Strange Military Deaths

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You may have heard of people dancing to death, laughing to death or sitting on a throne to death, but there are many more surprising stories told to the Grim Reaper when the scythe is resting by the door.
What follows are what happens when you really want to stick it to your enemies for slowing your conquest of the Mediterranean, the consequences of leaving a nuclear reactor to inexperienced workers, the measures people will go to when they’re furious and hungry, and an unfortunate incident relating with an elephant-sized general.
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Created by Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London)
Script:
Natasha Martell
American Battlefield Trust. n.d. “John Sedgwick.”
BBC News. “Segway boss died in 'act of courtesy,” July 15, 2011. BBC.
Bradley, James. “Flyboys: A True Story of Courage.” Boston: Little Brown, (2003).
Crowley, Roger. “Bragadin’s Defense,” April 19, 2018. HistoryNet.
Crowley, Roger. “Empires of the Sea.” New York: Random House, 2008.
History.com Editors. “Dancer Isadora Duncan is killed in car accident.” Last modified September 11, 2019. History.
Idaho National Laboratory. n.d. “SL-1, Idaho: Just The Facts.”
Naki, Emrah. “Conquest of Cyprus by the Turks: Divergence of the Early Modern Period and Establishment of Status Quo in the Mediterranean.” Gazi Akademik Bakış (November 19, 2019): 1-16.
Spokane Daily Chronicle. “3 Die in Reactor Blast,” 75th Year, No. 91, January 4, 1961.
The Spokesman Review. “3 Technicians Die in Reactor Blast,” 78th Year, No. 236, January 5, 1961.
T. McMahon, Martin. “THE DEATH OF GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK.” In Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Being for the Most Part Contributions by Union and Confederate Officers. New York: The Century Co., 1884.
United States Atomic Energy Commission. “IDO-19311 Final Report of SL-1 Recovery Operation.” Idaho Falls: General Electric Corporation, 1962.

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[@christopherdempsey3878]

I have one question: WHAT ARE THOSE?!?!

[@swedenball8174]

How did bro reply 7 hours before release?

[@swedenball8174]

@@christopherdempsey3878 havent hear that for a while

[@natzeereal4055]

gg

[@natzeereal4055]

how did you post this 7 hours before the video was posted?!?

[@averymorin6651]

I'd say WW2 Luftwaffe ace pilot Wolfgang Tonne was a pretty odd death. After a successful battle, upon returning to the airfield, he attempted to celebrate his victory by performing a roll in aircraft but lost control and crashed into the runway, killing him.

[@tinchorb1340]

there was quite a lot of these types of deaths iirc

[@daviddavidson2357]

Did he do a barrel roll?

[@smug-asscat8458]

@@daviddavidson2357 not a full one, that’s for sure

[@averymorin6651]

@@daviddavidson2357 There's a difference between a normal roll and a barrel roll, but know that he wasn't performing a barrel roll.

[@paulcowlishaw]

HA.

[@metalmadness5851]

Defending Sedgewick, that was how officers were supposed to act during combat, to bolster morale with a disregard for danger.

[@notyou2353]

@@ronal8824 Yeah, a major reason there were so many deaths during that war was because all the training and formations were based on inaccurate smoothbores, not the much more accurate and farther reaching rifles.

[@metalmadness5851]

@@notyou2353 It was the end of that era of warfare, and few people saw it coming so quickly. But still, that was how officers were expected to act in combat, heck even in WWII, British officers were still expected to follow that etiquette. Two big interesting facts.

[@gabrielwatson5981]

Also, confedarate rifles were better quality, being private arms. A citizen's weapon is always a better quality firearm than that of a military conscript.

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@gabrielwatson5981 technically speaking, if the state issues a weapon, it will have to be equally spent and distributed But as a private citizen, weapons, cars or even groceries, ur using ur own money, u decide the quality

[@ronal8824]

@@gabrielwatson5981 they were still millitary rifles even if privately owned. the majority were pattern 1853 enfeilds which are british rifles and considered higher quality than there american counterparts

[@stevemc01]

"They couldn't hit an ELEPHANT at this distance." Confederate soldier: "...yeah but you said 'elephant'." *no-scoped*

[@99mrpogi]

Imagined how the confederate soldier felt when he killed a commander of the union army

[@skeleex]

@@99mrpogi Imagine how a confederate soldier felt when he killed stonewall jackson

[@BaDArxz]

That’d probably happen to me on the battlefield. “Haha! They couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn at point blank range!”

[@mellowmike1147]

Despite the video's remarks, Sedgewick was killed by a Confederate sharpshooter, who was equipped with a Whitworth rifle outfitted with a telescopic sight. The shot was made from roughly 800 yards away, some say farther. To put into perspective of the period, most rifle muskets had an effective range of 200-300 yards, with most engagements occurring at distances of 100 yards or less.

[@acanadianchicken]

@@skeleex GOT EM! Wait... This isn't a Union scout, Oh, Oh no I am so getting executed

[@mcwildstyle9106]

Sedgewick's death is the greatest example of situational irony

[@zachwelch9862]

Literally the guy my county is named after

[@mcwildstyle9106]

@@zachwelch9862 Seriously?? Which county? I think there are plenty of counties in the US with the name of Sedgewick

[@THEGATESAREOPENED]

i literally got sedgewick rn in vid e

[@malikwilliams1666]

@@mcwildstyle9106 sa as/zzza asszszqaza zazas1///////22

[@johnmosesbrowningsrightnut8642]

And it was a good show of how well the Whitworth rifle worked

[@lomax117]

I worked in the nuclear industry when I was younger. We did research on the SR-1 incident. They were actually running a test on the reactor when the control rod was extracted too far. The most believable theory was one guy "goosed" the other causing him to pull the control rod out too far.

[@assman24]

yikes

[@derpyzmayhem420]

Its too big ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@donaldn5798]

Yikes

[@Gurumeierhans]

I recommedn Kyle Hill´s video about the accident.

[@Justin_0241]

it's SL-1 btw sorry for correcting u Kirk

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

Fun Fact: The death of General Sedgewick was the longest recorded sniper kill in history until 1874. Not to mention he was also shot with one of the first Sniper Rifles in history, the Whitworth Sniper Rifle.

[@stevewilliams8590]

Say what you want about the south but those southern boys could shoot.

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

@@stevewilliams8590 Indeed we could (and can).

[@malekhekal4238]

Me when ever i say i am the best in this game from my group of friends

[@theradtaco6547]

There was a confirmed kill with a Whitworth at a distance far longer than what sedgewick was killed at during the civil war

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

@@theradtaco6547 Then how come it isn't recorded as one of history's longest sniper kills?

[@dude97x]

7:20 "skinned alive the now dead airmen" Sooo... were they dead or alive while being skinned?

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Alive when they started. Shock can kill quite easily.

[@Zoomydoomy]

They were alive usually. According to the commander they had to "keep the meat fresh" so they only cut off small pieces of thighs or forearms and such. When the airmen eventually passed, the Japanese cut them open and ate their liver and other parts then moved onto the next afterwards. The Japanese soldiers grew fond of human meat too.

[@thegreatandmightyseff7214]

shrodingers skin

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

"Skinned alive, the now, dead airmen." Just like being taught in school break up a sentence.

[@sgtslippyfist6345]

They killed them until they died of it

[@Pantsinabucket]

Ironically here in Chicago, we have a street named after Sedgwick, and Cabrini Green was built along it, with Seward Park (which the street dead-ended at) seeing many victims of sniper fire from abandoned apartments as parents took their kids across to Jenner Elementary. In a horrifically ironic twist of fate, the event that’s widely regarded as having been the last straw for Cabrini Green and led to its demolition was the 1992 death of 7 year old Dantrell Davis, who was shot in the head by a sniper while walking to school in Seward Park.

[@randomperson58925]

Damn in kansas we have a county named after him. Not nearly at interesting a story as yours.

[@hirschmeistr6842]

Why was a sniper just shooting kids in the park

[@Pantsinabucket]

@@hirschmeistr6842 according to him, stray round intended for someone else. This was the main public park for a massive housing project that had 10-15000 people in it, and riddled with gang warfare. Snipers regularly took shots from upper floor apartments at people they thought were rivals down below.

[@walangaccount8984]

@@Pantsinabucket Yeah I heard people were literally going onto balconies shooting bystanders it was insane.

[@stevewilliams8590]

@@hirschmeistr6842 I think he’s being dramatic in using the word sniper. Not everyone with a rifle is a sniper. This was more likely a gangbanger trying to take out a rival and missing.

[@Brandon_metab]

The Chichi Jima incident was immortalized in a book called Flyboys by James Bradley. I read it long ago for a reading assignment and I was shocked by how gruesome it was. HW Bush was truly a lucky SOB!

[@manuelacosta9463]

Indeed. Given such atrocities you can't really blame the allied troops fighting in that theater for adopting an unofficial 'take no prisoners' policy. To be fair the Japanese troops themselves never inclined to surrender.

[@Brandon_metab]

@@manuelacosta9463 I remember in the book, two high ranking Japanese soldiers had a running bet on who beheaded the most people. If I remember correctly, each one had reached about a hundred heads by the time the war came to an end!

[@stevewixom9311]

Bush was not a fighter pilot. He was a TBF Torpedo Bomber pilot.

[@wanderingstar3419]

@@Brandon_metab they did this in the Nanjing Massacre as well

[@KermitTheGamer21]

Even HW survived by the skin of his teeth. Not only were Japanese boats chasing him in the water, but when he bailed out he smacked his head on the tail of his aircraft, very lucky that didn't kill him.

[@elrostarminyatur1814]

1:05 Bragadin's death wasn't a "strange death" but a barbaric act

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

Agreed. An act of barbarism. Same with the WW2 pilots in this episode.

[@lupettoversilia]

👍🏻

[@catalystgreenhorn9184]

That stuff happens all the time today, too. The world isn't so pretty when you lift the curtain.

[@GoMrTom]

Be careful. Simple history doesn't tell you the whole story. One example: The nuclear accident was a suicide.

[@AbdulRahman-uw4nd]

its not very usual or normal, which is why ig he put it here

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distan-" *gets shot centered exactly in the forehead*

[@FastTquick]

Imagine playing a COD multiplayer match, making such a snide comment to your friends, and then you got shot in the head from a lucky sniper shot from an unseen opponent mid-sentence.

[@nethanelmasters5170]

Under the left eye isn't center of the fore head.

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

The thumbnail

[@internet_user975]

@@nethanelmasters5170 do you HAVE to ruin a good comment?

[@sebastiangeller8637]

"Uncle John" Sedgwick went out in such an ironic manner. But his demise shocked his fellow Union officers and soldiers. Ulysses S. Grant had been so impacted by the news, that it was recalled that he asked often, "Is he really dead?"

[@tomservo5347]

May to June 1864 during the Overland Campaign was truly terrible for the 'old guard' of the Army of the Potomac. Over 60,000 casualties and many popular generals were lost. Hancock's 3rd Corps was pretty much wrecked and even Hancock had to take a leave because of his Gettysburg wound. By July it was noted that a large decrease in combat effectiveness was noted as a large number of good officers and NCO's that led from the front had been shot. While horrific, Grant did end the war in a year with less casualties than the previous three years.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

Many strange deaths in the military have occurred. A relative of mine, a Sergeant , survived 15 years of combat service fighting rebels and insurgents. On the day of his discharge, he hitched a ride with an army truck to go to the bus stop in town . On the way, the truck hit a pothole and one of the rifles of the soldiers in the truck accidentally discharged. The Sergeant was hit and killed instantly.

[@Cynchronicity7]

That’s is very tragic

[@csongorszegedi-csinady8231]

Actually, the reason of Lala Mustafas decision is known, and well explained. When Bragadin surrendered to Mustafa, the deal wasn't only, that he gives up Famagusta, but also that, that among others, he releases the 50 muslim pilgrims, who were captured by Venetian ships in January of that same year, unscaved. However, several of Bragadins officers, for unknown reasons, but most probably out of furiosity for the lost battle massacred the pilgrims in the catacombs of the city. It is worth noting, that Bragadin didn't order this, and was only informed later about the action. He didn't mention this, however, during the meeting with the pasa. When the negotiation was nearing it's end, Lala Mustafa finally asked about them, to which Bragadin, suddenly furious and outraged, replied: "You don't get nothing, not even a dead dog!". Only then, realizing what had actually happened, did Mustafa order Bragadin to be tortured and executed. Source: Roger Crowley - Embires of the Sea, chapter 18

[@achour.falestine]

Thanks bro

[@JoahTheThread5ive]

"However, several of Bragadins officers, for unknown reasons, but most probably out of furiosity for the lost battle massacred the pilgrims in the catacombs of the city". What did they do? You have seem to left out that part.

[@csongorszegedi-csinady8231]

@@JoahTheThread5ive Who do you mean? If you ask about the pilgrims, they basically did nothing, they were just "the same kind" as the enemy. Such acts were relatively common back in those ages, on both sides. The opposition of the Islam and Christianity brought about some of, if not the most brutal acts in history. I hope I answered your question, if not, feel free to ask again.:)

[@jessasnamoi]

@@csongorszegedi-csinady8231 I find the opposition of Islam and Hinduism even more brutal + it exists up to this day.

[@csongorszegedi-csinady8231]

@@jessasnamoi Very well, indeed.

[@hilmarheathkliff9511]

A swedish king had a less dramatic sedgwick moment back when sweden was being an empire. The man was at a "safe" distance away where he could barely hear the gunfire when he got hit by a single stray bullet.

[@johnmike121]

More horrific than strange

[@mechacream]

Anytime the word "Japanese" is mentioned, you know some unimaginable war-crime is going to be discussed

[@Overthinking-rain]

or some futuristic innovation, it depends on whether you are talking about the Japan of the past or of the present

[@InFernoKnight95]

@@Overthinking-rain when it comes to present day Japan you can't forget to mention the degenerated weebs,they will crawl out from their closet and defend their idol country at all cost!

[@Yamaazaka]

Ya let's just say I you'd rather be a Jew in 40s germany than a chinese person in nanking.

[@EnigmaEnginseer]

@@LeviForWaifu Same guys that thought they were the most honorable and destined to lead Asia into prosperity under their god emperor.

[@ThisIsntMeGaming]

Thats because theyre horrible people

[@deepfriedwater7625]

Sedwick's death reminds me of a clip in holdfast nations at war where a guy in voice chat yelled "if I die, SCOTLAND dies as well" and immediately gets shot and killed

[@ricardofilho3127]

Hahaha XD

[@forwardobserver6441]

It wasn’t a minor skirmish where Sedgwick was killed- it was the opening of the battle of spotsylvania- a helluva a battle

[@onyxdragon1179]

Not sure if this would count, but there's the death of the guy who designed the T-34 tank, Mikhail Koshkin. To prove that his design was reliable, he drove the tank from one point to another distant point (can't recall the cities). But he ended up dying because he contracted pneumonia; he drove said tank during winter, without any heat.

[@maximaldinotrap]

To be fair it wasn't an unreliable tank design that killed him, it was his own stupidity.

[@nimbly1693]

The story about George HW, I believe MrBallen did an episode about that, and I believe he had said that the sub was able to rescue him because the Japanese boats turned back after another pilot fired his .50 caliber Browning machine guns at them.

[@jaywilliams2553]

He did

[@somedude1068]

"they couldn't hit elephant from that distance!" Soldier who hunted elephants from the exact distance "M about to end this mans whole career"

[@TheDevilockedzombie]

"Hahaha, how silly of you to not want to get shot by a lead ball. I am ashamed of you." I think he got some karma

[@oliversherman2414]

At least the general at the end of the video wasn't terrified like most other men before he was killed

[@iamtristladin]

Sure he was deathly terrified he was just a good leader

[@oliversherman2414]

@@iamtristladin Good point. He sure did seem to know how to lift his troops' morale

[@mobucks555]

oof please get the old narrator back.

[@andreistoica2470]

He was in the commercial

[@andreistoica2470]

Voicing a private

[@ethandodd80]

The bit about this video that stood out to me most was a navy serviceman named Richard C. Legg. That is the funniest name I've heard for a while. Sad death though

[@shinigamikira9469]

Not exactly a death per se but the sinking of the Kronan. It's a ship in the 1600s from Sweden that tried making a sharp turn and ended up capsizing. The gunpowder ignited blowing off most of the bow. The commander is mostly blamed for this due to his lack of experience. They were on their way to battle if I recall so they didn't even get to do anything.

[@wrkkvikrmvh1023]

The SL-1 incident wasn't them trying to restart the reactor. They were doing routine maintenance that told them to move the control rods no more than 4 inches (the control rods frequently got stuck in position, this was to help prevent that), which would keep the reactor subcritical. For some reason the technician doing the maintenance pulled it up roughly 20 inches, about 4 inches past what was needed to make the reactor critical (off only the central control rod, to make the reactor critical would only be just over 16 inches).

[@think_like_a_fish]

I went to John Sedgwick Junior High School, named after the infamous general! We all knew the story and thought it was hilarious to name a school after him.

[@gravestales3941]

Sedgewick: they can't even hit an elephant at this distance That one soldier after hitting the general: sir I think I've hit an elephant ...

[@resonancebarracuda478]

John Sedgwick: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distan- " *insert mississippi queen rifle musket meme*

[@DamonNomad82]

I had heard of the last two cases before, #3 from a documentary about Bush Sr from when he was President in the early 1990s, where they mentioned that if he had been captured he would have been eaten, and #4 from studying the American Civil War (and nicknaming the general "Elephant Sedgwick"). The other two cases were new to me.

[@gorilladisco9108]

Sedgwick : "They can't even hit an elephant from th.." Confederate soldier : *aiming for that guy manning the cannon "Dammit, miss again."

[@gamerworld400yearsago6]

DAMN THE GIRL WHO GOT STRANGLED

[@luke-4377]

Simple history: it was the first nuclear reaction in the US to kill someone. The MF Demon Core: Am I a joke to you...

[@echafaud]

I guess Pasha in the first story is his rank not his last name. It mean something like a count.

[@NewPaulActs17]

"mansa" musa

[@captain_commenter8796]

Fate sure does love giving the middle finger to people now doesn’t it

[@commentsfromthefuture3421]

You know…I’m not a prude when it comes to death. But when I saw strange deaths…I was expecting like the blast wave of a grenade to lodge a coffee cup in the guys chest. Or a bullet ricocheting multiple times before hitting someone or someone to die of an aspirin overdose before engaging in a firefight…

[@DamonNomad82]

0:08 Emperor Constans II death animation FTW!

[@fate1904]

The 3rd one is possibly the worst especially hearing all the gruesome details from Mr ballen.

[@rubber924]

Wow so strange.... the first one was just cruel, second was just people with inexperience, 3rd we pretty much new minus the cannibalism, and 4th he did what officers did back then motivated to troops as not to worry them.

[@InquisitiveImmortal]

With the first one, as the commanding officer of the enemy side already went against his word and started slaughtering civilians. I’d go out fighting as they couldn’t hold anything over my head to get me to comply

[@cannonball666]

Japanese soldier 1: "What does it taste like?" Japanese soldier 2: "Tastes like chicken. Could use some soy sauce and wasabi"

[@loyalistmundicomedentisdux9538]

The incident of SL-1 isn't mentioned often enough even with its horrible yet important significance. Thus, starting the chain that ended widespread nuclear reactors.

[@sillyman2013]

“sure glad I wore my vessi’s to the battlefield” Some random LT: “WHAT ARE YOU WEARING SERGEANT? PUT YOUR BOOTS BACK ON IMMEDIATELY.”

[@Jonathold]

Your narrator for this video kind of sounds like an AI voice, like Siri or Alexa or a GPS

[@stephenbachman132]

1. An 3 where rather unnecessarily gruesome just made reasoning of fighting to the end more valid.

[@Cynchronicity7]

Poor Isadora Duncan😢

[@WhatIsAPig]

This channel is kinda in love with Duncan I sometimes joke that the videos have been secretly written by Ida Celestia Pond. (look her up if needed)

[@WizzyWizWizzy]

Wow I can’t believe those Vessis even come with shadows on the bottom that move up and down, truly amazing!

[@Brandazzo22]

It's truly a shame our military gives very little, if any, or false details of a lot soldiers death to their family and love ones. If they truly cared about helping with the grieving process, that is a good place to start. I think the movie The Rock brushes on this when Colonel complains his soldiers family members are given fairytales. Times have change, previous norms once believed to be true need to re-evaluated

[@smtoonentertainment]

The first guy just went through so much pain and it’s just horrible inhumane

[@MR2car]

You could make an entire episode of this on the Chechens.

[@JangianTV]

Guy was an interior decorator!

[@davidmulya2370]

I still can't believe General Sedgwick just laughed at his men for ducking under the bullets before saying the enemy can't hit an enemy from their distance. What, did the general thought to himself that an elephant would be safe because its miles ahead from their location and a human being would be safe because they're way smaller than an elephant?

[@Sealreth]

I cant figure out if this is text to speech or not haha the sentences are so spoken out as seperate 😂

[@Xehemoth]

I almost went in a blaze of glory working on an EPP III, 150KW generator while it was running. Long story short, I was tightening battery cables while it was running and made an arc off the Main converter if it wasn't for the fact we were training in full MOP I would have 100% fried, because I did so regularly, I just never slipped the wrench. I still have perm damage in my eyes from the arc flash.... 12 years later.

[@aaronhensley2701]

The graphic did a good job at portraying the soldier being pinned to the ceiling, but you didn't really explain that part well. They had to pull the control rods out by hand (not a thing now). The control rod was known to get stuck often. When he tried to withdraw it, the control rod was stuck. When it finally became free it was pulled too far. The reactor went what we call prompt critical, which caused pressure to skyrocket. The control rod impaled the soldier into the ceiling of the building. He was found by firefighters.

[@Tbone272]

7:20 "they descended and skinned alive the now dead airman" lol

[@chrisedrev9519]

This was amazingly curious! Well done! :)

[@louischasseriaud7529]

Reminds me of the "Stupid deaths" completions from "Horrible Histories".

[@pokebrick2.0]

Love your videos alot!! I learn alot from you then school history 😂

[@michaelfetter4541]

Richard C. Legg was destined to be in the navy with that name.

[@penguinpenguinpenguin]

Why go through 17 days of torture when you can resist and die instantly? If I was going through that, I'd run at a guard and have him kill me instead of that torture

[@WholesomeLiberal1998]

Cover some Emergency Services history, like the history of the Red Cross or Coast Guard. Or even the Technisches Hifilswerk (THW)

[@coleman4840]

Even the evolution of modern firefighting equipment would be pretty cool

[@ProkiddUX]

I learned about the death in the thumbnail. If I could save him I’d show the book I read showing his last words.

[@EPFForsyth]

I have five years and eight moths of actual trigger time/ combat. I know this may sound crazy bt for some strange reason some guys were always what we called bullet magnets..It was crazy weird...

[@Dyd_Tango]

Me without looking on phone: 4 strange military dads

[@jonny-b4954]

It's always so funny to me when the "most replayed" part of the video is right after the ad, haha. I don't even get why companies spend money on KZbin ads in video. Like, sure, it's ALWAYS going to be in the video. But literally everyone skips them most of the time.

[@loganb7059]

There were worse deaths for bomber crews. Like the men who were dissected alive at a university and then they were served as food at an official event at the university. Let me repeat that for clarity: they were dissected alive, and then they were prepared as a main course in a kitchen to be served to regular people at an formal university event. The only reason it’s known about is because one of the Japanese doctors during the incident broke the story years later, having been burdened with shame and guilt. The university now has a memorial for the pilots so that such a shameful chapter will not be forgotten.

[@robertjustice130]

Puh. Prove it

[@loganb7059]

@@robertjustice130 Ok. Here you go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/naS4iq2Ln9tmhbM Would you like some fries with that L?

[@robertjustice130]

Grow up troll. Its still propaganda

[@loganb7059]

@@robertjustice130 Ah yes, I show you my source, which references first hand accounts, and you call me a troll and the source propaganda. Grow up. Take the L.

[@robertjustice130]

Did you do any actual research or just watch a gory video lil fella?

[@leonceboudreauxwolf]

"They couldn't hit an elephant at that distance." But, they were able to hit a dumb jackass though...huh ? 😂😂

[@austinlyles6152]

“They skinned alive the now dead airmen.” Literally a quote from this video. How can you skin someone alive if they are already dead.

[@lillemy5062]

Because *now* they're dead and back then they were alive.

[@beatlemaniac]

"Hey, I bet you can't hit my hat!" - Last words of an English archer

[@maximaldinotrap]

Well no, the person he was talking to still missed the hat.

[@runzumarun4925]

First one was just savage and a message. Also might as well kept fighting then surrendering

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

On a side note: Bush while in the navy also saw a comrade cut in two by the wing of a landing aircraft.

[@badrat484]

“They couldn’t hit an elephant at that distance!” *gets no scoped*

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

"They can't hit a elephant from this distanc-" *Mississippi Queen*

[@treiss8255]

Would have been a better tile of unique military deaths

[@Jonathold]

The quality of this channel has gone down considerably in the last few months, be it the animations, narration, or the horrible advertisements, I'm glad your videos haven't shown up on my youtube feed recently, I'm always disappointed lately when I do go out of my way to try to watch one.

[@HMRLTL]

"They were beaten and tortured before being killed, but it's what came next that was truly gruesome...Dissected and skinned alive the now dead air men." Huh? So, they were killed and next skinned alive? I bet they were pissed to find out they'd been eaten when they woke up dead.

[@The7Reaper]

The first one isn't even strange, just cruel.

[@RottingTaylor]

3:12 YOO HE ALL DRIPPED OUT FR FR OH MY LAWD 🔥 🔥

[@n1ghtst6lker02]

I like how during the shoe advertisement everyone was wearing 2 left shoes. Lol.

[@alanroberson9749]

Very good job fellows!! Congratulations. The first guy just went through so much pain and it’s just horrible inhumane like the Ottomans for example!

[@EarlJJackson]

The inventor of the Segway didn't die driving a Segway off a cliff. But the owner of the company did.

[@DaniG._.German]

The turtle bombing was hilarious.

[@MaxDeckard]

this narration. sounds weird. the timing. is. like toktok.

[@nickb8755]

“Dissected and skinned alive, their now dead enemies”

[@ThatZuluFoxtrot]

This is more of a "Disturbing Deaths' than "strange"

[@rismarck]

Is it me or are SH videos becoming more meh?

[@rogerdarthwell5393]

They are indeed becoming more meh, plus these bloody mid roll ads are annoying as f***

[@lukeajordan5604]

7:20 - Skinned alive the now dead airmen? Lol. Imagine being skinned alive while you are dead.. amazing!

[@SaintTheNightstalker]

I actually found out I'm related to John Sedgwick about a year ago so if the way he died is any indication of how I die then I might have to consider staying as far away from any firearm as possible

[@KoRnBulleT]

Cool story bro

[@midknight9327]

7:30 how can you skin alive a now dead person🤨

[@deathjam278]

"They couldn't hit an elephant from here" Confederates: CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

[@grtlyblesd]

“Navy electrician Richard Sealeg” sounds like a name on a phony gravestone at Halloween.

[@emberfist8347]

The real last words of John Sedgewick were "All right, my man; go to your place," to soldier that ducked saying that it is generally a good idea.

[@pathfinderlight]

Forgotten Weapons reported that Sedgwick's death was a result of the Confederates using Whitworth rifles. Sedgewick was likely correct in that most rifles of the day couldn't shoot that far. Very few Whitworths were ever made, and the Confederates had trouble keeping them and their ammo in good condition. But those guns allowed their people to be safe while skirmishing.

[@Helldive2]

These videos are honestly funny😂

[@jasonparmele8447]

That's a scary coincidence leg +burns died in a nuclear reaction

[@NearSpace04]

Not going to lie, the other narrator is better.

[@vetusmagnus3885]

I like both!

[@mcj2219]

Simple history: explains Captain brutally tortured, skinned alive *5 seconds later:* haha funny vessis shoes haha buy them

[@alexbarteau8157]

I really dont like this narrator. Can you please bring back the other guy? He not only knew how to tell a story but he understood punctuation and how it affects the way a story is told. Something that this new guy knows nothing about. I wont even watch this video because of how irritating this new guy is.