Biggest Military Screwups In History

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@Simplehistory
@Simplehistory 3 ай бұрын
A whole part of our Vietnam video didn’t end up getting animated until just now, so we posted the extended cut to Patreon. If you want to watch it while supporting our channel, you can check it out here: www.patreon.com/join/simplehistory
@davidspencer8373
@davidspencer8373 3 ай бұрын
Like video
@tannerwilson4843
@tannerwilson4843 3 ай бұрын
With the Paris Olympics coming up. Could we get some Olympic History videos coming up?
@edwardhuster8466
@edwardhuster8466 2 ай бұрын
What happend little big horn.
@Mexspur
@Mexspur 2 ай бұрын
As opposed to on purpose?
@solsolsolomon
@solsolsolomon Ай бұрын
Where do you post your sources?
@MustacheCashStash125
@MustacheCashStash125 3 ай бұрын
Cries in Australian over the emus
@richardsamuelgustavo
@richardsamuelgustavo 3 ай бұрын
people keep saying that--but who died?
@MustacheCashStash125
@MustacheCashStash125 3 ай бұрын
@@richardsamuelgustavo 0.01% of the emus
@richardsamuelgustavo
@richardsamuelgustavo 3 ай бұрын
@@MustacheCashStash125 and no people so hardly a blunder
@khylebaguingan8211
@khylebaguingan8211 3 ай бұрын
Hundreds of thousands of birds against just a few soldiers with a lewis gun... The emus were actually effectively dealth with when the government offer bounties for each emu kill
@Tucher97
@Tucher97 3 минут бұрын
@@richardsamuelgustavo The people who have to live off money, its an economic defeat, the real kicker, the whole war is just 3 guys in a jeep with one LMG. Pretty sure they would get the Emus if they used hunting shotguns.
@BaxterAndLunala
@BaxterAndLunala 3 ай бұрын
28:55: "There's no way he can beat off 80,000 men." *(Hysterical laughter)* "Grow up! You know what I mean!"
@honjokun0615
@honjokun0615 2 ай бұрын
Dude! Uncool.
@tysok6792
@tysok6792 2 ай бұрын
Doh nooooooo
@brianfarley2388
@brianfarley2388 Ай бұрын
Actually there is a way, just need to use the 'middle out' algorithm
@keith32482
@keith32482 Ай бұрын
Not with that attitude!😂
@victorhernandez5013
@victorhernandez5013 Ай бұрын
​@@keith32482was that a DBZA reference? 😏
@danielplayfair3596
@danielplayfair3596 2 ай бұрын
Pretty sure we invade Spain every year during the summer
@behindthen0thing
@behindthen0thing 18 күн бұрын
That's just you
@danielplayfair3596
@danielplayfair3596 18 күн бұрын
@@behindthen0thing 17.3 million people from the UK go there on holiday, hard to not find one anywhere
@RailroadFanatic-hr6pf
@RailroadFanatic-hr6pf 3 ай бұрын
Underestimating your enemy is a rookie mistake. Yet it’s happened repeatedly for thousands of years
@Poookoook
@Poookoook 3 ай бұрын
This was almost a coherent thought.
@drops2cents260
@drops2cents260 2 ай бұрын
> _Underestimating your enemy is a rookie mistake._ You're partly right - because it can happen to professionals as well if they get too cocky... 🙂
@LeleiTheTigress
@LeleiTheTigress Ай бұрын
That's pretty much how some of the greatest generals in history messed up, Hannibal, Napoleon, etc.
@tristanbaker9185
@tristanbaker9185 Ай бұрын
I’d argue it’s not a rookie mistake exactly because of how often it happens. It’s easy to overstep your reach or to get tunnel vision at the cusp of victory and blunder into defeat.
@samsadowitz1724
@samsadowitz1724 3 ай бұрын
23:42 "who do you think won?" This was, by far, the best oucome pissible for that scenario. If the goal was to take control over all of Vietnam, then the Vietnamese military won. If the goal was just to get more territory, then the Chinese military won. If the initial goal was to take control of Vietnam, but was quickly changed to a "simple" land grab, then both sides can legitimately declare victory without losing face.
@samsadowitz1724
@samsadowitz1724 2 ай бұрын
@Carlton-B thanks for the added context
@WangMingGe
@WangMingGe 2 ай бұрын
@Carlton-B Yeah, the Vietnamese won that one quite decisively, given the Chinese objectives as well as the fact they were invading a nation which they massively outnumbered (which had also just been through major wars for 30 years, beating the French and the Americans).
@DT-wp4hk
@DT-wp4hk 3 ай бұрын
12:11 always the leftwing f'ing up😂
@juanescandon8620
@juanescandon8620 19 күн бұрын
Yo! The guy drinking tea in the British VP boat is wild.
@Dulex321
@Dulex321 3 ай бұрын
Hey simple history, if you want a video idea can you maybe to a video on Lieutenant General Higuchi Kiichirō He was an ww2 Japanese general and saved the lives of 20,000 Jewish people.
@krisinsaigon
@krisinsaigon 3 ай бұрын
I thought the D-Day rehearsal story was going to be about the large number of soldiers who drowned in the exercises
@tigerwoods373
@tigerwoods373 3 ай бұрын
Around 27:12 the rant about Indians using outdated weapons but you did say the bulk of the damage probably happened from the Air Force. Are the aircraft from ww2 too? Even so, ww2 planes is far superior to no planes.
@voidofhope6259
@voidofhope6259 3 ай бұрын
I’d never heard about china trying to come in and 3rd party Vietnam like that. And still get starched 🤣
@Eric-qo8vv
@Eric-qo8vv Ай бұрын
That’s badass. Struck by a Tank shell in combat. Go out in a blaze of glory I guess
@howardchung7050
@howardchung7050 3 ай бұрын
Don't forget many super powers tries to take over Vietnam. The Mongols tries to take over it failed than the Japanese, French, American and Chinese.
@camus1679
@camus1679 3 ай бұрын
The failed German air raid has always driven me crazy. The weapons being in boxes absolutely blew my mind cuz I just do not understand why they’d do that. Especially since the airmen did have their hands occupied with shroud lines WHICHHHH I also don’t understand why anyone ever (I’ll excuse the first like 2 jumps in each nations history)would think that not having any way to even kinda control the fall would be okay
@deanwilliams4365
@deanwilliams4365 Ай бұрын
STOP 3:53 you stated that because enigma had been cracked the allies had knowledge of theater details of the german plans, Totally incorrect, the volume of german traffic all over europe was not able to be decoded , simple because of the volume, next the enigma had only been cracked 8 days before the invasion, next the only message regarding crete was that airborne troops would be used, and another signal moving troops and ships tp an italian port. battle plans are not nor can not be sent by radio, thuis the expected main invasion force was by sea so the ports were defended, lucky the RN came across the invasion fleet and destroyed it. how ever the germans did manage to get a couple of tanks to crete by sea and maintains air control limiting allied/ kiwi troop movements
@swisstroll3
@swisstroll3 3 ай бұрын
When it comes down to natives against invaders, as in New Zealand and Vietnam, there is also an element of home field advantage. People defending their own homes have some advantages against an invader.
@bramvanherck4107
@bramvanherck4107 2 ай бұрын
oh commander your name will echo through history as a great leader of men right? ... as a great leader of men right? "Biggest Military Screwups In History"
@ka4zam
@ka4zam 3 ай бұрын
Karansebes is kind of a modern myth, there are no sources out of the 19th century that confirm more than 150 men were lost during a minor incident - the loss of 10.000 men is an Austrian legend…
@hellomoto2084
@hellomoto2084 3 ай бұрын
Hms ocean is retired now.
@deussalt4479
@deussalt4479 Ай бұрын
Was that music from Stargate SG -1 at the end? 😂
@steffent.6477
@steffent.6477 2 ай бұрын
The ethiopians used sword and shield against the italians? Isn't that too primitiv?
@bowtieguy5281
@bowtieguy5281 3 ай бұрын
The battle of Crete was like German D Day.
@tottesven
@tottesven 2 ай бұрын
You definitely should have dug deeper into German attack on Crete. Germans did win that battle and they were outnumbered almost 2 to 1 and they were attacking prepared defenses not over water but making aerial assault of a scale that had not been ever done before so if you want to talk about military screwups you should take a look on how allies managed to lose that battle.
@quikesanjur
@quikesanjur 3 ай бұрын
I wouldn't say that the Invasion of Crete was a screwup, at all. The result of the battle was that the germans captured the island, with less casualties than the defenders. It was so, that the allies actually copied the paratrooper concept.
@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire
@Peoples_Republic_of_Devonshire 3 ай бұрын
The allies had already begun using paratroopers before Crete
@boxtank5288
@boxtank5288 2 ай бұрын
I'ma say it for the matter of 'China or Vietnam: Who Won?': The Vietnamese won that one, sure China captured some territory but their response is a hollow one, especially as their 'victories' more or less are about as victorious as the Russians after the Winter War.
@taylor1052
@taylor1052 2 ай бұрын
I used to really like watching your shows and enjoyed them but I'm not paying to watch KZbin sucks anymore oh well I guess I'll have to find something else to watch
@cyber_ortek
@cyber_ortek 3 ай бұрын
since when did history only composed of war and fights
@kurtgodel5236
@kurtgodel5236 3 ай бұрын
38:24 "Unintended" desastesrs? Oh dear ...
@nasaratijbetts2705
@nasaratijbetts2705 Ай бұрын
21:21 Giggity 😂
@misterbig9025
@misterbig9025 3 ай бұрын
Why blurred?
@jelmerbruin2180
@jelmerbruin2180 3 ай бұрын
At 1:46 is the E-boat Petrol territory a inside joke i missed or a typo and should it be Patrol territiory?
@Robloxantifurrism
@Robloxantifurrism 3 ай бұрын
The Hill speaks Amharic, lol.
@felixthecat4584
@felixthecat4584 3 ай бұрын
The fact you have to blur out so much stuff just shows how far from grace KZbin has really fallen. I guess that is what happens when you monetize a communications system. People need to be less sensitive to things. It's a show about military history ffs! There is going to be people dying. Not to mention it's basically a cartoon. Can you imagine trying to play 1980's "Tom and Jerry" on KZbin today? It would look like you have Vaseline on your eyes half the time. I honestly hate KZbin, but don't have any other options... ugh. I'm so tired of this.
@microusb42069
@microusb42069 3 ай бұрын
I gotta say. The extra "talking to us" during the intro of the smaller amies beating larger armies (and after it took apparently) is something I could do without. Seems like some filler vamping type stuff. Really don't like it.
@Isrick-g2i
@Isrick-g2i Ай бұрын
Love your channel but enough to go.pay for it srry
@direwolf8257
@direwolf8257 2 ай бұрын
why are they making the narrator talk all weird?
@zw246
@zw246 27 күн бұрын
Like this comment if you this he has the perfect narrators voice
@epiceditz2332
@epiceditz2332 2 ай бұрын
33:10 it not swatiska , it is hakendrauz , so don't spread misinformation on it.
@kylecostello1311
@kylecostello1311 3 ай бұрын
Damn I'm early
@ryanMaistry-vu2yd
@ryanMaistry-vu2yd 3 ай бұрын
Third
@Harikejn
@Harikejn 3 ай бұрын
Since you mentioned mistakes or accidents, here is the one that occurred in Yugoslavia.On April 1st one German reconnaissance plane such as ME 110 C was doing a regular reconnaissance flight. During that day there was a foggy weather, and the plane landed on one of the Yugoslav airfields. Since Yugoslav air force had ME -108's, ME-109 E's and Dornier Do-17 bombers they landed there. And when the German crew come out from the ME - 110 E, they were captured by the Yugoslav army, and the markings were repainted to be a Yugoslav ME-110. Then like I mentioned, on April 6th 1941, Germany invaded Yugoslavia, by bombing Belgrade. During that day, the Belgrade was bombed in 3 ways. The first way was in 6 AM, when most of the citizens were sleeping, the second one was at 10 AM, and the third way was in the evening. But the intensity of bombing the Belgrade when the Yugoslav flak and air force somehow managed to repel the attackers. Also when the ME - 110 was captured and repainted to have Yugoslav markings, what happened was that couple of days after WWII has begun in Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav flak also by accident shot down the mentioned ME - 110 E fighter. After the attack on Belgrade on April 6th 1941, Yugoslav air force decided, to bomb German troops stationed in Austria and Hungary. They were the first who bombed Vienna, and Graz (believe it or not). And it was effective attack, since, there were some delays in German advancing's towards the Balkan peninsula. The Yugoslav air force had white cross with red, and blue insignia. And believe it or not, when the Yugoslav Dornier Do-17 had these markings of mentioned white cross, even some German soldiers and officers though that it was one of their planes, when these planes were flying. And when there was inevitable the capitulation of Yugoslav army, and also air force, Yugoslav crew destroyed some of the airplanes, so they could not fall in the enemy hands. After that, some of the pilots fled to serve in Allied, and Soviet air force, while some had to stay and to join the Yugoslav resistance, and also to fly on Spitfire MK V, and MK IX, since these Spitfires were delivered by British, and by Soviet Union, they received Yak 3 planes. And like you have mentioned that the bridges were destroyed, even these Yugoslav Do-17's bombed some of the German troops, but when bombs fell, they didn't hit bridge. And when Axis forces occupied Yugoslavia, in some parts of Balkan peninsula that was held by German army, Germany decided to build bridges. But at the end of the war they had to blow up the bridges. They even blow up one in Novi Sad at 1944, when the Germans were retreating from the advancing Soviet, and also Yugoslav partisans. Nowadays, there are the pillars of that same bridge on river Danube, between Petrovaradin fortress, and Novi Sad. Also there was something as a maybe as a screw up or deception, or miscalculation (I'm leaving you to think what it was). What happened was that there was a battle on river Neretva. And this battle was considered as the Battle for the wounded, since there were a lot of wounded Yugoslav partisans. This battle occurred between February and March 1943. And what happened is that the commander of Yugoslav partisans (and after the WWII the Yugoslav president), he ordered to be blown up one bridge on river Neretva. In this confusion, Germans believed that Josip Broz Tito will come back to some previous positions so they can capture Yugoslav partisans, and Tito. But instead of that, Josip Broz Tito gave on order to build a pontoon bridge, which they did. And that's how were the German troops were deceived, believing that Tito will come back. And on pontoon bridge, the wounded's were evacuated. After WWII, believe it or not, on same year, and almost at similar time in different locations in Yugoslavia, during the late 60's there were two movie crews doing a filming of movies. One was US crew working on movie Kelly's Heroes, and the other movie was Yugoslav movie crew working on movie The Battle on Neretva. When you showed these Sherman tanks on 42:12 , I remembered the scene from movie Kelly's Heroes when Sherman tanks are coming out from the tunnel, and they are attacking German troops. Since I mentioned movie Kelly's Heroes, believe or not the whole movie was filmed in Yugoslavia. Also the mentioned tank scene, when tanks are coming out of tunnels was filmed on mountain Fruška Gora, which is near city Novi Sad (today's Serbia). Also the same Sherman tank that was used by Donald Sutherland in the mentioned movie is in city Novi Sad in the Museum of Vojvodina. These were some historical things, dear friends. Počivaj u miru Donalde Saterlende, legendo. Rest in peace Donald Sutherland, legend.
@kremepye3613
@kremepye3613 2 ай бұрын
Tl dr
@Harikejn
@Harikejn 2 ай бұрын
@@kremepye3613 What do you mean by that?
@mxrmd5931
@mxrmd5931 2 ай бұрын
Tldr means "too long didn't read"
@Harikejn
@Harikejn 2 ай бұрын
@@mxrmd5931 Thank you for info.
@Harikejn
@Harikejn 2 ай бұрын
@@kremepye3613 Then don't be lazy read it when you want to read it. Also thank you for giving me attention with comments.
@maplemiles3381
@maplemiles3381 3 ай бұрын
This is Russia right now in Ukraine
@yourtypicalexploiter1019
@yourtypicalexploiter1019 3 ай бұрын
💀 are you serious stop trying to be biased 😂
@yourtypicalexploiter1019
@yourtypicalexploiter1019 3 ай бұрын
You think Ukraine is winning even with western support??? Have you seen how much territory Russia has taken
@monkegaming6416
@monkegaming6416 2 ай бұрын
​@@yourtypicalexploiter1019he isn't being biased. Russia is struggling a lot in Ukraine right now due to their terrible logistics and technology. Before you call others biased please check your sources if you even have any.
@Ronoc49
@Ronoc49 2 ай бұрын
@@yourtypicalexploiter1019okay, comrade
@weebdestroyer7649
@weebdestroyer7649 Ай бұрын
​@@yourtypicalexploiter1019 Are we not gonna act like the failed Kyiv Offensive wasn't a disaster???
@WorstCommenter2008
@WorstCommenter2008 3 ай бұрын
.... battleship LST? Aren't those landing boats? Also missiles from E-boats? You mean torpedoes?
@oldmanjim2376
@oldmanjim2376 3 ай бұрын
Landing Ship Dock. Yeah, I was like "that ain't a battleship
@kooperativekrohn819
@kooperativekrohn819 3 ай бұрын
Theres alot of mistakes in this channels latest content . I fear with more views and popularity they’ve become lazy and idle and began to make mistakes that us military history freaks pick up on straight away ! Its somewhat a let down 😢
@thepolishirishman3217
@thepolishirishman3217 2 ай бұрын
Yes LSTs were landing boats. Obv not battleships, but they are armed. Just a minor speaking error there. And torpedoes are technically a form of missile, as missile refers to any projectile in general. And it wouldn't be unfeasible for E-boats to be armed with rockets.
@edthebumblingfool
@edthebumblingfool 2 ай бұрын
yep the AI is pretty weak
@loke72
@loke72 20 күн бұрын
News for me that the German Navy hade missiles on ther E boat 😂😂
@Emogeta
@Emogeta 3 ай бұрын
Those courageous fisherman that defended Spain from the British army. 😂
@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 3 ай бұрын
It's Gibraltar
@brtscafsma77
@brtscafsma77 3 ай бұрын
​@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401what are you talking about
@4002corbe
@4002corbe 3 ай бұрын
The landing craft landed a few yards into Spain, and there certainly was no tension which led to fishermen beating, as it were, Royal Marine Commandos. A non-story that needed to be embellished further with wildly exaggerated animation ….
@Emogeta
@Emogeta 3 ай бұрын
@@4002corbe Damn, you definitely understand sarcasm. I bet you're fun at parties and get invited a lot.
@Emogeta
@Emogeta 3 ай бұрын
@@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 They were supposed to land in Gibraltar. They landed in Spain instead.
@Delta_002
@Delta_002 3 ай бұрын
I think its crazy that so many militaries screw up by accident.
@favio194
@favio194 3 ай бұрын
And what’s crazier is how many screw up on purpose
@TIRADORES_12
@TIRADORES_12 3 ай бұрын
Type shi🗿
@KageNoTora74
@KageNoTora74 3 ай бұрын
​@@favio194I came here to say that.
@sonnysantana5454
@sonnysantana5454 3 ай бұрын
if you do the research you'll find that very few military operations go 100'% according to plan , the best field commanders just improvise and go along with the fluid situation and keep trying to achieve their mission goals
@no_mnom
@no_mnom 3 ай бұрын
​@@favio194they do that? When?
@Victor-mn2eu
@Victor-mn2eu 3 ай бұрын
FIRST
@drops2cents260
@drops2cents260 2 ай бұрын
To be fair, there isn't only: "no plan survives enemy contact". Because, as those of us who grew up in the 1980ies still know, there's always also: "I just _love_ it when a plan comes toghether..." 🙂
@28ebdh3udnav
@28ebdh3udnav 3 ай бұрын
Attacking Russia
@_Im_a_WW2_nerd
@_Im_a_WW2_nerd 3 ай бұрын
True lol
@albertlerma3940
@albertlerma3940 3 ай бұрын
🤪🤑
@artturner2054
@artturner2054 Ай бұрын
Napoleon failed to invade Russia, so did Hitler
@exudeku
@exudeku 3 ай бұрын
Better overestimate than underestimate
@jesuscoutofandino6280
@jesuscoutofandino6280 2 ай бұрын
But not much better. There are several cases of overestimating the enemy and not engaging when the reality was they were much weaker and could have been neutralized then and there. There is a great book by Geoffrey Regan, "Great Military Disasters: A Historical Survey of Military Incompetence", that makes a great taxonomy of military incompetence, covering all factors, from being too reckless to being too unwilling to engage, or stuff like having a commander that is great at personal combat and likes it, leaving the rest of the troops without leadership because he had to be on the frontlines.
@ironrain1x
@ironrain1x Ай бұрын
​@jesuscoutofandino6280 George B. McClellan walks in the war room with Robert E. Lee's game plan and still retreated due to overestimating his enemy in the American Civil War.
@mcfrisko834
@mcfrisko834 3 ай бұрын
6:07 😂 Gibraltar looks like a bullpup rifle!!
@believeinmatter
@believeinmatter 3 ай бұрын
7:45 I think you meant to say “The British Ministry of Defence” not the “military of defence” 😅
@ChrisKane-
@ChrisKane- 3 ай бұрын
Can confirm. 😉
@Screwball70
@Screwball70 3 ай бұрын
4:51 a bit like the parachutes the US use now 8:49 lord Raglan lends his name to the Raglan sleeve, as it was invented by his tailor because lord Raglan had only one working arm to make it easier for him to dress and undress due to him only having one arm, some totally useless information there for you
@rodrigorincongarcia771
@rodrigorincongarcia771 25 күн бұрын
Only one working arm or only one existing arm? In the pictures I've seen looks like his right arm is completely missing.
@omerselman3664
@omerselman3664 Ай бұрын
There is one incident that nobody talks about in the history. During the Independence war of Turkiye, the Turkish Army surrounded the British and Allied forces and their navy. Not a small portion but the whole occupation forces. Tens of thousands of soldiers and thousands of ships. Without firing a single shot they were forced to sign a peace treaty and leave their occupied territories including the Istanbul. While the whole Allied forces occupying north west portion of Turkiye were expecting a march on Istanbul by the east, the Turkish Army cut their way out and supply lines by recapturing the Dardanelles strait and surrounding them. The Allied forces were trapped inland by the area of The Sea of Marmara. That was the most brilliant macro management tactic in ever heard of. That is a very unique victory but sadly nobody knows about it. Even in the Turkiye, it is shadowed by other battles and because of no fighting occurred it is not considered as a battle.
@jokodihaynes419
@jokodihaynes419 3 ай бұрын
"Those who fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it"-Wiston Churchill
@Emanon...
@Emanon... 3 ай бұрын
It's wrongfully attributed to Churchill. The quote was well known before WW2.
@stonebay2111
@stonebay2111 3 ай бұрын
​@@Emanon...so was Churchill lol
@psychedelicsoul3260
@psychedelicsoul3260 3 ай бұрын
​@@Emanon... Santayana may have came up with it but Churchill made it iconic😂
@Emanon...
@Emanon... 3 ай бұрын
@@stonebay2111 I fail to see your point and the "lol". He didn't invent the quote.
@Emanon...
@Emanon... 3 ай бұрын
@@psychedelicsoul3260 The fact that he knew the quote meant that it was iconic already. Stop giving credit where it isn't due.
@tylerdurden4006
@tylerdurden4006 3 ай бұрын
I'm gonna guess america invading itself and taking almost triple digits in casualties from friendly fire didn't make the list. 😂
@mathewhex7045
@mathewhex7045 2 ай бұрын
Hey, we meant to do that. Don't ask why. Don't ask questions.
@RUTHLESSambition5
@RUTHLESSambition5 3 ай бұрын
Biggest 1 was france surrendering in 6 weeks and being occupied 😂😂😂😂
@aztec0996
@aztec0996 3 ай бұрын
More so France believing the Germans would follow the exact same battle plans as WW1 when the Germans simply went around the Maginot Line instead of trying to go through it
@RUTHLESSambition5
@RUTHLESSambition5 3 ай бұрын
@@aztec0996 The so called best army in the world lost 200k men and 1.3 soldiers surrendered and went to prison😂😂
@inisipisTV
@inisipisTV 3 ай бұрын
You have to blame also the British for running away while the French was holding the line. Then fleeing across the Channel instead of transporting to South in France to combine force with the French, to form another defence line.
@staywokecuhh
@staywokecuhh 3 ай бұрын
Why would they stay in France at that time? A capitulating nation that had already had its defenses shattered, or walked around rather... if the British stayed, many of their soldiers would have died for literally no reason, as at that point, the fall of France was already well in motion.
@Tsusday
@Tsusday 3 ай бұрын
​@@staywokecuhhBritain had plenty of time to fill the Maginot plans gap. The Brits just didn't want to fully commit. They arrived late in France, left early. Had they been stationed earlier, capitulation would've been avoided. Regardless, the majority of the French fleet remained under ally control, they sunk the fleet that betrayed Free France, and a lot of troops went on to fight in Africa and elsewhere during the war. France's surrender is overblown by medias. There's been more than one party and multiple reasons that led to it. But France even occupied, fought, while others were drinking beer and enjoying freedom in the US.
@BlueOpinion
@BlueOpinion 3 ай бұрын
Fun fact: the first ever military was an army of 2 against 1. The 2 cavemen wanted the 1 caveman's bigger cave. And then like Most militaries before 20th century, the 2 man army turned on itself and 1 ruled them all. He became the first King ever.
@DD-vn2ev
@DD-vn2ev 3 ай бұрын
Polish American volunteers in France, The Blue Army. Please
@thatperformer3879
@thatperformer3879 3 ай бұрын
The British Empire getting destroyed in the Pacific in 1941 and the Japanese taking their nurses as the spoils of victory will never be lived down.
@babalonkie
@babalonkie 3 ай бұрын
"will never be lived down."... already has been lived down... and making 6th gen aircraft with each other.
@hellomoto2084
@hellomoto2084 3 ай бұрын
Lol , who cares?
@SteenHard-mu3qf
@SteenHard-mu3qf 2 ай бұрын
Spoils of war. Brits did worse.
@mac2626
@mac2626 2 ай бұрын
@@SteenHard-mu3qf We didn’t genocide the American Indians, and then steal half of Mexico, but then again the Latinos are taking it back now.😁
@mac2626
@mac2626 2 ай бұрын
@@SteenHard-mu3qf You don’t look hard dude, but you do look very wrinkled, and very old.
@CrazyTruckinS10
@CrazyTruckinS10 3 ай бұрын
The Spanish civilians "held off" the British at the beach. That sounds like a stretch. 😂. Like saying you lost a fight to a toddler because you let them have cookie at 10 o'clock at night after they spilled candy all over the kitchen
@phetandeau6859
@phetandeau6859 3 ай бұрын
More advertising please... i almost could watch the video
@jonathanjackgoodman2764
@jonathanjackgoodman2764 Ай бұрын
Oh Vietnam, the Afghanistan of Asia. You do not mess with these people on thier turf.
@landonbrown9943
@landonbrown9943 3 ай бұрын
Hitler & Napoleon has entered the chat
@Emanon...
@Emanon... 3 ай бұрын
Karansebes... _Benny Hill theme playing_
@dudeacle-fm2rl
@dudeacle-fm2rl 3 ай бұрын
whos here under? an hour?
@WarDaddy_21
@WarDaddy_21 3 ай бұрын
Forgot Soviet-Afghan War
@Harikejn
@Harikejn 3 ай бұрын
Your long comment option is not working. Solve the issues about that
@voidofhope6259
@voidofhope6259 3 ай бұрын
I’d never heard about china trying to come in and 3rd party Vietnam like that. And still get starched 🤣
@drabash
@drabash 3 ай бұрын
The kopis that the army is holding on at 28:16 is held in reverse. The sharp part of the blade is now facing them. It's in the small details ;)
@alanroberson9749
@alanroberson9749 3 ай бұрын
Very good job dudes and well done!! Congratulations 991.71% yo throughout the 4th sizzling patriotic week of said joyous June y'all. Biggest 1 was France surrendering in 6 weeks and being occupied. 😂😂😂😂
@jokodihaynes419
@jokodihaynes419 3 ай бұрын
Pride goes before a fall
@Pjizzle-w2v
@Pjizzle-w2v 3 ай бұрын
I’d love it if you could cover some Cuban history it’s rich in historical events, some major ones are that we have ties to Africa because of the TCST (a third of Cuban pop was African att) that was directly caused by American investors paying the Spanish and co opting with the US gov to send Africans to Cuba to farm sugar for American citizens, this cultural connection and FC’s belief in an equal people later led us to go fight the apartheid and back the MPLA or Angolan freedom fighters (the people mason was fighting in Bo2’s first mission) against American apartheid support
@hanzoofoasisworld7953
@hanzoofoasisworld7953 3 ай бұрын
My request is Alexander the Great and his Macedonian Army (those who have entered the Persian Empire) vs Hannibal Barca and his Carthaginian Army and the mercenaries in a pitched battle in an open flat battlefield.
@ahmetkarl1229
@ahmetkarl1229 3 ай бұрын
8:16, uhhh why is Cyprus on Crimea?
@cesarespisa8575
@cesarespisa8575 3 ай бұрын
13:37 The image of the Vetterli 1870 rifle is fantastic. In fact the soldiers arrived from Italy trained with the Carcano 91 but in the colonies they were rearmed with the Vetterli...
@kooperativekrohn819
@kooperativekrohn819 3 ай бұрын
Better than the sa80’s the brits had 😖🫣
@Echo2-2
@Echo2-2 3 ай бұрын
Excellent work
@jovymac7986
@jovymac7986 4 күн бұрын
Can’t you keep the animation screen steady? The slow rocking motion makes me dizzy.
@BrianPatrick-s6b
@BrianPatrick-s6b Ай бұрын
How many people knew that a lot of the artillery used by the Viet minh that pounded the French garrison to surrender in Dien Bien Phu vietnam were in fact american 105mm M101 and M102 abandoned by the US army in their headlong retreat from the chinese PLA when they chinese stormed across the Yalu North Korea in the winter of 1950...talk about recycling.
@derekvaughn266
@derekvaughn266 3 ай бұрын
I think this is my favorite channel rn!! 😎
@jeffr.6169
@jeffr.6169 27 күн бұрын
That thing with the cavalry, the infantrymen, and the booze... yeah, totally the cavalry's fault. Never get between a soldier and his liquor.
@MultiBilly420
@MultiBilly420 26 күн бұрын
Why is Afghanistan not in here?That is the biggest blunder In all of history. Since when does an army tuck tail and run And leave all your equipment planes helicopters leave everything for the terrorists All those people falling off The plane. That was a horrible disgrace And now a country full of terrorist are equipped with all High tech gear planes helicopters everything They got it all.
@glastonbury4304
@glastonbury4304 Ай бұрын
This channel seems to be very anti british with a lot of missing facts...oh well just another poorly researched youtuber...😂
@gregpickett8816
@gregpickett8816 21 күн бұрын
I think the biggest takeaway from this video is: stop fucking with Vietnam unless you are ready to get your feelings hurt.
@kingofpixelshapes9383
@kingofpixelshapes9383 3 ай бұрын
Can you please do the tv hijackings in 1987 November 22 1987 max headroom incident
@edwardheaston6224
@edwardheaston6224 3 ай бұрын
We need more weird history vids
@jeffr.6169
@jeffr.6169 27 күн бұрын
A small point, but I find it funny when M1 Garands are shown before 1900.
@jadankyledodson1085
@jadankyledodson1085 3 ай бұрын
Vietnam was great funniest war's 😅 omg it's shouldn't be funny but omg it's all so funny fisherman too haha....
@TheHistoricalReview
@TheHistoricalReview Ай бұрын
4:50 sigh not true at all. The ncos dripped with their MP40s. And it wasnt a pyrrhic victory at all, a rather one sided victory
@Moondyne_Joe
@Moondyne_Joe 21 күн бұрын
Haven't watched it yet but i will be sorley disappointed if the withdrawal out of Afghanistan is not included in this list.
@Brunzy1970
@Brunzy1970 21 күн бұрын
New subscriber here! Well to be completely correct, a resubscribe. Keep up the great work guys!
@ThiCath
@ThiCath Ай бұрын
20:05 bro what happened to the Philippines that’s not Luzon that’s luabon that’s not mindanao that’s windasau
@hdakahidef
@hdakahidef 28 күн бұрын
Dying in a sunken submarine with over 100 people is crazy
@TheRealArtimusKnight
@TheRealArtimusKnight Ай бұрын
Goes to show that numbers mean nothing. What matters is training and knowledge
@loke72
@loke72 20 күн бұрын
Why don't Hollywood make a movie about Desert one? 🤔
@Number1Irishlad
@Number1Irishlad Ай бұрын
16:20 i'm sorry, the Austrians were killed in a _HWHAT?_
@Raitorison
@Raitorison 3 ай бұрын
23:40 how did you get up the tree so quick?
@caras2004
@caras2004 3 ай бұрын
The main problem for The Delta Force mission Chuck Norris was not there
@ChristopherGriffin-ee2ol
@ChristopherGriffin-ee2ol Ай бұрын
About the Turkish Forces, there were none during the time of the battle
@deandrehoward1261
@deandrehoward1261 29 күн бұрын
Military didn't screw up in Vietnam. Politicians did.
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