The CAT Who Refused To Die In WWII

[@Simplehistory]

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[@dalemcconnell-zt4dn]

What's your name on it

[@malvinasArgentinas-y2t]

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[@malvinasArgentinas-y2t]

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[@dalemcconnell-zt4dn]

I want to know what simplehistory name is on the game so I know if I am on his team

[@C.A._Old]

1 Random Crit Torpido did Sunk it to Gaint German Ship. XD

[@RazSofer-xh3qs]

Sam is lucky to survive 3 sinking. The crew who had Sam is unlucky to have 3 sinking with him.

[@K3niKun]

the cats real name is oskar

[@launcesmechanist9578]

In WWI there was a British Sailor who survived three sinking ships… on the same day. The sailor was on the HMS Aboukir when she was torpedoed by U9. He was picked up Cressy, which was also sunk, and then lastly by Hogue which was, like the previous two, were sunk

[@natheriver8910]

​@@launcesmechanist9578😮😮😮

[@natheriver8910]

​@@launcesmechanist9578what happend with him after?

[@launcesmechanist9578]

@@natheriver8910 He continued to serve in the Royal Navy throughout WWI and then again in WWII I believe, retiring as a Commander. Unironically, he detested submarines.

[@starzkream]

The main reason cats were initially put on ships was as rodent control. Over time, sailors began to enjoy their company.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Like how the British would put Cobras in plantations

[@bmxican1023]

Go Noles

[@ImaStupidNobody]

​@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds.Better to have both, my dog will protect and keep my cat safe from wild animals if outside together but my cat is an inside cat. If you live in the country or have an outside cat then it's a really good idea to have a dog that will keep the yard and surrounding areas safe from coyotes or any other animal that would smell the dogs scent and realize they in dogs territory and will leave the area instead of searching for something to hunt like a cat, Cats will also retreat to the yard if danger is around so the dog can help protect them.

[@starzkream]

@@bmxican1023 Go Noles!!!

[@ImaStupidNobody]

@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. Yeah definitely they are, a cat will do just fine without dogs to help keep away other animals since cats have really good hearing and sense of smell from a far distance and will run back home if danger in the area. It's good to have friends for a cat, 2 cats together can destroy a dog if they had to outside and will keep other aggressive cats that will attack another cat especially if it female to try to mate even if spayed. A dog is a good friend to cats, one time my friends cat was alone near their yard when she was chased and attacked by another male cat that wanted to mate so she fought him off trying to get away but the male cat was bigger and had scratched and bite her up and was bleeding a little bit so the dog jumped the fence and chased the male cat into a tree then the friend brought them back inside.

[@DarkLorddReviews]

Germans: Oh, I... I thought you were dead. Unsinkable Sam: My death was... greatly exaggerated.

[@Sapphiregamer8605]

@LittleHitlerOH GOD

[@DarkLorddReviews]

@LittleHitler Don't worry. I'll handle that. *loads shotgun*

[@whitemiasma5288]

Truer words are very rarely spoken.@LittleHitler John 15 "If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you."

[@asianbandit4054]

@LittleHitler Awww (lowers arm), so no murder.

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

​@LittleHitler I'm sure you won't declare war against common house rat.

[@valmid5069]

This German Cat: *(whispers in Death’s ear)* “You're not living up to the legend, Wolfie”

[@wutdakat]

Puss in boots took that personally.

[@MEHCAT1774]

Honestly, Unsinkable Sam is just a cat built different

[@sketchygetchey8299]

😸

[@winter15motivation44]

Bro actually bismark sailor fought to hard sink two British battleship and damaged one air craft carrier with 22 aircraft on board Also give a absolute tough time to British navy in its last day's

[@neofulcrum5013]

One thing is certain when it comes to war time, you can expect a plethora of insane stories.

[@theravingtimes9582]

So Oscar was essentially a sailor who was captured by the Allies, never released, forced into servitude in Gibraltar and Northern Ireland and then passed away as a POW. We need compensation for Oscar, especially since Wojtek got 3 statues, multiple bottles of vodka and several packs of cigarettes for carrying artillery shells.

[@livingdeadgirl5691]

I mean Oscar was not really of "use" during the war like Wojtek, he just so happend to surrvive 3 sinkings, but you do have a point.

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

I think of the cat as a spoil of war, like all the gold and art the Nazis stole from their victims

[@jamesofficial6829]

I agree he belonged to the German crew of the Bismark. He was a POW Germany was his birthplace.

[@9bang88]

A shocking revelation

[@MurraytheCat]

My cat heard the meows and looked around to see if there was a cat

[@bigstudio2.044]

Mine to hahaah!

[@MustacheCashStash125]

Mine too

[@tk1850]

same here😂

[@hellomoto2084]

Yall dont use dem headphones?

[@Minotaur-ey2lg]

Same

[@kdubbsthe3rd]

Tuxedo cats are good luck charms.

[@MustacheCashStash125]

I had a tuxedo cat named Henry for most of my life. We got him when I was 2 and he passed away 3 days after my 18th birthday last year at the ripe age of 16

[@ninjamasterbuilder8675]

We had a woman who survived titanic, Britannic, and the Hawk-Olympic collision and now an unsinkable cat

[@DarkKnight52365]

some being just have some of the most bazar luck

[@ChickinSammich]

Three boats in, I wouldn't get on another boat in my life.

[@user-wd1tt2qw8d]

There was a man who survived 3 sinkings.

[@patrickstewart3446]

Violet Jessup. 😁

[@ozzyfb8517]

Now we need a child to complete the unsinkable family

[@amdolfussussus1338]

Kitty went through more than some soldiers have, truly a distinguished gentleman!

[@thomasmolyneaux3700]

With how superstitious sailors are I’m surprised they took Sam on board afterwards

[@thomasmolyneaux3700]

@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds. I know but sailors had a lot of superstitions and taking a cat from a ship that’s been sunk doesn’t seem like something they’d do

[@JakeCWolf]

@@thomasmolyneaux3700 Well look at it this way, Sam was on ships that sank, but he *survived*, that's never a guarantee. In wartime sailors are fully aware that not only are they likely to be attacked but may die at sea, if not also from the natural dangers that come with sailing to begin with, the sea has ever been a cruel mistress. So knowing Sam survived sinking ships he'd be sort of a good luck charm, sailors all hoping some of that luck would rub off on them when their ship inevitably comes under fire.

[@gentblue]

​@@JakeCWolfI heard that he was forcibly retired in Gibraltar because superstitious sailors suspected that he was attracting fire. Obviously there's no way of proving what really happened now.

[@thomasmolyneaux3700]

@@JakeCWolf Good point but after 2 sinkings you think they’d not want him anymore

[@gmodplayerxd6886]

I love how this cat basically got team balanced

[@MaxTheVoidling]

Competition begins in 10 seconds!😊

[@Hogan231]

Rest In Peace Sam.

[@Ferrari255GTO]

8:30 i love that bit of animation because i 1000% can see a cat playng with an ammo belt

[@user-wd1tt2qw8d]

its unsinkable sam!!

[@Ferrari255GTO]

@@user-wd1tt2qw8d you're right! I hadn't seen that video yet XD

[@Goremize]

Got to love how animals can keep people going and in good spirits! :D Cats both being a boon to people on board a ship and also clearing it of vermin is such a nice touch. Especially as you consider the fact that most cats hate water :D

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

If only the Royal Navy still allowed cats on ships. They stopped the practice around 1975. In fact most navies with the exception of the Russian navy don’t allow cats on board anymore.

[@yourlocaldoomer]

Not all cats hate water, but most of them yes. (Nice pfp)

[@user-wd1tt2qw8d]

Some people said that furries existed in ww2 which is a lie.

[@yourlocaldoomer]

@@user-wd1tt2qw8d Irrelevant

[@Goremize]

@@user-wd1tt2qw8d Yeah Furries is def a more modern thing with more so to do with the internet then just animal handlers in the past. Furries themselves were not around in ww2, back then it was just crazy cat ladies. It expanded to be what it is cause of this period of peace we have lived in, which has been threatened by current world leaders, which is unfortunate. Hopefully Biden gets out of office soon so we don't end up in a world war 3.

[@samuellaird5184]

May he rest In Peace

[@VelvetMagician]

So either this cat is really lucky, or was a curse to those that sailed with him.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Unsinkable Sam’s name on board the Bismarck is unknown. He was given the name Oscar after being picked up by the HMS Cossack because Oskar or O in sailor talk means man (or in this case cat) overboard.

[@jamesofficial6829]

No he was really named Oscar by the Germans that had him I read about it a few months back.

[@austinblack7991]

It’s Oskar with a k

[@handsomeblackman255]

Pixar should do this animated movie.

[@LanceChua9743]

i dont they will do that cause its mostly about kids not war

[@Apickleonthefloor]

This cat has lived more than I have over the span of three decades.

[@jayvhoncalma3458]

8:40 other cats had string as a toy , Sam's was a chain of machine gun rounds

[@mannywedge]

i am so happy you did a story on Sam. I found out about unsinkable Sam during school and not a lot of people talk about the cat.

[@Boxanadu]

Sinking Sam was on a mission to avenge the Bismarck.

[@jamesofficial6829]

I would be too that ship was a floating castle compared to the other ships.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Would’ve been in trouble if he was on 6 more, though.

[@mylifeisrushhour2]

​@My_pfp_beats_all_dog_breeds.Cats have 9 lives

[@iplayfenderbass1]

10/10 for the animation in this one! The cat on the main guns when they went off, him playing with the ammo belt, the fish air drop and everything in between had me rolling 😂

[@huslethal]

In reality, Oscar (alias "Sam") was on a mission to avenge the Bismarck and some of it's crew, which resulted in the sinking of 2 allied ships.

[@victorhugofranciscon7899]

My dog heard the meows and it is now confused searching for the cat

[@Vasher-The-Destroyer]

Sam is just one lucky cat. Just not to the Navy boats he was on.

[@justsomeguyontheinternet3071]

Theory 1 Sam is cursed Theory 2 Sam is just unlucky Theory 3 Sam is actually a monster that want to sink boat Theory 4 The german really want their cat back

[@fizzibubbler66]

I wonder what that cat was thinking during attacks and being taken. He must have felt so important 😂😂

[@SMV-CC88]

We had a couple of Foxes in our tank brigade, So we were operating in Germany to Italy and also Finland and Switzerland, Those two lived on, for until the old age of 29, those two...

[@UmarMadrahimov-d6d]

One story even more remarkable was of a man who survived the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings.

[@Manuel-vk8gk]

Unsinkable Sam my beloved

[@xXxKAMIKAZExXx]

This could make for a good movie, similar to War Horse where the story follows the animal.

[@bublewrap_man]

It's either Oscar very lucky or cursed to sink all ship he on

[@nicholasmontgomery8594]

When you posted the animals of WWII, I was asking where Unsinkable Sam was, and now he's here.

[@MegaRedspade]

Any memorial statue of him would be petted

[@Swagmaster07]

I remember watching this story by World Of Warships, it looked much more interesting like a comic.

[@chchedda]

He had another 6 ships in him

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Oberleutnant zur See Oscar never got the Iron Cross in Oak Leave in Gold with Diamonds and Wound Badge in bronze, silver and gold for his heroic deeds, truly the fatherland has forsaken their most loyal son!

[@DevouringWhiteSpider]

That poor cat must of had PTSD.

[@wilhelmvillagracia9670]

The more I learn about people, the more I love my dog Samuel Clemens

[@mikesaporitojr3313]

If the crews say he existed that’s good enough for me

[@oliversherman2414]

As a Royal Navy enthusiast, I'm more of a dog person than a cat person. Still a great story about a brave animal though

[@tanyaboyd2298]

I think this is true and rip Sam ❤

[@codyadams3870]

What a good kitty

[@DrAstorShorts]

Oscar has to be the luckiest cats to survive 3 ships during WW2! Rest in peace Oscar the "Unsinkable Sam"

[@MeongMiao]

Legend also said the cat had been interrogated and tortured in custody for months.

[@C.A._Old]

*thats why animals can do everything in war service.*

[@kaybevang536]

Sam To The other cats : “ YOU DONT KNOW THAT !!!! YOU WEREN’T THERE MAN !!!!!

[@NateTheHazbinHotelFan]

That cat is a legend

[@CollegeBallYouknow]

I hear the cat’s spirit lives on under the alias ‘Morgana’ now

[@FSMMicronesia]

Wasn't there also a cat on the monitor during the battle of Hampton roads? (The battle of the ironclads) in the Civil war?

[@dantetre]

5:47 Yea, that is a very monolingual American approach to different languages and cultures... Pesce in Italian for example.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

If that cat were a human, it would've developed a chain-smoking and alcoholic habit.

[@matthewskudzienski888]

I love cats

[@Hardwire2345]

Poor kitty

[@Goc4ever]

Very good video about a legendary cat Simple History. Kudos as always🥳🎉

[@asianbandit4054]

When did the animation get so good. I've been gone too long.

[@beezyb42011]

Do they have a litter box area on board or what lol RIP Unsinkable Sam

[@kevinbourke1847]

The cat in kantai collection

[@TheFinnishTanker]

oh god

[@Mtn_Dewit]

"Death can have me, when he earns me." - Unsinkable Sam, 1945

[@supaorigamisensei]

Unsinkable Sam isn’t lucky he’s a curse lol he’s cursed to collect human souls like the movie ghost ship

[@mr.b9139]

Bubbles would be proud

[@diputston]

... Esmp?

[@stephan_thaddeus]

When you gonna talk about the Operation Cat Drop

[@dracorexyz]

yeah the sam was actually multiple cats the original one is probably chilling in Argentina

[@WikiEngine]

ERM WHERE WAS THE PART WHERE OSCAR BOARDED THE YAMATO IN THE THUMBNAIL 🤓

[@ОлегКозлов-ю9т]

-Ze kaptain? Zose are ze britts who stole our kater! -FEUER!!!

[@jonmcgee6987]

There isn't much evidence to support the myth surrounding this cat. Drach covered it in his video about cats on ships.

[@renee200709]

I love cats

[@C.A._Old]

*1 Random Crit Torpido did Sunk it to Gaint German Ship. XD*

[@sajithudayanga6503]

I have a Strong Feeling that " Unsinkable Sam" could be a " Secret N@zi Agent or a Spy" 😂😂😂😅

[@vottsz]

Sam is crazy in WW2.

[@RegentOfGreece]

I have a small black cat alongside my two dogs. His name is Gizmo, inspired from the Gremlin, haha.

[@ProfessorDreamer]

Simple History can you do a video of The Biggest Strategic and Tactical Mistakes The Axis Did In World War 2.

[@madisondean1074]

Titanic was born in Belfast, Sam died in Belfast. Isn't that rather ironic?

[@usmcdevildog3497]

Voting in for a vid on Jim Corbett, the Maneater hunter

[@derekallshouse5070]

All those damn meow's

[@paleoph6168]

Thank you for pointing out the potentially dubious nature of this cat. It's objective to hear the "other side" of the story behind this cat.

[@ridhobaihaqi144]

This is why i like cat 😅😅

[@AVgeekeditz1]

Simple history is the best history yt

[@alexbrickstudios730]

It’s nice to see Christian back narrating

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@SiJullianToGuys]

THE CAT, THE MEOWTH, THE MEOWGEND

[@coldturkey5333]

Hey bro. Ya prolly won’t see it but can ya please consider doing a video about Joseph Beyrle. He was the only US ww2 veteran who fought for both the United States and the Soviet Union.

[@alandesouzacruz5124]

Make a vídeo about aztec Eagles squadron 201

[@classifiedveteran9879]

0:06 Dog crap and projectile vomiting. 🤢 Was that really necessary?

[@ruZsiaNa-C]

Cat has 9 lives

[@oddforoddssake3751]

I was hoping this was a WoWS sponsored video, given the subject matter lol God save Unsinkable Sam, the Bismarck's Best Boy ^w^

[@Uncle228]

I think Sam was just pissed off against being captured by the British that he cursed each British ship he touched

[@chinchi7455]

Sam the legend

[@aaronaathlan]

can you make something about The First Battle of Ypres in ww1

[@Cod_fan-ed6re]

Let's fixed the title - the unsinkable cat ever!

[@dantetre]

Looks like Kriegsmarine took it seriously when came to desertion even for cats.

[@akseledit32012]

bro the cat is hanging for he life💀

[@7F0X7]

How does anyone know if this is true especially how did the British know how long the Germans had the cat?

[@Yourlocalm4a3sherman69]

That cat really did have 9 lives

[@yemannwaiphyo8817]

He still had 6 lives remaining.