Every Soviet Soldier in 1942

[@SquireComedy]

*Olly and Bill when writing sketch* Bill: Do you think anyone will pick up on the fact we're not wearing any NKVD gear? Olly: Nah, I reckon absolutely nobody will will notice that. Our dedicated audience: *Angry breathing noises* Anyway, don't forget to buy your MyHeritage DNA kit here: bit.ly/Squire_MH. Use the coupon code Squire for free shipping. As an added bonus, you can start a 30-day free trial of MyHeritage’s best subscription for family history research - and enjoy a 50% discount if you decide to continue it.

[@kamdensteiner5151]

Hi squire

[@something9005]

ok

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

I already did business with Ancestry, and it turns out that I am 20% Scottish and 20% Spanish and 20% Mesoamerican and 20% Irish and tiny percentages of other things. I know that exceeds 100% but I'm rounding the big parts up.

[@NostalgicGamerRickOShay]

But of course the ancestry tubes were for spit and not Q-tips.

[@robinderoos1166]

Ah, the sketchy site that definitely wont sell your DNA info to China or other criminals so they can modify their bioweapons to target your family specifically...

[@Adamwypiorkiewicz7821]

''Youre going the wrong way! The finnish line is there! -''i thought the winter war was over'' This is the kind of comedy i want to see used in more places, good job on the pun writing

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Except the joke doesn’t work because Finland went back to war when the Germans invaded the Soviet union

[@generalhorse493]

@@goldenfiberwheat238that's half the joke, peace was made with Finland in 1940 but following operation Barbarossa they reignited the war in order to get their land back from the Soviets.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@generalhorse493 what’s your point?

[@AlexSDU]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 The war where the Finns went back to war is called the Continuation War (also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War), not the Winter War.

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

@@AlexSDU what’s your point?

[@KingJamalofBirTawil]

"off you trotsky" best pun i have ever heard.

[@ThatFreakingGinger]

I never heard that line (And neither did you, if you know what's good for you)

[@emeriusjones]

They always have good Trotsky puns.

[@TheOperationsRoom]

Shouldn't you be busy navigating the 100th Bomb Group over Germany?

[@SquireComedy]

I might be related to him, at this rate.

[@no-nonseplayer6612]

@@SquireComedy as kong it isnt Dresden

[@GirolamoZanchi_is_cool]

And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. - Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. -Acts 3:19 If you’re in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms Lutheran church. If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC. (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England . (Different from the Church of England) Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations :)

[@GirolamoZanchi_is_cool]

@@no-nonseplayer6612🦙

[@GirolamoZanchi_is_cool]

@@SquireComedy🦙

[@Herstal8389]

I absolutely love him starting off with debunking the rumor of the Soviets having no guns right off the bat, shows Squire is a true history enjoyer

[@christianweibrecht6555]

It’s comical how Company of Heroes 2 can takes its self so seriously while basing its whole plot on debunked myths

[@alexvisser5913]

Straight out of enemy at the gates

[@Vernand1]

And yet gives machine guns to the blocking detachment

[@BeesechurgerProductions]

@@Vernand1 They probably just wanted to play with a Maxim. Can you blame them?

[@rayshiffer5026]

My great grandpa was in stalingrad in ww2, he said that half the soilders had no rifles and just ran into the front to die with nothing in hand.

[@LikeTheBuffalo]

The craftsmanship on these cardboard weapons is truly exceptional.

[@MaccaOJ]

I've never seen crafts like this

[@veramae4098]

Russia lost 8,000,000 people [shudder] in WW 2, the largest of any country or group.

[@SethMMX]

"We'll just urge them back towards the front, y'know, a gentle push" "Out the window" That had me dying XD Edit: Mom I'm famous!!

[@GirolamoZanchi_is_cool]

And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. - Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. -Acts 3:19 If you’re in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: PCA, OPC, Rpcna/Rpc, Urcna, or a canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe a Lcms Lutheran church. If you are Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC. (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England . (Different from the Church of England) Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations :)

[@thebig12conference73]

Do you know what Stalin said in the red army it takes more courage to retreat than to go forward😂

[@zacharyelliott7161]

I think Russia reinstituted that practice in the past couple of years.

[@daveanderson3805]

In a different version Stalin supposedly said that it took a brave man to be a coward in the red army ​@thebig12conference73

[@JunkyardDigs]

Holy shit the ending 😂😂

[@SquireComedy]

Cheers mate! We enjoy your stuff!

[@JunkyardDigs]

@@SquireComedy likewise! Somehow haven't seen your content untill now, binge watching it all 😂😂

[@firepower01]

I'm waiting for the JunkyardDigs and Square collaboration. Hopefully involving getting an old Churchill tank to start for the first time in 70 years or so.

[@bored383]

the ending was brilliant! its just lather-rinse-repeat with how the wars are fought there

[@nickcabrera663]

That was a great twist! Lol

[@falseprofit9801]

*Somber voice* “We are receiving news that a second T-34 has just hit the Ukrainian front lines… Aaaaaand it has broken down. It’s been abandoned.”

[@MrHrannsi]

"We are the most english channel on KZbin" The Spiffing Brit: "Hold my Yorkshire tea"

[@samholdsworth420]

Squire is superior

[@PalleRasmussen]

​​@@samholdsworth420depends how you measure it. Nobody breaks games while drinking Yorkshire Golden, like Spiff does. He does not do much LARPING though.

[@samholdsworth420]

@@PalleRasmussen he's not bad I just prefer squire

[@PalleRasmussen]

@@samholdsworth420 they do different things. I will occasionally peruse both, depending on what the video is on.

[@DaCouchWarrior]

Squire auperior.

[@mikevismyelement]

The idea of a cheery office humor type NKVD officer is too hilarious

[@acb1511]

Also being typical Jew.

[@jxgh-l6o]

"Don't run or desert, have fun and stay alert" XD

[@spencerjacobs4906]

The evolution of this channel from cardboard guns to real ones or at least realistic props of weaponry has been a pleasure to observe

[@Glegh]

Squire, how the hell have you gotten a PM M1910?

[@SquireComedy]

Russian war trophy.

[@GrantWW2Museum]

🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️🙋🏻‍♂️

[@samholdsworth420]

​@@SquireComedylmfao

[@joedingo7022]

@@SquireComedy which Russian war specifically?

[@prussia1557]

​@@joedingo7022yes

[@windbuster]

“Uhm’s not a date let me get my list” Genius 😂

[@TeaTimeWithTommy]

Russian Commissar 1942: “We don’t want to get a reputation for shooting our men”. Russian Commissar 1941: Too late

[@willdavey1565]

I love how Squires Commissar is basically woke. “It’s combat intolerant not cowardice.”

[@nikitakuznetsov8446]

Order 227 was in 1942 not 1941.

[@TeaTimeWithTommy]

@@nikitakuznetsov8446But that didn’t stop many commissars from taking initiative

[@ГригорийШумилов-ф5р]

@@TeaTimeWithTommy How do you know? You knowledge about Soviet Union in WWII seams ridicules.

[@KWyzel]

@@ГригорийШумилов-ф5р Given the reputation of the USSR, NKVD, and the Political Officers... its a safe assumption.

[@mrlion1102]

It's a blessing when Squire uploads, finally a video that can scratch my itch for prefect English humour. Or is it a Scandinavian and Welsh mix....

[@kommunevonberlin7611]

"I'm gonna report you to your superior!" *the light faded from the NKVD-Mans eyes*

[@nateweter4012]

I thought the best part was during the “get ready, set” start, when he says “set” he waives the pistol AT the men as a little psychological signal. Hilarious.

[@commandercorl1544]

Unrealistic, the Tiger didn't spontaneously combust upon the tracks being jammed.

[@samholdsworth420]

Yeah typically combusted before the tracks fell off

[@Barwasser]

at least not in 1942...

[@24allix]

No you see intestines have a certain special cooling effect on German transmissions - very well known among the Soviet Navy but hadn't yet made its way to the NKVD office due to very literal translations of German documents

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Plot twist, jamming the tracks actually did nothing because the Tiger had already broken down in that spot anyway 😂

[@MocnyBrowarek]

In American movies it's all it takes.

[@unsuisseegare1291]

I think squire has quite a charisma as a soviet commissar

[@maxmach4361]

"I'm Welsh" I expected him to stop the car and tell Bill to get out. ^^

[@sovietrazor]

I love that maxim machinegunner is named maxim, its refrence to old soviet warsong called "tale of the two maxims'. Chorus goes hard "tak tak tak goes maxim, tak tak tak replies the machinegunner"

[@Yunghank59]

Very good video comrade squire I enjoyed it alot!

[@SquireComedy]

Glad to hear it!

[@reznorstuckrath4191]

I love the dedication Squire has for their fans. The time they must put in reading all of the comments and answering them is really inspiring to me

[@KameradVonTurnip]

Sorry the ending when I saw the green uniforms I knew exactly what you were presenting. Made me laugh so hard.

[@Eric0225]

i didn't 😂can you explain to me pls?

[@KameradVonTurnip]

@@Eric0225 Modern day Russian army uniforms are green like that. So it was a old man from WWII being conscripted into the modern Russian army to fight in Ukraine. Russian soldiers have the nickname of Little Green Men (Aliens) or more commonly Orcs as a result.

[@SirCabooseCCCP]

@@KameradVonTurnipSilly nickname, thats like calling US soldiers fuckin tusken raiders cuz they wore desert camo

[@KameradVonTurnip]

@@SirCabooseCCCP Well, the Little Green Men started during the 2014 invasion when unmarked uniformed Russian soldiers crossed the border along side a Pro Russian militia force, as they darted across Ukraine to occupy Crimea. Since they didn't "officially" exist, they were called Little Green Men because they'd just walk around towns/cities with no markings. Orcs is kind of the post 2022 Nickname after Russia's 2nd invasion of the country. Kind of a moral boost defending Helms Deep and all that. But their Green Uniforms is the catalyst of the nicknames.

[@PalleRasmussen]

​​@@KameradVonTurnipwell, there is also all the raping, torturing, pillaging and murder, as well as the punishment of your own troops by torture, and the Chechen blocking detachments shooting retreating soldiers having a slight influence on that nickname I would say. Not to mention the deliberate targeting of schools, kindergartens, hospitals, maternity wards, shopping malls and apartment buildings rather than military targets. And the tactics and strategy. And also the country being a totalitarian shithole falling apart and hell to live in as soon as you leave the two major cities.

[@bertalanlovasz7512]

You guys are absolute legends , this sort of dark humour in each vid makes me laugh so much, keep them coming lads

[@HoH]

No idea how I had never heard of this channel before. Great work, gave me a good laugh.

[@rhabeldibabeldi6812]

5:50 "please dont be french" so relatable! Edit: the machingunner is also very relatable with his comments :D

[@Ghosy01]

Man squire keeps the tradition of soviets having English accents in western war movies . Love it .

[@maximmayoroff4479]

As a Russian citizen with degree in Soviet history, I suggest you get blue collar (NKVD) cap for portraying barrier troops. Overall great and funny, as usual

[@Mr.Mystery527]

The British guy is the trolley here

[@pisolo86]

From Soviet Union to Today Russia. I think you have done a beautiful work, an amazing display of what satire is. Thank you.

[@KarakuraRiser]

'A gentle push' 'Out the windows yea?' 🤣🤣🤣

[@sylokthedefiled3047]

Good god, that twist at the end. Nearly spat out my cereal... Good job xD

[@Nobody.exe50]

Lol , the twist at the end has cinematic universe potential

[@thcdreams654]

Keep up the good work guys. Thanks. Another great video.

[@oj_ow]

This is awesome. Been hoping for new vids. Cheers guys.

[@TomElliottJackson]

"Off you, Trotsky" I choked on my coffee 😂

[@Matt-ls1ng]

Off your Trotsky 😂

[@BenSitter]

Now this is how you watch history! Man I love your channel, I reckon I'll spend the whole day binge watching your skits

[@jamesdrake2058]

'NKVD Ombudsman' - brilliant!

[@prestondavis5762]

To answer the officers question “when was Stalin born?” He was born on December 18, 1878

[@gonozal8_962]

water-cooled machineguns actually had better rate of fire, the reason they got discontinued is that they can’t be moved that easily, making manouver/encirclements more difficult

[@AGnorTheChannel]

I know it's a comedy and they're not loaded, but the way Oliver always waves his guns around and flags everyone continually makes me nervous. 😂 But that's just me picking nits. Love the video, as always.

[@joedingo7022]

Accurate peak soviet training.

[@erichonecker1010]

Another great video. You guys are fun to watch..

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

I love that the pinned comment immediately addressed my first complaint lol good on you lads! Absolutely loved this. Much respect from America.

[@mandowarrior123]

Might be your best sketch yet.

[@alanwestmoreland6152]

Squire the _second_ Russian in history to believe in trigger discipline.

[@sa25-svredemption98]

That ending had me in stitches! BZ to yet another fantastic sketch!

[@zacscurlockshobbies2133]

Great Content as always!

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

This channel has grown so much, they’ve started setting up sequels at the ends of videos.

[@jbperrinnl]

The end, it killed me... 🤣

[@dabootvv]

daaaaaaamn, that end, guys you are freaking hilarious

[@twif90]

Awesome video could you do every English soldier at Waterloo and maybe one 1776 , every German in Stalingrad.

[@grandadmiralzaarin4962]

The window joke had me in stitches

[@ArandomPerson7996]

Love your skits

[@fangride3577]

Glad you said it was 1942 I thought this was modern day

[@circle8810]

💀

[@berserkerpride]

At the end of the video it is modern day heh.

[@generalhorse493]

Given the state of Putin's army I don't blame you at all.

[@kg7162]

More like ww1 with drone

[@FalkyRocket2222]

"probably"

[@Zagortej]

HAHAHAHA he has an original Bulgarian tunic from the 1980s. How do i know that? Because i own one. 0:40

[@SquireComedy]

We took inspo from Enemy at the gates. :)

[@AcceptableAsGenerallyDecent]

the cg budget for the age up at the end must have been enormous which means the best

[@taskforceboi8977]

The state sposored muder part got me dying considering the past few years.

[@MiguelWario05]

"Oh, there we go, the Tiger is loosing traction 'cause all of the intestines"

[@carlwilkerson9722]

Very impressed with our video, Comrades!

[@fabovondestory]

That ending 😂

[@rebelbatdave5993]

Crazy but Fun to Watch!

[@oscars4608]

Advert right in the middle of the video is quite jarring, it would flow better if it were at the beginning or end imo

[@FrauWilhelmKlink]

Awww, I never knew Bill and Olly wore glasses! They're both adorable💙 Olly looked done with everybody and everything, though. So much for being 100% English😂 Also, that "Please don’t be French" made me giggle out loud.

[@vantuz8264]

It seems to me like you're compensating for something by mocking soviet soldiers. Maybe for your own ancestors retreating from France faster than Germans could catch you.

[@stevenrais9360]

3 hours away? thats a nice day trip

[@JagerLange]

I really like how Jingles always plays these "old fella at the front" roles and doesn't seem to ever mind that he's only 26 and maybe getting SLIGHTLY negged by said casting.

[@aymonfoxc1442]

It's one of your best scripts yet, this is. Yes, sir. Indeed.

[@PuggyParadise]

Great video as always

[@patrickclark1803]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. OMG I hurt so bad from laughing 😂😂😂 you guys are absolutely fantastic

[@SethMMX]

new video, yay!!

[@SquireComedy]

Quite!

[@DaRealDozer]

YESS NEW VID

[@SquireComedy]

Yeeeees

[@williamhalsted4]

This was your funniest in a while.

[@JBBost]

"If we were going to commit state-sponsored murder," the soldier said in the middle of a war

[@TheAxeaman]

I've also watched "Enemy at the gates".

[@Nopaxzz]

Amazing vid guys lets keep it this way!

[@vincentxu4709]

Dang Enemy at the gates but part 2? I could watch this all day

[@Logarithm906]

That twist was too funny. 10/10

[@Swedishthunder131]

I love your vids man

[@PeterKennedy-b1h]

2:26 The winter war is over isnt it though. Never watch squire while you eating.

[@kikidevine694]

Or drinking

[@Rocketheadreal]

“chucking them out of a five story window and making it look like an accident” just like spider man 😂

[@RamblinRick_]

5:00 "Not from Birmingham are you?" Bloody hell. If so, could be related to Thomas Shelby, OBE,MP. And Ollie's a Viking descendant? Perhaps Harold Hadrada...and we know how well that turned out...

[@viniciuslima6331]

for the next video make the every Brazilian soldier in italy in 1944 please

[@duglife2230]

I wasn't expecting that ending!

[@alexmajor7773]

While they did shoot some of their own men I always hate how that’s portrayed in movies like all soviet soldiers are cowardly. They’re some of the bravest toughest and most organised badasses of the entire war

[@pattygman4675]

Someone high up in the film or tv biz, please give these two funny as lads a writing gig. Too much talent to be just on KZbin.

[@8bitmclaren]

“Don’t forget to have fun!” So wholesome

[@josephahner3031]

Soviet blocking detachments actually did not generally gun down retreating troops. They'd usually stop them and send the officers to a penal battalion and the men back to the front. Sometimes officers would be summarily executed for cowardice but bodies are not an unlimited resource and the Soviets were keenly aware of this in 1942.

[@lutherburgsvik6849]

It's just a joke based on a trope, dude.

[@LewisB3217]

NKVD blocking detachments shot 1000 soldiers and sent 25k more to penal battalions in the first three months after Order No.227

[@AudieHolland]

@@LewisB3217 They were like regular MPs.

[@LewisB3217]

@@AudieHolland not really, no, that was a direct quote. From Roberts, Geoffrey (2006). Stalin's Wars: From World War to Cold War, 1939-1953. Yale University Press. p. 132. ISBN 0-300-11204-1. “Order No. 227 also stipulated the capture or shooting of "cowards" and fleeing panicked troops at the rear of the blocking detachments, who in the first three months shot 1,000 penal troops and sent 24,993 more to penal battalions.[10] By October 1942, the idea of regular blocking detachments was quietly dropped[citation needed], and on 29 October 1944 Stalin officially ordered the disbanding of the units, although they continued to be utilized in a semi-official capacity until 1945.”

[@pavelstaravoitau7106]

​@@LewisB3217sure, that many were shot and that many were sent to penal battalions, but out of what amount of people that were originally stopped and arrested? I remember seeing similar statistics how over the course of three months, around 100 thousand deserters were arrested, and around 1 thousand were shot, a similar amount was sent to penal battalions and companies, and the rest were sent back.

[@KingofNoobs11]

I love that they don’t even try to do an accent

[@Dabuttercupboi]

Very good video comrade!

[@commanderkruge]

This is dark and tasteless and I like it. :)

[@Buzzy_Bland]

Oh god. Squire has a maxim. *Everybody duck.*

[@OberstFeldwebel43]

Squire: Come for the history, stay for the very British humor! Well done lads, much love from across the pond 🇺🇸

[@arncedergren4819]

Quick question. Can you tell me where you get your props and uniforms from?

[@CAP198462]

Excellent job of camouflaging yourself Commissar. No one would suspect you’re NKVD without the dark blue piping and facings.

[@infantrycaptain9224]

Great channel.

[@TheFlameOfLiberation]

Apparently Soviet Commissars wore Bulgarian Cold War era uniforms which are very different in color from Soviet uniforms.