Strange Military Deaths

[@Simplehistory]

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[@christopherdempsey3878]

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

[@swedenball8174]

How did bro reply 7 hours before release?

[@swedenball8174]

@@christopherdempsey3878 havent hear that for a while

[@natzeereal4055]

gg

[@natzeereal4055]

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

[@averymorin6651]

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

[@tinchorb1340]

there was quite a lot of these types of deaths iirc

[@daviddavidson2357]

Did he do a barrel roll?

[@smug-asscat8458]

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

[@averymorin6651]

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

[@paulcowlishaw]

HA.

[@Korpsmen]

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

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

That's the ottomans. *Shrugs*

[@ZionistCrusader]

thats the face of islam

[@BoereViking]

The religion of peace being all peaceful and....

[@robmcelwee389]

What do expect from ottoman Islamic turks?

[@hawkeyeten2450]

That's the Ottomans for you. Remember they massacred Greek men, women and children in a revenge move. Turkey overthrowing that cruel sultanate was probably the best thing that happened in their whole history.

[@metalmadness5851]

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

[@notyou2353]

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

[@metalmadness5851]

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

[@gabrielwatson5981]

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

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

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

[@ronal8824]

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

[@mcwildstyle9106]

Sedgewick's death is the greatest example of situational irony

[@zachwelch9862]

Literally the guy my county is named after

[@mcwildstyle9106]

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

[@THEGATESAREOPENED]

i literally got sedgewick rn in vid e

[@malikwilliams1666]

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

[@johnmosesbrowningsrightnut8642]

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

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

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

[@stevewilliams8590]

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

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

@@stevewilliams8590 Indeed we could (and can).

[@malekhekal4238]

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

[@theradtaco6547]

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

[@dogwoodhillbilly]

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

[@dude97x]

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

[@stillcantbesilencedevennow]

Alive when they started. Shock can kill quite easily.

[@Zoomydoomy]

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

[@thegreatandmightyseff7214]

shrodingers skin

[@greenoftreeblackofblue6625]

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

[@sgtslippyfist6345]

They killed them until they died of it

[@lomax117]

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

[@assman24]

yikes

[@derpyzmayhem420]

Its too big ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@donaldn5798]

Yikes

[@Gurumeierhans]

I recommedn Kyle Hill´s video about the accident.

[@Justin_0241]

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

[@lifeonleo1074]

That first venician captain my god that has to be the most gruesom way to kill a man I have ever heared of, the Ottamans were brutal

[@StockedSocks]

There are more brutal ones this is only one

[@doom5895]

yeah that was fucked up but why was he there to begin with?

[@theduke9292]

@@doom5895 because it was a Venician city? Kinda like asking why where there Americans at peral harbor. Answer: defending their territory

[@user-op8fg3ny3j]

Surprised your comment hasn't been hijacked by nationalists yet

[@daviddavidson2357]

@@doom5895 He was there because it was his home. Please take your colonialism whining elsewhere. You know nothing of that time period. Crusades were a defensive maneuver.

[@stevemc01]

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

[@99mrpogi]

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

[@skeleex]

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

[@BaDArxz]

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

[@mellowmike1147]

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

[@acanadianchicken]

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

[@elrostarminyatur1814]

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

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

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

[@lupettoversilia]

👍🏻

[@catalystgreenhorn9184]

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

[@GoMrTom]

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

[@AbdulRahman-uw4nd]

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

[@csongorszegedi-csinady8231]

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

[@achour.falestine]

Thanks bro

[@JoahTheThread5ive]

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

[@csongorszegedi-csinady8231]

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

[@jessasnamoi]

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

[@csongorszegedi-csinady8231]

@@jessasnamoi Very well, indeed.

[@Brandon_metab]

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

[@manuelacosta9463]

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

[@Brandon_metab]

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

[@stevewixom9311]

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

[@wanderingstar3419]

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

[@KermitTheGamer21]

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

[@Pantsinabucket]

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

[@randomperson58925]

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

[@hirschmeistr6842]

Why was a sniper just shooting kids in the park

[@Pantsinabucket]

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

[@walangaccount8984]

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

[@stevewilliams8590]

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

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

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

[@FastTquick]

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

[@nethanelmasters5170]

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

[@robertbalazslorincz8218]

The thumbnail

[@internet_user975]

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

[@azj_]

John Sedgwick: Look at them, they couldn't hit an elephant at this distance The guy who shot at him: *Hold my beer!!*

[@mobiletaskforceepsilon1172]

@umar b it's a meme, shut up.

[@KolesDravat]

@umar b ☝️🤓

[@kokunoskos6836]

@umar b If you would value accuracy, then you would know that Sedgwick was killed by Confederate sniper using Withworth rifle... he was skilled military commander knowing well about accurate range of common rifled muskets of that period... but he was unlucky there was one of few Withworth rifle purchased by CSA present in that skirmish. It was actually the most accurate rifle in that time and arguably the first long-range sniper rifle in the world.

[@gorilladisco9108]

The soldier was aiming someone 10 meter to the right.

[@desmondhumebrotha3522]

Union soldiers: “don’t peek.” General peeks and brags *dies*

[@reynaldoflores4522]

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

[@Cynchronicity7]

That’s is very tragic

[@sebastiangeller8637]

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

[@tomservo5347]

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

[@v.emiltheii-nd.8094]

The Napoleonic War British general who kept the "Hold your fire!" order several times as the enemy forces approached until he was shot to death when they got within firing distance.. To quote a fictional character: "If you have to shoot, shoot! Don't stall or monologue talk!"

[@edersonnico]

Considering their weaponry it makes sense to wait until a closer distance to shoot.

[@TheAndre1702]

It was actually military discipline to hold your fire when enemy columns approaching especially with smoothbore weaponry.

[@hilmarheathkliff9511]

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

[@daviddavidson2357]

You missed the mongol who got bitten to death by the head of the guy he decapitated. He tied the head to his saddle and while riding the head bounced up causing it to bite his thigh, he died of infection.

[@TheKuki185]

They already covered this in an individual video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/raaag6mNo9ahbZY

[@alexburke853]

I believe they already covered that incident

[@ruairiodonohoe2533]

That wasnt a mongol, it was a scottish viking.

[@Ro6entX]

Yeah I remember that one, surprised it wasn’t on this list either.

[@JohnnyWindmill]

That was a Viking

[@OP5redsolocup]

The lone berserker at Stamford Bridge died from a barrel riding Saxon spearing him in the groin- after he had killed 40 saxons trying to cross the bridge

[@RebelSandGaming]

A madlad

[@hansomebonaprte]

Berserker means bear shirt so this is most likely not a true story

[@RebelSandGaming]

@@hansomebonaprte it happened there's even a wikipedia's page on it

[@billrich5217]

@@RebelSandGaming No it was a famous story that was told a thousand years ago. That doesn’t actually means it really happened.

[@tuftyterror983]

John Sedgwick was the mascot and name of my middle schools rival. Our mascot was Marcus Whitman, a missionary murdered with his family. Our town doesn’t choose very good names or mascots.

[@dasportyyamper3798]

ya dont say

[@Raiden_9889]

Honestly the poor Australian soldier that used gympie-gympie as toilet paper , was a pretty strange way to go out. He was found with a single shot to the head and clutching gympie leaves with his pants down. It was speculated that he used the leaves which caused their famous burn that can last months if not years .

[@lightningfletch5598]

I heard that story. He got stung in the worst place imaginable by a plant that will apparently drive horses mad with pain if they eat it. One horse ate some gympie leaves and then threw itself off a cliff to end the pain, iirc.

[@biohazard724]

@@lightningfletch5598 one of the nicknames for it is the suicide plant

[@lightningfletch5598]

@@biohazard724 Judging by the first two comments, I’d say it’s a fitting name.

[@view1st]

@Cav Trooper 19D maybe he was wearing gloves.

[@projectarma]

The Venetians were absolute gigachads. Candia fell before the defenders inside really did

[@francoiscamy5066]

About Sedgwick : isn't it a way to lead and give hope to his men ? Like "stay calm, don't try to hide and force them to retreat by shooting more. Look, I stand with you". He was just unlucky enough to be hit just after the end of this sentence.

[@stevewilliams8590]

That’s exactly why he was doing it. If the commander shows fear that will spread through the troops like wildfire.

[@johnmike121]

More horrific than strange

[@mechacream]

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

[@Overthinking-rain]

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

[@InFernoKnight95]

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

[@Yamaazaka]

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

[@EnigmaEnginseer]

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

[@ThisIsntMeGaming]

Thats because theyre horrible people

[@Gawain2753]

Voiceover sounds really off, like it's computer generated. Both cases of prisoners being tortured and killed aren't strange, just brutal.

[@casioak1683]

i like the previous voiceover.. especially intense during spooky history episodes

[@gangrenemccluster7680]

Fucking terrible is what it sounds like.

[@ArgentavisMagnificens]

yeah and it doesn't fit the theme and the content of the video

[@Eagle-eye-pie]

Glad someone else noticed, the voiceover is horrible.

[@xxstephxx1005]

This guys voice sounds like the robot voice used on TikTok lol

[@Eidolon1andOnly]

Yeah it does. Might as well be. Hate his voice.

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

Man he really said they couldn’t git him and immediately died

[@West_Coast_Mainline]

Hit

[@robertpainter8044]

Sedgwick: They can't hit us.. Confederate Sniper: Hold my beer!!

[@natebox4550]

@@robertpainter8044 wasn’t a sniper, just a lucky/unlucky shot from soldier

[@foxymetroid]

To be fair, he wasn't an elephant.

[@californianightmares6463]

@@natebox4550 no it was definitely a sniper lol. Confederate sharpshooters were one of the most impressive sniping forces in history

[@forwardobserver6441]

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

[@deepfriedwater7625]

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

[@ricardofilho3127]

Hahaha XD

[@stephenbachman132]

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

[@Cyberhacker3]

The Largest non-combat loss of life was the Ramree Island Crocodile massacre , 1000 Japanese troops hid in a mangrove swamp which was fine during the day , but at night , the 2000 pound saltwater crocs come out too feed , the 500 Japanese that made it out of the swamp said it was more horrible than anything a movie director could have dreamed up , literally heads and arms flying around as the crocs tore one body apart and dove onto the next to tear it apart too ,,, just killing but not eating anything yet ,,, building up as a big a supply of meat as they could ,,,,, even the ppl that survived it were messed up in the head for life.

[@SAMAYDOSTDAR]

Hay why the voice of the simple history Channel changed

[@oliversherman2414]

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

[@iamtristladin]

Sure he was deathly terrified he was just a good leader

[@oliversherman2414]

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

[@SirHellNaja]

No matter how old the rifle is, never underestimate one.

[@stevewilliams8590]

The rifle that killed him was cutting edge for its time.

[@TheDevilockedzombie]

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

[@onyxdragon1179]

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

[@maximaldinotrap]

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

[@nimbly1693]

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

[@jaywilliams2553]

He did

[@steampunkterminator3122]

Love the thumbnail. Reminds me of so many movies and a few real life stories i read where some goon says something thats completely arrogant and karma immediately bites him in the face

[@somedude1068]

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

[@wrkkvikrmvh1023]

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

[@resonancebarracuda478]

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

[@WizzyWizWizzy]

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

[@luke-4377]

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

[@ethandodd80]

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

[@fate1904]

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

[@Dyd_Tango]

Me without looking on phone: 4 strange military dads

[@gravestales3941]

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

[@davidmulya2370]

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

[@michaelfetter4541]

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

[@zachpetracek2330]

“Dissected and skinned alive the now dead airmen” wait a minute

[@Xehemoth]

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

[@professordreamer8479]

Simple History can you do a Simple History Video Of the Worst Military Bosses In History.

[@austinlyles6152]

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

[@lillemy5062]

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

[@chrisedrev9519]

This was amazingly curious! Well done! :)

[@treiss8255]

Would have been a better tile of unique military deaths

[@captain_commenter8796]

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

[@Tbone272]

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

[@gamerworld400yearsago6]

DAMN THE GIRL WHO GOT STRANGLED

[@Jay-cj7xu]

"They skinned alive the now dead soldiers." So they killed them(with bayonets if I remember right), then brought them back to life, then skinned them alive? Man, that is taking torture to a whole another level.

[@jonny-b4954]

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

[@georgedonnellan36]

It's a Shame how mankind never learns from past mistakes.

[@gorilladisco9108]

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

[@Lex_el_Guisante]

The first great sniper shot

[@shinigamikira9469]

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

[@think_like_a_fish]

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

[@sillyman2013]

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

[@Frosty_tha_Snowman]

I want the other narrator back. Now.

[@DamonNomad82]

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

[@echafaud]

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

[@NewPaulActs17]

"mansa" musa

[@potatoonastick2239]

"there was the owner of the segway" you should probably clarify that it wasn't just a random owner but the original inventor who died on one

[@loyalistmundicomedentisdux9538]

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

[@ItsBroTato]

Everyone-“Damn this is some interesting history” Me-“Is simple History really advertising for Knockoff Yeezys?”

[@pokebrick2.0]

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

[@DamonNomad82]

0:08 Emperor Constans II death animation FTW!

[@ryanlovvorn8024]

#3 was actually much worse. The men had parts of themselves taken while they were still alive, cooked and eaten. In the begining, this act would kill the soldiers. The last one or two of the Americans left alive had their body parts removed, cooked and eaten but were kept alive so that the process could be repeated and the "meat" would stay fresh.

[@Palmtop_User]

A thing about the SL-1 is that when crews were going over the incident they couldn't find one of the bodies. Thats because he was pinned to the ceiling

[@agentepolaris4914]

That was represented in the video

[@MR2car]

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

[@JangianTV]

Guy was an interior decorator!

[@louischasseriaud7529]

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

[@commentsfromthefuture3421]

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

[@brunovb2650]

I’m tempted by those Vessis. I remember a time I sunk my foot in a mud puddle an hour in a 4 hour hike through the Atlantic Forest. Had to finish the hike with a soaked sock and I do not wanna experience that again.

[@timmaay7181]

“Skinned alive the now dead airmen”🤔

[@leonceboudreauxwolf]

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

[@rogerthat10-47]

GB told his crew to stay in the plane for as long as they possibly could so they would be picked up by the US instead of the Japanese, he knew how badly they treated POWs because he had been one earlier in the war, they didn't listen & ended up as lunch.

[@AlexPeace246]

“Skinned alive the now dead airmen.” Great writing.

[@Splintercelmaster1]

Patton's death is sad. With how awesome he was and he died due to a car crash in what german I believe

[@Grandizer8989]

He was racist and highly overrated after Sicily.

[@southron2279]

@@Grandizer8989 *Yankee Detected

[@idonhaveanyideawhattocallm1472]

@@Grandizer8989 oh no a guy from the 40's was a racist

[@stevewilliams8590]

There’s a theory that he was actually killed by the American military as he held strong views against communist Russia and they were worried he was going to start a war with them.

[@cannonball666]

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

[@ProkiddUX]

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

[@robertburk5550]

Narrator: Deaths aren't supposed to be funny Me: But many are **1st video** Me: Ummm... 🤔 🤣

[@notnamed3400]

4:07 skip the ad

[@CheemskoGiondau]

John sedwick probaly thinks that there is no sharpshooters on the battlefield , he thought that the main forces throwing lead down range was the ill-trained infantry that couldn't even properly hits a man-size target at 300 yards , he will regret it a lot!!

[@mobucks555]

oof please get the old narrator back.

[@andreistoica2470]

He was in the commercial

[@andreistoica2470]

Voicing a private

[@badrat484]

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

[@InquisitiveImmortal]

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

[@runzumarun4925]

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

[@tardigradetycoon]

3:44 bro got epic drip 🥶🥶😎