Dumb War Tactics That Actually Worked (pt 2)

[@SeriousHistory]

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[@Quataraney_official]

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[@ven712]

lol the potato battle is pretty funny. the japanese continued to throw the potatoes back for however long not realizing that they didnt even feel like grenades

[@PicassoFace]

Plus not one potato exploded during this potato fight

[@EthanCreek-ug9cd]

Looney Tunes ahh fight 😭🥔

[@tonitski]

maybe they're just so paranoid and scared at that point that even if they did realized that it's just all potatoes,the voices in their head argued that it just might be fakes to distract them from the real grenades

[@omaralsaadi1751]

"These are potatoes, Comrade Commissar, Why are we Using Potatoes instead of Real Grenades, Comrade Commissar?" ~Soviet Soldier, Call Of Duty 2

[@CHRF-55457]

😂😂🤣

[@chinesestreetdogxiaogou8478]

I was bursting out when you said Japanese started throwing the potatoes back. It was just so random to hear after such tension,intensity and gravity of the situation of the desperate Americans. I love it.

[@pillzhere10]

Well the saying goes “ if it is dumb and it works then it isn’t dumb at all, although operation mincemeat was pretty genius. The level of planning for that level of deception is chiefs kiss.”

[@DJBioBain]

I personally like chief kiss more than chef kiss lol.

[@velSpacca]

proot

[@JeffersonOrellana-y8x]

The first recorded gaslight incident 😂😂😂

[@_SimpleJack_]

Fun fact: Glyndwr Micheal is still to this day the most useful Welshman in WWII

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

"Why, thank y- HEEEEEY!"

[@CarstenVsTheMarket]

Accidentally’ I find suspicious xD

[@lnrdo]

Savage 😂

[@SatanRomps]

5:48 the military killed that homeless dude and theres no way you can convince me otherwise. Theres too many coincidences

[@TheOnesAtTheBottom]

100% but it was worth it

[@bobbilly7232]

Yeah lol “ate rat poison” like that happens to homeless people regularly 😭

[@DwightStJohn-w1l]

My uncle ran Aviation Fuel into Scicily as a Cdn. Naval Radio officer on loan to fuel tankers. Even the friendlies were firing at them, as they were under radio silence! He survived the war, repaired radios, then TV, then leased them until 2005.

[@matttheavgegeek7652]

12:06 they faces of those 2 dudes shooting arrows actually got me rolling on the floor I just love how almost everyone is cross eyed and has strange teeth it’s hilarious

[@Kitten_Destroyer14]

You did not just call Operation Mincemeat dumb, that operation was one of the greatest deceptions in war time history and had months of planning put into it to ensure that the bait was as believable as possible, it was a work of absolute genius not playing a stupid game but winning a great prize.

[@proper9095]

You're taking "dumb" too literal

[@GianniJavedzeen]

It's not that deep bro😭

[@babateyian1628]

It was dumb because American soldiers got their asses whooped...😂

[@_sayandas]

He is addressing the whole situation as dumb. Like the enemies were dumb to fall for it

[@EGRJ]

@@_sayandas They were dumb not to suspect an elaborate deception designed to look plausible in every single possible way? What was the smoking gun that should've cracked the case, exactly? What would've made the detective go 'aha!" just before the last commercial break?

[@mikesands4681]

5:05. The welshman didnt know what he was volunteering for....

[@warrenrhinerson6373]

Fun fact the dead fake “royale marine major” idea actually can’t from Lt Commander Ian Fleming. Commander Fleming later became an accomplished author after the great success of his first novel “Casino Royale” in 1953. This novel is also the first ever appearance of the character of James Bond

[@Kuchenblech]

Thanks mate, love your content. The animations and explanations. Simply perfect edutainment before going to bed.

[@MandoCarlrisian]

The potato grenades has me wheezing omg😂

[@youravantgarde]

I was waiting for you to tell me they drowned a homeless man. 😂

[@Day-lx6dg]

tbh they probably did

[@Shiestey]

He said the guy ate rat poison, so it’s not unlikely that the govt poisoned him lol

[@NightmareRex6]

elites need there adrenochrome so wouldent surprise me.

[@MandoCarlrisian]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@fathermalik]

Man im just sitting here like does anyone else have common sense lmao

[@greenviolist34]

I would like to pause and reflect on how hilarious this all sounded. In the moment, I'm sure it was not... but omg this is funny!

[@MrLolx2u]

Naw two of Zhuge Liangs tactics used during the Three Kingdoms period of China is missing here and its sacrilegious. One of the is the modified empty fort strategy and "use a dead body to act that I'm alive" strategy. Zhuge Liang was helping Shu-Han in claiming the north and taking down Cao Cao with the Northern Expedition but after it failed to hit the objective and a massive defeat at Jieting, Cao Pi's forces went on the offensive and pushed Shu's forces back. However, Zhuge Liang still needed to buy time for the army to retreat back to Sichuan and the only last bastion he had was Xicheng that Zhuge Liang can use against the encroaching Wei forces. However... He had a massive problem. The entire Shu army was either retreating or was busy somewhere else and in the entire small city, Zhuge Liang had no more than approx 200 able bodied men and the rest are injured soldiers from the war who were left there to recuperate. What made the matter worse was that Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang's adverse rival, was charging towards Xicheng with approx 20,000 men and Zhuge Liang knew he could not stop it if he could but he was Zhuge Liang. So, he made every men who would still walk to not walk around with armour but instead swapped their weapons with brooms and made them sweep the streets outside the city gates whilst he sits alone on top of the gates with a zither with no guards in sight at all. When Sima Yi came into view, Zhuge Liang started belting out songs with the zither which halted Sima Yi's march as he was just meters away from the city. Perplexed, his son who was his co-commander asked Sima Yi on why didn't he advance which Sima Yi replied: "Look at the fort and look at the ground. All the men are leisurely sweeping the ground whilst Zhuge Liang is nonchalantly playing the zither right out in the open. If this isn't an ambush to pull us into the city then to wipe us out with forces beyond the walls we can see, I don't know what is". With that notion, Sima Yi retreated. Zhuge Liang actually won the engagement by not even fighting and practically acting dumb. The second strategy also came during one of the Northern Expedition but it was also Zhuge Liang's last and yet again, it was against Sima Yi. Zhuge Liang at this point was old and frail but as he was the smartest of all men, he still led and directed men on the battlefield but by the time of Wuzhang Plains, he was really ill and was about to die. So prior of his death, he told his men what to do and sure enough, he died but after almost 4 months of stalemate, Sima Yi was also irritated and upon receiving news that Zhuge Liang had died, he led his forces towards Shu's camp. However, he was horrified to learn that the Shu fighters were all beating the war drums whilst challenging Sima Yi to charge at them. Sima Yi also noticed a silhouette of Zhuge Liang sitting in his chair and waving his fan which shocked Sima Yi as he presumed Zhuge Liang to be dead. He frantically retreated his forces which bought time for Shu to effectively retreat. Sima Yi would return to the battlefield days later and found notes and documents left behind by Shu soldiers that verified that Zhuge Liang had died and all he fell for was a trick, worse still, a trickery from a dead man no less. Certain aspect of it was debatable. Some said that the one Sima Yi saw on the chair was actually the real corpse of Zhuge Liang that they puppet towards Sima Yi, some say it was just a carved wooden log with Zhuge Liang's clothes slathered on it and some said it was his successor, Jiang Wei, who actually wore his clothes and sat on the chair, pretending to be Zhuge Liang but regardless, whatever form was used, it was instruction passed down by Zhuge Liang before he even died and.. It worked. Flawlessly in fact or else Shu would have been totally decimated.

[@MookaMG]

This channel is incredible to say the least. Really really hope the dedication pays off!

[@Alman117]

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[@ShinsVarghese]

This is my favourite channel now

[@tizzytop1]

Fun fact the American soldiers in the Vietnam War used red lenses night night vision goggles instead of green. These red lens could see past the naked eyes and the soldiers were shooting at the air reporting seeing “ghosts” and “spirits”. It really makes you think about the advanced technology they don’t show. And why did they ban red lenses?

[@kevinwin3001]

Do you know the chemical make up ? I'm asking for a reason lol it'll tell you the truth kiddo

[@blakegoulds8313]

The Americans were not "always at a disadvantage". The kill rate was 58,000 dead As Americans, to 2,000,000 dead Vietnamese.

[@MuraliKrishnanHae24b041]

Most of those 2,000,000 were civilians

[@FlyestSeagull]

chilling with ya fellow guards, watching the treeline inside of a forest, and you hear your long lost bestfriend yell, “Put it in reverse terry”

[@ssjred-lando6649]

Imagine dying as you realized you just lost a potato fight when you had a gun.

[@mildly_0]

Such an underrated channel, you deserve a million. Love the content man!

[@roballister5269]

first: i LOVE your channel my friend. second: im a professor of history, and must inform; the colonials didn't win "against all odds" --> they won because Britain was spending most of their military funds fighting the French. it's the same thing when my students say "oh but all the Latin American countries got independence against the powerful Spanish Empi--" and i stop them right there... because, homies, all of EU was busy fighting a Corsican French Napoleon. that's why all the Americas (both United States, Mexico, Central, and South America) gained their independence. because EU was busy with internal continental fighting edit: fighting since, really, 1453 end of the medieval period. Spain and Portugal were fighting the rest of EU in the 1500's. Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Portugal, were busy fighting Britan, Netherlands, France (vs HRE), Ottomans (vs Austria-Hungary) in the 1600s France and Britain fought each other in the 1700s and 1800s. Seriously, it is astounding that these relatively tiny countries in Europe were able to hold lands overseas, beyond the continent, while never ceasing the internal fighting. The American (United States) and all Spanish-speaking revolutions, were not impressive, and rather circumstantial when you look at what was happening in the world map Had Britain not been fighting the French, the colonies would've remained colonies Love ur channel keep the videos coming! 10/10

[@drippiari7709]

11:06 thats a crazy way to win a fight 😂😂

[@ValetinoLovebird]

to the person who leak the potato battle: you are a legend

[@mact3732]

America got independance because every other country was up against britain too

[@Biodeamon]

gee who woulda thought that south Vietnamese would be demoralized realizing that their culture was being degraded and their "allies" would do anything to get it

[@TyphoonBlast]

I’m more interesting fact about operation mincemeat was that the theory of using a corpse for information was originally pinned and created as an idea by one Ian Fleming

[@JayBee-h5m]

lol these animations makes this even better 😂

[@Düsenwastaken]

seeing the revolutionary war being fought with lee enfields gives me an aneurysm

[@jordanmacleod3688]

My grandfather got left behind on Crete and when he went to shore, he had to get rid of his military uniform so they didn’t believe he was a spy

[@goregasm972]

Fun fact the plague bodies may have also been covered in feces

[@wimosuka]

4:00 freaked me out for a sec lmao, my name is William Martinak

[@TM-88]

Keep uploading. I like your stuff.

[@triumphant39]

The first part only sounds dumb if you’ve never been in the woods at night, or in a deserted hospital or a school after hours. Now imagine an atmosphere like that, surrounded but alone, feeling isolated, knowing you’re about to die. Even if you know exactly what the recordings or sounds are, it’s going to make you feel bad. Duh.

[@majormojo9830]

I like the 10/22s lmao

[@benfench8596]

I love how he used a ruger 10-22 for the guns lol

[@kylelikesart8900]

HOORAAAAY SERIOUS POST🗣🗣

[@ThatsNotGouda]

Where's part 1 stick man?!! There can't be a part 2 without a part one!

[@JoeMama-wg3us]

Just wanted to say I love your videos! Educational, funny and your voice is nice too Keep up the great work, youll be over a million subs before you know it

[@headforcosby]

ITSS BEEN TOO LONG I NEED ANOTHER UPLOAD

[@MushyMushroomlol]

Btw quick fact, Philippines used the Fake cannons as well, Against the Spain Revolution

[@mar00nm4v2]

Wow that thumbnail is surprisingly good. It's just an expressive enough face to unsettle me :)

[@Bassarcher1645]

the ruger 10/22's sent me lolol

[@Sid11358]

If it's dumb and it works, it's not dumb

[@MTTT1234]

So number 4 was the wildest game of hot potato then.

[@DieLuftwaffel]

13:25 "attempted to sail to the Old World"...? Um, Crimea was not part of the Americas. Totally Old World already. No sailing required for that, they just needed to sit or stand somewhere and avoid teleporting across the sea.

[@genovayork2468]

He also said Crimea isn't in Europe. He should go back to kindergarten. 😂😂

[@mika9383]

Can you do a video on the Wiiliam D Porter, the unluckiest ship in WWII?

[@Iamhungey]

Not to mention some incompetence that is the stuff of legend.

[@jaybbuck15]

You don did it 8:06 😂

[@Iamhungey]

When will you do a video about the misadventures of Elmer McCurdy?

[@ttdzs4life]

That last one is haunting

[@arthur-yq4ic]

im here for the magnificent drawings

[@O_pulnz]

ghost noises did NOT work, at least not as effectively. The NVese even used them to locate the sources

[@jassynewaz9849]

Great vid

[@TheNobleHendrik]

Keep up the good work

[@xano2921]

11:35 not Empire, it was a Republic, one of the Italian Trading Republics

[@DamanHillard]

"QUAKER GUNS" 😁

[@jensgroenewegen4331]

nice video, but the second one isnt really precise. For a better explanation watch the movie: Operation Mincemeat (based on the true story)

[@brad5575]

oh, you done did it

[@kaomon7270]

the patato battle of patato grenades

[@sephen131]

Lmao did you use stock ruger 10-22's pics as your gun props? 😂

[@thisguyagain7857]

The potato battle i had never heard of before. Super disappointed it was the the potato coalition from Maine? Not Idaho oh k.

[@Rthesecond]

I love the animations. Have my sub funny history KZbinr guy.

[@twurtle12hd39]

You should talk about Juan Pujol García aka Garbo he was a double agent for the Brit’s in ww2 and fed the nazis so much fake information that he almost certainly changed the course of the war wendigoon did a good vid on him but would love to see you cover him too

[@S0MM3RT1M3]

I am early because i was watching all of your videos, haha

[@ven712]

lol me too

[@racing4acuretowin]

Is that a Ruger 10-22

[@walter4446]

isnt dumb if it works frfr

[@damiruhoda3255]

I actually know better tactic - dont invade thousands of miles away from home and you will be just fine. US army didnt think of that,did they ?

[@BrazilianDuck2024]

I was watching your video in my smart tv and i saw very interesting tactics, then i went to the comment section and saw that you don't have thousands of comments, so is very probably that you gonna se this comment. Do you wanna be unique in your content, talk about something none other channel talked about. . Here in Brazil, about 1931, the state of são Paulo tried to separate from the rest of the country, that lead into a war inside Brazil. And a very weird tactical strategy was used. The soldiers didn't have enough ammo to fight, but they couldn't reveal that they were so vulnerable, so they need to think out of the box. . They started to use a instrument call MATRACA, and this device replicates the sound of a machine gun, and the opposite army was scared thinking that they were under attack by heavy machine gun. . We also have a musical instrument call MATRACA, but i don't know enough to confirm if the matraca used in the "GUERRA CONSTITUINTE" (Constitutional war), is the same as the music instrument or if it was developed just for the war.

[@shrimpduy]

You know the ghost thing failed right?

[@bestpest3871]

This guys sounds like MatPat

[@Enzoandco]

He sounds like the infograpics show

[@javaidbakhsh2427]

He used the right color and symbols for the attack overlay, just next time for enemies use a Diamond shape, love the effort tho!

[@WarZerdMain]

You never fail to traumatise us

[@Literally___Me]

If George Washington threw it back would it clap the Star Spangled Banner or just trumpets

[@rageraptor7127]

Bro why would you play it on a helicopter with background music💀😭 Like are you trying to hear the crazy otherworldly edit

[@oldgregg1551]

If you want an audience to stay, don't interrupt your video with adds, play it at the beginning or the end, simple don't p*** people off

[@AltAlt-ov5em]

The teenager one

[@eze4life1000]

Idk, that potato story sounds like some wartime propaganda. We will never hear the other side of the story! ✌️😎

[@doubleyou4487]

Lowkey when you think about it huh

[@andrewtate8595]

I think more crazier things have happened in past So it does seem believable to me And in usual propagandas there is always 1 side which showcases their baddasery But this story was more like looney tunes 😂

[@Mr_pickled_one]

Potato War

[@TheGenRo]

"If it's dumb, but works it isn't dumb" I forgot the name of the list so I can't quote. But I think it was Murphey's rules of war or something like that.

[@jbird976]

Bro who is drawing your vietnam era US soldiers?😅

[@ShadowDamius]

waaaaaaaaaaRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR WAR WAR WAR

[@kaleb-RC]

I hate you for how clean your transition was to the ad

[@mandi8345]

I dont know who has been lying to kids these days, but its 'dove' not 'dived'... ""dove" is used as a simple past tense verb, and it's a more common way to express a completed action in the past". Stop just slapping -ed on the end of words calling it grammatically correct, and learn the simple nuances of the language for fricks sake. We had to get yelled at in school to get it right, so you do too! Both ways! In the snow! In the middle of summer! While it was raining! Cats and dogs! Mass hysteria!

[@genovayork2468]

Genoa is not in the Italian peninsula. Crimea is in Europe. Genoa was not an empire. "the Kafa" lmao. Learn basic geography before embarrassing yourself.

[@rice6337]

based

[@AHAISCRACKED]

Dude is NOT salmonella academy…

[@TheBluntSurgeon]

Sam O' Nella post like 3 times a year this guys good

[@pamelahunt5838]

Please can I tell you a family big sekrit I’m a prince from the 1700 ok

[@Kevenn_the_monkey]

WarThunder is better

[@Therealburntmilk]

Yay no bro fell off comments :D

[@saariaaah]

would love a part 3, amazing interesting video, keep it up!!🤍🤍

[@Stellar-Anomaly]

Bs

[@brandonlee747]

Why is your only American accent a southern one? Bro you ARE American.

[@tomahawk1256]

Yooooooooo

[@Medicgivingamonkeyazestyfade]

I’m the 499ty view

[@nhienbap]

You described the Ghost stories thing in Viet Nam in a really disrespectful way towards the Vietnamese soldiers lol

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