When A Band Of Guerrillas Beat The World’s Most Powerful Army

NEW DELHI: As U.S. troops pull out of Afghanistan, bringing an end to a 20-year war they initiated, it reminds one about a similar American misadventure in Southeast Asia more than four decades ago. In both instances, the world’s most powerful army was pitted against smaller adversaries, yet was handed down humiliating defeats. In this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’, StratNews Global Editor-in-Chief Nitin A. Gokhale looks back at what remains the most embarrassing chapter in American military history-The Vietnam War.
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[@_vs04]

You deserve more views... I never miss simply nitin...it's one of the most authentic portal for military history.

[@dronchaks]

Hi Nitin your communication skills are awesome...it is flawless.

[@sougatdas9837]

Vietnam was the first televised war ; that's why Americans were so divided by seeing the brutality done by their soldiers

[@MohammadAliAhasan]

After that they invented Hollywood WAR Movie and WAR games so people used to it

[@vipuldwivedi7946]

Dear Nitin Gokhale Sir I have come across your channel few months ago and the content and simplicity just delighted me to subscribe. Writing this Comment to Encourage your efforts..Looking forward to see more similar war lessons🏳️

[@durgashankar1118]

Like Afghanistan, Vietnam also is the graveyard of empires.

[@bikashray237]

Plz make a video on ajit doval's role in mizo insurgency

[@sanjayvaidya4925]

Where did you get the info. Link pl.

[@jcd776]

Ajit Doval became comfortable after getting his cabinet rank. He's become an absolute liability to Indians, or even sold out to foreign interests perhaps. We have no idea what he did in his apparent field years as a spy inside Pakistan. No results for India. Before jumping on me, read the story about Eli Cohen, who infiltrated Syria and became the Defence Minister of Syria. It was due to him that Israel was able to capture the Golan heights and secure water supply.

[@bikashray237]

@@jcd776 comparing ajit doval to eli cohen is like comparing R&AW to MOSSAD Regarding his cabinet rank I wonder you even know how the security structure of our country works?? Plz go nd watch a video on stratnews global about the modified national security structure explained by nitin gokhale.

[@ajaymittal5239]

No one has ever defeated guerrilla forces. Had Indians resorted to guerrilla warfare they would have gained independence from Britain hundred or more years earlier. Gandhi taught us the wrong lessons on non violence. He delayed India’s independence .

[@nikhilparanjape7890]

Indians were good at it.. Shivaji Maharaj had laid the foundations for it...

[@MultiQwerty420]

The ability to fight a war on a different continent is no small thing even with modern technologies. People fighting for homeland have nothing to lose.

[@ramkripalgupta8225]

Thanks for deep elaboration. Happy that a section of new media providing references for more knowledge.

[@pravingundawar6069]

Brilliant analysis

[@nsevv]

Afghanistan govt is doing pretty well defending their land against the invading Taliban. Well trained by US.

[@CharlieChaplinVideos]

I visited Cu Chi Tunnels (near Ho Chi Minh City).. in December 2019; incredible what Vietnamese have achieved against US Army

[@darkthunder7441]

All that fighting for nothing. Just a little economic coercion was required to force Vietnam communist party to accept capitalistic reforms.

[@tandavaar1598]

Ylw sn of a gn

[@maxcoolgokul]

US army or any nation's army are trained to fight a conventional force but guerilla warfare is different and element of stealth gets into it which surprises a modern hi tech force. Vietnam's tropical jungles and Afghanistan's rough mountains with harsh weather played a major role. Even LTTE was so successful in the early 90's as a guerilla unit, the moment huge Tamil diaspora money poured in leading to formation of LTTE navy, airforce and army is when they lost against SL govt force.

[@marcsahabandu7531]

Cocktail this with Nethaji's freedom spirit

[@visheshharnal1]

ek number sir ji, amazing content

[@skonwar3402]

Mizo people don't idealized Laldenga . But naga still love Phizo.

[@karangajare4848]

Yes i totally agree with you as had been living in dimapur and aizwal some years back

[@vijaym1906]

Sir. Agree with the Vietnam story, however same cannot be compared with the Afghan war. In altogether a hostile country full of guerilla warriors, American soideirs fought almost for two decades. These guerilla fighters had an experience of 20-25 years and hence it wasn't easy to defeat them..Americans reduced them to tiny, most of the Talibans had to take shelter in neighbouring Pakistan. The new Afghan govt was established. Top Taliban and Al Qaeeda leaders were eliminated..What more a foreign country would have done? and in these two decades of war less than 3000 americans were killed... Though every life is precious, however the mortality rate of Americans was very low. It is the Afghan govt who is to be blamed..inspite of having large number of army, sophisticated new age weapons, air power they are retreating. Its there own country which they have to save..

[@plinnytheother6107]

looks like you tube censors anything here they deem "offensive"

[@nsevv]

Do a video on how Vietnam brutally defeated china!

[@Joy_IR89]

Chyna surrendered to Vietnam without fighting in 1979 😂🤣🤣🤣

[@logicfirst7959]

They couldn't have defeated the most powerful army without the help of Pakistan's ISI -“it will be stated that the I.S.I. defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan with the help of America.” “Then there will be another sentence, that the I.S.I., with the help of America, defeated America.” Gen. Hamid Gull - Head of ISI in 1980s - Pakistan's ISI effectively ended Indian game in Afghanistan making the Afghanistan Pakistan's 6th Province - Long Live Pakistan and Long Live Pakistan's Military

[@tattaylessindians1721]

Wow - you couldnt have stated it better - Indeed Indian game is over, their Investment in terrorism is in gutter

[@prashantkumarsingh8121]

Where can I buy that War book? Cheap rate only. On Amazon, it is too expensive.

[@siddharthasngh940]

Wow

[@smoky3302]

Well all wars in present world will be unsuccessful till they choose to follow this quote by Cato the elder "Ceterum autem censeo carthaginem esse delendam". But modern socitey will not accept notions like that thus true victory in war can't be gained .

[@marcsahabandu7531]

India's Buddhist Legacy of Vietnam

[@paddynair6446]

Very relevant points have been made by this analysis.all opponents know that -stay the course then American forces will go

[@amitabhinav16]

Kindly post more on war history. In your opinion should india put boots on ground in Afghanistan

[@vijayc276]

Nithin ji, Can you please do a session India's special operation command.

[@marcsahabandu7531]

Listen to Subash Chandra Bose

[@S.Mir786]

Like Taliban!

[@Joy_IR89]

👍👍

[@nisarganativefarms2637]

"Islamic Warrior's"?! You sounded like @Ndtv 😅

[@valentinoss2611]

I am waiting which country will be the next war with american.

[@rahulbhatia1995]

China may be

[@valentinoss2611]

@@rahulbhatia1995 i dnt think China... they (u.s) are jackle... hahah

[@Joy_IR89]

This video was a general topic. Everyone knows about this. Bring something interesting

[@dose.of.happiness]

Hie to all!

[@worldwatcher9671]

You label Talibans as "Islamic fighters" ! What do you mean by "Islamic". Don't you know that Afghans are all Muslims. They follow the islamic faith and so all Afghans fighters are "Islamic".Should one call Indian Army as "Hindu fighters"?, American soldiers as "Christian fighters"? I am astonished at the ignorance of Indian media and the religious bias they bring into their discussion, specially about Islam. They never talk of other religions. And this is where India's problem is and will be in the future. ie. Indian Hindus hatred for the religion of Islam. Eventually all Muslims of the world, specially rich Arab countries who give jobs to millions of Hindus from India will catch on to the Hatred and bigotry of the Indian Hindus against their faith Islam.

[@thebestbuscuit]

What a judgment based on a video lol

[@jayvpandey]

Please consider changing the voice for the intro. Seems like a drugged up person's voice. Massively irritating. The analysis and views that follow is A1, which keeps bringing me back for more.

[@wiswanniang7182]

U S military are not aims to help poor countries but to make big business.

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Tera kia hoga kalia

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Sn of a gn