Dirtiest Tricks Used in War

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[@chuchulainn9275]

You guys are being demonetized?

[@Blippitybloppitybloop]

"August 1964, the U.S. entered the Vietnam War based on reports of an unprovoked attack in the Gulf of Tonkin - which the president knew were false." AKA the Vietnam war was started based on a lie and it got thousands upon thousands of innocent fighting age men killed. And people still trust their government. Here is a list* of the countries bombed and/or invaded by the United States from the end of the Second World War to 2020: Afghanistan 1998, 2001- Bosnia 1994, 1995 Cambodia 1969-70 China 1945-46 Congo 1964 Cuba 1959-1961 El Salvador 1980s Korea 1950-53 Guatemala 1954, 1960, 1967-69 Indonesia 1958 Laos 1964-73 Grenada 1983 Iraq 1991-2000s, 2015- Iran 1987 Korea 1950-53 Kuwait 1991 Lebanon 1983, 1984 Libya 1986, 2011- Nicaragua 1980s Pakistan 2003, 2006- Palestine 2010 Panama 1989 Peru 1965 Somalia 1993, 2007-08, 2010- Sudan 1998 Syria 2014- Vietnam 1961-73 Yemen 2002, 2009- Yugoslavia 1999 Note that these countries represent roughly one-third of the people on earth. 'Murica! *sigh* I wish we could all get along but as long as bloodthirsty psychopaths stay in power all over the world, they will pit us against each other like pawns in a sick chess game and the endless wars will never end.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@warpigs9069]

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

[@basedman66868]

they still lol @@warpigs9069

[@basedman66868]

nope @@k3kboi665

[@basedman66868]

it worked so well that they stil lost the land

[@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.

[@user-jl6ks6yv3s]

Fr🤣🤣underatted comment

[@SmolRotrooper]

Lol

[@tomer9952]

That trick working as intended was unbelievably stupid

[@JozefZubor153]

Purfect

[@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

[@hellgato777]

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

[@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...

[@antimatteranon]

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

[@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❄️

[@Theangryscallywag.]

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

[@dneirF552]

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

[@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.

[@CrossOfBayonne]

​@@erocktherockjohnson5169Probably so considering the description

[@erocktherockjohnson5169]

@@CrossOfBayonne yeah or green berets

[@JacobLS199]

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

[@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.

[@antimatteranon]

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]

​@@antimatteranoneven 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]

​@@antimatteranonAfghanistan mission is not that long ago.

[@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..

[@AbuAbdullahAlqurashy]

FaKe story

[@Rebecca-jy6zs]

@@derekbrunette222what’s the spin ?

[@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.

[@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 😅

[@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.

[@MrHrannsi]

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

[@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.

[@youngspectre5356]

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

[@victoriafelix5932]

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

[@oliversherman2414]

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

[@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

[@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

[@user-vh9hs4qe7r]

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.

[@brawlstarssponsorships]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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?

[@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.

[@JOSHSLEGO]

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

[@dvb2957]

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

[@thepilotofepic]

Fun fact: theres still Eldest Son ammo kicking around

[@Danzel_Gaming]

"Hey, Its War Baby" -Honest Abe

[@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

[@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 though 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

[@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

[@goodgame3374]

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

[@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!

[@IdiotIdiot69]

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

[@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

[@mrinsomniac2968]

@@BernieGores-ji3hd your insufferable

[@Truerussiantigershark]

Russia casually in both of them doing nothing about it

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@mrinsomniac2968]

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.

[@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

[@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 .

[@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

[@user-bh1se3in3p]

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.

[@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 😂😂

[@giraffesinc.2193]

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

[@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.

[@theofficialken1755]

Dad still dreams of playing "Fortunate Son" over the fields of Vietnam.

[@devonflood8232]

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

[@user-gp8of2yl4u]

Great Video Simple History

[@bhiei]

Incredible, learned a lot on this, keep it going

[@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 .

[@christopherdempsey3878]

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

[@MulToyVerse]

3:08. "Good Morning Vietnam!"

[@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!

[@ToudaHell]

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

[@bipedallifeform3990]

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

[@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.

[@TS-rf3sy]

The dirtiest trick is the "free health care" benefit.

[@eastside2473]

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

[@WoziduranJahemter]

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

[@Xanderrrr4200]

7 minutes in and 4 advertisement breaks, chill😂 buddy needs that ad revenue

[@teonatsios491]

Very informative video Good work

[@furanduron4926]

Best way to defeat your enemy is to know them.

[@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.

[@mcmelonmaster]

The russians used boobytrap magazines in Afghanistan too.

[@-I-Use-Punctuation]

Cool history, you definitely missed some other notable battlefield tricks, Make it a series 👍👍

[@Techgnome21]

Man-of-wars used to flag different, paint their ships different colors and further change their appearance to trick the enemy.

[@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?

[@mcbrians.8508]

Love you Chris!

[@chriskane1]

💓 you too!

[@profeta1982]

thank you for the amazing material

[@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???

[@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

[@predetor911]

Remember, all's fair in love and war.

[@r.h.9338]

Keep up the great work.

[@alm5992]

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

[@richardpickett3882]

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

[@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

[@archlich4489]

Great video! Subbed.

[@PawAshtraysMatter]

A group of rivals were kidnapped and the lone survivor was dressed like a cop, shot and left on street. When officers arrived a nearby car bomb went off.

[@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!

[@Megalon-qc8pf]

9:58 Truly important stuff man

[@worldofwarcraftman2]

Would have figured you would have mentioned that Canadians would throw cans of food into the German trenches of ww1 and when the Germans went for the food they'd throw grenades in right after. A good way to describe the Geneva convention after ww1 is that it is a list of things the Canadians are no longer allowed to do in war.

[@basilcarroll9729]

Now we just throw the grenades.

[@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.

[@BennyFromFalloutNewVegas]

You missed the mouse trap suit! Where the enemy wears several mouse traps on their uniforms. So after you kill them, you get your nuts caught in a mousetrap when you teabag them!

[@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.

[@gmanawesome5773]

THE ELECTRIFIED MARSHES ARE THE MOST BRUTAL.

[@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 .!!

[@dy9955]

Just remember. There are NO RULES in war. No matter what someone tells you. The moment you follow the rules is the moment your enemy will brake them to kill you.

[@Global_majesty]

*break

[@gilangsaputra6333]

​@@Global_majestybrake*

[@paleoph6168]

​@@gilangsaputra6333you want to stop a car?

[@gilangsaputra6333]

@@paleoph6168 yes'nt

[@TcMizah]

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

[@TRD315]

Awesome video and content.

[@Danzel_Gaming]

Meanwhile Russia Cooking Ammo So They Can Trade It For Food:

[@greggrace967]

You believe the propaganda? Maann..... cnn ain't your friend. Msdnc with richard maddow isn't either. Educate yourself before you go around sounding ignorant. There is ALWAYS 2 sides to a pancake, no matter how thin you pour it. Your being mislead. I'm American and I want our fucking money back......

[@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

[@matthewwilson5548]

awesome, very interesting! very good and well done

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

I love how Viet Cong had a boombox like the one I used to carry everywhere.

[@andrewreynolds912]

I heard the bigger it was the cooler you were at least that's what my American country says