Dirtiest Tricks Used in War

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[@chuchulainn9275]

You guys are being demonetized?

[@TvGunslingeRvT]

Please make a video about Armenia Azerbaijan Nagorno karabakh war.

[@technoguyify]

Q try

[@TheMilitantMazdakite]

Hey, Zoroastrian here. You know, we revere all life, too. Just read the Gathas.

[@MrbreastYTreal]

They edited the title it became trucks to tricks

[@actionjackson1stIDF]

As the old saying goes "If you find yourself in a fair fight it's time to re-evaluate your tactics". No such thing as a "Dirty Trick" when it comes to surviving combat.

[@blacklight1104]

"Only the dead fight fair" as they say.

[@thebunnybun]

Truth

[@SicFromTheKush]

If you aint cheating you aint trying

[@David-uh3co]

I dunno.. Brokering an armistice just so you can kill some 700 unarmed soldiers sounds like murder to me

[@aighti]

England acted very imperialistic and were the baddies imo. But I don't know much. But still.

[@XA1985]

In Iraq we would often play loud heavy metal music when the enemy was near because we knew they HATE IT, so much it would distract them 😅, it worked well

[@piranhaattack4836]

Nuh uh

[@rayzina147]

Yoo that’s smart

[@tommylawton6253]

I’m Brit If I heard your music, Just call in a CAS Get out my phone Watch the 1000lb slam into your speakers *save to gallary*

[@butterfacemcgillicutty]

Wow, you're an entire geographic country? When did you become sentient enough yo write KZbin comments? EDIT: Dangit, OP corrected his poor now my comment makes no sense lol

[@Gemineye77]

Did you guys have any favorite songs or bands in particular that you'd play for the insurgents?

[@Phoenix8492]

The most absurd thing about the electrified marshes battle is not simply the scale of how ACME the plan is, but that it worked spectacularly

[@k3kboi665]

Iraq had a lot of smart educated men back then.

[@WarPigstheHun]

​@@k3kboi665even now. They're a capable nation

[@basedman66868]

they still lol @@WarPigstheHun

[@basedman66868]

nope @@k3kboi665

[@basedman66868]

it worked so well that they stil lost the land

[@edi9892]

We say that the Germans have no sense of humour, but they certainly knew how to troll... What I like about it is that it required few resources or violence and still had a major impact on the enemy as they became paranoid and withdrew troops from the front to chase after ghosts... Heck, it changed travel plans and some celebs were detained as potential Germans...

[@GETOFFMYDAMNBUS]

it was good, but not good enough.

[@slick8038]

Omar Bradley even was questioned haha! Surprised they mentioned Bryan Clark and not Omar Bradley

[@NemesisOgreKing]

German: Kills thousands of soldiers with gas USA: Uses shotguns in trench warfare German: STOP AMERICA! That's cheating. Britan tell them to stop using those. USA: ?

[@StuartAnderson-xl4bo]

​@@NemesisOgreKing different wars

[@StuartAnderson-xl4bo]

​@NemesisOgreKing apologies I misread your comment you are correct

[@Boomer8404]

Years ago I remember talking to a Vietnam vet, he said he was special forces during the time. He told me about how they would sneak rounds of ammo loaded with C4 explosive, into Charlie’s ammo caches. It’s cool to see video talking about the actual mission.

[@erocktherockjohnson5169]

Damn he was macv sog?

[@chrisclark2583]

He lied to you.

[@Voucher765]

​@@erocktherockjohnson5169Probably so considering the description

[@erocktherockjohnson5169]

@@Voucher765 yeah or green berets

[@JacobLS189]

Can confirm my uncle was a green beret told me the same thing

[@rosaria8384]

Holy cow that swampland electrocution is the dirtiest here ngl - using the walkable water as a natural barricade using conductivity, now that's proper defense.

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

You should see the photograph of the poor Iranian boy that was crawling through the electrified marshes

[@alfredfabulous3640]

What about the many creatures inhabiting those swamplands - fishes, frogs and other amphibia, insects and plants. ...why doesn't anyone think about these?

[@cyberdyne9480]

​@@alfredfabulous3640❄️

[@Turkpatriotantalia]

​@@alfredfabulous3640No soldier Cares about any Other Life than ITS selfs Life

[@Natural_Brutality]

tbh it was a genius tactic credits to whoever got the idea

[@darylcheshire1618]

Cambyses was interesting, he marched an army of probsbly 5000 men into the desert and disappeared without trace. Some versions say 50,000 men. Apparently in a big sandstorm. There are no big piles of bodies and it was suspected that this army got lost and dispersed into local villages and didn’t die.

[@braveheartz263]

I wonder if LIDAR is being used to find them?

[@Kokong]

I bet he got turned into a human scorpion.

[@sirridesalot6652]

Or he didn't march his army into the desert but only said he did so that he'd have those troops to defend his own area.

[@imperfectly-balanced8861]

Regarding the first part (switching the ammo with overcharged rounds): Just incase anyone is interested in exactly what the catastrophic failure of a firearm and the damage it can do to the user, the channel/"Gun-tuber" 'Kentuckyballistics" has several videos of different guns being blown up using overcharged rounds, including the AK-47! And to help picture just how insanely high pressure the rounds were that the MACV-SOG units were sabotaging the ammo supplied with, there's two videos in which Kentuckyballistics blows up .50cal rifles, which normally use rounds with an average operating pressure of 55,000psi, the one he uses to cause the rapid disassembly of the .50's is overcharged to about 190,000 psi.. MACV-SOG were by all accounts making rounds with upwards of 250,000psi.. and in a cartridge thats more than half the size of a .50cal round.. That's insane.. that would have been like a grenade going off in your hand/in your face.

[@coolsnake1134]

And that is also after he had an accident that almost killed him involving a defective overpressured 50 BMG round that blew up his serbu RN50 single shot rifle.

[@imperfectly-balanced8861]

@@coolsnake1134 Ps I appreciate ya sharing that rather important bit of lore too bro! I realised not long after I posted that comment that I forgot to add that part in hahah. Kinda forgot the most important and badass part 😅

[@supertrippyjohng]

Pressure so high because they are putting c-4 inside of it

[@vicbittertoo]

@@supertrippyjohng pretty sure it was PETN which has a higher VOD ?, Penta Erythritol Tetra Nitrate

[@domination1985]

I think one of the weirdest ones I ever heard of was something Canada did during world war 1. They would throw cans of food into the German trenches and when they heard people run up to the food they would toss grenades in.

[@radicalazuw9964]

The Canadians were VILE during ww1. It was the geneva suggestion for them lol.

[@GETOFFMYDAMNBUS]

not weird. Canada used to be pretty savage too. i heard a story where Canadian troops drew straws for German prisoners, and then they executed the ones who got a short straw. or just shot them if they decided it wasn't worth it. i don't know about Canada today. it hasn't fought a major war in a long time and it's gotten very passive and feeble.

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

​@@GETOFFMYDAMNBUSeven in WW1 there some stories that German soldiers who got scalped after being killed

[@danielokeefe8066]

​@lagoonraccoonfuckyeah Our present government of Canada wants to reduce military spending by nearly one billion over the next four years, even though we are well under our NATO obligations at the present spending rates. Cheap out on defence, forsake our allies, and undermind the brave individuals who protect our country. I guess it's no surprise that electing a clown resulted in a circus.

[@basilcarroll9729]

​@@GETOFFMYDAMNBUSAfghanistan mission is not that long ago.

[@ramtin5152]

Because of that cat trick the Egyptian army suffered 50,000 casualties while the Achaemenid casualties were only 7,000 Seems like Cambyses inflicted a cat-astrophic defeat on his enemy with a perrrrfect plan

[@jamierupert7563]

Ahahahaha I saw what you did there. I can't believe noone else did.

[@BrandonKaiChenLow]

Fr🤣🤣underatted comment

[@SmolRotrooper]

Lol

[@tomer9952]

That trick working as intended was unbelievably stupid

[@JozefZubor153]

Purfect

[@holopilot2241]

The Iran-Iraq war in the 80s was such a brutal war that the use of electricity to counter that Iranian offensive still makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

[@DogeickBateman]

A good ton of those Iranians on the front were kids too younger than 18 💀

[@moonstryder1740]

​@DogeickBateman then they shouldnt be on the field. The moment you pick up the gun you are a soldier. Blame their command

[@DogeickBateman]

@@moonstryder1740 They were drafted by the clerics for human wave charges on the iraqis. Absolutely messed up

[@Miloperoza]

@@moonstryder1740what choice did they have when the scum of this earth was slaughtering them

[@juliemunoz2762]

It seems like a brilliant defense plan.

[@Tim.1113]

If I was a general in a war, I would build a giant wooden horse to give to the enemy as a gift. I would load the horse with soldiers and as soon as it was in place, the attack would be on. Genius

[@douglasb5046]

Brilliant novel idea 😂😂

[@ahnafusaid8028]

Where have I heard that one before?

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

Well, I wouldn't recommend sailing after pulling such a stunt. Poseidon doesn't like it when you do that.

[@TheHammerGuy94]

Who are you? Odysseus? The ancient one or Raul menendez?

[@TheHammerGuy94]

You don't have to do a giant wooden horse. Soldiers can just be imposters.

[@Newdivide]

Napoleon did one dirty trick back when he was emperor. Before the battle of Austerlitz, the Russian army retreated when Napoleon began to approach them just to undermine him So Napoleon tricked Tsar Alexander I into battle by sending a letter to him saying he was in a vulnerable position. The tsar believed him & met at Austerlitz, the Austrian empire During the battle of Austerlitz, Napolean retreated from the high ground and the Russians took it. Only for them to realise it was a deception tactic as that is what Napolean wanted Thanks to the fog, his army surrounded them & the Russians were forced to retreat giving Napolean the victory

[@MaestroRega]

"Boris, get my crossbow. We're going hunting."

[@seymentheboss5194]

I think its more that the russian tsar was an idiot than that being a dirty trick

[@Newdivide]

@@MaestroRegaoversimplified

[@henrybubu_]

@@MaestroRegaa man of culture

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

​@@MaestroRegabased

[@cameronhermann9400]

The Egyptian story, releasing cats at the enemy is funny and genius. I wish I could see this in real life it would be adorable

[@derekbrunette222]

Genghis Khan had a spin on it that you would hate

[@TheresaLiu-qf7pm]

Don’t use pets

[@91mrpogi]

Yeah. Psychological warfare by way of using the Enemies' beliefs against them..

[@Abualalwzzse]

FaKe story

[@bbbex24]

@@derekbrunette222what’s the spin ?

[@brawlstarssponsorships]

Wow, that SOG thing was interesting. More videos like that would be cool.

[@dallasyap3064]

The electrocution tactic damn, I've always thought that such tactic was possible but never thought that someone will actually use it. The ancient Persian and Egypt using cat was hilarious. My favorite is still project eldest son. Read that story years ago, and was amazed and impressed by it. The Green Berets basically took guerrilla warfare to a whole new level.

[@chamuuemura5314]

The odd thing though, it was unnecessary. Percussion damage from exploding shells underwater would be sufficient to cause major organ damage. The Iranians jumping into the water were sadly going to lose their lives either way.

[@Dishbsmeosisusujsjsjs]

I really like your videos, they teach me more than school and are very entertaining 👍

[@Lance-b2l]

Watching this video I got flashbacks from when Beretta pistols, their slide was cracking they were putting a larger charge in the bullet, and that was causing the damage to the pistol. Long story short, Beretta sued the US government for that sure would love to see a story on that.

[@MrHrannsi]

Ah, the ancient Egyptian reverence for cats. Every living cat on this planet today still remembers that 😊

[@Mizzle420420]

These animations are so detailed. I love how at 12:25 you can see Hitler hiding his tremoring hand behind his back

[@zachryder3150]

WTF that's such a good spot!

[@Stealth86651]

I knew from the start that the generator/swamp bit was from the Iraq Iran War, there were so many weird and unbelievable events in that one. Check out Lions Led by Donkeys if you want military stories of failure/weirdness/etc.

[@jarrettowens6073]

This video teaches a valuable lesson: War isn't fair.

[@jarrettowens6073]

Actually, it teaches another valuable lesson: Both sides will do ANYTHING to drive someone up the wall.

[@jamierupert7563]

As the saying goes, all's fair in love and war.

[@rohan_3128]

Even the life isn't fair!

[@RicardoSantos-oz3uj]

You do not win wars by being good. You win wars by being ruthless. And those who start the wars, the bankers, are never affected.

[@maltsday]

Yeah but the brits tricking the tibetians who Just wanted Peace has nothing to do with being not "fair", it Just shows how horriffic britains colonialism has been. I'm all about tricks in wars as long as these are legit wars.

[@TitanAEX4]

The opening scenes had me speculate we'd hear about rye ergot - one of the first cases of biological warfare was by the Assyrians, where they would dump the potentially-deadly fungus into enemy wells to poison them.

[@donaldmackerer9032]

It would cause the enemy to have massive hallucinations.

[@youngspectre5356]

Stokes: Who brings a gun to a knife fight? Grissom: The winner.

[@victoriafelix5932]

Remembering the Love & Cyanide comic regarding the same ....

[@Gr3nadgr3gory]

Not always. Rush a gun, run from a knife.

[@idontno0]

Macv sog was absolutely amazing. I recommend reading books about what they did in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam or listening to the ones that are still alive on jocko podcast. Absolutely insane stories, stuff you would think is only in movies.

[@Truerussiantigershark]

What about Green Berets did you get to hear about them

[@kaylenwardlow3961]

I'm surprised Operation Eland from the Rhodesian Bush War wasn't mentioned in this list.

[@mondo3556]

Less of a dirty tactic, more like an atrocity

[@pgbrofficialyoutube349]

@@mondo3556 Was it not an atrocity when those same guerillas shot down that air liner full of civilians?

[@tommyhijmensen6257]

​@@mondo3556😂its a long way from mukumbura

[@blackjed]

What happened there?

[@mondo3556]

@@blackjed basically Ian Smith ordered Rhodesian troops to murder a bunch of refugees

[@giraffesinc.2193]

Amazing content, Simple History!!!! Thank you so much!

[@juanelorriaga2840]

The Iran Iraq war was a brutal strange war with a lot of firsts and WW1 tactics it even excelled medical treatment to wounded soliders and only war so far that has had attack choppers fights…..so far

[@BobbyPressnell]

Always cheat. Always win. The only fair fight is the fight that you lose.

[@brainflash1]

All warfare is based on deception.

[@stormer6186]

fax

[@gilliamjf]

Cheaters never win, and winners never cheat

[@TheHammerGuy94]

@@brainflash1 - Sun Tsu

[@newlineschannel]

Yes lol

[@SlyCooper1920]

During war and in some cases, reasonable men must do unreasonable things to win the day

[@soccerandtrack10]

Like turn people into robots,shove some1 into a cofin thats on a robot,forced galaxy slavery,forced galaxy recrutment,kill whole planets,kill a group of solders because they learned the truth,make up fake stories,kill planets because,rebbelled because no rights,or because they stopped giveing people or not worshipping,sending googleplex people to die by aleins,tortureing millions (why=?),kidnapping kids who survived wars when a kid,then 90% die because of training,destroying nature on planets to build muintain corperations(litterly.),kidnapping people and forceing them to train,or just killing really powerful super people,ignoreing "help!"because it doesnt have power?

[@General_Tso762]

Calling bullshit on that

[@0utlawactual363]

@@General_Tso762 you mean that reasonable people will NEVER end up doing smt fucked up or dirty to survive/win? Im calling bs on that.

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

​@@General_Tso762 You're just too pathetic that enemy deploys desperate tactics an you stay on the one side of it?

[@SlyCooper1920]

@General_Tso762 War is war, gotta do anything to win even if some acts are questionable or dirty

[@eastside2473]

The greatest era ever!!! Stephanie and Sean deserve their respect both were so great at selling every Angel they were in

[@praevasc4299]

There is an alleged trick, I don't remember if from the Korean or Vietnam war, where Americans wanted to capture a strategic position but did not have enough troops ready, so they walked against the enemy defensive lines with a marching band playing victory songs, and the enemy thought that the Americans have won and were celebrating their victory, so they withdrew. I don't know how much of this happened or is a legend.

[@a_good_doggo]

High risk high reward

[@gsteel98]

That's way too ballsy

[@a_good_doggo]

@@gsteel98 it worked

[@jamierupert7563]

​@@a_good_doggoyep

[@philiprice7875]

germans did that in norway WW2 marched into town behind a band told the local milita that the Oslo government has surrendered

[@T34-Tank-Commander-Volkov]

Can’t wait to use these tactics in the Minecraft server!

[@thatmemestar378]

You might want to follow the Mojang Convention .

[@laurenpark5436]

You mean the mojang suggestions?

[@whovianhistorybuff]

Will Turner: you cheated Jack Sparrow: Pirate! Will: You didn't beat me, you ignored the rules of engagement, in a fair fight I'd kill you Jack: that's not much incentive for me to fight fair then is it?

[@oliversherman2414]

War: *Breaks out* Special forces: Time to pull a pro gamer move

[@treyweaver5396]

Thanks!

[@carlosferreira6420]

Well this tatics are dirties? Sure, but. WAR, IS WAR!

[@wolfknight4690]

And war never changes

[@carlosferreira6420]

@@wolfknight4690 fallout reference!

[@averagegamer6912]

Live is life! Na-na-na-na-na!

[@mafiabeesrequiem1740]

@@averagegamer6912 bro what is you yapping about 💀

[@averagegamer6912]

@@mafiabeesrequiem1740 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIK2npmIZsSGjKcsi=Epf16Q6CyKb1ijD6

[@cygnusereve4779]

What about the Canadians throwing canned food to fool the Germans during WW1. When the Germans begged for more food, the Canadians threw grenades.

[@6.0.1breacher2]

I really hope someone invents some sort of spectators version of time travel..I’d love to go back and be able to watch these battles with a Birds Eye view

[@user-bm6wu9zw9m]

I thought I was the only one.

[@meicc398]

You wanna see people dying?

[@chamuuemura5314]

Why’d you want to witness the suffering and death of thousands of youth? Seems rather psychopathic to be honest.

[@pesokpesok]

already exists in Vatican Archives - Chrono something is the name

[@bipedallifeform3990]

You have one of the best narrators on KZbin. Keep this guy for as long as you can.

[@JackBarrett7]

I read once about a bunch of prisoners somewhere who would get tattoos of Jesus and Mary on their chest, as there was a similar law about desecrating an image of them, and the prisoners stopped their own executions, bc firing squad was the only method, and the condemned were shot in the heart.

[@phatphil7836]

In Soviet gulags, prisoners would get chest tattoos of Stalin and Lenin for the same reason.

[@usmcdevildog3497]

1:01 YESSSSSS WE'RE GETTING CLOSE, more for SOG video and operations

[@goodgame3374]

Poor Tibetans, they have had a rough go of it.

[@harryedwards4080]

It's complete utter nonsense the one with the British. Just google it. Makes for a great story though, but that is all it is, a story. At the end of that tale It even has a disclaimer saying that there is controversy as to whether it happened that way or not, so in other words it didn't... So don't go repeating it as a historical fact or people will just laugh at you.

[@StevenBaer-zv6lq]

Lazy dogs were actually numerous metal flechette darts from cluster bombs exploded in the sky and rained down on the NVA soldiers in the Vietnam War. Silent and also deadly weapons.

[@nightmaretrooper5064]

There is no such thing as a fair fight. I learned that from Combat Veterans.

[@landryjennings9774]

There’s only survival.

[@rynun7620]

That's because your combat veterans were born in the modern era. Guerilla warfare wasn't always commonplace, y'know. There were some folks had honor back then. Just look up the combat of the thirty

[@landryjennings9774]

@@rynun7620 I don’t see much honor in standing in a straight line getting mowed down while the people telling you to stand there are far away.

[@battlesheep2552]

Honor in combat is such a dumb concept any way. There is no honor in killing someone, so might as well just get the job done in the most efficient way possible.

[@landryjennings9774]

@@battlesheep2552 people need to read the book of 5 rings.

[@jaymie855]

Germany: Hey you're cheating. No shotgun. US: We'll stop using shotgun if you stop using gas attacks. Germany: NO! US: Hey, you're cheating. No sticks. Vietnam: We'll stop using sticks if you gtfo our country. US: NO! Okay, we get out.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

Don't forget German use of Flamethrowers during WW1 !!!

[@360pboi4]

Americans in vietnam: used speakers to make vietcong Suffer panic attacks

[@BernieGores-ji3hd]

They weren't in their country. A completely different country was invaded and we the good guys came to their defense

[@Mentallyheld]

@@BernieGores-ji3hd your insufferable

[@Truerussiantigershark]

Russia casually in both of them doing nothing about it

[@NeilBrown-j6h]

I think it was in the Iraq-Iran war . They would have children hold each other's hands, standing side by side. Then they were told to march forward across mine fields. They used them to clear minefields this way , for the troops

[@jamiejohnson8176]

Wow sad I heard stories about like that from Vietnam war to

[@jamierupert7563]

Probably afghanistan. They'll blow up their own children with a suicide vest. They don't care. They're evil.

[@ALLMETAL1970]

Forgot about Byzantine blinding, the byzantines would take thousands of Bulgarian pow's and round them in groups of 100. 99 would have both eyes gouged out, while the 100th men would have 1 eye gouged out to lead the Bulgarians home. When tsar Samuel of Bulgaria saw his troops, he died of a heart attack.

[@Devonflood8232]

Should have included the skirmish between the German raider Kormoran and the HMAS Sydney that was pretty dirty!

[@wattsnottaken1]

None of these can be as dirty as the stun grenade in the new call of duty

[@nickpossum3607]

Whaaaa, whaaaa! Cry Some More! Heh heh, cry some more.

[@Mach5Johnny]

I’m honestly shocked that you guys didn’t mention The Byzantine Blinding.

[@jacklucas5908]

That happened after the war was over though. I think they actually talked about it in an older video about brutal punishments.

[@Danzel_Gaming]

"Hey, Its War Baby" -Honest Abe

[@EpiclilJohnny]

When I have kids they're going to watch your Channel. 🙌 I'll have to become a donator at that point to get your exclusive content. Keep up the good work! You teach history better than Public School Systems!

[@JamesQI-q3k]

Great Video Simple History

[@draganobradovic7512]

The action to release Mussolini was designed as a PR promotion, as can be seen from the photos where the Italian guards are photographed together with the German paratroopers .

[@JerryRigedRebel]

I love these videos . They are very informative and give me something to listen to while I work on trucks at work. Thank you guys for everything you do on your channel .

[@SAMAYDOSTDAR]

In Afghanistan 🇦🇫 when we fought against the soviets we would stick a lamp to a dozen of goats and send them towards the enemy at nights the soviets would think that they were enemies and waste all of their bullets on the goats and we would attack from the other side 😂

[@danendraarkananta9442]

GG

[@alfredfabulous3640]

Poor creatures....those goats :( This is why I am a misanthrop!

[@Swagmaster07]

Their sentries had nightvision, idk exactly if all of them did.

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Nice! Your war made me not join after 9/11 happened. Seved 93-97 Us Army. Was asked to rejoin after 9/11. Told my recruiter. The Russians lost. Why would the US do any better? I was right over 20 years later.

[@SadKnight48]

@@alfredfabulous3640 If it works, it works

[@oliversherman2414]

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

[@brainflash1]

3:40 FFS Sometimes the press needs to learn to keep its mouth shut.

[@12b_engineer]

They shouldn't even be allowed in combat

[@greggrace967]

I would just appreciate them not lieing all the time!! About EVERYTHING.

[@brainflash1]

@@greggrace967 *lying

[@kremepye3613]

​@@brainflash1*who cares

[@greggrace967]

@@kremepye3613 what a dim wit huh? People like that have no friends.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

0:45 what’s the difference between these and land mines used by American tho… at least the Vietnamese ones kill you, the land mines intentionally dismember you or injure you severely enough to cause medics to be overwhelmed

[@Jme127]

Land mines make money

[@thepilotofepic]

Fun fact: theres still Eldest Son ammo kicking around

[@BaconLover100]

I heard a story a bit ago about Vietnamese peacekeepers working with the UN had a rifle blow up, it was speculated that the round came from eldest son due to similar explosion marks.

[@olligesd9343]

War is total. There is no such thing as a "dirty" trick, since those "tricks" may cause you to keep your life through the encounter. No matter the method in how war is waged, it is horrible nonetheless. Anyone who eschews a "dirty fight" or tactics is probably in line with there being an "honorable" fight. The British learned this quickly in the 1700's after Americans started adopting Native American camouflaging/cover techniques instead of standing tall in an open field wearing red jackets with 50+ of your closest friends shoulder-to-shoulder. The British considered taking cover "Dirty" as well. Look how well that worked for them.

[@nathanielschwartz425]

I’m kinda surprised that he didn’t talk about (or even mention) Operation Wandering Soul from the Vietnam War. This was a tape recording, labeled “Ghost Tape #10” and was a recording of ghostly wines and cries that the US played on full blast on loud speakers in helicopters over the enemy. The goal was to scare the Vietnam soldiers forcing them to give away their positions. It was based on the Vietnam’s belief that after a person dies their soul will haunt people if they are not properly buried.

[@rosaria8384]

It has its specific video already

[@nathanielschwartz425]

Oh. But still they could've at least mentioned it. I mean, it would've really fit the theme of this video as well.@@rosaria8384

[@odayconhadep68]

AND VIETNAM RESPONDED WITH HANNAH HANOI

[@MHLegacy]

(12:23) Great job animating that famous footage of Hitler's last appearance greeting those young soldiers, holding his trembling hand behind him. Nice attention to detail in including the trembling hand.

[@richardpickett3882]

Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it

[@treyweaver5396]

Interesting vid, I have studied history both ancient and modern. I remember reading some of these historical events.

[@WoziduranJahemter]

Additional funding leverage for this channel, great history and very important lessons! Just awesomely great! ++

[@tedwojtasik8781]

American checkpoint guard: Ok bub...what was Babe Ruth's batting average in 1921 and what was the name of his childhood pet? General Clark: Are you F'ing serious???

[@sayansp1105]

We won war with superior weapons : we won the war haha We lost war : they fighting nasty and doing war crimes What a joke

[@cyberdyne9480]

🧂

[@Sebastian36962]

US when they won a war:💪😎 US when they lost a war : 💀

[@sayansp1105]

@@Sebastian36962 not only USA bro every country is like that

[@Broski2445]

​@@sayansp1105not the uk lol

[@sayansp1105]

@@Broski2445 let's see that country who colonized Asia,America and Africa and looted everything OH YES

[@bhiei]

Incredible, learned a lot on this, keep it going

[@mcbrians.8508]

Love you Chris!

[@ChrisKane-]

💓 you too!

[@TRD315]

Awesome video and content.

[@BillaCode]

History is wonderful, same historical incodents are taught completely differently in different countries

[@AverageDXenthusiast]

I love the fact that the radio brodcast clip was a reference to the Robin Williams Movie Good Morning Vietnam.

[@davealmighty9638]

My grandfather was awarded 5 bronze starts, 3 with valor, and a silver star. He was a Sgt. Major, who fought in Korea, and 4 tours in Vietnam. He was one of the first 500 Americans sent to Vietnam as an advisor. He was with a small attachment of south Vietnamese troops, and was one of only 3 americans on this patrol. They had reports of a patrol of around 50 NVA troops coming there way. They sent scouts, and soon learned that it was closer to 300 NVA troops. They were outnumbered and were low on ammo, but had plenty of explosives and det cord. They expected the NVA to come thru a narrow valley, on their way south. They lined explosives in 3 X patterns thru the valley, across about 100 yards and had claymores on both sides of the valley, all was connected with detenation cord, and had troops on the hills of both sides. They waited for the NVA to come thru the valley, and from a single detonator, caused a massive series of explosions, eliminated almost of the enemy at once. Troops picked off the few survivors, and took many prisoners. They also got a lot of valuable intel from captured NVA. He was awarded the bronze star with valor, and the paperwork that comes with that award is quite fun to read. The story of his silver star is also a good read, but is a story for another day.

[@cynicalafflictional1725]

God Bless you and your family and your grandfather .!!

[@Billchu13]

What's dirtier: an invading force using napalm, or a defending force using pungee pits?

[@dub3r5]

Invading with napalm is scary because it can just fall out of the sky while it lands and sticks on people and houses burning everything and spreading in your home town and you can’t do anything to stop it.

[@mill2712]

Pungee pits won't cause a wild fire.

[@morisco56]

Also agent orange and white phosporus

[@Mentallyheld]

One kills more than people, it kills entire sections of forest which contain vital wild life which can cause a inbalance and even worse conditions to everybody else living within said location. the other while still cruel it only goes towards enemy soldiers and not anyone else

[@illcommunicvtion]

Or poisoning their crops and food supply.

[@guardianofthetoasters2323]

So long as they don't drag civis almost all dirty tactics seemed to be a viable option and to not use them is stupid

[@TheHammerGuy94]

that ammo sabotage trick... How do I dissuade bike thieves from stealing Bike Lock? that will just make them jump to another bike to steal. Brake lock? sabotage the brakes from functioning if I am not using it. either that will teach them a lesson, or think twice about stealing an unlocked bike next time.

[@coolsnake1134]

Love the old meme of the yeet seat bicycle anti-theft device, basically the meme showed a person cutting open their bike seat and sticking petn explosives into it, sewing it back up and putting a barbecue grill igniter as a trigger. So that way when the thief sat on the seat it would set off the explosives

[@TheHammerGuy94]

@@coolsnake1134 As much as I would like to do that, That sounds like the shotgun door booby trap that was featured in simple history. Using lethal methods to dissuade perpetrators, which could possibly lead to a lawsuit if they do survive or if somebody witness it. At least the way I am planning to do it, Is to make the perpetrator be more vulnerable to getting into an accident In considering they value their escape more than being safe, they won't be getting away.

[@Morattis]

the press always fucking things up

[@pesokpesok]

cant believe you didnt say - all is fair in love and war

[@ToudaHell]

I thought theres no rules in war. Theres no dirty tricks, just excellent strategy.

[@SpectrumSwordtails]

The Battle of the Marshes one was just plain brutal. Clever, but brutal.

[@christopherdempsey3878]

These days we just refer to it as a pro gamer move.

[@ariaantoroatang7720]

Wartime brought the worst out of people. In order to survive people betrayed each other. War is something that hurts everybody.

[@DeadGothicRed]

Fun fact, OGA (Other Government Agency) units in Iraq and Afghanistan would do sabotaged ammo A LOT.

[@AC-hj9tv]

What means

[@alexcosentino4649]

@@AC-hj9tvOGA? CIA

[@AC-hj9tv]

@@alexcosentino4649 thank you

[@MrHrannsi]

Indeed, quite a few videos of exploding mortars floating around the internet.

[@tundranomad]

Interesting, I didn't know that about Iraq/Afghanistan. If you Google search "last photo combat camera", you'll see the last photo that a US soldier took as a mortar round exploded in the tube. Story will be with the photo. I wonder if that's the real truth behind that occurrence.

[@solocanaanite4655]

It did, my dad served in the cambodian war, and he worked in the office and they treated him like an enemy (he was a southerner) and earned the respect of the officers in the office when he discovered 3 different defective rounds. It seems the Mag V Sogs missions were too effective 😅😂 Because they blamed the Chinese until like 2012

[@dereckhasken9055]

The doctoring of weapons was first documented during the Malaya Insurgency (1950’s) rifle barrels found by British Army were slightly bent to ensure they exploded a bit easier than replacing propellant

[@jayliger1]

20:10 My brother! You look like David Draiman, from the band Disturbed 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@RonaldAnderson]

Voltage does not kill a person. Amperage is the killer. P=IE (power=amps(volts)

[@Flesh_Wizard]

I'd imagine it's a combination of volts, amps, frequency, and your body's resistance

[@RonaldAnderson]

@@Flesh_Wizard volts do not kill a person. Amperage does. It’s not a combination of the three. Because all three are co dependent on each other. You cannot have one without the other. I am an electrician for 35 years, I do believe I know what I’m talking about. 🤠

[@Truerussiantigershark]

@@RonaldAnderson common misconception volts and amps need to work together to kill people but it’s 1:35 ratio so less volts are required to kill someone

[@RonaldAnderson]

@@Truerussiantigershark ⁠P=IE It is a known fact that amp kill, not volts. You can have a neon transformer set to 50000 volts with no amps and survive with no problems at all. Yet, you could get bit by a normal incandescent lamp that is producing a half amp and die instantly. Power(which is expressed in wattage) is the voltage (E) multiplied by the Amperage (I) which is the strength of an electrical circuit. If you’d like you can borrow my electrical engineering books I used in college in the mid 80s.

[@profeta1982]

thank you for the amazing material

[@Flesh_Wizard]

"All warfare is based on deception" - Sun Tzu

[@r.h.9338]

Keep up the great work.

[@HATECELL]

If those generators were just standard industrial equipment with 230V outputs it is likely that some of the soldiers didn't die from the electricity, they just got paralysed and drowned

[@clydedoris5002]

I've heard that when you got alot of electricity going through you, you are unable to move only when someone pushes you with something nonconductive

[@Mere-Lachaiselongue]

@@clydedoris5002 Correct. The electricity makes your whole body use it's muscles so for example people that have intrusive thoughts and put a fork or something in an outlet aren't able to let go even if they want to.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

@@clydedoris5002when I got tased in highschool I couldn’t move until the cop pushed me into a glass wall

[@jamierupert7563]

​@@JoeRogansForeheadhahaha why'd you get tased in high school?

[@colonelfustercluck486]

@@JoeRogansForehead .. you didn't do the homework?

[@dubya724]

That thumbnail is outta control!! Those fools are pointing and laughing at the fellas getting electrocuted. Sick but hilarious 😂😂

[@Deerwiener]

Body doubles

[@alm5992]

0:48 *COD ear ringing* "You were killed by a trap. Keep an eye out for enemy tripwires."

[@bumpermanthesecond615]

"It's not war crime if we won"

[@kbrock9146]

Or, how about: "It's not a war crime the first time."

[@alfredfabulous3640]

It's not a war crime if no one is left to cry about!

[@jamesedwardladislazerrudo1378]

It's not a war crime,it's a desperation!

[@BigBossIvan]

It's not a war crime if the media doesn't report it.

[@anatolianshepard3051]

Geneva convention? Nah its Geneva suggestion.

[@RoughWalkers]

I love the inglorious bas*a*ds reference during op grief

[@salvatoreregalbuto5444]

war’s should not have any rules other than the basic dont execute prisoners. any weapons should be at your disposal.

[@greggrace967]

War DOESN'T have any rules now!! Where are you from? geez....

[@salvatoreregalbuto5444]

@@greggrace967there are plenty of weapons banned in war makes no sense

[@Iauchmitschlauch]

​@@salvatoreregalbuto5444nothing is banned, just some countries signed treaties that they would not use certain weapons