Corrupt Politicians Weren't Expecting THIS When Men Returned from WW2: The McMinn County Incident

They fought for our freedom in WWII. Now, these veterans were determined to take on an even bigger challenge - standing up against the entrenched power and corruption in McMinn County, Tennessee.
What Happened to This Corrupt Town When the Men Returned from WW2
Corrupt Politicians Weren't Expecting THIS When the Men Returned from WW2
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:52 McMinn County, and Cantrell-Mansfield Political Machine
8:02 The GI Non-Partisan League
11:21 The 1946 Election, and the Battle of Athens
16:07 The Aftermath and Legacy of the Battle of Athens

[@JamesFromTexas]

As a veteran myself, I would have been right there with them! Gotta fight tyranny wherever it may be.

[@gutpunch4377]

Yea nice stetson POG, I bet you tell people you are a combat veteran also

[@JamesFromTexas]

@@gutpunch4377 I mean my Purple Heart, Combat Action Badge, and combat knots in my tassel do all the telling.

[@gutpunch4377]

Every pog got a combat action badge, and purple hearts were handed out for stuff like scraped knees, there is a reason there is a combat action badge, and a combat infantry badge, pog.

[@gutpunch4377]

And combat knots have nothing to do with combat, you can't lie to me like you lie to civilians trying to impress, what you're doing is the same as stolen valor, thanks for the pic I'm sure I can find you on Facebook

[@JamesFromTexas]

@@gutpunch4377 I literally hand my hand blown off and reattached. Ran 196 missions in 183 days. Now you seem a bit slow so I'll break it down Barney Big Bird style, that means I ran more than one mission a day, outside the wire, on occasion. Have a great day, fobbit.

[@johnryder1713]

Just goes to show theres no way a bullet or a bomb makes segregation against a soldier in war, its people and especially politicians do that

[@KeystoneCarcajou]

they attempted to use the boxes appropriately. Soap, Ballot, Jury and Cartridge. Its a sad thing that it got to that level, but the GI's only did what they could with what they knew to remove a tyrant.

[@domm6812]

The inaction of the agencies meant to be policing the system is equally as disgusting. Inaction can be corruption also.

[@hollowmass738]

anarcho-tyrrany

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

A moment in history that deserves a sequel.

[@rdf4315]

Lol 😂

[@arizonaicesuntea9922]

I'm surprised that sequel wasn't in Uvalde

[@kobet7341]

A prime example of why the second amendment will always be needed. To fight tyranny no matter where it is.

[@Trackman71]

And people say we don’t need the second amendment today. Stories like these are the exact reason why we need it.

[@kingseb2252]

@@Trackman71 you can have your amendments im happy and safe in Australia without the fear of being shot every day in school or outside

[@Trackman71]

@@kingseb2252 ironic coming from an Australian when in the past your government went full authoritarian during lockdowns. Who knows when they’ll decide to go that way again. I know Australia has definitely changed since Covid atleast that’s what my Aussie friends say.

[@kingseb2252]

@@Trackman71 you don't know anything and i doubt you have aussie friends Australia has never been an authoritarian government and those covid restrictions are only a mask and distancing you all are just weak losers and australia lost 22,873 america lost 1,179,385 our government responded quickly and with action which saved lives your government was slow and weak thus you lost over a million killed

[@diooverheaven6561]

@@Trackman71 yeah living in Europe i am happy being safe and don't hearing about school/mass shootings. Tough we still can have guns altought it's stricktly controled unless it's a black powder gun model from 1889 or something like that.

[@CNX625]

Honestly, they don't teach us this. Mostly due to the fact that they don't want more insurrections or rebellions for their own corruptions. Hence, they tie us down with multiple debts such as car loans, college loans, and home loans.

[@SEAZNDragon]

More likely it was just one town and the GI party ended up splitting back into the Republican and Democratic camps. Not to mention the corruption in McMinn was comic book levels compared to Boss Crump who was smart enough to make sure citizens actually benefitted and kept his head down unlike Cantrell and Mansfield.

[@tomfox9083]

I live in Athens tn and I wish we had more brave people like this nowadays

[@WarrenHolly]

The south is a political cesspool 🤮

[@ifarded4986]

This is why second amendment is so damned important.

[@peterrobbins2862]

No this is why an independent judicial and police system is vital also an independent rather than partisan Electrol system ,the American system is so jerry meandered as to be an international joke home of democracy my arse more like the home of hypocrisy and the kangaroo court

[@bobafett_8922]

Yet it is now used to massacre innocent

[@MonkiesFunneh]

Yet today they concrete there hands on the road

[@jessejamespeterman9071]

In my opinion it shows what the US constitutional rights are supposed to be for. I call it a battle against tyranny.

[@WarrenHolly]

Nobody's fighting tyranny. Stop it! The south is a cesspool. My granddaughter will have less rights than I had. The town of Newburn Alabama hasn't had a election since 65. If that isn't tyranny what is?😏

[@samuelleal6149]

Time and time i've heard the battle of athens but never get tired of it

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

Another wonderful historical coverage video about that unique and important matter occurred in the USA 🇺🇸....thank you respectful ( the front) channel for sharing

[@brokenbridge6316]

You would think trouble didn't happen inside the US after WWII was over. But this incident proves that wasn't the case.

[@VIPERJ27]

I heard this story already from 2 other KZbinrs gets better ever time

[@IronMan-ds5bi]

Yeah this sounds familiar...i cant remember if i heard this from Mark Felton or Count Dankula

[@Jason-fm4my]

That's why you don't mess with a load of GI Hopalong Cassidies.

[@annoyedbrox4851]

this need to be made into a movie, all of it, from the rise of paul cantrel and pat mansfield by boss crump to the athens battle and after that.

[@rickoshay5525]

There is actually a movie already and it's called The Battle of Athens. A movie that has been buried just like the Australian movie John Doe vigilante.

[@Edith_Puthie96]

"When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson This is why the Second Amendment is important, and there's a reason they dont teach about this in schools. The government doesn't want the people to get any ideas, and they certainly don't want the people to know that politicians are mortal.

[@devriestown]

Yip, they don't teach this in school . I wonder why😂

[@thomas_jay]

You might want to cover the Business Plot of 1933, too. Very interesting

[@jordanpedron3809]

Now to the main point of his video, excellent view. It’s why the second amendment was put in place and is so important. Without it, tyranny overruns. However, still, some of his small historical and economic side comments (before he began talking about the main story) were largely inaccurate.

[@WarrenHolly]

Stop it! Nobody's fighting tyranny. The south is a cesspool. The town of Newburn Alabama hasn't had a election since 65. Please 😏

[@m1t2a1]

Boss Hogg from the Dukes of Hazzard was modeled on this sort of thing.

[@franksuppa742]

This is why you allow citizens to own guns, so the only ones that have them aren’t corrupt politicians and common thugs

[@moshkid16]

Well this explains the current state of the military and why whats being done is being done.

[@kameronjones7139]

Please talk more about these people so few now in days know about them

[@glennmariacher4525]

It certainly was a water shed moment! There simply are times when freedom continues to need defended. Looking at the details, all the legal lanes pursued were just ignored by the " authorities ". Makes you wonder how far the money was spread!?

[@nickvinsable3798]

😑 . . . It’s something that I have preached before: when push comes to shove, what else are we supposed to do?

[@arlosmith2784]

The was a prelude to the Civil Rights movement though in this case the issue was government corruption not racial inequality ⚖️

[@indianajones4321]

Nice video

[@dantejones1480]

I never thought that Geetzly's would deal with Real World History. I thought they were Star Wars HyperFans.

[@blackcat3x]

If only Americans these days had backbone and balls of steel like these Real Badasses.....

[@Yagnori0128]

Hello there

[@42069TV]

General Kenobi!

[@Yagnori0128]

@@42069TV You are a bold one

[@hamletthaus3046]

I didn’t hear any comment regarding the 2A which made this situation possible.

[@shaifunnessa7816]

Gulf war heroes top 10 please make video

[@HFFCANADA]

Used to be against the 1st amendment as a Canadian but these stories are starting to make a believer out of me lol

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

1st amendment is speech. 2nd is guns

[@mitchellculberson9336]

This one youtube took down was the truth.Hope everyone got to read it.

[@morewi]

FDRs new deals didnt work. Dont know why that lie is still spouted

[@thesecondguywhoknowsthings7154]

Funny it sure was a golden period after them the dust bowel stopped and people reelected him so many times they had to restrict it

[@thesecondguywhoknowsthings7154]

Then Reagan stripped a lot of what good was done and he's claimed as a hero of the people while starting a bad war on drugs getting more segration and policys that are still affecting us negatively

[@zillsburyy1]

there was a movie made about this

[@TyroneSayWTF]

It appears things haven't changed all that much over the last 75 to 80 years regarding the practices and SOP of the Democratic politcal party in the USA

[@lucasstiles8012]

The Battle Of Athens!

[@pyeitme508]

Ok

[@iandaniel1748]

One thing happened world war 2 reminder U.S.A have colony Asian call Philippines and fight more than 3 years

[@rivolverocelot3010]

Soldiers are àwasome

[@voltfields3900]

Thank Goodness we have the second amendment.

[@dumpsterpsycho2894]

Lies, Franklin Roosevelt has been getting hatred as of late. He was a prick

[@GLASSMOSCOWANDBEIJING]

Dude is just a Woodrow Wilson that hasn't gotten the appropriate amount of hate yet

[@Eatmydbzballs]

-"That's a nice argument there, Senator. Why don't you back it up with a source!"

[@bendyckman5032]

Explain.

[@cris_261]

Accusation without explanation? Not good.

[@redaug4212]

Too few people know that FDR looked at Mussolini's Italy as a role model, and that Hitler was quite the fan of New Deal policies.

[@jordanpedron3809]

There are many side comments made here that are absolutely factually inaccurate. Such as FDR’s socialist policies taking the US out of the Great Depression. Is unequivocally deepened and lengthened the depression, and the US didn’t officially get out of it until a few years after the war. As a masters in Econ, I studied this in depth. That’s just one of many points that seems the author got from some modern govt issues textbook, not objective truth of historical events. Very disappointing to hear. I can only assume with his accent that he is reading propaganda and doesn’t know true US reality, only the pushed perception of past reality by modern propagandists/Marxists

[@cris_261]

It's just an overview. If you find it that egregious, than explain what really happened, since you're the one with the masters degree in economics.

[@3ou1man]

His policies may not have ended the depression, but they made the lives of normal Americans much easier, and saved tens of thousands more lives from starvation. Some economists hate the New Deal so much for the interference they feel it is that they forget that the New Deal made the lives of average Americans much better😊. Is that refutable?

[@noctisthehumanslayer777]

What's all this modern spin about democracy? I remember waaay back, hell even in the 90's and 2000's, your average person understood that we were/are a national republic. Or is everybody just hooked on the "well we might as well be a democracy" bandwagon?

[@langbo9999]

WW2 mate black Americans and native Americans in to Great war heroes great.

[@hamletthaus3046]

History one day will show the positive conservative correlation pre WW2 with the fall of American culture post WW2 supported by radical social, economic and political adoptions.

[@franciswashack89]

Good video except for one very important flaw. I grew up in post war America, and many, many blue collar workers were able to buy homes and buy new cars, including many black Americans. I think your incorrect in this regard.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

11:16 Americans didn’t fight in berlin

[@RonnieRawdawg]

*count dankulas video on this is funnier*

[@johnryder1713]

First

[@gutpunch4377]

Don't go woke with this bs, make military videos please

[@42069TV]

Noo! Please stop fighting against oppression! Waaah~

[@kameronjones7139]

What ? He is talking about actual legitimate issues that happened these people deserved to be remembered in history

[@JamesFromTexas]

As a veteran, this was a fight against tyranny that I would've 100% supported. This isn't "woke," it's history!

[@blightstrider4818]

what are you high? how is this woke? this is justice against corruption. you have no idea what you are talking about @gutpunch4377 gotta love ppl who like their own comments lol

[@bluefalcon1369]

The woke hysteria thing is getting tired. Time to move on buddy.

[@talpark8796]

tyvm for another interesting history tale i really ddnt need to know any of this 😆 🦬🇨🇦🤟