The BIGGEST Accidents In War

[@Vladpryde]

I couldn't even imagine what that maintenance worker must have felt when he dropped that wrench. It probably still haunts him to this day.

[@wilsonweiseng6485]

if there is a more literal case of "throwing a wrench in one's plans" i have yet to find it

[@thedarkfaegaming]

"... oops"

[@hucecnv7746]

I watched a documentary on this and he wasn’t even supposed to use that wrench he was supposed to use a different tool that was safer

[@Vladpryde]

@@hucecnv7746 I mean, unless the tool was made of dove feathers, then I don't think it's going to really matter when you drop it from that height.

[@handles_are_dumb]

@@Vladpryde the difference was the lock holding the socket to the wrench

[@jokodihaynes419]

"Friendly fire will not be tolerated"-call of duty

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Try Again

[@jjsaarinen]

It also has a message for shooting civillians

[@makhayla4715]

[@Some_random_account4636]

@@makhayla4715 1:35

[@fanBladeOne]

@@Some_random_account4636 huh?

[@corymorimacori1059]

Master Oogway: Accidents don’t exist. Theodore Roosevelt: You should be ashamed of your military honor!

[@RJ_academix]

The deep level of YouTUbe meme references

[@charlessaint7926]

Former Vice-President Thomas Marshall about Teddy's passing. "Death had to take him sleeping. For if Roosevelt had been awake, there would have been a fight."

[@RJ_academix]

@@charlessaint7926 I heard Winston Churchill also had something real dirty to say about Roosevelt.. something about the guy playing bass? idk

[@OneWithStars]

I smell an ERB reference

[@theBakinNoob]

@@OneWithStarswhat does erb stand for?

[@phantomofsociety19]

Should have included the crash of the USS Akron as a dishonorable mention. Happened during interwar years but it was a Naval failure (fully avoidable) and the airship crash with the highest fatalities, surpassing even the Hindenburg and R101

[@talonvillacres4730]

Imagine how that one dude who dropped the socket that led to that disaster felt and still feels to this day if he's still alive. 😓

[@Stellaknot]

Watch command and control they interview him as well as many others. Great doc but also sad. That guy def thinks about it everyday of his life

[@budwhite9591]

That’s why everyone looses a 10mm to this day

[@dustinandtarynwolfe5540]

​@@budwhite9591except the one he dropped was a 3 inch socket or something giant like that

[@nir7090]

My guy doing some laps to calm down 🏃 3:01

[@johnrushee8440]

Bro was trying to escape

[@jackkatz8604]

He was trying to get one last workout in

[@johnrushee8440]

@@jackkatz8604 bros getting ready to serve eternaly

[@builderofman7057]

Bro tried bro'ing into the comment section. 🤓/😎 Bro bro'd successfully... 🤔👍 Bro. 😅/😆

[@johnrushee8440]

@@builderofman7057 wha

[@micahistory]

last time I was this early, we had no war

[@stealthynaxo]

So... Never then.

[@huh-cb1rk]

So like 200 years ago....USA sucks

[@Vetus.past_]

Are you KZbinr ?

[@F.t.i.a]

Free Free Palestine🇵🇸

[@Pooscentedcowdungindian]

I agree

[@MrMisterDerp]

I feel like the Trojan horse was the biggest accident in war, imagine taking in what you think is a victory trophy only for it to let out an army.

[@florians9949]

Well it is also a myth so…

[@Marino_Mania13]

@florians9949 Well all myths are based on something in our reality. That’s usually the case

[@michaelhowell2326]

If the Navy lists a lost submarine as "on eternal patrol" the families of those submariners should get a paycheck until the family line ends.

[@simmons5328]

The amount of people that would try to abuse that.. scary

[@엄희성-t3u]

That’s fucking sad… even in death they serve their family and country…

[@vapormissile]

Amen. Carlin: soft language

[@philpants44]

​@@simmons5328how's it abuse.

[@chrisferrell1037]

​@@philpants44 what he is saying is some people would claim they are related to collect a check when they really arent.

[@krixpop]

Not a mention of the Deadliest Fart accident of 1985. Varshaw Pact. Occured after the consumption of dubious cans of beef and beans by an entire company . The horor still lingers since the entire compound is still abandoned ...

[@guyledouche7939]

That's sounds like a load of hot air...

[@ADcommenter]

Sounds like a load of fart to me.

[@YT_Blitzshorts]

bryh

[@ferretyluv]

Explain. I can’t find anything on Google.

[@krixpop]

@@ferretyluv Commie'censorship ...

[@kimberlyporter9555]

Any sea vessel with 'Titan' in it's name is doomed to sink.

[@night-x6793]

Guessing they never read the stories about how the Titans were doomed fighting the Greek gods which feels like Titan is a curse name to anyone who uses it.

[@OathTaker3]

Even "Titangiggle"? 🤔😁😆😅😂🤣

[@YaSonsABitches]

@@OathTaker3especially titangiggle but in a limited full time capacity almost all the time not really ever. Carry on.

[@skussy69]

Just like Titaniboa​@@YaSonsABitches

[@jaymie855]

Even the submarine. Lol.

[@southeastgamiing4228]

3:56 Who would win? A 42 ton war machine *H E D G E*

[@brentlloyd7908]

Here in North America we call them line fences, think 10 foot across of 100 yr old trees with 6 feet high of rock.

[@potato36-58kz]

H E D G E

[@murdochscharnhorst]

I'd like a video on the 1996 Black Hawke helicopter collision just outside of Townsville Australia

[@underworldguardian704]

Your honor, my client pleads Oppies Daisy.

[@Chillforev-dd9wr]

Russian badger reference

[@Goc4ever]

Thanks Simple History for this interesting video. It really pains me how these incidents can take place in multiple ways like the Sultana, Operation Cobra, Operation Eagle Claw, the sinking of the USS Thresher and many more. It pains me especially for all the lives that were lost😔.

[@vichyfrance5575]

3:09 you all know where this, is going, the titan sub got destroyed by a catastrophic implosion and the thresher sank due to some balast tanks or flooding that led it to the crush depth

[@luisemoralesfalcon4716]

The: "It wasn't me and those doesn't qualify for VA until 20 years passed and this act was signed."

[@Superjohndoe8060]

Thank you for more history videos!

[@MM22966]

Battle of Karansebes. Only recorded instance of an army defeating itself in battle.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

**FRIENDLY FIRE UP TO 11**

[@Cowboysnake991]

lmao

[@ProfessorDreamer]

Simple History can you do a Simple History video on The Most Disloyal and Treacherous Double Agents.

[@leighz1962]

That's anti-semitic

[@Pooscentedcowdungindian]

@leignz1962 bro just admitted that only Jews do that 💀

[@ferretyluv]

Benedict Arnold?

[@sciathoir]

@@leighz1962hmmm I think that says more about you than your realize

[@GoogIe-in1gu]

You should put "American" in the title

[@Tactical_sledge21]

América Is not the world.😂😂

[@GoogIe-in1gu]

@@Tactical_sledge21 that's why i said that

[@happilyenraged713]

Agreed

[@garrettbrown5526]

It should have “US” in the title. Not to be ignorant but America (assuming that’s what you mean) insinuates the entire N.A., US, Canada and Mexico. Should he talk about your country next?

[@sanb3586]

Only Americans can do war after breakfast lunch dinner or for beacon greece

[@jaysoncote7237]

I worked for a company that builds the submarines for the Navy. During orientation we had to listen to the USS Thresher implode. Very scary sound

[@Dr_Larken]

15:03 I don’t know if they still do it but when I was a kid, they had a steamboat race sometime in the two weeks leading up to the first Saturday in May for the Kentucky Derby. I think one of them was called the Bell of Louisville. It’s been a long time since I’ve been back to America, at the moment, I currently have no desire to return! Go where your best treated!

[@rtyrsson]

I've got to say: I'm very much enjoying the new format of the cartoon-rendered narrator in these videos. Well... new to me if I've not been very observant.

[@scotts918]

13:13 - I know I shouldn't laugh, but those little animated people going 🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃 into the water was hilarious

[@Harikejn]

I remember one accidents that occurred at the outbreak of WWII in Yugoslavia. I don't know it can be categorized as either biggest or smallest accidents. Cause there are no smaller or bigger jobs. There is a thing such as job done well done, and job done badly. Anyhow, back to telling accident. During the outbreak of WWII in Yugoslavia, one German plane such as Messerschmidt Bf 110 C was doing a reconnaissance flight during the foggy weather over Yugoslavia on April 1st 1941 (and it's not an April fool's joke). And that day was a bit foggy. What happened was that the German Bf 110 landed somewhere on Yugoslav airfield instead of in friendly German airfield. The navigator made a mistake since Yugoslav air force had in possession Bf 109's E, and Dornier Do-17 Bombers. The crew surrendered, and they landed by accidentally on the Yugoslav airfield, and the Bf 110 was captured, and repainted (markings were changed to be Yugoslav 110). Five days later war begun in Yugoslavia, to other Yugoslav airfields wasn't reported that the Bf 110 was captured. And it was shot down by Yugoslav flak, also by accident. Also when there was a revenge attack of Yugoslav bomber crew. Cause the capital city Belgrade suffered a bombing on April 6th 1941, Yugoslav bomber crew decided to do the revenge bombing for Belgrade. They bombed Vienna, and Graz, and they made a big delays to advancing German army. Believe it or not Yugoslav air force had markings such as white cross with red, and blue insignia. And since the airplanes were moving, the Germans thought that these were their airplanes. This can be probably treated as either accident, or probably as a deception, but maybe even as both things. But I'm not here to judge about that.

[@danlawson7665]

The goldeneye inflated phonebox at the start is a beautiful little touch 👌

[@crazymulatto8981]

War itself is the biggest accident of all.....

[@B-26354]

War isn't an accident by its very definition it is a deliberate act.

[@crazymulatto8981]

@@B-26354 you know what I mean 🙄

[@AussiePom]

War is politics by more forceful means.

[@Aqueox]

"I'm 14, and this is a deep thought." - You

[@jonmandelbaum5395]

@@AussiePomI say it’s the other way around

[@scooterprint]

My dad lived about 10 minutes up the road from the Titan 2 missile when the incident occurred, and my grandmother was an english teacher at the high school about a mile up the road from the entrance to the missile site. She used to tell me about the warhead laying in the ditch.

[@dallinlutz3657]

Geez that Tehran mission was a dumpster fire

[@Rattrap007]

:06 nice James Bond Q branch joke with the phone booth. I remember that gag.

[@501st-Lego-motion]

Can you do an episode on the importance of the Anzac forces because the kind of just were forgotten about and they did a lot and fought a lot and they don’t get a lot of attention

[@digitaal_boog]

The thumbnail is relatable. One of my mates stubbed his toe on a bed frame and went ‘shi-‘ and an officer walked through the door for a room inspection. It quickly changed to ‘Schmidt’, which given his name was Smith, became my mates nickname for the rest of the time I knew him.

[@alm5992]

5:40 The B-29's are coming from the opposite direction of the U.S. position, but then right after you state "they dropped too soon and hit the American lines". Unless everything is backwards, you mean "dropped too late". Also, do the nuclear engineer guys have lanyards or magnetic hands for their tools? How is it deemed a freak accident when someone drops something!? Some people drop their phones every 5 minutes!

[@luisrenato4089]

B-29s in the european theater?

[@blakegoulds8313]

Hedge rows are not "planted by farmers". They grow naturally in an ares not plowed every year.

[@gchampi2]

Depends on the farming style, and where you are. In arable (crop) farming, yup, hedgerows just happen at the edge of fields as you say. In pastoral (animal) farming, farmers definitely plant hedgerows, as a means to keep their animals on the farm. In Normandy, you're talking Bocage hedges, ancient, gnarled things, reinforced by centuries of rocks dragged from the fields by farmers. Nasty stuff to attack, perfect to defend...

[@Benjimac379]

Any mentions on the Black Hawk down incident along with the USS Forrestal fire?

[@manicmechanic448]

Keep it stupid simple.

[@mcb187]

Scariest part about thresher is that those guys were still alive for a long time, iirc at least 45 minutes. They sent out active sonar pings in a last ditch effort to be rescued. I cannot imagine the dread those sailors faced, knowing that there was absolutely nothing they could do. This wasn’t like the titan, it wasn’t fast. It wasn’t unexpected. They had to sit and wait until the hull caved in.

[@RJ_academix]

Came here expecting to see the Halifax explosion as number one... idk how they missed that...

[@MM22966]

If we listed every titanically destructive UXO accident, we'd be here all day. Texas City, Black Tom, etc.

[@RJ_academix]

@@MM22966 They missed the largest explosion created in human history until the atomic bomb?

[@ferretyluv]

It wasn’t in wartime.

[@RJ_academix]

@@ferretyluv It was a mass shipment of WW1 munitions destined for France

[@Jump-Shack]

Think they went with the stuff that less known rather than the stuff that is well known, like the Halifax explosion

[@OilFinder3001]

I love these videos!

[@samxyx]

I like how there's an attempt to teach us something from each of these mistakes

[@samuelfoote9135]

Loved this episode, especially the animations.

[@ThomasBriard]

This was really well made! This is just height quality.

[@johnlynch-kv8mz]

2:42 we don’t really consider how deep the ocean can get: For most of humanity, we’re stuck on the surface. Imagine having 1.3 miles of ocean above one’s head??

[@rollout3465]

No mentions of the 37 pings from uss thresher? From the de-classified document?

[@Boyd6763]

wait a minute.... are those the helmets of Goose , Hollywood and Iceman @ 08:25 ? and Vipers Helmet @08:31? i see what you did there

[@donbronson2518]

Love the emphasis at 0:23 "UNINTENDED disasters." You know since war is basically just a bunch of intentional disasters lol

[@noyou9379]

I live in Arkansas and remember that one fondly. Surprised you didn't mention the possibility of what would have happened if the nuke did explode. Some reports estimate that 2/3rds of the US would have been demolished

[@michaelbobic7135]

I think Tyler Folse says this accident helped revise rules in nuclear power plants in terms of handling foreign objects in dangerous areas. No loose items and a complete pre and post inventory of all tools, clothing and other items used.

[@LTYTACCT]

The 1980 Titan 2 missile disaster in Arkansas wasn't the first time when the U.S. almost nuked itself because of an accident. A Mark 39 hydrogen bomb with a 3.8 megaton explosive yield was ejected from a B-52 bomber that broke apart in mid-air over North Carolina in 1961. When the bomb was recovered on the ground, it was only one safety switch away from detonating.

[@restoreleader]

There is a book about Damascus missile incident and nuclear weapon safety as a whole - Command and Control. Full of funny stories about atomic bombs falling out of planes or activating by a mistake, enjoyable reading. Its a miracle that there wasnt a single nuclear explosion considering amount of these mishaps. Highly recommending

[@rubberbandman200]

About the theaser. When they tried to EMBT blow the valves froze due to the cold air causing water to condense. Now on subs we drain those valves to make sure theres no water in the system.

[@maximelarocque2708]

1:56 Nah , he was refering to his superior officer

[@CanYouHearTheWhistling]

The worst accident ive ever heard of was on the queen Mary they have a plaque to those who died on the ship and one was a sailer who was killed by being crushed in half in an airlock door

[@alanroberson9749]

Very good job dudes and well done!! Congratulations 994.4% yo. Boffo work by 450 bonus points. Should have included the crash of the USS Akron as a dishonorable mention. Happened during interwar years but it was a Naval failure (fully avoidable) and the airship crash with the highest fatalities, surpassing even the Hindenburg and R101.

[@Zbd40]

My favorite KZbinr

[@abdulkareemaliyu8991]

THE BIGGEST ACCIDENTS IN WAR❌ THE BIGGEST ACCIDENTS IN USA✅ There you go...

[@MotivationSHCUM]

US defaultism yet again

[@zelbongrimmage3770]

Sounds about right

[@simonburrell7041]

The idea that war needs to have rules is absolutely Ludacris war is war and its chaos not a game with rules

[@vincent412l7]

Steamboat racing was not a competitive sports. The captains raced each other to reach the port first to get the cargo.

[@Gilmore-Devoss]

I'm kinda surprised he didn't talk about the crew of the Willy D. Porter the ship that almost sank the Iowa and killed the president

[@BakkuIa]

I remember my first choice when joining the USAF was nuclear maintenance. Read the story of the wrench incident shortly after I chose that job. Failed the background check anyway, and that's probably best. I drop tools all the time.

[@Hyoscyamus369]

If that General had been doing his job instead of going to the theatre then maybe he would have survived!!!

[@sonofkarma5461]

The Missile Silo Accident is Crazy, I’ve never heard of this Story Until Now, it’s a Good thing nobody was Killed😬

[@MM22966]

What is even funnier is that Vice President Walter Mondale was nearby at the time, giving a speech. The Secret Service must have freaked out.

[@chadrowe8452]

I thought 2 men said seal us in while they did damage control and everyone else evacuated

[@KMochiiiiiii]

The biggest accident in the war is having the war itself

[@samuelmuller9940]

Don’t blame Bradley blame the Airforce for not following instructions. Happen in Vietnam with helicopters and planes not wanting to follow instructions from the ground an adrenaline rush .

[@samuelmuller9940]

How about a wind shift the planner the weather man or an act of God

[@Ddorkly]

friendlyfire was never friendly

[@wincentwass5818]

I liked the little fun fact about steam boat racing, I had no idea, but it sounds really interesting:3

[@guyledouche7939]

Also a British King blew himself up with a cannon. Cant remember which one...

[@igrim4777]

He didn't blow himself up, he died after an exploding cannon severed his leg at the thigh. No true Scotsman would call him a British king, he was James II, King of Scots.

[@aleksandarvil5718]

King James II of Scotland, from House of Stewart !!!

[@loyalpiper]

James II of Scotland of the Stuarts blew himself up at Roxburgh house

[@guyledouche7939]

@@aleksandarvil5718 you could say he went out with a bang...

[@guyledouche7939]

@@loyalpiper he certainly had an explosive career.

[@leehyun6513]

So, can you do the video about Audie Murphy in WW2 or Vo Nguyen Giap and the Australian SASR in the Vietnam War? They have good stories behind it.

[@Surge-jd2fu]

The threshers ballast tanks valves were frozen that’s why the thresher couldn’t surface

[@Ozzywozzy]

Does anyone know what program is used to create the animation used?

[@adamwelch4336]

"Whoops!" is the worst word to hear during a war! 😅

[@shawnlam3109]

0:28 oh hello Dr. Kleiner.

[@Whydoiecenneedthis]

Chechen war Russian friendly fire from artillery forgot that

[@changalangodu]

I would like to mention the 15 or so civilian contracts that were part of the lost crew aboard the USS Thresher.

[@justonedude8]

Can You Make A Video About Croatian Homeland War?

[@jongangloff8076]

I see that subliminal message in the phone cord at the end of the video "i like to kill"

[@MGower4465]

1. Thresher had a diesel generator, not a diesel engine. 2. The probable cause was a cage built over the end of high pressure air pipes inside the ballast tanks, meant to prevent any debris being blasted into the inside wall of the tank, damaging the steel. But an emergency blow means the air is very cold as it jets into the tank, a consequence of physics. This cold air caused humidity to freeze onto the cage, forming ice the totally obstructed the entry of more air into the ballast tanks, so Thresher could not surface.

[@fishehgotdwip]

gotta love the thumbnail XD

[@sacktabulous5781]

18:34 I don’t think that the one on Japan was an accident

[@aud_light2444]

Kiss in swedis is urrien 11:08

[@Macray01]

Out of all people, how have you not done a video on isonzo yet😭

[@WckedShadw]

When I was stationed at Little rock AFB in Jacksonville AR 2022 I actually met the guy that was a supervisor of livingston i think he name was jeff Kennedy, I cant remember. But anytime we went to dig somewhere we called him he knew where EVERY line was on the base water, electrical, gas you name it. He told me the story about Airman David P. Powell dropping a SOCKET not the whole wrench and hitting the fuel tank. He is a contractor for the civil engineer squadron (forgot the number might be the 49th or 29th its been a while ok lol) but really cool guy gave me a tour of the memorial near the front gate while we were doing a job together. Cant believe someone actually talked about this on a video and that I met someone there that day. Btw one last thing i think the airforce had changed regulations to use a torque instead of a regular ratchet and it wasnt on fully. Wish I remembered more sorry.

[@GTfomr1]

Let’s never forget the war over a bucket used to get water from a well can’t remember who or when but bucket

[@noblesicks]

The air rushing they were blowing the ballast tanks filling up with air rapidly but there was moisture in her air tanks and in her air systems and releasing pressurized air really fast drops the temperature so the moisture froze and clog the pipes she sank out because of that and imploded I had to lean this when going into submarines. I was a machinist mate auxiliary fireman

[@troygroomes104]

Its crush depth , not collapse depth

[@matthewskudzienski888]

(U.S. General)”Don’t worry about it son, Mistakes always happens sometimes when I was at your age.” (U.S. Soldier)”yes same here General” (U.S. General)”Yep Same here”

[@andiamocclash397]

The guy didn't have ''butter fingers'' and never dropped his wrench. If you did your research right you would know it was the actually the very large socket he had on a torque wrench that slipped off as he went in to use it. It fell like 60+ feet before it hit one of the hydrazine fuel lines that fed the missile causing the leak. the reason it exploded is they allowed it to leak for too long with no ventilation and when it found a spark it was over. If they had opened the main cap they could have positively forced the hydrazine out to atmosphere.

[@JayjayElon]

Atleast Operation Cobra is not a failure, I still considered a success despite the "fracture side" incident between Army Air corps/ Eighth Air force and the Army

[@WetbackNoSetback]

Imagine causing dropping your wrench down the death star’s hatchway

[@jamesricker3997]

Operation Cobra killed General McNair, his death was catastrophic for the Germans

[@Spagooti710]

Why there wasn’t tool tethering protocols for working on a nuke blows my mind

[@ultrajd]

You guys forgot the friendly fire incident that happened during the initial stages of the invasion of Sicily in World War III. I don’t remember the exact specifics, but basically the anti-aircraft gunners on board the various landing ships and all that we’re extremely jumpy because of the events that were transpiring. And the majority of them were brand new to combat so yeah. When an allied aerial column of C4 sevens began flying overhead. The gunners thought they were enemy, bombers, and panicked. They then started firing up at the aircraft which resulted in I believe it was 20 something planes were shot down. A greater number were severely damaged. Roughly 88 American servicemen were killed with almost 2 or three times that much being wounded and I believe 60 or so were listed as missing. This is actually why in Normandy all aircraft that we’re going to take place in the invasion we’re painted with those black and white wing stripes. This was so allied gunners on the ground could see at a glance whether or not the aircraft was an allied one or axis.

[@Arras13568]

World war III?

[@a68riz]

Who does the voice over?

[@chathuralakshan542]

@Simple History please do missions from Sri Lanka Military

[@infernogamey374]

Fun fact KISS is also a simple programming rule!

[@dylansawyer3446]

How do I become an animator for you guys?

[@SamMcKenzie-rq2hd]

Exactly.

[@Compatibles747]

Bro really make a big accident because a SMALL tool felt off

[@killman369547]

It is strangely poetic isn't it? Humanity's mightiest weapon.... destroyed by a socket wrench.