History Teacher's First Reaction to Habitual Linecrosser! | Boat Touching Remembrance Day

[@MrTerry]

What video from Habitual Linecrosser should I watch next?

[@bamacopeland4372]

If you're going to watch any other video from HLC, The US versus the world. All of his other videos especially the planes talking, really need to be watched from the very beginning because it's a whole lore.

[@ryisthebeast1811]

Hes on unsub a few times, his skits are hilarious

[@scottbivins4758]

All of his videos are good😂😂😂 they funny too

[@grendal1753]

All of them

[@israelmathes6268]

Start at the beginning and get to know the characters.

[@habitual_linecrosser]

Hey man first time i have seen your channel I love it 🙏

[@traysonlandenberger3531]

Yall should both be on unsub. Would be fun seeing nick Ethan and Terry talking history

[@Yharim-the-Godseeker]

It’s him! It’s the Plane guy! You are awesome, dude.

[@Ozai75]

Keep up the awesome work HLC.

[@rylian21]

Im subbed to both of you. Mr. Aterry's really informative stuff and fills in a lot of the blanks.

[@Culdcepter]

HLC is how I get my world news. Can't believe anything coming out of the media, but he delivers with comedy and facts.

[@WanderingWriter]

I think the two Japans are old Japan and current Japan

[@SwampMonstah]

That's exactly what they are. The red Japan is past Japan, and the labeled map Japan is present day Japan

[@brotherjorge3]

Yep. Imperial Japan and Modern Japan.

[@lynngriffin2106]

Correct, HLC has always considered world war Japan and Germany different from modern Japan and Germany

[@loganshaw4527]

Isekai to another world japan is still face palming over imperial japan.

[@knighthunter1791]

​@@loganshaw4527 it's like seeing your ancestor talk about how soft the future is without slavery😂

[@FreemindRicochet]

WOULD YOU INTERCEPT ME? I’D INTERCEPT ME!

[@crustybomb115]

*insert raccoon noises here*

[@the_only_lonely]

Get the kid his fucking intercept!!!!!

[@valhallarchist9511]

Must not be trash day

[@joemomma1776]

I'll intercept you if you'll intercept me🤨

[@bamacopeland4372]

@@valhallarchist9511 I was able to get in touch with Franklin It is in fact not trash day.

[@brotherjorge3]

The old plane is Grandpa Buff, the B-52 Stratofortress. He’s approaching 100 years of service and still going strong!

[@scottbivins4758]

Gotta thank grandpa buff for his service 🫡🇺🇸🦅

[@Adiscretefirm]

BUFF DON'T BLUFF 💣

[@Captainthefurry]

the buff is forever

[@stargazer-elite]

The election was rigged Buff/Franklin should’ve won

[@garvindreis]

BUFF / FRANKLYN 2028

[@aviator2252]

HLC is a patriot missile expert, but he touches on geopolitics with this style, so more current events with humor, and his cast of characters representing countries and equipment Edit: and a racoon called Franklin

[@qpSubZeroqp]

Perfect short explanation of what HLC is about

[@snowblaster8998]

💯 HLC knows history quite well (thanks Nick (FE)) and current geopolitics due to him being in the military still.

[@HiopX]

How dare you leave out Franklin

[@aviator2252]

@@HiopX edited

[@patrickevans9604]

Wait until he gets to see the kid lol

[@TheMordinSolus]

Few explanations: HLC is a current military member. Most of his content is geopolitics and news. He has a bunch of characters, most of them countries, but also planes and Franklin the Raccoon. One Japan in this video was the Empire of Japan, the other one was modern day japan looking back at their own decisions made in the past. Modern day japan is a reoccurring character warning people about the mistake of threatening to touch americas boats (of course). The big plane you mentioned is a Boeing B-52 bomber. Also known as "The Buff". Because of how long its been part of the US military, the character is like a grandpa, but a grandpa that still got it and is willing to throw down. The "aaactually" plane you mentioned is a F-35. Hyper modern, access to the internet/world to provide the "actually" details. There are many more characters like the F-22, built to destroy everything, yet not having gotten the chance to do so, etc. Not all of his content is historical, a lot of it is very recent, though he does like history and he throws it in there regularily. On top of that he is an Air-defence and Missile, uhm, lets say: "enthusiast". He is also good friends with TheFatElectrician. They have been on several Unsubscribe Podcasts together and there are many highlight clips with the both of them, that you might be interested to react to. Great reaction and happy you decided to give his content a shot! Looking forward to more!

[@morphingninja]

You added about the same context I did, with a bit more on the military characters, and you actually mentioned Franklin too. Lol I let him know what was up with the Canada thing. (Pretty sure the context was the War Crimes) HLC is definitely a fun watch, but idk if he does *enough* History for what Mr Terry wants. If he'll use him for current events with a history background (or history making events), that might work. But it could be hit or miss unless we're able to make a collection for him or notify him on more relevant ones.

[@benn454]

Let's call a spade a spade. He has the missile tism.

[@NickGreyden]

​@@benn454came down here to make the same PC comment of having missile-tism

[@fusionaddict]

For clarification for those who don't know, "BUFF" stands for "Big Ugly Flying F***er."

[@Wwillswords]

I thought he is leaving and has already left the military

[@stargazer-elite]

The “ don’t touch America’s boats“ meme became popular because of this channel He also has other running gags such as Canada’s “Geneva checklist” (this one is shared by other military veteran KZbinrs, who are friends of his) basically a bunch of jokes about how there was loads of Canadian war crimes during World War I Or his most famous running gag “would you intercept me… I’d intercept me” - F22 Raptor “the Kid”

[@graydoncarruth5044]

@@stargazer-elite on point overall, but one gentle correction. The Canadian war crimes were in the trenches of WWI rather than WWII. Cheers.

[@stargazer-elite]

@ yeah lol I missed that thanks

[@sierramike0913]

Incorrect on the boat touching meme. The Fat Electrician started that one and it took off from there.

[@joshuahill1246]

Also called the Geneva suggestions. It's not a war crime the first time.

[@shaunmcgimpsey7141]

Nice countries: Geneva Conventions Not so nice countries: Geneva Suggestions Canada: Geneva Accomplishments

[@CaptainFrost32]

"Why are there 2 Japans?" Simply put, before and after the year of Tatooine, when Japan gained 2 suns.

[@nuru666]

"The Year of Tatooine" Jeeeeeeeeeeeeesus. I'm stealing that.

[@elizabethnisotis334]

😂😂😂 Very aptly said 😂😂😂

[@qfinck]

So much lore for HLC's channel. He mainly covers current events. Each of the aircraft and countries are characters in his content. The B52 is Grandpa Buff the old timer. The F22 is the Kid. Hyperaggressive and frustrated because he hasn't got any action yet. Catchphrase: "Would you intercept me? I'd intercept me." The F15 is a cool older aircraft. Catchphrase is "104 and 0 look out below" The F35 is the nerd supercomputer. The F16 is sort of like the Deadpool of the group. The A10 is well not sure how to describe him. Kind of like Popeye on crack. The F18 has a Stone Cold Steve Austin like personality. Aircraft carriers are stoned California surfers. Poland is little European Texas The "Great China" as it refers to itself or West Taiwan as everybody else refers to it. Russia is commonly referred to as a special ed case. Japan in this video is split. The red Japan is 1940 and the normal map is current Japan. Anytime anyone says they are going to touch the boats, Japan typically drops a warning about having the sun dropped on them twice. The running joke about Canada is the war crimes list from WWI. UK, Germany, Ukraine, Iran, the Houthis, Florida, Canada, and Scotland show up as well. Oh and the F-22 Kid has a Racoon friend that he has fought once or twice for chicken nuggies. His content is well worth starting from his first upload and binging. Very funny

[@riverlady982]

I wish he would have done that at least a little. Maybe I wouldn't have been wishing he'd shut up by three minutes in. I've seen this HLC video before and I still can't follow along with it because he talks that often and pauses it to often.

[@iminurface728]

I absolutely love this summary! Well said!!!

[@jeddpires]

I just realized: despite being in the army, army-related stuff doesnt show up too often in his content. Not a con or anything, just an observation

[@blackc1479]

I'd call the a-10 a honey badger on redbull armed with the GAU. (both his version and the real thing)

[@blackc1479]

@jeddpires huh. Good point. Maybe he doesn't comment because he'd have observational bias, or possibly (more likely) as part of his security clearance.

[@kr0n0sthetitan23]

Canada thing was probably meant to point out what canadian soldiers were quite often doing in WW1. Geneva convention was sometimes just checklist for some canadian soldiers

[@bkelly2310]

The Geneva suggestion

[@wicoli]

Right. It was in reference to the time Canadians threw starving Germans food. Then when asked for more they threw grenades.

[@keltdavies8792]

It's not a war crime the first time. The Geneva Checklist is our ledger of accomplishments. :)

[@Y2KNW]

The only way to find out what ya ain't allowed to do, is do it, eh!

[@garvindreis]

Canada Invented the Geneva Convention

[@ouachitawoman]

I started with Fat Electrician which led me to Unsubscribe Podcast where I first saw Habitual Linecrosser. Got tickled when Fat Electrician said it was his mission to get Linecrosser kicked out of the military. They are all amazing, as are you.

[@RobertJorde]

I got this the other way around, habitual showed up in my feed after his first couple posts, and after I subscribed I got linked to the fat electrician. Great channels to follow.❤

[@jarsenaultj]

13:00 Hey now, to quote Fat Electrician; "It's never a war crime the first time."

[@myschiefmuintir7357]

how does that track to us dropping 2 nukes? Is there a grace period? do two instances within a certain period of time count only once? asking for a friend with.... ambitions 😂

[@nameredacted6221]

“Japan is a scientific Innovator” 😊 “Japan is a scientific Innovator” 💀

[@bluephoenix9293]

All the planes represent the actual planes. You need to watch more to understand their characters. F-35 is a flying supercomputer that is a huge nerd The Buff is the old war veteran who doesn’t give a fuck.

[@spartana1116]

Then theirs the F-15 the chilled man with experience A-10: the crack head F-22: dimwitted and full pent up frustration for not being used in actual combat who's a bf with a racoon

[@bluephoenix9293]

Bro, I’ve been an HLC fan for 2 years now. You?

[@spartana1116]

@@bluephoenix9293 haven't been keeping track but I've been watching him for I think the latter half of the year

[@bluephoenix9293]

@@spartana1116 Nice. Gotta say I think F-15 is my favorite character. 104 and 0, look out below

[@MrBlueBurd0451]

@@bluephoenix9293 Poland.

[@manuelvasquez4144]

December 7th: *Attacks Pearl Harbor* August 6th: Here comes the sun, do do dodo

[@skootmeister3994]

Ohhh Habitual Linecrosser is great. Aside from his series with the countries and planes as shown here, he's made a series called "USA vs the World" where he compares the states to other nations and explains how a hypothetical war would go. (Aside from nukes n shit.)

[@andywarda1481]

Just remember The Buff Don't bluff.

[@nicolinrucker5181]

Wait you don't know Canada War Crimes memes? Canada, it's only a war crime the second time!

[@archangeldo913]

Geneva Suggestions!

[@TheHTAA]

😂. I'm in stitches!! (And so is the enemy...)

[@willemthijssen1082]

​@@archangeldo913 checklist. Canada treated it like a checklist

[@clonescope2433]

We do not take away maple syrup and hockey from Canada unless things have really hit the fan.

[@pierowmania2775]

Canada: "America's psycho hat. The reason the Geneva Convention exists."

[@anthonyminimum]

10:24 “I’m liberating you from from your cruel British oppressors” *cheering* “By replacing them with Japanese ones” *sad sounds*

[@warheadsnation]

The cruelty of the Japanese seems highly correlated to how much the locals hailed them as "liberators". They did their worst with the Chinese, who only wanted their country back, the Filipinos, who already had a deal for independence by '47, and the Vietnamese, who always resist. They did their best in Burma and Indonesia, which probably tells you how cruel the Europeans had been there. So many Burmese & Indonesians supported the Japanese that they were trained to form their own armies. Once the Japanese knew they would lose, they probably saw these armies as a form of revenge from beyond the grave. The Indonesian Army became the resistance that defeated the returning Dutch, but as victors would one day carry out several genocides. The Burmese Army because a virulently anti-Western clique (much like the Imperial Japanese Army) that keeps overthrowing the government and committing genocide to this day.

[@colewest7096]

Was that a Hellsing Ultimate Abridged reference? Or just accidentally similar?

[@voraciousblackstn]

If you want more info on the attrocities of Unit 731, I recommend Wendigoon's video on the subject.

[@juanmanuelpenaloza9264]

Basically Nazi Zombies stuff.

[@אורוידןפלד-י3ק]

I too would like to see a reaction to that.

[@BrokensoulRider]

A notable book/lore youtuber also covered Unit 731. It's baaaad. I couldn't finish it.

[@CloudZen0]

Absolutely awful atrocities. And what's even worse is that their "experiments" were conducted with such abandon and disregard that the vast majority of their "research" was scientifically worthless. There was NOTHING redeeming about most of it even looking back through the most rose colored glasses possible..

[@marcwanagas1234]

All you need to know about Unit-731: The German liaisons started an Underground Railroad to get people away from there.

[@Adiscretefirm]

The F35 is a flying attack computer so in HLC vids he's the smart guy

[@shotyew1435]

He mostly does current news, this Pearl Harbor history video is new for him but I’m liking it so far. He’s hilarious

[@Fighter11244]

I love Habitual Linecrosser. He usually does modern geopolitical news, but he does occasionally do historical stuff. And he is a vet. He was an air defender and operated/taught/improved the Patriot System for many years

[@WilliamMueller-s2f]

I wouldn’t say vet since he’s active duty

[@pogo1140]

He's still teaching air defense. Prior to becoming a 14G, he was a 19K.

[@Vadim-Goeke]

HE STILL IS, he takes us into the classroom every once in a while

[@langshu6446]

That elderly sounding plane is the B-52, which is America's longest running bomber, affectionately named Grandpa Buff. HLC doesn't just make characters of countries, but also their combat equipment. Aircraft, naval vessels, tanks, field artillery, etc. He'll put a face on anything that plays a part in world events. The guy's voice acting is almost as diverse as that of Robin Williams.

[@Prisoner..24601]

Yep, all of his videos and shorts are just like this, mixing dark humor and history together, I F'ing love his channel 😂

[@pamtheman5748]

14:29 I love how Mr. Terry's response to a horrifying fact is, "I can make a lesson out of this."

[@OR56]

The planes are main characters in the HLC Cinematic Universe. The old one is Grandpa Buff, the B-52. The Kid is the F-22, the computer with wings is the F-35, he has characters for the F-15, F-16, A-10, the Sky Warden, destroyers, all sorts of vehicles

[@kennandunn7533]

There is a lot of lore for the HLCverse that has been built up in his KZbin shorts over the last year or so, everything that has a face on it is just a personification of that thing interacting with whatever the big news story of the day is. Its quite entertaining for short form content, but focuses primarily on current events more than historical ones.

[@Vanayr]

He needs to create a resource page. I just realized how strange it must be to never have seen an episode.

[@dragon_tamerak803]

the B-52 is just representing the personality of the plan as grandpa buff

[@MalikF15]

If you’re interested, check out the series on Japanese plagiarism form extra history. Explains the contacts and how all this went down with the Japanese army going out of control.

[@BigRockdaBoss]

14:21 yes definitely. Look up unit 731. We know about frostbite damage because of them. We understand vertical transmission (mother to child) of various diseases because of these guys. IIRC, they’re also the ones who discovered and started classifying different types of burns on humans

[@mfree80286]

You had a little slip on "discovered". You better believe if they couldn't find something, they made something.

[@endotherm]

1:09 The technique with the moving mouth superimposition was called "Syncro-Vox". It was made famous in the 1959 animated series "Clutch Cargo", and the less well known "Space Angel" and "Captain Fathom". The technique was patented and apparently they won some sort of award for inventing it. It was also used in talking animal commercials from the 1950s. It still turns up from time to time as a meme or one-off use for comedic effect.

[@morphingninja]

To answer a few of your questions and give context: - HLC is intimately knowledgeable on things like air-defense and uses that insight for his coverage - direct history stories like this are very rare, history is more often referenced in trash talk/reminders between characters - HLC usually covers Military/World current events (mostly), but he also will cover other notable current events - He does this commentary through his characters, which are either countries speaking, military platforms (planes, anti-air, and boats), and occasionally government organizations. (With this type of filter) - the military Platform characters would definitely be hard to pick up on out of context and not being a regular. - Grandpa Buff is one of the oldest US military platforms still in use today, so he has old veteran energy but with a lot of war stories of showing enemies who's boss and seen a lot of the modern conflicts the US has been in since it started service. - the other "Actually Plane," as you called it, is a modern plane that is essentially considered a "Flying Computer" due to all the smart-tech it has - he also has a few others like "the Kid" which is the F22 Raptor (overeager to actually see air combat and equally repressed from doing so), and several of the other primary US active planes and ships. (Each with their own personalities and voice) Also, the Canada side-jab was more about their War Crimes, like throwing cans of food to the German Trenches and following that up with grenades... (it is a recurring jab/meme/reference on the channel that kind of defines the duality of that character) - Canada has an unsettling "I'm aboot to stop saying soorry" vibe sometimes as a character (like when India had someone take out a citizen on Canadian soil, deserved or not, it crossed a line that strained things)

[@herbie_the_hillbillie_goat]

I like how he calls China, "West Taiwan."

[@andyd8370]

"Things don't end when we join, things end BECAUSE we joined."

[@myschiefmuintir7357]

"What's this plane?" You show my President Elect, Grandpa Buff some respect! :P

[@billmalone9949]

The two Japans are Empire of Japan, with the Imperial flag, and Japan today. The planes are Air Force jets. The old one is the B-52 bomber, or Grandpa Bull in this universe. The reference to Canada was for WWI

[@DongusMcBongus]

Buff* Short for Big Ugly Fat F

[@RipOffProductionsLLC]

BUFF, not Bull. It's based on the B-52's nickname "Big Ugly Fat F*ck" among Airforce personnel.

[@LoonatheHellhoudgaming]

As a fan of Habitual Linecrosser, Grandpa Buff, aka the B-52 Stratofortress (plane), is the grandpa of the Air Force family 100+ years of military service and still going and the other air craft was the F-35 (Buff likes to call a computer because that's what it practically is a flying super computer). if you watch the other military related videos, you'll eventually meet the whole Air Force family and then you'll see each funny stereotype of each thing he green screens

[@stephenwemmerus6314]

1:18 a common thing? It’s his whole schtick…well, aside from a few other things related to his military service and power scaling world militaries, but yeah, it’s kinda what he’s known for

[@pierowmania2775]

Don't forget his "missile 'tism!"

[@stephenwemmerus6314]

@ right, was kinda covered in the “other things related to his military service” but missile-tism really explains it so much better lol

[@ScottKenny1978]

That and the accents. Those accents are not caricatures, those are typical accents for someone from that area speaking English.

[@ooo_Kim_Chi_ooo]

These are all characters: Main Grandpa Buff: B-52 Bomber, think Cold War vet, very hawkish. The Kid: F-22, the ultimate weapons, crazy, but never fights The Computer/Nerd: F-35, the new smart kid, knows everything, can download info. Franklin: Is a raccoon that lives in the hangar with the F-22 because the F-22 never gets to fight. Side: F15E - Kind of a cowboy Texan character, grizzled vet think Persian Gulf vet A-10C - The crazy guy from Iraq that may have done some very bad things. Main Countries: Russia: Basically your everyday vatnik z-patriot Ukraine: The new kid who wants to be like the USA with freedom in Europe, has no accent out of respect. Poland: The teenager who loves America, gets all their info from America from TV, and hates Russia. Begs for the Kid to come. UK: Stuff old brits Canada: The Flanders friendly neighbor... with a very very dark side. Japan: Best friends with US, mostly out of fear of having the sun dropped on them again. Germany: The quirky group trying to convince everyone they aren't evil anymore. Hope that helps with some context!

[@StylesEste]

Yeah, whenever Unit 731 is brought up and someone didn't know that it was a true story, definitely is a step back. Also he was referring to the war crimes of Canada and the Geneva Conventions set up because of the Devil's Brigade's actions (Canadian-US unit.) History is fun. xP Bare in mind.. Japanese people today are not taught this history. They don't know about Unit 731, they are taught that Pearl Harbour was purely a military target, that there were no civilians present; they don't know about the hospital that was bombed, nor the Two schools that were bombed. They don't know about the civilian targets intentionally strafed with bullets by pilots. They don't know about the civilians that were taken prisoners and beheaded, etc, etc, etc. They're quite ignorant about the war. But when it comes to the Atomic bombing, they certainly have extreme passions about asking us to say sorry for it; not knowing anything about it, or why. Or even the fact that it was necessary to prevent them from not existing as a people. : / 250k total (from exposure in the long run) compared to 20 million?. Yeah.... They're not taught anything. And they have the gale today to tell us that we're not taught anything about "what America did to us in Japan."

[@alonsoquijano51]

one problem was in translating. There was one document from the U.S. dealing with negotiations in 1941,that had a phrase translated to a "modus vivendi". The actual translation should have been "modus operandi". One of the genro, Kentaro Suzuki, who later saw the original document and the correct translation, said, "if only I had seen the correct translation, we might have been able to work with it."

[@brotherjorge3]

HLC does a lot of stuff with each of the planes, plus USA, Russia, China, UK, The Angry Hat (Canada), and more. And… Franklin the Raccoon.

[@brigidtheirish]

The Original Angry Hat (Scotland.)

[@kllk12ful]

​@@brigidtheirish wouldn't Scotland be the UK's angry hat though

[@brigidtheirish]

@@kllk12ful Yes. Which is why it's the original. Was an angry hat before Canada.

[@ObeyWannTK6960]

HLC shines at covering the most current events. This was icing on the cake. Most of his videos are uber-time relevant, talking about that day's/week's military actions... and all the cool new stuff the US is working on. You will love each character. Each plane has a personality, voice, etc.

[@auseyrobnett8942]

One element on the aircraft at Pearl Harbor / Hickam on the US side - they were even more vulnerable than they could have been. Elements of the US command structure were convinced the threat was going to be sabotage, so many of the aircraft were lined up outside so they could be more easily guarded on the ground. This left them lined up neatly outside when the attack struck.

[@fabiomarangon2748]

If you want to check out all of HLC's "aircraft characters" the video he made about Thanksgiving day has almost all of them in it

[@ShawnF6FHellcat]

He's friends with all the boys: Brandon Herrera, Donut Operator, Fat Electrician, and more!

[@carterpritchard5063]

The Meiji revolution has some crazy history to it and I highly recommend to learn the history of it. It’s actually wild.

[@stanadkins153]

The two Japans represent imperial Japan (pre nukes) and modern Japan (post nukes). The various planes represent different types of personalities within the American military: B-52 old warhorse that has seen some shit, F-22 pycho who is too dominant but never gets to go out on kill missions, F-35 super nerd, F-15 extreme confidence and competence

[@93gamrx]

The planes are just themselves. The B-52 is buff. And buff is forever. 😂 Also, the twin japans are time accurate versions. Raising sun flag Japan is Imperial Japan. Modern map Japan is current day Japan, re-living his consequences. Found your channel because of this, now subscribed, I look forward to more! 🤘😎

[@josephfaville7184]

As you somewhat mentioned, the similarities between the fat electrician and habitual line crosser they are pretty good friends from what I have seen

[@CaptainFrost32]

Always makes for a good episode of Unsubscribed, and hilarious that TFE did a video as one of the American gunboats. "Temper temper..."

[@baseballjustin5]

Never go into the bathroom and say Communism 3 times.

[@dariuszrutkowski420]

Most of his content is contemporary commentary on current events with some history sprinkled in. (Polad is Little European Texas, Russia is Slavic special-ed, China is West Taiwan..you can probably guess why) He shows up on the Unsubscribed podcast with Donut Operator, The Fat Electrician, Brandon Herera and Eli Double tap and other vets and guntubers and such. As for the planes those are characters/ tools in the commentary...Grandpa Buff (the B-52) The Kid (F-22) The nerdy computer F-35, The F-15, the A-10 and the various states of America...Florida is basicly Floridaman

[@warheadsnation]

Comparison: Japan had no central party or Fuhrer planning out its fascism. By then the public was utterly compliant to the military factions infiltrating what on paper was still a constitutional monarchy. They embraced the military's new ideology & the invasion of China. The murderousness of the Army there went unchecked by ever-changing Prime Ministers. The mass murders involved far less planning & central directives than Germany's, but had become the Army's culture. For example, acts of cannibalism unknown in the European war. Germany ultimately was under the whims of one man. He had always wanted to do to Russia what the Japanese Army wanted to do to China. When he took over his Party worked hard to inculcate cruelty & recklessness into the population. Hitler ordered his generals to sign documents promising to ignore all restraints in Russia. His officials laid out Generalplan Ost, by which they calculated how many millions of Eastern Europeans would starve to death under German rule. Then they sent mobile death squads to carry out executions of special threats, only to find the logistics impossible. This led to the biggest plan of all, what we call the Final Solution. So I would say the difference was that Japan behaved as though it was still the same society while faceless officials commanded invasions that were worsened by the extraordinary cruelty of the officers & soldiers. Germany behaved as if it were a revolutionary society under a cult leader who personally normalized cruelty & made it part of centralized bureaucratic planning & calculation. Not much of a difference for the millions of victims either way.

[@ryisthebeast1811]

His skits are hilarious

[@danielharnden516]

You might want to see John Parshal’s discussion about Tora Tora Tora. Very good history

[@grendal1753]

HLC is awesome, his whole channel is characters, he does countries and weapon systems, mostly American planes.

[@Flyboy_73]

The second Japan was supposed to be modern day Japan. In one video HLC, in character for the US; channeling his inner Buffalo Bill, called Japan, “It treats my boats like friends or else I drop the sun again.” And yes, he’s in the Army and does a podcast called “Unsubscribe” with FatElectrician and a couple of other creators. He teaches air defense systems so incredibly knowledgeable on those aspects of warfare.

[@rmcclure21]

Thanks for reviewing this! I’m a big HLC fan also, but he mostly does current affairs. And yes, he is a veteran and friends with the Fat Electrician. The characters, in order of appearance: Modern USA Modern Britain Grandpa Buff: a B-52, which is one of the oldest planes in US service. He’s an old, crusty guy who often says inappropriate things. (Different pieces of military equipment have their own personalities) F 35: the most advanced computing plane in US service. He’s a nerd. Imperial Japan Pre-WWII America Modern Japan Modern Russia Hawaii (states have their own personalities also) Glad you enjoyed!

[@baseballjustin5]

Florida; RAISE HELL, PRAISE DALE!

[@PhiltyRuxspin]

13:11 no he’s talking about the now war crimes that Canada did in WWI. Canada didn’t take prisoners, they just shot enemy survivors and used to bait starving Germans with cans of food and then threw grenades on them when they went for the food

[@cParman9]

The Canada thing was about the reasons why there are clauses in the Geneva conventions because of Canada.

[@cParman9]

He and the fat electrician will collab all the time

[@Ahalaya]

HLC! I love his stuff. Japan is a recurring character in his videos which often shows up just to say one line: "Don't touch the boats!" Japan tries so hard to stop people for making the US mad.

[@Fadamor]

I highly recommend the book "At Dawn We Slept - The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor" by Gordon W. Prange. I see there is now a "revised" edition where a couple of authors slapped their "Afterwords" on the end of Prange's book well after Prange died. I don't know what's in their addendums - the copy I had was just Prange's book. Prange was a history professor who was brought in as General MacArthur's Chief Historian during the post-war occupation of Japan, so he had first-hand access to any surviving documents Japan had neglected to destroy during the surrender. Prange had written quite a few manuscripts after the war but most weren't published until after his death in 1980. A second book that was published was "Miracle at Midway" about the Battle of Midway. The exception to getting published after his death was a manuscript he had published in two parts in Reader's Digest called "Tora, Tora, Tora" - which became the basis for the screenplay of the movie with the same name (1970).

[@dakotasequin5984]

The Wendigoon video on unit 731 will give you a in-depth breakdown of some of the atrocities Japan did that he mentioned

[@ZoneXV]

I agree, such a good video about something that is rarely taught. Imperial Japanese were IMO worse than the WWII Germans.

[@wasdkug_tr]

​@@ZoneXV worst part about it is the majority of scientists on Unit 731 was given Protection by USA to work for them. That about sums up how much the US government cares about morals

[@charlieschmitz759]

It’s always great when 2 of my favorite KZbin channels come together

[@ClericOfPholtus]

Tldr on characters (If someone hasn't done it shorter) "Grandpa Buff" the B-52, the oldest and longest serving combat aircraft. The 52 has also killed more people than cancer; it's acts as elderly 'don't give a fuck anymore' man F-35 is the flying stealth super computer This vid used both the historical Japan and the modern Japan Most of his videos actually do current world history especially the ongoing conflicts; he's currently in the Army as an Air Defender teacher with a lot of years there and pays a lot of attention to all the declassified stuff and then uses funny memes with little facts on countries/vehicles/etc to convey the information. He HAS done some other historical information but it's generally limited to aircraft stuff in scope. I highly recommend him; he's very funny and balanced

[@markdegroot8415]

Line Crosser and FE are friends and both hilarious and two of my fav u tubers

[@graydoncarruth5044]

The Canada joke has to do with war crimes during WWI.

[@StretchMedia]

Yo HLC is hands down the best 10 minute history/ current events channel😂 you will love what he does, glad ypu found him

[@ShawnBaker-d3h]

If you want to understand the context you really need to watch the series reasonably close to the beginning. There are actual characters with back stories.

[@haroldbenton979]

My late grandpa was a Pacific theater veteran in the navy on transports. He literally was at every major amphibious landing we did. He was also part of Operation Magic Carpet that brought everyone home. He specifically remembered 3 men that he brought home. One was a Marine one of the few we got back from Wake the Japanese had beaten his hands into clubs. Why he was part of the shore defense batteries that sank a destroyer. Another was a 26th Calvary Bataan Death March survivor who started the war at 190 pounds and was recovered at 90 pounds. The 3rd was a 21st AAF 1st Lt bombardier they had burn out his eyes.

[@jaquino31]

As a native of Guam, we thank him for his service.

[@MrTerry]

Check out Episode 1 of History Showdown - My History Trivia Game Show: kzbin.info9bPGIQy_HsE

[@Fadamor]

1:18 This type of animation reminds me of the Saturday morning show, "Clutch Cargo with His Pals, Spinner and Paddlefoot"

[@eduardocespedes4666]

11:36 Iron Man reference

[@anthonyminimum]

The US Navy: Touch our boats and it’s your butt on the line

[@JackConley-lj3uj]

Really? I can't believe that we think Bearl Harbor is worse than the Blitz. Are we really that crazy?

[@AtlasAccord]

No, no we don’t believe that

[@joecrazy9896]

That isn't a common belief, it's just a joke.

[@sirblank2384]

Honestly who cares all we know is it was the start of the end for the axis

[@JackConley-lj3uj]

@@joecrazy9896 So we are crazy? I mean how can you be sane an also joke about deaths?

[@joecrazy9896]

@@JackConley-lj3uj I don't think dark humor is exclusive to any one country.

[@shawnspillman653]

His videos are excellent in trash talk. I usually laugh so hard at his videos.

[@mathewkelly9968]

14:10 yes the Japanese did that , and don't think they've changed despite the anime and sushi

[@Knightfang1]

One thing a lot of people miss about pearl harbor was that although it was a successful surprise attack, it failed to achieve most of its goals. They failed to destroy the dry docks and the Fuel Storage areas, and as a result most of the damaged ships were successfully repaired and put back into service surprisingly quickly. Also the fact that our carriers were not in port at the time of the attack was hugely important to the course of the war

[@timmypuskas887]

Hello MR. TERRY!!! I am happy I stumbled upon this video!!! I love HLC!!!!!!! Now subscribe to both of you!!!!!! Keep up the good work you two!!!

[@ConnorSchoolcraft]

The planes in this video are the B-52, and the F-35. Theres a lot of aircraft in this video. The 2nd japan is modern day japan. Red one is ww2 japan.

[@fbodyracer19]

If you watch his.other videos, start back at the first. He has a lot of character development and there is a storyline he follows while also hitting hot topics and current events at the same time. Each character has a personality and backstory.

[@J.Young808]

My Grandpa on my Mom’s side retired as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy and was stationed in Pearl Harbor in late 1941. His ship left port December 5, 1941.

[@mattbigley1365]

Another piece of history that a lot of people don’t know is Fleet Problem 13 . This was a military exercise that simulated a possible attack on Pearl Harbor from a militarized island nation. The commander of the attacking force was able to successful launch an aerial attack which disabled the airfields on Pearl and do extensive damage. The Japanese studied this exercise and made it the frame for their successful attack.

[@warheadsnation]

The US Congress had already authorized the building of a new navy bigger than the whole navy it had in the 1930s. Japan's reasoning could only be that its initial victories would cause the US to lose its will to fight back, leading to a negotiated defeat like the Russians in 1905. Yet it only took until 1943 for the new US fleet to overwhelm Japanese resistance as Japan could not replace its losses. This was the essential miscalculation.

[@ethrilpalpatine6159]

Habitual Linecrosser is currently serving. As far as Pearl Harbor, in 1940-41, the battleship mentality was still alive and well. Specifically, FDR and the USN, saw the deployment of the Pacific Fleet to Pearl Harbor as a guard dog and warning to the Imperial Japanese. They never envisioned the Fleet as a sitting target. Battleships were the Queens of the world’s navies. Churchill did the same thing to Force Z, thinking two large warships would intimidate the Japanese. Most western powers were clueless as to the effectiveness of carrier warfare or the power of the Imperial Japanese Navy. But the way, Habitual Linecrosser is generally spot on with his videos.

[@anangrytexan2244]

Watching you discover TFE, HLC, and the guys has been awesome. Good group of guys and great communities. Damn shame Herrera didn't win the runoff. Welcome to the fun, based side of WarHistoryTube.

[@ISAFMobius18]

Im so glad you found HLC, he does such funny satire on World Geopolitics and Military.

[@denniscale1538]

The "talks" about the oil embargo with Japan reminds me of the Churchill quote, "Jaw, jaw, jaw is better than war, war, war."

[@DavidFerrell-x5u]

Yes this is the template HLC uses and it's amazing. So more of these please❤

[@shannonmcvey8669]

Buff is the “Old Guy” in the room…the “Back in my day we had to walk to school…up hill…both ways…in the snow” guy. He’s been around since Orville and Wilbur were in diapers and is still kicking butt.

[@Raver_S_Thompson]

Buff is a b-52 strat, the ‘brainy’ on is a f35 lightning, the psychotic one is the f-22 raptor. There is occasionally the f15 as well.

[@Tango352]

It's so eye-opening seeing someone that isn't immersed in military life watch HLC's videos. I've known exactly what was going on from the very first video, but hearing someone say, "I dont know what the planes represent just yet," really kinda blew me away. You'll get there, Teach. Just keep asking questions.

[@dylandepetro4187]

As plenty of people pointed out on HLC’s video… Pearl Harbor was the third time someone touched our boats. Barbary wars, the USS Main, Pearl Harbor, and the USS Samuel B. Roberts. Might be a few other times where our boats got touched and things got proportional very exponentially.

[@PopeSixtusVI]

Shoutout to the GIs who brought Marvel Comics and Walt Disney Pictures to Japan during the occupation and invented anime and manga.

[@warheadsnation]

Disney films were seen in Japan before the wartime censorship. Osamu Tezuka's style was influnced by those, & his manga came out right after the War.

[@ryanhamstra49]

14:15 look up wendigoons video on Japanese unit 731. It goes into the absolutely horrible thing that the Japanese did to Chinese prisoners of war and civilians. It will definitely have to be heavily edited or you will have to put a content warning at the beginning of that video. It is hard to get through.

[@carlosbateras6567]

HCL is not usually making this kind of long-historic imbued videos. he usually does skits about current events and occasionally mentions some historical facts. just countries, planes and boats giving each others a hard fun time. but since he wants to make longer videos, he also drinks something from Fat Electrician, Angry Cops... you know, the pepperbox people.

[@aaronslater470]

He left out the best part. The Japanese navy didn't tell the Army. So the Army was sitting in a war on mainland China screaming; "You did what!!!???"

[@champbrandon837]

HLC is definitely a great channel. He puts in quality work consistently.

[@nathancjarrett]

I've never heard anyone claim the Pearl Harbor attack was the worst day. It was a surprise attack, and it significantly damaged our Pacific fleet, but I would not say the loss of life was particularly high or even the biggest impact of the attack - all due respect to those whose lives were lost. We lost 4 Battleships and we were lucky that was as bad as it got.

[@Spartacus12675]

The 2 Japans are the current Japan, saying don’t touch the boats, and Imperial Japan, which has the old Japanese flag in the corner. Also, the planes represent themselves. The old plane, Buff, is the B-52 bomber, one that has been flying in the U.S. military for…like ever. The “super computer with wings” is the F-35. Each aircraft that he has in his videos has their own voice and personality, and they pretty much represent how that plane is viewed. The F-22 Raptor has a voice like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs because he’s crazy and locked up, and can unalive pretty much anything. The more you watch him, the more you’ll like him. I believe HLC is currently in the US Army, and if I remember correctly, he is an instructor on how our air defense systems work and are utilized. Hope that helps. Enjoy his content. It’s great.