Modern Recruits Face Their First WW2 Commando Mission | Devil's Brigade | Timeline

The Brigade faces their first challenges on a practice mission. This documentary follows modern soldiers as they train in the manner of the elite WW2 Commando Unit, The Devil's Brigade.
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[@theoldshooter9011]

My dad was in 3-2 of the FSSF and went on after the war to help organize the 77th Special Forces group and most of the ones to come. Upon his passing the 77TH which was now the 7th SFG came and executed his last drop. Many thanks to those who attended and gave him such a going away. He would have been proud.

[@jamesc7526]

there was a Brigade vet where I grew up in Alberta Canada. He was a grain farmer then and just a regular good and decent man. But he was one of those 'quiet' guys that you knew you just didn't F with.

[@sham421]

I've always loved the singing of an ejected clip from an M1. What a great weapon.

[@Bob-Whiting]

Grrreat! Dad fought in WWII AND Korea, then they wanted Captain Whiting to go to Vietnam. That's when he retired.

[@larrygerry985]

Don't believe you

[@Bob-Whiting]

@@larrygerry985 WTF does that mean?

[@lord7134]

@@Bob-Whiting some random dude who doesn’t believe in (some part of) your story. But there’s trolls like that, ignore his a**

[@Bob-Whiting]

@@lord7134 Thanks man. My father was a lifer and absolutely WAS in the US army during WWII in the Pacific against the Japanese. Then he was part of the occupying army too. Then he went to Korea with the UN Police Action, but in the 60s when I was a kid (by that time he was an officer, a captain) they wanted him to go to Vietnam but my Mom said "No!" lolz, so he retired, and that is the truth.

[@Lonnie_Johnson]

Do you know which unit by any chance? And what did he do for a living in later life? Just curious. A salute of respect and major thanks for his service anyways. Alltho the NAM would've been peas and pies compared to his earlier tours, your mom made a good decision.

[@shep8851]

Excellent programme, nice to see actual soldiers doing this rather than actors or re-enactors

[@rudismikelsons504]

Really got caught off guard with the name of that plane😂

[@MediAliquis]

It caught me too lol

[@shoominati23]

"What should you feel? ... recoil " CLASSIC

[@figo3554]

I know it wasn't a joke but I laughed when I heard that. I am a horrible person.

[@PluxBR]

Thats just horrible. Awful joke.

[@SpielkindFR]

Yes HAHA warcrimes are so funny.

[@roguetoa9787]

@@figo3554 it’s probably not a joke. I know some of those Canadian soldiers. One at least is not joking

[@figo3554]

@@roguetoa9787 I said it wasn't a joke

[@BlackWater_49]

6:11 That my friend would be a war crime. Thankfully in the modern German army I would be required to refuse such an order flat out.

[@christiangeisel7107]

thank you i came here to say that.

[@warden8573]

No one crosses the bridge. War sucks but if a mission fails, even just because of a kid, a lot of good people could die. Recoil

[@systemspecchecker]

In most moddern first world nations this is a war crime for sure, not sure he knew what he was really saying when he said it.

[@BlackWater_49]

@@warden8573 Again, that's a war crime. Let me guess, you're from the US, right? Have you ever thought about the fact that there are a dozen different ways to prevent someone from crossing that don't involve killing an innocent child and committing a war crime in the process? That's literally the problem is the US in the middle east, the fact that you are creating your own terrorists. And then you act all surprised. Read my lips: You cannot win a war against the populis. If the population sees you as a mortal enemy you have lost the war no matter how much you've beat armies in the field.

[@BlackWater_49]

@@systemspecchecker I mean we are talking about the US here and their relationship to war crimes in recent history has been troubling at best.

[@jr75848]

I feel like Scott Young was simply trying to get up and down the rope as fast as possible but didn't think about proper technique (without gloves). I wonder how he feels watching this knowing the Cadre was looking at him as someone they would cut because of his attitude.

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

Attitude makes the person. Either you’re worth the time and energy, or you’re not and need to go.

[@michaelbevan1081]

Really interesting as I've heard about the Devils brigade, however this provided more detail.

[@muteme4980]

Go to Venafro, Italy. A museum there is dedicated to the FSSF.

[@motionlessevent2528]

he should have strapped up his hand and demanded to carry on - such motivation is what they are looking for in the first place.

[@themeanestkitten]

In a real war yes, but this is just training and he can't really do to much without the full use of his right hand.

[@motionlessevent2528]

@@themeanestkitten whats the use of training if it does not attempt to simulate the real thing.

[@oddvoid]

@@motionlessevent2528 Yes, because suffering permanent injury, because you kept on going with an injury for a TV show, sounds wonderful.

[@sierradenali3270]

My uncle was in the Devil's Brigade, Sgt. George Robinson 6-2, KIA'd feb. 18/44 at Anzio.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

Wow, I can't imagine what those soldiers went through...

[@Pyracantic]

Sure you can you’re not speaking German and the Japanese are not your enemy

[@greggorythefox722]

13:04 "The Japanese where gone, leaving still warm coffee" That a damn hot coffee if it can stay warm even after ~two weeks Japanese has leave the island

[@Caerigna]

It'd be great to have these numbered so we can easily tell, for sure, what order they play in.

[@Wolvenworks]

agreed. actually annoyed that it wasn't numbered. not even a playlist.

[@roguetoa9787]

@@Wolvenworks i used to have the entire thing edited into one video on my old computer. Got it before it aired

[@michaelwoodward5787]

One of my favorite movies!

[@j311ycaa5]

29:28 - 29:50 is absolutely ridiculous.

[@Cooper-dx4ms]

How

[@14arma]

I guess Winnipeg police train their guys to be inaccurate? I certainly wouldn't want to be a hostage with that guy rescuing me.

[@marcoslaureano5562]

@@14arma They wouldn't send a patrol cop, they'd send SWAT in the U.S. or the equivalent in Canada. But yeah, that is ridiculous.

[@official_commanderhale965]

45:45 If this wasn't demonetized before....

[@bc9554]

LMAO nice catch

[@BlessingsAP]

Yeah…. About that ..

[@rezahades6071]

I didnt see it

[@figo3554]

Was it because he didn't have a helmet?

[@my_stomach_hurt1876]

What a terrible name for a plane

[@DR-JOHN-DEJAVU-1984]

Special forces traces it's roots back to WW2 with first special services brigade of the U.S. and the UK's SAS. God bless these people.

[@OOI1920]

I immediately remembered him from 20th century battlefields on the Military Channel. I traveled back in time.

[@ThePhoenixAscendant]

That hotshot Lieutenant who took 3 min for 7 shots but got 6/7 in the center reminds me for some reason of Steve Rogers before he became Captain America... few things scarier than intelligent soldiers...

[@triblues7065]

For Pvt Young, he's lucky it happened during training. It could have been worse it if happens during deployment, so to speak.

[@lawrencemay8671]

I went Airborne because I feared heights. Jump Qualified still have a fear of heights.

[@jp-ty1vd]

Height are no problem, it's the sudden stop at the end that will fuckup your day.

[@russell7852]

And to think my arisaka is probably a trophy from this...

[@WiseMindsPhilosophy]

Nice quality

[@toddmckintyre2064]

Chilling with a cold drink on s Saturday watching this is my idea of a "great day". Kudos to the brave people that serve(d) both friend and foe.

[@TermiteUSA]

To friend yes, Foe- NO! Never forget!

[@shadesinsertlastname1631]

@@TermiteUSA i mean hey would you want to fight the us

[@friedmac7146]

Very impressive during the foot march back to the Fob guy's where checking they're six. 🇺🇲🔱🇨🇦

[@Mocha69A]

I grew up climbing everything and still getting myself out of it. Sometimes scarily slow as a kid

[@robinderoos1166]

Well, that guys definitely looks like a 2nd luitenant

[@MrSimonmcc]

Lieutenant.

[@SuperLarryJo]

I laughed

[@niedersacksen]

Luitenant is lieutanent in Dutch 🤣

[@realgrilledsushi]

10:37 the IJN special landing force

[@madisaur0]

Afghan food is legit! Yeah you can get some nasty stuff here and there but I'd eat it here if it was available. I actually kind of miss the food

[@ek8710]

Are you going to be uploading the rest of the series?

[@allieg6401]

theres about 4 diff vids on their page but not numbered, only can tell by date and i think this is the 2nd video. - THINK -

[@mrtlsimon]

At 33:33 Sgt Wolf is complaining about the shooting competition. Marksmanship fundamentals are taught and practiced so when you need them they are instinctual. The old school one hand stance was ridiculous modern training still practices one handed strong and weak hand shooting.

[@MediaSLSecondLife]

amazing 😜

[@axemans5423]

Hello Jamesons Travels, have you seen the "devils brigade" doco? Worth a watch, theres a few videos on them but the one I saw was called "Can modern soldiers pass ww2 basic training for elite commandoes - devils brigade"

[@allieg6401]

A few nights in the bush... still waiting patiently for 'The Bush' to show up on screen... that looks nicely planted trees, just waiting for some one to have a lovely stroll through them.

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

The area around Helena is like a giant golf course, up to and past 10,000'. Gorgeous. All the way down (and past) Denver...

[@lowercase3635]

45:48 geez the name on that plane 😂

[@jrhandley]

When was this filmed?

[@keithpringle3940]

In my day the rain was wetter and the cold was colder!! These young UN's don't know they're born!!

[@jeroylenkins1745]

Chris Bird is a good dude.

[@seankelley8160]

M1 Garand has a range close to 3000 feet. Not meters. Small correction. Great video.

[@captindo]

4:05 ........3km???? Its effective range is 500 yard or 457 meters. Our c7s are effective at 300 meters to 500 meters depending on the person terrain and season.

[@michaeldowson6988]

You can't see at target at 3km without a scope.

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

You know you're putting a 30.06 down a 26 inch barrel with a military charge of powder, right? Not something a sane person would care to stand in front of. The original '91 Mosins rear sights went to "32" -- as in 3200 meters -- firing a very similar round to the Garands. At 500 yards, the Garand (*and* the Mosin) are punching through *trees.*

[@skavin38]

He Said it was deadly out to three kilometers right? In my mind, I suppose that means it can kill you...... If they can hit you. I doubt that means the rifle that accurate. They're making modern sniper rifles today that can barely hit 3 km accurately. But they're certainly deadly after that range if your hit

[@captindo]

@@thomasmcginnis3783 The Taliban weren't the sanest people, they ran into gun fire, for 3 days they ran into my friends fireteam, hundreds of them dead, still running into an ambush, still in front of the barrel's of their c7s, still dying. Your right, sane people wouldn't do that.

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

@@captindo Around the bend.

[@emilyjohnstone408]

Instead of referring to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour as a victory for the Japanese it should’ve been referred to as a coward punch because that is exactly what it was.

[@TRHARTAmericanArtist]

Thank you emily for telling the unvarnished truth.

[@davidlean1060]

I'm not sure dropping an atomic bomb could be consider fair fighting either though. Just a thought.

[@TRHARTAmericanArtist]

@@davidlean1060 do you mean like the defenseless people horribly murdered , raped, and savaged by the Japanese troops and their cheering countrymen?

[@Youngblood457]

@@TRHARTAmericanArtist They raped and murdered innocent people we nuclear and eradicated innocent people we really don’t have anything to stand on here

[@tacituskilgore2851]

war isn't a sport, surprise is key.

[@lolbequiet9451]

wow

[@jcaleca60]

My dad never spoke of the war he got Purple Heart Bronze Star Oak Leaf cluster save the man's life I put his name up on the World War II Memorial John. S. Cal ECA

[@billyw1345]

Is this part 2 or 3?

[@Nitebreed]

Americas favorite colour- Blue on Blue!

[@rickyj5547]

I have the dvd.

[@karlkarl7265]

peaceful

[@marthalabi9052]

I have no clue why Im watching these videos about devil's brigade but here I am. I had never heard of it before haha

[@americanveteran1382]

42:52 fred❤

[@bobyouel7674]

REspect

[@charlesbaker7285]

there were no three dot sights on the WW2 M1911s.The sights were smaller and black

[@varjen018]

Would not the Gewehr 43 be the opposite of the M1, not the Kar98?

[@manifestman132]

I think they are comparing it to main service rifles. I don’t think the G43 ever really replaced the K98. Also its more like a Tokarev then M1.

[@AnonMedic]

I literally watched this last night, how is this a new upload?

[@sandysandy8184]

I think 🤔 they just by the rights....it's all old content... repackaged...

[@dsloop3907]

@@sandysandy8184 yep

[@robshirewood5060]

Does anyone know what happened to the first Canadian Colonel that formed the 1st SSF with Frederick i think his name was Williamson or Wilkinson?

[@sreal-iron5898]

45:47 "Big ...what"

[@dougbrown6690]

M1 Garand "designed by a Canadian..." Well yes Garand was born a French Canadian in Quebec.. but he grew up in Rhode Island and NYC, learned his trade in the US, and became a US citizen in 1920. And he designed the M1 in Springfield Mass.

[@jeffmclean9411]

Ya , Garand was born in Canada so a Canadian designed the rifle. Regardless of where he learned his trade.

[@muhazreen]

11:40 Someone mocking their commander there XD

[@palmergriffiths1952]

My Grandfather was a Canadian member. Hq Det 1st Rgt

[@americanveteran1382]

I miss home and the horses i rode

[@iammyriad71]

Churchill was talking about the British commandos when he made that famous saying.

[@americanveteran1382]

Now a once of semtex a radio wave antenna wires and batteries creates more damage than four boxes of dynamite.

[@u.s.militia7682]

Scrambled eggs floating in rainwater covered in gnats. I wonder how many times I had that meal during my 18 years? 😂

[@jackwood8307]

👍

[@JeffHuntsinger]

This was in 2006. Did they use miles gear in their firefights?

[@bzgraphicartist]

31:41 Garand Thumb

[@themeanestkitten]

Playing army looks like fun, doing it for real not so much.

[@joshua_J]

3000 meters? Really??? You couldn't reliably hit the broad side of a giant barn at that distance with that weapon. Exceedingly optimistic at best

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

3200 for the Russian Nagant. But the idea was not to hit a specific target...

[@sickbozo8152]

the german counterpart to the m1 garand was actually the g43 semi automatic rifle although production could never keep up with demand. also the rifle was inspired by a soviet rifle sonce noone in europe had ever seen a garand before dday

[@CZProtton]

Garand also was not the best rifle of the second world war, as they have said. The sturmgewehr was much better in all aspects and the first assault rifle adopted by an army, all modern rifles are based on the sturmgewehr idea. This document is just... not really good.

[@DestroyerofBubbles]

What do u think of their claims of its 'deadly range of 3000m'? lol

[@sickbozo8152]

@@DestroyerofBubbles lol who tf taught this guy ballistics ?!

[@CZProtton]

@@DestroyerofBubbles If you drop it from a plane flying 3000 metres above the ground then sure, it can kill someone... But the bullet cannot even fly 3000 metres probably. And if it can, it will not be able to penerate anything, much less you being able to hit anything with it.

[@DestroyerofBubbles]

@@CZProtton Haha yeah for sure, the longest kills ever recorded are a little over 3000m lol

[@python27au]

They should be using something like MILES during their exercises so they know who dies.

[@blowels9059]

45:48 The Name Of The Plane

[@gibsonusa2]

Gurgle gurgle gurgle

[@mohammadrezakhani2539]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍

[@JadyGrudd]

I wonder if a few rope burns would have sent someone back to their unit in 1942... probably not?

[@captindo]

6:38 Wonder how much gilt and hatred he'll have towards himself when he finds out it's a lie. I got friends that's killed themselves in the last few years, they talked like this guy.

[@bruhism173]

Whats the truth

[@gasbaroni]

@@bruhism173 That killing someone because of an order is morally wrong.

[@dubart5918]

The M1 garand is actually pronounced like the name Garend

[@u.s.militia7682]

There’s no way any Soldier ever used a M1 Garand at 3,000 meters. If it were true then it’d probably still be our service rifle. 😂

[@davee8462]

Yo

[@Germfish]

How do they decide when some one is dead with only firing blanks. I'd just be like, nope you didn't get me.

[@notinteresting1495]

Indifferent refs and circumstances Sometimes it's as simple as "you moved while you were under fire and weren't properly covered"

[@themeatpopsicle]

Wonder if that train engineer knew there were a bunch of dudes skulking around in the woods with guns

[@MESOHAWNYFAWYOU]

I'd feel fairly safe if Winnipeg Hollywood (29.25) was shooting at me in a soup line. That's probably why they give them hi-capacity automatics these days.

[@roy6254]

I boy gots the BCs on 🤪

[@89DerChristian]

BAR + BiPod?!

[@GetTheFO]

Yeah. BAR’s were modified to have bipeds kept on them by the time WWII began. I can’t remember the exact year off the top of my head but I’m sure you could find it with a single google search.

[@GetTheFO]

Not sure why spellcheck turned bipod into biped…

[@katakimikusan]

Oh no please tell me that he didn’t use a file on his knife😱🙏🤭😧😮😵

[@dannywlm63]

Not the first special forces

[@humanbean5878]

Oh for me climbing up is fine...climbing down? Absolutely not lol

[@ericjohnson4806]

All of the Canadians are from reserve units no regular army personel JTF-2 is ammused?

[@Old299dfk]

I had no idea the M1 was effective to 3km, that's a helluva distance!!!

[@phredphlintstone6455]

1.8something US miles

[@jwilly3767]

that .30-06 is a helluva round

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

The Russian's Mosin-Nagant had a rear sight limit of "32" -- as in, 3200 meters. It fired(fires) a very similar round to the 30.06. Hoist one to "Volley fire!!"

[@uvuvwevwevweosas4459]

Wat ? 45:47

[@americanveteran1382]

No practice just jump

[@feelthepayne88]

Lol the Canadian cop's excuses for his poor performance are hilarious. Get back to the range more often bud.

[@jonathanperry8331]

What was my time sergeant? YOU WON BUT YOU LOST DUMMY YOU LEFT YOUR WHOLE PLATOON BEHIND ENEMY LINES! Reference boys of company c.

[@nickinportland]

I don’t get people that are afraid of heights when your attached to a rope. Never worried me

[@tamasmarcuis4455]

They are carrying their weapons like modern assault rifles. That's not how troops were trained in WW2.

[@gabrielfranco9786]

Okay... how do you carry WW2 rifles properly? I’m confused.

[@thehillbillychristian3821]

@@gabrielfranco9786 No low ready, high ready, mostly carrying at trail arms, shooting from the hip when moving, carrying at port arms, etc...

[@MRDPG59]

HUH? the Garand was designed by a Canadian! That I did not know BUT now I know I wonder why the US used them But the Canadians used the Enfield 303' s ?

[@ThroatSore]

3000 metres?

[@thomasmcginnis3783]

Mosin (nearly the same round) went to 3200. So, "Yeah."

[@wheillebherttjanmontalbeu]

Ah the M1! We run with it, exercise with it as 17 years old cadets. Told my classmate that I'll push him out of the building if he quit the rappel 😂

[@ewoksalot]

What shitstick at Timeline didn't title these with the order of play?!!?