Soldier Worth a Million Men

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[@literallyhuman5990]

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[@guilhermevitorio273]

Thank you for doing such an amazing video, makes happy to see Portugal represented, our condition in WW2 was dire, but I'm glad you recognized at least one of our heroes

[@ky9nth]

I have now. Thank you for good content.

[@captain_commenter8796]

Aníbal may be worth a million soldiers, but Yarbhub is worth millions of subs with such good quality animations and good history topics

[@richardmillhousenixon]

agree, yarbhub id my favorite chabnel

[@YorktownClass]

Now they reached that mark

[@johndavies1090]

Brilliant, both the film and the hero himself. Sadly Portugal's role in the Great War is all but forgotten; they suffered dreadfully during 'Operation Michael', so it's good to see them being commemorated. Milhais himself achieved wonders - his name should be up there alongside Alvin York and the other great names of his era. Thank you for telling his story, and in such a magnificent film.

[@Hugo-xv4sq]

Eu servi numa unidade de infantaria do exército português onde Milhais fez a sua formação ... O dia festivo da unidade e o dia dessa batalha, onde todos os formados são informados da atuação de Milhais e a todos é pedida a sua coragem e abnegação ao serviço da pátria mãe.. Portugal não é de graça. Custou muito sangue dos meus antepassados e a aliança com os aliados do Reino Unido foi muitas vezes decisiva...

[@OptimusWombat]

I've got to admit, I had no idea Portugal was involved in the Great War. Now I do.

[@papyfun5097]

he survived all of that not because of main character plot armor but because of that *BEAUTIFUL MOUSTACHE*

[@alexm7627]

In portugal mustaches were common, to point of stereotypical

[@megacup3977]

true not gonna lie

[@recklessdanger4284]

Plot armor manifests into different forms. it could be that his plot armor has manifested into his mustache

[@byosvaldo794]

Ah ah never had a moustache, maybe because i m half basque ah ah

[@The_Curious_Cat]

His moustache was deflecting the bullets, that's for sure.

[@theOn2]

It's amazing that the Portuguese answered a call to arms based on a 503-year old treaty, with Britain.

[@EdMcF1]

1. Peninsular War wasn't that long ago historically 2. As a new republic, they wanted to reassure the rest of Europe that they were still the same good old Portugal, not some radical nut jobs. 3. Always handy to have the UK on your side (up to c.2000).

[@sumalx]

Well we had our own interests , the german were ocuppying land in the portuguese african colonies. Portugal asked england to enter the war a couple years before, but england refused because the portuguese army was obsolete and had to be trained and equipped by england first. England reach out to help Portugal yet again because of the alliance, thats true.

[@BernasLL]

People too often forget that the portuguese at the time kind of hated the british, because of the "Pink Map" ultimatum and the damages done in the post-napoleonic overstay of the british. Which was somewhat reciprocated, as the british despised the new republican government, to the point the british were colluding with germans to take over portuguese Africa pre-WW1, and Portugal was later denied founding status in the League of Nations. Like the italians, it was mostly the prospect of war spoils that drew the portuguese in, and an eagerness to be taken seriously by those that had walked all over them. But logistical and tactical incompetence of the portuguese High Command, as well as limited forces directed to France (because of political turmoil back home and the more internally important African Front) forced them to be taken under France and Britain's wing. Things are not all simple mindedly black and white, is what I mean.

[@devinthierault]

Portuguese are Celts too...well they used to be.

[@ad220588]

Pacta sunt servanda

[@rorykellas8962]

It’s often said how Yarnhub’s visual effects have improved. As much is true of course, but I always find the camera work and direction impressive. It’s easy to get that wrong, especially in 3D graphics, to make it look as if someone is actually operating a camera within the setting. This with the changing focus on the “lens”, it’s a full package. Great stuff and keep it up!

[@platyhelminthes2877]

The well thought out composition and direction goes a long way towards bridging the gap between "simple" and more detailed animation. I say "simple" because this is the only channel of this type that I know of that even attempts to render the scenes using 3d graphics, which are anything but simple.

[@hakeemzahardi9207]

I was long impressed with the camera works especially the dogfight. It was intense and immersive. Better than most action movies

[@miltoska9708]

I smell aminating experience

[@sproge2142]

The machineguns not having bipods and just... floating there is quite a large oversight considering the high quality of the rest. I imagine you'd need some serious hand muscles to point a machinegun using only the pistol grip XD

[@ferrucyon9149]

This one was much worse than the others imo

[@TheJackx666]

"You are Milhais, but you are worth millions of soldiers" Is a phrase that makes more sense in portuguese, because "millions" in portuguese is "milhões", so the original phrase was like "Você é apenas Milhais, mas vale milhões de soldados"

[@wolfgang6517]

“Chamas te milhais mas vsles milhões” was yhe sentence

[@TheJackx666]

@@wolfgang6517 That's right, I was just saying in a Brazilian way

[@raypurchase801]

THANKS!

[@sirhallstein1336]

That is really cool! Thanks for sharing this.

[@numbers4851]

@@TheJackx666 wouldn’t it be correct to say Portuguese and not Brazilian? Brazilian is a form of Portuguese that people in Portugal don’t speak.

[@EdgeOverHedge]

As a Portuguese, I would like to thank you for highlighting the bravery of soldier Milhais!

[@mindtraveller100]

Eles precisam é de aprender a dizer "Milhais" correctamente...

[@viriatomilhoes4727]

Hello I am one of the great-grandchildren of soldier millions it is very good to know that in other countries my great-great-grandfather is known, great animation an very good good work.

[@Yarnhub]

Thank you! We’re very happy you like the film!

[@seandobson499]

What a very brave man, you must be very proud of him.

[@NAATHAAN]

let's be honest, he had the manliest mustache one can have

[@amithrjoshi]

woow salute to your great grand father

[@jfarinhote]

Que orgulho!

[@coolguy2715]

The bravest Portuguese soldier in the entire history of Portugal,thx for making this video many people don't know that Portugese fought in the great war

[@guxtavouz]

Same

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Bravest Portuguese soldiers were Conquistador like Afonso de Albuquerque

[@pedrobarbosaduarte3704]

nah he isnt the bravest, he is among the bravest, its something we cant measure. among him are guys like Francisco de Almeida and Martim Moniz

[@tugalord]

@@pedrobarbosaduarte3704 ...Marcelino da Mata... So many

[@vaibhavpatel6802]

Indians to faught world war 2 but history never revealed the true part of indians in this war

[@jerryr3752]

I am a Vietnam vet and I sit here with tears in my eyes. What a valiant, selfless soldier. I witnessed the same many times.

[@pumavct17]

I'm Portuguese, my grand grand father fight on ww1... My father in Angola in the same time you fight in Vietnam. I'm ex militar (Kosovo in 99) ... Thanks to you an every one o fight for ther country...

[@chriscarty2308]

Thank you for your service sir

[@matthewkendrick8280]

Thank you for your service brother

[@Tikkibasse]

This animation is better than some movies at this point.

[@womp47]

what kind of movies you watching ??? most (decently popular) movies have millions in budget and have so much time to create them, while a single youtube channel has much less time and much much less budget to work with, so making the comparison of a goddamn youtube channel vs movies is pretty dumb

[@obiwanfisher537]

That doesn'T mean the animation is good, it just means the movies are shit.

[@DirectedbyRon]

tão legal ver a perspectiva dos nossos irmãos portugueses, infelizmente não vemos muito sobre seu envolvimento na grande guerra, lutaram bravamente.

[@carlosmcdias32]

Concordo

[@lukrenyt]

Sinceramente n se ve nd sobre as guerras dos portugueses mesmo tendo varias batalhas q mudaram completamente o mundo como a batalha por diu (teve um soldado no cerco posterior a batalha q usou os sues proprios dentes como municao) e a de aljubarrota e ate a guerra ultramarina a guerra q os americanos ensinao aos seus soldados pela qualidade dos portugueses a combater insurgencia

[@Tea2BeALT]

The Scottish Major that Augusto saved was probably so thankful to him. Like, he was alone, stuck and was awaiting death when, out of nowhere, a lifesaver appeared. The Major was so lucky.

[@crinkly.love-stick]

I was wondering how he got stuck there in the first place?

[@lokiwiseyt8608]

@@crinkly.love-stick he probably got cut off by the German attack

[@ardshielcomplex8917]

Major not Mayor, hard to believe that some Scot Mayor was looking for his town councillors in Bog between the lines at the battle of Ypres

[@hawnyfox3411]

I find it utterly baffling that NO-ONE here on this comments thread section, knows "who" he is ???? Surely such a high-ranking British soldier WOULD have mentioned his life being saved by a Portuguese ? Not remotely meant as a criticism, more an observation, but.... You weren't exactly tripping over Portuguese soldiers every 5-mins Main "protagonists" on the Western Front, obviously British, FRENCH & GERMANS, right ? I naturally include ALL "Commonwealth" soldiers of ALL nations under or with the British....** **It's too clumsy otherwise, haveing to explain yet another 15 or so nations.... Anyways - there MUST be a battle report somewhere that DOES mention the Scottish major by name ????

It was in part based on the scottish major testimonial that he was awarded the medals.

[@noworriesnoproblems6382]

Nothing but love for Portugal from the UK, a beautiful country and a brave ,kind and honourable people.

[@JonatasNatal]

Thank brother

[@TSilva96]

This battle caused heavy casualties to the Portuguese Expeditionary Corp. They were on the frontlines longer than they should have only to be decimated on the day of their relieve.

[@letoubib21]

As far as I know the Portuguese didn't have reserves to replace them. So they had to stay in their trenches all the time, and without any break *. . .*

[@TSilva96]

@@letoubib21 It is true that there were no Portuguese reserves. However, frontlines troops had to be relived from time to time (not much) and in this situation the Portuguese were not in due time. They should have been relieved by British Forces since they were under the direct command of the BEF

[@letoubib21]

@@TSilva96Thanks, I see. I only read that once. These Portuguese troops aren't mostly mentioned at all. Always Rosbifs, Lumberjacks, only sometimes Wallabies, and very seldom Kiwis *. . .*

[@ricgunn1439]

The British army was incompetent. Read " Butchers and Blunders, British Generals of WWI" sad reading.

[@alexmag342]

@ricgunn1439 propaganda book, the German army weaponry even before the war begun was simply superior by far, so was the army, and their tactics. Read John Mosier "The myth of the great War" instead

[@abbacchio5522]

As a Portuguese person i feel honoured that someone finally realized this man exists

[@MariaSantos-ft2sf]

As a Portuguese WWI enthusiast, this was absolutely amazing! I only knew him with the film "Soldado Milhões" (2018) which tells both this part of his life and post-war time, not sure if the post-war one was historically accurate but it was still great since we lack First World War films. I liked the detail of a Portuguese soldier praying to what I think it is Our Lady of Fatima, it could possibly be another marian statue though, since the Fatima miracle occured late in the World War, but it was very accurate since most Portuguese soldiers were very religious. It is sad though that this is probably the only known Portuguese recognition during that war that is recorded. But I think it would be great if Sabaton did a song about him with your video, like you guys did with Christmas Truce! Think about it :) Also, fun fact! He called his Lewis gun "Luisinha", more or less meaning "Little Louise".

[@WanderlustZero]

Thanks for the recommend. I know next to nothing about Portugal in WW1. I must find this film

[@Levi_o_Lusitano]

@@WanderlustZero Long story short. As a newly established Republic,Portugal wanted recognition and the preservation of Independance so we forced our way into ww1 by making the British invoke our alliance. We officially entered the war in 1916 despite engaging german forces in Africa since 1914. 2 Divisions were trained and sent to Flanders and France and proactively participated in several offensives and defenses. At La Lys the overstretched 2nd Portuguese Division was defending a strech of open land meant to be held by 4 full divisions and they were facing some 20 000-50 000 germans. In the ensuing Artillery Barrage and sturmtroops infiltration attacks the Portuguese line broke in several areas and many Portuguese soldiers were killed and captured. All Battalion and regimental HQ'S were stormed and overrun with all officers KIA or taken captives, our field artillery was overrun in hand to hand combat and died to the last man. Around 60%-80% of the Division was lost between killed,captured and wounded but our resistance allowed the Allies to reform the lines. Our pay? Shamed by our British "Allies" and branded cowards for their own failures. They received Portuguese inteligence and officers reports of massive german troop movements but discarded Portuguese reports as dilusional.. After the Battle the British forged reports of units that were stationed in whole other areas of the front stating the Portuguese had fled without firing a shot. British liason officers countered that stating that Portuguese forces fought valiantly against a superior foe outnumbered over 20:1 and did the best they could and that french forces under similar circunstances were hailed as heroes before. They too were silenced by the British Goverment. Portugal finished the war in shambles and abandoned its soldiers in France or german stalags as pows until the early 1920s when Spanish and French authorities pressured the Portuguese Goverment into bringing its pows home. This is the sad story of Portugal's participation in ww1

[@Levi_o_Lusitano]

Maria vai ao site dos Sabaton á parte das ideias e mete lá isso. Eu a uns tempos fiz isso com uns amigos. Quantos mais formos a insistir melhor😂 Um Bem Haja!!

[@pooletrainboy]

@@Levi_o_Lusitano Why am I not surprised

[@carlosmcdias32]

Não sabia que a maior parte dos soldados tugas eram religiosos

[@paul_ujb]

The Portuguese soldier praying at the start of the video was wonderfully done. Great detail and animation, and I’m so glad it was included! The dancing rounds during the German artillery attack and leaves in the forest also stood out as exceptionally well done. And as always, thanks for sharing some of the ‘lesser known’ stories from war. I wasn’t aware that Portuguese forces took part in World War I but now want to learn more about their participation after watching this video!

[@cnam1258]

I agree, at 0:43. Reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Beautiful.

[@d.esanchez3351]

This are the stories that belong in a 2:30h movie. Also, austanding animation and direction. As someone who follow from the start I'm very much impressed of how far you've gotten in not much time.

[@miguelmamede2509]

There is a movie about him, its in portuguese tho, its called "Private millions" or "Soldado Milhões" in portuguese

[@d.esanchez3351]

@@miguelmamede2509 NICE. Thanks mate. Hey Ferb, I know what we're gonna do today.

[@lukrenyt]

@@miguelmamede2509 actually the name from the international release is hero on the front

[@artzreal]

The man himself, interviewed by Portuguese TV kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJepd2yerZichLs

[@VascoCC95]

I'm a descendant from João Ferreira do Amaral who said Milhais was worth millions. My grandfather used to tell me this story when I was younger!

[@deathkorpsgrenadier2419]

It's great to see our humble country getting some recognition. Ganda Milhais

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

_Looks at name_ _looks at comment_ wait a minute.................*DEMS SOME BIG BOOBAS TO DIE FOR THE EMPEROR! keep up the great work Krieger!*

[@Vito_ScaIetta]

As a Portuguese person, stories like this make me proud of where my family and ancestors came from. We don’t get much recognition in WW1 or just modern day history in general, obviously we weren’t as involved in the war when compared to the British, French, and Germans, and we definitely weren’t the strongest. So it’s always a treat when we do get some attention, we were still responsible for many stuff, like keeping the Germans at bay in Africa. Anyways, great video!

[@paradox_ghost5]

I always love watching and hearing about the stories of such brave soldiers that I wouldn't have otherwise

[@joao_gabriel9234]

I am of Portuguese descent, I currently live in Suffolk County, my parents came to Massachusetts in 1958 after the Capelinhos volcano eruption, today I am proud of my Portuguese descent, it is a hardworking and kind people 🇵🇹❤🇺🇸

[@WanderlustZero]

Hurrah for Britain's oldest ally

[@orlandixstudios6032]

I'm Portuguese and I'm very glad our hero is getting some recognitions, thank you for the video

[@sir.bowlster5298]

I am so happy he covered a Portuguese war hero!! Much love from Portugal Yarnhub keep up the great animations!!

[@woody_fromda6ix206]

im Portuguese and extremely proud of it i have goosebumps watching this my family left the country to Canada at an early age and i have always been very curios about my countries history but as we are a small country it isnt easy finding information for example i have always been under the impression that during both WW we were neutral and didn't take part in the wars so im shocked and extremely proud and not to be melodramatic accouple of tears i have never heard of this legends name im sure i would of if i stayed in Portugal and didn't leave at such a young age anyways THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TELLING THIS WARRIORS AMAZING STORY

[@captain_commenter8796]

Aníbal is the embodiment of the term “One man Army”

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Nah that's Léo Major for you

[@hunterxkiller8732]

@@ommsterlitz1805 Leo Major, Mad Jack Churchil, among multiple soldiers who make Rambo look like a weakling.

[@leonardusrakapradayan2253]

@@hunterxkiller8732 now we need someone named Aníbal Major Churchill to be the absolute unit of one man armies

[@johndavies1090]

@@hunterxkiller8732 Indeed, but these were real, genuine people - not a Hollywood fantasy!

[@lycaonpictus9662]

@@hunterxkiller8732 Rambo was actually inspired (though of course...extremely loosely) by a real a world soldier who was also covered on this channel...Audie Murphy.

[@thatgoose9705]

Ah yes, a Portuguese hero. As a Portuguese, I can confirm I am very proud.

[@alexandre007opa]

Portu geese

[@thatgoose9705]

@@alexandre007opa Komedi

[@bernardobiritiki]

Its great to see some international coverage of this amazing soldier that is very unknown nowadays even here in Portugal. Altho it's sad for me to say , but the ending isnt as happy as portryed in the video , Anibal clearly suffered great mental stress due to his experinces and never got any help for it. Yes the village was renamed after him, but it also a very poor village in one of poorest most underdeveloped parts of the country, he struggle to support his family living the very harsh life that was common in rural Portugal at the time. He emigrated for a a short while in the 20s and was chastised by his countrymen upon his return ,say that a national hero should never leave the nation and that he should go back to Brasil. Only 8 of his 10 children every got to adulthood, they recound that he hardly talked about the war, avoiding the topic best he could, refering to it as a time of great sorrow, only wanting to be taken back with his companions by our lady Mary. He was awarded a lousy pension for the great deed he performed. After the Start of the Fascist regime of Estado Novo in Portugal, he was forced against his will to be used as a propaganda piece for the state repeatel ,interviews yearly ,parades, apperances at events etc At the end he died poor and never being given the peace and quite he deserved. Pedimos desculpa, Aníbal Augusto Milhais merecias melhor da pátria pelo que fizeste, descansa em paz Herói

[@laernulienlaernulienlaernu8953]

You can't even begin to comprehend what an experience like that would have felt like. From the adrenaline of the chaos, explosions and gunfire to the fear laid next to a rotting horse as soldiers walked past speaking German and then wandering around in eerie silence not knowing what is coming next. And yet for a whole generation this was 'normal' life during the war.

[@firestorm165]

I pride myself on being rather well read on WW1&2 but I've never heard this story before. *raises a glass in respect*

[@WarbossR0kt00fSant0s]

I can't wait till Sabaton releases a song about this man. He deserves to be remembered.

[@VoidFish]

I think having a photograph, if possible, of the person in the episode is much better! Really honors the heroes!

[@iliketabasco]

There is one in the end of this video!

[@CONSTANTINEXI63]

A true hero 🇨🇦 ❤️ 🇵🇹 our two nations were both overlooked in ww1, but we both played very important parts in the war

[@Ryo-is3nd]

You guys deserve more recognition, ive been watching these videos since around 1-2 weeks ago. Ive atleast finished half of them, keep up the videos. I also love how each story is laid out neatly and theres nothing too complicated to listen to, and the fact that most of it is probably on war etc, loving everything about this channel so far

[@RunningTurtleTruth]

My great grandfather was in the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps (CEP) same as soldier Milhais, on the day of this attack my great grandfather’s unit was in the backline resting after having been in the frontline for a few weeks. Thank you for making this video, preserving the memories of the CEP during WWI.

[@JAG8691]

My Paternal Grandfather was in the CEP as well and became a POW after the Battle of La Lys.

[@Questknight12]

One man, in the right position with the right mindset can and, will alter the course of destiny for hundreds, if not thousands and write his own legend as Soldier Millions did, by his own hand and in his own blood.

[@yesinup4116]

It’s weird watching one of your videos from over a year ago, and the ones you make now. The beautiful progression of you’re work is matched by no other. Congratulations my man.

[@fernandoautchs1295]

Obrigado pelo o seu serviço sr Aníbal ❤️🇵🇹

[@ninasoares7434]

Its always nice to hear one of these stories, it fills me with pride as a citizen from Portugal. We are mostly forgotten by the world, but moments like these reminde me that we were important too. Thank you very must Yarnhub for animating this story.

[@mdejesus91890]

I love these kinds of stories, where they survive the conflict and live for decades afterwards.

[@pasquinomarforio]

"Out of every one hundred warriors, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and that one will bring the others back". ~Heraclitus

[@AtheAetheling]

Hurrah to our oldest allies and their brave soldiers.

[@miguelantunes8785]

hurrah

[@artzreal]

❤

[@space4166]

You stole our colonies you shall pay

[@azores671]

As a Portuguese person im very happy that you made this video

[@2ndofthewwy]

These animations are very well done, learning history from videos is much easier!

[@nelsondx8054]

My great grandfather was in the Battle of Lys. Can't even imagine what he went through during the battle.

[@_.vasili._]

Hey Yarnhub! You should make a video of the Battle of Wizna, 42.200 German soldiers against 700 Polish soldiers that holded the line for 3 days only surviving 40 of them. It would be a great idea. Sabaton made a song about it, 40:1

[@deego2729]

BAPTIZED IN FIRE 40:1

[@Cm38271]

@@deego2729 SPIRIT OF SPARTA. DEATH AND GLORY

[@fearxhusky114]

@@Cm38271 Soldiers of Poland Second to none

[@_.vasili._]

@@fearxhusky114 wrath of the Wehrmacht brought to a halt!!!

[@airplanemaniacgaming7877]

*Terrifying Polish bunker noises*

[@gloryboyduda]

I had the pleasure of interviewing his grandson who told me all about this soldier. I was working on a history project on him, and his grandson worked at the school I was at. What a legendary man. Portugal caralho!!!!!!!!!

[@DCTriv]

I never knew the Portuguese fought in WWI, fascinating stuff!

[@ricardoleitao3771]

yes, this is normal for the Portuguese, you think they are surprised when they hear that Portugal in the first world war the vast majority of people, they only remember the second world war but in the first, Portugal we Portuguese gave a little help and for that time sent 200 thousand men / soldiers, it wasn't much but for a country like ours it was something 10 thousand men died in the north of France near the border with Belgium the overwhelming majority went to Flanders, we just wanted a little more recognition that's all.

[@TekinoshiPT]

Each proud soldier of this country worth millions, we are a small country but whe war call us we fight like Lions...

[@G69zLmL]

This story and animation is beautiful, I can just imagine the tales

[@amaramachupa6422]

"war was yet to leave an ugly scar on these lands " bro LOVE it. one of the few channels that i open a video and like bfr watching it.

[@Levi_o_Lusitano]

Another great video!!! A great detail mentioned here its the fact the majority of the Portuguese Line withstood the initial barrage in their trenches despite suffering heavy losses. After the barrage german sturmtroops assaulted and breached the line on several points flanking the Portuguese defenders. Most Portuguese soldiers of the 1st line were attacked from all sides and killed or captured. Several Portuguese HQ's fell in hand to hand combat with its officers killed or captured and its colours lost. Even the Portuguese artillery fell in hand to hand combat after firing direct shots at charging German troops. Between 70-80% of the 2nd Portuguese Division became casulties between killed, wounded and captured and the division was absorved by the 1st Portuguese Division. Right after the battle the British decided to blame the Portuguese Division wich was understrenght, had been fighting nonstop for a long time, was holding a flat terrain area meant to be held by 4 full Divisions but was unstead defended by 1 understrenght Portuguese Division and 1 British neighbouring division. Portugal was shamed by the British to cover their own failure to reinforce the front after repeated inteligence reports by Portuguese raids. Least we Forget.

[@CHRF-55457]

Probably the reason why they're hardly mentioned for fighting in WW1

[@gratefulguy4130]

Typical British military stuff.

[@rammhobby205]

As I am Portuguese, soldier Milhais is still a great national hero. He will not be forgotten.

[@lokiwiseyt8608]

5:19-6:04 this scene really hits home for me because from what I know my grandfather used the exact same tactic in ww2 when he was on the Kokoda trail in PNG to save his unit. Apparently the Japanese thought they were surrounded when in actual fact it was just a crazy Australian armed with a sub machine gun. (One day I hope to get his medals or at least a copy of them)

[@tojiroh]

Crikey! What was his name? He deserved a citation, at the very least...

[@michaelbarry1651]

The Japanese Army used the same tactic to capture a much larger Allied force...and the whole island of Singapore.

[@lokiwiseyt8608]

@@michaelbarry1651 interesting

[@lokiwiseyt8608]

@@tojiroh I’m not sure if he was given a medal for that but he definitely deserves one unfortunately tho because he was what’s known as a tick tick (apparently he could make a bomb out of anything) he may not have been given it (He wasn’t even allowed to march on Anzac Day nor was he allowed to go to any dawn service which must’ve sucked)

[@tojiroh]

@@lokiwiseyt8608 that's a damn shame!

[@ShawnTheDriver]

“We are nothing but prisoners,” a dejected soldier told another. Milhais interjected, “we are not.” Love that. I come back to this video regularly just to hear that line.

[@duartesimoes508]

Yes, I remember seeing him being interviewed on TV. Many people here still believes his surname was Milhões. My great grandfather, Luis José Simões was a Midshipman in the minesweeper Augusto Castilho that was sunk in October 14th 1918 by the German U-boot U-139. The Commmander of the German submarine was Lothar Van Arnault de La Perierre, who still detains today the record of enemy tonnage sunk. My Great Grandfather was one of the few to escape unscathed and reached São Miguel island a few days later. He later wrote a book about the subject and was decorated with a War Cross. Unfortunately for me my Aunt donated the decoration to the Navy Museum, but I do have his book published in 1922 as well as several pictures taken by the submarine garrison.

[@PedroMartins-ep1oe]

was just thinking that. These days I think the only public mention to that event is small painting at the Navy Museum. And they went into action knowing full well they would lose, but duty and honour demanded they try and save the civilian ship being targeted by U-139

[@thepny_chasseur_de_tricera5361]

There is a French historian/teacher/youtuber who made a full video about the full story of expedionary force and milhais life he also meet the grand daughter of Milhais in France. If some of you want more about them. His name is "Stervius"

[@tkthegk_1394]

Dude, this is animation is so good, its better than some animated movies, the details of animation are so fricking good, this guy makes Rambo look weak

[@Kaebuki]

That shot of Mihais looking back with the wide view of the battle in front is both awesome and chilling. The shot through the trees up at the sky was beautiful too. Well done, Yarnhub!

[@SammySathya]

Awesome tribute to a true hero. If I hadn't watched this I would never nave heard of him. Wonderful Job. Keep it up

[@michaellondon1187]

I keep coming back to this one. What an awesome forgotten piece from the war .

[@antfrancis1406]

It's awesome how you tell stories from all the nations, I've seen many relenquish the efforts from smaller countries to the side, and I have to say that I loved the guitar at the end of the video. Always excited to learn more of these interesting stories with your beautifull animations.

[@bonfist1252]

finally someone out of portugal recognizes this hardcore badass soldier

[@crish.9277]

Heroes of the sea, noble people, Valiant and immortal nation, Raise once again today The splendor of Portugal! Among the haze of memory, Oh Fatherland, one feels the voice Of your distinguished forefathers, That shall lead you on to victory!

[@pedrobarbosaduarte3704]

estás parvo ou quê? escreve isso em português

[@crish.9277]

@@pedrobarbosaduarte3704 no

[@buffconjuregaming8904]

To weapons, to weapons! Over the land, over the sea To weapons, to weapons! For the Fatherland to fight! against the cannons March, march!

[@miguelantunes8785]

@@pedrobarbosaduarte3704 deixa o rapaz estar ele nao esta a faltar ao respeito nem nada

[@BigUziVert2190]

The small details on this are so good. Seeing a piece of wood getting stuck in the barbed wire because of the artillery at the start of the video was very good detail

[@kiankus]

still remember when 5 minutes after yarnhub uploaded there would only be a few hundred views only. Now there is a couple thousand of view in 5 minutes. keep up the good work!!!

[@toby_that_one_random_guy]

i really like how the characters look in this one, this one i think has the most realistic animation and modeling

[@thespadeplays1]

You know it's a great day when Yarn Hub posts a new video! Thank you so much for teaching us stories about events or even people some of us may have never heard of! Keep up the great work! "Quality over quantity"

[@kuruvillageorge1735]

This is the only channel that I never get bored watching..

[@justarandommalayboi8231]

Ive never heard any stories of the Portuguese in WW1 before, thank you. also its nice that you've finally use WW1 webbing and the WW1 British No.3 SMLE instead of the ww2 variant

[@bmcg5296]

What a great story of heroism in a desperate new type of slaughter not warfare. It only takes one mans actions like this to rally the morale of troops on the front who in turn spread the feats of this heroic man. Making it more readable is the reducing of the Scottish Major drowning in the swamp adds selfless sacrifice in getting another soul back home. Thank you for sharing this story as I was never aware if it.

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

The best history channel on KZbin back at it again with another awesome video!

[@TruckerPhill]

I’m extremely proud of being Portuguese due to brave men like this valiant hero. Men like him are in short supply these days… And Europe is becoming unrecognizable, we should never have fought each other…

[@binalcensored2104]

The true and full history of Soldier Millions in the Battle of La Lys it is much more incredible, than the facts already described. In the public tv interview, he counts that after the massive bombing, the Germans started the invasion, yet when soldier Milhares looked deeper, he realized that the first german line advancing were using Portuguese uniforms, so he ran to his Scotish companions and asked: - do you recognized them? - They said that they were Portuguese. Yet Milhais suspected, so he waited and when they were closer, he saw that they were Germans using Portuguese uniforms, taken from the deads in the first line. When he saw that the famous pointed German helmuts were now visible following them, he shot his muchine gun and killed them all. In fact, he killed all the enemies from the 3 invasions attempts. But this is just an episode, because, the bombing continued and than Luso and Scotish soldiers were hidden in a bomb hole, without arms and ready to be prisioners. That was when another amazing iniciative from Milhais was putted in practice, he told them for waiting until the Germans start to making them prisioners and then for they to lie in the ground. When the Germans came all confident for making so many prisioners, that was when they became very visible and that was when Milhais who was hidden with his Lewis gun ready, he started to shut and he killed all the Germans (about 200). After the shooting the Scotish and Portuguese soldiers got up and started to ran in direction to the allies lines. Not Milhais, he still stayed alone during 3 days, until no munition could be find anywhere. This can be seen told by himself in the public tv interview (he showed remarkable humility. because didnt even told his stories to his companions, it was the Scotish major that he saved that told the first recounts of his deeds). There was more battles and great actions from the Soldier Millions during WWI. See his interview here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH3EoYt4jKyIgdk

[@2adamast]

Not many pointed German helmets in 1918

[@binalcensored2104]

@@2adamast Ok, what he said was: - "than I saw the high helmets and I knew with who I was dealing with..."

[@roguegameproductions]

Our country (Portugal) may be small, not soo powerfull like others or have battalions, but like this legend we got spirit, training and the will to face hell. Ladies and gentleman, this is the Portuguese Army. One of the bests of the world. Viva Portugal..

[@miguelantunes8785]

nem mais muito bem dito e veijo que tambem es fã de fallout AD VICTORIAM

[@roguegameproductions]

@@miguelantunes8785 obviamente, Escumalha comunista deve morrer.. BoS sempre

[@caseyburnett4098]

These animations have come so far, love so much about this Channel.. Not only the amount of immersion the animations and detail in them bring u; but the detailed descriptions of each account. Every.. Last.. Deet.. LOVE IT! ❤️❤️

[@josecarlosamador]

The "trick" with the Million-worth soldier actually came from his name as he's called "Milhais" wich is pronounced similarly to "Milhões" (Millions) in portuguese. So this is why that phrase is so "catchy": "You are Milhais, but you are worth Millions". On a side note: Sorry, I know I'm being picky about the pronounciation of "Milhais"; the "-lh" just ain't easy for most english native speakers. This was a really great video. Thanks for the great story and visuals.

[@stevemc01]

Germans: “JEEZ, HANS. We’re fighting a massive force there. What do we do?” Milhais: *stonks*

[@jayhuxley2559]

Fantastic narrator, it was one of the best real war histories told, that I've heard. In fact, it's so good, that it looks like it is a fictional tale, but it's not, it was very real!

[@Tigs3938]

This is a brave men with a portuguese soul thank you for the video. And there is a movie about him.

[@fosterkennel649]

Wow wonderfully orchestrated video. Blessings to you and yours coming at you from the mountains of Southern Oregon

[@digitaal_boog]

3:24 there’s a saying with machinegunners: if it hits low, it’s an honest miss, if it goes high, you never wanted to hit them.

[@bach4156]

Finally someone Talking about this, thank you 💪🔥🇵🇹🇵🇹🇵🇹🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@prmath]

🙏🇺🇸RIP, Hero and I most respectfully Salute you🇺🇸🙏

[@theoreoman4597]

What an amazing man and amazing animation. Rest in peace to those who died in wars across the years.

[@kevinlarson9111]

Outstanding bravery. Well done lad.

[@122ALVARO11]

Great to see one of my countrymen portraied. A man as brave as modest about is bravery. Keep on the good work

[@TheAKgunner]

With a thousand soldiers like Milhais, a General could defeat all who stood before him!

[@henryvanderbeek2973]

What an amazing story of tenacity, dedication, hard work, endurance and loyalty to his comrades....

[@zachvonheyden7022]

If I were a history teacher, I'd have your channel bookmarked and favorited!

[@henrique2456]

Glad to finally see Portuguese soldiers in this channel :)

[@elfiebasic4870]

His animation are amazing... . This is a one man youtuber and he is doing a good job. We should get him too 1M for him, it might be a high goal but its never imposible. Good luck fellow narrator

[@Yarnhub]

Hi, thanks for the support, but we should clarify we're a team of people producing these as all our vids have original artwork animation and music.

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@Yarnhub please do on hari singh nalwar "indian hercules" who wrestled a tiger and killed it with his bear hands

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@Yarnhub maharaja ranjit singh ji please

[@ajithsidhu7183]

@@Yarnhub i have been a long time subscriber and would like to see this videos be made

[@sebastienmonette6659]

@@Yarnhub you could say you're the kurzgesagt of history channels

[@ninjkitywarlock6337]

Yarnhub content is top tier. The story telling and animation continues improve with every video. The casings falling off the sandbags was such a good touch. Keep up the awesome work!

[@brunomadeira8432]

Such a beautiful homage. Thank you much. Not only the quality is excellent the video is full of thoughtful details like the Diário de Notícias (Daily News) signature typewriting which is still used to this day.

[@sinaverseithalilov7183]

Man they should do a movie or a game about this . Its epic

[@rradical4714]

my grandfather grandfather was saved by him, after a grenade was thrown into his trench, he clutched the grenade and sent it back. It exploded mid air knocking him to the ground and chopping his right thumb, he passed for a few minutes. After he came to his senses o mata milhões was near him dragging him to another trench. He also other funny stories, from the life in the battlefield. but he didnt talk much apart from his usual 3 stories acording to my pops. My grandfather recorded him telling his story i think in the 60s and took some photos of him.