Biggest Idiots In War

[@Simplehistory]

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[@FrostyLego22]

i’m broke 😭😭😭

[@quinnwaloch9750]

Those dumb bastards

[@davidspencer8373]

Like video

[@wolfmechace1338]

starting with the willy d

[@mingfanzhang4600]

😊

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*_"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."_* - Napoleon Bonaparte

[@linuxsuperuser]

i feel like he learned that from experience.

[@PaintingWithLindy]

@@linuxsuperuser Most likely from Russia 🇷🇺

[@kingofohio5689]

Goes still Hard 🔥🔥🔥

[@Sandman10032]

Okay but imagine going down in history as the man who saved the president who ended WW2, by shooting a moving torpedo with a pistol

[@liamhashmi7750]

wait what??

[@cartoonraccoon2078]

@@liamhashmi7750 Didn't watch the video and went straight to the comments, huh?

[@cartraz1839]

Some guy tracked the torpedo with his pistol but didn't shoot

[@liamhashmi7750]

@@cartoonraccoon2078 yea pretty much lol

[@pfiction2453]

He saved Rosevelt, who won WWII, is what he meant to say.

[@nizaralsaidi4279]

Letting soldiers take their families with them on a large-scale suicide mission is just peak idiocracy.

[@fiyahquacker2835]

1863 Civil War watchouts in a nutshell.

[@Sorcerers_Apprentice]

Camp followers were common practice in pre-industrial wars. They took care of logistics - foraging/preparing food, repairing clothes/weapons/shoes, medical care, etc. The Romans also had relatively good relations with the Germanic tribes in the area at the time, they thought they were still in friendly territory.

[@ExtantPerson]

Luigi Cadorna would be an excellent lesson for aspiring officers so that they can learn everything NOT to do.

[@markstyles1246]

If you can't be a good example, try to be AN example?

[@jokodihaynes419]

"I'm surrounded by idiots"-Scar The Lion King

[@Scrapyard24c]

"I've got morons on my team!" - Megatron, Transformers Generation 1

[@TheOneManWhoBeatYou]

"I'm surrounded by assholes!" -Dark Helmet, Spaceballs

[@MTTT1234]

Not really an idiot, but more of an arogant fool, was Augustus Adolphus of Sweden, who killed because he refused to wear glasses. During a battle he lost sight of his own troops and rode on his horse towards what he assumed were friendly soldiers. They were not.

[@Scavneger776]

100% he was a very good leader that just made a fatal mistake that cost of him his life and more.

[@Ccdddttt]

90% is crazy but at least he died in battle and not hiding inside a bunker.

[@fiyahquacker2835]

That kinda feels like put how good he is from 1 to 1.01

[@tylerredforge5563]

@@fiyahquacker2835 truuuu lulllll

[@PohEnYuDariusBsss]

Then again bunkers didn't really exist at the time

[@wilhelmvillagracia9670]

Luigi Cardona was the best Austro-Hungarian general ever.

[@indianajones4321]

For the military: Luigi Cadorna and Conrad Von Hötzendorf In general: The Politicians

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Muhammad II of Kwarazm AND Francisco Solano Lopez are in BOTH categories!!!

[@GageEsterly-us7xm]

Hotzendorf is largely to blame for WW1

[@sankyu3950]

Atleast they didnt comitted martial law at 3am

[@cowboys25489]

Oh give it time the day is still young

[@cloud2389]

“Don’t shoot we’re republicans!” Other ships in the Pacific fleet to the “Willie D”

[@peterwhite6415]

The Dawnson I think can be excused due to it being an acident and atempting to fix his mistake, but hes still an idiot. Everyone else on this list? Absolutly pathetic and infuriating, to the point they activly dont seem to think on the posisble consequences.

[@cutlassken6194]

Varus! Oh Quinctilius Varus! Give me back my legions!

[@drankjehierdrankjedaar3822]

Damn varus

[@knightingale9833]

Who was more stupid though, Cadorna or the people who took two whole years to relieve him 🤔

[@flamethefirefox9006]

I'm surprised you didn't include U.S. General George A. Custer, considering the fact that he was a glory seeking egotist.

[@commonsenseking6386]

Yeah, or Santa Ana. Even Crassus, who just defeated Spartacus but met his end with the Parthian Empire. He was a very wealthy man it is like the owners of Tesla, Facebook, and Microsoft were given an army to do due battle.

[@AutismTakesOn]

Well, at least Custer was never president and did some good work in the American Civil War before.... That

[@thomassabino13]

Yeah you're clearly no history major lol pipe down

[@IsaiahRichards692]

Francisco Solano Lopez doesn’t belong on this list! He had a smaller, more elite force than Argentina and Brazil and his plan, on paper, was sound. Also, he suffered regular casualties for the time period but is seen as a butcher because Paraguay already had a small population!

[@jokodihaynes419]

"Fool of a took"-Gadalf the white

[@robertdacquisto6871]

“Wheel him to the deck for a better view”, man they don’t make em like FDR anymore.

[@corymorimacori1059]

Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!

[@VivaLaEdits]

👏

[@cowboys25489]

I won't find a better comment today this is it for sure....has never rolling ima go back and rewatch it

[@wnc1129]

"Everyone know you were back home saying Thank God for Pearl Hahbar!"

[@ExtantPerson]

You comment this on every video, and on this one it fits perfectly. I admire the perseverance.

[@aaronfield7899]

Did he really say that?

[@jacobzehner2004]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="226">3:46</a> A man unimaginative martinet who was ruthless with his troops and dismissive of his country's political authorities.

[@mattiafrancesco]

It’s interesting that in Italy, many squares and streets are still named after Luigi Cadorna. Historians have mixed opinions on his contributions during the war.

[@knightingale9833]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="790">13:10</a> low end estimate indeed, I’ve heard the population of modern day Iran is still lower than it was before Ghengis Khan invaded

[@Goc4ever]

I agree Simple History, in war there are heroes and fools and these guys fit the the latter category.

[@Gideon0215]

Honorable mention-Sir William Elphinstone

[@Harikejn]

Here are some couple of fun facts. Firstly, I'll say about Mongols two things. In Europe, Mongol Empire reached the Southern - East Europe, almost to the Danube (taking the Pannonian Plain in Balkan peninsula). Second thing is that Mongol Empire have defeated the Ottoman Empire in 15th century. Secondly, I'll say about French Empire (about the Napoleon here two things). First thing is, when he was invading Europe, he took the Dalmatia (also in Balkan peninsula). Second thing is that when the Napoleon tried to invade Russia, he firstly helped Turks with weapons, so the Turks could start to recapture territories from Serbs in 1813. Well also during the WWII when Germany was preparing to invade Yugoslavia in 1941, the Yugoslavian fighter planes and bombers had white cross with red an blue insignia. When the planes were moving Germans thought that those are their planes, no matter how does this color scheme of Yugoslavian planes was different. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1087">18:07</a> Nicola Tesla (awesome). Next time in Simple History print, put also following people. Those are: Michelle Pupin, Michelle Petrović, and Milutin Milanković.

[@mingfanzhang4600]

😊

[@lauratomaszewski7942]

The thumbnail is truly amazing

[@shashwatsreenivasan4505]

Oh man sam o nella doing the fdr torpedo one was also funny

[@BaxterAndLunala]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="367">6:07</a>: Is it any wonder why anyone would quote Vaas? He's one of the most iconic video game villains ever, up there with the likes of Senator Armstrong and Handsome Jack.

[@seanmueller7125]

Ngl, surprised Custer didn't make it on this list for his idiocy at Little Big Horn 😅

[@inisipisTV]

In truth Custer was one the Union army most skilled commanders winning lots of battles. In the war against the Indians, Custer pushed for diplomacy and integration than outright hostility, but was overruled by the War office. In Little Big Horn, Col. Custer was leading the initial patrol group when he got surrounded by Sitting Bulls forces. He was expecting the main US Union forces down the hill to come and releave his trapped forces, as was planned, but the commanding General opt to stay put and sent a smaller group to try to rescue Custer, obviously it failed. Custer then ordered his remaining troops to try to break through from the encirclment and reach the main Army group. Only one survived.

[@sabiant.lawson2909]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="368">6:08</a> Far Cry 3! Let's go!

[@Battleship009]

You have the Iowa in her 1980's configuration, not her 1940's configuration.

[@ModernNCRph]

They tried their best to visualize the ship. Fucking ingrate🤓

[@ben9724]

Should do a video about the most intelligent soldiers. I pretty sure that Canadian soldier Arthur Currie would be there since he studied the battlefields to limit the losses

[@VeryGrainyBread-c6k]

im suprised franz ferdinand isn't on here.

[@jeremypope9534]

Left out a Soviet generals in the early years of WWII.

[@lisalennox7835]

I watched one about WWll in history class today!

[@alexyswarjovaara3993]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="30">0:30</a> ”peabrained prat” 😂

[@k07bcetrioloofficial78]

You made a considerable mistake in the video: the french didn’t stabilize the italian front (neither did the british or the americans), as their camp was too far from the front. The italian troops themselves stopped the austro-german offensive on the Piave.

[@BensonCaisip]

To this day, Varus still hasn't given back his 3 Legions.

[@Tripact_of_fire]

Immediately when i saw the name of Varus i said oh no. "Quinctilius Varus give me back my legions"

[@PohEnYuDariusBsss]

Many brain cells died in the line of duty while making this video

[@HammerJammer81]

LMAO .. The animation for the first "Idiot" ... hahahaha

[@rbrice4128]

I love this! Thank You!

[@Shaosprojects]

I saw the title of this this video and I immediately thought of Luigi Cadorna I wasn’t surprised to see him in this list 😅

[@KyleShiflet13666]

You need to do a solo episode on "The Willie D"

[@michaelaustin334]

Cracked already did it. Not a video hillarious.

[@johnmcvey4243]

Im surprised general santa anna isnt on here.

[@TheEmolano]

Fun fact: Brazil and Argentina went to war multiple times over Uruguay before Paraguay decided to piss both of them. After that both countries never fought angain. Solano should at least have waited until the next war before atacking one of the larger countries.

[@movingwater7312]

i like how the candidates fart as they die. south park style.

[@Panzersoldaten]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="228">3:48</a> yes Cadorna was a huge Baffoon. He literally tried to attack Austria in the worst places. Now if he attacked Tyrol that does bring up harder challenges due to the very poor terrain but Italy was not prepared to attack such a position on the isonzo. Cadorna could’ve possibly just waited for proper siege artillery then do anything but a frontal assault. One of his generals Armando Diaz and his army was the only one to make progress in the isonzo river battles but Diaz was able to bring victory

[@mirceazaharia2094]

I'm pretty sure I played a similar battle in Battlefield 1. It was a tough fight... Damn you, Cadorna!

[@GPDermawan]

More like Italian idiot general

[@AirJoe]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="429">7:09</a> I'd like to imagine he actually ran away like that 😂

[@Hathur]

Correction: Longbows did NOT exist during the Roman Empire. It was a Medieval era invention (about 1,200 years after Publius was even born). The best bow during the Roman Empire was the composite bow... considerably shorter range than the medieval longbow. In fact, Roman Legions rarely used bows at all and Publius would not have had many at all in his ranks, if any. The pilum and javelin were the preferred ranged weapon of Roman Legions in his time.

[@jffry890]

Slings outranged bows anyways.

[@rpower1401]

How did a guy who just missed the arming device on one of three torpedoes (and maybe a few other things) end up on a list with these far greater disaster makers? I'm not sure which side is to be insulted by the combination, but somebody is being snubbed!

[@ianblake815]

Also shout out to L. Ron Hubbard 😆

[@sgufanboy]

I wish I was lucky enough to be a famous military idiot

[@time_warriors]

The way history and animation are combined is brilliant, and the storytelling keeps you hooked until the very end. Thank you for making history this exciting! 🏛🔥good job man

[@wnc1129]

You sure know how to title a video for us to click on

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

The guy who enlisted after exiting the bar.

[@wesleasanchez8701]

So most of the US military

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

@wesleasanchez8701 ai

[@JoseHernandez-Mendez]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="585">9:45</a> I'm Glenn Quagmire

[@EnergreenMiscellaneous]

Perfect explanation

[@Grumpyburger0]

Nice 👌 you never disappoint us

[@aleksandarvil5718]

No Field Marshal Douglas Haig, Maurice Gamelin, French Kings Philip VI of Valois and his son John II The Good, William Elphinstone & John Shelton, George McClellan, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Quintus Servilius Caepio, Antonio López de Santa Anna, General George Custer ?!???

[@gmf121266]

Dont forget General Redvers Buller.

[@akahlulwazitoti]

Make part 2 video

[@LIamMar-pq8zw]

Um that Iowa there, that a Persian gulf version not a world war 2 version

[@alfieingrouille1528]

🤓

[@SwattyBoiPlays]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="221">3:41</a> bro stood up for the torpedo man dawson

[@blackfox7448]

I mean to be fair, he did order to make the simulation that eventually lead to the accidental firing of a live torpedo so i guess he felt somewhat responsible xD

[@FrostyLego22]

EARLY i love ur channel som much

[@n.a.4292]

Dude, if you want to make fun of the guy, at least write his name right: it's "Cadorna", not "Cardona"...

[@lostcanadianz]

If you're making fun of someone, do it however you want

[@cibularas3485]

Shush nerd

[@dallinn9164]

"There's a torpedo coming!" FDR: "My time has come."

[@thesilentscreamer1595]

"Not sure what he was expecting to achieve there" Funny enough, this remark perfectly describes my old boss (the owner of that company, not my manager) every time he made stupid & reckless decisions in his way of business operation.

[@yallprettysus]

I always joked on these guys, but I understand now the urge to comment first😂 you just dont have any material to base a joke on but want to seize the opportunity.

[@ShadoWolf9339]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="40">0:40</a> Gotta love the Phalanx CIWS version 1944

[@AFatT34]

I am having hard time watching this video without CC, I am deaf so I rely on it so I can understand whats going on in this video. Can you please enable or add it?

[@holysol]

that thumbnail changed reeeeal fast

[@HRHooChicken]

What about Winston Churchill? His list of blunders is impressive

[@goldosprey]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="673">11:13</a> I love the fact that even when the Mongols were bloodthirty, they weren't shy to use a pen. Which makes the dumbass emperor killing their messenger even dumber

[@SirAsdf]

From what I remember from the Sam O'Nella video about the USS Porter, the entire ship's crew was utterly incompetent.

[@korhol2065]

Surprised you never said anything about picket, the guy literally moved his camp from one part of the island he was stationed at to another part which was equally exposed

[@cowboys25489]

FDR handled that situation calmly and with class....god i wish america had a roosevelt right now

[@jovanweismiller7114]

I've never understood idolising Napoleon. Great commanders do not lose 90% of their "Grande Armée" as he did.

[@YuTheNoob]

yes simple history

[@SansFilet]

Why is there a countdown at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="396">6:36</a> ? It's counting to what exactly?

[@Chobittsu]

Maaaannnn you could do a whole video on the USS William D. Porter

[@Lobos222]

Many farts were spent to make this video.

[@roland969]

Ah yes the battle of isonzo.....

[@poil8351]

all 11 of them

[@marinlukacek7821]

​@@poil835112 of them

[@aleksandarvil5718]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1">0:01</a> = <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="429">7:09</a> Meme Man : *KOMEDY 100* **Pizza time stops**

[@legoeasycompany]

Idk how to feel about Lawton Dawson getting this label, yes it was stupid but we're also talking a navy of only 125k people in '39 growing to 1.7 million by '43 so more than a few people ended up in positions they might not have been qualified for. But this seems like a one time thing blown out of proportions because of who was on the boat accidentally fired upon... especially when compared to others in this lineup

[@bryant7542]

I heard of Cadorna. The suicide charge tactician

[@jessesims6232]

That thumbnail is savage😂

[@robertkillis8490]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="362">6:02</a> the Alpes are not incapable, Hanable did it... kinda lol

[@aleksandarvil5718]

*_"I've got morons on my team."_* ~ G1!Megatron

[@LIamMar-pq8zw]

And hey maybe you can do a history of the uss iowa

[@seanbigay1042]

After the torpedo incident, there was this joke at the Willie D's expense: "Don't shoot! We're Republicans!"

[@jeffwilliams8424]

The 3rd torpedo wasn't planned.

[@CapeBreton1100]

Cadorna, not Cardona!

[@Laywer_1]

🎉

[@iiwidowla99lambo65]

General Luigi and Mario, Luigi crossover

[@YaBoiDave14]

That first dude was clearly frickin’ drunk

[@alwaysgoingpostal]

the biggest idiot in ww1 is when that british soldier spared wounded hitler

[@pyeitme508]

Ha

[@linuxsuperuser]

EPIC - this video has made me realize more than any other force on Earth. Humans have and always will be: our own wurst enemy.

[@Madcash1235]

The biggest flex is that im working on the USS iowa😅

[@vinicius6170]

Uru-Gay... I laughed so hard as a Brazilian.

[@dustybunny6716]

Surprised that Putin isn't on this list but I guess that's an easy target