of the Night Witches from good ol' Sabaton

[@deadpoolmlp5810]

From the depths of hell in silence…

[@crazywarriorscatfan9061]

@@deadpoolmlp5810 Cast their spells explosive violence

[@BlazeInjun]

I heard of them from the subbed Russian made TV drama here on Yutube.

[@zu_1455]

Named my short barrel AK after the commander of the Night Witches

[@flopwadwadsworth3059]

Came here to recommend Sabaton. Glad I’m not the only one to enjoy their and Simon’s content.

[@Dene181]

Me reading "The Night Witches" suddenly the sabaton song starts playing in my head 👀

[@holidaymail]

Came here for this comment lol. As soon as I saw the graphic the song started in my head 😂

[@rwandaforever6744]

With that topic I expected at least one Sabaton theme to come up. I was waiting for the Attack of the Dead Men, but the Night Witches also deserve this. Just for those who have no idea what we are talking about: Animated Music Video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHa6n6GLnMZoqqM Sabato Live Performance: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rna3YpSKl857pNE Sabaton History: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3zHY5J9fNmBiNk Yes, this Metal Band has a second channel just to let a historian explain the historical facts of their songs. That's the kind of "socialist" free education Sweden brings to the world ;-)

[@kathybell616]

Its interesting to see his work ethic as far as how many videos he has pre-recorded and then posts when using his injury as a timeline! Keep up the hard work Simon and co.

[@CornPopsDood]

#freedanny

[@kathybell616]

@@CornPopsDood lol and Sam

[@badluck5647]

@@CornPopsDood Its good to see Danny and his fellow prisoners managered to at least hurt their jailer even if the prison riot was doomed.

[@ragoonsgg589]

Simon is my hero. Also Sam.

[@kieronparr3403]

@@badluck5647 where was ETA during the riot?

[@LisaBowers]

The Ghost Army story reminded me of the time I was driving on a South Carolina interstate. I was sailing along with a bunch of other vehicles, and we were all going _just a bit_ over the speed limit, when suddenly we came across what we thought was a highway patrolman parked on the side of the road. The next thing you know, all we could see was was a flurry red of break lights. So imagine our shock when we discovered the patrol car was just a very realistic, life-sized cardboard cutout, including a detailed cardboard patrolman inside wearing dark sunglasses. I was unaware the South Carolina Department of Public Safety had a sense of humor, but they punked the heck out of us that day! I have yet to seen another one, but the psychological damage has been done. Whenever I pass that stretch of interstate, my immediate reaction is to slow down. 🤣

[@annedavis287]

The Lumberton cop 😆 free labor

[@grimd8788]

Sounds like a good way to cause a pile-up. Glade that their "sense of humor" did not get you or anyone else hurt or killed. Safe travels

[@srdxxx]

@@grimd8788 That's the same as saying that a real cop there could cause a pile-up.

[@stevenirby5576]

They do this in many different countries around the world. I've even seen an actual (abandoned) police car sitting there. Think an old crown vic.

[@grimd8788]

@@srdxxx your point? Because yes that would also be a good way to cause a pile-up. But it is still safer than a cop "driving". They are without a doubt the most dangerous 4 wheelers out there.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:50 - Chapter 1 - The sacred band of thebes 3:20 - Chapter 2 - The night witches 5:50 - Chapter 3 - The potsdam giants 8:15 - Chapter 4 - The paradogs 10:55 - Chapter 5 - The ghost army

[@wishflipken1]

there should be more these.. thank you

[@johnpatz8395]

Thank you very much, I love when channels, or commenters step up and providing time links like this

[@jonathanmatthews4774]

As a mountain biker myself, I want to see a Sideproject on Simon's mountain bike and the course he crashed. Details Simon, DETAILS!!

[@jonathanmatthews4774]

@@alexander-mauricemillamlae4567 Riding out in Whistler is a dream of mine. Hopefully next year...

[@CornPopsDood]

It was a stationary bike, on a expert level track completely immersive VR experience.

[@badluck5647]

The mountain bike story is a cover story to hide that Simon got hurt when his writers attempted to escape the basement. #FreeDanny

[@kevinfrewk562]

I agree 100%!!!!! Q

[@megaprojects9649]

Lol, I was just riding on a dirt track. Nothing complicated. Had been riding some single track for an hour or so, all careful and shit, and then I get stuck in a rut made by a tractor on a normal path and BOOM right over the handlebars :D

[@abcde_fz]

"Never leave your buddies' behind." Motto of the (ancient) Greek Army.

[@RolandDenzel]

I lolled

[@annconover1277]

Could you do one on the Smithsonian, as either a mega or Sideprojects?

[@GuntherRommel]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYWzZ2etfp6qjrM This is Top Tenz.. It's something, at least.

[@chacdogful]

That would be a long ass video!!

[@cleverusername9369]

Good shout

[@tomx641]

Not mega, just American.

[@kumaflamewar6524]

Seconded. At least the national mall

[@dunpeal565]

I read about a war dog named Butch. This badass killed 8 men in a bunker, got shot twice and lived to be an old man. Legend!

[@chrisyanover1777]

Lol, you can totally tell this was an older video of Simon's that he finally released! His shoulder has been healed up for ahwile but glad to see them pulling this video from the vault! It's great to see Simon battling on despite his injuries! He deserves a purple heart for his valor! No matter what injury Simon faces he will continue to make videos!

[@paultokinfan]

My dumbass self just thought he broke it again

[@skateshoes69]

Qpo0

[@everydayhero5076]

A purple heart?!?! He broke his arm mountain biking not holding back an entire company with a handful of grenades and a pistol for fucks sake.

[@CornPopsDood]

You realize Purple Hearts are for combat wounded veterans, not valor right?

[@niravdarmesh5278]

@@paultokinfan 😅😅😅 I thought the same thing for the first, like, 10 seconds.

[@anomittity]

So Sorry you got injured Simon! Hoping for a speedy recovery mate! Thanks for the great video as always!

[@jaybee9269]

The footage of the Ghost Army never get old. A video on Operation Fortitude would be cool. (The non-existent U.S. 14th Army-commanded by Patton no less-in particular.)

[@CC-zr6fp]

Night Witches hype! Sabaton History did a great review of this battle as well as created one of my favorite songs

[@alexisbarrington9370]

I've just started watching these. Really loving them! I hope you heal soon. Thank you 😊 keep recording them

[@sandybarnes887]

Dont forget his other 9 channels

[@amandajones661]

Great video!!! I love this stuff! Great job Simon!

[@chezkadru9227]

I’m so grateful for Simon and his crew. Thank you for always creating videos that bring me great entertainment and enlightenment

[@williebauld1007]

How on earth have you got time to mountain bike when you have 300 KZbin channels to churn videos out for multiple times each week lol 😂

[@everydayhero5076]

With interns that are kept in a dimly lit basement with no pay, little food and water, and a deadline to keep. Santa's elves don't have shit on these cats.

[@williebauld1007]

@@everydayhero5076 Is he still keeping Danny and Sam from Brain Blaze down there?

[@Reg101st]

@@williebauld1007 As long as there a script being written the answer is a resounding yes.

[@williebauld1007]

@@Reg101st hahah that’s true!

[@annemusekamp336]

@@williebauld1007 don’t forget Callum from the Casual Criminalist

[@RavenFilms]

Night Witches popped up and the screen and Sabaton started playing in my head. Awesome song, awesome women!

[@mikehicks55]

The Ghost Arny and the work of magician Jasper Maskelyne during WW2 are worthy of a Megaproject or Biographics video of their own.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

Agreed!

[@oldenweery7510]

Yes, indeed, all those WWII fake-out operations were pure genius, from "The Man Who Never Was," to Garbo, to the several Ghost Armies! The Nazi High Command still believed they'd been real long after it was all over. The Brits' handling of Germany's UK spies was incredible.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

@@oldenweery7510 was ready to read a great book on this but got packed up to move and can’t find the book! But it’s a subject about which I want to learn more!

[@oldenweery7510]

@@kimhohlmayer7018 National Geographic made a wonderful documentary about George VI's wartime activities. He and the Queen Mum, along with Princess Elizabeth, actually contributed to those exercises in deception! Honestly, the more I find out about him and his short reign, the greater my admiration for him and his family. I'd like to read that book myself, so if you can tell me the title, I'd try to hunt down a copy. The Brits had a handle on things and the Yanks learned a lot besides coming up with their own contributions.

[@kimhohlmayer7018]

@@oldenweery7510 I’ll try to remember or find my copy. Laid up with bed rest on a broken kneecap so I’ll spend my excess idle hours playing online detective for now.

[@OrangeBlood485]

Get well soon Simon, I love watching your videos!! Keep them coming!!

[@bryangilreath7333]

Love you're videos all very interesting and well done. Curious have you always talked so strongly with your hands?!?! Funny seeing the one in the sling still moving slightly as if you begin to move your arm, only then remembering the broken collarbone lol

[@Ginrikuzuma]

I know this is an older video because he has healed already. BUT I love to imagine that he broke it AGAIN lmao

[@Reg101st]

If he did then Danny tried escaping twice.

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

First one I've actually seen with the ouchie. Last time he put something out this old he had hair.

[@robertschlesinger1342]

Interesting and worthwhile video.

[@pohldriver]

The Potsdam Giants saw action, just not on the battlefield.

[@btetschner]

Very interesting, thank you for the video.

[@michaelhowell2326]

When I was in Afghanistan a lot of the men had boy lovers. It blew me away that a people we see as being quite orthodox had such practices. They would say that women are for procreation and men for recreation.

[@chacdogful]

Yeah and we had to work with those guy and suck it up 🙄🙄 🤮 🤮

[@michaelhowell2326]

@@chacdogful yeah man. Having to just accept their "culture" was awful.

[@chacdogful]

@@michaelhowell2326 Just imagine how bad it’s going to get now. I just pray that one of those guys who went there first to establish FOB’s and Airbases don’t lose their shit and do something irrational to ones in charge. Those guys lost the most. The most friends, the most limbs and most of themselves… I don’t know what those guys who paid that high price really feel. All our blood spilled after osama was dead was basically useless at this point because that was the main goal. Get him and his association and go. Then we thought we’d nation build. Well, we either should have taught them how to fight without air strikes or never pulled the air strikes to begin with, because that’s exactly the moment the ANA threw down their guns.:. When bagram closed and carriers quit catapulting…everyone ran.

[@majormojo9830]

Disgusting

[@everydayhero5076]

@@chacdogful Truth!!!

[@pouch2598]

[Thebes] “...it don’t count in jail...I mean in the unit!”

[@darthXreven]

The Ghost Army sounds awesome.....also the night witches sound epic and that photo of the witches, they looked awesome too lol

[@k0vert]

Hope you heal quickly man, much love from Virginia US

[@brendenshea1312]

Hope u feel better and have a swift recovery!

[@trippsmythoftheaurigancoal8155]

Simon: 1. You rock. 2. I know you are healed up, but you need to take care of yourself as you are one person I trust to teach my kids.

[@jaicro89]

I'm sorry to hear that you had an accident,Sending healthy vibes your way for a speedy recovery! !!

[@yoremothra9838]

I think it worked, he's all better. ;)

[@LOUDFARTNOISES]

The ghost insignia actually belongs to the AC-47 Spooky. It probably deserves its own episode itself. Picture a plane. Then add add three miniguns and ten fifty cals to the left side of the plane. Now imagine the amount of tracers and bullets spewing from the side of this monster. Probably my favorite plane ever conceived

[@kevingoodspeed1226]

No, it's similar but different.

[@LOUDFARTNOISES]

@@kevingoodspeed1226 k, but do you know what you are actually talking about

[@Khronogi]

@@kevingoodspeed1226 idk man. It looks a lot like the symbol painted on the side of spooky. Little ghost throwing down lightning bolts. It's the first thing I thought of when I saw the thumbnail.

[@PeterCombs]

Nice job on the shoulder...did something similar skiing years ago, hurt like a bitch. Best PETER

[@Sideprojects]

Am I right Peter?

[@kingjames4886]

I don't even care what simon is talking about... he talks about the same topics repeatedly most of the time... he's just enjoyable to listen to.

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@wesgraham9588]

👍🏼

[@mikeross5627]

I like this Simon. Kinda serious. Kinda silly.

[@e.lake13]

Hey Simon I would absolutely watch a video of you breaking down your wreck in the same detail/style that you normally do. I would be a hilarious personal story and break the mould of all your channels. Plz? XD

[@GEORGE-jf2vz]

Simon did not tell us if the dogs were gay like every other unit.

[@lollol9772]

one of them was gay. That’s it. One.

[@Stoner075C]

"The Postdam Giants never saw any action" War action that is.

[@erinthesystem9608]

Bravo!

[@tessierashpoolmg7776]

Just discovered Side Projects and ended up binging 7hrs of casting vid after vid onto the tv. I'd love to see a take on Operation Greenup, the most amazingly sucessful OSS op of WW2. For all I know you have already done it. I'll be watching...😉

[@joshuarisker5525]

I hope your collar bone gets better soon bud!also I'm not laughing at you but I kinda am 🤣😂🤣 when you do your hand moving while talking you looked like Richard Jenkins in step brothers pretending to be a t Rex 😂😂😂

[@jezrix7257]

Any chance of a video on Captain Cook’s journey to and discovery/settlement of Australia?

[@zeusathena26]

You should do a video about Gillars, & other traitors. What happened to them after the war. There must be some interesting stories of traitors through the years having an interesting life after the war.

[@DarthBigBen]

Hope you feel better soon, sir.

[@jacobklunder8552]

FROM THE DEPTH OF HELL IN SILENCE

[@lauriemarie6902]

Enjoy. Philadelphia USA

[@reggiep75]

It's broken wing Blaze Simon. I'm also guessing that there are more videos where Danny lobbed Jessica Fletcher's typewriter and hit Blaze in the dome, when he tried to escape the basement!

[@AlexMegadeth2k]

Simon - presents the Night Witches Me - FROM THE DEPTHS OF HELL IN SILENCE!

[@GuntherRommel]

Oh hey it's Cybernetic Collarbone Simon! Welcome back, friend. Been a bit.

[@YouTubeviolatesmy1stamendment]

That explains how we can keep up these production rates

[@blackriverbailey]

I’m so sorry to hear about your accident! Yikes! I hope that you feel better soon!

[@chacdogful]

He’s healed. This video is over a month ago lol

[@blackriverbailey]

@@chacdogful apparently I’m not the most observant person in the world.🤣

[@chacdogful]

@@blackriverbailey hard to keep up with the way the videos go out

[@blackriverbailey]

@@chacdogful truth!💜

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@FitzChivalryFarseer2]

Ahh yes that accident. Still weird how he does things outside and doesn't live in "studio"

[@niagarawarrior9623]

i feel your pain! last year i fell off my mountain bike onto the road, i was going almost 35 kph. Besides the large swath of roadrash, and broken ribs, i split my clavicle lengthwise; from my shoulder to my neck.

[@timshulepov]

Please cover Amber Room. Not sure if it should be Sideprojects or Biographics, but it should be worth an episode :D

[@A_Salted_Fishe]

We need a feature length movie on the Night Witches, true badasses.

[@walttrotter535]

When I was a firefighter we used to stage an ambulance at the local high school football games. Saw some clavicle fractures. Fairly common along with broken hips with these young kids.

[@TheRealCaptainFreedom]

That ghost shooting lightning bolts would be a sweet patch or t-shirt.

[@simquicky3448]

As a fellow Simon who broke left clavicle (and separated AC joint) while mountain biking…and then going by the name Si-Borg. I can relate 😂 Hope urs heals up well. I had to have further surgery 2yrs down the track.

[@jeffreysommer3292]

The Potsdam Giants sounds like a Monty Python sketch.

[@pauljohnson271]

You are amazing

[@ericschnipke874]

Whoa, Simon Whistler in a t-shirt... what universe is this?!

[@RolandDenzel]

OMG all of these could be great movies!

[@demilembias2527]

I'm 99% sure that you got the thing about the motivation for the Potsdam Giants wrong. Frederick II was gay and into tall soldiers, but his dad Frederick William I definitely wasn't, at least not to the extent that he wrote about it as Frederick II did.

[@erraticonteuse]

Frederick II was gay but had no particular preference with height. Frederick William I was absolutely obsessed with tall soldiers, but probably not in a gay way (he was pretty virulently homophobic and abusive to his son for his "effeminacy"). Though I imagine the son is getting some chuckles in the afterlife that his father's obsession with tall soldiers now subjects him to the old "nudge nudge wink wink say no more" treatment 😁

[@demilembias2527]

@@erraticonteuse right that's what I was thinking lol. I do remember a source from Emperor Tigerstar's video on him that Frederick II did write something about liking tall men, though.

[@pathemeleski]

I once saw an interview with a soldier from the "ghost army" who actually had been telling his family that he spent the war "blowing up tanks". LOL

[@saltdaemon4453]

Get well soon Simon! I was in the woods, yet there was only one tree clearly in focus after the crankarm on my bike broke.

[@chacdogful]

He already healed, this video is at least a month old

[@samuraiguy777]

Now we need an Axis Sally video!!!

[@michaelkirby4312]

Someone should definitely make a war movie about the Ghost Army. I think it would be excellent

[@judsonross6995]

Amen to that!!

[@michaelduncan2759]

Simon, fun fact. Mel Brooks participated in fake radio transmissions and humorous ones to bolster the troops on the line. Thus began his career in comedy.

[@cyrilio]

Can we do a mega project about Simon?

[@sandybarnes887]

There's an interview with him that's over an hour long

[@hanwei2525]

Need a compilation of Simon saying, "shocking"

[@geoffreyhansen8543]

Could you do a video about the Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his armour?

[@jsl151850b]

10:49 Thanks! The Ghost Army should have had its own episode.

[@christofmitchell4802]

@sideprojects ok but where can I find the you mountain biking content. Cuz that sounds rad

[@kittymervine6115]

Keene NH at the Cheshire County Historic Society, has a GIANT FULL SIZE BLOWN UP TANK, and an exhibit on the Ghost Army, and the cool part is getting a magnet to put on your car, and the blow up tank!!!

[@kittymervine6115]

If you want a magnetic Ghost Army patch or a sticker, email the Cheshire County Historic Society and they will send one out to you! (looks super cool on your car).

[@susanhayward2063]

Hi Cyborg, take care (!) and hope the injury improves.

[@stonnedgunnertv23]

Get well man I broke mine I sympathize with ur issue stay strong get plenty of rest

[@erinthesystem9608]

That tank looked like a bounce house 🙃

[@samanthar1214]

As soon as Night Witches popped up, I had to pause the video and look for the Sabaton comments. I was not disappointed. 😁

[@thepoultrypeople]

Why have you got a tshirt with Harold Shipman and do you have a link?

[@garybrotherton5732]

Sorry to hear about the clavicle fracture, Simon.

[@robertclark2253]

With the title being 5 of History's Strangest Military Units I just knew The Potsdam Giants would be in there somewhere .

[@TheTaylorwailer]

The Night Witches were seriously badass!

[@lordofdunvegan6924]

So sorry to see your injury. Get well soon.

[@onemoreguyonline7878]

Okay but seriously, watching these videos out of order based on Simon's beard and injur(ies) is messing with me.

[@AllNamesWereAlreadyTaken]

Undetected, unexpected Wings of glory Tell their story Aviation, deviation Undetected Stealth perfected .....

[@cleverusername9369]

Sabaton?

[@kayleescruggs6888]

@@cleverusername9369 Sabaton.

[@darrelcockman1817]

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak. Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@alkberg2140]

Heal up there, Simon. Looks like you have passed the most painful part.

[@agingmillennialmainer]

Looks like that taxidermist moonlights as a fursuit maker. That face is hilarious

[@skyden24195]

This was the first time I had heard about the paratrooper-canines. Fascinating to say the least, and, perhaps, at the most, let's say... unconventional.

[@J3scribe]

I broke my collarbone when I was a teenager. It was the most uncomfortable injury I ever had. Especially waking up on it after rolling onto it during the night. Get well soon Simon!

[@richardjellis9186]

🧐😂🧐😂🧐😂🧐😂🧐😂 Those inflatable 'vehicles' are a BRILLIANT IDEA, until the WIND PICKS UP.!😂! 😲🥰😲🥰😲🥰😲🥰😲🥰 LOVE THE VIDS.🥰🥰... KEEP'EM COMING.🤞🥰... RICH(UK).🥰🥰🥰.!.!.!.

[@mrjmorovis]

Having served in in US Army PSYOP in the Cold War and 1st Gulf War I would like to see an episode on PSYOP units throughout the world. PSYOP attracts smart people who are often odd ducks too.

[@sean900fps]

you get to make cool sounds at airports and metal detectors ...🥃🥃🤣

[@conradsieber7883]

That dog that was never seen again went on to live a quiet life in the South of France...

[@bryantsteury8910]

I've often said, I could get my dog to jump off a cliff for some meat. I guess I"ll have to settle for "will parachute out a plane"

[@takthemack8586]

How dare gravity try to bring Simon down… we shall rebuild him

[@taxinvasion260]

Frederich really said "swipe left if under 6ft, no man children"...

[@Paul-vq6jk]

I'm so jealous about simon's work ethic, if i would break something I would just lay in bed crying for a week. And I'm self-employed, so I hope I never break something xD

[@ryproar11]

Fun fact: The band Sabaton wrote a song about the night witches.... And other ww1 and ww2 themes too.